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Krivega MV, Geens M, Heindryckx B, Santos-Ribeiro S, Tournaye H, Van de Velde H. Cyclin E1 plays a key role in balancing between totipotency and differentiation in human embryonic cells. Mol Hum Reprod 2015; 21:942-56. [PMID: 26416983 DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gav053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2014] [Accepted: 09/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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STUDY HYPOTHESIS We aimed to investigate if Cyclin E1 (CCNE1) plays a role in human embryogenesis, in particular during the early developmental stages characterized by a short cell cycle. STUDY FINDING CCNE1 is expressed in plenipotent human embryonic cells and plays a critical role during hESC derivation via the naïve state and, potentially, normal embryo development. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY A short cell cycle due to a truncated G1 phase has been associated with the high developmental capacity of embryonic cells. CCNE1 is a critical G1/S transition regulator. CCNE1 overexpression can cause shortening of the cell cycle and it is constitutively expressed in mouse embryonic stem cells and cancer cells. STUDY DESIGN, SAMPLES/MATERIALS, METHODS We investigated expression of CCNE1 in human preimplantation embryo development and embryonic stem cells (hESC). Functional studies included CCNE1 overexpression in hESC and CCNE1 downregulation in the outgrowths formed by plated human blastocysts. Analysis was performed by immunocytochemistry and quantitative real-time PCR. Mann-Whitney statistical test was applied. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE The CCNE1 protein was ubiquitously and constitutively expressed in the plenipotent cells of the embryo from the 4-cell stage up to and including the full blastocyst. During blastocyst expansion, CCNE1 was downregulated in the trophectoderm (TE) cells. CCNE1 shortly co-localized with NANOG in the inner cell mass (ICM) of expanding blastocysts, mimicking the situation in naïve hESC. In the ICM of expanded blastocysts, which corresponds with primed hESC, CCNE1 defined a subpopulation of cells different from NANOG/POU5F1-expressing pluripotent epiblast (EPI) cells and GATA4/SOX17-expressing primitive endoderm (PrE) cells. This CCNE1-positive cell population was associated with visceral endoderm based on transthyretin expression and marked the third cell lineage within the ICM, besides EPI and PrE, which had never been described before. We also investigated the role of CCNE1 by plating expanded blastocysts for hESC derivation. As a result, all the cells including TE cells re-gained CCNE1 and, consequently, NANOG expression, resembling the phenotype of naïve hESC. The inhibition of CCNE1 expression with siRNA blocked proliferation and caused degeneration of those plated cells. LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION The study is based on a limited number of good-quality human embryos donated to research. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS Our study sheds light on the processes underlying the high developmental potential of early human embryonic cells. The CCNE1-positive plenipotent cell type corresponds with a phenotype that enables early human embryos to recover after fragmentation, cryodamage or (single cell) biopsy on day 3 for preimplantation genetic diagnosis. Knowledge on the expression and function of genes responsible for this flexibility will help us to better understand the undifferentiated state in stem cell biology and might enable us to improve technologies in assisted reproduction. LARGE SCALE DATA NA STUDY FUNDING AND COMPETING INTERESTS: This research is supported by grants from the Fund for Scientific Research - Flanders (FWO-Vlaanderen), the Methusalem (METH) of the VUB and Scientific Research Fond Willy Gepts of UZ Brussel. There are no competing interests.
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- M V Krivega
- Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Ghent Fertility and Stem Cell Team, Department for Reproductive Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Centre for Reproductive Medicine (CRG), Brussels University Hospital, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium Centre for Reproductive Medicine (CRG), Brussels University Hospital, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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- Research Group Reproduction and Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Laarbeeklaan 103, 1090 Brussels, Belgium Centre for Reproductive Medicine (CRG), Brussels University Hospital, Laarbeeklaan 101, 1090 Brussels, Belgium
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Meinhardt G, Kaltenberger S, Fiala C, Knöfler M, Pollheimer J. ERBB2 gene amplification increases during the transition of proximal EGFR(+) to distal HLA-G(+) first trimester cell column trophoblasts. Placenta 2015; 36:803-8. [PMID: 26071215 DOI: 10.1016/j.placenta.2015.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Revised: 05/11/2015] [Accepted: 05/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Although, DNA copy-number alterations (CNAs) have been well documented in a number of adverse phenotypic conditions, accumulating data suggest that CNAs also occur during physiological processes. Interestingly, extravillous trophoblasts induce the expression of the transforming, proto-oncogene ERBB2, which is frequently amplified in human cancer. However, no data are available to address whether trophoblast-related ERBB2 expression might also be linked to genomic amplification. METHODS Dual color silver as well as fluorescence in situ hybridization analyses were carried out to evaluate frequency and degree of ERBB2 gene and chromosome 17 copy numbers in first trimester placental cell columns and isolated trophoblasts. Proliferative EGFR(+) and differentiated HLA-G(+) trophoblasts were identified or separated by means of in situ immunofluorescence co-stainings and magnetic beads cell isolation, respectively. RESULTS ERBB2 gene amplification is detected in approximately 40% of isolated HLA-G(+) trophoblasts. Although already detectable in EGFR(+) cells, the percentage and extent of ERBB2 amplification was markedly increased in HLA-G(+) trophoblasts in situ and after isolation. Accordingly, HLA-G(+) trophoblasts highly express ERBB2 on protein level. Finally, ERBB2 copy number variations occur independently of aneuploidy as the majority of ERBB2 amplifying cells were cytogenetically diploid for chromosome 17. DISCUSSION ERBB2 gene amplification is a frequent event during EVT differentiation. This finding challenges the long standing paradigm, which associates gene amplification with pathological conditions and further supports recent evidences suggesting that CNAs are a normal feature of developmental processes.
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- G Meinhardt
- Department of Obstetrics and Fetal-Maternal Medicine, Reproductive Biology Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Clinical Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Gynmed Clinic, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Obstetrics and Fetal-Maternal Medicine, Reproductive Biology Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Obstetrics and Fetal-Maternal Medicine, Reproductive Biology Unit, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
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Ovejero-Benito MC, Frade JM. p27(Kip1) participates in the regulation of endoreplication in differentiating chick retinal ganglion cells. Cell Cycle 2015; 14:2311-22. [PMID: 25946375 PMCID: PMC4614947 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1044175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Nuclear DNA duplication in the absence of cell division (i.e. endoreplication) leads to somatic polyploidy in eukaryotic cells. In contrast to some invertebrate neurons, whose nuclei may contain up to 200,000-fold the normal haploid DNA amount (C), polyploid neurons in higher vertebrates show only 4C DNA content. To explore the mechanism that prevents extra rounds of DNA synthesis in these latter cells we focused on the chick retina, where a population of tetraploid retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) has been described. We show that differentiating chick RGCs that express the neurotrophic receptors p75 and TrkB while lacking retinoblastoma protein, a feature of tetraploid RGCs, also express p27Kip1. Two different short hairpin RNAs (shRNA) that significantly downregulate p27Kip1 expression facilitated DNA synthesis and increased ploidy in isolated chick RGCs. Moreover, this forced DNA synthesis could not be prevented by Cdk4/6 inhibition, thus suggesting that it is triggered by a mechanism similar to endoreplication. In contrast, p27Kip1 deficiency in mouse RGCs does not lead to increased ploidy despite previous observations have shown ectopic DNA synthesis in RGCs from p27Kip1−/− mice. This suggests that a differential mechanism is used for the regulation of neuronal endoreplication in mammalian versus avian RGCs.
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- María C Ovejero-Benito
- a Department of Molecular , Cellular, and Developmental Neurobiology; Cajal Institute; IC-CSIC ; Madrid , Spain
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Guo X, Connick MC, Vanderhoof J, Ishak MA, Hartley RS. MicroRNA-16 modulates HuR regulation of cyclin E1 in breast cancer cells. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:7112-32. [PMID: 25830480 PMCID: PMC4425007 DOI: 10.3390/ijms16047112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Revised: 03/11/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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RNA binding protein (RBPs) and microRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) are post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression that are implicated in development of cancers. Although their individual roles have been studied, the crosstalk between RBPs and miRNAs is under intense investigation. Here, we show that in breast cancer cells, cyclin E1 upregulation by the RBP HuR is through specific binding to regions in the cyclin E1 mRNA 3' untranslated region (3'UTR) containing U-rich elements. Similarly, miR-16 represses cyclin E1, dependent on its cognate binding sites in the cyclin E1 3'UTR. Evidence in the literature indicates that HuR can regulate miRNA expression and recruit or dissociate RNA-induced silencing complexes (RISC). Despite this, miR-16 and HuR do not affect the other’s expression level or binding to the cyclin E1 3'UTR. While HuR overexpression partially blocks miR-16 repression of a reporter mRNA containing the cyclin E1 3'UTR, it does not block miR-16 repression of endogenous cyclin E1 mRNA. In contrast, miR-16 blocks HuR-mediated upregulation of cyclin E1. Overall our results suggest that miR-16 can override HuR upregulation of cyclin E1 without affecting HuR expression or association with the cyclin E1 mRNA.
