title: Transformation of chicken cells by the gene encoding the catalytic subunit of PI 3-kinase.
abstract: The avian sarcoma virus 16 (ASV 16) is a retrovirus that induces hemangiosarcomas in chickens. Analysis of the ASV 16 genome revealed that it encodes an oncogene that is derived from the cellular gene for the catalytic subunit of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase). The gene is referred to as v-p3k, and like its cellular counterpart c-p3k, it is a potent transforming gene in cultured chicken embryo fibroblasts (CEFs). The products of the viral and cellular p3k genes have PI 3-kinase activity. CEFs transformed with either gene showed elevated levels of phosphatidylinositol 3,4-bisphosphate and phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate and activation of Akt kinase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fruman
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Auger
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bellacosa
authors.forename: P N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Tsichlis
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Cantley
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Vogt
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001358:Avian Sarcoma Viruses / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D005814:Genes, Viral; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000821:virology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009857:Oncogenes; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D018129:Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; C060974:phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-triphosphate; C060980:phosphatidylinositol 3,4-diphosphate