title: Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent stabilization of alpha1(I) collagen mRNA in human lung fibroblasts.
abstract: We investigated the role of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) in the expression of alpha1(I) collagen mRNA. We report that the basal level of alpha1(I) collagen mRNA was reduced when PI3K activity was inhibited by either LY-294002 or wortmannin. These PI3K inhibitors also blocked increases of alpha1(I) collagen mRNA levels after the addition of transforming growth factor-beta. The effect of PI3K inhibition was abolished by the removal of the inhibitor or by the addition of cycloheximide. Inhibition of PI3K activity decreased the stability of the alpha1(I) collagen mRNA with no change in the rate of transcription of the alpha1(I) collagen gene as assessed by Northern blotting with actinomycin D-treated fibroblasts and nuclear run-on assays. Expression of a truncated alpha1(I) collagen minigene driven by a cytomegalovirus promoter in murine fibroblasts was decreased by LY-294002 treatment. These data indicate that PI3K activation results in increased stabilization of alpha1(I) collagen mRNA. In vivo, the PI3K activity in fibroblasts may regulate basal levels of alpha1(I) collagen mRNA expression.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Center and Department of Biochemistry at Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA. ricupero@bu.edu
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Ricupero
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Poliks
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Rishikof
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Cuttle
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Kuang
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002867:Chromones / Q000494:pharmacology; D003094:Collagen / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007700:Kinetics; D008168:Lung / Q000166:cytology; D051379:Mice; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D020871:RNA Stability / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection; D000077191:Wortmannin
chemical_list: D000730:Androstadienes; D002867:Chromones; D003094:Collagen; D003513:Cycloheximide; D003609:Dactinomycin; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D009025:Morpholines; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000077191:Wortmannin; C085911:2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one