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- Xun Guo
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA.
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Hannibal RL, Chuong EB, Rivera-Mulia JC, Gilbert DM, Valouev A, Baker JC. Copy number variation is a fundamental aspect of the placental genome. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004290. [PMID: 24785991 PMCID: PMC4006706 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Accepted: 02/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Discovery of lineage-specific somatic copy number variation (CNV) in mammals has led to debate over whether CNVs are mutations that propagate disease or whether they are a normal, and even essential, aspect of cell biology. We show that 1,000N polyploid trophoblast giant cells (TGCs) of the mouse placenta contain 47 regions, totaling 138 Megabases, where genomic copies are underrepresented (UR). UR domains originate from a subset of late-replicating heterochromatic regions containing gene deserts and genes involved in cell adhesion and neurogenesis. While lineage-specific CNVs have been identified in mammalian cells, classically in the immune system where V(D)J recombination occurs, we demonstrate that CNVs form during gestation in the placenta by an underreplication mechanism, not by recombination nor deletion. Our results reveal that large scale CNVs are a normal feature of the mammalian placental genome, which are regulated systematically during embryogenesis and are propagated by a mechanism of underreplication. Generally, every mammalian cell has the same complement of each part of its genome. However, copy number variation (CNV) can occur, where, compared to the rest of its genome, a cell has either more or less of a specific genomic region. It is unknown whether CNVs cause disease, or whether they are a normal aspect of cell biology. We investigated CNVs in polyploid trophoblast giant cells (TGCs) of the mouse placenta, which have up to 1,000 copies of the genome in each cell. We found that there are 47 regions with decreased copy number in TGCs, which we call underrepresented (UR) domains. These domains are marked in the TGC progenitor cells and we suggest that they gradually form during gestation due to slow replication versus fast replication of the rest of the genome. While UR domains contain cell adhesion and neuronal genes, they also contain significantly fewer genes than other genomic regions. Our results demonstrate that CNVs are a normal feature of the mammalian placental genome, which are regulated systematically during pregnancy.
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- Roberta L. Hannibal
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Tallahassee Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Tallahassee Florida, United States of America
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- Division of Bioinformatics, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Bretones G, Delgado MD, León J. Myc and cell cycle control. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2014; 1849:506-16. [PMID: 24704206 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2014.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 483] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2013] [Revised: 03/18/2014] [Accepted: 03/23/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Soon after the discovery of the Myc gene (c-Myc), it became clear that Myc expression levels tightly correlate to cell proliferation. The entry in cell cycle of quiescent cells upon Myc enforced expression has been described in many models. Also, the downregulation or inactivation of Myc results in the impairment of cell cycle progression. Given the frequent deregulation of Myc oncogene in human cancer it is important to dissect out the mechanisms underlying the role of Myc on cell cycle control. Several parallel mechanisms account for Myc-mediated stimulation of the cell cycle. First, most of the critical positive cell cycle regulators are encoded by genes induced by Myc. These Myc target genes include Cdks, cyclins and E2F transcription factors. Apart from its direct effects on the transcription, Myc is able to hyperactivate cyclin/Cdk complexes through the induction of Cdk activating kinase (CAK) and Cdc25 phosphatases. Moreover, Myc antagonizes the activity of cell cycle inhibitors as p21 and p27 through different mechanisms. Thus, Myc is able to block p21 transcription or to induce Skp2, a protein involved in p27 degradation. Finally, Myc induces DNA replication by binding to replication origins and by upregulating genes encoding proteins required for replication initiation. Myc also regulates genes involved in the mitotic control. A promising approach to treat tumors with deregulated Myc is the synthetic lethality based on the inhibition of Cdks. Thus, the knowledge of the Myc-dependent cell cycle regulatory mechanisms will help to discover new therapeutic approaches directed against malignancies with deregulated Myc. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Myc proteins in cell biology and pathology.
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- Gabriel Bretones
- Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria-SODERCAN and Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria-SODERCAN and Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnología de Cantabria (IBBTEC), CSIC-Universidad de Cantabria-SODERCAN and Departamento de Biología Molecular, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.
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Martinerie L, Manterola M, Chung SSW, Panigrahi SK, Weisbach M, Vasileva A, Geng Y, Sicinski P, Wolgemuth DJ. Mammalian E-type cyclins control chromosome pairing, telomere stability and CDK2 localization in male meiosis. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004165. [PMID: 24586195 PMCID: PMC3937215 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Accepted: 12/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Loss of function of cyclin E1 or E2, important regulators of the mitotic cell cycle, yields viable mice, but E2-deficient males display reduced fertility. To elucidate the role of E-type cyclins during spermatogenesis, we characterized their expression patterns and produced additional deletions of Ccne1 and Ccne2 alleles in the germline, revealing unexpected meiotic functions. While Ccne2 mRNA and protein are abundantly expressed in spermatocytes, Ccne1 mRNA is present but its protein is detected only at low levels. However, abundant levels of cyclin E1 protein are detected in spermatocytes deficient in cyclin E2 protein. Additional depletion of E-type cyclins in the germline resulted in increasingly enhanced spermatogenic abnormalities and corresponding decreased fertility and loss of germ cells by apoptosis. Profound meiotic defects were observed in spermatocytes, including abnormal pairing and synapsis of homologous chromosomes, heterologous chromosome associations, unrepaired double-strand DNA breaks, disruptions in telomeric structure and defects in cyclin-dependent-kinase 2 localization. These results highlight a new role for E-type cyclins as important regulators of male meiosis. Understanding the control of meiosis is fundamental to deciphering the origin of male infertility. Although the mechanisms controlling meiosis are poorly understood, key regulators of mitosis, such as cyclins, appear to be critical. In this regard, male mice deficient for cyclin E2 exhibit subfertility and defects in spermatogenesis; however, neither the stages of germ cell differentiation affected nor the responsible mechanisms are known. We investigated how E-type cyclins control male meiosis by examining their expression in spermatogenesis and the consequences that multiple deletions of Ccne1 and Ccne2 alleles produce. Loss of Ccne2 expression increases cyclin E1 levels as a compensatory effect, but there are still meiotic defects and subfertility. Further, loss of one Ccne1 allele in the absence of cyclin E2 results in infertility as does loss of the remaining Ccne1 allele, but with even more severe meiotic abnormalities. We further found that cyclin E1 is involved in sex chromosome synapsis while E2 is involved with homologous pairing and chromosome and telomere integrity. These processes and structures were severely disrupted in absence of both cyclin E1 and E2, uncovering new roles for the E-type cyclins in regulating male meiosis.
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- Laetitia Martinerie
- Departments of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Departments of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Departments of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Departments of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Departments of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America ; Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School and Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Departments of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America ; Obstetrics & Gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America ; Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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The dual roles of geminin during trophoblast proliferation and differentiation. Dev Biol 2014; 387:49-63. [PMID: 24412371 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.12.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2013] [Revised: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/22/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Geminin is a protein involved in both DNA replication and cell fate acquisition. Although it is essential for mammalian preimplantation development, its role remains unclear. In one study, ablation of the geminin gene (Gmnn) in mouse preimplantation embryos resulted in apoptosis, suggesting that geminin prevents DNA re-replication, whereas in another study it resulted in differentiation of blastomeres into trophoblast giant cells (TGCs), suggesting that geminin regulates trophoblast specification and differentiation. Other studies concluded that trophoblast differentiation into TGCs is regulated by fibroblast growth factor-4 (FGF4), and that geminin is required to maintain endocycles. Here we show that ablation of Gmnn in trophoblast stem cells (TSCs) proliferating in the presence of FGF4 closely mimics the events triggered by FGF4 deprivation: arrest of cell proliferation, formation of giant cells, excessive DNA replication in the absence of DNA damage and apoptosis, and changes in gene expression that include loss of Chk1 with up-regulation of p57 and p21. Moreover, FGF4 deprivation of TSCs reduces geminin to a basal level that is required for maintaining endocycles in TGCs. Thus, geminin acts both like a component of the FGF4 signal transduction pathway that governs trophoblast proliferation and differentiation, and geminin is required to maintain endocycles.
