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Akt promueve la supervivencia celular mediante la fosforilación e inhibición de un factor de transcripción Forkhead
A Brunet1, A Bonni, M J Zigmond
1Children's Hospital and Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Cell
|April 2, 1999
Resumen
Los factores de supervivencia previenen la muerte celular mediante la regulación del factor de transcripción FKHRL1. La fosforilación de Akt mantiene FKHRL1 en el citoplasma, pero su ausencia desencadena la entrada nuclear y la apoptosis.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología celular Biología celular.
- Biología molecular La biología molecular.
- La bioquímica es la bioquímica.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los factores de supervivencia inhiben la apoptosis a través de la activación de Akt, la fosforilación de BAD y la Caspase 9.
- La serina/treonina quinasa Akt juega un papel crucial en las vías de supervivencia celular.
- La apoptosis, o muerte celular programada, es un proceso celular estrictamente regulado.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el papel de Akt en la regulación del factor de transcripción FKHRL1.1.
- Aclarar el mecanismo por el cual los factores de supervivencia influyen en la actividad y localización de FKHRL1.
- Para determinar la contribución de FKHRL1 a la inducción de la apoptosis.
Principales métodos:
- Western blotting para detectar la fosforilación de las proteínas.
- Inmunoprecipitación para estudiar las interacciones proteína-proteína (proteínas Akt, FKHRL1, 14-3-3).
- Fraccionamiento subcelular para determinar la localización de FKHRL1 (citoplasmático versus nuclear).
- PCR cuantitativa y ensayos de reportero para evaluar la expresión génica objetivo.
Principales resultados:
- Los fosforilatos de Akt FKHRL1 en presencia de factores de supervivencia.
- La FKHRL1 fosforilada se une a las proteínas 14-3-3 y permanece en el citoplasma.
- La retirada del factor de supervivencia causa la desfosforilación de FKHRL1, la translocación nuclear y la activación de los genes objetivo.
- La translocación nuclear de FKHRL1 está asociada con la inducción de la apoptosis, incluida la expresión del ligando Fas.
Conclusiones:
- La fosforilación mediada por Akt de FKHRL1 es un mecanismo clave para la supresión de la apoptosis mediada por el factor de supervivencia.
- FKHRL1 actúa como un factor de transcripción pro-apoptótico en la translocación nuclear.
- Esta vía pone de relieve un nuevo eje regulador que controla las decisiones del destino celular.
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