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- Title
Emergence of the Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase-Akt- Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Axis in Transforming Growth Factor-β-Induced Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition.
- Authors
Lamouille, Samy; Derynck, Rik
- Abstract
During development and in pathological contexts such as fibrosis and cancer progression, epithelial cells can initiate a complex transcriptional reprogramming, accompanied by dramatic morphological changes, in a process named 'epithelial-mesenchymal transition' (EMT). In this transition, epithelial cells lose their epithelial characteristics to acquire mesenchymal properties and increased motile and invasive behavior. Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) has emerged as a major inducer of EMT through activation of downstream signaling pathways, including Smad and non-Smad signaling pathways. Among the non-Smad pathways, increasing evidence is emerging that the phosphoinositide 3-kinase-Akt-mammalian target of rapamycin axis plays a major role in TGF-β-induced EMT, notably through the regulation of translation and cell invasion. Pharmacological inhibitors of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase-Akt-mammalian target of rapamycin pathway may therefore represent an opportunity to selectively target essential aspects of TGF-β-induced EMT and provide an approach to prevent cancer cell dissemination toward metastasis, without the need to fully inactivate TGF-β signaling. Copyright © 2010 S. Karger AG, Basel
- Publication
Cells Tissues Organs, 2010, Vol 193, Issue 1/2, p8
- ISSN
1422-6405
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1159/000320172