PMID- 19779850 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20150203 LR - 20211020 IS - 1875-2284 (Electronic) IS - 1875-2292 (Print) IS - 1875-2284 (Linking) VI - 2 IP - 1 DP - 2009 Dec TI - The NF-kappaB/AKT-dependent Induction of Wnt Signaling in Colon Cancer Cells by Macrophages and IL-1beta. PG - 69-80 LID - 10.1007/s12307-009-0030-y [doi] AB - Progression of colon cancer from microadenoma to macroscopic tumors is coupled to augmentation of canonical Wnt signaling. We recently reported that tumor associated macrophages, through interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta) dependent phosphorylation of GSK3beta, promote Wnt signaling in colon cancer cells, demonstrating that proinflammatory cytokines can enhance TCF4/beta-catenin transcriptional activity in tumor cells. Here we investigated the pathway whereby IL-1beta inactivates GSK3beta and promotes Wnt signaling in colon cancer cells. We showed that normal human monocytes, THP1 macrophages and IL-1 failed to induce Wnt signaling in tumor cells expressing dominant negative IkappaB (dnIkappaB), demonstrating that macrophages and IL-1 activate Wnt signaling in a NF-kappaB-dependent manner. NF-kappaB activity was required for macrophages and IL-1 to activate PDK1 and AKT in tumor cells and thereby inhibit GSK3beta activity. Consistently, dominant negative AKT (dnAKT), or pharmacological inhibition of AKT in tumor cells, prevented macrophage/IL-1 mediated phosphorylation of GSK3beta, activation of Wnt signaling, and induction of c-jun and c-myc, confirming that macrophages and IL-1 promote Wnt signaling in an AKT dependent manner. Finally, we showed IL-1 and macrophages failed to promote growth of colon cancer cells with impaired NF-kappaB or AKT signaling, confirming the requirement for NF-kappaB and AKT activation for the protumorigenic activity of tumor associated macrophages. Thus, we showed that IL-1 and tumor associated macrophages activate NF-kappaB-dependent PDK1/AKT signaling in tumor cells, and thereby inactivate GSK3beta, enhance Wnt signaling and promote growth of colon cancer cells, establishing a novel molecular link between inflammation and tumor growth. FAU - Kaler, Pawan AU - Kaler P AD - Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E 210 street, Bronx, NY 10467 USA. FAU - Godasi, Bramara N AU - Godasi BN AD - Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E 210 street, Bronx, NY 10467 USA. FAU - Augenlicht, Leonard AU - Augenlicht L AD - Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E 210 street, Bronx, NY 10467 USA. FAU - Klampfer, Lidija AU - Klampfer L AD - Albert Einstein Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E 210 street, Bronx, NY 10467 USA. LA - eng GR - R01 CA111361/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - U54 CA100926/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20090925 PL - Netherlands TA - Cancer Microenviron JT - Cancer microenvironment : official journal of the International Cancer Microenvironment Society JID - 101322634 PMC - PMC2787930 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Colon cancer OT - Interleukin 1 OT - Macrophages OT - NF kappaB signaling OT - Wnt signaling EDAT- 2009/09/26 06:00 MHDA- 2009/09/26 06:01 PMCR- 2009/09/25 CRDT- 2009/09/26 06:00 PHST- 2009/06/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2009/08/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2009/09/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/09/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/09/26 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2009/09/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 30 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s12307-009-0030-y [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cancer Microenviron. 2009 Sep 25;2(1):69-80. doi: 10.1007/s12307-009-0030-y. eCollection 2009 Dec.