The phosphatidyl inositol 3 kinase pathway does not suppress activation of the ARF and BIM genes by deregulated E2F1 activity.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications(2017)
摘要
The transcription factor E2F plays crucial roles in tumor suppression by activating pro-apoptotic genes such as the tumor suppressor ARF. The regulation of the ARF gene is distinct from that of growth-related E2F targets, in that it is specifically activated by deregulated E2F activity, induced by over-expression of E2F or forced inactivation of pRB, but not by physiological E2F activity induced by growth stimulation. The phosphatidyl inositol 3 kinase (PI3K) pathway was reported to suppress expression of some atypical pro-apoptotic genes by over-expressed E2F1. However, the effects of the PI3K pathway on the distinct regulation of typical pro-apoptotic E2F targets have not been elucidated. We examined whether the PI3K pathway suppressed activation of the typical pro-apoptotic E2F targets ARF and BIM. Activation of the PI3K pathway by growth stimulation or introduction of a constitutively active Akt/PKB did not reduce induction of ARF or BIM gene expression or activation of their promoters by over-expressed E2F1. These results suggest that the PI3K pathway does not suppress induction of typical pro-apoptotic genes that are selectively activated by deregulated E2F1.
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E2F,RB,PI3K,Apoptosis,Gene regulation
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