Cyclins and Cell Cycle Checkpoints

Johnson, D. Gale; Walker, Cheryl L.

doi:10.1146/annurev.pharmtox.39.1.295

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“…p15, but not p16, is activated in response to transforming growth factor (TGF-β1) (Robson et al, 1999). However, p16 is regulated by a feedback loop with Rb (Johnson and Walker, 1999). Silencing of p15 gene can provide a selective advantage for tumor cells.…”

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DNA Hypermethylation of Cell Cycle (p15 and p16) and Apoptotic (p14, p53, DAPK and TMS1) Genes in Peripheral Blood of Leukemia Patients

Bodoor

Haddad

Alkhateeb

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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Aberrant DNA methylation of tumor suppressor genes has been reported in all major types of leukemia with potential involvement in the inactivation of regulatory cell cycle and apoptosis genes. However, most of the previous reports did not show the extent of concurrent methylation of multiple genes in the four leukemia types. Here, we analyzed six key genes (p14, p15, p16, p53, DAPK and TMS1) for DNA methylation using methylation specific PCR to analyze peripheral blood of 78 leukemia patients (24 CML, 25 CLL, 12 AML, and 17 ALL) and 24 healthy volunteers. In CML, methylation was detected for p15 (11%), p16 (9%), p53 (23%) and DAPK (23%), in CLL, p14 (25%), p15 (19%), p16 (12%), p53 (17%) and DAPK (36%), in AML, p14 (8%), p15 (45%), p53 (9%) and DAPK (17%) and in ALL, p15 (14%), p16 (8%), and p53 (8%). This study highlighted an essential role of DAPK methylation in chronic leukemia in contrast to p15 methylation in the acute cases, whereas TMS1 hypermethylation was absent in all cases. Furthermore, hypermethylation of multiple genes per patient was observed, with obvious selectiveness in the 9p21 chromosomal region genes (p14, p15 and p16). Interestingly, methylation of p15 increased the risk of methylation in p53, and vice versa, by five folds (p=0.03) indicating possible synergistic epigenetic disruption of different phases of the cell cycle or between the cell cycle and apoptosis. The investigation of multiple relationships between methylated genes might shed light on tumor specific inactivation of the cell cycle and apoptotic pathways.

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DNA Hypermethylation of Cell Cycle (p15 and p16) and Apoptotic (p14, p53, DAPK and TMS1) Genes in Peripheral Blood of Leukemia Patients

Bodoor

Haddad

Alkhateeb

et al. 2014

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

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“…Since PCB-induced cell proliferation was inhibited in p50 −/− mice, we hypothesized that the expression of cell cycle genes would be altered. The cell cycle control system is regulated by the activity of cyclins, cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors (CKIs) (Johnson and Walker 1999). The mRNA levels of cyclins A2, B1, B2, C, D1 and D2 in liver were measured using RNase protection assays (RPAs).…”

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Role of oxidative stress in the promoting activities of PCBs

