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CK2 (formerly called casein kinase 2) is a ubiquitous messenger-independent serine/threonine protein kinase implicated in cell growth and proliferation. To investigate the regulation and functions of this enzyme, experiments were carried out to search for CK2-interacting proteins. The methods employed included an overlay technique, co-purification, co-immunoprecipitation, and the use of glutathione S-transferase (GST) CK2 fusion proteins. By the CK2 overlay technique, one protein of 110 kDa was found to bind to CK2 with very high affinity. The binding was inhibited by CK2 effectors such as heparin, polyarginine, and histone H1, but was not affected by the CK2 substrate, casein. Protein p110 was also detected by co-immunoprecipitation using anti-CK2 antiserum, suggesting an in vivo association of this protein with CK2. Co-purification of p110 with CK2 from Sf-9 cells that overexpressed CK2 was also observed through sequential chromatographic steps. Using GST fusion proteins of CK2, the CK2-p110 interaction was investigated further and was found to occur primarily through CK2 alpha or alpha' subunits, but not the beta subunit. Protein p110 was purified from 3T3 L1 mouse fibroblast cell lines using a GST-CK2 affinity resin. Amino acid sequence analysis of peptides obtained from the protein indicated that it is the nuclear protein, nucleolin. Furthermore, p110 was recognized by anti-nucleolin antiserum. At present, the physiological significance of the strong interaction between CK2 and nucleolin, an excellent substrate for the enzyme, is not clear. However, this association may be important for regulating rDNA transcription.
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PMID:The physical association of casein kinase 2 with nucleolin. 866 58

The immunosuppressant, rapamycin, inhibits cell growth by interfering with the function of a novel kinase, termed mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR). The putative catalytic domain of mTOR is similar to those of mammalian and yeast phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinases. This study demonstrates that mTOR is a component of a cytokine-triggered protein kinase cascade leading to the phosphorylation of the eukaryotic initiation factor-4E (eIF-4E) binding protein, PHAS-1, in activated T lymphocytes. This event promotes G1 phase progression by stimulating eIF-4E-dependent translation initiation. A mutant YAC-1 T lymphoma cell line, which was selected for resistance to the growth-inhibitory action of rapamycin, was correspondingly resistant to the suppressive effect of this drug on PHAS-1 phosphorylation. In contrast, the PI 3-kinase inhibitor, wortmannin, reduced the phosphorylation of PHAS-1 in both rapamycin-sensitive and -resistant T cells. At similar drug concentrations (0.1-1 microM), wortmannin irreversibly inhibited the serine-specific autokinase activity of mTOR. The autokinase activity of mTOR was also sensitive to the structurally distinct PI 3-kinase inhibitor, LY294002, at concentrations (1-30 microM) nearly identical to those required for inhibition of the lipid kinase activity of the mammalian p85-p110 heterodimer. These studies indicate that the signaling functions of mTOR, and potentially those of other high molecular weight PI 3-kinase homologs, are directly affected by cellular treatment with wortmannin or LY294002.
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PMID:Direct inhibition of the signaling functions of the mammalian target of rapamycin by the phosphoinositide 3-kinase inhibitors, wortmannin and LY294002. 889 71

Phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase is a cytoplasmic signaling molecule that is recruited to activated growth factor receptors after growth factor stimulation of cells. Activation of PI 3-kinase results in increased intracellular levels of 3' phosphorylated inositol phospholipids and the induction of signaling responses, including the activation of the protein kinase Akt, which is also known as RAC-PK or PKB. We tested the possibility that the phospholipid products of PI 3-kinase directly mediate the activation of Akt. We have previously described a constitutively active PI 3-kinase, p110, which can stimulate Akt activity. We used purified p110 protein to generate a series of 3' phosphorylated inositol phospholipids and tested whether any of these lipids could activate Akt in vitro. Phospholipid vesicles containing PI3,4 bisphosphate (P2) specifically activated Akt in vitro. By contrast, the presence of phospholipid vesicles containing PI3P or PI3,4,5P3 failed to increase the kinase activity of Akt. Akt could also be activated by synthetic dipalmitoylated PI3,4P2 or after enzymatic conversion of PI3,4,5P3 into PI3,4P2 with the signaling inositol polyphosphate 5' phosphatase SIP. We show that PI3,4P2-mediated activation is dependent on a functional pleckstrin homology domain in Akt, since a point mutation in the pleckstrin homology domain abrogated the response to PI3,4P2. Our findings show that a phospholipid product of PI 3-kinase can directly stimulate an enzyme known to be an important mediator of PI 3-kinase signaling.
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PMID:A specific product of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase directly activates the protein kinase Akt through its pleckstrin homology domain. 897 14

