简介：AktandBcl-xLbothpromoteresistancetoapoptosis.AcomparisonofAkt-andBcl-xL-dependentcellsurvivalwasundertaken.ExpressionofconstitutivelyactiveAktallowscellstosurviveforprolongedperiodsintheabsenceofgrowthfactors.ThissurvivalcorrelateswiththeexpressionlevelofactivatedAktandiscomparableinmagnitudetotheprotectionprovidedbytheanti-apoptoticgeneBcl-xL.Althoughbothgenespreventcelldeath,Akt-protectedcellscanbedistinguishedfromBcl-xL-protectedcellsonthebasisofincreasedglucosetransporterexpression,glycolyticactivity,mitochondrialpotential,andcellsize.Inaddition,Akt-expressingcellsrequirehighlevelsofextracellularnutrientstosupportcellsurvival.In

简介：ThesplicingofmanyalternativeexonsintheprecursormessengerRNA(pre-mRNA)isregulatedbyextracellularfactorsbuttheunderlyingmolecularbasesremainunclear.HerewereportthedifferentialregulationofBcl-xpre-mRNAsplicingbyextracellularfactorsandtheirdistinctrequirementsforpre-mRNAelements.InK562leukemiacells,treatmentwithinterleukin-6(IL-6)orgranulocyte-macrophagecolonystimulatingfactor(GM-CSF)reducedtheproportionoftheBcl-xLvariantmRNAwhiletreatmentwith12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol13-acetate(TPA)hadnoeffect.InU251gliomacells,however,TPAefficientlyincreasedtheBcl-xLlevel.Theseregulationswerealsoseenforatransfectedsplicingreportermini-gene.Furtheranalysesofdeletionmutantsindicatethatnucleotides1-176ofthedownstreamintronarerequiredfortheIL-6effect,whereasadditionalnucleotides177-284areessentialfortheGM-CSFeffect.AsfortheTPAeffect,onlynucleotides1-76arerequiredinthedownstreamintron.Thus,IL-6,GM-CSFandTPAdifferentiallyregulateBcl-xsplicingandrequirespecificintronicpre-mRNAsequencesfortheirrespectiveeffects.