RNA Inhibition Highlights Cyclin D1 as a Potential Therapeutic Target for Mantle Cell Lymphoma
Shiri WeinsteinRafi EmmanuelAshley M. JacobiAbraham AvigdorMark A. BehlkeAndrew SpragueTatiana I. NovobrantsevaArnon NaglerDan Peer
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Mantle cell lymphoma is characterized by a genetic translocation results in aberrant overexpression of the CCND1 gene, which encodes cyclin D1. This protein functions as a regulator of the cell cycle progression, hence is considered to play an important role in the pathogenesis of the disease. In this study, we used RNA interference strategies to examine whether cyclin D1 might serve as a therapeutic target for mantle cell lymphoma. Knocking down cyclin D1 resulted in significant growth retardation, cell cycle arrest, and most importantly, induction of apoptosis. These results mark cyclin D1 as a target for mantle cell lymphoma and emphasize the therapeutic potential hidden in its silencing.Keywords:
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Germinal center (GC) B cells surge in their proliferative capacity, which poses a direct risk for B cell malignancies. G1- to S-phase transition is dependent on the expression and stability of D-type cyclins. We show that cyclin D3 expression specifically regulates dark zone (DZ) GC B cell proliferation. B cell receptor (BCR) stimulation of GC B cells downregulates cyclin D3 but induces c-Myc, which subsequently requires cyclin D3 to exert GC expansion. Control of DZ proliferation requires degradation of cyclin D3, which is dependent on phosphorylation of residue Thr283 and can be bypassed by cyclin D3T283A hyperstabilization as observed in B cell lymphoma. Thereby, selected GC B cells in the light zone potentially require disengagement from BCR signaling to accumulate cyclin D3 and undergo clonal expansion in the DZ.
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The molecular determinants of beta-cell mass expansion remain poorly understood. Cyclin D2 is the major D-type cyclin expressed in beta-cells, essential for adult beta-cell growth. We hypothesized that cyclin D2 could be actively regulated in beta-cells, which could allow mitogenic stimuli to influence beta-cell expansion. Cyclin D2 protein was sharply increased after partial pancreatectomy, but cyclin D2 mRNA was unchanged, suggesting posttranscriptional regulatory mechanisms influence cyclin D2 expression in beta-cells. Consistent with this hypothesis, cyclin D2 protein stability is powerfully regulated in fibroblasts. Threonine 280 of cyclin D2 is phosphorylated, and this residue critically limits D2 stability. We derived transgenic (tg) mice with threonine 280 of cyclin D2 mutated to alanine (T280A) or wild-type cyclin D2 under the control of the insulin promoter. Cyclin D2 T280A protein was expressed at much higher levels than wild-type cyclin D2 protein in beta-cells, despite equivalent expression of tg mRNAs. Cyclin D2 T280A tg mice exhibited a constitutively nuclear cyclin D2 localization in beta-cells, and increased cyclin D2 stability in islets. Interestingly, threonine 280-mutant cyclin D2 tg mice had greatly reduced beta-cell apoptosis, with suppressed expression of proapoptotic genes. Suppressed beta-cell apoptosis in threonine 280-mutant cyclin D2 tg mice resulted in greatly increased beta-cell area in aged mice. Taken together, these data indicate that cyclin D2 is regulated by protein stability in pancreatic beta-cells, that signals that act upon threonine 280 limit cyclin D2 stability in beta-cells, and that threonine 280-mutant cyclin D2 overexpression prolongs beta-cell survival and augments beta-cell mass expansion.
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Abstract Cyclin D2 affects B cell proliferation and differentiation in vivo. It is rate-limiting for B cell receptor (BCR)-dependent proliferation of B cells, and cyclin D2−/− mice lack CD5+(B1) B lymphocytes. We show here that the bone marrow (BM) of cyclin D2−/− mice contains half the numbers of Sca1+B220+ B cell progenitors but normal levels of Sca1+ progenitor cells of other lineages. In addition, clonal analysis of BM from the cyclin D2−/− and cyclin D2+/+ mice confirmed that there were fewer B cell progenitors (B220+) in the cyclin D2−/− mice. In addition, the colonies from cyclin D2−/− mice were less mature (CD19lo) than those from cyclin D2+/+ mice (CD19Hi). The number of mature B2 B cells in vivo is the same in cyclin D2−/− and cyclin D2+/+ animals. Lack of cyclin D2 protein may be compensated by cyclin D3, as cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk)6 coimmunoprecipitates with cyclin D3 but not cyclin D1 from BM mononuclear cells of cyclin D2−/− mice. It is active, as endogenous retinoblastoma protein is phosphorylated at the cdk6/4-cyclin D-specific sites, S807/811. We conclude that cyclin D2 is rate-limiting for the production of B lymphoid progenitor cells whose proliferation does not depend on BCR signaling.
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Understanding the molecular triggers of pancreatic β-cell proliferation may facilitate the development of regenerative therapies for diabetes. Genetic studies have demonstrated an important role for cyclin D2 in β-cell proliferation and mass homeostasis, but its specific function in β-cell division and mechanism of regulation remain unclear. Here, we report that cyclin D2 is present at high levels in the nucleus of quiescent β-cells in vivo. The major regulator of cyclin D2 expression is glucose, acting via glycolysis and calcium channels in the β-cell to control cyclin D2 mRNA levels. Furthermore, cyclin D2 mRNA is down-regulated during S-G2-M phases of each β-cell division, via a mechanism that is also affected by glucose metabolism. Thus, glucose metabolism maintains high levels of nuclear cyclin D2 in quiescent β-cells and modulates the down-regulation of cyclin D2 in replicating β-cells. These data challenge the standard model for regulation of cyclin D2 during the cell division cycle and suggest cyclin D2 as a molecular link between glucose levels and β-cell replication.