In mammalian cells, four protein kinases form the PI3-kinase-related protein kinase (PIK) superfamily. These four enzymes-FRAP, DNA-PK, ATM, and ATR-are distinguished by their large size (all are >2500 amino acids), their common primary sequence relatedness through the carboxy-terminal protein kinase domain, and their sequence similarity to the p110 lipid kinase subunit of PI3-kinase. FRAP (FKBP12 and rapamycin-binding protein kinase) participates in mitogenic and growth factor responses in G1 and may regulate specific mRNA translation signals. DNA-PK (DNA-dependent protein kinase), ATM (ataxia telangiectasia mutated), and ATR (ataxia telangiectasia and Rad 3 related) are thought to participate in responses to nuclear cues that activate DNA rearrangements or cell cycle arrests. Recent studies in this protein kinase family indicate an important role for ATM and ATR in a meiotic surveillance mechanism that may regulate proper chromosome transmission.
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PMID:Responses to DNA damage and regulation of cell cycle checkpoints by the ATM protein kinase family. 911 20

The role of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) was investigated in insulin responsive cell lines. mTOR was expressed at high levels in insulin responsive cell types and in 3T3-L1 cells mTOR expression levels increased dramatically as cells differentiated from fibroblasts into insulin responsive adipocytes. mTOR localized to membrane fractions in all cells tested and in 3T3-L1 adipocytes mTOR was specifically localized to microsomal membranes. Protein kinase activity directed towards mTOR was tightly associated with mTOR immunoprecipitates and this kinase activity was inhibited by FKBP12-rapamycin indicating it was due to an autokinase activity present in mTOR. The mTOR autokinase and the protein kinase activity of the p110 alpha isoform of PI 3-kinase shared several notable similarities; (a) both were maximally active in the presence of Mn2+ but also showed significant activity in the presence of Mg2+ (b) neither were inhibited by the presence of non-ionic detergent and (c) both were inhibited by wortmannin and LY294002, known inhibitors of the PI 3-kinase lipid kinase activity. These data taken together indicate the autokinase activity lay in the PI 3-kinase homology domain. In summary mTOR is a membrane anchored protein kinase that is active in conditions encountered in vivo and the fact it is highly expressed in insulin responsive cell types is consistent with a role in insulin signalling.
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PMID:Expression, enzyme activity, and subcellular localization of mammalian target of rapamycin in insulin-responsive cells. 943 72

Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) is a heterodimer lipid kinase consisting of an 85-kD subunit bound to a 110-kD catalytic subunit that also possesses intrinsic, Mn(2+)-dependent protein serine kinase activity capable of phosphorylating the 85-kD subunit. Here, we examine the Mn(2+)-dependent protein kinase activity of PI3K alpha immunoprecipitated from normal resting or thrombin-stimulated platelets, and characterize p85/p110 phosphorylation, in vitro. Phosphoamino acid analysis of phosphorylated PI3K alpha showed p85 and p110 were phosphorylated on serine, but in contrast to previous results, were also phosphorylated on threonine and tyrosine. Wortmannin and LY294002 inhibited p85 phosphorylation; however, p110 phosphorylation was also inhibited suggesting p110 autophosphorylation on serine/threonine. The protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor, erbstatin analog, partially inhibited p85 and p110 phosphorylation but did not appear to affect PI3K lipid kinase activity. The in vitro phosphorylation of p85 alpha or p110 alpha derived from thrombin-stimulated platelets was no different than that of resting platelets, but we confirm that in thrombin receptor-stimulated platelets enhanced levels of p85 alpha and PI3K lipid kinase activity were recovered in antiphosphotyrosine antibody immunoprecipitates. These results suggest PI3K alpha can autophosphorylate on serine and threonine, and both p85 alpha and p110 alpha are substrates for a constitutively-associated protein tyrosine kinase in platelets.
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PMID:The p85 and p110 subunits of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-alpha are substrates, in vitro, for a constitutively associated protein tyrosine kinase in platelets. 944 54

Serine phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) has been proposed as a counter-regulatory mechanism in insulin and cytokine signalling. Here we report that IRS-1 is phosphorylated by a wortmannin insensitive phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase (PI 3-kinase)-associated serine kinase (PAS kinase) distinct from PI 3-kinase serine kinase. We found that PI 3-kinase immune complexes contain 5-fold more wortmannin-insensitive serine kinase activity than SH2-containing protein tyrosine phosphatase-2 (SHP2) and IRS-1 immune complexes. Affinity chromatography of cell lysates with a glutathione S-transferase fusion protein for the p85 subunit of PI 3-kinase showed that PAS kinase associated with the p85 subunit of PI 3-kinase. This interaction required unoccupied SH2 domain(s) but did not require the PI 3-kinase p110 subunit binding domain. In terms of function, PAS kinase phosphorylated IRS-1 and, after insulin stimulation, PAS kinase phosphorylated IRS-1 in PI 3-kinase-IRS-1 complexes. Phosphopeptide mapping showed that insulin-dependent in vivo sites of IRS-1 serine phosphorylation were comparable to those of PAS kinase phosphorylated IRS-1. More importantly, PAS kinase-dependent phosphorylation of IRS-1 reduced by 4-fold the ability of IRS-1 to act as an insulin receptor substrate. Taken together, these findings indicate that: (a) PAS kinase is distinct from the intrinsic serine kinase activity of PI 3-kinase, (b) PAS kinase associates with the p85 subunit of PI 3-kinase through SH2 domain interactions, and (c) PAS kinase is an IRS-1 serine kinase that can reduce the ability of IRS-1 to serve as an insulin receptor substrate.
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PMID:Phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase associates with an insulin receptor substrate-1 serine kinase distinct from its intrinsic serine kinase. 976 40

