Blog of Signaling Pathways

Manganese-Stimulated Kisspeptin Is Mediated by the IGF-1/Akt/Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Pathway in the Prepubertal Female Rat

0 views | Jul 11 2017

Srivastava VK et al. suggested that Mn acts, at least in part, through the IGF-1/Akt/mTOR pathway to influence prepubertal kisspeptin and LHRH. [Read the Full Post]

Persistent GP130/STAT3 Signaling Contributes to the Resistance of Doxorubicin, Cisplatin, and MEK Inhibitor in Human Rhabdomyosarcoma Cells

2149 views | Jul 10 2017

Wu X et al. demonstrated that GP130/STAT3 signaling contributes to the resistance of these drugs in rhabdomyosarcoma cells. They also suggested a potentially novel cancer therapeutic strategy using the combination of inhibitors of GP130/STAT3 signaling with doxorubicin, cisplatin, or AZD6244 for rhabdomyosarcoma treatments. [Read the Full Post]

HBXIP, a binding protein of HBx, regulates maintenance of the G2/M phase checkpoint induced by DNA damage and enhances sensitivity to doxorubicin-induced cytotoxicity

1940 views | Jul 10 2017

Fei HR et al. suggested that HBXIP can function as a mediator protein for DNA damage response signals to activate the G2/M checkpoint to maintain genome integrity and prevent cell death. [Read the Full Post]

Ras oncogene-independent activation of RALB signaling is a targetable mechanism of escape from NRAS(V12) oncogene addiction in acute myeloid leukemia

1230 views | Jul 09 2017

Pomeroy EJ et al. demonstrated that Ras oncogene-independent activation of RALB signaling is a therapeutically targetable mechanism of escape from NRAS oncogene addiction in AML. [Read the Full Post]

A cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, dinaciclib in preclinical treatment models of thyroid cancer

1415 views | Jul 09 2017

Lin SF et al. findings support dinaciclib as a potential drug for further studies in clinical trials for the treatment of patients with refractory thyroid cancer. [Read the Full Post]

WNT/β-catenin signaling promotes VSMCs to osteogenic transdifferentiation and calcification through directly modulating Runx2 gene expression.

0 views | Jul 08 2017

Cai T et al. suggested that high-phosphate may activate WNT/β-catenin signaling through different pathways, and the activated WNT/β-catenin signaling, through direct downstream target Runx2, could play an important role in promoting VOT and AMC. [Read the Full Post]

Inhibition of mTOR Signaling Pathway Delays Follicle Formation in Mice

0 views | Jul 08 2017

Zhang J et al. suggested that KITL functions downstream of mTOR in somatic cells to regulate their communication with oocytes during follicle formation. [Read the Full Post]

IFN-α potentiates the direct and immune-mediated antitumor effects of epigenetic drugs on both metastatic and stem cells of colorectal cancer

0 views | Jul 07 2017

Buoncervello M et al. opened a new frontier on the suitability of IFN-α in association with epigenetics as a novel and promising therapeutic approach for CRC management. [Read the Full Post]

Analysis of Endogenous Protein Interactions of Polycomb Group of Proteins in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

0 views | Jul 06 2017

Morey L et al. described several methods to study Polycomb architecture, and identification of novel interactors in both pluripotent and differentiating mouse embryonic stem cells. [Read the Full Post]

Inhibition of acquired-resistance hepatocellular carcinoma cell growth by combining sorafenib with phosphoinositide 3-kinase and rat sarcoma inhibitor

1155 views | Jul 06 2017

J Surg Res have showed that both inhibitors of PI3K/mTOR and RAS/ERK signaling are potentially effective antihepatocellular carcinoma drugs especially in treating sorafenib-resistant hepatocellular carcinoma. [Read the Full Post]

The HSP90 inhibitor, NVP-AUY922, sensitizes KRAS-mutant non-small cell lung cancer with intrinsic resistance to MEK inhibitor, trametinib

1197 views | Jul 05 2017

Park KS et al. showed that intrinsic resistance to MEK inhibition occurred via high AKT expression by PI3K activation as a bypass pathway. The HSP90 inhibitor AUY922 suppressed PI3K-AKT-mTOR and RAF-MEK-ERK, and rendered cells sensitive to trametinib (GSK1120212). Synergy from the combination of the two drugs was observed in only sub-therapeutic concentrations of either drug. Dual inhibition of the HSP90 and MEK signaling pathways with sub-therapeutic doses may represent a potent therapeutic strategy to treat KRAS-mutant NSCLC with intrinsic resistance to MEK inhibition and to resolve the toxicity observed upon dual inhibition of AKT and MEK at therapeutic doses in clinical trials. [Read the Full Post]

Activation of the Akt-mTOR and MAPK pathways in dedifferentiated liposarcomas

509 views | Jul 05 2017

Ishii T et al. suggested that these pathways could be a therapeutic target for patients with DDLS. [Read the Full Post]

Suppression of Virulent Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Proliferation by the PI3K/Akt/GSK-3α/β Pathway

4043 views | Jul 04 2017

Kong N et al. suggested that PI3K/Akt/GSK-3α/β signaling pathway is activated by PEDV and functions in inhibiting PEDV replication. [Read the Full Post]

Generation of Cardiomyocytes from Pluripotent Stem Cells

1680 views | Jul 03 2017

Nakahama H et al. described two different methods for acquiring CMs from human pluripotent lines. One method involves the generation of embryoid bodies, which emulates the natural developmental process, while the other method chemically activates the canonical Wnt signaling pathway to induce a monolayer of cardiac differentiation. [Read the Full Post]

Role of Wnt/β-catenin, Wnt/c-Jun N-terminal kinase and Wnt/Ca2+ pathways in cisplatin-induced chemoresistance in ovarian cancer

3949 views | Jul 03 2017

Huang L et al. indicated that β-catenin, JNK and CaMKII are potential therapeutic targets in chemoresistant ovarian cancers. [Read the Full Post]

Adiponectin promotes human jaw bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell chemotaxis via CXCL1 and CXCL8

3453 views | Jul 02 2017

Pu Y et al. suggested that APN can promote h-JBMMSC chemotaxis by up-regulating CXCL1 and CXCL8. [Read the Full Post]

The mechanically activated p38/MMP-2 signaling pathway promotes bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell migration in rats

1120 views | Jul 02 2017

Yang Z et al. demonstrated that static strain can promote the migration ability of BMMSCs via p38/MMP-2 signaling. To the best of our knowledge, this study is the first report demonstrating that the p38/MMP-2 axis governs BMMSC migration under static mechanical strain. [Read the Full Post]

MET Inhibition in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

0 views | Jul 01 2017

Xie Z et al. provided further preclinical rationale for dual MET/VEGFR2 inhibition in ccRCC. [Read the Full Post]

Phosphorylation of Astrin Regulates Its Kinetochore Function

0 views | Jul 01 2017

Chung HJ et al. revealed a regulatory circuit for protein targeting to KTs that controls the KT composition change of stable spindle attachment and chromosome [Read the Full Post]

Glucose Metabolism and AMPK Signaling Regulate Dopaminergic Cell Death Induced by Gene (α-Synuclein)-Environment (Paraquat) Interactions

1412 views | Jun 30 2017

Anandhan A et al. demonstrated that glucose metabolism and AMPK regulate dopaminergic cell death induced by gene (α-synuclein)-environment (PQ) interactions. [Read the Full Post]