The MAPK1/3-RPS6KA pathway is activated through DRD3 and DRD2 maintaining RPS6 phosphoryation in PPX treated cells. (A-F) Western blot for total and phosphorylated forms of MAPK1/3 at Thr202/Tyr204 (p-MAPK1/3), RPS6KA at Ser380 (p-RPS6KA), and RPS6 at Ser235/236 (p-RPS6) in mice (A and D), DRD3- (B and E) and DRD2-HEK cells (C and F). MAPK1/3-RPS6KA signaling is acutely activated by PPX in WT mice and in DRD3- and DRD2-HEK cells, and the activity is maintained after prolonged treatment. (G and H) Western blot for RPS6 and its phosphorylated form at Ser235/236 in DRD3-HEK cells treated with either PPX, the MAPK1/3 inhibitor PD98059 or both (PD98059-PPX). RPS6 phosphorylation was impaired in PPX cells only when MAPK1/3 was inhibited.