Cyclin F drives proliferation through SCF-dependent degradation of the retinoblastoma-like tumor suppressor p130/RBL2

  1. Taylor P Enrico
  2. Wayne Stallaert
  3. Elizaveta T Wick
  4. Peter Ngoi
  5. Xianxi Wang
  6. Seth M Rubin
  7. Nicholas G Brown
  8. Jeremy Purvis
  9. Michael J Emanuele  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
  2. University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

Abstract

Cell cycle gene expression programs fuel proliferation and are universally dysregulated in cancer. The retinoblastoma (RB)-family of proteins, RB1, RBL1/p107 and RBL2/p130, coordinately repress cell cycle gene expression, inhibiting proliferation and suppressing tumorigenesis. Phosphorylation of RB-family proteins by cyclin dependent kinases is firmly established. Like phosphorylation, ubiquitination is essential to cell cycle control, and numerous proliferative regulators, tumor suppressors, and oncoproteins are ubiquitinated. However, little is known about the role of ubiquitin signaling in controlling RB-family proteins. A systems genetics analysis of CRISPR/Cas9 screens suggested the potential regulation of the RB-network by cyclin F, a substrate recognition receptor for the SCF family of E3 ligases. We demonstrate that RBL2/p130 is a direct substrate of SCFcyclin F. We map a cyclin F regulatory site to a flexible linker in the p130 pocket domain, and show that this site mediates binding, stability, and ubiquitination. Expression of a mutant version of p130, which cannot be ubiquitinated, severely impaired proliferative capacity and cell cycle progression. Consistently, we observed reduced expression of cell cycle gene transcripts, as well a reduced abundance of cell cycle proteins, analyzed by quantitative, iterative immunofluorescent imaging. These data suggest a key role for SCFcyclin F in the CDK-RB network and raise the possibility that aberrant p130 degradation could dysregulate the cell cycle in human cancers.

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Unprocessed, uncropped, immunoblots are made available in the supplemental source data. All raw, unprocessed imaging data is available at Dryad. Raw data related to cell proliferation assays (cell counting and Presto-blue analysis), RT-qPCR, immunoblot quantification for cycloheximide chase experiments and flow cytometry is available in the supplemental source data. All reagents related to this work will be made fully available upon request.

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  1. Taylor P Enrico

    Department of Pharmacology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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  2. Wayne Stallaert

    Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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  3. Elizaveta T Wick

    Department of Pharmacology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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  4. Peter Ngoi

    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States
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  5. Xianxi Wang

    Department of Pharmacology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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  6. Seth M Rubin

    Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, United States
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  7. Nicholas G Brown

    Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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  8. Jeremy Purvis

    Department of Pharmacology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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  9. Michael J Emanuele

    Department of Pharmacology, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States
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Funding

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM120309)

  • Taylor P Enrico
  • Xianxi Wang
  • Michael J Emanuele

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS,T32 GM007040)

  • Taylor P Enrico

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM134231)

  • Taylor P Enrico
  • Xianxi Wang
  • Michael J Emanuele

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R35GM128855)

  • Elizaveta T Wick
  • Nicholas G Brown

American Cancer Society (RSG-18-220-01-TBG)

  • Taylor P Enrico
  • Xianxi Wang
  • Michael J Emanuele

National Cancer Institute (R01CA163834)

  • Elizaveta T Wick

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM127707)

  • Peter Ngoi
  • Seth M Rubin

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM138834)

  • Wayne Stallaert
  • Jeremy Purvis

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (DP2-HD091800)

  • Wayne Stallaert
  • Jeremy Purvis

National Science Foundation (1845796)

  • Jeremy Purvis

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. Taylor P Enrico
  2. Wayne Stallaert
  3. Elizaveta T Wick
  4. Peter Ngoi
  5. Xianxi Wang
  6. Seth M Rubin
  7. Nicholas G Brown
  8. Jeremy Purvis
  9. Michael J Emanuele
(2021)
Cyclin F drives proliferation through SCF-dependent degradation of the retinoblastoma-like tumor suppressor p130/RBL2
eLife 10:e70691.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.70691

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