The two genes encoding the PITSLRE protein kinase isoforms, CDC2L1 and CDC2L2, are localized to human chromosome band 1p36. The PITSLRE protein kinases are a part of the p34cdc2 supergene family. Several protein products of the CDC2L locus may be effector(s) in apoptotic signaling. The larger PITSLRE p110 isoforms appear to regulate some aspect of RNA splicing/transcription during the cell cycle. One or more of these genes may function as tumor suppressor genes in melanoma. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization, one allele of the CDC2L gene complex on chromosome 1 was either deleted or translocated in 8 of 14 different melanoma cell lines. We also observed mutations in the 5' promoter region of the CDC2L1 gene in four different cell lines relative to normal melanocytes using PCR-SSCP analysis and direct DNA sequencing. Western blot analysis revealed decreased level of PITSLRE protein expression in several cell lines, as well as in four surgical malignant melanoma specimens relative to normal melanocytes. Thus, the decreased PITSLRE protein expression appears to result from deletion of the CDC2L alleles and possibly by mutations within the 5' promoter region. We propose that aberrations in the CDC2L genes may contribute to the pathogenesis or progression of melanoma.
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PMID:Abnormalities in the p34cdc2-related PITSLRE protein kinase gene complex (CDC2L) on chromosome band 1p36 in melanoma. 1147 3

Protein kinase B (PKB), also known as Akt or RAC-PK, is a serine/threonine kinase that can be activated by growth factors via phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. In this article we show that PKCzeta but not PKCalpha and PKCdelta can co-immunoprecipitate PKB from CHO cell lysates. Association of PKB with PKCzeta was also found in COS-1 cells transiently expressing PKB and PKCzeta, and moreover we found that this association is mediated by the AH domain of PKB. Stimulation of COS-1 cells with platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) resulted in a decrease in the PKB-PKCzeta interaction. The use of kinase-inactive mutants of both kinases revealed that dissociation of the complex depends upon PKB activity. Analysis of the activities of the interacting kinases showed that PDGF-induced activation of PKCzeta was not affected by co-expression of PKB. However, both PDGF- and p110-CAAX-induced activation of PKB were significantly abolished in cells co-expressing PKCzeta. In contrast, co-expression of a kinase-dead PKCzeta mutant showed an increased induction of PKB activity upon PDGF treatment. Downstream signaling of PKB, such as the inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3, was also reduced by co-expression of PKCzeta. A clear inhibitory effect of PKCzeta was found on the constitutively active double PKB mutant (T308D/S473D). In summary, our results demonstrate that PKB interacts with PKCzeta in vivo and that PKCzeta acts as a negative regulator of PKB.
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PMID:Protein kinase Czeta is a negative regulator of protein kinase B activity. 1008 94

In order to aid in an understanding of the cellular functions of protein kinase CK2, a search for interacting proteins was carried out using a 32P-labeled CK2 overlay method. Several proteins were found to associate with CK2 by this assay; among them, one protein of 110 kDa appeared to be the most prominent one. The possible association of CK2 with p110 was suggested by experiments involving the co-immunoprecipitation using anti-CK2 antibodies. Further analysis using GST-CK2 fusion proteins demonstrated that the CK2-p110 interaction occurred through the CK2alpha/alpha' subunits. To identify p110, it was purified using a GST-CK2 affinity column, and internal amino acid sequencing was then performed. p110 was found to be nucleolin, a nucleolar protein that may be important for rRNA synthesis; a possible role of CK2 in the control of this process is suggested. Using the same CK2 overlay technique, another interacting protein, insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS-1), was also identified. By applying a modified overlay method using individual 35S-labeled CK2 subunits, obtained by in vitro translation in rabbit reticulate lysates, it was determined that CK2 associates with IRS-1 through its alpha/alpha' subunits; i.e. in keeping with the fact that IRS-1 is a known substrate for CK2. However, further work is needed to examine the association of CK2 with IRS-1 in vivo in order to fully understand the significance of the interaction.
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PMID:Identification of proteins that associate with protein kinase CK2. 1009 12


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