0 20 Phosphatidylinositol Phosphatidylinositol NNP 21 29 3-kinase 3-kinase NNP 30 37 couples couple VBZ 38 41 the the DT 42 55 interleukin-2 interleukin-2 NN 56 64 receptor receptor NN 65 67 to to TO 68 71 the the DT 72 76 cell cell NN 77 82 cycle cycle NN 83 92 regulator regulator NN 93 97 E2F. E2F. NNP 99 103 Cell Cell NNP 104 109 cycle cycle NN 110 121 progression progression NN 122 131 initiated initiate VBN 132 134 by by IN 135 148 interleukin-2 interleukin-2 NN 149 150 ( ( ( 150 154 IL-2 il-2 NN 154 155 ) ) ) 156 158 in in IN 159 160 T t NN 161 166 cells cell NNS 167 169 is be VBZ 170 178 critical critical JJ 179 182 for for IN 183 202 lymphoproliferation lymphoproliferation NN 203 206 and and CC 207 209 an an DT 210 216 immune immune JJ 217 225 response response NN 225 226 . . . 227 239 Phosphatidyl Phosphatidyl NNP 240 248 inositol inositol NN 249 257 3-kinase 3-kinase NNP 258 259 ( ( ( 259 263 PI3K PI3K NNP 263 264 ) ) ) 265 267 is be VBZ 268 277 activated activate VBN 278 280 by by IN 281 285 IL-2 il-2 NN 285 286 . . . 287 294 However however RB 294 295 , , , 296 303 nuclear nuclear JJ 304 311 targets target NNS 312 315 for for IN 316 320 PI3K PI3K NNP 321 324 are be VBP 325 328 not not RB 329 334 known know VBN 334 335 . . . 336 340 Here here RB 341 343 we we PRP 344 352 identify identify VBP 353 356 the the DT 357 361 cell cell NN 362 367 cycle cycle NN 368 377 regulator regulator NN 378 381 E2F e2f NN 382 384 as as IN 385 387 an an DT 388 392 IL-2 il-2 NN 393 399 target target NN 400 402 in in IN 403 404 T t NN 405 416 lymphocytes lymphocyte NNS 417 420 and and CC 421 425 PI3K pi3k NN 426 428 as as IN 429 432 the the DT 433 441 critical critical JJ 442 451 signaling signaling NN 452 459 pathway pathway NN 459 460 . . . 461 463 We we PRP 464 473 eliminate eliminate VBP 474 478 both both CC 479 484 Stat5 stat5 NN 485 488 and and CC 489 496 Raf/MEK Raf/MEK NNP 497 505 pathways pathway NNS 506 510 from from IN 511 514 E2F E2F NNP 515 525 regulation regulation NN 525 526 . . . 527 534 Protein protein NN 535 541 kinase kinase NNP 542 543 B B NNP 544 545 ( ( ( 545 548 PKB PKB NNP 548 549 ) ) ) 550 552 is be VBZ 553 562 activated activate VBN 563 565 by by IN 566 570 IL-2 il-2 NN 571 574 via via IN 575 580 PI3K. PI3K. NNP 581 584 The the DT 585 595 expression expression NN 596 598 of of IN 599 601 an an DT 602 608 active active JJ 609 612 PKB pkb NN 613 615 is be VBZ 616 626 sufficient sufficient JJ 627 629 to to TO 630 636 induce induce VB 637 640 E2F E2F NNP 641 649 activity activity NN 649 650 . . . 651 661 Inhibition Inhibition NNP 662 664 of of IN 665 669 PI3K PI3K NNP 670 678 inhibits inhibit VBZ 679 694 phosphorylation phosphorylation NN 695 697 of of IN 698 700 Rb Rb NNP 700 701 , , , 702 711 induction induction NN 712 714 of of IN 715 721 cyclin cyclin NN 722 724 D3 d3 NN 724 725 , , , 726 729 and and CC 730 741 degradation degradation NN 742 744 of of IN 745 752 p27kip1 p27kip1 NN 752 753 . . . 754 759 These these DT 760 767 results result NNS 768 777 establish establish VBP 778 779 a a DT 780 787 crucial crucial JJ 788 805 PI3K/PKB-mediated pi3k/pkb-mediated JJ 806 810 link link NN 811 818 between between IN 819 822 the the DT 823 827 IL-2 il-2 NN 828 836 teceptor teceptor NN 837 840 and and CC 841 844 the the DT 845 849 cell cell NN 850 855 cycle cycle NN 856 865 machinery machinery NN 865 866 . . .