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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-1-8
pubmed:abstractText
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) has been shown to activate sphingosine kinase (SphK) in a variety of cell types. The extent to which SphK signaling mediates the pleiotropic effects of TNF-alpha is not entirely clear. The current study examined the role of SphK activity in TNF-alpha-stimulated cell proliferation in 1321N1 glioblastoma cells. We first demonstrated that pharmacological inhibitors of SphK markedly decrease TNF-alpha-stimulated DNA synthesis. Signaling mechanisms through which SphK mediated the effect of TNF-alpha on DNA synthesis were then examined. Inhibition of Rho proteins with C3 exoenzyme or of Rho kinase with Y27632 attenuated TNF-alpha-stimulated DNA synthesis. However, RhoA activation by TNF-alpha was not blocked by SphK inhibition. ERK activation was also required for TNF-alpha-stimulated DNA synthesis but likewise TNF-alpha-induced ERK activation was not blocked by inhibition of SphK. Thus, neither RhoA nor ERK activation are the SphK-dependent transducers of TNF-alpha-induced proliferation. In contrast, TNF-alpha-stimulated Akt phosphorylation, which was also required for DNA synthesis, was attenuated by SphK inhibition or SphK1 knockdown by small interfering RNA. Furthermore, cyclin D expression was increased by TNF-alpha in a SphK- and Akt-dependent manner. Additional studies demonstrated that TNF-alpha effects on DNA synthesis, ERK, and Akt phosphorylation are not mediated through cell surface Gi -coupled S1P receptors, because none of these responses were inhibited by pertussis toxin. We conclude that SphK-dependent Akt activation plays a significant role in TNF-alpha-induced cyclin D expression and cell proliferation.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclin D, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cyclins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Small Interfering, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Cell Surface, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Lysosphingolipid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/rho GTP-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/sphingosine kinase
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
282
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
863-70
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17114809-Brain Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-Cyclin D, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-Cyclins, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-Glioblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor), pubmed-meshheading:17114809-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-Receptors, Cell Surface, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-Receptors, Lysosphingolipid, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:17114809-rho GTP-Binding Proteins
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha-stimulated cell proliferation is mediated through sphingosine kinase-dependent Akt activation and cyclin D expression.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural