Activation of cyclin D1-kinase in murine fibroblasts lacking both p21Cip1 and p27Kip1
- 19 November 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Oncogene
- Vol. 21 (53), 8067-8074
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1206019
Abstract
Deregulation of D-type cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK4 and 6) is widely observed in various human cancers, illustrating their importance in cell cycle control. Like other cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), assembly with cyclins is the most critical step for activation of CDK4/6. As previously reported elsewhere, we observed that the level of cyclinD1-CDK4 complex and its associated kinase activity were significantly low in asynchronously proliferating mouse embryo fibroblasts lacking both p21Cip1 and p27Kip1 (p21/p27-null MEFs). These evidences imply that p21Cip1 and p27Kip1 CDK inhibitors are ‘essential activators’ of cyclin D-kinases. We, however, discovered here that both the assembly and activation of cyclin D1-CDK4 complex occur when quiescent p21/p27-null MEFs were stimulated to re-enter the cell cycle. This mitogen-induced cyclin D1-kinase activity was blocked by overexpression of p16INK4a and resulted in the inhibition of S phase entry in p21/p27-null MEFs. Furthermore, ectopic expression of p34SEI-1, a mitogen-induced CDK4 binding protein, increased the levels of active cyclinD1-CDK4 complex in asynchronously proliferating p21/p27-null MEFs. Together, our results suggest that there are several independent ways to stimulate the assembly of cyclin D1-CDK4 kinases. Although p21Cip1 and p27Kip1 play a role in this process, our results demonstrate that additional mechanisms must occur in G0 to S phase transition.Keywords
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