D-type cyclins encode G1/S cell cycle checkpoint proteins, which play a crucial role in defining cell cycle exit and progression. Precise control of cell cycle exit is vital during embryonic development, with defects in the pathways regulating intracellular D-type cyclins resulting in abnormal initiation of stem cell differentiation in a variety of different organ systems. Furthermore, stabilisation of D-type cyclins is observed in a wide range of disorders characterized by cellular over-proliferation, including cancers and overgrowth disorders. In this review, we will summarize and compare the roles played by each D-type cyclin during development and provide examples of how their intracellular dysregulation can be an underlying cause of disease.
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Molecules
November 2024
Division of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland.
Neoplastic cells are characterized by uncontrolled cell divisions caused by cell cycle dysregulation. Key regulatory proteins governing the transition from the G1 to the S phase are the CDK4 and CDK6 kinases, which are controlled by D-type cyclins. The CDK4/6 kinases enable the use of these proteins as targets for anticancer therapy because they prevent the growth and the development of malignant cells by inhibiting their activity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Biol Chem
November 2024
Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. Electronic address:
Malignant cells exhibit a high demand for amino acids to sustain their abnormal proliferation. Particularly, the intracellular accumulation of cysteine is often observed in cancer cells. Previous studies have shown that deprivation of intracellular cysteine in cancer cells results in the accumulation of lipid peroxides in the plasma membrane and induction of ferroptotic cell death, indicating that cysteine plays a critical role in the suppression of ferroptosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMol Cell
April 2024
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA. Electronic address:
Although mismatch repair (MMR) is essential for correcting DNA replication errors, it can also recognize other lesions, such as oxidized bases. In G0 and G1, MMR is kept in check through unknown mechanisms as it is error-prone during these cell cycle phases. We show that in mammalian cells, D-type cyclins are recruited to sites of oxidative DNA damage in a PCNA- and p21-dependent manner.
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March 2024
Key Laboratory of Crop Physiology, Ecology, and Genetic Breeding of the Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China.
Background: D-type cyclins (CYCD) regulate the cell cycle G/S transition and are thus closely involved in cell cycle progression. However, little is known about their functions in rice.
Results: We identified 14 CYCD genes in the rice genome and confirmed the presence of characteristic cyclin domains in each.
bioRxiv
January 2024
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
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