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The Activation of p38 and Apoptosis by the Inhibition of Erk Is Antagonized by the Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway

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Berra, Edurne, Diaz-Meco, Marı́a T., Moscat, Jorge·1998·Journal of Biological Chemistry

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Considerable attention has recently been focused on the role played by different kinase cascades in the control of apoptosis. The triggering of stress-activated kinases concomitant with the inhibition of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway has been observed in a number of cell systems undergoing programmed cell death. In addition, the activation of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-kinase)-Akt signaling cascade has been shown to protect from apoptosis. Here we have explored the potential role played by the inhibition of ERK in the activation of the stress kinases as well as the possible cross-talk with the PI 3-kinase pathway in HeLa cells. We show that the simple inhibition of ERK basal activity is sufficient to trigger apoptosis and p38 activation with no changes in Jun N-terminal kinase/stress-activated protein kinase. This is a process dependent on the caspases and is completely abrogated by serum. The incubation with wortmannin or the transfection of dominant negative mutants of p85 or Akt block the inhibitory function of serum, suggesting the involvement of the PI 3-kinase-Akt system. Consistent with this, expression of active mutants of PI 3-kinase and Akt inhibits p38 activation and apoptosis. We also show here that the inhibition of ERK triggers the caspase system, which is abolished by serum in a wortmannin-dependent manner. Collectively, these results demonstrate a link between ERK and the p38 apoptotic pathway that is modulated by the survival PI 3-kinase-Akt module, acting upstream the caspase system.

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Authors
Berra, E., Diaz-Meco, M. T., & Moscat, J.
Venue
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1998-04
Volume
273
Issue
17
Pages
10792-10797
ISSN
0021-9258 (ISSN-L)
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W2047682144
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254
References
39
FWCI
10.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Berra, E., Diaz-Meco, M. T., & Moscat, J. (1998). The Activation of p38 and Apoptosis by the Inhibition of Erk Is Antagonized by the Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway. Journal of Biological Chemistry. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.273.17.10792

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