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Chen Y, Neve RN, Zheng H, Griffin WTS, Barger SW, Mrak RE. Cycle on Wheels: Is APP Key to the AppBp1 Pathway? AUSTIN ALZHEIMER'S AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2014; 1:id1008. [PMID: 25568892 PMCID: PMC4283775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the gradual loss of the cognitive function due to neuronal death. Currently no therapy is available to slow down, reverse or prevent the disease. Here we analyze the existing data in literature and hypothesize that the physiological function of the Amyloid Precursor Protein (APP) is activating the AppBp1 pathway and this function is gradually lost during the progression of AD pathogenesis. The AppBp1 pathway, also known as the neddylation pathway, activates the small ubiquitin-like protein nedd8, which covalently modifies and switches on Cullin ubiquitin ligases, which are essential in the turnover of cell cycle proteins. Here we discuss how APP may activate the AppBp1 pathway, which downregulates cell cycle markers and protects genome integrity. More investigation of this mechanism-driven hypothesis may provide insights into disease treatment and prevention strategies.
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- Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
- Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
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- Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
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- Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, USA
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- Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
- Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
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- Department of Geriatrics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
- Department of Neurobiology and Developmental Sciences, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Toledo Health Sciences Campus, USA
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Alexander A, Keyomarsi K. Exploiting Cell Cycle Pathways in Cancer Therapy: New (and Old) Targets and Potential Strategies. NUCLEAR SIGNALING PATHWAYS AND TARGETING TRANSCRIPTION IN CANCER 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-8039-6_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Senthil Raja Jayapal
- Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB); A*STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research); Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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Gentric G, Desdouets C. Polyploidization in liver tissue. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2013; 184:322-31. [PMID: 24140012 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2013.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2013] [Revised: 06/17/2013] [Accepted: 06/20/2013] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Polyploidy (alias whole genome amplification) refers to organisms containing more than two basic sets of chromosomes. Polyploidy was first observed in plants more than a century ago, and it is known that such processes occur in many eukaryotes under a variety of circumstances. In mammals, the development of polyploid cells can contribute to tissue differentiation and, therefore, possibly a gain of function; alternately, it can be associated with development of disease, such as cancer. Polyploidy can occur because of cell fusion or abnormal cell division (endoreplication, mitotic slippage, or cytokinesis failure). Polyploidy is a common characteristic of the mammalian liver. Polyploidization occurs mainly during liver development, but also in adults with increasing age or because of cellular stress (eg, surgical resection, toxic exposure, or viral infections). This review will explore the mechanisms that lead to the development of polyploid cells, our current state of understanding of how polyploidization is regulated during liver growth, and its consequence on liver function.
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- Géraldine Gentric
- French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), U1016, Cochin Institute, Department of Development, Reproduction and Cancer, Paris, France; French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), UMR 8104, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- French Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), U1016, Cochin Institute, Department of Development, Reproduction and Cancer, Paris, France; French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), UMR 8104, Paris, France; Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
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Campaner S, Viale A, De Fazio S, Doni M, De Franco F, D'Artista L, Sardella D, Pelicci PG, Amati B. A non-redundant function of cyclin E1 in hematopoietic stem cells. Cell Cycle 2013; 12:3663-72. [PMID: 24091730 PMCID: PMC3903717 DOI: 10.4161/cc.26584] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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A precise balance between quiescence and proliferation is crucial for the lifelong function of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Cyclins E1 and E2 regulate exit from quiescence in fibroblasts, but their role in HSCs remains unknown. Here, we report a non-redundant role for cyclin E1 in mouse HSCs. A long-term culture-initiating cell (LTC-IC) assay indicated that the loss of cyclin E1, but not E2, compromised the colony-forming activity of primitive hematopoietic progenitors. Ccne1−/− mice showed normal hematopoiesis in vivo under homeostatic conditions but a severe impairment following myeloablative stress induced by 5-fluorouracil (5-FU). Under these conditions, Ccne1−/− HSCs were less efficient in entering the cell cycle, resulting in decreased hematopoiesis and reduced survival of mutant mice upon weekly 5-FU treatment. The role of cyclin E1 in homeostatic conditions became apparent in aged mice, where HSC quiescence was increased in Ccne1−/− animals. On the other hand, loss of cyclin E1 provided HSCs with a competitive advantage in bone marrow serial transplantation assays, suggesting that a partial impairment of cell cycle entry may exert a protective role by preventing premature depletion of the HSC compartment. Our data support a role for cyclin E1 in controlling the exit from quiescence in HSCs. This activity, depending on the physiological context, can either jeopardize or protect the maintenance of hematopoiesis.
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- Stefano Campaner
- Center for Genomic Science of IIT@SEMM; Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT); Milan, Italy
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Pandit SK, Westendorp B, de Bruin A. Physiological significance of polyploidization in mammalian cells. Trends Cell Biol 2013; 23:556-66. [PMID: 23849927 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Revised: 06/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Programmed polyploidization occurs in all mammalian species during development and aging in selected tissues, but the biological properties of polyploid cells remain obscure. Spontaneous polyploidization arises during stress and has been observed in a variety of pathological conditions, such as cancer and degenerative diseases. A major challenge in the field is to test the predicted functions of polyploidization in vivo. However, recent genetic mouse models with diminished polyploidization phenotypes represent novel, powerful tools to unravel the biological function of polyploidization. Contrary to a longstanding hypothesis, polyploidization appears to not be required for differentiation and has no obvious impact on proliferation. Instead, polyploidization leads to increased cell size and genetic diversity, which could promote better adaptation to chronic injury or stress. We discuss here the consequences of reducing polyploidization in mice and review which stress responses and molecular signals trigger polyploidization during development and disease.
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- Shusil K Pandit
- Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, 3584 CL Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Rappolee DA, Zhou S, Puscheck EE, Xie Y. Stress responses at the endometrial-placental interface regulate labyrinthine placental differentiation from trophoblast stem cells. Reproduction 2013; 145:R139-55. [PMID: 23463790 DOI: 10.1530/rep-12-0240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Development can happen in one of two ways. Cells performing a necessary function can differentiate from stem cells before the need for it arises and stress does not develop. Or need arises before function, stress develops and stress signals are part of the normal stimuli that regulate developmental mechanisms. These mechanisms adjust stem cell differentiation to produce function in a timely and proportional manner. In this review, we will interpret data from studies of null lethal mutants for placental stress genes that suggest the latter possibility. Acknowledged stress pathways participate in stress-induced and -regulated differentiation in two ways. These pathways manage the homeostatic response to maintain stem cells during the stress. Stress pathways also direct stem cell differentiation to increase the first essential lineage and suppress later lineages when stem cell accumulation is diminished. This stress-induced differentiation maintains the conceptus during stress. Pathogenic outcomes arise because population sizes of normal stem cells are first depleted by decreased accumulation. The fraction of stem cells is further decreased by differentiation that is induced to compensate for smaller stem cell populations. Analysis of placental lethal null mutant genes known to mediate stress responses suggests that the labyrinthine placenta develops during, and is regulated by, hypoxic stress.
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- D A Rappolee
- CS Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, Wayne State University School of Medicine.
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Cells decide to proliferate or remain quiescent using signaling pathways that link information about the cellular environment to the G1 phase of the cell cycle. Progression through G1 phase is controlled by pRB proteins, which function to repress the activity of E2F transcription factors in cells exiting mitosis and in quiescent cells. Phosphorylation of pRB proteins by the G1 cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) releases E2F factors, promoting the transition to S phase. CDK activity is primarily regulated by the binding of CDK catalytic subunits to cyclin partners and CDK inhibitors. Consequently, both mitogenic and antiproliferative signals exert their effects on cell proliferation through the transcriptional regulation and ubiquitin-dependent degradation of cyclins and CDK inhibitors.
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- Robert J Duronio
- Department of Biology and Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
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The APC/C activator Cdh1 regulates the G2/M transition during differentiation of placental trophoblast stem cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.11.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Developmentally programmed polyploidy occurs by at least four different mechanisms, two of which (endoreduplication and endomitosis) involve switching from mitotic cell cycles to endocycles by the selective loss of mitotic cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) activity and bypassing many of the processes of mitosis. Here we review the mechanisms of endoreplication, focusing on recent results from Drosophila and mice.
