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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-20
pubmed:abstractText
Amplification or overexpression of HER-2/neu in cancer cells confers resistance to apoptosis and promotes cell growth. The cellular localization of p21Cip1/WAF1 has been proposed to be critical either in promoting cell survival or in inhibiting cell growth. Here we show that HER-2/neu-mediated cell growth requires the activation of Akt, which associates with p21Cip1/WAF1 and phosphorylates it at threonine 145, resulting in cytoplasmic localization of p21Cip1/WAF1. Furthermore, blocking the Akt pathway with a dominant-negative Akt mutant restores the nuclear localization and cell-growth-inhibiting activity of p21Cip1/WAF1. Our results indicate that HER-2/neu induces cytoplasmic localization of p21Cip1/WAF1 through activation of Akt to promote cell growth, which may have implications for the oncogenic activity of HER-2/neu and Akt.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1465-7392
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
3
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
245-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11231573-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Antigens, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Breast Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Cell Fractionation, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Cyclins, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Protein Transport, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Receptor, erbB-2, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:11231573-Transfection
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Cytoplasmic localization of p21Cip1/WAF1 by Akt-induced phosphorylation in HER-2/neu-overexpressing cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Breast Cancer Basic Research Program, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't