PMID- 10611320 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000127 LR - 20190501 IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 96 IP - 26 DP - 1999 Dec 21 TI - Transforming growth factor beta targeted inactivation of cyclin E:cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2) complexes by inhibition of Cdk2 activating kinase activity. PG - 14961-6 AB - Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta)-mediated G(1) arrest previously has been shown to specifically target inactivation of cyclin D:cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) 4/6 complexes. We report here that TGF-beta-treated human HepG2 hepatocellular carcinoma cells arrest in G(1), but retain continued cyclin D:Cdk4/6 activity and active, hypophosphorylated retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein. Consistent with this observation, TGF-beta-treated cells failed to induce p15(INK4b), down-regulate CDC25A, or increase levels of p21(CIP1), p27(KIP1), and p57(KIP2). However, TGF-beta treatment resulted in the specific inactivation of cyclin E:Cdk2 complexes caused by absence of the activating Thr(160) phosphorylation on Cdk2. Whole-cell lysates from TGF-beta-treated cells showed inhibition of Cdk2 Thr(160) Cdk activating kinase (CAK) activity; however, cyclin H:Cdk7 activity, a previously assumed mammalian CAK, was not altered. Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains a genetically and biochemically proven CAK gene, CAK1, that encodes a monomeric 44-kDa Cak1p protein unrelated to Cdk7. Anti-Cak1p antibodies cross-reacted with a 45-kDa human protein with CAK activity that was specifically down-regulated in response to TGF-beta treatment. Taken together, these observations demonstrate that TGF-beta signaling mediates a G(1) arrest in HepG2 cells by targeting Cdk2 CAK and suggests the presence of at least two mammalian CAKs: one specific for Cdk2 and one for Cdk4/6. FAU - Nagahara, H AU - Nagahara H AD - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Pathology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. FAU - Ezhevsky, S A AU - Ezhevsky SA FAU - Vocero-Akbani, A M AU - Vocero-Akbani AM FAU - Kaldis, P AU - Kaldis P FAU - Solomon, M J AU - Solomon MJ FAU - Dowdy, S F AU - Dowdy SF LA - eng GR - R01 GM047830/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM47830/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (CCNH protein, human) RN - 0 (Cyclin E) RN - 0 (Cyclin H) RN - 0 (Cyclins) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta) RN - 2ZD004190S (Threonine) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDC2-CDC28 Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (CDK2 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (Cyclin-Dependent Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.22 (cyclin-dependent kinase-activating kinase) SB - IM MH - *CDC2-CDC28 Kinases MH - Cyclin E/*metabolism MH - Cyclin H MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2 MH - Cyclin-Dependent Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Cyclins/metabolism MH - Down-Regulation MH - Enzyme Activation MH - G1 Phase/*drug effects MH - Humans MH - Models, Biological MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Threonine/metabolism MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta/*pharmacology MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured PMC - PMC24755 EDAT- 1999/12/28 00:00 MHDA- 1999/12/28 00:01 CRDT- 1999/12/28 00:00 PHST- 1999/12/28 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/12/28 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/12/28 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1073/pnas.96.26.14961 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Dec 21;96(26):14961-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.26.14961.