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- Norman Zielke
- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)-Zentrum für Molekulare Biologie der Universität Heidelberg (ZMBH) Allianz, Im Neuenheimer Feld 282, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Mould A, Morgan MAJ, Li L, Bikoff EK, Robertson EJ. Blimp1/Prdm1 governs terminal differentiation of endovascular trophoblast giant cells and defines multipotent progenitors in the developing placenta. Genes Dev 2012; 26:2063-74. [PMID: 22987638 DOI: 10.1101/gad.199828.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Developmental arrest of Blimp1/Prdm1 mutant embryos at around embryonic day 10.5 (E10.5) has been attributed to placental disturbances. Here we investigate Blimp1/Prdm1 requirements in the trophoblast cell lineage. Loss of function disrupts specification of the invasive spiral artery-associated trophoblast giant cells (SpA-TGCs) surrounding maternal blood vessels and severely compromises the ability of the spongiotrophoblast layer to expand appropriately, secondarily causing collapse of the underlying labyrinth layer. Additionally, we identify a population of proliferating Blimp1(+) diploid cells present within the spongiotrophoblast layer. Lineage tracing experiments exploiting a novel Prdm1.Cre-LacZ allele demonstrate that these Blimp1(+) cells give rise to the mature SpA-TGCs, canal TGCs, and glycogen trophoblasts. In sum, the transcriptional repressor Blimp1/Prdm1 is required for terminal differentiation of SpA-TGCs and defines a lineage-restricted progenitor cell population contributing to placental growth and morphogenesis.
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- Arne Mould
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Depamphilis ML, de Renty CM, Ullah Z, Lee CY. "The Octet": Eight Protein Kinases that Control Mammalian DNA Replication. Front Physiol 2012; 3:368. [PMID: 23055977 PMCID: PMC3458233 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2012.00368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2012] [Accepted: 08/27/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Development of a fertilized human egg into an average sized adult requires about 29 trillion cell divisions, thereby producing enough DNA to stretch to the Sun and back 200 times (DePamphilis and Bell, 2011)! Even more amazing is the fact that throughout these mitotic cell cycles, the human genome is duplicated once and only once each time a cell divides. If a cell accidentally begins to re-replicate its nuclear DNA prior to cell division, checkpoint pathways trigger apoptosis. And yet, some cells are developmentally programmed to respond to environmental cues by switching from mitotic cell cycles to endocycles, a process in which multiple S phases occur in the absence of either mitosis or cytokinesis. Endocycles allow production of viable, differentiated, polyploid cells that no longer proliferate. What is surprising is that among the 516 (Manning et al., 2002) to 557 (BioMart web site) protein kinases encoded by the human genome, only eight regulate nuclear DNA replication directly. These are Cdk1, Cdk2, Cdk4, Cdk6, Cdk7, Cdc7, Checkpoint kinase-1 (Chk1), and Checkpoint kinase-2. Even more remarkable is the fact that only four of these enzymes (Cdk1, Cdk7, Cdc7, and Chk1) are essential for mammalian development. Here we describe how these protein kinases determine when DNA replication occurs during mitotic cell cycles, how mammalian cells switch from mitotic cell cycles to endocycles, and how cancer cells can be selectively targeted for destruction by inducing them to begin a second S phase before mitosis is complete.
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- Melvin L Depamphilis
- Program in Genomics of Differentiation, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health Bethesda, MD, USA
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Nevzorova YA, Bangen JM, Hu W, Haas U, Weiskirchen R, Gassler N, Huss S, Tacke F, Sicinski P, Trautwein C, Liedtke C. Cyclin E1 controls proliferation of hepatic stellate cells and is essential for liver fibrogenesis in mice. Hepatology 2012; 56:1140-9. [PMID: 22454377 PMCID: PMC3396430 DOI: 10.1002/hep.25736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2011] [Accepted: 03/15/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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UNLABELLED Liver fibrogenesis is associated with the transition of quiescent hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) into the cell cycle. Exit from quiescence is controlled by E-type cyclins (cyclin E1 [CcnE1] and cyclin E2 [CcnE2]). Thus, the aim of the current study was to investigate the contribution of E-type cyclins for liver fibrosis in man and mice. Expression of CcnE1, but not of its homolog, CcnE2, was induced in fibrotic and cirrhotic livers from human patients with different etiologies and in murine wild-type (WT) livers after periodical administration of the profibrotic toxin, CCl(4). To further evaluate the potential function of E-type cyclins for liver fibrogenesis, we repetitively treated constitutive CcnE1(-/-) and CcnE2(-/-) knock-out mice with CCl(4) to induce liver fibrosis. Interestingly, CcnE1(-/-) mice were protected against CCl(4)-mediated liver fibrogenesis, as evidenced by reduced collagen type I α1 expression and the lack of septum formation. In contrast, CcnE2(-/-) mice showed accelerated fibrogenesis after CCl(4) treatment. We isolated primary HSCs from WT, CcnE1(-/-), and CcnE2(-/-) mice and analyzed their activation, proliferation, and survival in vitro. CcnE1 expression in WT HSCs was maximal when they started to proliferate, but decreased after the cells transdifferentiated into myofibroblasts. CcnE1(-/-) HSCs showed dramatically impaired survival, cell-cycle arrest, and strongly reduced expression of alpha smooth muscle actin, indicating deficient HSC activation. In contrast, CcnE2-deficient HSCs expressed an elevated level of CcnE1 and showed enhanced cell-cycle activity and proliferation, compared to WT cells. CONCLUSIONS CcnE1 and CcnE2 have antagonistic roles in liver fibrosis. CcnE1 is indispensable for the activation, proliferation, and survival of HSCs and thus promotes the synthesis of extracellular matrix and liver fibrogenesis.
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- Yulia A. Nevzorova
- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Strasse 25, D-53123 Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine III, University Hospital, RWTH Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
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Matsumoto A, Nakayama KI. Role of key regulators of the cell cycle in maintenance of hematopoietic stem cells. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2012; 1830:2335-44. [PMID: 22820018 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2012.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2012] [Revised: 06/26/2012] [Accepted: 07/10/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are characterized by pluripotentiality and self-renewal ability. To maintain a supply of mature blood cells and to avoid HSC exhaustion during the life span of an organism, most HSCs remain quiescent, with only a limited number entering the cell cycle. SCOPE OF REVIEW The molecular mechanisms by which quiescence is maintained in HSCs are addressed, with recent genetic studies having provided important insight into the relation between the cell cycle activity and stemness of HSCs. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS The cell cycle is tightly regulated in HSCs by complex factors. Key regulators of the cell cycle in other cell types-including cyclins, cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), the retinoblastoma protein family, the transcription factor E2F, and CDK inhibitors-also contribute to such regulation in HSCs. Most, but not all, of these regulators are necessary for maintenance of HSCs, with abnormal activation or suppression of the cell cycle resulting in HSC exhaustion. The cell cycle in HSCs is also regulated by external factors such as cytokines produced by niche cells as well as by the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Studies of the cell cycle in HSCs may shed light on the pathogenesis of hematopoietic disorders, serve as a basis for the development of new therapeutic strategies for such disorders, prove useful for the expansion of HSCs in vitro as a possible replacement for blood transfusion, and provide insight into stem cell biology in general. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled Biochemistry of Stem Cells.
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- Akinobu Matsumoto
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Ouseph MM, Li J, Chen HZ, Pécot T, Wenzel P, Thompson JC, Comstock G, Chokshi V, Byrne M, Forde B, Chong JL, Huang K, Machiraju R, de Bruin A, Leone G. Atypical E2F repressors and activators coordinate placental development. Dev Cell 2012; 22:849-62. [PMID: 22516201 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.01.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2011] [Revised: 11/23/2011] [Accepted: 01/18/2012] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The evolutionarily ancient arm of the E2f family of transcription factors consisting of the two atypical members E2f7 and E2f8 is essential for murine embryonic development. However, the critical tissues, cellular processes, and molecular pathways regulated by these two factors remain unknown. Using a series of fetal and placental lineage-specific cre mice, we show that E2F7/E2F8 functions in extraembryonic trophoblast lineages are both necessary and sufficient to carry fetuses to term. Expression profiling and biochemical approaches exposed the canonical E2F3a activator as a key family member that antagonizes E2F7/E2F8 functions. Remarkably, the concomitant loss of E2f3a normalized placental gene expression programs, corrected placental defects, and fostered the survival of E2f7/E2f8-deficient embryos to birth. In summary, we identified a placental transcriptional network tightly coordinated by activation and repression through two distinct arms of the E2F family that is essential for extraembryonic cell proliferation, placental development, and fetal viability.
