title: Involvement of cell cycle elements, cyclin-dependent kinases, pRb, and E2F x DP, in B-amyloid-induced neuronal death.
abstract: Previous evidence by others has indicated that a variety of cell cycle-related molecules are up-regulated in brains of Alzheimer's disease patients. The significance of this increase, however, is unclear. Accordingly, we examined the obligate nature of cyclin-dependent kinases and select downstream targets of these kinases in death of neurons evoked by B-amyloid (AB) protein. We present pharmacological and molecular biological evidence that cyclin-dependent kinases, in particular Cdk4/6, are required for such neuronal death. In addition, we demonstrate that the substrate of Cdk4/6, pRb/p107, is phosphorylated during AB treatment and that one target of pRb/p107, the E2F x DP complex, is required for AB-evoked neuronal death. These results provide evidence that cell cycle elements play a required role in death of neurons evoked by AB and suggest that these elements play an integral role in Alzheimer's disease-related neuronal death.
authors.affiliation: Hoechst Marion Roussel, Neuroscience, Bridgewater, New Jersey 08807, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Giovanni
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wirtz-Brugger
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Keramaris
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Slack
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016923:Cell Death; D002470:Cell Survival; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4; D051361:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D009474:Neurons / Q000473:pathology; D016716:PC12 Cells; D010880:Piperidines / Q000494:pharmacology; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051381:Rats; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D056465:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1; D015398:Signal Transduction; D050680:Transcription Factor DP1; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D016229:Amyloid beta-Peptides; C533431:Arid4a protein, mouse; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C117145:DP-interacting protein, mouse; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D005419:Flavonoids; D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D010880:Piperidines; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein; D056465:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1; D050680:Transcription Factor DP1; D014157:Transcription Factors; C077990:alvocidib; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C495903:Cdk4 protein, rat; C495913:Cdk6 protein, rat; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4; D051361:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6; D018844:Cyclin-Dependent Kinases