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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2008

Disrupted RabGAP function of the p85 subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase results in cell transformation.

M Dean Chamberlain, Tim Chan, Jennifer C Oberg, Andrea D Hawrysh, Kristy M James, Anurag Saxena, Jim Xiang, Deborah H Anderson

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M Dean ChamberlainCancer Research Unit, Health Research Division, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 4H4, Canada.
Tim Chan
Jennifer C Oberg
Andrea D Hawrysh
Kristy M James
Anurag Saxena
Jim Xiang
Deborah H Anderson
Saskatchewan Cancer Agency · CAUniversity of Saskatchewan · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rab proteins regulate vesicle fusion events during the endocytosis, recycling, and degradation of activated receptor tyrosine kinases. The p85alpha subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase has GTPase-activating protein activity toward Rab5 and Rab4, an activity severely reduced by a single point mutation (p85-R274A). Expression of p85-R274A resulted in increased platelet-derived growth factor receptor (PDGFR) activation and downstream signaling (Akt and MAPK) and in decreased PDGFR degradation. We now report that the biological consequences of p85-R274A expression cause cellular transformation as determined by the following: aberrant morphological phenotype, loss of contact inhibition, growth in soft agar, and tumor formation in nude mice. Immunohistochemistry shows that the tumors contain activated PDGFR and high levels of activated Akt. Coexpression of a dominant negative Rab5-S34N mutant attenuated these transformed properties. Our results demonstrate that disruption of the RabGAP function of p85alpha due to a single point mutation (R274A) is sufficient to cause cellular transformation via a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-independent mechanism partially reversed by Rab5-S34N expression. This critical new role for p85 in the regulation of Rab function suggests a novel role for p85 in controlling receptor signaling and trafficking through its effects on Rab GTPases.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticPoint MutationAmino Acid SubstitutionAnimalsCell Transformation, NeoplasticMAP Kinase Signaling SystemMiceMice, NudeNIH 3T3 CellsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesProtein Structure, Tertiaryrab4 GTP-Binding Proteinsrab5 GTP-Binding ProteinsReceptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor betaPhosphatidylinositol 3-Kinasesrab4 GTP-Binding Proteinsrab5 GTP-Binding ProteinsReceptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor beta

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PMID18387942
PMCPMC3259639
OpenAlexW1978056665

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