Requirement for phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in epidermal growth factor-induced AP-1 transactivation and transformation in JB6 P+ cells.
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase) plays a role in a variety of biological processes, including regulation of gene expression, cell growth, and differentiation. However, little is known about its role in the cytoplasmic events involved in epidermal growth factor (EGF)-induced transduction of signals to the transcriptional machinery of the nucleus and in EGF-induced cell transformation. In this study, we examined whether PI 3-kinase is a mediator for the activation of AP-1 and neoplastic transformation by EGF in the murine epidermal cell line JB6. The results showed the following. (i) EGF not only induced a high level of PI 3-kinase activity by itself but also enhanced insulin-induced PI 3-kinase activity in JB6 P+ cells, the EGF-induced PI-3 kinase activity could be blocked by constitutive overexpression of a dominant negative P85 subunit of PI 3-kinase (deltaP85), and insulin could markedly promote EGF-induced AP-1 activity in a dose-dependent manner in JB6 P+ cells as well as promote EGF-induced JB6 P+ cell transformation. (ii) Inhibition of PI-3 kinase with wortmannin or LY294002 markedly decreased the AP-1 activity induced by insulin, EGF, or EGF and insulin in a dose-dependent manner, while wortmannin did not block UVB-induced AP-1 activity. (iii) AP-1 activation by insulin, EGF, or EGF and insulin could be completely inhibited by overexpression of deltaP85 in all the dose and time courses studied. (iv) Inhibitors of PI 3-kinase (wortmannin and LY294002) and stable overexpression of deltaP85 inhibited EGF-induced transformation but had no significant inhibitory effect on cell proliferation induced by EGF or EGF and insulin. These results demonstrate for the first time that PI 3-kinase appears to be required for EGF- or insulin-induced AP-1 transactivation and cell transformation but not cell proliferation in JB6 cells.
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D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D002867:Chromones / Q000494:pharmacology; D004790:Enzyme Induction / Q000187:drug effects; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D007328:Insulin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008156:Luciferases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051379:Mice; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012867:Skin; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D014162:Transfection; D000077191:Wortmannin
D000730:Androstadienes; D002867:Chromones; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D007328:Insulin; D009025:Morpholines; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1; C085911:2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D008156:Luciferases; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D000077191:Wortmannin