PMID- 24691473 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151217 LR - 20221207 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 4 DP - 2014 TI - Translational regulation of GPx-1 and GPx-4 by the mTOR pathway. PG - e93472 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0093472 [doi] LID - e93472 AB - Glutathione peroxidase activity was previously determined to be elevated in lymphocytes obtained from patients treated with the Bcr-Abl kinase inhibitor imatinib mesylate. In order to expand upon this observation, the established chronic myelogenous leukemia cell lines KU812 and MEG-01 were treated with imatinib and the effect on several anti-oxidant proteins was determined. The levels of GPx-1 were significantly increased following treatment with imatinib. This increase was not due to altered steady-state mRNA levels, and appeared to be dependent on the expression of Bcr-Abl, as no increases were observed following imatinib treatment of cells that did not express the fusion protein. The nutrient-sensing signaling protein, mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), can be activated by Bcr-Abl and its activity regulates the translation of many different proteins. Treatment of those same cells used in the imatinib studies with rapamycin, an inhibitor of mTOR, resulted in elevated GPx-1 and GPx-4 protein levels independent of Bcr-Abl expression. These proteins all belong to the selenoprotein family of peptides that contain the UGA-encoded amino acid selenocysteine. Collectively, these data provide evidence of a novel means of regulating anti-oxidants of the selenoprotein family via the mTOR pathway. FAU - Reinke, Emily N AU - Reinke EN AD - Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. FAU - Ekoue, Dede N AU - Ekoue DN AD - Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. FAU - Bera, Soumen AU - Bera S AD - Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. FAU - Mahmud, Nadim AU - Mahmud N AD - Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. FAU - Diamond, Alan M AU - Diamond AM AD - Department of Pathology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. LA - eng GR - R01 CA127943/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R21 CA129590/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA129590/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA127943/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140401 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Antineoplastic Agents) RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Protein Kinase Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Selenoproteins) RN - 8A1O1M485B (Imatinib Mesylate) RN - EC 1.11.1.12 (Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase) RN - EC 1.11.1.9 (Glutathione Peroxidase) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) RN - EC 1.11.1.9 (Glutathione Peroxidase GPX1) RN - EC 1.11.1.9 (GPX1 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology MH - Antioxidants/metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Enzyme Activation/drug effects MH - Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/genetics/metabolism MH - *Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Glutathione Peroxidase/*genetics/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Imatinib Mesylate/pharmacology MH - Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism MH - Phospholipid Hydroperoxide Glutathione Peroxidase MH - *Protein Biosynthesis MH - Protein Kinase Inhibitors/pharmacology MH - Selenoproteins/genetics/metabolism MH - *Signal Transduction/drug effects MH - Sirolimus/pharmacology MH - TOR Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Glutathione Peroxidase GPX1 PMC - PMC3972146 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2014/04/03 06:00 MHDA- 2015/12/19 06:00 PMCR- 2014/04/01 CRDT- 2014/04/03 06:00 PHST- 2014/02/10 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/03/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/04/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/04/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/12/19 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/04/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-14-06318 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0093472 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2014 Apr 1;9(4):e93472. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093472. eCollection 2014.