Liver tumors escape negative control of proliferation via PI3K/Akt-mediated block of C/EBPα growth inhibitory activity
Open Access
- 15 April 2004
- journal article
- Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Genes & Development
- Vol. 18 (8) , 912-925
- https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.1183304
Abstract
Liver tumor cells arise from normal hepatocytes that escape negative control of proliferation. The transcription factor C/EBPα maintains quiescence of hepatocytes through two pathways: inhibition of cdks and repression of E2F. Nevertheless, liver tumors and cultured hepatoma cell lines proliferate in the presence of C/EBPα. In this paper, we present evidence that the activation of the PI3K/Akt pathway in liver tumor cells blocks the growth inhibitory activity of C/EBPα through the PP2A-mediated dephosphorylation of C/EBPα on Ser 193, leading to a failure of C/EBPα to interact with and inhibit cdks and E2F. Mutation of Ser 193 to Ala also abolishes the ability of C/EBPα to cause growth arrest because of a lack of interactions with cdk2 and E2F–Rb complexes. These data provide a molecular basis for the development of liver tumors in which the activation of PI3K/Akt pathway neutralizes C/EBPα growth inhibitory activity.Keywords
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