Adaptive response to l-serine deficiency is mediated by p38 MAPK activation via 1-deoxysphinganine in normal fibroblasts.

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Reduced availability of l-serine limits cell proliferation and leads to an adaptation to l-serine-deficient environment, the underlying molecular mechanism of which remain largely unexplored. Genetic ablation of 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (Phgdh), which catalyzes the first step of de novo l-serine synthesis, led to diminished cell proliferation and the activation of p38 MAPK and stress-activated protein kinase/Jun amino-terminal kinase in mouse embryonic fibroblasts under l-serine depletion. The resultant l-serine deficiency induced cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1a (Cdkn1a; p21) expression, which was mediated by p38 MAPK. Survival of the Phgdh-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts was markedly reduced by p38 MAPK inhibition under l-serine depletion, whereas p38

SUBMITTER: Sayano T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4821351 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature