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Fan Y, Sanyal S, Bruzzone R. Breaking Bad: How Viruses Subvert the Cell Cycle. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2018; 8:396. [PMID: 30510918 PMCID: PMC6252338 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2018.00396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Interactions between the host and viruses during the course of their co-evolution have not only shaped cellular function and the immune system, but also the counter measures employed by viruses. Relatively small genomes and high replication rates allow viruses to accumulate mutations and continuously present the host with new challenges. It is therefore, no surprise that they either escape detection or modulate host physiology, often by redirecting normal cellular pathways to their own advantage. Viruses utilize a diverse array of strategies and molecular targets to subvert host cellular processes, while evading detection. These include cell-cycle regulation, major histocompatibility complex-restricted antigen presentation, intracellular protein transport, apoptosis, cytokine-mediated signaling, and humoral immune responses. Moreover, viruses routinely manipulate the host cell cycle to create a favorable environment for replication, largely by deregulating cell cycle checkpoints. This review focuses on our current understanding of the molecular aspects of cell cycle regulation that are often targeted by viruses. Further study of their interactions should provide fundamental insights into cell cycle regulation and improve our ability to exploit these viruses.
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- Ying Fan
- HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, LKS Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.,MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
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- HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, LKS Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.,LKS Faculty of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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- HKU-Pasteur Research Pole, LKS Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.,Department of Cell Biology and Infection, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Clambey ET, van Dyk LF. Multifaceted Roles of the Viral Cyclin in Gammaherpesvirus Pathogenesis. CURRENT CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s40588-016-0042-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Baek K, Brown RS, Birrane G, Ladias JAA. Crystal structure of human cyclin K, a positive regulator of cyclin-dependent kinase 9. J Mol Biol 2006; 366:563-73. [PMID: 17169370 PMCID: PMC1852425 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.11.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2006] [Revised: 11/12/2006] [Accepted: 11/16/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cyclin K and the closely related cyclins T1, T2a, and T2b interact with cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) forming multiple nuclear complexes, referred to collectively as positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb). Through phosphorylation of the C-terminal domain of the RNA polymerase II largest subunit, distinct P-TEFb species regulate the transcriptional elongation of specific genes that play central roles in human physiology and disease development, including cardiac hypertrophy and human immunodeficiency virus-1 pathogenesis. We have determined the crystal structure of human cyclin K (residues 11-267) at 1.5 A resolution, which represents the first atomic structure of a P-TEFb subunit. The cyclin K fold comprises two typical cyclin boxes with two short helices preceding the N-terminal box. A prominent feature of cyclin K is an additional helix (H4a) in the first cyclin box that obstructs the binding pocket for the cell-cycle inhibitor p27(Kip1). Modeling of CDK9 bound to cyclin K provides insights into the structural determinants underlying the formation and regulation of this complex. A homology model of human cyclin T1 generated using the cyclin K structure as a template reveals that the two proteins have similar structures, as expected from their high level of sequence identity. Nevertheless, their CDK9-interacting surfaces display significant structural differences, which could potentially be exploited for the design of cyclin-targeted inhibitors of the CDK9-cyclin K and CDK9-cyclin T1 complexes.
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- Kyuwon Baek
- Molecular Medicine Laboratory and Macromolecular Crystallography Unit, Division of Experimental Medicine, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Sridhar J, Akula N, Pattabiraman N. Selectivity and potency of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors. AAPS JOURNAL 2006; 8:E204-21. [PMID: 16584130 PMCID: PMC2751441 DOI: 10.1208/aapsj080125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Members of the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) family play key roles in various cellular processes. There are 11 members of the CDK family known till now. CDKs are activated by forming noncovalent complexes with cyclins such as A-, B-, C-, D- (D1, D2, and D3), and E-type cyclins. Each isozyme of this family is responsible for particular aspects (cell signaling, transcription, etc) of the cell cycle, and some of the CDK isozymes are specific to certain kinds of tissues. Aberrant expression and overexpression of these kinases are evidenced in many disease conditions. Inhibition of isozymes of CDKs specifically can yield beneficiary treatment modalities with minimum side effects. More than 80 3-dimensional structures of CDK2, CDK5, and CDK6 complexed with inhibitors have been published. This review provides an understanding of the structural aspects of CDK isozymes and binding modes of various known CDK inhibitors so that these kinases can be better targeted for drug discovery and design. The amino acid residues that constitute the cyclin binding region, the substrate binding region, and the area around the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) binding site have been compared for CDK isozymes. Those amino acids at the ATP binding site that could be used to improve the potency and subtype specificity have been described.
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- Jayalakshmi Sridhar
- />Laboratory for In-silico Biology and Drug Discovery, Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Room W417, 3970 Reservoir Rd NW, 20005 Washington, DC
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- />Laboratory for In-silico Biology and Drug Discovery, Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Room W417, 3970 Reservoir Rd NW, 20005 Washington, DC
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- />Laboratory for In-silico Biology and Drug Discovery, Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Room W417, 3970 Reservoir Rd NW, 20005 Washington, DC
- />Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Georgetown University, Washington DC
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Upton JW, van Dyk LF, Speck SH. Characterization of murine gammaherpesvirus 68 v-cyclin interactions with cellular cdks. Virology 2005; 341:271-83. [PMID: 16102793 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2005.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2005] [Revised: 05/06/2005] [Accepted: 07/13/2005] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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All known gamma2-herpesviruses encode a cyclin homolog with significant homology to mammalian D-type cyclins. The murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (gammaHV68) viral cyclin (v-cyclin) has been shown to be oncogenic when expression is targeted to thymocytes in transgenic mice and to be critical for virus reactivation from latency. Here, we investigate the interaction of the gammaHV68 v-cyclin with cellular cyclin-dependent kinases (cdks). We show that, in contrast to the Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) v-cyclin, the gammaHV68 v-cyclin preferentially interacts with cdk2 and cdc2 but does not interact with either cdk4 or cdk6. Mutation of conserved residues, predicted to be involved in cdk binding based on the gammaHV68 v-cyclin:cdk2 crystal structure, resulted in the loss of both cdk binding and the ability to mediate phosphorylation of substrates. Like the KSHV v-cyclin, the gammaHV68 v-cyclin appears to confer expanded substrate specificity to the cellular cdk binding partners. As expected, the gammaHV68 v-cyclin:cdk complexes are able to target phosphorylation of histone H1, the retinoblastoma protein (pRb), and p27(Kip1) as assessed using in vitro kinase assays. Notably, hyperphosphorylation of pRb was observed during wt gammaHV68 replication in serum-starved murine fibroblasts, but not in cells that were either mock-infected or infected with a v-cyclin null gammaHV68. In addition, infection of serum-starved murine fibroblasts also results in a v-cyclin-dependent increase in cdk2-associated kinase activity and a concomitant decrease in the levels of p27(Kip1). Taken together, the latter studies served to validate the results of the in vitro kinase assays. Finally, in vitro kinase assays revealed that the gammaHV68 v-cyclin:cdk complexes can also phosphorylate p21(Cip1), Bcl-2, and p53. The latter suggests that, at least in vitro, the gammaHV68 v-cyclin exhibits functional characteristics of both cyclin E and cyclin A.
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- Jason W Upton
- Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University School of Medicine, NE Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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Rosania GR, Chang YT. Targeting hyperproliferative disorders with cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2005. [DOI: 10.1517/13543776.10.2.215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Das D, Oganesyan N, Yokota H, Pufan R, Kim R, Kim SH. Crystal structure of the conserved hypothetical protein MPN330 (GI: 1674200) from Mycoplasma pneumoniae. Proteins 2004; 58:504-8. [PMID: 15562512 DOI: 10.1002/prot.20316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Debanu Das
- Berkeley Structural Genomics Center, Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Verschuren EW, Jones N, Evan GI. The cell cycle and how it is steered by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus cyclin. J Gen Virol 2004; 85:1347-1361. [PMID: 15166416 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.79812-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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A timely coordination of cellular DNA synthesis and division cycles is governed by the temporal and spatial activation of cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks). The primary regulation of Cdk activation is through binding to partner cyclin proteins. Several gammaherpesviruses encode a viral homologue of cellular cyclin D, which may function to deregulate host cell cycle progression. One of these is encoded by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) and is called K cyclin or viral cyclin (v-cyclin). v-Cyclin is expressed in most of the malignant cells that are associated with KSHV infection in humans, labelling v-cyclin as a putative viral oncogene. Here are described some of the major structural and functional properties of mammalian cyclin/Cdk complexes, some of which are phenocopied by v-cyclin. In addition, the molecular events leading to orderly progression through the G1/S and G/M cell cycle phases are reviewed. This molecular picture serves as a platform on which to explain v-cyclin-specific functional properties. Interesting but largely speculative issues concern the interplay between v-cyclin-mediated cell cycle deregulation and molecular progression of KSHV-associated neoplasms.
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- Emmy W Verschuren
- Stanford University, Pathology Department, 300 Pasteur Drive, MC 5324, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester M20 4BX, UK
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- Cancer Research Institute and Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143-0875, USA
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Das C, Edgcomb SP, Peteranderl R, Chen L, Frankel AD. Evidence for conformational flexibility in the Tat-TAR recognition motif of cyclin T1. Virology 2004; 318:306-17. [PMID: 14972556 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2003.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2003] [Revised: 10/08/2003] [Accepted: 10/08/2003] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cyclin T1 (CycT1) is a cellular transcription elongation factor that also participates in Tat-mediated activation of several lentiviral promoters. In human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), CycT1 is required for Tat to bind tightly to TAR and interacts in the ternary complex via its Tat-TAR recognition motif (TRM). In the related bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV), Tat recognizes its cognate TAR element with high affinity and specificity in the absence of CycT1. At both promoters, CycT1 recruits the Cdk9 kinase, which phosphorylates RNA polymerase II to generate processive transcription complexes. To examine the physical properties of CycT1, we purified a functional domain corresponding to residues 1-272 and found that it possesses a stably folded core, as judged by partial proteolysis and circular dichroism experiments. Interestingly, the C-terminal 20 residues corresponding to the TRM appear conformationally flexible or disordered. The TRM of the bovine CycT1 (bCycT1) is similarly sensitive to proteolysis yet differs in sequence from the human protein. In particular, bCycT1 lacks a cysteine at residue 261 known to be critical for HIV but not BIV ternary complex formation, and mutagenesis data are consistent with a proposed role for this cysteine in metal binding. The apparent flexibility of the TRM suggests that conformational rearrangements may accompany formation of CycT1-Tat-TAR ternary complexes and may contribute to different TAR recognition strategies in different lentiviruses.
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- Chandreyee Das
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143-2280, USA
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Moore PS, Chang Y. Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus immunoevasion and tumorigenesis: two sides of the same coin? Annu Rev Microbiol 2003; 57:609-39. [PMID: 14527293 PMCID: PMC3732455 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.57.030502.090824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) [or human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8)] is the most frequent cause of malignancy among AIDS patients. KSHV and related herpesviruses have extensively pirated cellular cDNAs from the host genome, providing a unique opportunity to examine the range of viral mechanisms for controlling cell proliferation. Many of the viral regulatory homologs encode proteins that directly inhibit host adaptive and innate immunity. Other viral proteins target retinoblastoma protein and p53 control of tumor suppressor pathways, which also play key effector roles in intracellular immune responses. The immune evasion strategies employed by KSHV, by targeting tumor suppressor pathways activated during immune system signaling, may lead to inadvertent cell proliferation and tumorigenesis in susceptible hosts.