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- Madhu M Ouseph
- Solid Tumor Biology Program, Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Comprehensive Cancer Center, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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As development unfolds, DNA replication is not only coordinated with cell proliferation, but is regulated uniquely in specific cell types and organs. This differential regulation of DNA synthesis requires crosstalk between DNA replication and differentiation. This dynamic aspect of DNA replication is highlighted by the finding that the distribution of replication origins varies between differentiated cell types and changes with differentiation. Moreover, differential DNA replication in some cell types can lead to increases or decreases in gene copy number along chromosomes. This review highlights the recent advances and technologies that have provided us with new insights into the developmental regulation of DNA replication.
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- Jared Nordman
- Whitehead Institute and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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Yang VS, Carter SA, Ng Y, Hyland SJ, Tachibana-Konwalski K, Fisher RA, Sebire NJ, Seckl MJ, Pedersen RA, Laskey RA, Gonzalez MA. Distinct activities of the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C) in mouse embryonic cells. Cell Cycle 2012; 11:846-55. [PMID: 22333576 DOI: 10.4161/cc.11.5.19251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The first differentiation event in mammalian development gives rise to the blastocyst, consisting of two cell lineages that have also segregated in how the cell cycle is structured. Pluripotent cells of the inner cell mass divide mitotically to retain a diploid DNA content, but the outer trophoblast cells can amplify their genomes more than 500-fold by undergoing multiple rounds of DNA replication, completely bypassing mitosis. Central to this striking divergence in cell cycle control is the E3 ubiquitin-ligase activity of the anaphase-promoting complex or cyclosome (APC/C). Extended suppression of APC/C activity during interphase of mouse pluripotent cells promotes rapid cell cycle progression by allowing stabilization of cyclins, whereas unopposed APC/C activity during S phase of mouse trophoblast cells triggers proteasomal-mediated degradation of geminin and giant cell formation. While differential APC/C activity might govern the atypical cell cycles observed in pre-implantation mouse embryos, geminin is a critical APC/C substrate that: (1) escapes degradation in pluripotent cells to maintain expression of Oct4, Sox2 and Nanog; and (2) mediates specification and endoreduplication when targeted for ectopic destruction in trophoblast. Thus, in contrast to trophoblast giant cells that lack geminin, geminin is preserved in both mouse pluripotent cells and non-endoreduplicating human cytotrophoblast cells.
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- Valerie S Yang
- MRC Cancer Cell Unit, Hutchison-MRC Research Centre, Cambridge, UK
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Siu KT, Rosner MR, Minella AC. An integrated view of cyclin E function and regulation. Cell Cycle 2012; 11:57-64. [PMID: 22186781 DOI: 10.4161/cc.11.1.18775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Cancers of diverse cell lineages express high levels of cyclin E, and in various studies, cyclin E overexpression correlates with increased tumor aggression. One way that normal control of cyclin E expression is disabled in cancer cells is via loss-of-function mutations sustained by FBXW7. This gene encodes the Fbw7 tumor suppressor protein that provides substrate specificity for a ubiquitin ligase complex that targets multiple oncoproteins for degradation. Numerous other mechanisms besides Fbw7 mutations can deregulate cyclin E expression and activity in cancer cells. Recent reports demonstrate that inappropriate cyclin E expression may have far-reaching biological consequences for cell physiology, including altering gene expression programs governing proliferation, differentiation, survival and senescence. In this review, we discuss the function of mammalian cyclin E in the context of these new data as well as the complex network that connects cyclin E functions to the cellular controls regulating its expression and activity.
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- Ka Tat Siu
- Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology Division, Integrated Graduate Program in the Life Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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Foster DA, Yellen P, Xu L, Saqcena M. Regulation of G1 Cell Cycle Progression: Distinguishing the Restriction Point from a Nutrient-Sensing Cell Growth Checkpoint(s). Genes Cancer 2011; 1:1124-31. [PMID: 21779436 DOI: 10.1177/1947601910392989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Most genetic changes that promote tumorigenesis involve dysregulation of G1 cell cycle progression. A key regulatory site in G1 is a growth factor-dependent restriction point (R) where cells commit to mitosis. In addition to the growth factor-dependent "R," which maps to a site about 3.5 hours after mitosis, there is another checkpoint later in G1 that is dependent on nutritional sufficiency that has also been referred to as R. However, this second site in late G1 can be distinguished both temporally and genetically from R. We are proposing that the late G1 regulatory site be more appropriately referred to as a "cell growth" checkpoint to distinguish it from R. This checkpoint, which likely has an evolutionary relationship to the yeast cell cycle checkpoint START, is regulated by signals governed by mTOR, the mammalian target of rapamycin. This review summarizes evidence that distinguishes R from the proposed cell growth checkpoint. Since both checkpoints are dysregulated in most, if not all, human cancers, distinguishing between these 2 distinct G1 regulatory checkpoints has significance for rational therapeutic strategies targeting oncogenic signals.
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- David A Foster
- Department of Biological Sciences, Hunter College of The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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Ma X, Gao F, Rusie A, Hemingway J, Ostmann AB, Sroga JM, Jegga AG, Das SK. Decidual cell polyploidization necessitates mitochondrial activity. PLoS One 2011; 6:e26774. [PMID: 22046353 PMCID: PMC3201964 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2011] [Accepted: 10/03/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cellular polyploidy has been widely reported in nature, yet its developmental mechanism and function remain poorly understood. In the present study, to better define the aspects of decidual cell polyploidy, we isolated pure polyploid and non-polyploid decidual cell populations from the in vivo decidual bed. Three independent RNA pools prepared for each population were then subjected to the Affymetrix gene chip analysis for the whole mouse genome transcripts. Our data revealed up-regulation of 1015 genes and down-regulation of 1207 genes in the polyploid populations, as compared to the non-polyploid group. Comparative RT-PCR and in situ hybridization results indeed confirmed differential expressional regulation of several genes between the two populations. Based on functional enrichment analyses, up-regulated polyploidy genes appeared to implicate several functions, which primarily include cell/nuclear division, ATP binding, metabolic process, and mitochondrial activity, whereas that of down-regulated genes primarily included apoptosis and immune processes. Further analyses of genes that are related to mitochondria and bi-nucleation showed differential and regional expression within the decidual bed, consistent with the pattern of polyploidy. Consistently, studies revealed a marked induction of mitochondrial mass and ATP production in polyploid cells. The inhibition of mitochondrial activity by various pharmacological inhibitors, as well as by gene-specific targeting using siRNA-mediated technology showed a dramatic attenuation of polyploidy and bi-nucleation development during in vitro stromal cell decidualization, suggesting mitochondria play a major role in positive regulation of decidual cell polyploidization. Collectively, analyses of unique polyploidy markers and molecular signaling networks may be useful to further characterize functional aspects of decidual cell polyploidy at the site of implantation.
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- Xinghong Ma
- Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Odajima J, Wills ZP, Ndassa YM, Terunuma M, Kretschmannova K, Deeb TZ, Geng Y, Gawrzak S, Quadros IM, Newman J, Das M, Jecrois ME, Yu Q, Li N, Bienvenu F, Moss SJ, Greenberg ME, Marto JA, Sicinski P. Cyclin E constrains Cdk5 activity to regulate synaptic plasticity and memory formation. Dev Cell 2011; 21:655-68. [PMID: 21944720 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2011.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2010] [Revised: 07/25/2011] [Accepted: 08/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Cyclin E is a component of the core cell cycle machinery, and it drives cell proliferation by regulating entry and progression of cells through the DNA synthesis phase. Cyclin E expression is normally restricted to proliferating cells. However, high levels of cyclin E are expressed in the adult brain. The function of cyclin E in quiescent, postmitotic nervous system remains unknown. Here we use a combination of in vivo quantitative proteomics and analyses of cyclin E knockout mice to demonstrate that in terminally differentiated neurons cyclin E forms complexes with Cdk5 and controls synapse function by restraining Cdk5 activity. Ablation of cyclin E led to a decreased number of synapses, reduced number and volume of dendritic spines, and resulted in impaired synaptic plasticity and memory formation in cyclin E-deficient animals. These results reveal a cell cycle-independent role for a core cell cycle protein, cyclin E, in synapse function and memory.
