title: Cyclin D1/cyclin-dependent kinase 4 interacts with filamin A and affects the migration and invasion potential of breast cancer cells.
abstract: Cyclin D1 belongs to a family of proteins that regulate progression through the G1-S phase of the cell cycle by binding to cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk)-4 to phosphorylate the retinoblastoma protein and release E2F transcription factors for progression through cell cycle. Several cancers, including breast, colon, and prostate, overexpress the cyclin D1 gene. However, the correlation of cyclin D1 overexpression with E2F target gene regulation or of cdk-dependent cyclin D1 activity with tumor development has not been identified. This suggests that the role of cyclin D1 in oncogenesis may be independent of its function as a cell cycle regulator. One such function is the role of cyclin D1 in cell adhesion and motility. Filamin A (FLNa), a member of the actin-binding filamin protein family, regulates signaling events involved in cell motility and invasion. FLNa has also been associated with a variety of cancers including lung cancer, prostate cancer, melanoma, human bladder cancer, and neuroblastoma. We hypothesized that elevated cyclin D1 facilitates motility in the invasive MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cell line. We show that MDA-MB-231 motility is affected by disturbing cyclin D1 levels or cyclin D1-cdk4/6 kinase activity. Using mass spectrometry, we find that cyclin D1 and FLNa coimmunoprecipitate and that lower levels of cyclin D1 are associated with decreased phosphorylation of FLNa at Ser2152 and Ser1459. We also identify many proteins related to cytoskeletal function, biomolecular synthesis, organelle biogenesis, and calcium regulation whose levels of expression change concomitant with decreased cell motility induced by decreased cyclin D1 and cyclin D1-cdk4/6 activities.
authors.affiliation: Kimmel Cancer Center, Department of Cancer Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA.
authors.forename: Zhijiu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhong
authors.forename: Wen-Shuz
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Yeow
authors.forename: Chunhua
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wassell
authors.forename: Chenguang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Richard G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Pestell
authors.forename: Judy N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Quong
authors.forename: Andrew A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Quong
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D003285:Contractile Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D019938:Cyclin D1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 / Q000378:metabolism*; D051361:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6 / Q000378:metabolism; D064448:Filamins; D006801:Humans; D008840:Microfilament Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C530104:CCND1 protein, human; D003285:Contractile Proteins; D064448:Filamins; D008840:Microfilament Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D019938:Cyclin D1; C495900:CDK4 protein, human; C495911:CDK6 protein, human; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4; D051361:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6