c-Jun induces apoptosis of starved BM2 monoblasts by activating cyclin A-CDK2

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VAŇHARA Petr BRYJA Vítězslav HORVÁTH Viktor KOZUBÍK Alois HAMPL Aleš ŠMARDA Jan

Year of publication 2007
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
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Faculty of Science

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Field Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords Jun; cyclin A; CDK2; apoptosis; v-myb-transformed monoblasts
Description c-Jun is one of the major components of the Activating Protein-1 (AP-1), the transcription factor that participates in regulation of proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis. In this study, we explored functional interactions of the c-Jun protein with several regulators of the G1/S transition in serum-deprived v-myb-transformed chicken monoblasts BM2. We show that the c-Jun protein induces expression of cyclin A, thus up-regulating activity of cyclin A-associated cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2), and causing massive programmed cell death of starved BM2cJUN cells. Specific inhibition of CDK2 suppresses frequency of apoptosis of BM2cJUN cells. We conclude that up-regulation of cyclin A-expression and CDK2 activity can represent important link between the c-Jun protein, cell cycle machinery and programmed cell death pathway in leukemic cells.
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