Glauert

Tharappel

et al. 2008

Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology

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PCBs are organic pollutants that persist and bioaccumulate in the environment. These chemicals induce and promote liver tumors in rodents. Previous studies have shown that they increase oxidative stress in the liver, including lipid peroxidation, oxidative DNA damage, and NF-κB activation. The objective of these studies was to determine if the promoting activities of PCBs could be inhibited by dietary antioxidants (vitamin E, selenium, or phytochemicals) or by knocking out the p50 subunit of NF-κB. In the antioxidant studies, female rats were first injected with DEN (150 mg/kg) and then administered 4 biweekly i.p. injections (300 μmol/kg/injection) of PCB-77, PCB-153, or vehicle; the number and volume of placental glutathione S-transferase (PGST)-positive foci were then quantified. Vitamin E did not influence the promoting activities of PCBs. Increasing dietary selenium above the recommended intake increased the number of foci induced but decreased their volume. Most of the phytochemicals examined (N-acetyl cysteine, β-carotene, resveratrol, EGCG) had no significant effect on the promoting activity of PCB-77. Ellagic acid increased and lycopene decreased the number of foci; ellagic acid, CoQ 10 , and curcumin decreased the volume of foci. In the NF-κB knockout study, male mice were first injected with DEN (90 mg/kg); controls not receiving DEN were also studied. Both p50 −/− and wild-type mice were then injected biweekly 20 times with PCB-153 (300 (μmol/kg). In DEN-treated and DEN + PCB-treated mice, the incidence of tumors was lower in the p50 −/− mice than in wild-type mice. In mice receiving PCB-153, the tumor incidence and tumor volume were higher. The volume of tumors that were positive for glutamine synthetase was increased in mice administered PCB-153. This study shows that the promotion of hepatocarcinogenesis by PCBs is largely unaffected by dietary antioxidants but is diminished when NF-κB activation is impaired by the absence of the p50 subunit.

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“…These proteins form active complexes that trigger the transition from G1 to S phase of the cell cycle, which involves cyclin E/A and CDK2 (Johnson and Walker, 1999;MacLellan and Schneider, 1999;Sherr and Roberts, 1999). When we examined levels of these cell cycle proteins, we found dramatic decreases in cyclin D3, CDK6, and p27 KIP1 in the hearts and cardiomyocytes treated with ROCK inhibitor.…”

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“…Besides inhibiting CDK activity, they facilitate the formation of an active cyclin D/CDK complex (Koff and Polyak, 1995;Johnson and Walker, 1999;Sherr and Roberts, 1999;Dotto, 2000;Sgambato et al, 2000). It has been shown that inhibition of ROCK activity by Y27632 increases p27 KIP1 protein levels in rat hepatic stellate cells (Iwamoto et al, 2000).…”

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Rho‐associated kinases play an essential role in cardiac morphogenesis and cardiomyocyte proliferation

Zhao

Rivkees

2002

Developmental Dynamics

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Rho-associated coiled-coil kinases (ROCKs), initially identified as effectors for Rho GTPases, play a role in cardiac cell physiology and are also expressed in the developing heart. However, their role in cardiac development is not known. To investigate the role of these kinases in cardiac development, we examined cardiac development in cultured murine embryos treated with the ROCK inhibitor Y27632. After inhibition of ROCK activity, we found disturbed cardiac chamber formation and trabeculation. To further examine the mechanisms by which ROCK blockade causes cardiac hypoplasia, we assessed programmed cell death and cell proliferation in the hearts. We found decreased cell proliferation in the Y27632-treated hearts, but no changes in programmed cell death. We further observed that ROCK inhibition decreased cardiac myocyte proliferation, suggesting that ROCK kinases regulate cardiomyocyte division. To identify factors involved in ROCK action in regulation of cardiac cell division, we examined expression of cell cycle proteins by using Western blot analysis. We found that ROCK blockade decreased expression of cell cycle proteins, cyclin D3, CDK6, and p27 KIP1 in the hearts and cardiomyocytes, which are required for initiation of cell cycle and G1/S phase transition. These observations show that ROCK kinases play a role in cardiac development and that ROCK kinases regulate cardiac cell proliferation and cell cycle protein expression. Developmental Dynamics 226:24 -32, 2003.

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Cyclins and Cell Cycle Checkpoints

Cited by 616 publications

References 110 publications

DNA Hypermethylation of Cell Cycle (p15 and p16) and Apoptotic (p14, p53, DAPK and TMS1) Genes in Peripheral Blood of Leukemia Patients

DNA Hypermethylation of Cell Cycle (p15 and p16) and Apoptotic (p14, p53, DAPK and TMS1) Genes in Peripheral Blood of Leukemia Patients

Role of oxidative stress in the promoting activities of PCBs

Rho‐associated kinases play an essential role in cardiac morphogenesis and cardiomyocyte proliferation

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