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CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES
Volume 58, Issue 7, Pages 990-996Publisher
BIRKHAUSER VERLAG AG
DOI: 10.1007/PL00013204
Keywords
hydrogen peroxide; oxidative stress; cyclin D; MAP kinase; signal transduction; ubiquitin-proteasome pathway
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Activation of mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase is essential for cyclin DI expression and provides a link between mitogenic signalling and cell cycle progression. Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) activates MAP kinase; however, it is not known whether this leads to cyclin D expression. Sustained expression of cyclin D1 and D2 was observed when Her14 fibroblasts were incubated with 3 mM or higher H2O2 concentrations. Similar results were obtained when cells were incubated in the presence of serum (FCS). However, the sustained expression of cyclin D1 and D2 upon H2O2 treatment was not due to the MAP kinase pathway, because MAP kinase kinase inhibitors did not inhibit cyclin D expression. Furthermore, cyclin D1 and D2 levels remained constant even after addition of a protein synthesis inhibitor, indicating that the effect of H2O2 was not due to induction of protein synthesis. These results indicate that H2O2 reversibly inhibits the ubiquitin-proteasome dependent degradation of cyclin D1 and D2, probably by transiently inhibiting ubiquitination and/or the proteasome.
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