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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Volume 14, Issue 6, Pages 2583-2591Publisher
AMER SOC CELL BIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E02-09-0621
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We reported previously in HepG2 cells that estradiol induces cell cycle progression throughout the G(1)-S transition by the parallel stimulation of both PKC-alpha and ERK signaling molecules. The analysis of the cyclin D, gene expression showed that only the MAP kinase pathway was involved. Here, the presence of rapid/nongenomic, estradiol-regulated, PI3K/AKT signal transduction pathway, its modulation by the levels of the tumor suppressor PTEN, its cross-talk with the ERK pathway, and its involvement in DNA synthesis and cyclin D(1) gene promoter activity have all been studied in HepG2 cells. 17beta-Estradiol induced the rapid and biphasic phosphorylation of AKT. These phosphorylations were independent of each other, being the first wave of activation independent of the estrogen receptor (ER), whereas the second was dependent on ER. Both activations were dependent on PI3K activity; furthermore, the ERK pathway modulated AKT phosphorylation by acting on the PTEN levels. The results showed that the PI3K pathway, as well as ER, were strongly involved in both G(1)-S progression and cyclin D(1) promoter activity by acting on its proximal region (-254 base pairs). These data indicate that in HepG2 cells, different rapid/nongenomic estradiol-induced signal transduction pathways modulate the multiple steps of G(1)-S phase transition.
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