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DEVELOPMENTAL CELL
Volume 6, Issue 5, Pages 661-672Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/S1534-5807(04)00131-5
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Although Skp2 has; been thought to mediate the degradation of p27 at the G(1)-S transition, Skp2(-/-) cells exhibit accumulation of p27 in S-G(2) phase with over-replication. We demonstrate that Skp2(-/-)p27(-/-) mice do not exhibit the overreplication phenotype, suggesting that p27 accumulation is required for its development. Hepatocytes of Skp2(-/-) mice entered the endoduplication cycle after mitogenic stimulation, whereas this phenotype was not apparent in Skp2(-/-)p27(-/-) mice. Cdc2-associated kinase activity was lower in Skp2(-/-) cells than in wild-type cells, and a reduction in Cdc2 activity was sufficient to induce overreplication. The lack of p27 degradation in G(2) phase in Skp2(-/-) cells may thus result in suppression of Cdc2 activity and consequent inhibition of entry into M phase. These data suggest that p27 proteolysis is necessary for the activation of not only Cdk2 but also Cdc2, and that Skp2 contributes to regulation of G(2)-M progression by mediating the degradation of p27.
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