title: IκB kinase overcomes PI3K/Akt and ERK/MAPK to control FOXO3a activity in acute myeloid leukemia.
abstract: The FOXO transcription factors are involved in multiple signaling pathways and have tumor-suppressor functions. In acute myeloid leukemia (AML), deregulation of oncogenic kinases, including Akt, extra-signal-regulated kinase, or IκB kinase, is frequently observed, which may potentially inactivate FOXO activity. We therefore investigated the mechanism underlying the regulation of FOXO3a, the only FOXO protein constantly expressed in AML blast cells. We show that in both primary AML samples and in a MV4-11/FOXO3a-GFP cell line, FOXO3a is in a constant inactive state due to its cytoplasmic localization, and that neither PI3K/Akt nor extra-signal-regulated kinase-specific inhibition resulted in its nuclear translocation. In contrast, the anti-Nemo peptide that specifically inhibits IKK activity was found to induce FOXO3a nuclear localization in leukemic cells. Furthermore, an IKK-insensitive FOXO3a protein mutated at S⁶⁴⁴ translocated into the nucleus and activated the transcription of the Fas-L and p21(Cip1) genes. This, in turn, inhibited leukemic cell proliferation and induced apoptosis. These results thus indicate that IKK activity maintains FOXO3a in the cytoplasm and establishes an important role of FOXO3a inactivation in the proliferation and survival of AML cells. The restoration of FOXO3a activity by interacting with its subcellular distribution may thus represent a new attractive therapeutic strategy for AML.
authors.affiliation: Institut Cochin, Université Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR8104), Paris, France.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chapuis
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Leotoing
authors.forename: Jerome
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tamburini
authors.forename: Frederique
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Verdier
authors.forename: Valerie
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bardet
authors.forename: Alexa S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Lise
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Willems
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Agou
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ifrah
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dreyfus
authors.forename: Georges
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bismuth
authors.forename: Veronique
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Baud
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lacombe
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mayeux
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bouscary
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000071316:Forkhead Box Protein O3; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D015470:Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000473:pathology*; D020935:MAP Kinase Signaling System / Q000187:drug effects; D050505:Mutant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D021381:Protein Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012694:Serine / Q000378:metabolism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: C499517:FOXO3 protein, human; D000071316:Forkhead Box Protein O3; D051858:Forkhead Transcription Factors; D050505:Mutant Proteins; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D012694:Serine; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D051057:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases