Integrin-mediated signalling through the MAP-kinase pathway

Integrin-mediated signalling through the MAP-kinase pathway.

The mitogen activated protein (MAP) kinase cascade, leading to extracellular-regulated kinase (ERK) activation, is a key regulator of cell growth and proliferation. The effects of ERK are mediated by differences in ERK signalling dynamics, including magnitude and duration. In vivo, ERK signalling is stimulated by both growth factors and adhesion signals. A model for adhesion-mediated ERK activa...

PTEN blocks insulin-mediated ETS-2 phosphorylation through MAP kinase, independently of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway.

The tumor suppressor PTEN possesses lipid and protein phosphatase activities. It has been well established that the lipid phosphatase activity is essential for its tumor-suppressive function via the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) and Akt pathways. The precise role of the protein phosphatase activity is still unclear. In the current study, we demonstrate that overexpression of wild-type PTEN i...

RSK and MSK in MAP kinase signalling.

RSK [for 90 kDa ribosomal S6 kinase (p90rsk); also known as MAPKAP-K1] and MSK (for mitogenand stressactivated protein kinase) constitute a family of protein kinases that mediate signal transduction downstream of MAP kinase cascades. RSK is activated by MAP kinases of the extracellular signalregulated kinase (ERK) family in response to growth factors, many polypeptide hormones, neurotransmitter...

Tumour promoting and suppressing roles of the atypical MAP kinase signalling pathway ERK3/4-MK5

Perturbed action of signal transduction pathways, including the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase pathways, is one of the hallmarks of many cancers. While the implication of the typical MAP kinase pathways ERK1/2-MEK1/2, p38MAPK and JNK is well established, recent findings illustrate that the atypical MAP kinase ERK3/4-MK5 may also be involved in tumorigenic processes. Remarkably, the ERK3...

p 38 MAP kinase mediated