title: SERCA activity is required for timely progression through G1/S.
abstract: Changes in intracellular Ca2+ correlate with specific events in the cell cycle. Here we investigated the role of Ca2+ in the G1 phase. HEK 293 cells were arrested in mitosis and subjected to short-term treatments that alter Ca2+ homeostasis prior to their release into G1. Treatment with thapsigargin (TG), an irreversible inhibitor of the sarco-endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) lengthened the G1 phase. Moreover, TG treatment also resulted in a dramatic alteration in cellular morphology and attachment and in the reduction of MAPK activity and lower levels of cyclin D1 and cyclin E proteins. Treatments with reagents that transiently increase or decrease cytosolic Ca2+ or that temporarily inactivate SERCA did not alter any of the above parameters. Cells expressing a TG-resistant form of SERCA progressed normally through the G1/S transition after TG treatment. These results suggest that long-term SERCA inactivation affects cell cycle-dependent events and compromises progression through G1/S.
authors: Banting and Best Department of Medical Research, University of Toronto, ON, Canada. simon_viviana@hotmail.com
authors: V R
authors: VR
authors: Simon
authors: M F
authors: MF
authors: Moran
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D019938:Cyclin D1 / Q000378:metabolism; D019927:Cyclin E / Q000378:metabolism; D016193:G1 Phase / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D016196:S Phase / Q000187:drug effects; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D019284:Thapsigargin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D019927:Cyclin E; D019938:Cyclin D1; D019284:Thapsigargin; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D002118:Calcium