Transcription profiling of prostate cancer cells with Akt activation

ABSTRACT: To determine which genes may be regulated by Akt and participate in the transformation of cells, we have examined by microarray analyses genes turned on in the prostate cancer cell line, PC3, when Akt activity was induced. PC3 cells, which lack the lipid phosphatase PTEN, were treated overnight with a reversible inhibitor of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, LY294002 (a treatment which was found to reversibly decrease Akt enzymatic activity). The inhibitor was then washed out and mRNA collected 2, 6, and 10 h later and compared by microarray analyses with mRNAs present immediately after removal of the inhibitor. One of the identified induced mRNAs, Fra-1, was further studied by transient transfections of a reporter construct containing its 5' regulatory region. This construct was found to

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

SUBMITTER: Janos Demeter 

PROVIDER: E-SMDB-2030 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress