The c-terminus of PI3K plays a key role in regulating kinase activity, with c-terminal disease-linked mutations leading to either activation or inhibition, which reveal a path to specific inhibitors.
Noah J Harris, Meredith L Jenkins ... John E Burke
Regulation of phosphoinositide 3 kinase (PI3Kγ) is essential in immune function, and stimuli that modulate the dynamics of the PI3Kγ helical domain can activate or inhibit kinase activity.
Divya Khattar, Sharlene Fernandes ... Daniel T Swarr
Paired analysis of gene expression and chromatin accessibility in SOX9+ lung progenitor cells identifies a requirement for PI3K in proximal-distal patterning of the mouse lung epithelium.
Patsy R Tomlinson, Rachel G Knox ... Robert K Semple
PIK3R1 mutations that cause immunodeficiency through PI3-kinase hyperactivation also cause SHORT syndrome, due to PI3-kinase hypofunction, attributable to PI3-kinase destabilisation and outcompetition by mutant PIK3R1.
High PI3K-Akt-mTORC1 activity inhibits Schwann cell differentiation, while after onset of myelination, residual PI3K-Akt-mTORC1 activity promotes myelin growth.
Embryonic PI3K-Yap activity regulates apical adhesion and proliferation of neural progenitors lining the lateral ventricular surface, to maintain the smooth, non-folded mouse brain and to prevent developmental hydrocephalus.