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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
31
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-7-29
pubmed:abstractText
Tumors evade cell death by constitutively activating cell survival pathways and suppressing intrinsic death machinery. Activation of cell survival pathways leads to transcriptional repression of genes associated with cell death and activation of ones promoting anti-apoptosis. Akt/protein kinase B phosphorylates forkhead transcription factors and prevents their nuclear localization, leading to repression of genes involved in apoptosis, such as Fas ligand (FasL). Using bioinformatic approaches, we have identified three consensus sequences for forkhead transcription factor binding in transforming growth factor beta2 (TGF-beta2) promoter. TGF-beta inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in many cell types, and acquisition of TGF-beta resistance is linked to tumorigenesis. In this study, we show that activated Akt down-regulates TGF-beta2 promoter, and sequences within the promoter that are related to consensus forkhead binding sites are necessary for repression. Forkhead factor FKHRL1 binds in vitro to the three consensus sequences and can activate TGF-beta2 promoter in normal and Akt-transformed cell lines. In human breast and pancreatic tumors, activated Akt expression correlated with down-regulation of TGF-beta 2 mRNA levels. A number of tumor cells expressing activated Akt were responsive to TGF-beta addition, indicating the presence of an intact TGF-beta-signaling pathway. These results suggest that repression of TGF-beta 2 promoter activity in cells expressing activated Akt may play a role in promoting tumorigenesis and escape from the growth-inhibitory and/or apoptotic effects of TGF-beta.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/AKT1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Forkhead Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TGFB2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transforming Growth Factor beta, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transforming Growth Factor beta2
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
277
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
28118-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Consensus Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Forkhead Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Transforming Growth Factor beta2, pubmed-meshheading:12011061-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Transforming growth factor-beta 2 is a transcriptional target for Akt/protein kinase B via forkhead transcription factor.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Tumor Biology, Schering-Plough Research Institute, Kenilworth, New Jersey 07033, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article