scholarly journals Mutations of the Drosophila dDP,dE2F, and cyclin E Genes Reveal Distinct Roles for the E2F-DP Transcription Factor and Cyclin E during the G1-S Transition

1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Duronio ◽  
Peter C. Bonnette ◽  
Patrick H. O’Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Dna Replication ◽  
Transcriptional Activation ◽  
Cyclin E ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Brdu Incorporation ◽  
Gene Products ◽  
Hypomorphic Allele ◽  
Transition Mutation ◽  
Replication Factors ◽  
Phase Entry

ABSTRACT Activation of heterodimeric E2F-DP transcription factors can drive the G1-S transition. Mutation of the Drosophila melanogaster dE2F gene eliminates transcriptional activation of several replication factors at the G1-S transition and compromises DNA replication. Here we describe a mutation in theDrosophila dDP gene. As expected for a defect in the dE2F partner, this mutation blocks G1-S transcription ofDmRNR2 and cyclin E as previously described for mutations of dE2F. Mutation of dDP also causes an incomplete block of DNA replication. When S phase is compromised by reducing the activity of dE2F-dDP by either a dE2F ordDP mutation, the first phenotype detected is a reduction in the intensity of BrdU incorporation and a prolongation of the labeling. Notably, in many cells, there was no detected delay in entry into this compromised S phase. In contrast, when cyclin E function was reduced by a hypomorphic allele combination, BrdU incorporation was robust but the timing of S-phase entry was delayed. We suggest that dE2F-dDP contributes to the expression of two classes of gene products: replication factors, whose abundance has a graded effect on replication, and cyclin E, which triggers an all-or-nothing transition from G1 to S phase.

scholarly journals p21cip1 Degradation in Differentiated Keratinocytes Is Abrogated by Costabilization with Cyclin E Induced by Human Papillomavirus E7

2001 ◽  
Vol 75 (13) ◽  
pp. 6121-6134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco Noya ◽  
Wei-Ming Chien ◽  
Thomas R. Broker ◽  
Louise T. Chow
Keyword(s):  
Human Papillomavirus ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Cyclin E ◽  
Human Keratinocytes ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Brdu Incorporation ◽  
Primary Human Keratinocytes ◽  
Differentiated Cells ◽  
Hpv E7 ◽  
Cyclin E2

ABSTRACT The human papillomavirus (HPV) E7 protein promotes S-phase reentry in a fraction of postmitotic, differentiated keratinocytes. Here we report that these cells contain an inherent mechanism that opposes E7-induced DNA replication. In organotypic raft cultures of primary human keratinocytes, neither cyclin E nor p21cip1 is detectable in situ. However, E7-transduced differentiated cells not in S phase accumulate abundant cyclin E and p21cip1. We show that normally p21cip1 protein is rapidly degraded by proteasomes. In the presence of E7 or E6/E7, p21cip1, cyclin E, and cyclin E2 proteins were all up-regulated. The accumulation of p21cip1 protein is a posttranscriptional event, and ectopic cyclin E expression was sufficient to trigger it. In constract, cdk2 and p27kip1 were abundant in normal differentiated cells and were not significantly affected by E7. Cyclin E, cdk2, and p21cip1 or p27kip1 formed complexes, and relatively little kinase activity was found associated with cyclin E or cdk2. In patient papillomas and E7 raft cultures, all p27kip1-positive cells were negative for bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation, but only some also contained cyclin E and p21cip1. In contrast, all cyclin E-positive cells also contained p27kip1. When the expression of p21cip1 was reduced by rottlerin, a PKC δ inhibitor, p27kip1- and BrdU-positive cells remained unchanged. These observations show that high levels of endogenous p27kip1 can prevent E7-induced S-phase reentry. This inhibition then leads to the stabilization of cyclin E and p21cip1. Since efficient initiation of viral DNA replication requires cyclin E and cdk2, its inhibition accounts for heterogeneous viral activities in productively infected lesions.

scholarly journals Glypican 1 Stimulates S Phase Entry and DNA Replication in Human Glioma Cells and Normal Astrocytes

