Stress-mediated exit to quiescence restricted by increasing persistence in CDK4/6 activation

  1. Hee Won Yang  Is a corresponding author
  2. Steven D Cappell
  3. Ariel Jaimovich
  4. Chad Liu
  5. Mingyu Chung
  6. Leighton H Daigh
  7. Lindsey R Pack
  8. Yilin Fan
  9. Sergi Regot
  10. Markus Covert
  11. Tobias Meyer  Is a corresponding author
  1. Columbia University, United States
  2. NIH, United States
  3. Stanford University, United States
  4. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States

Abstract

Mammalian cells typically start the cell-cycle entry program by activating cyclin-dependent protein kinase 4/6 (CDK4/6). CDK4/6 activity is clinically relevant as mutations, deletions, and amplifications that increase CDK4/6 activity contribute to the progression of many cancers. However, when CDK4/6 is activated relative to CDK2 remained incompletely understood. Here we developed a reporter system to simultaneously monitor CDK4/6 and CDK2 activities in single cells and found that CDK4/6 activity increases rapidly before CDK2 activity gradually increases, and that CDK4/6 activity can be active after mitosis or inactive for variable time periods. Markedly, stress signals in G1 can rapidly inactivate CDK4/6 to return cells to quiescence but with reduced probability as cells approach S phase. Together, our study reveals a regulation of G1 length by temporary inactivation of CDK4/6 activity after mitosis, and a progressively increasing persistence in CDK4/6 activity that restricts cells from returning to quiescence as cells approach S phase.

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  1. Hee Won Yang

    Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, United States
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  2. Steven D Cappell

    NCI, NIH, Bethesda, United States
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  3. Ariel Jaimovich

    Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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  4. Chad Liu

    Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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  5. Mingyu Chung

    Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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  6. Leighton H Daigh

    Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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  7. Lindsey R Pack

    Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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  8. Yilin Fan

    Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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  9. Sergi Regot

    Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States
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  10. Markus Covert

    Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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  11. Tobias Meyer

    Department of Chemical and Systems Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, United States
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    tobias1@stanford.edu
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National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM127026)

  • Tobias Meyer

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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  1. Hee Won Yang
  2. Steven D Cappell
  3. Ariel Jaimovich
  4. Chad Liu
  5. Mingyu Chung
  6. Leighton H Daigh
  7. Lindsey R Pack
  8. Yilin Fan
  9. Sergi Regot
  10. Markus Covert
  11. Tobias Meyer
(2020)
Stress-mediated exit to quiescence restricted by increasing persistence in CDK4/6 activation
eLife 9:e44571.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44571

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