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CELLULAR SIGNALLING
Volume 21, Issue 7, Pages 1229-1235Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2009.03.015
Keywords
C3G; p38 MAPK; Apoptosis; STI-571; CML
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- ISCIII, Ministry of Health, Spain [FIS-PI041324, FIS-PI070078, FIS-PI041131, FIS-PI070071, RD07/0020/0000]
- Junta de Castilla y Leon, Spain [GR93]
- Comunidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain
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In this work we report evidences of a functional relationship between C3G and p38 MAPK in the apoptotic effect of STI-571 on the chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) cell line K562. This has been demonstrated by knocking down C3G and p38 alpha using the interfering RNA approach, as well as through targeting p38 by its inhibitor SB203580. The results indicate that p38 is a mediator of the STI-571-induced apoptosis, while C3G plays a negative role on STI-571-mediated p38 activation through a Rap1-dependent mechanism. According to this, gene expression analysis in C3G silenced cells revealed an upregulation of a large number of genes involved in apoptosis. Some of these genes are also down-regulated (at the protein level) upon p38 alpha knockdown, which further suggests a functional association between these two proteins. On the other hand, C3G knock-down reverts the STI-571-inhibitory effect on ERKs and Akt pathways in a Rap1-independent fashion. Moreover, C3G overexpression also increased both, basal and STI-571-induced apoptosis, in agreement with previous reports. Therefore, our results strongly suggest a dual regulatory role for C3G in CIVIL cells, modulating both apoptosis and survival via Rap-dependent and independent mechanisms. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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