Archipelago regulates Cyclin E levels in Drosophila and is mutated in human cancer cell lines

Kenneth H. Moberg, Daphne W. Bell, Doke C. R. Wahrer, Daniel A. Haber and Iswar K. Hariharan ()
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Kenneth H. Moberg: Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Daphne W. Bell: Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Doke C. R. Wahrer: Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Daniel A. Haber: Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
Iswar K. Hariharan: Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center

Nature, 2001, vol. 413, issue 6853, 311-316

Abstract: Abstract During Drosophila development and mammalian embryogenesis, exit from the cell cycle is contingent on tightly controlled downregulation of the activity of Cyclin E–Cdk2 complexes that normally promote the transition from G1 to S phase1,2. Although protein degradation has a crucial role in downregulating levels of Cyclin E, many of the proteins that function in degradation of Cyclin E have not been identified. In a screen for Drosophila mutants that display increased cell proliferation, we identified archipelago, a gene encoding a protein with an F-box and seven tandem WD (tryptophan-aspartic acid) repeats. Here we show that archipelago mutant cells have persistently elevated levels of Cyclin E protein without increased levels of cyclin E RNA. They are under-represented in G1 fractions and continue to proliferate when their wild-type neighbours become quiescent. The Archipelago protein binds directly to Cyclin E and probably targets it for ubiquitin-mediated degradation. A highly conserved human homologue is present and is mutated in four cancer cell lines including three of ten derived from ovarian carcinomas. These findings implicate archipelago in developmentally regulated degradation of Cyclin E and potentially in the pathogenesis of human cancers.

Date: 2001
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