title: Control of contact-inhibition by 4E-BP1 upregulation.
abstract: Although contact inhibition is a fundamental process for multicellular organisms, how proliferation is inhibited at high cellular densities remains poorly characterized. Here we show that 4E-BP1, one major repressor of cap-dependent translation, plays a critical role in density-mediated cell cycle arrest. 4E-BP1 promoter is activated and 4E-BP1 protein amount increases as cells reach confluence. Conversely, a much less marked density-dependent inhibition of cell proliferation is observed upon 4E-BP1 silencing. We further show that at high density, progression through the G₁ phase of the cell cycle is faster and Cyclin D1 protein is induced in different cell types where 4E-BP1 has been either downregulated (stable shRNA expression or transient siRNA transfection) or removed (knock-out). Thus 4E-BP1 appears as an important mediator of contact inhibition.
authors.affiliation: NSERM U858, Institut de Médecine Moléculaire de Rangueil (I2MR), France.
authors.forename: Rania
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Azar
authors.forename: Christiane
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Susini
authors.forename: Corinne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bousquet
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pyronnet
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D019938:Cyclin D1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D016193:G1 Phase / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C087000:EIF4EBP1 protein, human; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D019938:Cyclin D1