title: Sodium butyrate-mediated differentiation of colorectal cancer cells: regulation of PKCbetaII by PI 3-kinase.
abstract: The present study focuses on a putative regulation of PKCbetaII by phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI 3-kinase) in colorectal carcinoma cells; little is known about the role and activity of PKCbetaII in these cells. We examined the activity of PI 3-kinase in two adenocarcinoma cell lines, HT29 cells that differentiate only after stimulation with appropriate agents, and Caco-2 cells that can differentiate spontaneously. The activity of PI 3-kinase as well as the activity of PKCbetaII appeared to decrease only in HT29 cells in which differentiation was induced by sodium butyrate. In HT29 cells infected with recombinant adenovirus encoding constitutively active PI 3-kinase, the activity of alkaline phosphatase was almost completely blocked, and this PI 3-kinase significantly potentiated the activity of PKCbetaII in HT29 cells despite the presence of NaBT in the culture medium. On the contrary, in differentiating Caco-2 cells, the activity of PI 3-kinase was not butyrate-sensitive. In agreement with these findings, the alkaline phosphatase activity was not affected by constitutively active PI 3-kinase overexpressed in Caco-2 cells. These observations suggest that PKCbetaII is regulated by PI 3-kinase in HT29 cells and that the mechanisms of spontaneous differentiation versus butyrate-induced differentiation of adenocarcinoma cells may be different.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, 16637 Prague 6, Czech Republic. turejo@img.cas.cz
authors.forename: Jolana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Turecková
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vojtechová
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kucerová
authors.forename: Jiri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Velek
authors.forename: Zdena
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Tuhácková
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000378:metabolism; D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media / Q000494:pharmacology; D015536:Down-Regulation; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006801:Humans; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007477:Ions; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D064546:Protein Kinase C beta; D012978:Sodium Oxybate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D007477:Ions; D012978:Sodium Oxybate; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D064546:Protein Kinase C beta; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase