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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Microbiol. 2012 Apr 16;14(8):1231–1241. doi: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2012.01793.x

Figure 7. Intestinal epithelial cell signaling pathways altered by LT.

Figure 7

Elevated [cAMP] induced by LT deregulation of adenylate cyclase leads to PKA activation. Activated PKA results in CREB phosphorylation and the activation of the ERK1/2, p38, and JNK MAPKs. LT also activates NF-κB via a cAMP-dependent, but PKA-independent mechanism mediated by Rap1. Activating the p38 MAPK promotes ETEC adherence to intestinal epithelial cells through an unknown mechanism.