PMID- 15760907 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050708 LR - 20211203 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 280 IP - 20 DP - 2005 May 20 TI - The mammalian target of rapamycin-p70 ribosomal S6 kinase but not phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-Akt signaling is responsible for fibroblast growth factor-9-induced cell proliferation. PG - 19937-47 AB - Fibroblast growth factor-9 (FGF9) is a potent mitogen that stimulates normal and cancer cell proliferation though the signaling mechanism is not fully understood. In this study, we aimed to unravel the signaling cascades mediate FGF9 actions in human uterine endometrial stromal cell. Our results demonstrate that the mitogenic effect of FGF9 is transduced via two parallel but additive signaling pathways involving mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) and extracellular signal-regulated kinase. Activation of mTOR by FGF9 induces p70 ribosomal S6 kinase (S6K1) phosphorylation, cyclin expression, and cell proliferation, which are independent of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase and Akt. Coimmunoprecipitation analysis demonstrates that mTOR physically associates with S6K1 upon FGF9 treatment, whereas ablation of mTOR activity using RNA interference or pharmacological inhibitor blocks S6K1 phosphorylation and cell proliferation induced by FGF9. Further study demonstrates that activation of mTOR is regulated by a phospholipase Cgamma-controlled calcium signaling pathway. These studies provide evidence to demonstrate, for the first time, that a novel signaling cascade involving phospholipase Cgamma, calcium, mTOR, and S6K1 is activated by FGF9 in a receptor-specific manner. FAU - Wing, Lih-Yuh C AU - Wing LY AD - Department of Physiology, National Cheung Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China. wing@mail.ncku.edu.tw FAU - Chen, Hsiu-Mei AU - Chen HM FAU - Chuang, Pei-Chin AU - Chuang PC FAU - Wu, Meng-Hsing AU - Wu MH FAU - Tsai, Shaw-Jenq AU - Tsai SJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20050310 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (FGF9 protein, human) RN - 0 (Fibroblast Growth Factor 9) RN - 0 (Mitogens) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 62031-54-3 (Fibroblast Growth Factors) RN - EC 2.7.- (Protein Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR protein, human) 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 2.7.11.1 (Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (ras Proteins) SB - IM MH - Cell Proliferation/*drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Endometrium/cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Female MH - Fibroblast Growth Factor 9 MH - Fibroblast Growth Factors/*pharmacology MH - Humans MH - MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects MH - Mitogens/pharmacology MH - Models, Biological MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt MH - Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases MH - ras Proteins/metabolism EDAT- 2005/03/12 09:00 MHDA- 2005/07/09 09:00 CRDT- 2005/03/12 09:00 PHST- 2005/03/12 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/07/09 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/03/12 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(20)61781-1 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M411865200 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2005 May 20;280(20):19937-47. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M411865200. Epub 2005 Mar 10.