Mouse development and cell proliferation in the absence of D-cyclins - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2004 Aug 20;118(4):477-91.

doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2004.07.025.

Maria A Ciemerych, Vivienne I Rebel, Hirokazu Shigematsu, Agnieszka Zagozdzon, Ewa Sicinska, Yan Geng, Qunyan Yu, Shoumo Bhattacharya, Roderick T Bronson, Koichi Akashi, Piotr Sicinski

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Mouse development and cell proliferation in the absence of D-cyclins

Katarzyna Kozar et al. Cell. 2004.

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Abstract

D-type cyclins (cyclins D1, D2, and D3) are regarded as essential links between cell environment and the core cell cycle machinery. We tested the requirement for D-cyclins in mouse development and in proliferation by generating mice lacking all D-cyclins. We found that these cyclin D1(-/-)D2(-/-)D3(-/-) mice develop until mid/late gestation and die due to heart abnormalities combined with a severe anemia. Our analyses revealed that the D-cyclins are critically required for the expansion of hematopoietic stem cells. In contrast, cyclin D-deficient fibroblasts proliferate nearly normally but show increased requirement for mitogenic stimulation in cell cycle re-entry. We found that the proliferation of cyclin D1(-/-)D2(-/-)D3(-/-) cells is resistant to the inhibition by p16(INK4a), but it critically depends on CDK2. Lastly, we found that cells lacking D-cyclins display reduced susceptibility to the oncogenic transformation. Our results reveal the presence of alternative mechanisms that allow cell cycle progression in a cyclin D-independent fashion.

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