P27Kip1 regulates cell cycle progression by modulating the expression of p21Cip1
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ABSTRACT: In addition to its classical role as a CDK inhibitor, p27 also acts as a transcriptional regulator. We found that at early passages, embryonic fibroblasts from p27-/- mouse show reduced expression of genes involved in DNA replication and progress slowly through the cell cycle. These cells have high levels of p21 that associate with cyclin-cdk2 complexes and reduce their activity. Decreasing p21 in these cells elevates cdk2 activity and DNA replication. We observed that silencing p27 in cells induces p21 transcription. Interestingly, the transcription factor Pitx2 is up-regulated in p27-/- cells. We found that p27 associates with a regulatory domain of the Pitx2 gene and represses its expression. In turn, Pitx2 associates with p21 promoter and induces its transcription. Moreover, reducing Pitx2 in p27-/- cells decreases p21 levels. These findings indicate that p27 controls cell cycle progression by regulating Pitx2-mediated expression of p21.
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Serena Orlando
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-2790 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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