title: Mad1 expression in the absence of differentiation: effect of cAMP on the B-lymphoid cell line Reh.
abstract: The protein Mad1 heterodimerizes with Max to form an E-box binding complex able to interfere with the transcriptional and transforming activities of c-Myc. Downregulation of c-Myc accompanied by induction of Mad1 upon differentiation has fueled the notion that Mad1 may play a role in the cessation of proliferation associated with the differentiation process. Since studies on Mad1 expression have so far been limited to cells undergoing differentiation, it was of interest to examine Mad1 expression in a cell system unable to differentiate. To do so, we utilized the leukemia-derived B-precursor cell line, Reh, and studied the expressions of Mad1, c-Myc, Mxil, and Max during cAMP-mediated growth inhibition of these cells. Thus, the adenylate cyclase activator forskolin induced growth inhibition of the cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. This growth inhibition was associated with transient increased expression of Mad1 concomitant with transient downregulation of c-Myc. The Mad1 protein levels essentially paralleled those of mRNA, with peak levels at 4 h of forskolin treatment. By coimmunoprecipitation we detected increased binding of Mad1 to Max in forskolin-treated cells, indicating that the changes in Mad1 protein levels had functional implications. By continually treating Reh cells with forskolin for 72 h, we observed a sustained elevated expression of Mad1 concomitant with downregulated c-Myc expression, still without changing the differentiation profile of the Reh cells. Interestingly, we showed that other known cell cycle regulatory proteins also were transiently regulated by forskolin. To this extent, following forskolin treatment of Reh cells, cyclin E-cdk2 activity was transiently reduced concomitant with dephosphorylation of pRB. We suggest that the early changes in Mad1 and the cell cycle regulatory proteins initiate a chain of events resulting in permanent growth arrest. Thus, the increased expression of Mad1 in the absence of differentiation indicates that Mad1 expression in Reh cells is linked to growth arrest per se.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Montebello, Oslo.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Naderi
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Blomhoff
mesh_terms: D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects; D018257:Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D015448:Leukemia, B-Cell; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000187:drug effects; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins
chemical_list: D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D050976:Basic-Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D005576:Colforsin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; C501384:MAD1L1 protein, human; C499330:MAX protein, human; C079440:MXI1 protein, human; C067850:Myc associated factor X