An alternative cell cycle coordinates multiciliated cell differentiation

Semil P. Choksi (), Lauren E. Byrnes, Mia J. Konjikusic, Benedict W. H. Tsai, Rachel Deleon, Quanlong Lu, Christopher J. Westlake and Jeremy F. Reiter ()
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Semil P. Choksi: University of California, San Francisco
Lauren E. Byrnes: University of California, San Francisco
Mia J. Konjikusic: University of California, San Francisco
Benedict W. H. Tsai: University of California, San Francisco
Rachel Deleon: University of California, San Francisco
Quanlong Lu: National Institutes of Health
Christopher J. Westlake: National Institutes of Health
Jeremy F. Reiter: University of California, San Francisco

Nature, 2024, vol. 630, issue 8015, 214-221

Abstract: Abstract The canonical mitotic cell cycle coordinates DNA replication, centriole duplication and cytokinesis to generate two cells from one1. Some cells, such as mammalian trophoblast giant cells, use cell cycle variants like the endocycle to bypass mitosis2. Differentiating multiciliated cells, found in the mammalian airway, brain ventricles and reproductive tract, are post-mitotic but generate hundreds of centrioles, each of which matures into a basal body and nucleates a motile cilium3,4. Several cell cycle regulators have previously been implicated in specific steps of multiciliated cell differentiation5,6. Here we show that differentiating multiciliated cells integrate cell cycle regulators into a new alternative cell cycle, which we refer to as the multiciliation cycle. The multiciliation cycle redeploys many canonical cell cycle regulators, including cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and their cognate cyclins. For example, cyclin D1, CDK4 and CDK6, which are regulators of mitotic G1-to-S progression, are required to initiate multiciliated cell differentiation. The multiciliation cycle amplifies some aspects of the canonical cell cycle, such as centriole synthesis, and blocks others, such as DNA replication. E2F7, a transcriptional regulator of canonical S-to-G2 progression, is expressed at high levels during the multiciliation cycle. In the multiciliation cycle, E2F7 directly dampens the expression of genes encoding DNA replication machinery and terminates the S phase-like gene expression program. Loss of E2F7 causes aberrant acquisition of DNA synthesis in multiciliated cells and dysregulation of multiciliation cycle progression, which disrupts centriole maturation and ciliogenesis. We conclude that multiciliated cells use an alternative cell cycle that orchestrates differentiation instead of controlling proliferation.

Date: 2024
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