Repression of the CDK activator Cdc25A and cell-cycle arrest by cytokine TGF-β in cells lacking the CDK inhibitor p15 Journal Article


Authors: Iavarone, A.; Massagué, J.
Article Title: Repression of the CDK activator Cdc25A and cell-cycle arrest by cytokine TGF-β in cells lacking the CDK inhibitor p15
Abstract: The activity of the cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) that control cell growth and division can be negatively regulated by tyrosine phosphorylation or by the binding of various CDK inhibitors. Whereas regulation by tyrosine phosphorylation is well documented in CDKs that function during mitosis, little is known about its role in the regulation of CDKs that act in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. In contrast, much evidence has accumulated on the regulation of G1 CDKs by CDK inhibitors. The cytokine TGF-β inhibits growth by causing cell-cycle arrest as a result of increasing the concentration of the Cdk4/6 inhibitor p15(INK4B/MTS2) (refs 3, 4). Here we report that TGF-β can also cause the inhibition of Cdk4 and Cdk6 by increasing their level of tyrosine phosphorylation. Tyrosine phosphorylation and inactivation of Cdk4/6 in a human mammary epithelial cell line are shown to result from the ability of TGF-β to repress expression of the CDK tyrosine phosphatase Cdc25A. Repression of Cdc25A and induction of p15 are independent effects mediating the inhibition of Cdk4/6 by TFG-β.
Keywords: protein expression; human cell; proto-oncogene proteins; cell cycle proteins; cell cycle; enzyme inhibition; transforming growth factor beta; cell line; down-regulation; cancer cell culture; enzyme activation; tumor cells, cultured; phosphorylation; enzyme phosphorylation; enzyme regulation; protein-serine-threonine kinases; enzyme inactivation; carrier proteins; protein induction; cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16; cyclin-dependent kinases; cyclins; cyclin dependent kinase; retinoblastoma protein; mutagenesis; cyclin-dependent kinase 4; phosphoprotein phosphatase; cyclin-dependent kinase 6; cdc25 phosphatase; human; priority journal; article
Journal Title: Nature
Volume: 387
Issue: 6631
ISSN: 0028-0836
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group  
Date Published: 1997-05-22
Start Page: 417
End Page: 422
Language: English
DOI: 10.1038/387417a0
PUBMED: 9163429
PROVIDER: scopus
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Notes: Article -- Export Date: 17 March 2017 -- Source: Scopus
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