scholarly journals Mechanisms and regulation of the degradation of cyclin B

1999 ◽  
Vol 354 (1389) ◽  
pp. 1571-1576 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Hershko

The degradation of the cyclin B subunit of protein kinase Cdk1/cyclin B is required for inactivation of the kinase and exit from mitosis. Cyclin B is degraded by the ubiquitin pathway, a system involved in most selective protein degradation in eukaryotic cells. In this pathway, proteins are targeted for degradation by ligation to ubiquitin, a process carried out by the sequential action of three enzymes: the ubiquitin–activating enzyme E1, a ubiquitin–carrier protein E2 and a ubiquitin–protein ligase E3. In the system responsible for cyclin B degradation, the E3–like function is carried out by a large complex called cyclosome or anaphase–promoting complex (APC). In the early embryonic cell cycles, the cyclosome is inactive in the interphase, but becomes active at the end of mitosis. Activation requires phosphorylation of the cyclosome/APC by protein kinase Cdk1/cyclin B. The lag kinetics of cyclosome activation may be explained by Suc1–assisted multiple phosphorylations of partly phosphorylated complex. The presence of a Fizzy/Cdc20–like protein is necessary for maximal activity of the mitotic form of cyclosome/APC in cyclin–ubiquitin ligation.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaofei Ma ◽  
Jan Inge Øvrebø ◽  
Eric M Thompson

AbstractThe active site of the essential, eukaryotic CDK1 kinase is generated by core structural elements, among which the PSTAIRE motif in the critical αC-helix, is universally conserved in metazoans. The CDK2 kinase, sharing the PSTAIRE, arose early in metazoan evolution and permitted subdivision of tasks along the S-M-phase axis. The marine chordate, Oikopleura dioica, is the only metazoan known to possess more than a single CDK1 ortholog, and all of its 5 paralogs show sequence divergences in the PSTAIRE. Through assessing CDK1 gene duplications in the appendicularian lineage, we show that the CDK1 activation loop substrate binding platform, ATP entrance site, hinge region, and main Cyclin binding interface, have all diversified under positive selection. Three of the 5 CDK1 paralogs are required for embryonic divisions and knockdown phenotypes illustrate further subdivision of functions along the S-M-phase axis. In parallel to CDK1 gene duplications, there has also been amplification in the Cyclin B complement. Among these, the CDK1d:Cyclin Ba pairing is required for oogenic meiosis and early embryogenesis and shows evidence of coevolution of an exclusive interaction. In an intriguing twist on the general rule that Cyclin B oscillations on a background of stable CDK1 levels regulate M-phase MPF activity, it is CDK1d protein levels that oscillate, rather than Cyclin Ba levels, to drive rapid, early embryonic cell cycles. Strikingly, the modified PSTAIRE of odCDK1d shows convergence over great evolutionary distance with plant CDKB, and in both O. dioica, and plants, these variants exhibit increased specialization to M-phase.


1997 ◽  
Vol 139 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tin Tin Su ◽  
Patrick H. O'Farrell

Minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins are essential DNA replication factors conserved among eukaryotes. MCMs cycle between chromatin bound and dissociated states during each cell cycle. Their absence on chromatin is thought to contribute to the inability of a G2 nucleus to replicate DNA. Passage through mitosis restores the ability of MCMs to bind chromatin and the ability to replicate DNA. In Drosophila early embryonic cell cycles, which lack a G1 phase, MCMs reassociate with condensed chromosomes toward the end of mitosis. To explore the coupling between mitosis and MCM–chromatin interaction, we tested whether this reassociation requires mitotic degradation of cyclins. Arrest of mitosis by induced expression of nondegradable forms of cyclins A and/or B showed that reassociation of MCMs to chromatin requires cyclin A destruction but not cyclin B destruction. In contrast to the earlier mitoses, mitosis 16 (M16) is followed by G1, and MCMs do not reassociate with chromatin at the end of M16. dacapo mutant embryos lack an inhibitor of cyclin E, do not enter G1 quiescence after M16, and show mitotic reassociation of MCM proteins. We propose that cyclin E, inhibited by Dacapo in M16, promotes chromosome binding of MCMs. We suggest that cyclins have both positive and negative roles in controlling MCM–chromatin association.


