PRKAR1AMutations and Protein Kinase A Interactions with Other Signaling Pathways in the Adrenal Cortex
Author(s) -
Audrey RobinsonWhite,
Elise Meoli,
Sotirios Stergiopoulos,
Anélia Horvath,
Sosipatros A. Boikos,
Ioannis Bossis,
Constantine A. Stratakis
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2006-0188
Subject(s) - protein kinase a , carney complex , protein subunit , biology , mapk/erk pathway , protein kinase b , kinase , microbiology and biotechnology , signal transduction , gene , biochemistry
Primary pigmented nodular adrenocortical disease, associated with Carney complex, is caused by mutations in PRKAR1A (mt-PRKAR1A), a gene that codes for the regulatory subunit type 1alpha (RIalpha) of cAMP-dependent protein kinase (PKA). PRKAR1A inactivation is associated with dysregulated PKA activity that is thought to result in tumorigenesis. mt-PRKAR1A-bearing lymphocytes from Carney complex patients exhibit enhanced cell proliferation associated with increased expression of the MAPK ERK1/2 pathway.
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