PMID- 15021914 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20040806 LR - 20211203 IS - 0950-9232 (Print) IS - 0950-9232 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 19 DP - 2004 Apr 22 TI - Interleukin-6 activates phosphoinositol-3' kinase in multiple myeloma tumor cells by signaling through RAS-dependent and, separately, through p85-dependent pathways. PG - 3368-75 AB - The IL-6-induced activation of the phosphatidylinositol-3' kinase (PI3-K)/AKT cascade in multiple myeloma (MM) cells is critical for tumor cell proliferation and viability. Since the IL-6 receptor does not contain binding sites for the p85 regulatory portion of PI3-K, intermediate molecules must play a role. Coimmunoprecipitation studies in MM cell lines demonstrated the IL-6-induced formation of two independent PI3-K-containing complexes: one containing p21 RAS but not STAT-3 and a second containing STAT-3 but not RAS. Both complexes demonstrated IL-6-induced lipid kinase activity. IL-6 also generated kinase activity in a mutant p110 molecule that could not bind p85. Use of dominant-negative (DN) constructs confirmed the presence of two independent pathways of activation: a DN RAS prevented the IL-6-induced generation of lipid kinase activity in the mutant p110 molecule but had no effect on activity generated in the STAT-3-containing complex. In contrast, a DN p85 prevented the generation of kinase activity in the STAT-3-containing complex but had no effect on activity generated in the p110 molecule. Both DN constructs significantly prevented the IL-6-induced activation of AKT. MM cells expressing activating RAS mutations demonstrated enhanced IL-6-independent growth and constitutive PI3-K activity. These data indicate two potential independent pathways of PI3-K/AKT activation in MM cells: one mediated via signaling through RAS which is independent of p85 and a second mediated via p85 and due to a STAT-3-containing complex. CI - Copyright 2004 Nature Publishing Group FAU - Hsu, Jung-Hsin AU - Hsu JH AD - Department of Medicine, West LA VA-UCLA Medical Center and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90073, USA. FAU - Shi, Yijiang AU - Shi Y FAU - Frost, Patrick AU - Frost P FAU - Yan, Huajun AU - Yan H FAU - Hoang, Bao AU - Hoang B FAU - Sharma, Sanjai AU - Sharma S FAU - Gera, Joseph AU - Gera J FAU - Lichtenstein, Alan AU - Lichtenstein A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - England TA - Oncogene JT - Oncogene JID - 8711562 RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Protein Subunits) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (STAT3 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (STAT3 protein, human) RN - 0 (Trans-Activators) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (AKT1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (Oncogene Protein p21(ras)) SB - IM MH - Cell Line MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-6/*pharmacology MH - Multiple Myeloma/*enzymology MH - Oncogene Protein p21(ras)/*physiology MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/chemistry/*metabolism MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism MH - Protein Subunits MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt MH - STAT3 Transcription Factor MH - *Signal Transduction MH - Trans-Activators/physiology EDAT- 2004/03/17 05:00 MHDA- 2004/08/07 05:00 CRDT- 2004/03/17 05:00 PHST- 2004/03/17 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/08/07 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/03/17 05:00 [entrez] AID - 1207459 [pii] AID - 10.1038/sj.onc.1207459 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncogene. 2004 Apr 22;23(19):3368-75. doi: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207459.