Akt is a direct target of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. Activation by growth factors, v-src and v-Ha-ras, in Sf9 and mammalian cells.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
K DattaP N Tsichlis

Abstract

The Akt protooncogene encodes a serine-threonine protein kinase which is activated by growth factor-generated signals that are transduced via the phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase (PI3-K). Earlier studies suggested that the activation of Akt by PI3-K may be mediated by the binding of D3-phosphorylated phosphoinositides to the Akt pleckstrin homology (PH) domain. On the basis of these studies, it was hypothesized that Akt is a direct PI3-K target. To test this hypothesis, we reconstituted the pathway of Akt activation in baculovirus-infected Sf9 cells. The results showed that Akt, which is normally catalytically inactive in these cells, was activated when coexpressed with the activated PI3-K. Moreover, they showed that activated forms of c-Ha-ras (v-Ha-ras) and c-src (v-src or srcY527F), two molecules that transduce growth factor-generated signals, also activate Akt in a PI3-K-dependent manner in Sf9 as well as NIH 3T3 cells. The activation of Akt by both growth factors and v-ras and v-src (or srcY527F) depends on the integrity of the Akt PH domain and carboxyl-terminal tail. These results show that Akt activation via the PI3-K can be faithfully reproduced in baculovirus-infected Sf9 cells. The same results support the hypothesis t...Continue Reading

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