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Forkhead transcription factors contribute to execution of the mitotic programme in mammals.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  11607034     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Cell cycle progression is a process that is tightly controlled by internal and external signals. Environmental cues, such as those provided by growth factors, activate early signals that promote cell cycle entry. Cells that have progressed past the restriction point become independent of growth factors, and cell cycle progression is then controlled endogenously. The phosphatidylinositol 3OH kinase (PI(3)K)/protein kinase B (PKB) pathway must be activated in G1 to inactivate forkhead transcription factors (FKH-TFs) and allow cell cycle entry. Here we show that subsequent attenuation of the PI(3)K/PKB pathway is required to allow transcriptional activation of FKH-TF in G2. FKH-TF activity in G2 controls mammalian cell cycle termination, as interference with FKH transcriptional activation by disrupting PI(3)K/PKB downregulation, or by expressing a transcriptionally inactive FKH mutant, induces cell accumulation in G2/M, defective cytokinesis, and delayed transition from M to G1 of the cell cycle. We demonstrate that FKH-TFs regulate expression of mitotic genes such as cyclin B and polo-like kinase (Plk). Our results support the important role of forkhead in the control of mammalian cell cycle completion, and suggest that efficient execution of the mitotic programme depends on downregulation of PI(3)K/PKB and consequent induction of FKH transcriptional activity.
Authors:
B Alvarez; C Martínez-A; B M Burgering; A C Carrera
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Nature     Volume:  413     ISSN:  0028-0836     ISO Abbreviation:  Nature     Publication Date:  2001 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2001-10-18     Completed Date:  2001-12-05     Revised Date:  2011-11-02    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0410462     Medline TA:  Nature     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  744-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Immunology and Oncology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, Madrid E-28049, Spain.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
3T3 Cells
Animals
Cell Cycle Proteins
Cyclin B / genetics*
DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism
Endoplasmic Reticulum / metabolism
Forkhead Transcription Factors
G2 Phase
Gene Expression Regulation
Genes, cdc
Humans
Mice
Mitosis / physiology*
Nuclear Proteins / physiology*
Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / metabolism*
Phosphorylation
Protein Kinases / genetics*
Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases*
Proto-Oncogene Proteins / metabolism
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt
Signal Transduction
Transcription Factors / metabolism,  physiology*
Transcription, Genetic
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cell Cycle Proteins; 0/Cyclin B; 0/DNA-Binding Proteins; 0/FOXO1 protein, human; 0/Forkhead Transcription Factors; 0/Nuclear Proteins; 0/Proto-Oncogene Proteins; 0/Transcription Factors; EC 2.7.-/Protein Kinases; EC 2.7.1.-/Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; EC 2.7.11.1/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases; EC 2.7.11.1/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt; EC 2.7.11.1/polo-like kinase 1

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