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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/1997//809 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 139, Number 3, , 1997 809-815

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Activated Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase and Akt Kinase Promote Survival of Superior Cervical Neurons



Karen L. Philpott*, Mary Jane McCarthy*, Anke Klippel{ddagger}, and Lee L. Rubin*

* Eisai London Research Laboratories Ltd., Bernard Katz Building, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom; and {ddagger} Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, California 94608

The signaling pathways that mediate the ability of NGF to support survival of dependent neurons are not yet completely clear. However previous work has shown that the c-Jun pathway is activated after NGF withdrawal, and blocking this pathway blocks neuronal cell death. In this paper we show that over-expression in sympathetic neurons of phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase or its downstream effector Akt kinase blocks cell death after NGF withdrawal, in spite of the fact that the c-Jun pathway is activated. Yet, neither the PI 3-kinase inhibitor LY294002 nor a dominant negative PI 3-kinase cause sympathetic neurons to die if they are maintained in NGF. Thus, although NGF may regulate multiple pathways involved in neuronal survival, stimulation of the PI 3-kinase pathway is sufficient to allow cells to survive in the absence of this factor.

Abbreviations used in this paper: CGN, cerebellar granule neurons; GSK, glycogen synthase kinase; IGF, insulin-like growth factor; PI, phosphatidylinositol; SCG, superior cervical ganglion.

Address all correspondence to Karen Philpott, Eisai London Research Laboratories Ltd., Bernard Katz Building, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom. Tel.: (44) 171-388-4746. Fax: (44) 171-413-1121. E-mail: kphilpott{at}elrl.co.uk


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