title: Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase translocates to the nucleus of osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells in response to insulin-like growth factor I and platelet-derived growth factor but not to the proapoptotic cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha.
abstract: Changes in the metabolism of nuclear inositides phosphorylated in the D3 position of the inositol ring, which may act as second messengers, mainly have been linked to cell differentiation. To clarify a possible role of this peculiar class of inositides also during cell proliferation and/or apoptosis, we have examined the issue of whether or not in the osteoblast-like clonal cell line MC3T3-E1 it may be observed an insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I)- and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-dependent nuclear translocation of an active phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI 3-K). We found that both the growth factors increased rapidly and transiently both the amount and the activity of immunoprecipitable nuclear PI 3-K. Intranuclear PI 3-K exhibited a massive tyrosine phosphorylation on the p85 regulatory subunit. Moreover, by means of coimmunoprecipitation experiments, we showed the presence, in isolated nuclei, of the p110beta catalytic subunit of PI 3-K. Enzyme translocation was blocked by the specific PI 3-K inhibitor LY294002. In contrast, intranuclear translocation of PI 3-K did not occur in response to the proapoptotic cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha). IGF-I was able to counteract the apoptotic stimulus of TNF-alpha and this was accompanied by the intranuclear translocation of PI 3-K. LY294002 inhibited both intranuclear translocation of PI 3-K and the rescuing effect of IGF-I. These findings strongly suggest that an important step in the signaling pathways that mediate both cell proliferation and survival is represented by the intranuclear translocation of PI 3-K.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Morfologia Umana Normale, Università di Trieste, Italy.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Martelli
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Borgatti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bortul
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manfredini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Massari
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Capitani
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Neri
mesh_terms: D021581:Active Transport, Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002867:Chromones / Q000494:pharmacology; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D051379:Mice; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D019000:Phosphotyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D021122:Protein Subunits; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002867:Chromones; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D009025:Morpholines; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D021122:Protein Subunits; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; C085911:2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one