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Oncogenic PIK3CA corrupts growth factor signaling specificity
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Technical limitations have prevented understanding of how growth factor signals are encoded in distinct activity patterns of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/AKT pathway, and how this is altered by oncogenic pathway mutations. We introduce a kinetic, single-cell framework for precise calculations of PI3K-specific information transfer for different growth factors. This features live-cell imaging of PI3K/AKT activity reporters and multiplexed CyTOF measurements of PI3K/AKT and RAS/ERK signaling markers over time. Using this framework, we found that the PIK3CAH1047R oncogene was not a simple, constitutive activator of the pathway as often presented. Dose-dependent expression of PIK3CAH1047R in human cervical cancer and induced pluripotent stem cells corrupted the fidelity of growth factor-induced information transfer, with preferential amplification of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling responses compared to insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) and insulin receptor signaling. PIK3CAH1047R did not only shift these responses to a higher mean but also enhanced signaling heterogeneity. We conclude that oncogenic PIK3CAH1047R corrupts information transfer in a growth factor-dependent manner and suggest new opportunities for tuning of receptor-specific PI3K pathway outputs for therapeutic benefit.
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- 10.1038/s44320-024-00078-x
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- https://ror.org/0472cxd90
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- 101019366
- Publisher:
- EMBO Press
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- Molecular Systems Biology More from this journal
- Volume:
- 21
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 126-157
- Publication date:
- 2024-12-20
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-11-11
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1744-4292
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39706867
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English
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2073162
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pubs:2073162
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2025-02-06
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