| 1999 |
Genetic disruption of p85alpha (and its splice variants p55alpha/p50alpha) in mice causes defects in B cell development and proliferation, with reduced peripheral mature B cells and decreased proliferative responses to anti-IgM, anti-CD40, and LPS, while T cell development remains normal, demonstrating a specific role for PIK3R1 in B cell signaling. |
RAG2-deficient blastocyst complementation system with p85alpha-p55alpha-p50alpha knockout mice |
Science |
High |
9888855
|
| 1999 |
Pik3r1-/- mice show increased insulin sensitivity and hypoglycemia due to increased glucose transport in skeletal muscle and adipocytes; the isoform switch from p85alpha to p50alpha in knockout mice is associated with increased PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 generation and facilitated Glut4 translocation from low-density microsomes to the plasma membrane. |
Targeted gene disruption in mice; insulin-stimulated PI3K activity assay; PtdIns(3,4,5)P3 measurement; subcellular fractionation of Glut4 |
Nature genetics |
High |
9988280
|
| 2001 |
Somatic deletions in the inter-SH2 region of PIK3R1 proximal to the Ser608 autoregulatory site (e.g., a 23-amino-acid deletion) result in constitutive PI3K activation, establishing PIK3R1 as an oncogene in colon and ovarian tumors. |
SSCP/heteroduplex mutation analysis of primary tumors; expression of mutant p85alpha protein in cells with PI3K activity assay |
Cancer research |
High |
11606375
|
| 2002 |
Heterozygous disruption of Pik3r1 reduces free p85alpha levels, restores the molecular balance between p85, p110, and IRS proteins, maintains normal PI3K activation while increasing insulin-stimulated Akt activity, and improves glucose tolerance and insulin sensitivity; this protects insulin-resistant mice from developing diabetes. |
Heterozygous Pik3r1 knockout in normal and insulin-resistant mice; PI3K activity assay; Akt phosphorylation; glucose tolerance tests |
The Journal of clinical investigation |
High |
11781359
|
| 2003 |
p85alpha-/- brown adipocyte cells show 70% reduction in p85 protein with parallel reduction of p110, 50% decrease in PI3K activity, and 30% decrease in Akt activity leading to decreased insulin-induced glucose uptake; p85alpha (but not p85beta) is required for insulin-stimulated JNK activation via cdc42 and MKK4, demonstrating a PI3K-independent signaling function. |
Gene-disrupted brown adipocyte cell lines; PI3K activity assay; Akt phosphorylation; glucose uptake; JNK activity; reconstitution with p85 mutants |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
14504291
|
| 2004 |
p85alpha possesses GTPase-activating protein (GAP) activity toward Rab5, Rab4, Cdc42, and Rac1 (with little activity toward Rab11), mediated by its BH domain; purified recombinant p85alpha directly binds Rab5; cells expressing BH domain mutants of p85 show reduced PDGFR degradation rates and sustained MAPK and Akt pathway activation. |
In vitro GAP assay with purified recombinant proteins; direct binding assay; BH domain mutant expression in cells; PDGFR degradation assay |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
15377662
|
| 2005 |
p85alpha-/- macrophages show 50% reduction in proliferation in response to M-CSF and GM-CSF, reduced migration and adhesion on fibronectin and VCAM-1, and defective phagocytosis; these are associated with reduced Akt and Rac activation (but not Erk activation), demonstrating a specific role for p85alpha in actin- and growth-based macrophage functions. |
Bone marrow-derived macrophages from p85alpha-/- mice; proliferation assays; wound-healing and chemotaxis assays; phagocytosis assay; Akt/Rac/Erk phosphorylation |
Blood |
High |
15769893
|
| 1997 |
The p85alpha gene generates three regulatory subunit isoforms (p85alpha, p55alpha, p50alpha) via alternative splicing; p50alpha forms heterodimers with p110 but uniquely with both wortmannin-sensitive and wortmannin-insensitive forms, exhibits markedly higher capacity for PI3K activation by insulin, and has higher affinity for tyrosine-phosphorylated IRS-1 than p85alpha or p55alpha. |
Expression cloning using 32P-labeled IRS-1; Northern blotting; co-immunoprecipitation; PI3K activity assay; wortmannin labeling |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
9065454
|
| 2010 |
p85alpha and p85beta form heterodimers that are disrupted by insulin treatment; the resulting p85 monomers interact with and increase nuclear translocation of the spliced form of XBP-1 (XBP-1s), promoting resolution of ER stress; this interaction is lost in ob/ob mice and restored by p85 overexpression in liver. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; nuclear fractionation; p85alpha/p85beta overexpression in ob/ob mice liver; XBP-1s nuclear localization assay |
Nature medicine |
High |
20348926
|
| 2011 |
PIK3R1 mutations in the nSH2 and iSH2 domains (e.g., delH450-E451, delK459, delY463-L466, delR574-T576, N564D) bind p110alpha and increase pAKT(Ser473) levels, demonstrating gain-of-function PI3K activation; truncation mutations (R348X, K511VfsX2) do not bind p110alpha and show no change in pAKT. |
Stable expression of mutant p85alpha in U2OS cells; co-immunoprecipitation of p110alpha; Western blot of phospho-AKT(Ser473) |
Cancer research |
High |
21478295
|
| 2011 |
Multiple PIK3R1 and PIK3R2 mutations demonstrate gain-of-function PI3K pathway activation; p85alpha dimers bind and stabilize PTEN, and disruption of this interaction by mutations leads to PTEN destabilization and pathway activation, revealing a novel regulatory mechanism. |
Functional characterization of mutant proteins; co-immunoprecipitation of p85alpha dimers with PTEN; PI3K pathway signaling assays |
Cancer discovery |
High |
21984976
|
| 2013 |
Heterozygous mutations in PIK3R1 (including c.1906_1907insC and c.1945C>T p.Arg649Trp) cause SHORT syndrome; functional studies in lymphoblastoid cells with the PIK3R1 frameshift mutation show decreased phosphorylation of the downstream S6 target, indicating downregulation of PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway signaling. |
Whole-exome sequencing; Sanger sequencing; functional phosphorylation assay in patient-derived lymphoblastoid cells |
American journal of human genetics |
Medium |
23810382
|
| 2014 |
A heterozygous splice site mutation in PIK3R1 (causing deletion of residues 434-475 in the inter-SH2 domain) activates PI3K signaling in T cells due to qualitative and quantitative binding changes in the p85alpha-p110delta complex and failure of the C-terminal region to properly inhibit p110delta catalytic activity. |
Patient cell studies; T cell overexpression of mutant p85alpha; PI3K signaling assays; p85alpha-p110delta complex analysis |
The Journal of experimental medicine |
High |
25488983
|
| 2014 |
Two heterozygous PIK3R1 splice site mutations causing deletion of exon 10 (part of the p110-binding domain) produce a shortened p85alpha protein that causes elevated AKT phosphorylation in patient T cell blasts, consistent with loss of p85alpha-mediated inhibition of p110 activity. |
Whole-exome sequencing; Western blot of phospho-AKT in patient T cell blasts; PI3Kδ inhibitor rescue experiment |
The Journal of clinical investigation |
Medium |
25133428
|
| 2014 |
ICOS activation in CD4+ T cells promotes interaction of p85alpha with intracellular osteopontin (OPN-i), followed by OPN-i nuclear translocation, interaction with Bcl-6, and protection of Bcl-6 from ubiquitin-dependent proteasomal degradation, sustaining TFH and TFR cell differentiation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; nuclear fractionation; Bcl-6 stability assay; genetic loss-of-function studies in TFH/TFR cells |
Nature immunology |
High |
25436971
|
| 2014 |
BRD7 binds to the iSH2 domain of p85alpha and facilitates nuclear translocation of p85alpha; BRD7-dependent depletion of p85 from the cytosol impairs p85/p110 complex formation, decreasing p110 protein levels and PI3K pathway signaling; BRD7 and p110 compete for p85 binding. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; nuclear fractionation; RNAi knockdown; Akt phosphorylation assay |
Molecular cell |
High |
24657164
|
| 2014 |
Naturally occurring PIK3R1 truncation mutations PIK3R1(R348*) and PIK3R1(L370fs) localize to the nucleus (unlike wild-type p85alpha) and unexpectedly increase JNK and ERK phosphorylation; these mutant proteins scaffold multiple JNK pathway components in the nucleus to facilitate nuclear JNK pathway activation. |
Expression of mutant PIK3R1 in cancer cells; nuclear localization studies; JNK/ERK phosphorylation assays; in vitro and in vivo MEK/JNK inhibitor response |
Cancer cell |
High |
25284480
|
| 2015 |
p110alpha-free p85alpha homodimerizes via two intermolecular interactions (SH3:proline-rich region and BH:BH) to selectively bind unphosphorylated activated PTEN; homodimeric p85alpha protects PTEN from E3 ligase WWP2-mediated proteasomal degradation and enhances PTEN lipid phosphatase activity and membrane association; cancer-derived oncogenic p85alpha mutations disrupt homodimerization or the PTEN interaction surface. |
Biochemical pulldown; co-immunoprecipitation; in vitro PTEN lipid phosphatase assay; proteasomal degradation assay; domain mutant analysis |
eLife |
High |
26222500
|
| 1999 |
p85alpha dimerizes via intermolecular SH3 domain-proline-rich motif interactions and BH-BH domain interactions both in vitro and in vivo; competition experiments show these are intermolecular interactions; binding of SH2 domain ligands does not affect the dimeric state. |
Deletion and point mutants; native PAGE for apparent molecular mass; competition experiments; in vitro and in vivo dimerization assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
10212202
|
| 2008 |
Crystal structure of p110alpha/p85alpha reveals that oncogenic mutations predominantly occur at interfaces between p110 domains and between p110 and p85 domains; these mutations disrupt stabilizing interactions at the p110alpha-p85alpha interface; the iSH2 domain of p85alpha mediates membrane interaction. |
X-ray crystallography; structural analysis of oncogenic mutation positions |
Cell cycle |
High |
18418043
|
| 2017 |
TRAF6 polyubiquitylates p85alpha on Lys513 and Lys519 in the iSH2 domain (Lys63-linked) in response to TGF-beta, promoting formation of a complex between TGF-beta type I receptor (TbetaRI) and p85alpha, leading to PI3K and AKT activation and cell motility; this activation is independent of TbetaRI kinase activity. |
In situ proximity ligation assay; co-immunoprecipitation; ubiquitination assay; mutagenesis of Lys513/Lys519; cell migration assay; prostate cancer tissue analysis |
Science signaling |
High |
28676490
|
| 2017 |
APDS2 mutation in p85alpha (deletion 434-475) leads to >300-fold basal activation of p110delta but only ~2-fold activation of p110alpha when associated with mutated p85alpha; the mutation disrupts inhibitory interactions from the nSH2, iSH2, and cSH2 domains of p85; all APDS mutations are inhibited by idelalisib. |
Biochemical kinase assays; hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry; comparison of p110alpha vs p110delta activation by mutant p85alpha |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
High |
28167755
|
| 2019 |
The oncogenic PIK3R1 Q572* truncation in the iSH2 domain disrupts all p85-inhibitory inputs and hyper-activates p110alpha more than p110delta; the R649W mutation in the cSH2 domain of PIK3R1 decreases sensitivity to activation by receptor tyrosine kinases. |
Biochemical kinase assays; hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry |
Structure |
High |
31831213
|
| 2015 |
p85alpha undergoes rapidly reversible concentration-dependent monomer-dimer assembly in vitro and in vivo; dimerization involves both SH3-PR1 and cSH2-cSH2 intermolecular interactions; the structural architecture of the p85alpha homodimer was determined by integrative methods including SAXS and chemical cross-linking. |
Analytical ultracentrifugation; fluorescence fluctuation spectroscopy (in vivo); SAXS; chemical cross-linking; integrative structure determination |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
26475863
|
| 2006 |
Activated Galpha(q) directly binds p110alpha/p85alpha PI3K (not p110gamma) in a GTP-dependent manner with approximately 7-fold stronger affinity than GDP-bound Galpha(q); Galpha(q) competes with Ras for binding to p110alpha/p85alpha by binding to the p85-binding domain of p110alpha (not the Ras-binding domain), inhibiting Ras activation of the PI3K/Akt pathway. |
Purified protein fluorescence spectroscopy; co-precipitation with deletion mutants; constitutively active Galpha(q)Q209L expression; PI3K/Akt signaling assay |
The Biochemical journal |
High |
16268778
|
| 2005 |
The N-terminal SH2, C-terminal SH2, and SH3 domains of p85alpha are required for interaction with the BCR/ABL protein network; a triple domain mutant of p85alpha (p85mut) disrupts binding to BCR/ABL and other fusion tyrosine kinases while retaining p110alpha binding, reducing PI3K and Akt activation and inhibiting BCR/ABL-dependent leukemogenic transformation. |
