Endothelial cell-cell junctions control efflux of small molecules and leukocyte transendothelial migration (TEM) between blood and tissues. Inhibitors of phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI3Ks) increase endothelial barrier function, but the roles of different PI3K isoforms have not been addressed. In this study, we determine the contribution of each of the four class I PI3K isoforms (p110alpha, -bet...

Combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) can effectively suppress HIV-1 replication, but the latent viral reservoir in resting memory CD4(+) T cells is impervious to cART and represents a major barrier to curing HIV-1 infection. Reactivation of latent HIV-1 represents a possible strategy for elimination of this reservoir. In this study we describe the discovery of 1,2,9,10-tetramethoxy-7H-dibe...

Zachary A. Knight, Beatriz Gonzalez, Morri E. Feldman, Eli R. Zunder, David D. Goldenberg, Olusegun Williams, Robbie Loewith, David Stokoe, Andras Balla, Balazs Toth, Tamas Balla, William A. Weiss, Roger L. Williams, and Kevan M. Shokat* Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, Neurological Surgery and Brain Tumo...

The gene encoding the p110α catalytic subunit of class IA phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PIK3CA) is one of the most frequently mutated genes in human cancer [1]. Somatic mutations are widely dispersed throughout every domain of the catalytic subunit (Fig 1A). Two “hot spot” mutants have been shown biochemically and structurally to activate lipid kinase activity by distinct mechanisms [2]. Rare muta...