Decreased apoptosis in polyamine depleted IEC-6 cells depends on Akt-mediated NF-κB activation but not GSK3β activity
- 1 August 2005
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Apoptosis
- Vol. 10 (4), 759-776
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10495-005-2943-3
Abstract
The PI3-kinase/Akt pathway promotes cell survival in many different cell types including intestinal epithelial cells. Increased AKT activation in polyamine depleted intestinal epithelial cells correlated well with the decrease in TNF-α-induced apoptosis. Increased Akt activation and GSK3β (Ser 9) phosphorylation without significant effect on Bad (Ser136) phosphorylation indicate that Akt-mediated protection is independent of Bad phosphorylation but may depend on GSK3β. Pretreatment of polyamine-depleted cells with LY294002 increased caspase-9 and caspase-3 activation and decreased basal levels of GSK-3β phosphorylation. Inhibition of GSK3β activity using AR-A014418 or lithium chloride or siRNA-mediated downregulation of its expression had no effect on apoptosis. Inhibition of PI3-kinase and over-expression of dominant negative Akt (DN-AKT), significantly increased apoptosis in polyamine depleted cells. DN-Akt expression reversed the protective effect of polyamine depletion on apoptosis. DN-Akt, as well as the PI3-kinase inhibitors, prevented Akt activation and subsequent translocation of NF-κB to the nucleus. Constitutively active Akt (CA-AKT) expression increased resistance to TNF-α-induced apoptosis. Constitutively active-Akt expression increased nuclear staining of NF-κB. Moreover, polyamine depletion of DN-Akt cells prevented basal and TNF-α-induced IκBα phosphorylation. Prevention of NF-κB activation in DN-IκBα-transfected cells increased apoptosis in control cells and restored it in polyamine-depleted cells to control levels. These data indicate that Akt regulates the mitochondrial pathway, preventing activation of caspase-9 and thereby caspase-3 via NF-κB and these effects are independent of GSK-3β activity.Keywords
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