title: Phosphoinositide 3-kinase regulates a subset of interferon-alpha-stimulated genes.
abstract: IFNalpha activates JAK-STAT signaling, followed by up-regulation of a cohort of genes. Also the PI3K pathway is activated by IFNalpha, but the significance of this activation for IFN-induced gene expression and biological functions remains unclear. We used a cDNA microarray to identify IFNalpha target genes whose expression is dependent on PI3K signaling. cDNAs from U266-1984 cells, untreated and IFNalpha-treated with or without PI3K inhibitor, Ly294002, was used in hybridization to a microarray representing 7000 genes. Among the 260 genes stimulated by IFNalpha, the expression of 95.4% was not affected by the presence of Ly294002. Luciferase reporter assays using consensus IFN-stimulated sequences confirmed that general regulation of transcription by IFNalpha is not altered by Ly294002. Up-regulation of 10 genes (3.8%) was affected in the presence of Ly294002. Bioinformatic analysis revealed the presence of consensus sequences of both STAT-specific and the PI3K pathway-regulated transcription factors, further suggesting that these genes are regulated by both pathways. We have recently shown that IFNalpha-induced apoptosis in the myeloma cell line U266-1984 was efficiently blocked by inhibition of PI3K. Therefore we suggest that the genes that are regulated by both the STAT and the PI3K pathways by IFNalpha in these cells may be specifically involved in the induction of apoptosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology and Pathology, Cancer Center Karolinska (CCK), Karolinska University Hospital and Institute, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: Linn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hjortsberg
authors.forename: Charlotta
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lindvall
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Corcoran
authors.forename: Velmurugesan
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Arulampalam
authors.forename: Dominic
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Lena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Thyrell
authors.forename: Magnus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nordenskjold
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grandér
authors.forename: Katja
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pokrovskaja
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002867:Chromones / Q000494:pharmacology; D019295:Computational Biology; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017930:Genes, Reporter / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D016898:Interferon-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D008156:Luciferases / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D009025:Morpholines / Q000494:pharmacology; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000502:physiology*; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D050791:STAT Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D000071223:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D002867:Chromones; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D016898:Interferon-alpha; D008156:Luciferases; D009025:Morpholines; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D050791:STAT Transcription Factors; D000071223:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling 3 Protein; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins; C106644:SOCS3 protein, human; C085911:2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one