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The phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathwayLewis C Cantley
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School and Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115 5713, USA
Science 296:1655-7. 2002..The PI3K pathway is implicated in human diseases including diabetes and cancer, and understanding the intricacies of this pathway may provide new avenues for therapuetic intervention...
New insights into tumor suppression: PTEN suppresses tumor formation by restraining the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/AKT pathwayL C Cantley
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 96:4240-5. 1999..PTEN appears to negatively control the phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling pathway for regulation of cell growth and survival by dephosphorylating the 3 position of phosphoinositides...
Differential signaling by the epidermal growth factor-like growth factors neuregulin-1 and neuregulin-2C S Crovello
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Biol Chem 273:26954-61. 1998..Since both of these cell lines express only two of the known ErbB receptors, our results imply that EGF-like ligands might elicit differential signaling within the context of a single receptor heterodimer...
Association of protein kinase Cmu with type II phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase and type I phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinaseK Nishikawa
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Biol Chem 273:23126-33. 1998..These results suggest a novel model in which the non-catalytic region of PKCmu acts as a scaffold for assembly of enzymes involved in phosphoinositide synthesis at specific membrane locations...
Crystal structures of the XLP protein SAP reveal a class of SH2 domains with extended, phosphotyrosine-independent sequence recognitionF Poy
Department of Cancer Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Mol Cell 4:555-61. 1999..Further, we show that SAP and the similar protein EAT-2 recognize the sequence motif TIpYXX(V/I)...
Extracellular HIV-1 Tat protein induces a rapid and selective activation of protein kinase C (PKC)-alpha, and -epsilon and -zeta isoforms in PC12 cellsP Borgatti
Division of Signal Transduction, Harvard Institute of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusettes 02115, USA
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 242:332-7. 1998..Taken together, these findings demonstrate that extracellular Tat shows a cytokine-like activity in PC12 cells, being able to trigger an intracellular signalling cascade which involves PKC-alpha, -epsilon, and -zeta...
p120cbl is a cytosolic adapter protein that associates with phosphoinositide 3-kinase in response to epidermal growth factor in PC12 and other cellsS P Soltoff
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Biol Chem 271:563-7. 1996..p120cbl was also present in A431 cells and offers an additional pathway by which EGF can activate PI 3-kinase in these cells...
TAZ: a novel transcriptional co-activator regulated by interactions with 14-3-3 and PDZ domain proteinsF Kanai
Division of Signal Transduction, Department of Medicine and Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
EMBO J 19:6778-91. 2000..TAZ may link events at the plasma membrane and cytoskeleton to nuclear transcription in a manner that can be regulated by 14-3-3...
Ligand discrimination in signaling through an ErbB4 receptor homodimerC Sweeney
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School and Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Biol Chem 275:19803-7. 2000..More generally, our observations significantly modify our understanding of signaling through receptor tyrosine kinases and point to a number of possible models for ligand-mediated signal diversification...
Type Ialpha phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinase mediates Rac-dependent actin assemblyK F Tolias
Division of Signal Transduction, Departments of Cell Biology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02115, USA
Curr Biol 10:153-6. 2000..These results demonstrate that PIP 5-kinase alpha is a critical mediator of thrombin- and Rac-dependent actin assembly...
Src-homology 3 domain of protein kinase p59fyn mediates binding to phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase in T cellsK V Prasad
Division of Tumor Immunology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 90:7366-70. 1993..Thus PI 3-kinase is a target of SH3 domains and is likely to play a major role in the signals derived from the TCR zeta/CD3-p59fyn complex...
Impaired kit- but not FcepsilonRI-initiated mast cell activation in the absence of phosphoinositide 3-kinase p85alpha gene productsJ M Lu-Kuo
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Biol Chem 275:6022-9. 2000....
Characterization of a Rac1- and RhoGDI-associated lipid kinase signaling complexK F Tolias
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Mol Cell Biol 18:762-70. 1998....
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent activation of trypsinogen modulates the severity of acute pancreatitisV P Singh
Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Clin Invest 108:1387-95. 2001..Our observations suggest that phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibition might be of benefit in preventing acute pancreatitis...