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- Junko Odajima
- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Su TT. Safeguarding genetic information in Drosophila. Chromosoma 2011; 120:547-55. [PMID: 21927823 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-011-0342-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2011] [Revised: 08/24/2011] [Accepted: 08/26/2011] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Eukaryotic cells employ a plethora of conserved proteins and mechanisms to ensure genome integrity. In metazoa, these mechanisms must operate in the context of organism development. This mini-review highlights two emerging features of DNA damage responses in Drosophila: a crosstalk between DNA damage responses and components of the spindle assembly checkpoint, and increasing evidence for the effect of DNA damage on the developmental program at multiple points during the Drosophila life cycle.
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- Tin Tin Su
- MCD Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.
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Gopinathan L, Ratnacaram CK, Kaldis P. Established and novel Cdk/cyclin complexes regulating the cell cycle and development. Results Probl Cell Differ 2011; 53:365-89. [PMID: 21630153 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-19065-0_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The identification of new members in the Cdk and cyclin families, functions for many of which are still emerging, has added new facets to the cell cycle regulatory network. With roles extending beyond the classical regulation of cell cycle progression, these new players are involved in diverse processes such as transcription, neuronal function, and ion transport. Members closely related to Cdks and cyclins such as the Speedy/RINGO proteins offer fresh insights and hope for filling in the missing gaps in our understanding of cell division. This chapter will present a broad outlook on the cell cycle and its key regulators with special emphasis on the less-studied members and their emerging roles.
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- Lakshmi Gopinathan
- Cell Division and Cancer Laboratory (PRK), Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), 61 Biopolis Drive, Proteos #03-09, Singapore
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Checkpoint kinase 1 prevents cell cycle exit linked to terminal cell differentiation. Mol Cell Biol 2011; 31:4129-43. [PMID: 21791608 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.05723-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Trophoblast stem (TS) cells proliferate in the presence of fibroblast growth factor 4, but in its absence, they differentiate into polyploid trophoblast giant (TG) cells that remain viable but nonproliferative. Differentiation is coincident with expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)-specific inhibitors p21 and p57, of which p57 is essential for switching from mitotic cell cycles to endocycles. Here, we show that, in the absence of induced DNA damage, checkpoint kinase-1 (CHK1), an enzyme essential for preventing mitosis in response to DNA damage, functions as a mitogen-dependent protein kinase that prevents premature differentiation of TS cells into TG cells by suppressing expression of p21 and p57, but not p27, the CDK inhibitor that regulates mitotic cell cycles. CHK1 phosphorylates p21 and p57 proteins at specific sites, thereby targeting them for degradation by the 26S proteasome. TG cells lack CHK1, and restoring CHK1 activity in TG cells suppresses expression of p57 and restores mitosis. Thus, CHK1 is part of a "G2 restriction point" that prevents premature cell cycle exit in cells programmed for terminal differentiation, a role that CHK2 cannot play.
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Hu X, Moscinski LC. Cdc2: a monopotent or pluripotent CDK? Cell Prolif 2011; 44:205-11. [PMID: 21535261 PMCID: PMC6496858 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2011.00753.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2010] [Accepted: 12/12/2010] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Cell cycle progression is controlled by both extracellular and intracellular signalling molecules. It has been generally believed that cdc2/CDK1 only control G(2)-M transition in mammalian and many other higher eukaryotic cells. Accumulating evidence shows that cdc2 not only promotes G(2)-M transition but is also capable of regulating G(1) progress and G(1)-S transition via association with multiple interphase cyclins; cdc2 activity can be inhibited by p21 and p27, two traditional G(1) CDK inhibitors. In addition, cdc2-cyclin B controls pronuclear union in interphase fertilized eggs. These data suggest that cdc2 may be a pluripotent CDK. Although mechanisms responsible for the multiple functions of cdc2 remain to be further investigated, interactions of cdc2 with pRb and with several important transcription factors may provide a clue to the pluripotent role of cdc2.
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- X Hu
- Department of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL, USA.
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Bäumer N, Tickenbrock L, Tschanter P, Lohmeyer L, Diederichs S, Bäumer S, Skryabin BV, Zhang F, Agrawal-Singh S, Köhler G, Berdel WE, Serve H, Koschmieder S, Müller-Tidow C. Inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) interacting with cyclin A1 (INCA1) regulates proliferation and is repressed by oncogenic signaling. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:28210-22. [PMID: 21540187 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.203471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The cell cycle is driven by the kinase activity of cyclin·cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) complexes, which is negatively regulated by CDK inhibitor proteins. Recently, we identified INCA1 as an interaction partner and a substrate of cyclin A1 in complex with CDK2. On a functional level, we identified a novel cyclin-binding site in the INCA1 protein. INCA1 inhibited CDK2 activity and cell proliferation. The inhibitory effects depended on the cyclin-interacting domain. Mitogenic and oncogenic signals suppressed INCA1 expression, whereas it was induced by cell cycle arrest. We established a deletional mouse model that showed increased CDK2 activity in spleen with altered spleen architecture in Inca1(-/-) mice. Inca1(-/-) embryonic fibroblasts showed an increase in the fraction of S-phase cells. Furthermore, blasts from acute lymphoid leukemia and acute myeloid leukemia patients expressed significantly reduced INCA1 levels highlighting its relevance for growth control in vivo. Taken together, this study identifies a novel CDK inhibitor with reduced expression in acute myeloid and lymphoid leukemia. The molecular events that control the cell cycle occur in a sequential process to ensure a tight regulation, which is important for the survival of a cell and includes the detection and repair of genetic damage and the prevention of uncontrolled cell division.
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- Nicole Bäumer
- Department of Medicine, Hematology/Oncology, University ofMvnster, 48129 Münster, Germany
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Méndez J. Cyclin E goes nuts: a cell cycle regulator affects male fertility. Cell Cycle 2011; 9:4782. [PMID: 21248485 DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.24.14060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Munkley J, Copeland NA, Moignard V, Knight JRP, Greaves E, Ramsbottom SA, Pownall ME, Southgate J, Ainscough JFX, Coverley D. Cyclin E is recruited to the nuclear matrix during differentiation, but is not recruited in cancer cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:2671-7. [PMID: 21109536 PMCID: PMC3074132 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Revised: 10/15/2010] [Accepted: 11/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Cyclin E supports pre-replication complex (pre-RC) assembly, while cyclin A-associated kinase activates DNA synthesis. We show that cyclin E, but not A, is mounted upon the nuclear matrix in sub-nuclear foci in differentiated vertebrate cells, but not in undifferentiated cells or cancer cells. In murine embryonic stem cells, Xenopus embryos and human urothelial cells, cyclin E is recruited to the nuclear matrix as cells differentiate and this can be manipulated in vitro. This suggests that pre-RC assembly becomes spatially restricted as template usage is defined. Furthermore, failure to become restricted may contribute to the plasticity of cancer cells.
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- Jennifer Munkley
- Department of Biology, University of York, YO10 5YW and School of Medicine, Leeds University, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, YO10 5YW and School of Medicine, Leeds University, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, YO10 5YW and School of Medicine, Leeds University, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, YO10 5YW and School of Medicine, Leeds University, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, YO10 5YW and School of Medicine, Leeds University, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, YO10 5YW and School of Medicine, Leeds University, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, YO10 5YW and School of Medicine, Leeds University, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, YO10 5YW and School of Medicine, Leeds University, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, YO10 5YW and School of Medicine, Leeds University, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Biology, University of York, YO10 5YW and School of Medicine, Leeds University, LS2 9JT, UK
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Akli S, Van Pelt CS, Bui T, Meijer L, Keyomarsi K. Cdk2 is required for breast cancer mediated by the low-molecular-weight isoform of cyclin E. Cancer Res 2011; 71:3377-86. [PMID: 21385896 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-4086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Cyclin E activates Cdk2, controls centrosome duplication, and regulates histone gene transcription. Cyclin E is deregulated in cancer and appears as low-molecular-weight (LMW) isoforms that correlate strongly with decreased survival in breast cancer patients. Transgenic mice overexpressing LMW-cyclin E have increased incidence of mammary tumors and distant metastasis when compared with mice that had full-length cyclin E. To specifically test the requirement for Cdk2 in LMW-cyclin E-mediated mammary tumorigenesis, we generated transgenic mice, which expressed LMW-cyclin E in a Cdk2-deficient background. We found that mammary gland development proceeds relatively normally in these animals, indicating that Cdk2 kinase activity is largely dispensable for this process. However, Cdk2-deficient mice were completely resistant to LMW-cyclin E-mediated mammary tumors. Cdk2 wild-type or heterozygous mice succumbed to mammary tumors with mean latencies of 16 and 19.5 months, respectively, but Cdk2 nullizygous littermates did not display tumors through 24 months. Similarly, continuous administration of two different Cdk inhibitors significantly delayed LMW-cyclin E-induced mammary tumor progression. Triple transgenic mice generated in a p53 heterozygous background also displayed no tumors. Finally, we found that Cdk2 silencing induced cell death in LMW-overexpressing breast cancer cell lines, but not in cell lines lacking LMW expression. Our findings establish a requirement for Cdk2 in LMW-cyclin E-mediated mammary tumorigenesis, arguing that human breast tumors overexpressing LMW-cyclin E are prime candidates for anti-Cdk2 therapy.
