Chapter title |
Redundant and Nonredundant Functions of Akt Isoforms in the Retina
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Chapter number | 71 |
Book title |
Retinal Degenerative Diseases
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Published in |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology, January 2018
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DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-75402-4_71 |
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Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-975401-7, 978-3-31-975402-4
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Authors |
Raju V. S. Rajala, Ammaji Rajala |
Abstract |
Serine/threonine kinase Akt is a downstream effector of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase pathway that is involved in many processes, including providing neuroprotection to stressed photoreceptor cells. Akt exists in three isoforms designated as Akt1, Akt2, and Akt3. All of these isoforms are expressed in the retina. We previously reported that Akt2 knockout mice were susceptible to light stress-induced photoreceptor degeneration, whereas Akt1 deletion had no effect on the retina. We hypothesized that the phenotype of Akt2 knockout mice may be due to the inactivation of specific substrate(s) in the retina. Yeast two-hybrid screening of a bovine retinal cDNA library with Akt2 identified a multidomain protein, POSH (plenty of SH3s), that acts as a scaffold for the JNK pathway of neuronal death. Our results suggest a stable interaction between Akt2 and POSH. Previous studies show that overexpression of POSH leads to cell death. The cell death that we observed in Akt2 knockout mice could be due to the absence of inactivation of POSH-mediated JNK signaling in the retina. |
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