Cyclin D2 activates Cdk2 in preference to Cdk4 in human breast epithelial cells

Oncogene
K J SweeneyElizabeth A Musgrove

Abstract

To investigate the possibility of differing roles for cyclins D1 and D2 in breast epithelial cells, we examined the expression, cell cycle regulation and activity of these two G1 cyclins in both 184 normal breast epithelial cells and T-47D breast cancer cells. Synchronisation studies in 184 cells demonstrated that cyclin D1 and cyclin D2 were differentially regulated during G1, with cyclin D2 abundance increasing by 3.7-fold but only small changes in cyclin D1 abundance observed. The functional consequences of increased cyclin D2 expression were examined in T-47D cells, which express no detectable cyclin D2. Induced expression of cyclin D2 resulted in increases in cyclin E expression, pRB phosphorylation and the percentage of cells in S-phase, while constitutive expression resulted in a consistent trend toward reduced dependence on serum for continued proliferation. Thus, cyclin D2 is a positive regulator of G1 progression in breast cells analogous to the well-documented effects of cyclin D1. Indeed, equimolar concentrations of inducible cyclin D1 and D2 resulted in quantitatively similar cell cycle effects. Marked divergence was found, however, in the CDKs activated by the two cyclins in breast epithelial cells. Cyclin D2 comp...Continue Reading

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