The p42/p44 MAP Kinase Pathway Prevents Apoptosis Induced by Anchorage and Serum Removal

AUTOR(ES)

Le Gall, Maude

FONTE

The American Society for Cell Biology

RESUMO

Anchorage removal like growth factor removal induces apoptosis. In the present study we have characterized signaling pathways that can prevent this cell death using a highly growth factor– and anchorage-dependent line of lung fibroblasts (CCL39). After anchorage removal from exponentially growing cells, annexin V-FITC labeling can be detected after 8 h. Apoptosis was confirmed by analysis of sub-G1 DNA content and Western blotting of the caspase substrate poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase. Growth factor withdrawal accelerates and potentiates suspension-induced cell death. Activation of Raf-1 kinase in suspension cultures of CCL39 or Madin–Darby canine kidney cells stably expressing an estrogen-inducible activated–Raf-1 construct (ΔRaf-1:ER) suppresses apoptosis induced by growth factor and/or anchorage removal. This protective effect appears to be mediated by the Raf, mitogen- or extracellular signal–regulated kinase kinase (MEK), and mitogen-activated protein kinase module because it is sensitive to pharmacological inhibition of MEK-1 and it can be mimicked by expression of constitutively active MEK-1 in CCL39 cells. Finally, apoptosis induced by disruption of the actin cytoskeleton with the Rho-directed toxin B (Clostridium difficile) is prevented by activation of the ΔRaf-1:ER chimeric construct. These findings highlight the ability of p42/p44 mitogen-activated protein kinase to generate survival signals that counteract cell death induced by loss of matrix contact, cytoskeletal integrity, and extracellular mitogenic factors.

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