Point mutations in SH2 and SH3 domains; co-immunoprecipitation; PI3K activity assay; Akt phosphorylation; hematopoietic transformation assay; SCID mouse model |
Molecular and cellular biology |
High |
16135792
|
| 2007 |
p85alpha (but not p85beta) is required for JNK activation in states of insulin resistance (high-fat diet-induced obesity, JNK1 overexpression); p85alpha activates JNK via cdc42 and MKK4, independently of its role as a PI3K heterodimer component and only in response to insulin and ER stress-inducing stimuli; both an intact N terminus and functional SH2 domains are required. |
p85alpha-/- and p85beta-/- cell lines; JNK activity assay; p85alpha domain mutant reconstitution; cdc42/MKK4 epistasis |
Molecular and cellular biology |
High |
17283057
|
| 2008 |
p85alpha (regulatory) and p110beta (catalytic) isoforms, but not p110alpha, are specifically required for androgen-stimulated androgen receptor transactivation and cell proliferation in prostate cancer cells; p110beta lipid kinase activity (not protein kinase activity) is required; p110beta is indispensable for androgen-induced AR-DNA interaction. |
siRNA knockdown of p85alpha/p110alpha/p110beta; AR transactivation assay; chromatin immunoprecipitation; tumor xenograft |
Oncogene |
Medium |
18372911
|
| 2008 |
p85alpha deficiency in osteoclasts results in impaired growth, differentiation, adhesion, and migration via integrin alphavbeta3, with reduced Akt and Erk1/2 activation; full-length p85alpha (but not SH3-domain-deleted version) is required for osteoclast maturation; p85alpha regulates expression of MITF, TRAP, cathepsin K, and beta3 integrin. |
p85alpha-/- osteoclast progenitors; in vivo bone histomorphometry; in vitro differentiation/adhesion/migration assays; microarray; reconstitution with SH3-deleted mutant |
Molecular and cellular biology |
High |
18809581
|
| 2007 |
IREM-1 (CD300f) recruits p85alpha of PI3K (via tyrosine residues Y236 and Y263) and SHP-1 upon immunoprecipitation; PI3K recruitment through these residues (when Y205 and Y249 ITIM sites are mutated) drives degranulation in RBL cells, demonstrating dual inhibitory/activating signaling capacity of IREM-1 depending on p85alpha recruitment. |
Immunoprecipitation in transfected cells and U937 cells; IREM-1 tyrosine mutants; RBL cell degranulation assay; PI3K inhibitor treatment |
Journal of immunology |
Medium |
17202342
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| 2008 |
p85alpha deficiency impairs NK cell lineage commitment (reducing NK cellularity in bone marrow and liver), Ly49 subset specification, NKG2D and NK1.1 receptor-mediated cytokine/chemokine generation, and NK-mediated cytotoxicity against tumor cells. |
p85alpha-/- mice; flow cytometric analysis of NK subset specification; NK cytotoxicity assays; cytokine measurement |
Genes and immunity |
Medium |
18548087
|
| 2007 |
p85alpha deficiency specifically impairs Kit ligand/SCF-induced (but not FcepsilonRI-initiated) mast cell secretory granule exocytosis, proliferation, and Akt phosphorylation, demonstrating receptor-specific usage of different PI3K family members in a single cell type. |
p85alpha-/- mast cells; Kit and FcepsilonRI cross-linking; exocytosis and proliferation assays; Akt phosphorylation; PI3K inhibitor (LY294002) |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
10681597
|
| 2012 |
PIK3R1 loss in ovarian cancer cells activates AKT through enhanced p110alpha kinase activity, decreased PTEN levels, and p110-independent JAK2/STAT3 signaling through deregulated Gab2 phosphorylation; PIK3R1 loss relieves negative inhibition on AKT and promotes assembly of JAK2/STAT3 signalosome. |
PIK3R1 knockdown in ovarian cancer cells; phosphoproteomics; Gab2 phosphorylation analysis; JAK2/STAT3 signaling assays; combination inhibitor treatment |
Nature communications |
High |
30755611
|
| 1993 |
Both p85alpha and p85beta isoforms associate with p110 and PI3K activity in T cells; upon TCR/CD3 or PKC stimulation, the p110 complexed to p85alpha becomes rapidly phosphorylated on serine, while p85beta undergoes rapid increase in threonine phosphorylation, revealing differential regulation of the two PI3K isoforms. |
Phosphopeptide pulldown; isoform-specific monoclonal antibodies; T cell activation assays; phosphorylation analysis |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
8388374
|
| 2014 |