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- Patrick S. Moore
- Molecular Virology Program, Hillman Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-1863
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- Molecular Virology Program, Hillman Cancer Research Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-1863
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The intraerythrocytic asexual cycle of the malarial parasite is complex and atypical: during schizogony the parasite undergoes multiple rounds of DNA replication and asynchronous nuclear division without cytokinesis. This cell cycle deviates from the classical eukaryotic cell cycle model where, 'DNA replicates only once per cell cycle'. A clear understanding of the molecular switches that control this unusual developmental cycle would be of great interest, both in terms of fundamental Plasmodium biology and in terms of novel potential drug target identification. In recent years considerable effort has been made to identify the malarial orthologues of the cyclin-dependent kinases, which are key regulators of the orderly progression of the eukaryotic cell cycle. This review focuses on the current state-of-knowledge of Plasmodium falciparum cyclin-dependent kinase-like kinases and their regulators.
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- Christian Doerig
- INSERM U511 team, Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, The Anderson College, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Kaldis P, Ojala PM, Tong L, Mäkelä TP, Solomon MJ. CAK-independent activation of CDK6 by a viral cyclin. Mol Biol Cell 2001; 12:3987-99. [PMID: 11739795 PMCID: PMC60770 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.12.12.3987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2001] [Revised: 10/05/2001] [Accepted: 10/12/2001] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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In normal cells, activation of cyclin-dependent kinases (cdks) requires binding to a cyclin and phosphorylation by the cdk-activating kinase (CAK). The Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus encodes a protein with similarity to D-type cyclins. This KSHV-cyclin activates CDK6, alters its substrate specificity, and renders CDK6 insensitive to inhibition by the cdk inhibitor p16(INK4a). Here we investigate the regulation of the CDK6/KSHV-cyclin kinase with the use of purified proteins and a cell-based assay. We find that KSHV-cyclin can activate CDK6 independent of phosphorylation by CAK in vitro. In addition, CAK phosphorylation decreased the p16(INK4a) sensitivity of CDK6/KSHV-cyclin complexes. In cells, expression of CDK6 or to a lesser degree of a nonphosphorylatable CDK6(T177A) together with KSHV-cyclin induced apoptosis, indicating that CDK6 activation by KSHV-cyclin can proceed in the absence of phosphorylation by CAK in vivo. Coexpression of p16 partially protected cells from cell death. p16 and KSHV-cyclin can form a ternary complex with CDK6 that can be detected by binding assays as well as by conformational changes in CDK6. The Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus has adopted a clever strategy to render cell cycle progression independent of mitogenic signals, cdk inhibition, or phosphorylation by CAK.
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- P Kaldis
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8114, USA.
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Choi J, Means RE, Damania B, Jung JU. Molecular piracy of Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpesvirus. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev 2001; 12:245-57. [PMID: 11325605 DOI: 10.1016/s1359-6101(00)00029-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Kaposi's Sarcoma associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) is the most recently discovered human tumor virus and is associated with the pathogenesis of Kaposi's sarcoma, primary effusion lymphoma, and Multicentric Casttleman's disease. KSHV contains numerous open reading frames with striking homology to cellular genes. These viral gene products play a variety of roles in KSHV-associated pathogenesis by disrupting cellular signal transduction pathways, which include interferon-mediated anti-viral responses, cytokine-regulated cell growth, apoptosis, and cell cycle control. In this review, we will attempt to cover our understanding of how viral proteins deregulate cellular signaling pathways, which ultimately contribute to the conversion of normal cells to cancerous cells.
