title: Role for BRG1 in cell cycle control and tumor suppression.
abstract: Human BRG1, a subunit of the Swi/Snf chromatin remodeling apparatus, has been implicated in regulation of cellular proliferation and is a candidate tumor suppressor. Reintroduction of BRG1 into a breast tumor cell line, ALAB, carrying a defined mutation in the BRG1 gene, induced growth arrest. Gene expression data revealed that the arrest may in part be accounted for by down-regulation of select E2F target genes such as cyclin E, but more dramatically, by up-regulation of mRNAs for the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors p21 and p15. Protein levels of both p15 and p21 were induced, and p21 protein was recruited to a complex with cyclin-dependent kinase, CDK2, to inhibit its activity. BRG1 can associate with the p21 promoter in a p53-independent manner, suggesting that the induction of p21 by BRG1 may be direct. Further, using microarray and real-time PCR analysis we identified several novel BRG1-regulated genes. Our work provides further evidence for a role for BRG1 in the regulation of several genes involved in key steps in tumorigenesis and has revealed a potential mechanism for BRG1-induced growth arrest.
authors.affiliation: DNAX Research Inc., Palo Alto, California 94304-1104, USA.
authors.forename: Kristin B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Hendricks
authors.forename: Frances
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shanahan
authors.forename: Emma
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lees
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae; D017502:Adenovirus E2 Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D042846:CDC2-CDC28 Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000502:physiology*; D051357:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins / Q000378:metabolism; D004265:DNA Helicases; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D016147:Genes, Tumor Suppressor; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017502:Adenovirus E2 Proteins; C493956:CDKN1A protein, human; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D016213:Cyclins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D042846:CDC2-CDC28 Kinases; C495894:CDK2 protein, human; D051357:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 2; C084108:SMARCA4 protein, human; D004265:DNA Helicases