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Protein kinase B (PKB/Akt) activity is elevated in glioblastoma cells due to mutation of the tumor suppressor PTEN/MMAC

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Haas-Kogan, Daphne, Shalev, Noga, Wong, Michelle, Mills, Gordon, Yount, Garret, Stokoe, David·1998·Current Biology

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Glioblastomas are highly malignant tumors of the central nervous system that are resistant to radiation and chemotherapy [1]. We explored the role of the phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase signal transduction pathway in glioblastomas, as this pathway has been shown to inhibit apoptosis induced by cytokine withdrawal and the detachment of cells from the extracellular matrix [2]. Components of this pathway have been implicated in tumor development [3-6]. We show that glioblastoma cells, in contrast to primary human astrocytes, contain high endogenous protein kinase B (PKB/Akt) activity and high levels of PI 3,4,5-triphosphate (PI(3,4,5)P3) and PI(3,4)P2, the lipid products of PI 3-kinase. These glioblastoma cells express mutant forms of the putative 3' phospholipid phosphatase PTEN, also known as MMAC. Expression of wild-type PTEN derived from primary astrocytes, but not of mutant forms of PTEN, reduced the levels of 3' phosphoinositides and inhibited PKB/Akt activity. PTEN antagonized the activation of PKB/Akt by growth factors, by activated PI 3-kinase and by PI-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1), but did not antagonize the phospholipid-independent activation of PKB/Akt lacking the pleckstrin homology (PH) domain. These results suggest a role for PTEN in regulating the activity of the PI 3-kinase pathway in malignant human cells.

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Authors
Haas-Kogan, D., Shalev, N., Wong, M., Mills, G., Yount, G., & Stokoe, D.
Venue
Current Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1998-10
Volume
8
Issue
21
Pages
1195-S1
ISSN
0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
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W2029219396
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477
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19
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14.18
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Haas-Kogan, D., Shalev, N., Wong, M., Mills, G., Yount, G., & Stokoe, D. (1998). Protein kinase B (PKB/Akt) activity is elevated in glioblastoma cells due to mutation of the tumor suppressor PTEN/MMAC. Current Biology. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00493-9

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