Down-regulation of the tumor suppressor gene retinoic acid receptor beta2 through the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt signaling pathway.
The retinoic acid receptor beta2 (RARbeta2) is a potent, retinoid-inducible tumor suppressor gene, which is a critical molecular relay for retinoid actions in cells. Its down-regulation, or loss of expression, leads to resistance of cancer cells to retinoid treatment. Up to now, no primary mechanism underlying the repression of the ... RARbeta2 gene expression, hence affecting cellular retinoid sensitivity, has been identified. Here, we demonstrate that the phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt signaling pathway affects cellular retinoid sensitivity, by regulating corepressor recruitment to the RARbeta2 promoter. Through direct phosphorylation of the corepressor silencing mediator for retinoic and thyroid hormone receptors (SMRT), Akt stabilized RAR/SMRT interaction, leading to an increased tethering of SMRT to the RARbeta2 promoter, decreased histone acetylation, down-regulation of the RARbeta2 expression, and impaired cellular differentiation in response to retinoid. The phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt signaling pathway, an important modulator of cellular survival, has thus a direct impact on cellular retinoid sensitivity, and its deregulation may be the triggering event in retinoid resistance of cancer cells.
Mesh Terms:
1-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase, Acetylation, Animals, Cell Line, DNA-Binding Proteins, Dimerization, Down-Regulation, Enzyme Activation, Histones, Humans, Mice, Mutation, Nuclear Receptor Co-Repressor 2, Phosphorylation, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Protein Binding, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, RNA Polymerase II, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, Repressor Proteins, Retinoid X Receptors, Retinoids, Signal Transduction, Substrate Specificity, Tumor Suppressor Proteins
1-Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase, Acetylation, Animals, Cell Line, DNA-Binding Proteins, Dimerization, Down-Regulation, Enzyme Activation, Histones, Humans, Mice, Mutation, Nuclear Receptor Co-Repressor 2, Phosphorylation, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Protein Binding, Protein Processing, Post-Translational, Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt, RNA Polymerase II, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, Repressor Proteins, Retinoid X Receptors, Retinoids, Signal Transduction, Substrate Specificity, Tumor Suppressor Proteins
Mol. Endocrinol.
Date: Sep. 01, 2006
PubMed ID: 16613989
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