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. 1999 Sep 24;285(5436):2122-5.
doi: 10.1126/science.285.5436.2122.

Impaired Fas response and autoimmunity in Pten+/- mice

A Di Cristofano  1 , P Kotsi, Y F Peng, C Cordon-Cardo, K B Elkon, P P Pandolfi
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Impaired Fas response and autoimmunity in Pten+/- mice

A Di Cristofano et al. Science. .

Abstract

Inactivating mutations in the PTEN tumor suppressor gene, encoding a phosphatase, occur in three related human autosomal dominant disorders characterized by tumor susceptibility. Here it is shown that Pten heterozygous (Pten+/-) mutants develop a lethal polyclonal autoimmune disorder with features reminiscent of those observed in Fas-deficient mutants. Fas-mediated apoptosis was impaired in Pten+/- mice, and T lymphocytes from these mice show reduced activation-induced cell death and increased proliferation upon activation. Phosphatidylinositol (PI) 3-kinase inhibitors restored Fas responsiveness in Pten+/- cells. These results indicate that Pten is an essential mediator of the Fas response and a repressor of autoimmunity and thus implicate the PI 3-kinase/Akt pathway in Fas-mediated apoptosis.

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