Anchorage-dependent transcription of the cyclin A gene.

AUTOR(ES)

Schulze, A

RESUMO

NIH 3T3 cells cultured in suspension fail to express cyclin A and hence cannot enter S phase and divide. We show that loss of cell adhesion to substratum abrogates cyclin A gene expression by blocking its promoter activity through the E2F site that mediates its cell cycle regulation in adherent cells. In suspended cells, G0-specific E2F complexes remain bound to the cyclin A promoter. Overexpression of cyclin D1 restores cyclin A transcription in suspended cells and rescues them from cell cycle arrest. In suspended cells, cyclin D1 and cyclin E accumulate normally upon serum stimulation, but their associated kinases remain inactive; their substrates, pRb and p107, are not hyperphosphorylated. Concomitantly, the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, p27KIP1, is stabilized. Ectopic expression of p27KIP1 blocks cyclin A promoter activity through its EN binding site. These data suggest that the block to cyclin A transcription in nonadherent NIH 3T3 cells results from stabilization of p27KIP1 and subsequent inactivation of the specific E2F moiety required for its induction.

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