title: Study of the cytolethal distending toxin-induced cell cycle arrest in HeLa cells: involvement of the CDC25 phosphatase.
abstract: HeLa cells exposed to Escherichia coli cytolethal distending toxins (CDT) arrest their cell cycle at the G2/M transition. We have shown previously that in these cells the CDK1/cyclin B complex is inactive and can be reactivated in vitro using recombinant CDC25 phosphatase. Here we have investigated in vivo the effects of CDC25 on this cell cycle checkpoint. We report that overexpression of CDC25B or CDC25C overrides an established CDT-induced G2 cell cycle arrest and leads the cells to accumulate in an abnormal mitotic stage with condensed chromatin and high CDK1 activity. This effect can be counteracted by coexpression of the WEE1 kinase. In contrast, overexpression of CDC25B or C prior to CDT treatment prevents G2 arrest and allows most of the cells to progress through mitosis with only a low percentage of cells arrested in abnormal mitosis. The implications of these results on the biochemical nature of the CDT-induced cell cycle arrest are discussed.
authors.affiliation: LBCMCP-CNRS, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Escalas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Davezac
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: De Rycke
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Baldin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mazars
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ducommun
mesh_terms: D001427:Bacterial Toxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004926:Escherichia coli; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D020687:cdc25 Phosphatases / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001427:Bacterial Toxins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C067044:cytolethal distending toxin; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C499349:WEE1 protein, human; D020687:cdc25 Phosphatases