Non-CDK-bound p27 (p27{sup NCDK}) is a marker for cell stress and is regulated through the Akt/PKB and AMPK-kinase pathways
- Molecular Cancer Biology Program, Biomedicum Helsinki and Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki (Finland)
- Genome-Scale Biology Program and Institute of Biotechnology, 00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki (Finland)
- Institut Cochin, Universite Paris Descartes, CNRS (UMR 8104), 75014 Paris (France)
- France
p27Kip1 (p27) tumour suppressor protein is regulated by multiple mechanisms including its turnover, localization and complex formation with its key targets, cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) and cyclins. We have earlier shown that p27 exists in cells in a form that lacks cyclin/CDK interactions (hence non-CDK, p27{sup NCDK}) but the nature of p27{sup NCDK} has remained unresolved. Here we demonstrate that the epitope recognized by the p27{sup NCDK}-specific antibody resides in the p27 CDK-interaction domain and that p27{sup NCDK} is regulated by the balance of CDK inhibitors and cyclin-CDK complexes. We find that signalling by cellular growth promoting pathways, like phosphoinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) and specifically Akt/PKB kinase, inversely correlates with p27{sup NCDK} levels whereas total p27 levels are unaffected. p27{sup NCDK}, but not total p27, is increased by cellular perturbations such as hyperosmotic and metabolic stress and activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). By using AMPK catalytic subunit proficient and deficient cells we further demonstrate that the AMPK pathway governs p27{sup NCDK} responses to metabolic stress and PI3K inhibition. These results indicate that p27{sup NCDK} is a sensitive marker for both cell stress and proliferation over and above p27 and is regulated by Akt/PKB and AMPK pathways.
- OSTI ID:
- 22209870
- Journal Information:
- Experimental Cell Research, Vol. 316, Issue 5; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0014-4827
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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