Herpes viral cyclin/Cdk6 complexes evade inhibition by CDK inhibitor proteins

Charles Swanton, David J. Mann, Bernhard Fleckenstein, Frank Neipel, Gordon Peters and Nic Jones ()
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Charles Swanton: Imperial Cancer Research Fund
David J. Mann: Imperial Cancer Research Fund
Bernhard Fleckenstein: Institut für Klinische und Molekulare Virologie, Friedrich-Alexander Universität
Frank Neipel: Institut für Klinische und Molekulare Virologie, Friedrich-Alexander Universität
Gordon Peters: Imperial Cancer Research Fund
Nic Jones: Imperial Cancer Research Fund

Nature, 1997, vol. 390, issue 6656, 184-187

Abstract: Abstract The passage of mammalian cells through the restriction point into the S phase of the cell cycle is regulated by the activities of Cdk4 and Cdk6 complexed with the D-type cyclins and by cyclin E/Cdk2 (refs 1,2,3). The activities of these holoenzymes are constrained by CDK inhibitory proteins4,5. The importance of the restriction point is illustrated by its deregulation in many tumour cells6,7 and upon infection with DNA tumour viruses8. Here we describe the properties of cyclins encoded by two herpesviruses, herpesvirus saimiri (HVS) which can transform blood lymphocytes9 and induce malignancies of lymphoid origin in New World primates9,10, and human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) implicated as a causative agent of Kaposi's sarcoma and body cavity lymphomas11,12. Both viral cyclins form active kinase complexes with Cdk6 that are resistant to inhibition by the CDK inhibitors p16Ink4a, p21Cip1and p27Kip1. Furthermore, ectopic expression of a viral cyclin prevents G1 arrest imposed by each inhibitor and stimulates cell-cycle progression in quiescent fibroblasts. These results suggest a new mechanism for deregulation of the cell cycle and indicate that the viral cyclins may contribute to the oncogenic nature of these viruses.

Date: 1997
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