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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6711
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-7
pubmed:abstractText
The protection against apoptosis provided by growth factors in several cell lines is due to stimulation of the phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase (PI(3)K) pathway, which results in activation of protein kinase B (PKB; also known as c-Akt and Rac) and phosphorylation and sequestration to protein 14-3-3 of the proapoptotic Bcl-2-family member BAD. A modest increase in intracellular Ca2+ concentration also promotes survival of some cultured neurons through a pathway that requires calmodulin but is independent of PI(3)K and the MAP kinases. Here we report that Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase kinase (CaM-KK) activates PKB directly, resulting in phosphorylation of BAD on serine residue 136 and the interaction of BAD with protein 14-3-3. Serum withdrawal induced a three- to fourfold increase in cell death of NG108 neuroblastoma cells, and this apoptosis was largely blocked by increasing the intracellular Ca2+ concentration with NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) or KCl or by transfection with constitutively active CaM-KK. The effect of NMDA on cell survival was blocked by transfection with dominant-negative forms of CaM-KK or PKB. These results identify a Ca2+-triggered signalling cascade in which CaM-KK activates PKB, which in turn phosphorylates BAD and protects cells from apoptosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
396
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
584-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Carrier Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Mutagenesis, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:9859994-bcl-Associated Death Protein
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Calcium promotes cell survival through CaM-K kinase activation of the protein-kinase-B pathway.
pubmed:affiliation
Vollum Institute, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.