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Previous experiments have demonstrated that the regulation of E2F-1 transcription factor activity is critical for the maintenance of normal cell proliferation control. Regulation of E2F-1 is accomplished through at least two mechanisms: posttranslational regulation by binding proteins such as Rb and transcriptional regulation of the E2F-1 gene. The E2F-1 gene promoter has recently been isolated to examine this latter aspect of E2F-1 regulation. Preliminary studies demonstrate that the E2F-1 promoter is under E2F-dependent negative control during the cell growth response, being transcriptionally repressed through E2F sites in G0 and early G1. We now demonstrate that the presence of an E2F DNA-binding complex containing the Rb-related p130 protein (Rb2) correlates with E2F-1 gene repression and that overexpression of p130 inhibits transcription from the E2F-1 promoter. Moreover, D-type cyclin-dependent kinase activity specifically activates the E2F-1 promoter by relieving E2F-mediated repression but is inhibited by coexpression of the cdk4 and cdk6 inhibitor p16 (CDKN2, MTS1, INK4). Taken together, these findings suggest that E2F-1 gene expression is controlled during cell cycle progression by a regulatory network involving at least one oncogene (cyclin D1) and several potential tumor suppressor genes.
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PMID:Regulation of E2F-1 gene expression by p130 (Rb2) and D-type cyclin kinase activity. 747 95

Progression through the G1 phase of the cell cycle is regulated in part by the D-type cyclin-dependent kinases, cdk4 and cdk6. Genes encoding two specific inhibitors of these kinases, human p16(INK4a/MTS1) and p15(INK4b/MTS2), map to a region of common cytogenetic abnormalities on chromosome 9p21. The murine cognates of these genes were isolated and identified as mouse p16INK4a and p15INK4b based on their homology to their human counterparts and their selective transcriptional induction by SV40T-antigen and TGF-beta, respectively. Both genes map to position C3-C6 on mouse chromosome 4, in a region syntenic with human chromosome 9p. Amplification of polyadenylated mRNA by polymerase chain reactions revealed no expression of mouse p16INK4a in many normal tissues, whereas p15INK4b was expressed ubiquitously. Like human p16INK4a, mouse p16INK4a binds specifically to cdk4 and cdk6 in vitro and inhibits the phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma protein, pRb, by each of these cyclin D-dependent kinases. In mouse MEL erythroleukemia cells, p16INK4a associates preferentially with cdk6 under conditions where cdk4 and cdk6 are coexpressed at equivalent levels. Expression vectors encoding human or mouse p16INK4a caused G1 phase arrest in NIH3T3 fibroblasts, and cyclin D1- and cdk4-dependent pRb kinase activities were inhibited in the p16INK4a-arrested cells.
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PMID:Cloning and characterization of murine p16INK4a and p15INK4b genes. 765 26

Proliferation of hematopoietic cells is controlled by both growth stimulatory and inhibitory cytokines acting primarily in G1, but the mechanisms which integrate these disparate signals are unknown. In a myeloid cell line dependent on interleukin-3 (IL-3) for proliferation, expression of the cyclin dependent kinase Cdk4 and D-type cyclin partners, D2 and D3, in mid G1 was found to be directly related to the concentration of IL-3. TGF beta 1, which induces cell cycle arrest in mid-G1, blocked IL-3-induced expression of Cdk4, but had no effect on expression of cyclins D2 or D3. Sublines made to constitutively express Cdk4, but not lines constitutively expressing cyclins D2 or D3, were hyper responsive to IL-3 and resistant to TGF beta 1. Using an in vitro kinase assay with recombinant retinoblastoma protein (Rb) as a substrate, cyclin D2-associated kinase activity was shown to be induced in G1 by IL-3 and inhibited by TGF beta 1. Constitutive expression of Cdk4, but not cyclin D2 or D3, increased cyclin D2-associated Rb kinase activity and this activity could no longer be inhibited by TGF beta 1. Also, in vivo phosphorylation of Rb was inhibited by TGF beta 1 in wild type but not in Cdk4 lines. Cdk2 kinase activity was also decreased by TGF beta 1, and restored by overexpression of Cdk4. These results implicate Cdk4 activity as a mid G1 checkpoint sensitive to both growth stimulatory and inhibitory cytokines.
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PMID:Cdk4 integrates growth stimulatory and inhibitory signals during G1 phase of hematopoietic cells. 786 52

