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- Title
PI3 kinase enhancer-Homer complex couples mGluRI to PI3 kinase, preventing neuronal apoptosis.
- Authors
Rong, Rong; Ahn, Jee-Yin; Huang, Honglian; Nagata, Eiichiro; Kalman, Daniel; Kapp, Judith A; Tu, Jiancheng; Worley, Paul F; Snyder, Solomon H; Ye, Keqiang
- Abstract
Phosphoinositide 3 kinase enhancer (PIKE) is a recently identified nuclear GTPase that activates nuclear phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3 kinase). We have identified, cloned and characterized a new form of PIKE, designated PIKE-L, which, unlike the nuclear PIKE-S, localizes to both the cytoplasm and the nucleus. We demonstrate physiologic binding of PIKE-L to Homer, an adaptor protein known to link metabotropic glutamate receptors to multiple intracellular targets including the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R). We show that activation of group I metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRIs) enhances formation of an mGluRI-Homer-PIKE-L complex, leading to activation of PI3 kinase activity and prevention of neuronal apoptosis. Our findings indicate that this complex mediates the well-known ability of agonists of mGluRI to prevent neuronal apoptosis.
- Publication
Nature neuroscience, 2003, Vol 6, Issue 11, p1153
- ISSN
1097-6256
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1038/nn1134