title: Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase is an early intermediate in the G beta gamma-mediated mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway.
abstract: The beta gamma-subunit of Gi mediates mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase activation through a signaling pathway involving Shc tyrosine phosphorylation, subsequent formation of a multiprotein complex including Shc, Grb2, and Sos, and sequential activation of Ras, Raf, and MEK. The mechanism by which G beta gamma mediates tyrosine phosphorylation of Shc, however, is unclear. This study assesses the role of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI-3K) in G beta gamma-mediated MAP kinase activation. We show that Gi-coupled receptor- and G beta gamma-stimulated MAP kinase activation is attenuated by the PI-3K inhibitors wortmannin and LY294002 or by over expression of a dominant negative mutant of the p85 subunit of PI-3K. Wortmannin and LY294002 also inhibit Gi-coupled receptor-stimulated Ras activation. The PI-3K inhibitors do not affect MAP kinase activation stimulated by over-expression of Sos, a constitutively active mutant of Ras, or a constitutively active mutant of MEK. These results demonstrate that PI-3K activity is required in the G beta gamma-mediated MAP kinase signaling pathway at a point upstream of Sos and Ras activation.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA.
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Hawes
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Luttrell
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: van Biesen
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Lefkowitz
mesh_terms: D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D002867:Chromones / Q000494:pharmacology; D006224:Cricetinae; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D009154:Mutation; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000077191:Wortmannin
chemical_list: D000730:Androstadienes; D002867:Chromones; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009025:Morpholines; C085911:2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one; D011494:Protein Kinases; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D000077191:Wortmannin