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PI3K Targeting by the Beta-GBP Cytokine. Mitogenic Input <strong>and</strong> Therapeutic Response<br />

Livio Mallucci, <strong>and</strong> Valerie Wells<br />

Cell Signaling Laboratory, Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Division, King's College<br />

London, Franklin Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street, London SE1 9NH, UK. Email:<br />

livio.mallucci@kcl.ac.uk<br />

Beta-GBP (beta-galactoside binding protein), a newly identified antiproliferative cytokine<br />

produced by activated CD4 + <strong>and</strong> CD8 + T cells, can enforce programmed cell death in cancer<br />

cells without harming normal cells. We show that the prime target of beta-GBP activated<br />

<strong>signaling</strong> is the p110 catalytic subunit of PI3 kinase. We find that PI3 kinase has a permissive<br />

role in controlling cell cycle <strong>and</strong> survival <strong>signaling</strong> <strong>and</strong> that high mitogenic input, whether<br />

endogenous or enforced, facilitates beta-GBP induced apoptosis via inhibition of PI3 kinase<br />

activity <strong>and</strong> consequent inhibition of Ras-ERK <strong>and</strong> Akt/protein kinase B <strong>signaling</strong>.<br />

References<br />

Mallucci L <strong>and</strong> Wells V (2005) beta-GBP: potential role in cancer therapy. Curr. Opin.<br />

Investig. Drugs 6; 1228-1233.<br />

Ravatn R et al. (2005) Circumventing multidrug resistance in cancer by beta-galactoside<br />

binding protein, an antiproliferative cytokine. Cancer Res. 65; 1631-1634.<br />

Mallucci L et al. (2003) Turning cell cycle controller genes into cancer drugs. A role for an<br />

antiproliferative cytokine (beta-GBP). Biochem. Pharmacol. 66; 1563-1569.<br />

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