Conditional inhibition of the mitogen-activated protein kinase cascade by wortmannin. Dependence on signal strengthB C Duckworth
Department of Medicine, Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Biol Chem 272:27665-70. 1997..We present evidence that a protein kinase C family member downstream of phospholipase Cgamma is involved in the redundant pathway...
Cloning and characterization of a wortmannin-sensitive human phosphatidylinositol 4-kinaseR Meyers
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School and Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Biol Chem 272:4384-90. 1997..Catt, J. K., and Balla, T. (1995) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 92, 5317-5321)...
Identification of the tuberous sclerosis complex-2 tumor suppressor gene product tuberin as a target of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/akt pathwayBrendan D Manning
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Mol Cell 10:151-62. 2002..Finally, we find that a tuberin mutant lacking the major PI3K-dependent phosphorylation sites can block the activation of S6K1, suggesting a means by which the PI3K-Akt pathway regulates S6K1 activity...
The structural basis for 14-3-3:phosphopeptide binding specificityM B Yaffe
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Cell 91:961-71. 1997..Finally, we show that the 14-3-3 dimer binds tightly to single molecules containing tandem repeats of phosphoserine motifs, implicating bidentate association as a signaling mechanism with molecules such as Raf, BAD, and Cbl...
Determination of protease cleavage site motifs using mixture-based oriented peptide librariesB E Turk
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Nat Biotechnol 19:661-7. 2001..Our results indicate that a small set of libraries can be used to quickly profile an expanding protease family, providing information applicable to the design of inhibitors and to the identification of protein substrates...
Determination of the specific substrate sequence motifs of protein kinase C isozymesK Nishikawa
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Biol Chem 272:952-60. 1997..The structural basis for the selectivity of PKC isozymes is discussed based on residues predicted to form the catalytic cleft...
Type I phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 5-kinases synthesize the novel lipids phosphatidylinositol 3,5-bisphosphate and phosphatidylinositol 5-phosphateK F Tolias
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Biol Chem 273:18040-6. 1998..The ability of PIP5Ks to produce multiple signaling molecules indicates that they may participate in a variety of cellular processes...
Activation of P2Y2 receptors by UTP and ATP stimulates mitogen-activated kinase activity through a pathway that involves related adhesion focal tyrosine kinase and protein kinase CS P Soltoff
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Biol Chem 273:2653-60. 1998..These results suggest that the P2Y2 receptor-initiated activation of MAP kinase was dependent on the elevation of [Ca2+]i, involved the recruitment of Shc and Grb2, and was mediated by RAFTK and PKC...
United at last: the tuberous sclerosis complex gene products connect the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt pathway to mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signallingB D Manning
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Biochem Soc Trans 31:573-8. 2003....
The Cbl phosphotyrosine-binding domain selects a D(N/D)XpY motif and binds to the Tyr292 negative regulatory phosphorylation site of ZAP-70M L Lupher
Lymphocyte Biology Section, Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Biol Chem 272:33140-4. 1997..These results identify a potential Cbl-PTB domain-dependent role for Cbl in the negative regulation of ZAP-70 and predict potential Cbl-PTB domain binding sites on other protein tyrosine kinases known to interact with Cbl...
Impaired B cell development and proliferation in absence of phosphoinositide 3-kinase p85alphaD A Fruman
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Science 283:393-7. 1999..In contrast, T cell development and proliferation was normal. This phenotype is similar to defects observed in mice lacking the tyrosine kinase Btk...
The tumor suppressor LKB1 kinase directly activates AMP-activated kinase and regulates apoptosis in response to energy stressReuben J Shaw
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, and Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:3329-35. 2004..The role of LKB1/AMPK in the survival of a subset of genetically defined tumor cells may provide opportunities for cancer therapeutics...
The SRC-associated protein CUB Domain-Containing Protein-1 regulates adhesion and motilityC H Benes
Department of Medicine, Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Oncogene 31:653-63. 2012..Thus, signaling events that accompany the CDCP1 tyrosine phosphorylation observed in cell lines and human lung tumors may explain how the CDCP1/SFK complex regulates motility and adhesion...
The erbB3 gene product is a receptor for heregulinK L Carraway
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
J Biol Chem 269:14303-6. 1994..We conclude that ErbB3 is a receptor for HRG and is capable of mediating HRG-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of itself and p185erbB2/neu in cells that express both receptors...
Phosphoinositide kinasesD A Fruman
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Annu Rev Biochem 67:481-507. 1998..Recent advances have challenged previous hypotheses about the substrate selectivity of different phosphoinositide kinase families. Here we re-examine the pathways of phosphoinositide synthesis and the enzymes involved...
Subcellular locations of phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase isoformsK Wong
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Biol Chem 272:13236-41. 1997..Neither of these isoforms accounts for the major type II PtdIns 4-kinase activity detected in the lysosomes and plasma membrane fraction...
Vascular dysmorphogenesis caused by an activating mutation in the receptor tyrosine kinase TIE2M Vikkula
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Cell 87:1181-90. 1996..We conclude that an activating mutation in TIE2 causes inherited VMs in the two families and that the TIE2 signaling pathway is critical for endothelial cell-smooth muscle cell communication in venous morphogenesis...
A new pathway for synthesis of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphateL E Rameh
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Nature 390:192-6. 1997..Although PtdIns-5-P was previously thought not to exist in vivo, we find evidence for the presence of this lipid in mammalian fibroblasts, establishing a new pathway for PtdIns-4,5-P2 synthesis...
Biochemistry. PI3K charges aheadJennifer Y Lee
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School and Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Science 317:206-7. 2007
The LKB1 tumor suppressor negatively regulates mTOR signalingReuben J Shaw
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School and Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Cancer Cell 6:91-9. 2004..These findings position aberrant mTOR activation at the nexus of these germline neoplastic conditions and suggest the use of mTOR inhibitors in the treatment of Peutz-Jeghers syndrome...
DNA damage-induced association of ATM with its target proteins requires a protein interaction domain in the N terminus of ATMNorvin Fernandes
Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Biol Chem 280:15158-64. 2005..Furthermore, this domain of ATM is required for ATM to form nuclear foci following exposure to ionizing radiation...
Tuberous sclerosis complex gene products, Tuberin and Hamartin, control mTOR signaling by acting as a GTPase-activating protein complex toward RhebAndrew R Tee
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Curr Biol 13:1259-68. 2003..Tuberin and Hamartin form a tumor suppressor heterodimer that inhibits the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) nutrient signaling input, but how this occurs is unclear...
Evidence for an alternative glycolytic pathway in rapidly proliferating cellsMatthew G Vander Heiden
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Science 329:1492-9. 2010....
Structural organization and alternative splicing of the murine phosphoinositide 3-kinase p85 alpha geneD A Fruman
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Genomics 37:113-21. 1996..Northern blot analysis of mouse tissues reveals differential expression of full-length and alternatively spliced p85 alpha, with the splice variant most abundant in the liver...
The conserved phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway determines heart size in miceT Shioi
Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Departments of Medicine and Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
EMBO J 19:2537-48. 2000..Thus, the PI3K pathway is necessary and sufficient to promote organ growth in mammals...
MET amplification leads to gefitinib resistance in lung cancer by activating ERBB3 signalingJeffrey A Engelman
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, MA 02114, USA
Science 316:1039-43. 2007..Thus, we propose that MET amplification may promote drug resistance in other ERBB-driven cancers as well...
Tuberous sclerosis complex-1 and -2 gene products function together to inhibit mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)-mediated downstream signalingAndrew R Tee
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 99:13571-6. 2002....
Crystal structure of the breakpoint cluster region-homology domain from phosphoinositide 3-kinase p85 alpha subunitA Musacchio
Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Children s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 93:14373-8. 1996..Their packing suggests the location of a G-protein binding site. This structure of a GAP-like domain for small GTP-binding proteins provides a framework for analyzing the function of this class of molecules...
PI3K pathway alterations in cancer: variations on a themeT L Yuan
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School and Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 2115, USA
Oncogene 27:5497-510. 2008..In this review, we will examine the oncogenic properties of these genetic alterations to understand whether they are redundant or distinct and propose treatment strategies tailored for these genetic lesions...
Rho family GTPases bind to phosphoinositide kinasesK F Tolias
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Biol Chem 270:17656-9. 1995....
