Reverse Mutational Analysis Reveals Threonine-373 As a Potentially Sufficient Phosphorylation Site for Inactivation of the Retinoblastoma Tumor Suppressor Protein (Prb).
From: The Department of Pharmacological and Physiological Sciences, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63104, USA.
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)
- Publish Date: Aug 2006
- ISSN: 1551-4005
- Volume: 5
- Issue: 15
- Pages: 1699-707
- Medium: Internet
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Lents Nathan H, Gorges Laura L, Baldassare Joseph J, et al. Reverse Mutational Analysis Reveals Threonine-373 As a Potentially Sufficient Phosphorylation Site for Inactivation of the Retinoblastoma Tumor Suppressor Protein (Prb).. Cell Cycle Aug 2006;5:1699-707
Abstract
Previous studies in our laboratory have shown that constitutive cyclin E expression can alleviate the requirement for cyclin D-CDK activity in the inactivation of the retinoblastoma protein (pRb). Rb(DeltaCDK), a mutant construct of pRb with 15 of the 16 CDK phosphorylation sites mutated to alanine represses activation of E2F by mitogen, despite cyclin E overexpression. However, restoration of the four cyclin E-CDK2 phosphorylation sites to Rb(DeltaCDK) renders this construct sensitive to inactivation by CDK phosphorylation. In the present study, we engage a “reverse mutational analysis” by restoring cyclin E-CDK2 phosphorylation sites to Rb(DeltaCDK) individually and in combinations in an attempt to discover phosphorylation sites on Rb that are critical for inactivation. Surprisingly, we report that, in both rodent and human cells, restoration of threonine-373 to Rb(DeltaCDK), alone or in combination with other phospho-restorations, results in a loss of the constitutively repressive effect of this construct on E2F activation. Further, induction of endogenous cyclin A protein is blocked by Rb(DeltaCDK), but not by mutants of Rb(DeltaCDK) containing a restored threonine-373. Finally, while S phase entry is blocked by expression of Rb(DeltaCDK), restoration of threonine-373 largely attenuates this effect. These findings reveal that phosphorylation of threonine-373 by CDK2-cyclin E represent a potentially crucial event in the inactivation of the pRb protein.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, CHO Cells, Cells, Cultured, Cricetinae, Cricetulus, Cyclin A, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2, DNA Mutational Analysis, E2F Transcription Factors, Humans, Mutant Proteins, Mutation, Phosphorylation, Phosphothreonine, Retinoblastoma Protein, S Phase
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