PMID- 23979601 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131209 LR - 20220129 IS - 1098-5549 (Electronic) IS - 0270-7306 (Print) IS - 0270-7306 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 21 DP - 2013 Nov TI - Cross talk between the Akt and p38alpha pathways in macrophages downstream of Toll-like receptor signaling. PG - 4152-65 LID - 10.1128/MCB.01691-12 [doi] AB - The stimulation of Toll-like receptors (TLRs) on macrophages by pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) results in the activation of intracellular signaling pathways that are required for initiating a host immune response. Both phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)-Akt and p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling pathways are activated rapidly in response to TLR activation and are required to coordinate effective host responses to pathogen invasion. In this study, we analyzed the role of the p38-dependent kinases MK2/3 in the activation of Akt and show that lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced phosphorylation of Akt on Thr308 and Ser473 requires p38alpha and MK2/3. In cells treated with p38 inhibitors or an MK2/3 inhibitor, phosphorylation of Akt on Ser473 and Thr308 is reduced and Akt activity is inhibited. Furthermore, BMDMs deficient in MK2/3 display greatly reduced phosphorylation of Ser473 and Thr308 following TLR stimulation. However, MK2/3 do not directly phosphorylate Akt in macrophages but act upstream of PDK1 and mTORC2 to regulate Akt phosphorylation. Akt is recruited to phosphatidylinositol 3,4,5-trisphosphate (PIP3) in the membrane, where it is activated by PDK1 and mTORC2. Analysis of lipid levels in MK2/3-deficient bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) revealed a role for MK2/3 in regulating Akt activity by affecting availability of PIP3 at the membrane. These data describe a novel role for p38alpha-MK2/3 in regulating TLR-induced Akt activation in macrophages. FAU - McGuire, Victoria A AU - McGuire VA AD - Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology. FAU - Gray, Alexander AU - Gray A FAU - Monk, Claire E AU - Monk CE FAU - Santos, Susana G AU - Santos SG FAU - Lee, Keunwook AU - Lee K FAU - Aubareda, Anna AU - Aubareda A FAU - Crowe, Jonathan AU - Crowe J FAU - Ronkina, Natalia AU - Ronkina N FAU - Schwermann, Jessica AU - Schwermann J FAU - Batty, Ian H AU - Batty IH FAU - Leslie, Nick R AU - Leslie NR FAU - Dean, Jonathan L E AU - Dean JL FAU - O'Keefe, Stephen J AU - O'Keefe SJ FAU - Boothby, Mark AU - Boothby M FAU - Gaestel, Matthias AU - Gaestel M FAU - Arthur, J Simon C AU - Arthur JS LA - eng GR - G0801865/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - R01 HL106812/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - ARC_/Arthritis Research UK/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130826 PL - United States TA - Mol Cell Biol JT - Molecular and cellular biology JID - 8109087 RN - 0 (Heat-Shock Proteins) RN - 0 (Hsbp1 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Imidazoles) RN - 0 (Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Molecular Chaperones) RN - 0 (Neoplasm Proteins) RN - 0 (Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates) RN - 0 (Pyridazines) RN - 0 (Pyridines) RN - 0 (Pyrimidines) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptors) RN - 0 (phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (MAP-kinase-activated kinase 2) RN - EC 2.7.1.- (MAP-kinase-activated kinase 3) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 14) RN - OU13V1EYWQ (SB 203580) RN - TYL52QM320 (VX-745) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Enzyme Activation MH - Heat-Shock Proteins/metabolism MH - Imidazoles/pharmacology MH - Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/*metabolism MH - Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology MH - Macrophages/enzymology MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 14/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Molecular Chaperones MH - Neoplasm Proteins/metabolism MH - Phosphatidylinositol Phosphates/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Processing, Post-Translational MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/*metabolism MH - Pyridazines/pharmacology MH - Pyridines/pharmacology MH - Pyrimidines/pharmacology MH - Receptor Cross-Talk MH - Signal Transduction MH - Toll-Like Receptors/agonists/*metabolism PMC - PMC3811899 EDAT- 2013/08/28 06:00 MHDA- 2013/12/16 06:00 PMCR- 2014/05/01 CRDT- 2013/08/28 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/08/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/12/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - MCB.01691-12 [pii] AID - 01691-12 [pii] AID - 10.1128/MCB.01691-12 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Biol. 2013 Nov;33(21):4152-65. doi: 10.1128/MCB.01691-12. Epub 2013 Aug 26.