Mouse phosphoinositide 3-kinase p110alpha gene: cloning, structural organization, and localization to chromosome 3 band BI A Aksoy
Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, USA
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 262:438-42. 1999..FISH results and DAPI banding demonstrated localization of the p110alpha gene to band B on mouse chromosome 3, a region syntenic with human chromosome 3q26.3...
Growth factor-specific signaling pathway stimulation and gene expression mediated by ErbB receptorsC Sweeney
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School and Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Biol Chem 276:22685-98. 2001..Our observations also suggest that the identity and kinetics of signaling pathway usage by RTKs may play a role in the selection of regulated genes...
Direct regulation of the Akt proto-oncogene product by phosphatidylinositol-3,4-bisphosphateT F Franke
ABL Basic Research Program, National Cancer Institute Frederick Cancer Research Facility and Development Center NCI FCRFDC, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
Science 275:665-8. 1997..Thus, Akt is apparently regulated by the direct interaction of PtdIns-3,4-P2 with the Akt PH domain...
Signalling through the lipid products of phosphoinositide-3-OH kinaseA Toker
Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Massachusetts 02114, USA
Nature 387:673-6. 1997..But how PI(3)K mediates these responses is only now becoming clear...
ErbB-3 mediates phosphoinositide 3-kinase activity in gefitinib-sensitive non-small cell lung cancer cell linesJeffrey A Engelman
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:3788-93. 2005..We conclude that ErbB-3 is used to couple EGFR to the PI3K/Akt pathway in gefitinib-sensitive NSCLC cell lines harboring WT and mutant EGFRs...
Identification and characterization of a phosphoinositide phosphate kinase homologJames D Chang
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Divisions of Signal Transduction, Cardiovascular Medicine, and Hematology Oncology, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Biol Chem 279:11672-9. 2004..These results suggest that PIPKH acts as a scaffold to localize and regulate type I PI(4)P 5-kinases and the synthesis of PI(3,4,5)P(3)...
The kinase LKB1 mediates glucose homeostasis in liver and therapeutic effects of metforminReuben J Shaw
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Science 310:1642-6. 2005..Finally, we show that metformin, one of the most widely prescribed type 2 diabetes therapeutics, requires LKB1 in the liver to lower blood glucose levels...
Differential regulation of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase and MAP kinase pathways by hepatocyte growth factor vs. insulin-like growth factor-I in myogenic cellsOrna Halevy
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Exp Cell Res 297:224-34. 2004..Moreover, the finding that PI3K activity is required for HGF-induced MAPK activation suggests its additional role in proliferation, rather than exclusively in the differentiation of adult myoblasts...
Feedback inhibition of Akt signaling limits the growth of tumors lacking Tsc2Brendan D Manning
Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Genes Dev 19:1773-8. 2005..However, Pten haploinsufficiency restores Akt signaling in these tumors and dramatically enhances their severity. This study demonstrates that attenuation of the PI3K-Akt pathway in tumors lacking TSC2 contributes to their benign nature...
Protein sequences from mastodon and Tyrannosaurus rex revealed by mass spectrometryJohn M Asara
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Science 316:280-5. 2007....
In-gel stable isotope labeling for relative quantification using mass spectrometryJohn M Asara
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Nat Protoc 1:46-51. 2006..This protocol should take approximately 24-26 h to complete, including the incubation time for proteolytic digestion. Additional time will be needed for data analysis and interpretation...
In-Gel Stable-Isotope Labeling (ISIL): a strategy for mass spectrometry-based relative quantificationJohn M Asara
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Proteome Res 5:155-63. 2006..An advantage of ISIL is that visualization of gel differences can be used as a first quantification step followed by accurate and sensitive protein level stable-isotope labeling and mass spectrometry-based relative quantification...
Divergent regulation of hepatic glucose and lipid metabolism by phosphoinositide 3-kinase via Akt and PKClambda/zetaCullen M Taniguchi
Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Cell Metab 3:343-53. 2006....
Loss of class IA PI3K signaling in muscle leads to impaired muscle growth, insulin response, and hyperlipidemiaJi Luo
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cell Metab 3:355-66. 2006..Our finding also indicates that compromised muscle PI3K signaling could contribute to symptoms of hyperlipidemia associated with human type 2 diabetes...
