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Mutant AKT1-E17K is oncogenic in lung epithelial cells.

ABSTRACT: The hotspot E17K mutation in the pleckstrin homology domain of AKT1 occurs in approximately 0.6-2% of human lung cancers. In this manuscript, we sought to determine whether this AKT1 variant is a bona-fide activating mutation and plays a role in the development of lung cancer. Here we report that in immortalized human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B cells) mutant AKT1-E17K promotes anchorage-dependent and -independent proliferation, increases the ability to migrate, invade as well as to survive and duplicate in stressful conditions, leading to the emergency of cells endowed with the capability to form aggressive tumours at high efficiency. We provide also evidence that the molecular mechanism whereby AKT1-E17K is oncogenic in lung epithelial cells involves phosphorylation and consequent cytoplasmic delocalization of the cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) inhibitor p27. In agreement with these results, cytoplasmic p27 is preferentially observed in primary NSCLCs with activated AKT and predicts poor survival.

SUBMITTER: De Marco C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4741851 | biostudies-other | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Mutant AKT1-E17K is oncogenic in lung epithelial cells.

De Marco Carmela C Malanga Donatella D Rinaldo Nicola N De Vita Fernanda F Scrima Marianna M Lovisa Sara S Fabris Linda L Carriero Maria Vincenza MV Franco Renato R Rizzuto Antonia A Baldassarre Gustavo G Viglietto Giuseppe G

Oncotarget 20151101 37

The hotspot E17K mutation in the pleckstrin homology domain of AKT1 occurs in approximately 0.6-2% of human lung cancers. In this manuscript, we sought to determine whether this AKT1 variant is a bona-fide activating mutation and plays a role in the development of lung cancer. Here we report that in immortalized human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B cells) mutant AKT1-E17K promotes anchorage-dependent and -independent proliferation, increases the ability to migrate, invade as well as to surv ...[more]

PMID: 26053093

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Mutant AKT1-E17K is oncogenic in lung epithelial cells.

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Mutant AKT1-E17K is oncogenic in lung epithelial cells.

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