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- J Choi
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Tumor Virology Division, New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, 1 Pine Hill Drive, Southborough, MA 01772, USA
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Lin J, Jinno S, Okayama H. Cdk6-cyclin D3 complex evades inhibition by inhibitor proteins and uniquely controls cell's proliferation competence. Oncogene 2001; 20:2000-9. [PMID: 11360184 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1204375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2000] [Revised: 12/22/2000] [Accepted: 02/12/2001] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Mammalian cells require a cyclin D-dependent kinase for the cell cycle start, yet many mesenchymal cells express three seemingly redundant D cyclins and similarly, seemingly redundant Cdk4 and Cdk6 as their kinase partners. We have found that the Cdk6-cyclin D3 complex is unique among the D cyclin and kinase combinations in the ability to promote the cell cycle start. In an anchorage-minus G(1)-arrested rat fibroblast, only Cdk6-D3 retains kinase activity due mainly to its ability to evade inhibition by p27(KIP1) and p21(CIP1) with a resemblance to viral cyclin-bound Cdk6. Rodent fibroblasts engineered to overexpress both Cdk6 and cyclin D3 highly resist serum starvation- or cell-cell contact-imposed G(1)-arrest. In BALB/c 3T3 cells, D3 is constitutively expressed, but Cdk6 is markedly induced with concomitant activation upon stimulation with a growth-promoting factor. These results suggest a role for the Cdk6-D3 complex in regulating cell's proliferation ability in response to external stimuli.
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- J Lin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
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Damania B, Jung JU. Comparative analysis of the transforming mechanisms of Epstein-Barr virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus, and Herpesvirus saimiri. Adv Cancer Res 2001; 80:51-82. [PMID: 11034540 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-230x(01)80012-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Members of the gamma herpesvirus family include the lymphocryptoviruses (gamma-1 herpesviruses) and the rhadinoviruses (gamma-2 herpesviruses). Gammaherpesvirinae uniformly establish long-term, latent, reactivatable infection of lymphocytes, and several members of the gamma herpesviruses are associated with lymphoproliferative diseases. Epstein-Barr virus is a lymphocryptovirus, whereas Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and Herpesvirus saimiri are members of the rhadinovirus family. Genes encoded by these viruses are involved in a diverse array of cellular signaling pathways. This review attempts to cover our understanding of how viral proteins deregulate cellular signaling pathways that ultimately contribute to the conversion of normal cells to cancerous cells.
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- B Damania
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, New England Regional Primate Research Center, Harvard Medical School, Southborough, Massachusetts 01772, USA
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Swanton C, Jones N. Strategies in subversion: de-regulation of the mammalian cell cycle by viral gene products. Int J Exp Pathol 2001; 82:3-13. [PMID: 11422537 PMCID: PMC2517700 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2613.2001.00165.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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- C Swanton
- National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG, UK
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Laman H, Coverley D, Krude T, Laskey R, Jones N. Viral cyclin-cyclin-dependent kinase 6 complexes initiate nuclear DNA replication. Mol Cell Biol 2001; 21:624-35. [PMID: 11134348 PMCID: PMC86634 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.21.2.624-635.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2000] [Accepted: 10/10/2000] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The cyclins encoded by Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus and herpesvirus saimiri are homologs of human D-type cyclins. However, when complexed to cdk6, they have several activities that distinguish them from D-type cyclin-cdk6 complexes, including resistance to cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors and an enhanced substrate range. We find that viral cyclins interact with and phosphorylate proteins involved in replication initiation. Using mammalian in vitro replication systems, we show that viral cyclin-cdk6 complexes can directly trigger the initiation of DNA synthesis in isolated late-G(1)-phase nuclei. Viral cyclin-cdk6 complexes share this capacity with cyclin A-cdk2, demonstrating that in addition to functioning as G(1)-phase cyclin-cdk complexes, they function as S-phase cyclin-cdk complexes.
