Zhiyong Guo1, Jie Huo1, Di Jiang1, Shan Zeng1, Jing Liu2, Feiyue Xing1
1Institute of Tissue Transplantation and Immunology, Department of Immunobiology, Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510632, China
2Department of Stomatology, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510632, China
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Abstract
Little is known about whether there is a relationshipbetweenPI3K/AKT, ERK1/2 and an inverted CCAAT box binding protein (ICBP90) in biological behaviours of tumour cells. The aim of this study was to determine thisusing Jurkat T cells. Compared to PD98059 (an ERK1/2 signaling inhibitor), DAPT (a Notch signaling inhibitor) or adriamycin (a classical anti-tumour drug), the inhibition of Jurkat T cell growth by LY294002 (a PI3K/Akt signaling inhibitor) was more obvious. LY294002 combined with adriamycin appeared to have a synergistic effect. LY294002 strongly blocked Jurkat T cells at each phase of cell cycle with a decrease of DNA content, superior to adriamycin. Consistent with these changes, the expression of phosphorylated ERK1/2 was markedly decreased in the LY294002-treated Jurkat T cells, leading to the reduction of ICBP90 production, followed by moderate attenuation of TGF-β secretion. The results suggest that deactivation of PI3K/Akt signalling can surpress Jurkat T cell growth through inhibiting cell proliferation and blocking the cell cycle. ICBP90 may mediate the PI3K/AKT-ERK1/2 signalling to regulate leukemia cell growth.