TY - JOUR
T1 - Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor-stimulated phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase and Akt activities exert opposing effects on the ERK pathway
T2 - Importance for the rescue of neuroectodermic cells
AU - Mograbi, Baharia
AU - Bocciardi, Renata
AU - Bourget, Isabelle
AU - Busca, Roser
AU - Rochet, Nathalie
AU - Farahi-Far, Dariush
AU - Juhel, Thierry
AU - Rossi, Bernard
PY - 2001/11/30
Y1 - 2001/11/30
N2 - Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) plays a crucial role in rescuing neural crest cells from apoptosis during their migration in the foregut. This survival factor binds to the heterodimer GDNF family receptor α1/Ret, inducing the Ret tyrosine kinase activity. ret loss-of-function mutations result in Hirschsprung's disease, a frequent developmental defect of the enteric nervous system. Although critical to enteric nervous system development, the intracellular signaling cascades activated by GDNF and their importance in neuroectodermic cell survival still remain elusive. Using the neuroectodermic SK-N-MC cell line, we found that the Ret tyrosine kinase activity is essential for GDNF to induce phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt and ERK pathways as well as cell rescue. We demonstrate that activation of PI3K is mandatory for GDNF-induced cell survival. In addition, evidence is provided for a critical up-regulation of the ERK pathway by PI3K at the level of Raf-1. Conversely, Akt inhibits the ERK pathway. Thus, both PI3K and Akt act in concert to finely regulate the level of ERK. We found that Akt activation is indispensable for counteracting the apoptotic signal on mitochondria, whereas ERK is partially involved in precluding procaspase-3 cleavage. Altogether, these findings underscore the importance of the Ret/PI3K/Akt pathway in GDNF-induced neuroectodermic cell survival.
AB - Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) plays a crucial role in rescuing neural crest cells from apoptosis during their migration in the foregut. This survival factor binds to the heterodimer GDNF family receptor α1/Ret, inducing the Ret tyrosine kinase activity. ret loss-of-function mutations result in Hirschsprung's disease, a frequent developmental defect of the enteric nervous system. Although critical to enteric nervous system development, the intracellular signaling cascades activated by GDNF and their importance in neuroectodermic cell survival still remain elusive. Using the neuroectodermic SK-N-MC cell line, we found that the Ret tyrosine kinase activity is essential for GDNF to induce phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt and ERK pathways as well as cell rescue. We demonstrate that activation of PI3K is mandatory for GDNF-induced cell survival. In addition, evidence is provided for a critical up-regulation of the ERK pathway by PI3K at the level of Raf-1. Conversely, Akt inhibits the ERK pathway. Thus, both PI3K and Akt act in concert to finely regulate the level of ERK. We found that Akt activation is indispensable for counteracting the apoptotic signal on mitochondria, whereas ERK is partially involved in precluding procaspase-3 cleavage. Altogether, these findings underscore the importance of the Ret/PI3K/Akt pathway in GDNF-induced neuroectodermic cell survival.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M101220200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M101220200
M3 - Article
C2 - 11535584
AN - SCOPUS:0035977073
VL - 276
SP - 45307
EP - 45319
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
SN - 0021-9258
IS - 48
ER -