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (22) ◽  
pp. 4408-4421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dianhua Qiao ◽  
Kristy Meyer ◽  
Andreas Friedl
Keyword(s):  
Dna Replication ◽  
Cyclin E ◽  
Glioma Cells ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Cyclin Dependent Kinase ◽  
Human Glioma ◽  
Human Glioma Cells ◽  
Human Gliomas ◽  
Phase Entry ◽  
Dna Rereplication

Malignant gliomas are highly lethal neoplasms with limited treatment options. We previously found that the heparan sulfate proteoglycan glypican 1 (GPC1) is universally and highly expressed in human gliomas. In this study, we investigated the biological activity of GPC1 expression in both human glioma cells and normal astrocytesin vitro. Expression of GPC1 inactivates the G1/S checkpoint and strongly stimulates DNA replication. Constitutive expression of GPC1 causes DNA rereplication and DNA damage, suggesting a mutagenic activity for GPC1. GPC1 expression leads to a significant downregulation of the tumor suppressors pRb, Cip/Kip cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CKIs), and CDH1, and upregulation of the pro-oncogenic proteins cyclin E, cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2), Skp2, and Cdt1. These GPC1-induced changes are accompanied by a significant reduction in all types of D cyclins, which is independent of serum supplementation. It is likely that GPC1 stimulates the so-called Skp2 autoinduction loop, independent of cyclin D-CDK4/6. Knockdown of Skp2, CDK2, or cyclin E, three key elements within the network modulated by GPC1, results in a reduction of the S phase and aneuploid fractions, implying a functional role for these regulators in GPC1-induced S phase entry and DNA rereplication. In addition, a significant activation of both the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK)/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt signaling pathways by GPC1 is seen in normal human astrocytes even in the presence of growth factor supplement. Both pathways are constitutively activated in human gliomas. The surprising magnitude and the mitogenic and mutagenic nature of the effect exerted by GPC1 on the cell cycle imply that GPC1 may play an important role in both glioma tumorigenesis and growth.

scholarly journals A Role for Cdk2 Kinase in Negatively Regulating DNA Replication during S Phase of the Cell Cycle

1997 ◽  
Vol 137 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuequn Helen Hua ◽  
Hong Yan ◽  
John Newport
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Cyclin E ◽  
Embryonic Cell ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Negative Regulation ◽  
Sperm Chromatin ◽  
High Concentration ◽  
Low Concentrations ◽  
Embryonic Cell Cycle

Using cell-free extracts made from Xenopus eggs, we show that cdk2-cyclin E and A kinases play an important role in negatively regulating DNA replication. Specifically, we demonstrate that the cdk2 kinase concentration surrounding chromatin in extracts increases 200-fold once the chromatin is assembled into nuclei. Further, we find that if the cdk2–cyclin E or A concentration in egg cytosol is increased 16-fold before the addition of sperm chromatin, the chromatin fails to initiate DNA replication once assembled into nuclei. This demonstrates that cdk2–cyclin E or A can negatively regulate DNA replication. With respect to how this negative regulation occurs, we show that high levels of cdk2–cyclin E do not block the association of the protein complex ORC with sperm chromatin but do prevent association of MCM3, a protein essential for replication. Importantly, we find that MCM3 that is prebound to chromatin does not dissociate when cdk2– cyclin E levels are increased. Taken together our results strongly suggest that during the embryonic cell cycle, the low concentrations of cdk2–cyclin E present in the cytosol after mitosis and before nuclear formation allow proteins essential for potentiating DNA replication to bind to chromatin, and that the high concentration of cdk2–cyclin E within nuclei prevents MCM from reassociating with chromatin after replication. This situation could serve, in part, to limit DNA replication to a single round per cell cycle.

scholarly journals HTLV-I p30 inhibits multiple S phase entry checkpoints, decreases cyclin E-CDK2 interactions and delays cell cycle progression

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hicham H Baydoun ◽  
Joanna Pancewicz ◽  
XueTao Bai ◽  
Christophe Nicot
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Cell Cycle Progression ◽  
Cyclin E ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Cycle Progression ◽  
Phase Entry

scholarly journals Deregulation of cyclin E in human cells interferes with prereplication complex assembly

