Sustained activation of extracellular-signal-regulated kinase 1 (ERK1) is required for the continued expression of cyclin D1 in G(1) phase
Sustained activation of extracellular-signal-regulated kinase 1 (ERK1) is required for the continued expression of cyclin D1 in G(1) phase
复制标题
DOI:
10.1042/bj3260061
复制
发表时间:
1997-08-15
影响因子:
4.1
通讯作者:
Baldassare, JJ
中科院分区:
文献类型:
--
作者:
Weber, JD;Raben, DM;Baldassare, JJ
In Chinese hamster embryo fibroblasts (IIC9 cells), platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) stimulated mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular-signal-regulated kinase (MAP kinase/ERK) activity, but not that of c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), and induced G(1) phase progression. ERK1 activation was biphasic and was sustained throughout the G(1) phase of the cell cycle. PDGF induced cyclin DI protein and mRNA levels in a time-dependent manner. Inhibition of PDGF-induced ERK1 activity by the addition of a selective inhibitor of MEK1 (MAP kinase kinase/ERK kinase 1) activation, PD98059, or transfection with a dominant-negative ERK1 (dnERK(-)) was correlated with growth arrest. In contrast, growth was unaffected by expression of dominant-negative JNK (dnJNK(-)). Interestingly, addition of PD98059 or dnERK(-), but not dnJNK(-), resulted in a dramatic decrease in cyclin D1 protein and mRNA levels, concomitant with a decrease in cyclin D1-cyclin-dependent kinase activity. To investigate the importance of sustained ERK1 activation, ERK1 activity was blocked by the addition of PD98059 throughout G(1). Addition of PD98059 up to 4 h after PDGF treatment decreased ERK1 activity to the levels found in growth-arrested IIC9 cells. Loss of cyclin D1 mRNA and protein expression was observed within 1 h after inhibition of the second sustained phase of ERK1 activity. Disruption of sustained ERK1 activity also resulted in G(1) growth arrest. These data provide evidence for a role for sustained ERK activity in controlling G(1) progression through positive regulation of the continued expression of cyclin D1, a protein known to positively regulate G(1) progression.