Insulin-like growth factor-I stimulates H4II rat hepatoma cell proliferation: dominant role of PI-3'K/Akt signaling |
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Authors: | Alexia Catherine Fourmatgeat Pascal Delautier Danièle Groyer André |
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Affiliation: | Inserm U.481, Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, 16, rue Henri Huchard, BP416, 75870 Paris Cedex 18, France. |
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Abstract: | Although hepatocytes are the primary source of endocrine IGF-I and -II in mammals, their autocrine/paracrine role in the dysregulation of proliferation and apoptosis during hepatocarcinogenesis and in hepatocarcinomas (HCC) remains to be elucidated. Indeed, IGF-II and type-I IGF receptors are overexpressed in HCC cells, and IGF-I is synthesized in adjacent non-tumoral liver tissue. In the present study, we have investigated the effects of type-I IGF receptor signaling on H4II rat hepatoma cell proliferation, as estimated by 3H-thymidine incorporation into DNA. IGF-I stimulated the rate of DNA synthesis of serum-deprived H4II cells, stimulation being maximal 3 h after the onset of IGF-I treatment and remaining elevated until at least 6 h. The IGF-I-induced increase in DNA replication was abolished by LY294002 and only partially inhibited by PD98059, suggesting that phosphoinositol-3' kinase (PI-3'K) and to a lesser extent MEK/Erk signaling were involved. Furthermore, the 3- to 19-fold activation of the Erks in the presence of LY294002 suggested a down-regulation of the MEK/Erk cascade by PI-3'K signaling. Finally, the effect of IGF-I on DNA replication was almost completely abolished in clones of H4II cells expressing a dominant-negative form of Akt but was unaltered by rapamycin treatment of wild-type H4II cells. Altogether, these data support the notion that the stimulation of H4II rat hepatoma cell proliferation by IGF-I is especially dependent on Akt activation but independent on the Akt/mTOR signaling. |
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Keywords: | H4II cells Rat hepatoma Proliferation DNA replication Insulin-like growth factor-I/-II Erk-1/Erk-2 PI-3′K/Akt signaling mTOR Signaling cross-talk |
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