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- Title
The PI3K regulatory subunits p55α and p50α regulate cell death in vivo.
- Authors
Pensa, S; Neoh, K; Resemann, H K; Kreuzaler, P A; Abell, K; Clarke, N J; Reinheckel, T; Kahn, C R; Watson, C J
- Abstract
The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) regulatory subunits p55α and p50α are coordinately transcriptionally upregulated by signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Stat3) at the onset of mammary gland involution, a process that requires Stat3. Deletion of both p55α and p50α subunits in vivo abrogated mammary epithelial cell death during involution. This was associated also with reduced cytosolic levels and activity of the cysteine protease cathepsin L, which is implicated in lysosomal-mediated programmed cell death (LM-PCD) and is upregulated in involution. Furthermore, involution is delayed in cathepsin L-deficient mice suggesting that the p55α/p50α subunits mediate cell death in part by elevating the level of cathepsin L resulting in increased cytosolic activity. Surprisingly, we found that p55α/p50α localize to the nucleus where they bind to chromatin and regulate transcription of a subset of inflammatory/acute phase genes that are also Stat3 targets. Our findings reveal a novel role for these PI3K regulatory subunits as regulators of LM-PCD in vivo.
- Subjects
PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-kinases; CELL death; GENETIC regulation; STAT proteins; MAMMARY glands; EPITHELIAL cells; CYSTEINE proteinases; CATHEPSINS
- Publication
Cell Death & Differentiation, 2014, Vol 21, Issue 9, p1442
- ISSN
1350-9047
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/cdd.2014.59