PMID- 15471950 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050303 LR - 20211203 IS - 0006-4971 (Print) IS - 0006-4971 (Linking) VI - 105 IP - 4 DP - 2005 Feb 15 TI - Activation of the p70 S6 kinase by all-trans-retinoic acid in acute promyelocytic leukemia cells. PG - 1669-77 AB - Although the mechanisms by which all-trans-retinoic acid (RA) regulates gene transcription are well understood, very little is known on the signaling events regulating RA-dependent initiation of mRNA translation. We examined whether the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR)/p70 S6 kinase pathway is activated by RA. RA treatment of sensitive cell lines resulted in phosphorylation/activation of mTOR and downstream induction of p70 S6 kinase activity. Such phosphorylation/activation of p70 S6 kinase was inducible in primary acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) blasts and RA-sensitive NB-4 cells, but was defective in an NB-4 variant cell line (NB-4.007/6) that is resistant to the biologic effects of RA. The RA-dependent activation of p70 S6 kinase was also phosphatidylinositol 3' kinase (PI3'K)-dependent, and resulted in downstream phosphorylation of the S6 ribosomal protein on Ser235/236 and Ser240/244, events important for initiation of translation for mRNAs with oligopyrimidine tracts in their 5' untranslated region. RA treatment of leukemia cells also resulted in an mTOR-mediated phosphorylation of the 4E-BP1 repressor of mRNA translation, to induce its deactivation and dissociation from the eukaryotic initiation factor-4E (eIF-4E) complex. Altogether, these findings provide evidence for the existence of a novel RA-activated cellular pathway that regulates cap-dependent translation, and strongly suggest that this cascade plays a role in the induction of retinoid responses in APL cells. FAU - Lal, Lakhvir AU - Lal L AD - Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611, USA. FAU - Li, Yongzhong AU - Li Y FAU - Smith, Jessica AU - Smith J FAU - Sassano, Antonella AU - Sassano A FAU - Uddin, Shahab AU - Uddin S FAU - Parmar, Simrit AU - Parmar S FAU - Tallman, Martin S AU - Tallman MS FAU - Minucci, Saverio AU - Minucci S FAU - Hay, Nissim AU - Hay N FAU - Platanias, Leonidas C AU - Platanias LC LA - eng GR - CA77816/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA94079/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. DEP - 20041007 PL - United States TA - Blood JT - Blood JID - 7603509 RN - 0 (Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E) RN - 0 (Growth Inhibitors) RN - 0 (RNA Caps) RN - 452VLY9402 (Serine) RN - 5688UTC01R (Tretinoin) RN - EC 2.7.- (Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Cell Differentiation/physiology MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-4E/metabolism MH - Growth Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute/*enzymology/metabolism/pathology MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Kinases/metabolism/physiology MH - RNA Caps/metabolism MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/*metabolism/physiology MH - Serine/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - Sirolimus/pharmacology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - Tretinoin/*pharmacology EDAT- 2004/10/09 09:00 MHDA- 2005/03/04 09:00 CRDT- 2004/10/09 09:00 PHST- 2004/10/09 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/03/04 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/10/09 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-4971(20)45894-X [pii] AID - 10.1182/blood-2004-06-2078 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Blood. 2005 Feb 15;105(4):1669-77. doi: 10.1182/blood-2004-06-2078. Epub 2004 Oct 7.