1996 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 791-801 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Zachariae ◽  
K Nasmyth

The abundance of B-type cyclin-CDK complexes is determined by regulated synthesis and degradation of cyclin subunits. Cyclin proteolysis is required for the final exit from mitosis and for the initiation of a new cell cycle. In extracts from frog or clam eggs, degradation is accompanied by ubiquitination of cyclin. Three genes, CDC16, CDC23, and CSE1 have recently been shown to be required specifically for cyclin B proteolysis in yeast. To test whether these genes are required for cyclin ubiquitination, we prepared extracts from G1-arrested yeast cells capable of conjugating ubiquitin to the B-type cyclin Clb2. The ubiquitination activity was cell cycle regulated, required Clb2's destruction box, and was low if not absent in cdc16, cdc23, cdc27, and cse1 mutants. Furthermore all these mutants were also defective in ubiquitination of another mitotic B-type cyclin, Clb3. The Cdc16, Cdc23, and Cdc27 proteins all contain several copies of the tetratricopeptide repeat and are subunits of a complex that is required for the onset of anaphase. The finding that gene products that are required for ubiquitination of Clb2 and Clb3 are also required for cyclin proteolysis in vivo provides the best evidence so far that cyclin B is degraded via the ubiquitin pathway in living cells. Xenopus homologues of Cdc16 and Cdc27 have meanwhile been shown to be associated with a 20S particle that appears to function as a cell cycle-regulated ubiquitin-protein ligase.


2003 ◽  
Vol 14 (10) ◽  
pp. 4003-4014 ◽  
Author(s):  
James R. A. Hutchins ◽  
Dina Dikovskaya ◽  
Paul R. Clarke

Activation of Cdc2/cyclin B kinase and entry into mitosis requires dephosphorylation of inhibitory sites on Cdc2 by Cdc25 phosphatase. In vertebrates, Cdc25C is inhibited by phosphorylation at a single site targeted by the checkpoint kinases Chk1 and Cds1/Chk2 in response to DNA damage or replication arrest. In Xenopus early embryos, the inhibitory site on Cdc25C (S287) is also phosphorylated by a distinct protein kinase that may determine the intrinsic timing of the cell cycle. We show that S287-kinase activity is repressed in extracts of unfertilized Xenopus eggs arrested in M phase but is rapidly stimulated upon release into interphase by addition of Ca2+, which mimics fertilization. S287-kinase activity is not dependent on cyclin B degradation or inactivation of Cdc2/cyclin B kinase, indicating a direct mechanism of activation by Ca2+. Indeed, inhibitor studies identify the predominant S287-kinase as Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII). CaMKII phosphorylates Cdc25C efficiently on S287 in vitro and, like Chk1, is inhibited by 7-hydroxystaurosporine (UCN-01) and debromohymenialdisine, compounds that abrogate G2 arrest in somatic cells. CaMKII delays Cdc2/cyclin B activation via phosphorylation of Cdc25C at S287 in egg extracts, indicating that this pathway regulates the timing of mitosis during the early embryonic cell cycle.


1999 ◽  
Vol 146 (4) ◽  
pp. 791-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuji Kotani ◽  
Hirofumi Tanaka ◽  
Hideyo Yasuda ◽  
Kazuo Todokoro

Ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis of Cut2/Pds1 and Cyclin B is required for sister chromatid separation and exit from mitosis, respectively. Anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC) specifically ubiquitinates Cut2/Pds1 at metaphase–anaphase transition, and ubiquitinates Cyclin B in late mitosis and G1 phase. However, the exact regulatory mechanism of substrate-specific activation of mammalian APC with the right timing remains to be elucidated. We found that not only the binding of the activators Cdc20 and Cdh1 and the inhibitor Mad2 to APC, but also the phosphorylation of Cdc20 and Cdh1 by Cdc2-Cyclin B and that of APC by Polo-like kinase and cAMP-dependent protein kinase, regulate APC activity. The cooperation of the phosphorylation/dephosphorylation and the regulatory factors in regulation of APC activity may thus control the precise progression of mitosis.


2012 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qing Kang ◽  
Joseph R. Pomerening

Cyclin B activates cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (CDK1) at mitosis, but conflicting views have emerged on the dynamics of its synthesis during embryonic cycles, ranging from continuous translation to rapid synthesis during mitosis. Here we show that a CDK1-mediated negative-feedback loop attenuates cyclin production before mitosis. Cyclin B plateaus before peak CDK1 activation, and proteasome inhibition caused minimal accumulation during mitosis. Inhibiting CDK1 permitted continual cyclin B synthesis, whereas adding nondegradable cyclin stalled it. Cycloheximide treatment before mitosis affected neither cyclin levels nor mitotic entry, corroborating this repression. Attenuated cyclin production collaborates with its destruction, since excess cyclin B1 mRNA accelerated cyclin synthesis and caused incomplete proteolysis and mitotic arrest. This repression involved neither adenylation nor the 3′ untranslated region, but it corresponded with a shift in cyclin B1 mRNA from polysome to nonpolysome fractions. A pulse-driven CDK1–anaphase-promoting complex (APC) model corroborated these results, revealing reduced cyclin levels during an oscillation and permitting more effective removal. This design also increased the robustness of the oscillator, with lessened sensitivity to changes in cyclin synthesis rate. Taken together, the results of this study underscore that attenuating cyclin synthesis late in interphase improves both the efficiency and robustness of the CDK1-APC oscillator.


