期刊
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
卷 459, 期 -, 页码 275-287出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20131344
关键词
Akt; AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK); cancer; cross-talk; tumour suppressor
资金
- Wellcome Trust [097726]
- AstraZeneca
- Boehringer-Ingelheim
- GlaxoSmithKline
- Merck KGaA
- Janssen Pharmaceutica
- Pfizer
- Medical Research Council [G0801865]
- MRC [G0801865] Funding Source: UKRI
- Cancer Research UK [15101] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G0801865] Funding Source: researchfish
The insulin/IGF-1 (insulin-like growth factor 1)-activated protein kinase Akt (also known as protein kinase B) phosphorylates Ser(487) in the 'ST loop' (serine/threonine-rich loop) within the C-terminal domain of AMPK-alpha 1 (AMP-activated protein kinase-alpha 1), leading to inhibition of phosphorylation by upstream kinases at the activating site, Thr(172). Surprisingly, the equivalent site on AMPK-alpha 2, Ser(491), is not an Akt target and is modified instead by autophosphorylation. Stimulation of HEK (human embryonic kidney)-293 cells with IGF-1 caused reduced subsequent Thr(172) phosphorylation and activation of AMPK-alpha 1 in response to the activator A769662 and the Ca2+ ionophore A23187, effects we show to be dependent on Akt activation and Ser(487) phosphorylation. Consistent with this, in three PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10)-null tumour cell lines (in which the lipid phosphatase PTEN that normally restrains the Akt pathway is absent and Akt is thus hyperactivated), AMPK was resistant to activation by A769662. However, full AMPK activation could be restored by pharmacological inhibition of Akt, or by re-expression of active PTEN. We also show that inhibition of Thr(172) phosphorylation is due to interaction of the phosphorylated ST loop with basic side chains within the alpha C-helix of the kinase domain. Our findings reveal that a previously unrecognized effect of hyperactivation of Akt in tumour cells is to restrain activation of the LKB1 (liver kinase B1)-AMPK pathway, which would otherwise inhibit cell growth and proliferation.
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