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- H Laman
- Gene Regulation Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London WC2A 3PX, United Kingdom
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Jeffrey PD, Tong L, Pavletich NP. Structural basis of inhibition of CDK-cyclin complexes by INK4 inhibitors. Genes Dev 2000; 14:3115-25. [PMID: 11124804 PMCID: PMC317144 DOI: 10.1101/gad.851100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The cyclin-dependent kinases 4 and 6 (Cdk4/6) that drive progression through the G(1) phase of the cell cycle play a central role in the control of cell proliferation, and CDK deregulation is a frequent event in cancer. Cdk4/6 are regulated by the D-type cyclins, which bind to CDKs and activate the kinase, and by the INK4 family of inhibitors. INK4 proteins can bind both monomeric CDK, preventing its association with a cyclin, and also the CDK-cyclin complex, forming an inactive ternary complex. In vivo, binary INK4-Cdk4/6 complexes are more abundant than ternary INK4-Cdk4/6-cyclinD complexes, and it has been suggested that INK4 binding may lead to the eventual dissociation of the cyclin. Here we present the 2.9-A crystal structure of the inactive ternary complex between Cdk6, the INK4 inhibitor p18(INK4c), and a D-type viral cyclin. The structure reveals that p18(INK4c) inhibits the CDK-cyclin complex by distorting the ATP binding site and misaligning catalytic residues. p18(INK4c) also distorts the cyclin-binding site, with the cyclin remaining bound at an interface that is substantially reduced in size. These observations support the model that INK4 binding weakens the cyclin's affinity for the CDK. This structure also provides insights into the specificity of the D-type cyclins for Cdk4/6.
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- P D Jeffrey
- Cellular Biochemistry and Biophysics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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van Dyk LF, Virgin HW, Speck SH. The murine gammaherpesvirus 68 v-cyclin is a critical regulator of reactivation from latency. J Virol 2000; 74:7451-61. [PMID: 10906198 PMCID: PMC112265 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.16.7451-7461.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Gamma-2 herpesviruses encode a homolog of mammalian D-type cyclins. The v-cyclin encoded by murine gammaherpesvirus 68 (gammaHV68) induces cell cycle progression and is an oncogene (L. F. van Dyk, J. L. Hess, J. D. Katz, M. Jacoby, S. H. Speck, and H. W. Virgin IV, J. Virol. 73:5110-5122, 1999). However, the role of the pro-proliferative v-cyclins in gamma-2 herpesvirus pathogenesis is not known. Here we report the generation and characterization of a gammaHV68 v-cyclin mutant (v-cyclin.LacZ) that is unable to express a functional v-cyclin protein. Notably, although the gammaHV68 v-cyclin is expressed from an early-late lytic transcript, v-cyclin. LacZ replicated normally in fibroblasts in vitro and during acute infection in the spleen, liver, and lungs in vivo. Moreover, v-cyclin.LacZ exhibited wild-type (wt) virulence in mice with severe combined immunodeficiency. In addition, in a model of gammaHV68-induced chronic disease in mice lacking the gamma interferon receptor (IFNgammaR(-/-)), v-cyclin.LacZ virus was similar to wt gammaHV68 in terms of the incidence of mortality and vasculitis. Further analysis revealed that the frequencies of splenocytes and peritoneal cells harboring the latent gammaHV68 genome in normal and B-cell-deficient mice infected with wt gammaHV68 or v-cyclin.LacZ were very similar. However, v-cyclin.LacZ was significantly compromised in its capacity to reactivate from latency. This phenotype was conclusively mapped to the v-cyclin gene by (i) generating a marker rescue virus (v-cyclin.MR) from the v-cyclin.LacZ mutant, which restored the frequency of cells in which virus reactivated from latency to the levels observed with wt gammaHV68; and (ii) generating a second v-cyclin mutant virus containing a translation stop codon within the v-cyclin gene (v-cyclin.stop), which was compromised in reactivation from latency. These studies demonstrate that despite expression as a lytic cycle gene, the pro-proliferative gammaHV68 v-cyclin is not required for gammaHV68 replication either in vitro or during acute infection in vivo but rather is a critical determinant of reactivation from latency.