p85alpha deficiency in osteoclast progenitors (using p85alpha-/- mice) demonstrates that genetic disruption of p85alpha but not p85beta normalizes KITD814V oncogenic KIT-induced ligand-independent hyperproliferation and promiscuous cytokine responses in HSC/Ps and mast cell progenitors. |
Genetic disruption of p85alpha vs p85beta in KITD814V-expressing hematopoietic cells; proliferation assays; Rac inhibitor and rapamycin treatment |
Blood |
Medium |
17483298
|
| 2016 |
C-terminal PIK3R1 mutations (SHORT syndrome) show severely reduced insulin-stimulated association of mutant but not WT p85alpha with IRS1; mutant p85alpha overexpression in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes attenuates insulin-induced AKT phosphorylation and adipocyte differentiation. |
Patient-derived cells (p.Tyr657X mutation); co-immunoprecipitation of p85alpha-IRS1; mutant p85alpha overexpression in 3T3-L1 cells; AKT phosphorylation; adipocyte differentiation assay |
JCI insight |
Medium |
27766312
|
| 2021 |
CBL mutations drive PI3K/AKT signaling via increased LYN activation and interaction with mutant CBL, leading to enhanced CBL phosphorylation, PIK3R1 recruitment, and downstream PI3K/AKT signaling; LYN inhibition (genetic or dasatinib) reduces CBL-PIK3R1 interaction and PI3K/AKT signaling. |
Global mass spectrometry phosphoproteomics; CBL interactome by MS; functional signaling assays; genetic ablation and dasatinib inhibition of LYN; in vitro and in vivo antiproliferative assays |
Blood |
High |
33512474
|
| 2012 |
PKA phosphorylates p85alpha on Ser83 adjacent to the N-terminal SH3 domain in vivo and in vitro; Ser83 phosphorylation is crucial for synergistic RARα/p85alpha binding induced by cAMP/RA co-treatment, and controls MCF7 cell proliferation, RA-induced inhibition of proliferation, migration, and RA-induced reduction of motility. |
PKA phosphorylation assay in vivo and in vitro; Ser83Ala and Ser83Asp p85alpha mutants; co-immunoprecipitation of RARα/p85alpha; cell growth and migration assays |
International journal of oncology |
Medium |
22366926
|
| 2016 |
p85alpha promotes nucleolin (NCL) transcription via c-Jun activation; NCL binds EGFR mRNA and increases its stability; p85alpha thereby upregulates EGFR protein expression and promotes malignant cellular transformation in a PI3K-independent manner. |
p85alpha knockdown and knockout cells; EGFR mRNA stability assay; NCL overexpression rescue; c-Jun activation analysis |
Oncotarget |
Medium |
26918608
|
| 2023 |
NLRP6 binds p85alpha and recruits E3 ligase RBX1 to ubiquitinate p85alpha on Lys256; this ubiquitination is recognized by autophagy cargo receptor OPTN, causing selective autophagic degradation of p85alpha, subsequent reduction of PTEN stability, and activation of the PI3K/AKT pathway. |
Co-immunoprecipitation; ubiquitination assay with site-specific mutagenesis (K256); autophagy flux assay; OPTN interaction; PTEN stability assay; tumor xenograft |
Nature communications |
High |
37770465
|
| 2017 |
PAK4 specifically interacts with p85alpha (the regulatory subunit of PI3K), and PAK4-deficient pancreatic cancer cells exhibit reduced AKT phosphorylation downstream of HGF signaling, implicating PAK4 in PI3K pathway activation via p85alpha interaction. |
Co-immunoprecipitation of PAK4 and p85alpha; PAK4 knockdown; AKT phosphorylation assay; HGF stimulation |
Scientific reports |
Medium |
28205613
|
| 2014 |
p85alpha deficiency in beta-cells markedly delays onset and severity of ER stress-induced diabetic phenotype in Akita+/- mice by decreasing activation of ER stress-dependent apoptotic pathways and preserving beta-cell mass; this is linked to p85alpha's role in promoting nuclear localization of XBP-1. |
p85alpha-deficient Akita+/- mice; beta-cell mass quantification; ER stress pathway assays; XBP-1 nuclear localization |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Medium |
24395790
|
| 2007 |
p85alpha deficiency in thymocytes impairs pre-TCR-controlled beta-selection (DN to DP transition) without affecting positive or negative selection; inhibition of p110delta blocks DN-to-DP transition in fetal thymic organ culture; PTEN deficiency (amplifying PI3K signals) accelerates this transition. |
p85alpha-/- Rag-2-/- mice with anti-CD3epsilon injection; p110delta inhibitor (IC87114) in fetal thymic organ culture; PTEN-/- thymic organ culture; flow cytometry of thymocyte subsets |
Journal of immunology |
High |
17237381
|