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AKT-1 regulates DNA-damage-induced germline apoptosis in C. elegans.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17276923     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The cellular response to genotoxic stress involves the integration of multiple prosurvival and proapoptotic signals that dictate whether a cell lives or dies. In mammals, AKT/PKB regulates cell survival by modulating the activity of several apoptotic proteins, including p53. In Caenorhabditis elegans, akt-1 and akt-2 regulate development in response to environmental cues by controlling the FOXO transcription factor daf-16, but the role of these genes in regulating p53-dependent apoptosis is not known. In this study, we show that akt-1 and akt-2 negatively regulate DNA-damage-induced apoptosis in the C. elegans germline. The antiapoptotic activity of akt-1 is independent of its target gene daf-16 but dependent on cep-1/p53. Although only akt-1 regulates the apoptotic activity of cep-1, both akt-1 and akt-2 modulate the intensity of the apoptotic response independently of the transcriptional activity of CEP-1. Finally, we show that AKT-1 regulates apoptosis but not cell-cycle progression downstream of the HUS-1/MRT-2 branch of the DNA damage checkpoint.
Authors:
Celia Quevedo; David R Kaplan; W Brent Derry
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Current biology : CB     Volume:  17     ISSN:  0960-9822     ISO Abbreviation:  Curr. Biol.     Publication Date:  2007 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-02-05     Completed Date:  2007-06-04     Revised Date:  2012-06-22    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9107782     Medline TA:  Curr Biol     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  286-92     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Cancer Research Program, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Apoptosis*
Caenorhabditis elegans / cytology,  genetics,  metabolism*
Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics,  metabolism*
DNA Damage* / radiation effects
Forkhead Transcription Factors
Germ Cells / cytology*
Mutation
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt / genetics,  metabolism*
Radiation, Ionizing
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins; 0/Forkhead Transcription Factors; EC 2.7.11.1/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; EC 2.7.11.1/akt-1 protein, C elegans; EC 2.7.11.1/akt-2 protein, C elegans

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