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Corvera S. Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and the control of endosome dynamics: new players defined by structural motifs. Traffic 2001; 2:859-66. [PMID: 11737823 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0854.2001.21201.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns) 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) activity has been implicated in fundamental cellular functions such as endosomal trafficking, growth-factor receptor signal transduction, and cell survival. This multiplicity of actions can be attributed to the existence of three classes of PI 3-kinases in mammalian cells, which can together lead to the production of four known distinct end products: PtdIns(3)P, PtdIns(3,4)P2, PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 and PtdIns(3,5)P2. The challenge of deciphering the connection between PI 3-kinase activity, the production of specific phosphoinositides and the control of specific cellular events is being met with the discovery of novel structural motifs that interact specifically with distinct PI 3-kinase products.
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- S Corvera
- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 373 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01615, USA.
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Sato TK, Overduin M, Emr SD. Location, location, location: membrane targeting directed by PX domains. Science 2001; 294:1881-5. [PMID: 11729306 DOI: 10.1126/science.1065763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Phosphoinositide (PI)-binding domains play critical roles in the intracellular localization of a variety of cell-signaling proteins. The 120-amino acid Phox homology (PX) domain targets proteins to organelle membranes through interactions between two conserved basic motifs within the PX domain and specific PIs. The combination of protein-lipid and protein-protein interactions ensures the proper localization and regulation of PX domain-containing proteins. Upon proper localization, PX domain-containing proteins can then bind to additional proteins and execute their functions in a diverse set of biological pathways, including intracellular protein transport, cell growth and survival, cytoskeletal organization, and neutrophil defense.
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- T K Sato
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093-0668, USA
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Lefai E, Roques M, Vega N, Laville M, Vidal H. Expression of the splice variants of the p85alpha regulatory subunit of phosphoinositide 3-kinase in muscle and adipose tissue of healthy subjects and type 2 diabetic patients. Biochem J 2001; 360:117-26. [PMID: 11695998 PMCID: PMC1222208 DOI: 10.1042/0264-6021:3600117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The regulation by insulin of the expression of the p85alpha regulatory subunit of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) is impaired in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue of type 2 diabetic patients. The gene encoding p85alpha (named grb-1) can generate several variants by alternative splicing, all being able to activate the p110 catalytic subunits of PI 3-kinase. Our aims were (i) to determine the mRNA expression profiles of these variants in human skeletal muscle and adipose tissue; (ii) to investigate the effect of insulin on their expression in vivo and in vitro in muscle and (iii) to verify whether this regulation is defective in type 2 diabetes. We determined the human genomic organization of grb-1 and set up reverse transcriptase competitive PCR assays for the quantification of each mRNA variant. In muscle, p85alpha and p50alpha mRNAs were the most abundant, and p55alpha represented less than 20% of all grb-1-derived mRNAs. In adipose tissue, p85alpha was expressed predominantly and p55alpha mRNA was not detectable. These expression profiles were not different in type 2 diabetics. During a 3 h hyperinsulinaemic clamp, insulin increased the mRNA expression of the three variants in muscle of control subjects. In diabetic patients, the effect of insulin on p85alpha and p50alpha mRNAs was blunted, and largely reduced on p55alpha transcripts. In cultured human myotubes, up-regulation of p85alpha, p55alpha and p50alpha mRNAs by insulin was abolished by LY294002 (10 microM) and by rapamycin (50 nM), suggesting that the PI 3-kinase/protein kinase B/p70 S6 kinase pathway could be involved in the stimulation of grb-1 gene expression by insulin in human muscle cells.
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- E Lefai
- INSERM U.449 and Lyon Human Nutrition Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine R. Laennec, F-69372 Lyon Cedex 08, France.
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Castoria G, Migliaccio A, Bilancio A, Di Domenico M, de Falco A, Lombardi M, Fiorentino R, Varricchio L, Barone MV, Auricchio F. PI3-kinase in concert with Src promotes the S-phase entry of oestradiol-stimulated MCF-7 cells. EMBO J 2001; 20:6050-9. [PMID: 11689445 PMCID: PMC125704 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.21.6050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 364] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The p85-associated phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase/Akt pathway mediates the oestradiol-induced S-phase entry and cyclin D1 promoter activity in MCF-7 cells. Experiments with Src, p85alpha and Akt dominant-negative forms indicate that in oestradiol-treated cells these signalling effectors target the cyclin D1 promoter. Oestradiol acutely increases PI3-kinase and Akt activities in MCF-7 cells. In NIH 3T3 cells expressing ERalpha, a dominant-negative p85 suppresses hormone stimulation of Akt. The Src inhibitor, PP1, prevents hormone stimulation of Akt and PI3-kinase activities in MCF-7 cells. In turn, stimulation of Src activity is abolished in ERalpha-expressing NIH 3T3 fibroblasts by co-transfection of the dominant-negative p85alpha and in MCF-7 cells by the PI3-kinase inhibitor, LY294002. These findings indicate a novel reciprocal cross-talk between PI3-kinase and Src. Hormone stimulation of MCF-7 cells rapidly triggers association of ERalpha with Src and p85. In vitro these proteins are assembled in a ternary complex with a stronger association than that of the binary complexes composed by the same partners. The ternary complex probably favours hormone activation of Src- and PI3-kinase-dependent pathways, which converge on cell cycle progression.
