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Mouse models of cell cycle regulators : New paradigms

Aleem, Eiman and Kaldis, Philipp LU orcid (2006) In Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation 42. p.271-328
Abstract

In yeast, a single cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) is able to regulate diverse cell cycle transitions (S and M phases) by associating with multiple stage-specific cyclins. The evolution of multicellular organisms brought additional layers of cell cycle regulation in the form of numerous Cdks, cyclins and Cdk inhibitors to reflect the higher levels of organismal complexity. Our current knowledge about the mammalian cell cycle emerged from early experiments using human and rodent cell lines, from which we built the current textbook model of cell cycle regulation. In this model, the functions of different cyclin/ Cdk complexes were thought to be specific for each cell cycle phase. In the last decade, studies using genetically engineered mice... (More)

In yeast, a single cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) is able to regulate diverse cell cycle transitions (S and M phases) by associating with multiple stage-specific cyclins. The evolution of multicellular organisms brought additional layers of cell cycle regulation in the form of numerous Cdks, cyclins and Cdk inhibitors to reflect the higher levels of organismal complexity. Our current knowledge about the mammalian cell cycle emerged from early experiments using human and rodent cell lines, from which we built the current textbook model of cell cycle regulation. In this model, the functions of different cyclin/ Cdk complexes were thought to be specific for each cell cycle phase. In the last decade, studies using genetically engineered mice in which cell cycle regulators were targeted revealed many surprises. We discovered the in vivo functions of cell cycle proteins within the context of a living animal and whether they are essential for animal development. In this review, we discuss first the textbook model of cell cycle regulation, followed by a global overview of data obtained from different mouse models. We describe the similarities and differences between the phenotypes of different mouse models including embryonic lethality, sterility, hematopoietic, pancreatic, and placental defects. We also describe the role of key cell cycle regulators in the development of tumors in mice, and the implications of these data for human cancer. Furthermore, animal models in which two or more genes are ablated revealed which cell cycle regulators interact genetically and functionally complement each other. We discuss for example the interaction of cyclin D1 and p27 and the compensation of Cdk2 by Cdc2. We also focus on new functions discovered for certain cell cycle regulators such as the regulation of S phase by Cdc2 and the role of p27 in regulating cell migration. Finally, we conclude the chapter by discussing the limitations of animal models and to what extent can the recent findings be reconciled with the past work to come up with a new model for cell cycle regulation with high levels of redundancy among the molecular players.

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Cell Cycle Regulation
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Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation
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Kaldiss, Philipp
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42
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58 pages
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0080-1844
1861-0412
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3540345523
9783540345527
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10.1007/400_023
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English
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