Akt and PKC are involved not only in upregulation of telomerase activity but also in cell differentiation-related function via mTORC2 in leukemia cells |
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Authors: | Osamu Yamada Kohji Ozaki Mayuka Nakatake Yasutaka Kakiuchi Masaharu Akiyama Tsuyoshi Mitsuishi Kiyotaka Kawauchi Rumiko Matsuoka |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Hematology, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan;(2) International Research and Educational Institute for Integrated Medical Sciences, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan;(3) Department of Dermatology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8603, Japan;(4) Department of Pediatrics, Jikei University School of Medicine, 3-25-8 Nishi-shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan;(5) Department of Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Medical Center East, 2-1-10 Nishiogu, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo 116-8567, Japan |
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Abstract: | We have shown previously that PI3K/Akt pathway is active after cell differentiation in HL60 cells. In the present study, we have investigated whether additional molecules, such as protein kinase C (PKC), are involved in the regulation, not only of telomerase, but also of leukemia cell differentiation. We show that PKC activates telomerase and is, itself, activated following VD3- or ATRA-induced differentiation of HL60 cells, as was observed for PI3K/Akt. To clarify the significance of PI3K/Akt and PKC pathway activation in leukemia cell differentiation, we examined the active proteins in either the downstream or upstream regulation of these pathways. In conjunction with the activation of Akt or PKC, mTOR and S6K were phosphorylated and the protein expression levels of Rictor were increased, compared with Raptor, following cell differentiation. Silencing by Rictor siRNA resulted in the attenuation of Akt phosphorylation on Ser473 and PKCα/βII phosphorylation, as well as the inhibition of Rictor itself, suggesting that Rictor is an upstream regulator of both Akt and PKC. In addition, in cells induced to differentiate by ATRA or VD3, Nitroblue-tetrazolium (NBT) reduction and esterase activity, were blocked either by LY294002, a PI3K inhibitor, or by BIM, a PKC inhibitor, without affecting cell surface markers such as CD11b or CD14. Intriguingly, the silencing of Rictor by its siRNA also suppressed the reducing ability of NBT following VD3-induced cell differentiation. Taken together, our results show that Rictor associated with mTOR (mTORC2) regulates the activity of both Akt and PKC that are involved in cell functions such as NBT reduction and esterase activity induced by leukemia cell differentiation. |
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