Rheb fills a GAP between TSC and TORBrendan D Manning
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Rm 1028, 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Trends Biochem Sci 28:573-6. 2003....
AKT/PKB signaling: navigating downstreamBrendan D Manning
Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, SPH2 117, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cell 129:1261-74. 2007..In addition, we discuss those Akt substrates that are most likely to contribute to the diverse cellular roles of Akt, which include cell survival, growth, proliferation, angiogenesis, metabolism, and migration...
Phosphorylation of the tumor suppressor CYLD by the breast cancer oncogene IKKepsilon promotes cell transformationJessica E Hutti
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Mol Cell 34:461-72. 2009..Together, these observations define IKKepsilon and CYLD as an oncogene-tumor suppressor network that participates in tumorigenesis...
Understanding the Warburg effect: the metabolic requirements of cell proliferationMatthew G Vander Heiden
Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Science 324:1029-33. 2009..A better understanding of the mechanistic links between cellular metabolism and growth control may ultimately lead to better treatments for human cancer...
The phosphoinositide 3-kinase regulatory subunit p85alpha can exert tumor suppressor properties through negative regulation of growth factor signalingCullen M Taniguchi
Joslin Diabetes Center and Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Cancer Res 70:5305-15. 2010..Together, these results substantiate the concept that the p85 subunit of PI3K has a tumor-suppressive role in the liver and possibly other tissues...
Targeting the PI3K signaling pathway in cancerKWOK KIN WONG
Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
Curr Opin Genet Dev 20:87-90. 2010..This review focuses on their efficacy as single agents and in combination with other targeted therapies, specifically those targeting the MEK-ERK signaling pathway...
PIK3CA mutation is associated with poor prognosis among patients with curatively resected colon cancerShuji Ogino
Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney St, Room JF 215C, Boston, MA 02115 USA
J Clin Oncol 27:1477-84. 2009..PIK3CA mutation and subsequent activation of the AKT pathway play an important role in colorectal carcinogenesis. However, little is known about the prognostic role of PIK3CA mutation in colon cancer...
Altered metabolism in cancerJason W Locasale
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
BMC Biol 8:88. 2010..Here, we take a broader look at the regulation of energy metabolism in cancer cells, considering their anabolic as well as catabolic needs. See research article: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1752-0509/4/58/..
Oncogenic B-RAF negatively regulates the tumor suppressor LKB1 to promote melanoma cell proliferationBin Zheng
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Mol Cell 33:237-47. 2009..Our findings provide a molecular linkage between the LKB1-AMPK and the RAF-MEK-ERK pathways and suggest that suppression of LKB1 function by B-RAF V600E plays an important role in B-RAF V600E-driven tumorigenesis...
The M2 splice isoform of pyruvate kinase is important for cancer metabolism and tumour growthHeather R Christofk
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Nature 452:230-3. 2008..These results demonstrate that M2 expression is necessary for aerobic glycolysis and that this metabolic phenotype provides a selective growth advantage for tumour cells in vivo...
A label-free quantification method by MS/MS TIC compared to SILAC and spectral counting in a proteomics screenJohn M Asara
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Proteomics 8:994-9. 2008....
Evidence that inositol polyphosphate 4-phosphatase type II is a tumor suppressor that inhibits PI3K signalingChristina Gewinner
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cancer Cell 16:115-25. 2009....
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibition spares actin assembly in activating platelets but reverses platelet aggregationT J Kovacsovics
Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Biol Chem 270:11358-66. 1995..PI 3-K stimulation downstream of GPIIb-IIIa engagement may provide positive feedback required to sustain active GPIIb-IIIa...
A single point mutation switches the specificity of group III Src homology (SH) 2 domains to that of group I SH2 domainsZ Songyang
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Biol Chem 270:26029-32. 1995..These results establish the importance of the beta D5 residue in determining specificities of SH2 domains...
Cloning and characterization of a human phosphatidylinositol 4-kinaseK Wong
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
J Biol Chem 269:28878-84. 1994....
