Caspase-dependent apoptosis by ectopic expression of E2F-4
- 28 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Oncogene
- Vol. 19 (41) , 4713-4720
- https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1203833
Abstract
E2F is a family of transcription factors which regulates cell cycle and apoptosis of mammalian cells. E2F-1-3 localize in the nucleus, and preferentially bind pRb, while E2F-4 and 5 have no nuclear localization signal and preferentially bind p107/p130. E2F-6 suppresses the transcriptional activity of other E2F proteins. DP-1 and 2 are heterodimeric partners of each E2F protein. Using tetracycline-responsive promoters, here we compared the effects of ectopic expression of E2F-1, DP-1 and E2F-4 on cell cycle progression and apoptosis in Chinese hamster cell lines. We found that E2F-4, as well as DP-1 and E2F-1, induced growth arrest and caspase-dependent apoptosis. E2F-4 did not have a marked effect on cell cycle progression, while E2F-1 induced DNA synthesis of resting cells and DP-1 arrested cells in G1. Ectopic expression of E2F-4 did not activate E2F-dependent transcription. Our results suggest that expression of E2F-4 at elevated levels induces growth arrest and apoptosis of mammalian cells through a mechanism distinct from E2F-1 and DP-1.Keywords
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