The D-type cyclin-dependent kinases CDK4 and CDK6 are complexed with many small cellular proteins (p14, p15, p16, p18, and p20). We have isolated cDNA sequences corresponding to the MTS2 genomic fragment that encodes the CDK4- and CDK6-associated p14 protein. By use of a yeast interaction screen to search for CDK6-interacting proteins, we have also identified an 18-kD human protein, p18, that is a homolog of the cyclin D-CDK4 inhibitors p16 (INK4A/MTS1) and p14 (MTS2/INK4B). Both in vivo and in vitro, p18 interacts strongly with CDK6, weakly with CDK4, and exhibits no detectable interaction with the other known CDKs. Recombinant p18 inhibits the kinase activity of cyclin D-CDK6. Distinct from the p21/p27 family of CDK inhibitors that form ternary complexes with cyclin-CDKs, only binary complexes of p14, p16, and p18 were found in association with CDK4 and/or CDK6. Ectopic expression of p18 or p16 suppresses cell growth with a correlated dependence on endogenous wild-type pRb.
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PMID:Growth suppression by p18, a p16INK4/MTS1- and p14INK4B/MTS2-related CDK6 inhibitor, correlates with wild-type pRb function. 800 16

The insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) stimulate cell division by modulating events occurring during the prereplicative (G1) phase of the cell cycle, but identification of the critical events has proved difficult. Recent observations suggest that progression through the cell cycle is dependent on the activation of a group of serine-threonine-specific protein kinases whose activities are regulated by accessory proteins, termed cyclins. The identification of cyclin species expressed during G1 has led to the hypothesis that modulation of cyclin expression may be the critical event regulated by growth factors. The present studies were undertaken to determine whether the IGFs regulate the expression of specific G1 cyclins in MG63, a human cell line that is unusually responsive to IGF, and to characterize this effect. We found that in these cells IGF-I stimulates the cyclin-dependent kinases, and that stimulation is associated with an increase in cyclin-D1 mRNA and protein expression. The increase in cyclin-D1 occurs early in G1 and corresponds to the portion of the cell cycle in which IGF acts on these cells. The increase in cyclin-D1 mRNA is due at least in part to an increase in the rate of transcription initiation of the gene. The mRNA levels of cyclin-B1 (a G2 cyclin) and two cyclin-dependent kinases, cdc2 and cdk2, also increased in response to IGF, but at later times. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that IGF modulation of D-type cyclin expression plays a role in the regulation of cell replication.
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PMID:Insulin-like growth factor-I induces cyclin-D1 expression in MG63 human osteosarcoma cells in vitro. 805 69

D-type cyclin-dependent kinase activities have not so far been detected in mammalian cells. Lysis of rodent fibroblasts, mouse macrophages, or myeloid cells with Tween 20 followed by precipitation with antibodies to cyclins D1, D2, and D3 or to their major catalytic partner, cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (cdk4), yielded kinase activities in immune complexes which readily phosphorylated the retinoblastoma protein (pRb) but not histone H1 or casein. Virtually all cyclin D1-dependent kinase activity in proliferating macrophages and fibroblasts could be attributed to cdk4. When quiescent cells were stimulated by growth factors to enter the cell cycle, cyclin D1-dependent kinase activity was first detected in mid G1, reached a maximum near the G1/S transition, and remained elevated in proliferating cells. The rate of appearance of kinase activity during G1 phase lagged significantly behind cyclin induction and correlated with the more delayed accumulation of cdk4 and formation of cyclin D1-cdk4 complexes. Thus, cyclin D1-associated kinase activity was not detected during the G0-to-G1 transition, which occurs within the first few hours following growth factor stimulation. Rodent fibroblasts engineered to constitutively overexpress either cyclin D1 alone or cyclin D3 together with cdk4 exhibited greatly elevated cyclin D-dependent kinase activity, which remained absent in quiescent cells but rose to supraphysiologic levels as cells progressed through G1. Therefore, despite continued enforced overproduction of cyclins and cdk4, the assembly of cyclin D-cdk4 complexes and the appearance of their kinase activities remained dependent upon serum stimulation, indicating that upstream regulators must govern formation of the active enzymes.
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PMID:D-type cyclin-dependent kinase activity in mammalian cells. 811 38

