title: Potentiation of signal transduction mitogenesis and cellular proliferation upon binding of receptor-recognized forms of alpha2-macroglobulin to 1-LN prostate cancer cells.
abstract: The alpha2-macroglobulin signalling receptor is upregulated in highly metastatic 1-LN prostate cancer cells. Stimulation of 1-LN cells with activated alpha2-macroglobulin (alpha2M*) caused a two- to threefold increase in [3H]thymidine uptake and cell number. These events require the Ras-dependent MAPK and PI 3-kinase/Akt signalling cascades. Incubation of 1-LN cells with alpha2M* induced Grb2, shc, sos and Raf-1 expression, as well as phosphorylation of MEK 1/2, ERK 1/2, p38 MAPK and JNK. This treatment also increased PI 3-kinase activation, PDK1 expression, Akt phosphorylation and p70s6k phosphorylation. Levels of the early gene products c-fos protein and thymidylate synthase were comparably increased. Exposure of 1-LN cells to alpha2M* significantly raised the levels of phosphorylated CREB by about 15-20 min and phosphorylated p53 by about 60-90 min of incubation. We conclude that the growth regulatory effects of ligating the alpha2M* signalling receptor on 1-LN cells are exerted via the onset and crosstalk between the Ras-dependent MAPK and PI 3-kinase/Akt signalling cascades.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Box 3712, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
authors.forename: U K
authors.initials: UK
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Pizzo
mesh_terms: D064413:3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinases; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects*; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D026503:Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D048728:MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1; D020930:MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000378:metabolism; D038762:Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa / Q000378:metabolism; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000378:metabolism; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
chemical_list: D064413:3-Phosphoinositide-Dependent Protein Kinases; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D026503:Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1; D048728:MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1; D020930:MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D038762:Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa; D013940:Thymidylate Synthase; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D000511:alpha-Macroglobulins; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; C578562:PDPK1 protein, human; C482576:MAP3K1 protein, human