The alternative splicing repressors hnRNP A1/A2 and PTB influence pyruvate kinase isoform expression and cell metabolismCynthia V Clower
Division of Signal Transduction, Department of Systems Biology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107:1894-9. 2010..These findings extend the links between alternative splicing and cancer, and begin to define some of the factors responsible for the switch to aerobic glycolysis...
Breast cancer-associated PIK3CA mutations are oncogenic in mammary epithelial cellsSteven J Isakoff
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Cancer Res 65:10992-1000. 2005..Together, these data support the notion that the cancer-associated mutations in PIK3CA may significantly contribute to breast cancer pathogenesis and represent attractive targets for therapeutic inhibition...
Allelic dilution obscures detection of a biologically significant resistance mutation in EGFR-amplified lung cancerJeffrey A Engelman
Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Clin Invest 116:2695-706. 2006....
PI3K enters beta-testingAdam J Shaywitz
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Cell Metab 8:179-81. 2008..In a recent publication in Nature, Jia et al. (2008) identify specific functions of the p110beta isoform of PI3K in glucose metabolism, cellular proliferation, and tumorigenesis...
Differential effects of gefitinib and cetuximab on non-small-cell lung cancers bearing epidermal growth factor receptor mutationsToru Mukohara
Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 97:1185-94. 2005..003). CONCLUSIONS: EGFR mutations in NSCLC cells are associated with sensitivity to gefitinib but not to cetuximab...
PtdIns(4,5)P2 functions at the cleavage furrow during cytokinesisSeth J Field
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Curr Biol 15:1407-12. 2005..We conclude that PtdIns(4,5)P2 is present at the cleavage furrow and is required for normal cytokinesis at least in part because of a role in adhesion between the contractile ring and the plasma membrane...
Inhibition of mTORC1 leads to MAPK pathway activation through a PI3K-dependent feedback loop in human cancerArkaitz Carracedo
Cancer Genetics Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
J Clin Invest 118:3065-74. 2008....
Molecular balance between the regulatory and catalytic subunits of phosphoinositide 3-kinase regulates cell signaling and survivalKohjiro Ueki
Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Mol Cell Biol 22:965-77. 2002..Thus, a reduction in p85alpha represents a novel therapeutic target for enhancing IGF-1/insulin signaling, prolongation of cell survival, and protection against apoptosis...
Positive and negative roles of p85 alpha and p85 beta regulatory subunits of phosphoinositide 3-kinase in insulin signalingKohjiro Ueki
Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Biol Chem 278:48453-66. 2003..Thus, p85 alpha and p85 beta modulate PI 3-kinase-dependent signaling by multiple mechanisms and transmit signals independent of PI 3-kinase activation...
Reduced expression of the murine p85alpha subunit of phosphoinositide 3-kinase improves insulin signaling and ameliorates diabetesFranck Mauvais-Jarvis
Research Division, Joslin Diabetes Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
J Clin Invest 109:141-9. 2002..Furthermore, Pik3r1 heterozygosity protects mice with genetic insulin resistance from developing diabetes. These data suggest that regulation of p85alpha levels may provide a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of type 2 diabetes...
The PHD finger of the chromatin-associated protein ING2 functions as a nuclear phosphoinositide receptorOr Gozani
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Cell 114:99-111. 2003..Together, our data identify the PHD finger as a phosphoinositide binding module and a nuclear PtdInsP receptor, and suggest that PHD-phosphoinositide interactions directly regulate nuclear responses to DNA damage...
A rapid method for determining protein kinase phosphorylation specificityJessica E Hutti
Division of Signal Transduction, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Nat Methods 1:27-9. 2004..Here we describe a combinatorial peptide library method that allows rapid generation of phosphorylation motifs for serine/threonine kinases...
Modulation of epithelial neoplasia and lymphoid hyperplasia in PTEN+/- mice by the p85 regulatory subunits of phosphoinositide 3-kinaseJi Luo
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:10238-43. 2005....
The Mycobacterium tuberculosis serine/threonine kinases PknA and PknB: substrate identification and regulation of cell shapeChoong Min Kang
Division of Infectious Diseases, Children s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Genes Dev 19:1692-704. 2005..These data indicate that signal transduction mediated by these kinases is a novel mechanism for the regulation of cell shape in mycobacteria, one that may be conserved among gram-positive bacteria...
