COP9 Signalosome Subunit Csn8 Is Involved in Maintaining Proper Duration of the G1 Phase
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The COP9 signalosome (CSN) is a conserved protein complex known to be involved in developmental processes of eukaryotic organisms. Genetic disruption of a CSN gene causes arrest during early embryonic development in mice. The Csn8 subunit is the smallest and the least conserved subunit, being absent from the CSN complex of several fungal species. Nevertheless, Csn8 is an integral component of the CSN complex in higher eukaryotes, where it is essential for life. By characterizing the mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) that express Csn8 at a low level, we found that Csn8 plays an important role in maintaining the proper duration of the G1 phase of the cell cycle. A decreased level of Csn8, either in Csn8 hypomorphic MEFs or following siRNA-mediated knockdown in HeLa cells, accelerated cell growth rate. Csn8 hypomorphic MEFs exhibited a shortened G1 duration and affected expression of G1 regulators. In contrast to Csn8, down-regulation of Csn5 impaired cell proliferation. Csn5 proteins were found both as a component of the CSN complex and outside of CSN (Csn5-f), and the amount of Csn5-f relative to CSN was increased in the Csn8 hypomorphic cells. We conclude that CSN harbors both positive and negative regulators of the cell cycle and therefore is poised to influence the fate of a cell at the crossroad of cell division, differentiation, and senescence.
- Yale University United States
- University of South Dakota United States
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Male, Mice, Knockout, COP9 Signalosome Complex, Blotting, Western, G1 Phase, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Proteins, Fibroblasts, Embryo, Mammalian, Mice, Multiprotein Complexes, Animals, Humans, Female, RNA Interference, Carrier Proteins, Cells, Cultured, Cell Proliferation, HeLa Cells, Peptide Hydrolases
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