Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
47
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-11-15
pubmed:abstractText
Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress has been implicated in the pathogenesis of many diseases and in cancer therapy. Although the unfolded protein response is known to alleviate ER stress by reducing the accumulation of misfolded proteins, the exact survival elements and their downstream signaling pathways that directly counteract ER stress-stimulated apoptotic signaling remain elusive. Here, we have shown that endogenous Akt and ERK are rapidly activated and act as downstream effectors of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in thapsigargin- or tunicamycin-induced ER stress. Introduction of either dominant-negative Akt or MEK1 or the inhibitors LY294002 and U0126 sensitized cells to ER stress-induced cell death in different cell types. Reverse transcription-PCR analysis of gene expression during ER stress revealed that cIAP-2 and XIAP, members of the IAP family of potent caspase suppressors, were strongly induced. Transcription of cIAP-2 and XIAP was up-regulated by the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway as shown by its reversal by dominant-negative Akt or LY294002. Ablation of these IAPs by RNA interference sensitized cells to ER stress-induced death, which was reversed by the caspase inhibitor benzyloxycarbonyl-VAD-fluoromethyl ketone. The protective role of IAPs in ER stress coincided with Smac release from mitochondria to the cytosol. Furthermore, it was shown that mTOR was not required for Akt-mediated survival. These results represent the first demonstration that activation of endogenous Akt/IAPs and MEK/ERK plays a critical role in controlling cell survival by resisting ER stress-induced cell death signaling.
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/Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MAP Kinase Kinase 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/MTOR protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proteins, 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/TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tetrazolium Salts, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thapsigargin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Thiazoles, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tunicamycin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/XIAP protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/benzyloxycarbonylvalyl-alanyl-aspart..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/thiazolyl blue
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
19
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
49420-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Thiazoles, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Mitochondria, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Tetrazolium Salts, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Endoplasmic Reticulum, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Genes, Dominant, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Subcellular Fractions, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Protein Denaturation, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Tunicamycin, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Thapsigargin, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Protein Folding, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-MAP Kinase Kinase 1, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-In Situ Nick-End Labeling, pubmed-meshheading:15339911-X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein
More...