Phosphoinositide 3-kinase activity is essential for all-trans-retinoic acid-induced granulocytic differentiation of HL-60 cells.

1999; National Institutes of Health; Volume: 59; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

Autores

Valeria Bertagnolo, Luca M. Neri, Marco Marchisio, Carlo Mischiati, Silvano Capitani,

Tópico(s)

NF-κB Signaling Pathways

Resumo

Phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI 3-K) activity increases in HL-60 cells that are induced to granulocytic differentiation by all-trans-retinoic acid. Immunochemical and immunocytochemical analyses by confocal microscopy also reveal an increase in the amount of the enzyme, which is particularly evident at the nuclear level. Inhibition of PI 3-K activity by nanomolar concentrations of wortmannin and of its expression by transfection with an antisense fragment of p85alpha prevented the differentiative process. The data obtained indicate that PI 3-K activity plays an essential role in promoting granulocytic differentiation.

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