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- Said Akli
- Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA
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A mitosis block links active cell cycle with human epidermal differentiation and results in endoreplication. PLoS One 2010; 5:e15701. [PMID: 21187932 PMCID: PMC3004957 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Accepted: 11/24/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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How human self-renewal tissues co-ordinate proliferation with differentiation is unclear. Human epidermis undergoes continuous cell growth and differentiation and is permanently exposed to mutagenic hazard. Keratinocytes are thought to arrest cell growth and cell cycle prior to terminal differentiation. However, a growing body of evidence does not satisfy this model. For instance, it does not explain how skin maintains tissue structure in hyperproliferative benign lesions. We have developed and applied novel cell cycle techniques to human skin in situ and determined the dynamics of key cell cycle regulators of DNA replication or mitosis, such as cyclins E, A and B, or members of the anaphase promoting complex pathway: cdc14A, Ndc80/Hec1 and Aurora kinase B. The results show that actively cycling keratinocytes initiate terminal differentiation, arrest in mitosis, continue DNA replication in a special G2/M state, and become polyploid by mitotic slippage. They unambiguously demonstrate that cell cycle progression coexists with terminal differentiation, thus explaining how differentiating cells increase in size. Epidermal differentiating cells arrest in mitosis and a genotoxic-induced mitosis block rapidly pushes epidermal basal cells into differentiation and polyploidy. These observations unravel a novel mitosis-differentiation link that provides new insight into skin homeostasis and cancer. It might constitute a self-defence mechanism against oncogenic alterations such as Myc deregulation.
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Vogiatzi P, Mason PJ. Research highlights on a notable retrovirus and a popular guardian gene. Cell Cycle 2010; 9:4786. [PMID: 21248483 DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.24.14166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Gérard C, Goldbeter A. A skeleton model for the network of cyclin-dependent kinases driving the mammalian cell cycle. Interface Focus 2010; 1:24-35. [PMID: 22419972 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2010.0008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2010] [Accepted: 11/08/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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We previously proposed a detailed, 39-variable model for the network of cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks) that controls progression along the successive phases of the mammalian cell cycle. Here, we propose a skeleton, 5-variable model for the Cdk network that can be seen as the backbone of the more detailed model for the mammalian cell cycle. In the presence of sufficient amounts of growth factor, the skeleton model also passes from a stable steady state to sustained oscillations of the various cyclin/Cdk complexes. This transition corresponds to the switch from quiescence to cell proliferation. Sequential activation of the cyclin/Cdk complexes allows the ordered progression along the G1, S, G2 and M phases of the cell cycle. The 5-variable model can also account for the existence of a restriction point in G1, and for endoreplication. Like the detailed model, it contains multiple oscillatory circuits and can display complex oscillatory behaviour such as quasi-periodic oscillations and chaos. We compare the dynamical properties of the skeleton model with those of the more detailed model for the mammalian cell cycle.
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- Claude Gérard
- Faculté des Sciences , Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) , Campus Plaine, CP 231, 1050 Brussels , Belgium
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Wirt SE, Adler AS, Gebala V, Weimann JM, Schaffer BE, Saddic LA, Viatour P, Vogel H, Chang HY, Meissner A, Sage J. G1 arrest and differentiation can occur independently of Rb family function. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010; 191:809-25. [PMID: 21059851 PMCID: PMC2983066 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201003048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Repression of E2F target genes is required for cell cycle arrest in Rb family (Rb, p107, and p130)-deficient cells. The ability of progenitor cells to exit the cell cycle is essential for proper embryonic development and homeostasis, but the mechanisms governing cell cycle exit are still not fully understood. Here, we tested the requirement for the retinoblastoma (Rb) protein and its family members p107 and p130 in G0/G1 arrest and differentiation in mammalian cells. We found that Rb family triple knockout (TKO) mouse embryos survive until days 9–11 of gestation. Strikingly, some TKO cells, including in epithelial and neural lineages, are able to exit the cell cycle in G0/G1 and differentiate in teratomas and in culture. This ability of TKO cells to arrest in G0/G1 is associated with the repression of key E2F target genes. Thus, G1 arrest is not always dependent on Rb family members, which illustrates the robustness of cell cycle regulatory networks during differentiation and allows for the identification of candidate pathways to inhibit the expansion of cancer cells with mutations in the Rb pathway.
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- Stacey E Wirt
- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Medical School, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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Ikeda Y, Matsunaga Y, Takiguchi M, Ikeda MA. Expression of cyclin E in postmitotic neurons during development and in the adult mouse brain. Gene Expr Patterns 2010; 11:64-71. [PMID: 20863901 DOI: 10.1016/j.gep.2010.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2010] [Revised: 09/14/2010] [Accepted: 09/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Cyclin E, a member of the G1 cyclins, is essential for the G1/S transition of the cell cycle in cultured cells, but its roles in vivo are not fully defined. The present study characterized the spatiotemporal expression profile of cyclin E in two representative brain regions in the mouse, the cerebral and cerebellar cortices. Western blotting showed that the levels of cyclin E increased towards adulthood. In situ hybridization and immunohistochemistry showed the distributions of cyclin E mRNA and protein were comparable in the cerebral cortex and the cerebellum. Immunohistochemistry for the proliferating cell marker, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) revealed that cyclin E was expressed by both proliferating and non-proliferating cells in the cerebral cortex at embryonic day 12.5 (E12.5) and in the cerebellum at postnatal day 1 (P1). Subcellular localization in neurons was examined using immunofluorescence and western blotting. Cyclin E expression was nuclear in proliferating neuronal precursor cells but cytoplasmic in postmitotic neurons during embryonic development. Nuclear cyclin E expression in neurons remained faint in newborns, increased during postnatal development and was markedly decreased in adults. In various adult brain regions, cyclin E staining was more intense in the cytoplasm than in the nucleus in most neurons. These data suggest a role for cyclin E in the development and function of the mammalian central nervous system and that its subcellular localization in neurons is important. Our report presents the first detailed analysis of cyclin E expression in postmitotic neurons during development and in the adult mouse brain.
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- Yayoi Ikeda
- Department of Histology and Cell Biology, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Yokohama 236-0004, Japan.
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Wolgemuth DJ, Roberts SS. Regulating mitosis and meiosis in the male germ line: critical functions for cyclins. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2010; 365:1653-62. [PMID: 20403876 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Key components of the cell cycle machinery are the regulatory subunits, the cyclins, and their catalytic partners the cyclin-dependent kinases. Regulating the cell cycle in the male germ line cells represents unique challenges for this machinery given the constant renewal of gametes throughout the reproductive lifespan and the induction of the unique process of meiosis, a highly specialized kind of cell division. With challenges come opportunities to the critical eye, recognizing that understanding these specialized modes of regulation will provide considerable insight into both normal differentiation as well as disease conditions, including infertility and oncogenesis.
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- Debra J Wolgemuth
- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, 1150 St Nicholas Avenue, Room 608, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Ferguson RL, Pascreau G, Maller JL. The cyclin A centrosomal localization sequence recruits MCM5 and Orc1 to regulate centrosome reduplication. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:2743-9. [PMID: 20663915 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.073098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Centrosomes are the major microtubule-organizing centers in animal cells and regulate formation of a bipolar mitotic spindle. Aberrant centrosome number causes chromosome mis-segregation, and has been implicated in genomic instability and tumor development. Previous studies have demonstrated a role for the DNA replication factors MCM5 and Orc1 in preventing centrosome reduplication. Cyclin A-Cdk2 localizes on centrosomes by means of a modular centrosomal localization sequence (CLS) that is distinct from that of cyclin E. Here, we show that cyclin A interacts with both MCM5 and Orc1 in a CLS-dependent but Cdk-independent manner. Although the MRAIL hydrophobic patch is contained within the cyclin A CLS, binding of both MCM5 and Orc1 to cyclin A does not require a wild-type hydrophobic patch. The same domain in MCM5 that mediates interaction with cyclin E also binds cyclin A, resulting in centrosomal localization of MCM5. Finally, unlike its function in DNA synthesis, MCM5-mediated inhibition of centrosome reduplication in S-phase-arrested CHO cells does not require binding to other MCM family members. These results suggest that cyclins E and A sequentially prevent centrosome reduplication throughout interphase by recruitment of DNA replication factors such as MCM5 and Orc1.
