PMID:16123202

Citation	Majumdar, AP and Du, J (2006) Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt signaling stimulates colonic mucosal cell survival during aging. Am. J. Physiol. Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 290:G49-55
Abstract	Although aging is shown to be associated with decreased apoptosis and increased survival of cells in the colonic mucosa of Fischer 344 rats, the regulatory mechanisms are poorly understood. The current investigation examines the involvement of phosphotidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathway in mediating the events of colonic mucosal cell survival during aging. We have observed that aging is associated with activation of PI3K/Akt signaling, as evidenced by the higher levels of phosphorylated forms of p85, the regulatory subunit of PI3K and of Akt in the proximal and distal colonic mucosa, of aged (21-23 mo) than in young (4-7 mo) rats. These increases are accompanied by a concomitant rise in phosphorylation of proapoptotic protein Bad, which is sequestered by the 14-3-3 family of proteins following phosphorylation by Akt, resulting in a reduction in nonphosphorylated Bad. The amount of antiapoptotic Bcl-xL bound to nonphosporylated Bad in the colonic mucosa is found to be substantially lower in aged than in young rats, resulting in a marked rise in the unbound/free form of Bcl-xL in the aging colon. The age-related activation of PI3K and the reduction in caspase-3 activity could be reversed by wortmannin, a specific inhibitor of PI3K. Increased levels of Bcl-xL and phosphorylated forms of Akt and Bad and reduction in caspase-3 activity were observed throughout the entire length of the colonic crypt of aged rats. We conclude that the constitutive activation of the PI3K/Akt-signaling pathway is partly responsible for the age-related increase in colonic mucosal cell survival. This is evident throughout the entire length of the colonic crypt.
Links	PubMed Online version:10.1152/ajpgi.00106.2005
Keywords	Aging/physiology; Androstadienes; Animals; Caspase 3; Caspases/metabolism; Cell Survival/physiology; Colon/cytology; Colon/metabolism; Intestinal Mucosa/cytology; Intestinal Mucosa/metabolism; Male; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases/metabolism; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism; Rats; Rats, Inbred F344; Signal Transduction; bcl-X Protein/metabolism
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Gene product	Qualifier	GO Term	Evidence Code	with/from	Aspect	Extension	Notes	Status
RAT:P85A	involved_in	GO:0007568: aging	ECO:0000270: expression pattern evidence used in manual assertion		P		Seeded From UniProt	complete

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