PMID- 10973983 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010108 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 275 IP - 47 DP - 2000 Nov 24 TI - Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase activation and interaction with focal adhesion kinase in Escherichia coli K1 invasion of human brain microvascular endothelial cells. PG - 36769-74 AB - Invasion of brain microvascular endothelial cells (BMEC) is a prerequisite for successful crossing of the blood-brain barrier by Escherichia coli K1. We have previously demonstrated the requirement of cytoskeletal rearrangements and activation of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) in E. coli K1 invasion of human BMEC (HBMEC). The current study investigated the role of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) activation and PI3K interaction with FAK in E. coli invasion of HBMEC. PI3K inhibitor LY294002 blocked E. coli K1 invasion of HBMEC in a dose-dependent manner, whereas an inactive analogue LY303511 had no such effect. In HBMEC, E. coli K1 increased phosphorylation of Akt, a downstream effector of PI3K, which was completely blocked by LY294002. In contrast, non-invasive E. coli failed to activate PI3K. Overexpression of PI3K mutants Deltap85 and catalytically inactive p110 in HBMEC significantly inhibited both PI3K/Akt activation and E. coli K1 invasion of HBMEC. Stimulation of HBMEC with E. coli K1 increased PI3K association with FAK. Furthermore, PI3K/Akt activation was blocked in HBMEC-overexpressing FAK dominant-negative mutants (FRNK and Phe397FAK). These results demonstrated the involvement of PI3K signaling in E. coli K1 invasion of HBMEC and identified a novel role for PI3K interaction with FAK in the pathogenesis of E. coli meningitis. FAU - Reddy, M A AU - Reddy MA AD - Division of Infectious Diseases, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, CA, USA. FAU - Prasadarao, N V AU - Prasadarao NV FAU - Wass, C A AU - Wass CA FAU - Kim, K S AU - Kim KS LA - eng GR - AI-47225/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - HL-61951/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-NS-26310/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - etc. PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Chromones) RN - 0 (Enzyme Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Morpholines) RN - 0 (Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 31M2U1DVID (2-(4-morpholinyl)-8-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Focal Adhesion Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (PTK2 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Blood-Brain Barrier MH - Brain/*microbiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - *Cerebrovascular Circulation MH - Chromones/pharmacology MH - Endothelium, Vascular/*enzymology/*microbiology MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Escherichia coli/enzymology/*pathogenicity MH - Focal Adhesion Kinase 1 MH - Focal Adhesion Protein-Tyrosine Kinases MH - Humans MH - Microcirculation MH - Morpholines/pharmacology MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics/*metabolism MH - Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors MH - Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Structure-Activity Relationship EDAT- 2000/09/07 11:00 MHDA- 2001/02/28 10:01 CRDT- 2000/09/07 11:00 PHST- 2000/09/07 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/02/28 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/09/07 11:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(20)88581-0 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M007382200 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2000 Nov 24;275(47):36769-74. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M007382200.