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- Rebecca L Ferguson
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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Eliades A, Papadantonakis N, Ravid K. New roles for cyclin E in megakaryocytic polyploidization. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:18909-17. [PMID: 20392692 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.102145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Megakaryocytes are platelet precursor cells that undergo endomitosis. During this process, repeated rounds of DNA synthesis are characterized by lack of late anaphase and cytokinesis. Physiologically, the majority of the polyploid megakaryocytes in the bone marrow are cell cycle arrested. As previously reported, cyclin E is essential for megakaryocyte polyploidy; however, it has remained unclear whether up-regulated cyclin E is an inducer of polyploidy in vivo. We found that cyclin E is up-regulated upon stimulation of primary megakaryocytes by thrombopoietin. Transgenic mice in which elevated cyclin E expression is targeted to megakaryocytes display an increased ploidy profile. Examination of S phase markers, specifically proliferating cell nuclear antigen, cyclin A, and 5-bromo-2-deoxyuridine reveals that cyclin E promotes progression to S phase and cell cycling. Interestingly, analysis of Cdc6 and Mcm2 indicates that cyclin E mediates its effect by promoting the expression of components of the pre-replication complex. Furthermore, we show that up-regulated cyclin E results in the up-regulation of cyclin B1 levels, suggesting an additional mechanism of cyclin E-mediated ploidy increase. These findings define a key role for cyclin E in promoting megakaryocyte entry into S phase and hence, increase in the number of cell cycling cells and in augmenting polyploidization.
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- Alexia Eliades
- Department of Medicine and Biochemistry, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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Maltepe E, Bakardjiev AI, Fisher SJ. The placenta: transcriptional, epigenetic, and physiological integration during development. J Clin Invest 2010; 120:1016-25. [PMID: 20364099 DOI: 10.1172/jci41211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 196] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The placenta provides critical transport functions between the maternal and fetal circulations during intrauterine development. Formation of this interface relies on coordinated interactions among transcriptional, epigenetic, and environmental factors. Here we describe these mechanisms in the context of the differentiation of placental cells (trophoblasts) and synthesize current knowledge about how they interact to generate a functional placenta. Developing an understanding of these pathways contributes to an improvement of our models for studying trophoblast biology and sheds light on the etiology of pregnancy complications and the in utero programming of adult diseases.
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- Emin Maltepe
- Department of Pediatrics, Eli and Edythe Broad Center for Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, 513 Parnassus Ave. HSE-1401, Box 1346, San Francisco, CA 94143-1346, USA.
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Control of cell cycle progression by phosphorylation of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) substrates. Biosci Rep 2010; 30:243-55. [DOI: 10.1042/bsr20090171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The eukaryotic cell cycle is a fundamental evolutionarily conserved process that regulates cell division from simple unicellular organisms, such as yeast, through to higher multicellular organisms, such as humans. The cell cycle comprises several phases, including the S-phase (DNA synthesis phase) and M-phase (mitotic phase). During S-phase, the genetic material is replicated, and is then segregated into two identical daughter cells following mitotic M-phase and cytokinesis. The S- and M-phases are separated by two gap phases (G1 and G2) that govern the readiness of cells to enter S- or M-phase. Genetic and biochemical studies demonstrate that cell division in eukaryotes is mediated by CDKs (cyclin-dependent kinases). Active CDKs comprise a protein kinase subunit whose catalytic activity is dependent on association with a regulatory cyclin subunit. Cell-cycle-stage-dependent accumulation and proteolytic degradation of different cyclin subunits regulates their association with CDKs to control different stages of cell division. CDKs promote cell cycle progression by phosphorylating critical downstream substrates to alter their activity. Here, we will review some of the well-characterized CDK substrates to provide mechanistic insights into how these kinases control different stages of cell division.
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Copeland NA, Sercombe HE, Ainscough JFX, Coverley D. Ciz1 cooperates with cyclin-A-CDK2 to activate mammalian DNA replication in vitro. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:1108-15. [PMID: 20215406 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.059345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Initiation of mammalian DNA replication can be reconstituted from isolated G1-phase nuclei and cell extracts, supplemented with cyclin-dependent protein kinases (CDKs). Under these conditions, cyclin E supports pre-replication complex assembly, whereas cyclin-A-associated kinase acts later to terminate assembly and activate DNA replication. The mechanism by which these events are coordinated is unknown. Here, we show that the replication factor Ciz1 interacts with cyclins E and A sequentially through distinct cyclin-binding motifs. Cyclin A displaces cyclin E from Ciz1 in a manner that is dependent on functional domains that are essential for its role in DNA replication. Furthermore, in cell-free assays, recombinant cyclin-A-CDK2 complexes and recombinant Ciz1 cooperate to promote initiation of DNA replication in late G1-phase nuclei. In addition, Ciz1 supports immobilization of cyclin A in isolated nuclei and depletion of Ciz1 by RNAi impairs immobilization, suggesting that Ciz1 promotes initiation by helping to target the kinase to a specific subnuclear compartment. We propose that Ciz1 acts to coordinate the functions of cyclins E and A in the nucleus, by delivering cyclin-A-associated kinase to sites that are specified by cyclin E, helping to ensure that they execute their functions in the same place and in the correct order.
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- Nikki A Copeland
- Department of Biology, University of York, Heslington, York YO10 5YW, UK
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Riley BB, Sweet EM, Heck R, Evans A, McFarland KN, Warga RM, Kane DA. Characterization of harpy/Rca1/emi1 mutants: patterning in the absence of cell division. Dev Dyn 2010; 239:828-43. [PMID: 20146251 PMCID: PMC3086590 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.22227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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We have characterized mutations in the early arrest gene, harpy (hrp), and show that they introduce premature stops in the coding region of early mitotic inhibitor1 (Rca1/emi1). In harpy mutants, cells stop dividing during early gastrulation. Lineage analysis confirms that there is little change in cell number after approximately cycle-14. Gross patterning occurs relatively normally, and many organ primordia are produced on time but with smaller numbers of cells. Despite the lack of cell division, some organ systems continue to increase in cell number, suggesting recruitment from surrounding areas. Analysis of bromodeoxyuridine incorporation shows that endoreduplication continues in many cells well past the first day of development, but cells cease endoreduplication once they begin to differentiate and express cell-type markers. Despite relatively normal gross patterning, harpy mutants show several defects in morphogenesis, cell migration and differentiation resulting directly or indirectly from the arrest of cell division.
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- Bruce B. Riley
- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3258
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3258
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3258
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- Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-3258
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
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Caldon CE, Musgrove EA. Distinct and redundant functions of cyclin E1 and cyclin E2 in development and cancer. Cell Div 2010; 5:2. [PMID: 20180967 PMCID: PMC2835679 DOI: 10.1186/1747-1028-5-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2009] [Accepted: 01/17/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
The highly conserved E-type cyclins are core components of the cell cycle machinery, facilitating the transition into S phase through activation of the cyclin dependent kinases, and assembly of pre-replication complexes on DNA. Cyclin E1 and cyclin E2 are assumed to be functionally redundant, as cyclin E1-/- E2-/- mice are embryonic lethal while cyclin E1-/- and E2-/- single knockout mice have primarily normal phenotypes. However more detailed studies of the functions and regulation of the E-cyclins have unveiled potential additional roles for these proteins, such as in endoreplication and meiosis, which are more closely associated with either cyclin E1 or cyclin E2. Moreover, expression of each E-cyclin can be independently regulated by distinct transcription factors and microRNAs, allowing for context-specific expression. Furthermore, cyclins E1 and E2 are frequently expressed independently of one another in human cancer, with unique associations to signatures of poor prognosis. These data imply an absence of co-regulation of cyclins E1 and E2 during tumorigenesis and possibly different contributions to cancer progression. This is supported by in vitro data identifying divergent regulation of the two genes, as well as potentially different roles in vivo.
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Affiliation(s)
- C Elizabeth Caldon
- Cancer Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
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