The Role of Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase Lipid Products in Cell Function (1999)

Phosphoinositide 3-kinases (PI 3-Ks) 1The abbreviations used are:PI 3-K, phosphoinositide 3-kinase; PtdIns, phosphatidylinositol; PDGF, platelet-derived growth factor; fMLP, formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine; PH, pleckstrin homology; PLC, phospholipase C; PKC, protein kinase C; MAPK, mitogen-activated protein kinase. are a subfamily of lipid kinases that catalyze the addition of a phosphate molecule specifically to the 3-position of the inositol ring of phosphoinositides. Phosphatidylinositol (PtdIns), the precursor of all phosphoinositides (PI), constitutes less than 10% of the total lipid in eukaryotic cell membranes (Fig.1). Approximately 5% of cellular PI is phosphorylated at the 4-position (PtdIns-4-P), and another 5% is phosphorylated at both the 4- and 5-positions (PtdIns-4,5-P2). However, less than 0.25% of the total inositol-containing lipids are phosphorylated at the 3-position, consistent with the idea that these lipids exert specific regulatory functions inside the cell, as opposed to a structural function. To date, nine members of the PI 3-K family have been isolated from mammalian cells. They are grouped, as suggested by Domin and Waterfield (1Domin J. Waterfield M.D. FEBS Lett. 1997; 410: 91-95Crossref PubMed Scopus (209) Google Scholar), into three classes according to the molecules that they preferentially utilize as substrates. Four different lipid products can be generated by the different PI 3-K members: the singly phosphorylated form PtdIns-3-P; the doubly phosphorylated forms PtdIns-3,4-P2 and PtdIns-3,5-P2; and finally the triply phosphorylated form PtdIns-3,4,5-P3 (Fig.1). PI 3-K was first described as a PI kinase activity associated with the viral oncoproteins, v-Src, v-Ros, and polyomavirus middle T. Mutational studies of these oncoproteins more than 10 years ago indicated a critical role for the associated PI kinase in cell transformation (reviewed by Ref. 2Cantley L.C. Auger K.R. Carpenter C. Duckworth B. Graziani A. Kapeller R. Soltoff S. Cell. 1991; 64: 281-302Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (2186) Google Scholar). Recent advances in the field have been achieved by the development of new techniques to probe for the direct targets of PI 3-K lipid products. The chemical synthesis of short chain fatty acid versions of these lipids (3Wang D.-S. Chen C.-S. Org. Chem. 1996; 61: 5905-5910Crossref Scopus (56) Google Scholar, 4Falck J.R. Abdali A. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 1993; 3: 717-720Crossref Scopus (15) Google Scholar, 5Prestwich G.D. Acc. Chem. Res. 1996; 29: 503-513Crossref Scopus (107) Google Scholar) has been a crucial step in determining the specificity of lipid-binding proteins. Additionally, new cloning strategies have been developed to isolate new lipid-binding proteins (6Klarlund J.K. Guilherme A. Holik J.J. Virbasius J.V. Chawla A. Czech M.P. Science. 1997; 275: 1927-1930Crossref PubMed Scopus (371) Google Scholar). Here we will review the most recent advances in our understanding of the role of PI 3-K in cell function by dissecting the contribution of each of its lipid products. PtdIns-3-P is constitutively present in both mammalian and yeast cells (7Auger K.R. Serunian L.A. Soltoff S.P. Libby P. Cantley L.C. Cell. 1989; 57: 167-175Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (683) Google Scholar, 8Auger K.R. Carpenter C.L. Cantley L.C. Varticovski L. J. Biol. Chem. 1989; 264: 20181-20184Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Google Scholar). It can be produced in vitro via phosphorylation of PtdIns by Class I, II, or III PI 3-Ks (Fig. 1). However, the majority of PtdIns-3-P in mammalian cells is probably produced by Class III PI 3-K (9Vanhaesebroeck B. Leevers S.J. Panayotou G. Waterfield M.D. Trends Biochem. Sci. 1997; 22: 267-272Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (833) Google Scholar). The mammalian Class III enzyme is highly related to the yeast Vps34 gene product (10Stack J.H. Horazdovsky B. Emr S.D. Annu. Rev. Cell Dev. Biol. 1995; 11: 1-33Crossref PubMed Scopus (172) Google Scholar) and, like the yeast enzyme, is specific for PtdIns and will not phosphorylate PtdIns-4-P or PtdIns-4,5-P2 (11Volinia S. Dhand R. Vanhaesebroeck B. MacDougall L.K. Stein R. Zvelebil M.J. Domin J. Panaretou C. Waterfield M.D. EMBO J. 1995; 14: 3339-3348Crossref PubMed Scopus (309) Google Scholar). PtdIns-3-P was recently shown to specifically interact with a 70-residue protein module called the FYVE finger domain. This domain is a special type of RING zinc finger that is characterized by two zinc-binding sites and a highly conserved stretch of basic residues surrounding the third zinc-coordinating cysteine. Liposomes containing PtdIns-3-P were shown to associate with several FYVE domains (15Patki V. Lawe D.C. Corvera S. Virbasius J.V. Chawla A. Nature. 