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The D-type cyclins promote progression through the G phase of the cell cycle and may provide a link between growth factors and the cell cycle machinery. We determined the nucleotide sequence of the 5′-flanking region of the human cyclin D2 and cyclin D3 genes and identified the transcription start sites. Analysis of the upstream sequences required for transcription of the cyclin D2 and cyclin D3 genes in continuously dividing cells revealed marked differences in their regulatory elements. In the cyclin D2 gene positive elements were localized between positions −306 and −114 relative to the ATG codon at +1. Additional positive elements were localized between −444 and −345, whereas sequences that reduced transcription were identified between nucleotides −1624 and −892. In the cyclin D3 gene all of the positive elements required for maximal transcription were localized between nucleotides −366 and −167, and no negative elements were found. The activities of a reporter gene linked to the upstream regulatory sequences of the cyclin D2 gene but not the cyclin D3 gene were induced when starved cells were serum stimulated. This suggests that although the abundance of both the cyclin D2 and cyclin D3 mRNAs is increased by serum stimulation, only the cyclin D2 gene is up-regulated at the transcriptional level. Sequences between nucleotides −306 and −1624 of the cyclin D2 gene were necessary for serum inducibility. The D-type cyclins promote progression through the G phase of the cell cycle and may provide a link between growth factors and the cell cycle machinery. We determined the nucleotide sequence of the 5′-flanking region of the human cyclin D2 and cyclin D3 genes and identified the transcription start sites. Analysis of the upstream sequences required for transcription of the cyclin D2 and cyclin D3 genes in continuously dividing cells revealed marked differences in their regulatory elements. In the cyclin D2 gene positive elements were localized between positions −306 and −114 relative to the ATG codon at +1. Additional positive elements were localized between −444 and −345, whereas sequences that reduced transcription were identified between nucleotides −1624 and −892. In the cyclin D3 gene all of the positive elements required for maximal transcription were localized between nucleotides −366 and −167, and no negative elements were found. The activities of a reporter gene linked to the upstream regulatory sequences of the cyclin D2 gene but not the cyclin D3 gene were induced when starved cells were serum stimulated. This suggests that although the abundance of both the cyclin D2 and cyclin D3 mRNAs is increased by serum stimulation, only the cyclin D2 gene is up-regulated at the transcriptional level. Sequences between nucleotides −306 and −1624 of the cyclin D2 gene were necessary for serum inducibility.
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Cyclin D2 affects B cell proliferation and differentiation in vivo. It is rate-limiting for B cell receptor (BCR)-dependent proliferation of B cells, and cyclin D2 / mice lack CD5(B1) B lymphocytes. We show here that the bone marrow (BM) of cyclin D2 / mice contains half the num- bers of Sca1B220 B cell progenitors but nor- mal levels of Sca1 progenitor cells of other lin- eages. In addition, clonal analysis of BM from the cyclin D2 / and cyclin D2 / mice confirmed that there were fewer B cell progenitors (B220) in the cyclin D2 / mice. In addition, the colonies from cyclin D2 / mice were less mature (CD19 lo ) than those from cyclin D2 / mice (CD19 Hi ). The number of mature B2 B cells in vivo is the same in cyclin D2 / and cyclin D2 / animals. Lack of cyclin D2 protein may be compensated by cyclin D3, as cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk)6 coimmuno- precipitates with cyclin D3 but not cyclin D1 from BM mononuclear cells of cyclin D2 / mice. It is active, as endogenous retinoblastoma protein is phosphorylated at the cdk6/4-cyclin D-specific sites, S 807/811 . We conclude that cyclin D2 is rate- limiting for the production of B lymphoid progen- itor cells whose proliferation does not depend on BCR signaling. J. Leukoc. Biol. 74: 1139-1143; 2003.
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Abstract Peritoneal B-1a cells differ from splenic B-2 cells in the molecular mechanisms that control G0-S progression. In contrast to B-2 cells, cyclin D2 is up-regulated in a rapid and transient manner in phorbol ester (PMA)-stimulated B-1a cells, whereas cyclin D3 does not accumulate until late G1 phase. This nonoverlapping expression of cyclins D2 and D3 suggests distinct functions for these proteins in B-1a cells. To investigate the contribution of cyclin D3 in the proliferation of B-1a cells, we transduced p16INK4a peptidyl mimetics (TAT-p16) into B-1a cells before cyclin D3 induction to specifically block cyclin D3-cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 assembly. TAT-p16 inhibited DNA synthesis in B-1a cells stimulated by PMA, CD40L, or LPS as well as endogenous pRb phosphorylation by cyclin D-cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6. Unexpectedly, however, cyclin D3-deficient B-1a cells proliferated in a manner similar to wild-type B-1a cells following PMA or LPS stimulation. This was due, at least in part, to the compensatory sustained accumulation of cyclin D2 throughout G0-S progression. Taken together, experiments in which cyclin D3 was inhibited in real time demonstrate the key role this cyclin plays in normal B-1a cell mitogenesis, whereas experiments with cyclin D3-deficient B-1a cells show that cyclin D2 can compensate for cyclin D3 loss in mutant mice.
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