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ArticleThe EMBO journal2018

Chk1 and 14-3-3 proteins inhibit atypical E2Fs to prevent a permanent cell cycle arrest.

Ruixue Yuan, Harmjan R Vos, Robert M van Es, Jing Chen, Boudewijn Mt Burgering, Bart Westendorp, Alain de Bruin

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ruixue YuanDepartment of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Harmjan R VosMolecular Cancer Research, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Robert M van EsMolecular Cancer Research, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Jing ChenDepartment of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Boudewijn Mt BurgeringMolecular Cancer Research, Center for Molecular Medicine, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Bart WestendorpDepartment of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands b.westendorp@uu.nl a.debruin@uu.nl.ORCID 0000-0003-1043-3638
Alain de BruinDepartment of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands b.westendorp@uu.nl a.debruin@uu.nl.ORCID 0000-0001-8579-2649
Utrecht University · NLUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The atypical E2Fs, E2F7 and E2F8, act as potent transcriptional repressors of DNA replication genes providing them with the ability to induce a permanent S-phase arrest and suppress tumorigenesis. Surprisingly in human cancer, transcript levels of atypical E2Fs are frequently elevated in proliferating cancer cells, suggesting that the tumor suppressor functions of atypical E2Fs might be inhibited through unknown post-translational mechanisms. Here, we show that atypical E2Fs can be directly phosphorylated by checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1) to prevent a permanent cell cycle arrest. We found that 14-3-3 protein isoforms interact with both E2Fs in a Chk1-dependent manner. Strikingly, Chk1 phosphorylation and 14-3-3-binding did not relocate or degrade atypical E2Fs, but instead, 14-3-3 is recruited to E2F7/8 target gene promoters to possibly interfere with transcription. We observed that high levels of 14-3-3 strongly correlate with upregulated transcription of atypical E2F target genes in human cancer. Thus, we reveal that Chk1 and 14-3-3 proteins cooperate to inactivate the transcriptional repressor functions of atypical E2Fs. This mechanism might be of particular importance to cancer cells, since they are exposed frequently to DNA-damaging therapeutic reagents.

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14-3-3 ProteinsApoptosisCell Cycle CheckpointsCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalCheckpoint Kinase 1DNA ReplicationE2F7 Transcription FactorHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansNeoplasmsPhosphorylationPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingProtein Biosynthesis14-3-3 ProteinsCheckpoint Kinase 1CHEK1 protein, humanE2F7 protein, humanE2F7 Transcription FactorE2F8 protein, humanRepressor Proteins14‐3‐3 proteinsatypical E2Fscell cyclecheckpoint kinase 1DNA damage

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PMID29363506
PMCPMC5830916
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