title: Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent, MEK- independent proliferation in response to CaR activation.
abstract: Although ovarian surface epithelial (OSE) cells are responsible for the majority of ovarian tumors, we know relatively little about the pathway(s) that is responsible for regulating their proliferation. We found that phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) is activated in OSE cells in response to elevated extracellular calcium, and the PI3K inhibitors wortmannin and LY-294002 inhibited extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) activation by approximately 75%, similar to effects of the mitogen-activated protein kinase/ERK kinase inhibitor PD-98059. However, in assays of proliferation, we found that PD-98059 inhibited proliferation by approximately 50%, whereas wortmannin inhibited >90% of the proliferative response to elevated calcium. Expression of a dominant negative PI3K totally inhibited ERK activation in response to calcium. These results demonstrate that ERK activation cannot account for the full proliferative effect of elevated calcium in OSE cells and suggest the presence of an ERK-independent, PI3K-dependent component in the proliferative response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon 97201-3098, USA.
authors.forename: Tim R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Bilderback
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Nelly
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Auersperg
authors.forename: Karin D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Rodland
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000502:physiology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D010053:Ovary / Q000166:cytology* / Q000502:physiology*; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D044169:Receptors, Calcium-Sensing; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D044169:Receptors, Calcium-Sensing; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D002118:Calcium