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- G Castoria
- Dipartimento di Patologia Generale, Facoltà di Medicina e Chirurgia, II Università di Napoli, Via L. De Crecchio, 7, 80138 Napoli, Italy
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Cullen PJ, Cozier GE, Banting G, Mellor H. Modular phosphoinositide-binding domains--their role in signalling and membrane trafficking. Curr Biol 2001; 11:R882-93. [PMID: 11696348 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(01)00523-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The membrane phospholipid phosphatidylinositol is the precursor of a family of lipid second-messengers, known as phosphoinositides, which differ in the phosphorylation status of their inositol group. A major advance in understanding phosphoinositide signalling has been the identification of a number of highly conserved modular protein domains whose function appears to be to bind various phosphoinositides. Such 'cut and paste' modules are found in a diverse array of multidomain proteins and recruit their host protein to specific regions in cells via interactions with phosphoinositides. Here, with particular reference to proteins involved in membrane traffic pathways, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of phosphoinositide-binding domains.
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- P J Cullen
- Inositide Group, Integrated Signalling Laboratories, Department of Biochemistry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK.
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- Susan F. Steinberg
- From the Departments of Pharmacology and Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Carcinoma of the gastrointestinal tract is the most common internal malignancy affecting men and women in Western countries. Chronic intestinal inflammation, especially of the colon, is also a Western disease and correlates with a significantly increased risk of developing cancer. This has suggested that the immune processes involved in both conditions might share some common pathways. Indeed, there is increasing evidence that phosphatidylinositol 3-kinases (PI 3-kinases) are involved in both the pathogenesis of colorectal carcinoma and intestinal inflammation. Here, we discuss this rapidly progressing area of research, presenting evidence for a pivotal role of PI 3-kinase(s) in intestinal pathophysiology.
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- S A Weaver
- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, UK BA2 7AY
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Phosphoinositide 3 kinases (PI3Ks)*Abbreviation used in this paper: PI3K, phosphoinositide 3 kinase. are known as regulators of phagocytosis. Recent results demonstrate that class I and III PI3Ks act consecutively in phagosome formation and maturation, and that their respective products, phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PI[3,4,5]P(3)) and phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI[3]P), accumulate transiently at different stages. Phagosomes containing Mycobacterium tuberculosis do not acquire the PI(3)P-binding protein EEA1, which is required for phagosome maturation. This suggests a possible mechanism of how this microorganism evades degradation in phagolysosomes.
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- D J Gillooly
- Department of Biochemistry, Institute for Cancer Research, the Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, N-0310 Oslo, Norway
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Since its discovery 10 years ago, the potential functions of protein kinase B (PKB)/AKT have been catalogued with increasing efficiency. The physiological relevance of some of the proposed mechanisms by which PKB/AKT mediates many of its effects has been questioned, and recent work using new reagents and approaches has revealed some cracks in our understanding of this important molecule, and also hinted that these effects may involve other players.
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- M P Scheid
- Ontario Cancer Institute, 610 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 2M9
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Martelli AM, Bortul R, Tabellini G, Aluigi M, Peruzzi D, Bareggi R, Narducci P, Cocco L. Re-examination of the mechanisms regulating nuclear inositol lipid metabolism. FEBS Lett 2001; 505:1-6. [PMID: 11557031 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02752-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Although inositol lipids constitute only a very minor proportion of total cellular lipids, they have received immense attention by scientists since it was discovered that they play key roles in a wide range of important cellular processes. In the late 1980s, it was suggested that these lipids are also present within the cell nucleus. Albeit the early reports about the intranuclear localization of phosphoinositides were met by skepticism and disbelief, compelling evidence has subsequently been accumulated convincingly showing that a phosphoinositide cycle is present at the nuclear level and may be activated in response to stimuli that do not activate the inositol lipid metabolism localized at the plasma membrane. Very recently, intriguing new data have highlighted that some of the mechanisms regulating nuclear inositol lipid metabolism differ in a substantial way from those operating at the cell periphery. Here, we provide an overview of recent findings regarding the regulation of both nuclear phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and phosphoinositide-specific phospholipase C-beta1.
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- A M Martelli
- Dipartmento di Scienze Anatomiche Umane e Fisiopatologia dell'Apparto Locomotore, Sezione di Anatomia, Università di Bologna, Italy.
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Many important biological processes, including chemotaxis (directional cell movement up a chemoattractant gradient), require a clearly established cell polarity and the ability of the cell to respond to a directional signal. Recent advances using Dictyostelium cells and mammalian leukocytes have provided insights into the biochemical and molecular pathways that control chemotaxis. Phosphoinositide 3-kinase plays a central and possibly pivotal role in establishing and maintaining cell polarity by regulating the subcellular localization and activation of downstream effectors that are essential for regulating cell polarity and proper chemotaxis. This review outlines our present understanding of these pathways.
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- C Y Chung
- Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0634, USA
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