2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariadna Recasens ◽  
Sean J. Humphrey ◽  
Michael Ellis ◽  
Monira Hoque ◽  
Ramzi H. Abbassi ◽  
...  

AbstractBoth tumour suppressive and oncogenic functions have been reported for dual-specificity tyrosine phosphorylation-regulated kinase 1A (DYRK1A). Herein, we performed a detailed investigation to delineate the role of DYRK1A in glioblastoma. Our phosphoproteomic and mechanistic studies show that DYRK1A induces degradation of cyclin B by phosphorylating CDC23, which is necessary for the function of the anaphase-promoting complex, a ubiquitin ligase that degrades mitotic proteins. DYRK1A inhibition leads to the accumulation of cyclin B and activation of CDK1. Importantly, we established that the phenotypic response of glioblastoma cells to DYRK1A inhibition depends on both retinoblastoma (RB) expression and the degree of residual DYRK1A activity. Moderate DYRK1A inhibition leads to moderate cyclin B accumulation, CDK1 activation and increased proliferation in RB-deficient cells. In RB-proficient cells, cyclin B/CDK1 activation in response to DYRK1A inhibition is neutralized by the RB pathway, resulting in an unchanged proliferation rate. In contrast, complete DYRK1A inhibition with high doses of inhibitors results in massive cyclin B accumulation, saturation of CDK1 activity and cell cycle arrest, regardless of RB status. These findings provide new insights into the complexity of context-dependent DYRK1A signalling in cancer cells.


1995 ◽  
Vol 268 (1) ◽  
pp. C14-C20 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Hoffmann ◽  
Y. Ko ◽  
A. Sachinidis ◽  
B. O. Gobel ◽  
H. Vetter ◽  
...  

The kinetic properties of Na+/H+ exchange were investigated in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMC) in culture from normotensive Wistar-Kyoto (WKY) and spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Antiport activity was measured in 2',7'-bis(carboxyethyl)-5(6)-carboxyfluorescein-loaded cells after nigericin-induced cytosolic acidification. Studies were performed without (control) and with pretreatment of the cells with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA; 200 nM). Na+/H+ exchange markedly differed between the two strains with lower Hill coefficients [1.56 +/- 0.17 (SE) vs. 2.62 +/- 0.36] and higher maximal activity (Vmax) values (55.85 +/- 5.24 vs. 31.11 +/- 2.38 mmol H+.l-1.min-1) in SHR compared with WKY cell lines. PMA markedly altered the antiport kinetics in WKY VSMC with a decrease in the Hill coefficient (1.75 +/- 0.14) without affecting Vmax (31.88 +/- 1.55 mmol H+.l-1.min-1). In VSMC from SHR, PMA had no effect on the kinetic variables investigated. Thus two kinetic abnormalities are present with respect to Na+/H+ antiport activity in VSMC from SHR compared with WKY, i.e., increased Vmax and decreased Hill coefficient. The observation that PMA does not affect the kinetics of the Na+/H+ antiport in VSMC from SHR suggests a marked degree of antiporter prestimulation in this animal model of genetic hypertension.


2002 ◽  
Vol 99 (17) ◽  
pp. 11217-11222 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Kashevsky ◽  
J. A. Wallace ◽  
B. H. Reed ◽  
C. Lai ◽  
A. Hayashi-Hagihara ◽  
...  

2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 1317-1328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuko Miyanaga ◽  
Ingrid Torregroza ◽  
Todd Evans

ABSTRACT We identified cDNAs encoding the Xenopus Smad proteins most closely related to mammalian Smad8, and we present a functional analysis of this activity (also referred to recently as xSmad11). Misexpression experiments indicate that xSmad8(11) regulates pathways distinct from those regulated by the closely related xSmad1. Embryos that develop from eggs depleted of xSmad8(11) mRNA fail to gastrulate; instead, at the time of gastrulation, they initiate a widespread program of apoptosis, via a CPP32/caspase 3 pathway. Embryos that avoid this fate display gastrulation defects. Activation of apoptosis is rescued by expression of xSmad8(11) but not xSmad1. Our results demonstrate an embryonic requirement for Smad8(11) activity and show that a maternally derived Smad signaling pathway is required for gastrulation and for mediating a cell survival program during early embryogenesis. We suggest that xSmad8(11) functions as part of a maternally derived mechanism shown previously by others to monitor Xenopus early embryonic cell cycles.


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