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- L F van Dyk
- Department of Pathology and Immunology and Department of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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Card GL, Knowles P, Laman H, Jones N, McDonald NQ. Crystal structure of a gamma-herpesvirus cyclin-cdk complex. EMBO J 2000; 19:2877-88. [PMID: 10856233 PMCID: PMC203358 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.12.2877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2000] [Revised: 04/20/2000] [Accepted: 04/20/2000] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Several gamma-herpesviruses encode proteins related to the mammalian cyclins, regulatory subunits of cyclin-dependent kinases (cdks) essential for cell cycle progression. We report a 2.5 A crystal structure of a full-length oncogenic viral cyclin from gamma-herpesvirus 68 complexed with cdk2. The viral cyclin binds cdk2 with an orientation different from cyclin A and makes several novel interactions at the interface, yet it activates cdk2 by triggering conformational changes similar to cyclin A. Sequences within the viral cyclin N-terminus lock part of the cdk2 T-loop within the core of the complex. These sequences and others are conserved amongst the viral and cellular D-type cyclins, suggesting that this structure has wider implications for other cyclin-cdk complexes. The observed resistance of this viral cyclin-cdk complex to inhibition by the p27(KIP:) cdk inhibitor is explained by sequence and conformational variation in the cyclin rendering the p27(KIP:)-binding site on the cyclin subunit non-functional.
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- G L Card
- Structural Biology and Gene Expression Laboratories, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, Holborn, London WC2A 3PX, UK
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Cyclins are regulatory subunits of the cyclin-dependent protein kinases (CDKs). Members of this serine-threonine kinase family regulate the progression of cells through the division cycle. Until some years ago, cyclins were presumed to be encoded exclusively by eukaryotic cells. However, sequencing in 1996 of a simian herpesvirus, the herpesvirus saimiri, uncovered an open reading frame with sequence similarity to cellular cyclins. What at the time was a surprise for virologists and cell biologists alike, has become an accepted occurrence now. Eight different cyclin-encoding viruses have been described to date. One of them is the recently discovered human herpesvirus 8 (KSHV) suspected to cause Kaposi's sarcoma and certain B cell-lymphoproliferations in man. The significance of virus-encoded cyclins in the viral life cycle is currently unclear. However, the link between specific cellular cyclins and cancer suggests that virus-encoded cyclins could be involved in oncogenic events associated with these cyclin-encoding viruses.
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- S Mittnacht
- Section of Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratory, London, UK
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D-type cyclin homologs have been found in the genomes of herpesviruses associated with neoplasias. They appear to exploit features of G(1) cyclins but extend their properties to allow for deregulation of the cell cycle. Advances in the study of the molecular basis for these novel features as well as the potential role of viral cyclins in tumorigenesis are addressed.
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- H Laman
- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, WC2A 3PX, UK
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Endicott JA, Noble ME, Tucker JA. Cyclin-dependent kinases: inhibition and substrate recognition. Curr Opin Struct Biol 1999; 9:738-44. [PMID: 10607671 DOI: 10.1016/s0959-440x(99)00038-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Four unresolved issues of cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) regulation have been addressed by structural studies this year - the mechanism of CDK inhibition by members of the INK4 family of CDK inhibitors, consensus substrate sequence recognition by CDKs, the role of the cyclin subunit in substrate recognition and the structural mechanism underlying CDK inhibition by phosphorylation.
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- J A Endicott
- Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Biochemistry, Oxford Centre for Molecular Sciences, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK.
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A modern approach to protein crystallography relies as much on molecular biology as on the 'core' crystallographic disciplines. Some recent, biologically significant structure determinations have demonstrated this and show the importance of new third generation synchrotron sources. Novel uses of well known phasing techniques have also been valuable in these structure determinations. For the majority of structures, advances in phasing techniques, data collection and processing and the associated computer programs have led to more effective structure determinations.
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- J C Beauchamp
- Department of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK
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