Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18451027›Full record

ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2008

Activation of PI3K/Akt and MAPK pathways regulates Myc-mediated transcription by phosphorylating and promoting the degradation of Mad1.

Jidong Zhu, John Blenis, Junying Yuan

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 145 papers.

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145citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

145 citing papers in PubMed, 246 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jidong ZhuDepartment of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
John Blenis
Junying Yuan
Harvard University · US

Funding

Mechanism and Regulation of Caspase-11R37AG012859 · NIA · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI YUAN, JUNYING · 2002 to 2011
$4.5M
NIA NIH HHS 5 R37 AG012859NIA NIH HHS R37 AG012859
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mad1, a member of the Myc/Max/Mad family, suppresses Myc-mediated transcriptional activity by competing with Myc for heterodimerization with its obligatory partner, Max. The expression of Mad1 suppresses Myc-mediated cell proliferation and transformation. The levels of Mad1 protein are generally low in many human cancers, and Mad1 protein has a very short half-life. However, the mechanism that regulates the turnover of Mad1 protein is poorly understood. In this study, we showed that Mad1 is a substrate of p90 ribosomal kinase (RSK) and p70 S6 kinase (S6K). Both RSK and S6K phosphorylate serine 145 of Mad1 upon serum or insulin stimulation. Ser-145 phosphorylation of Mad1 accelerates the ubiquitination and degradation of Mad1 through the 26S proteasome pathway, which in turn promotes the transcriptional activity of Myc. Our study provides a direct link between the growth factor signaling pathways regulated by PI3 kinase/Akt and MAP kinases with Myc-mediated transcription.

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Protein Processing, Post-TranslationalTranscription, GeneticAmino Acid SequenceAmino Acid SubstitutionCell Cycle ProteinsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationEnzyme ActivationHumansInsulinMitogensMolecular Sequence DataNuclear ProteinsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphorylationPhosphoserineCell Cycle ProteinsInsulinMAD1L1 protein, humanMitogensNuclear ProteinsPhosphatidylinositol 3-KinasesPhosphoserineProto-Oncogene Proteins c-aktProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycRibosomal Protein S6 KinasesRibosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa

Identifiers

PMID18451027
PMCPMC2373325
OpenAlexW1986730787

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