2004 ◽  
Vol 165 (6) ◽  
pp. 789-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanna Ekholm-Reed ◽  
Juan Méndez ◽  
Donato Tedesco ◽  
Anders Zetterberg ◽  
Bruce Stillman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Replication ◽  
Cell Lines ◽  
Broad Spectrum ◽  
Cyclin E ◽  
Chromosome Instability ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Potential Mechanism ◽  
Minichromosome Maintenance ◽  
Origins Of Replication ◽  
Initiation Of Replication

Deregulation of cyclin E expression has been associated with a broad spectrum of human malignancies. Analysis of DNA replication in cells constitutively expressing cyclin E at levels similar to those observed in a subset of tumor-derived cell lines indicates that initiation of replication and possibly fork movement are severely impaired. Such cells show a specific defect in loading of initiator proteins Mcm4, Mcm7, and to a lesser degree, Mcm2 onto chromatin during telophase and early G1 when Mcm2–7 are normally recruited to license origins of replication. Because minichromosome maintenance complex proteins are thought to function as a heterohexamer, loading of Mcm2-, Mcm4-, and Mcm7-depleted complexes is likely to underlie the S phase defects observed in cyclin E–deregulated cells, consistent with a role for minichromosome maintenance complex proteins in initiation of replication and fork movement. Cyclin E–mediated impairment of DNA replication provides a potential mechanism for chromosome instability observed as a consequence of cyclin E deregulation.

scholarly journals Both cyclin A and cyclin E have S-phase promoting (SPF) activity in Xenopus egg extracts

1996 ◽  
Vol 109 (6) ◽  
pp. 1555-1563 ◽  
Author(s):  
U.P. Strausfeld ◽  
M. Howell ◽  
P. Descombes ◽  
S. Chevalier ◽  
R.E. Rempel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Replication ◽  
Cyclin E ◽  
Cyclin A ◽  
Early Embryo ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Chromosomal Dna ◽  
Cyclin E1 ◽  
Egg Extracts ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Xenopus Egg Extracts

Extracts of activated Xenopus eggs in which protein synthesis has been inhibited support a single round of chromosomal DNA replication. Affinity-depletion of cyclin dependent kinases (Cdks) from these extracts blocks the initiation of DNA replication. We define ‘S-phase promoting factor’ (SPF) as the Cdk activity required for DNA replication in these Cdk-depleted extracts. Recombinant cyclins A and E, but not cyclin B, showed significant SPF activity. High concentrations of cyclin A promoted entry into mitosis, which inhibited DNA replication. In contrast, high concentrations of cyclin E1 promoted neither nuclear envelope disassembly nor full chromosome condensation. In the early embryo cyclin E1 complexes exclusively with Cdk2 and cyclin A is complexed predominantly with Cdc2; only later in development does cyclin A associate with Cdk2. We show that baculovirus-produced complexes of cyclin A-Cd2, cyclin A-Cdk2 and cyclin E-Cdk2 could each provide SPF activity. These results suggest that although in the early Xenopus embryo cyclin E1-Cdk2 is sufficient to support entry into S-phase, cyclin A-Cdc2 provides a significant additional quantity of SPF as its levels rise during S phase.

scholarly journals Cohesin-Mediated Genome Architecture Does Not Define DNA Replication Timing Domains

Genes ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phoebe Oldach ◽  
Conrad A. Nieduszynski
Keyword(s):  
Dna Replication ◽  
Genome Organization ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Replication Timing ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Genome Architecture ◽  
3D Genome ◽  
Synchronized Cells ◽  
Dna Replication Timing ◽  
Phase Entry

3D genome organization is strongly predictive of DNA replication timing in mammalian cells. This work tested the extent to which loop-based genome architecture acts as a regulatory unit of replication timing by using an auxin-inducible system for acute cohesin ablation. Cohesin ablation in a population of cells in asynchronous culture was shown not to disrupt patterns of replication timing as assayed by replication sequencing (RepliSeq) or BrdU-focus microscopy. Furthermore, cohesin ablation prior to S phase entry in synchronized cells was similarly shown to not impact replication timing patterns. These results suggest that cohesin-mediated genome architecture is not required for the execution of replication timing patterns in S phase, nor for the establishment of replication timing domains in G1.

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