1998; 394: 433-434Crossref PubMed Scopus (250) Google Scholar, 16Burd C.G. Emr S.D. Mol. Cell. 1998; 2: 157-162Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (423) Google Scholar, 17Gaullier J.M. Simonsen A. D'Arrigo A. Bremnes B. Stenmark H. Aasland R. Nature. 1998; 394: 432-433Crossref PubMed Scopus (444) Google Scholar). Other phosphoinositides bound poorly to the FYVE domains investigated, showing that this interaction is specific for PtdIns-3-P. Proper folding of the domain is important for its function because mutation in one of the zinc-coordinating cysteines or removal of zinc with EDTA or TPEN reduced PtdIns-3-P binding (16Burd C.G. Emr S.D. Mol. Cell. 1998; 2: 157-162Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (423) Google Scholar, 17Gaullier J.M. Simonsen A. D'Arrigo A. Bremnes B. Stenmark H. Aasland R. 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PtdIns-3,4-P2 levels can be regulated by extracellular signals. PDGF stimulation of quiescent fibroblasts as well as fMLP peptide stimulation of neutrophils result in rapid PtdIns-3,4-P2 synthesis (7Auger K.R. Serunian L.A. Soltoff S.P. Libby P. Cantley L.C. Cell. 1989; 57: 167-175Abstract Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (683) Google Scholar, 13Stephens L.R. Hughes K.T. Irvine R.F. Nature. 1991; 351: 33-39Crossref PubMed Scopus (388) Google Scholar, 25Hawkins P.T. Jackson T.R. Stephens L.R. Nature. 1992; 358: 157-159Crossref PubMed Scopus (199) Google Scholar). Stephens and collaborators (25Hawkins P.T. Jackson T.R. Stephens L.R. Nature. 1992; 358: 157-159Crossref PubMed Scopus (199) Google Scholar) have proposed that the elevation in PtdIns-3,4-P2 levels in these cells is caused by the dephosphorylation of PtdIns-3,4,5-P3 as opposed to the phosphorylation of PtdIns-4-P or PtdIns-3-P. Recent studies have indicated that, in platelets, PtdIns-3,4-P2 can also be synthesized by phosphorylation of the 4-position of PtdIns-3-P by an unidentified PtdIns-3-P 4-kinase (26Banfic H. Tang X. Batty I.H. Downes C.P. Chen C. Rittenhouse S.E. J. Biol. Chem. 1998; 273: 13-16Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (113) Google Scholar, 27Banfic H. Downes C.P. Rittenhouse S.E. J. Biol. Chem. 1998; 273: 11630-11637Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (79) Google Scholar). Although the PtdIns-5-P 4-kinase α (also called Type II PtdIns-P kinase) can catalyze this reaction in vitro, it is unlikely that this enzyme is responsible for the elevation of PtdIns-3,4-P2 levels in vivo because PtdIns-3-P is a poor substrate for this enzyme when compared with PtdIns-5-P (28Rameh L.E. Tolias K.F. Duckworth B.C. Cantley L.C. Nature. 1997; 390: 192-196Crossref PubMed Scopus (367) Google Scholar). The class II PI 3-Ks can phosphorylate PtdIns-4-P to generate PtdIns-3,4-P2, independent of PtdIns-3,4,5-P3synthesis (Fig. 1). The contribution of this pathway to the intracellular levels of PtdIns-3,4-P2 is unknown. In summary, it is clear that mammalian cells have evolved a variety of mechanisms for independently controlling the levels of PtdIns-3,4-P2 and PtdIns-3,4,5-P3. The serine/threonine protein kinase B (PKB), also known as Akt, is the most well characterized target of PtdIns-3,4-P2. The PH domain of Akt has been shown to bind phosphoinositides in vitro with the order of preference being PtdIns-3,4-P2 > PtdIns-3,4,5-P3 ≫ PtdIns-4,5-P2 (30Franke T.F. Kaplan D.R. Cantley L.C. Toker A. Science. 1997; 275: 665-668Crossref PubMed Scopus (1305) Google Scholar, 31Frech M. Andjelkovich M. Ingley E. Reddy K.K. Falck J.R. Hemmings B.A. J. Biol. Chem. 1997; 272: 8474-8481Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (363) Google Scholar). 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