title: Rapamycin-FKBP specifically blocks growth-dependent activation of and signaling by the 70 kd S6 protein kinases.
abstract: The macrolide rapamycin blocks cell cycle progression in yeast and various animal cells by an unknown mechanism. We demonstrate that rapamycin blocks the phosphorylation and activation of the 70 kd S6 protein kinases (pp70S6K) in a variety of animal cells. The structurally related drug FK506 had no effect on pp70S6K activation but at high concentrations reversed the rapamycin-induced block, confirming the requirement for the rapamycin and FK506 receptor, FKBP. Rapamycin also interfered with signaling by these S6 kinases, blocking serum-stimulated S6 phosphorylation and delaying entry of Swiss 3T3 cells into S phase. Neither rapamycin nor FK506 blocked activation of a distinct family of S6 kinases (RSKs) or the MAP kinases. These studies identify a rapamycin-sensitive signaling pathway, argue for a ubiquitous role for FKBPs in signal transduction, indicate that FK506-FKBP-calcineurin complexes do not interfere with pp70S6K signaling, and show that in fibroblasts pp70S6K, not RSK, is the physiological S6 kinase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kuo
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Crabtree
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blenis
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects; D051379:Mice; D011090:Polyenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D019893:Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases; D015398:Signal Transduction; D020123:Sirolimus; D016559:Tacrolimus / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D011090:Polyenes; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D019893:Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases; D020123:Sirolimus; D016559:Tacrolimus