The Peutz-Jegher gene product LKB1 is a mediator of p53-dependent cell deathP Karuman
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 02115, Boston, MA, USA
Mol Cell 7:1307-19. 2001..We propose that a deficiency in apoptosis is a key factor in the formation of multiple benign intestinal polyps in PJS patients, and possibly for the subsequent development of malignant tumors in these patients...
In vivo near-infrared fluorescence imaging of osteoblastic activityA Zaheer
Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Nat Biotechnol 19:1148-54. 2001....
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase binds constitutively to alpha/beta-tubulin and binds to gamma-tubulin in response to insulinR Kapeller
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
J Biol Chem 270:25985-91. 1995..These data suggest that phosphoinositide 3-kinase may be involved in regulating microtubule responses to insulin and platelet-derived growth factor...
Prognostic significance of AMP-activated protein kinase expression and modifying effect of MAPK3/1 in colorectal cancerY Baba
Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Room JF 215C, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Br J Cancer 103:1025-33. 2010..AMP-activated protein kinase activation is cytotoxic to cancer cells, supporting AMPK as a tumour suppressor and a potential therapeutic target. However, no study has examined its prognostic role in colorectal cancers...
The negative regulation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase signaling by p85 and it's implication in cancerJi Luo
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School and Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
Cell Cycle 4:1309-12. 2005..These findings lend new insight to how changes in p85 gene dosage or mutations in p85 could lead to the hyper-activation of PI3K and thus contribute towards tumorigenesis...
Using peptide libraries to identify optimal cleavage motifs for proteolytic enzymesBenjamin E Turk
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Methods 32:398-405. 2004..Here, we describe in detail methodology that allows for the rapid and general determination of optimal recognition sequences for proteolytic enzymes...
Novel PI 3-kinase-dependent mechanisms of trypanosome invasion and vacuole maturationAaron M Woolsey
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Cell Sci 116:3611-22. 2003..Jointly, these data provide a new paradigm for T. cruzi invasion of non-professional phagocytic cells and reveal a novel vacuole maturation process that appears to bypass the requirement for EEA1...
Akt/protein kinase B promotes organ growth in transgenic miceTetsuo Shioi
Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
Mol Cell Biol 22:2799-809. 2002..In conclusion, Akt is sufficient to induce a marked increase in heart size and is likely to be one of the effectors of the PI3K pathway in mediating heart growth...
The Crohn's disease protein, NOD2, requires RIP2 in order to induce ubiquitinylation of a novel site on NEMODerek W Abbott
Division of Gastrointestinal Pathology, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Curr Biol 14:2217-27. 2004..NOD2 can both strongly activate and negatively attenuate NF-kB signaling. The biochemical mechanism for this dual function of NOD2 is unknown...
The p85 regulatory subunit of phosphoinositide 3-kinase down-regulates IRS-1 signaling via the formation of a sequestration complexJi Luo
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA
J Cell Biol 170:455-64. 2005..These results suggest a mechanism of signal down-regulation of IRS-1 that is mediated by monomeric p85 through the formation of a sequestration complex between p85 and IRS-1...
Glucose addiction of TSC null cells is caused by failed mTORC1-dependent balancing of metabolic demand with supplyAndrew Y Choo
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Mol Cell 38:487-99. 2010..Therefore, mTORC1 inhibition during energetic stress is primarily to balance metabolic demand with supply...
Phosphoinositide 3-kinase regulatory subunit p85alpha suppresses insulin action via positive regulation of PTENCullen M Taniguchi
Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103:12093-7. 2006..Thus, the regulatory subunit p85alpha is a critical modulator of insulin sensitivity in vivo not only because of its effects on PI3K activation, but also as a regulator of PTEN activity...
Targeting a common collaborator in cancer developmentAndrea P Myers
Division of Women s Cancers, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Sci Transl Med 2:48ps45. 2010..Here, we discuss the potential implications of these data on the clinical development of PI3K pathway inhibitors as cancer therapeutics...
The role of phosphoinositide 3-kinase in human diseaseLewis C Cantley
Division of Signal Transduction, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Harvey Lect 100:103-22. 2004
