PMID- 10201993 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990506 LR - 20101118 IS - 0022-1767 (Print) IS - 0022-1767 (Linking) VI - 162 IP - 8 DP - 1999 Apr 15 TI - Phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase, but not S6-kinase, is required for insulin-like growth factor-I and IL-4 to maintain expression of Bcl-2 and promote survival of myeloid progenitors. PG - 4542-9 AB - Phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase (PI 3-kinase) catalyzes the formation of 3' phosphoinositides and has been implicated in an intracellular signaling pathway that inhibits apoptosis in both neuronal and hemopoietic cells. Here, we investigated two potential downstream mediators of PI 3-kinase, the serine/threonine p70 S6-kinase (S6-kinase) and the antiapoptotic protein B cell lymphoma-2 (Bcl-2). Stimulation of factor-dependent cell progenitor (FDCP) cells with either IL-4 or insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I induced a 10-fold increase in the activity of both PI 3-kinase and S6-kinase. Rapamycin blocked 90% of the S6-kinase activity but did not affect PI 3-kinase, whereas wortmannin and LY294002 inhibited the activity of both S6-kinase and PI 3-kinase. However, wortmannin and LY294002, but not rapamycin, blocked the ability of IL-4 and IGF-I to promote cell survival. We next established that IL-3, IL-4, and IGF-I increase expression of Bcl-2 by >3-fold. Pretreatment with inhibitors of PI 3-kinase, but not rapamycin, abrogated expression of Bcl-2 caused by IL-4 and IGF-I, but not by IL-3. None of the cytokines affected expression of the proapoptotic protein Bax, suggesting that all three cytokines were specific for Bcl-2. These data establish that inhibition of PI 3-kinase, but not S6-kinase, blocks the ability of IL-4 and IGF-I to increase expression of Bcl-2 and protect promyeloid cells from apoptosis. The requirement for PI 3-kinase to maintain Bcl-2 expression depends upon the ligand that activates the cell survival pathway. FAU - Minshall, C AU - Minshall C AD - Laboratory of Immunophysiology, Department of Animal Sciences, College of Medicine, Department of Pathology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA. FAU - Arkins, S AU - Arkins S FAU - Dantzer, R AU - Dantzer R FAU - Freund, G G AU - Freund GG FAU - Kelley, K W AU - Kelley KW LA - eng GR - AG-06246/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - DK-49311/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - MH-51569/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - etc. PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Immunol JT - Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) JID - 2985117R RN - 0 (Bax protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Interleukin-3) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2) RN - 0 (bcl-2-Associated X Protein) RN - 207137-56-2 (Interleukin-4) RN - 67763-96-6 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Cell Survival/immunology MH - Enzyme Activation/immunology MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cells/cytology/*enzymology/immunology/metabolism MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/*physiology MH - Interferon-gamma/pharmacology MH - Interleukin-3/deficiency/physiology MH - Interleukin-4/*physiology MH - Mice MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/*physiology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/biosynthesis MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2/*biosynthesis MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases/*physiology MH - Signal Transduction/immunology MH - bcl-2-Associated X Protein EDAT- 1999/04/14 00:00 MHDA- 1999/04/14 00:01 CRDT- 1999/04/14 00:00 PHST- 1999/04/14 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/04/14 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/04/14 00:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - J Immunol. 1999 Apr 15;162(8):4542-9.