The accumulation of assembled holoenzymes composed of regulatory D-type cyclins and their catalytic partner, cyclin-dependent kinase 4 (cdk4), is rate limiting for progression through the G1 phase of the cell cycle in mammalian fibroblasts. Both the synthesis and assembly of D-type cyclins and cdk4 depend upon serum stimulation, but even when both subunits are ectopically overproduced, they do not assemble into complexes in serum-deprived cells. When coexpressed from baculoviral vectors in intact Sf9 insect cells, cdk4 assembles with D-type cyclins to form active protein kinases. In contrast, recombinant D-type cyclin and cdk4 subunits produced in insect cells or in bacteria do not assemble as efficiently into functional holoenzymes when combined in vitro but can be activated in the presence of lysates obtained from proliferating mammalian cells. Assembly of cyclin D-cdk4 complexes in coinfected Sf9 cells facilitates phosphorylation of cdk4 on threonine 172 by a cdk-activating kinase (CAK). Assembly can proceed in the absence of this modification, but cdk4 mutants which cannot be phosphorylated by CAK remain catalytically inactive. Therefore, formation of the cyclin D-cdk4 complex and phosphorylation of the bound catalytic subunit are independently regulated, and in addition to the requirement for CAK activity, serum stimulation is required to promote assembly of the complexes in mammalian cells.
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PMID:Regulation of cyclin D-dependent kinase 4 (cdk4) by cdk4-activating kinase. 813 70

The retinoblastoma gene product (Rb) can interact efficiently with two of three D-type G1 cyclins (D2 and D3) in vitro. Binding depended upon the minimal regions of Rb necessary for its growth-suppressive activity, as well as upon the D-type cyclin sequence motif shared with Rb-binding DNA tumor virus oncoproteins. Coexpression of the three D-type cyclins with the cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk4) in insect cells generated Rb kinase activity. By contrast, cyclins D2 and D3, but not D1, activated another such kinase, cdk2. Introduction of cyclin D2 and Rb into the Rb-deficient cell line SAOS-2 led to overt Rb hyperphosphorylation, whereas Rb, expressed alone or together with cyclin D1, remained unphosphorylated. Cyclin D2-dependent phosphorylation inhibited its binding to the transcription factor E2F and reversed the Rb G1 exit block in the cell cycle. Thus, all D-type cyclins do not function equivalently, and one of them plays a major role in reversing the cycle-blocking function of a known tumor suppressor.
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PMID:Functional interactions of the retinoblastoma protein with mammalian D-type cyclins. 834 2

Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF beta 1) causes G1 growth arrest and the accumulation of unphosphorylated retinoblastoma protein (Rb) in responsive cells. Cdk4 (cyclin-dependent kinase), a major catalytic subunit of the mammalian D-type G1 cyclins, can phosphorylate Rb in vitro, and at least one D-type cyclin, D2, directs the phosphorylation of Rb in vivo. Here we show that TGF beta 1 induces suppression of cdk4 synthesis in G1 in mink lung epithelial cells. Constitutive cdk4 synthesis in these cells led to TGF beta 1 resistance. It also resulted in growth in low serum medium when these cells were released from contact inhibition. Cdk2 activity was also suppressed by TGF beta 1 action, but its constitutive expression failed to override a TGF beta 1-induced G1 block. Hence, the TGF beta 1 block is primarily mediated by cdk4 modulation. Further evidence suggests that TGF beta 1-induced down-modulation of cdk4 leads to inhibition of cdk2 activation and that both events might contribute to TGF beta 1 growth suppression.
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PMID:TGF beta inhibition of Cdk4 synthesis is linked to cell cycle arrest. 840 78

The regulation of the D-type cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK4 and CDK6) activity appears to be the key step in the progression of eukaryotic cells through the G1 cell cycle phase. One of the mechanisms involved in this process is the binding of some small proteic inhibitors, with a molecular mass ranging between 14 and 20 kDa, to these CDKs. We have evaluated the amount of two such inhibitors, namely p16(INK4) and p18, in normal and transformed cells, as well as the biochemical features of the macromolecular complexes containing these proteins. The results obtained indicated that (i) p18 gene expression, unlike p16(INK4) gene, is not regulated by pRb status, (ii) no evident relationship exists between the expression of p16(INK4) and p18 genes, (iii) significant amounts of the two proteins are not bound to CDKs but occur as free molecules, (iv) each inhibitor forms a complex with the CDK protein with a 1:1 stoichiometry, and (v) a competition exists between cyclin D and the inhibitor protein toward the CDK protein resulting in the absence of detectable cellular free kinase. Moreover, employing the human native partially purified p16(INK4)or the pure recombinant protein, we have been able to demonstrate in vitro the dissociation of CDK4-cyclin D1 complex and the formation of CDK4-p16(INK4) bimolecular complex. Our findings suggest that during the cell division cycle the members of the p16(INK4) protein family and cyclin Ds compete for binding to CDK4/CDK6 and that their quantitative ratio is essential for G1 --> S transition.
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PMID:Biochemical characterization of p16INK4- and p18-containing complexes in human cell lines. 866 31


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