PMID- 20399811 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20101027 LR - 20211203 IS - 0006-3002 (Print) IS - 0006-3002 (Linking) VI - 1803 IP - 9 DP - 2010 Sep TI - The emerging role of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin signaling network in normal myelopoiesis and leukemogenesis. PG - 991-1002 LID - 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.04.005 [doi] AB - The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathway mediates diverse and important physiological cell functions which include proliferation, differentiation, survival, motility, autophagy, and metabolism. However, dysregulated PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling has been documented in a wide range of neoplasias, including malignant hematological disorders. It is now emerging that this signaling network plays a key role during normal hematopoiesis, a tightly regulated process resulting in the formation of all blood lineages. Blood cell development encompasses a complex series of events which are mainly regulated by actions of cytokines, a family of extracellular ligands which stimulate many biological responses in a wide array of cell types. Hematopoiesis is strictly dependent on the correct function of the bone marrow microenvironment (BMM), as BMM cells secrete most of the cytokines. Several of these cytokines activate the PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling network and regulate proliferation, survival, and differentiation events during hematopoiesis. Here, we review the evidence that links the signals emanating from the PI3K/Akt/mTOR cascade with the functions of hematopoietic stem cells and the process of myelopoiesis, including lineage commitment. We then highlight the emerging role played by aberrant PI3K/Akt/mTOR signaling during leukemogenesis. CI - Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Martelli, Alberto M AU - Martelli AM AD - Department of Human Anatomy, University of Bologna, via Irnerio 48, 40126 Bologna, Italy. alberto.martelli@unibo.it FAU - Evangelisti, Camilla AU - Evangelisti C FAU - Chiarini, Francesca AU - Chiarini F FAU - Grimaldi, Cecilia AU - Grimaldi C FAU - Cappellini, Alessandra AU - Cappellini A FAU - Ognibene, Andrea AU - Ognibene A FAU - McCubrey, James A AU - McCubrey JA LA - eng GR - R01098195/PHS HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Review DEP - 20100423 PL - Netherlands TA - Biochim Biophys Acta JT - Biochimica et biophysica acta JID - 0217513 RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.1.1 (MTOR 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 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics/physiology MH - Leukemia/*genetics/pathology MH - Mammals/genetics/metabolism MH - Models, Biological MH - Myelopoiesis/*genetics/physiology MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/genetics/metabolism/physiology MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/physiology MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/genetics/metabolism/physiology MH - Signal Transduction/genetics/physiology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases RF - 0 EDAT- 2010/04/20 06:00 MHDA- 2010/10/28 06:00 CRDT- 2010/04/20 06:00 PHST- 2010/03/05 00:00 [received] PHST- 2010/04/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2010/04/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2010/04/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/04/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/10/28 06:00 [medline] AID - S0167-4889(10)00111-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.04.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochim Biophys Acta. 2010 Sep;1803(9):991-1002. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2010.04.005. Epub 2010 Apr 23.