Localization of Fas/CD95 into the Lipid Rafts on Down-Modulation of the Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase Signaling Pathway

• Published in: Molecular cancer research 2008-04, Vol.6 (4), p.604-613
• Main Authors: Bénéteau, Marie, Pizon, Mathieu, Chaigne-Delalande, Benjamin, Daburon, Sophie, Moreau, Patrick, De Giorgi, Francesca, Ichas, François, Rebillard, Amélie, Dimanche-Boitrel, Marie-Thérèse, Taupin, Jean-Luc, Moreau, Jean-François, Legembre, Patrick
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antigens, CD95; Apoptosis; Cancer; CD95; Cell Death; Cell Death - drug effects; Cell Line, Tumor; Down-Regulation; Enzyme Activation; Enzyme Activation - drug effects; Enzyme Inhibitors; Enzyme Inhibitors - pharmacology; Fas Ligand Protein; Fas Ligand Protein - metabolism; fas Receptor - metabolism; Humans; Life Sciences; Lipid rafts; Membrane Microdomains; Membrane Microdomains - drug effects; Membrane Microdomains - enzymology; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases - antagonists & inhibitors; Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases - metabolism; Phospholipid Ethers; Phospholipid Ethers - pharmacology; PI3K; Protein Transport; Protein Transport - drug effects; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt - metabolism; Signal Transduction; Signal Transduction - drug effects
• ISSN: 1541-7786; 1557-3125
• DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-07-0331

Activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) signaling pathway is known to protect tumor cells from apoptosis and more specifically from the Fas-mediated apoptotic signal. The antitumoral agent edelfosine sensitizes leukemic cells to death by inducing the redistribution of the apoptotic receptor Fas into plasma membrane subdomains called lipid rafts. Herein, we show that inhibition of the PI3K signal by edelfosine triggers a Fas-mediated apoptotic signal independently of the Fas/FasL interaction. Furthermore, similarly to edelfosine, blockade of the PI3K activity, using specific inhibitors LY294002 and wortmannin, leads to the clustering of Fas whose supramolecular complex is colocalized within the lipid rafts. These findings indicate that the antitumoral agent edelfosine down-modulates the PI3K signal to sensitize tumor cells to death through the redistribution of Fas into large platform of membrane rafts. (Mol Cancer Res 2008;6(4):604–13)