title: Apoptosis induced by growth factor withdrawal in fibroblasts overproducing fructose 2,6-bisphosphate.
abstract: Fructose 2,6-bisphosphate is a potent endogenous stimulator of glycolysis. A high aerobic glycolytic rate often correlates with increased cell proliferation. To investigate this relationship, we have produced clonal cell lines of Rat-1 fibroblasts that stably express transgenes coding for 6-phosphofructo-2-kinase, which catalyzes the synthesis of fructose 2,6-bisphosphate, or for fructose 2,6-bisphosphatase, which catalyzes its degradation. While serum deprivation in culture reduced the growth rate of control cells, it caused apoptosis in cells overproducing fructose 2,6-bisphosphate. Apoptosis was inhibited by 5-amino-4-imidazolecarboxamide riboside, suggesting that 5'-AMP-activated protein kinase interferes with this phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Hormone and Metabolic Research Unit, Université Catholique de Louvain and Christian de Duve Institute of Cellular Pathology, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Durante
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gueuning
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Darville
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hue
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Rousseau
mesh_terms: D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; D000620:Aminoimidazole Carboxamide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000502:physiology*; D005635:Fructosediphosphates / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006019:Glycolysis; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology*; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes / Q000378:metabolism; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D025481:Phosphofructokinase-2; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012265:Ribonucleotides; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D005635:Fructosediphosphates; D006133:Growth Substances; D009097:Multienzyme Complexes; D012265:Ribonucleotides; D000620:Aminoimidazole Carboxamide; C027652:fructose 2,6-diphosphate; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D025481:Phosphofructokinase-2; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D055372:AMP-Activated Protein Kinases; C031143:AICA ribonucleotide; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine