title: Lin9, a subunit of the mammalian DREAM complex, is essential for embryonic development, for survival of adult mice, and for tumor suppression.
abstract: The retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein (pRB) and related p107 and p130 "pocket proteins" function together with the E2F transcription factors to repress gene expression during the cell cycle and development. Recent biochemical studies have identified the multisubunit DREAM pocket protein complexes in Drosophila melanogaster and Caenorhabditis elegans in regulating developmental gene repression. Although a conserved DREAM complex has also been identified in mammalian cells, its physiological function in vivo has not been determined. Here we addressed this question by targeting Lin9, a conserved core subunit of DREAM. We found that LIN9 is essential for early embryonic development and for viability of adult mice. Loss of Lin9 abolishes proliferation and leads to multiple defects in mitosis and cytokinesis because of its requirement for the expression of a large set of mitotic genes, such as Plk1, Aurora A, and Kif20a. While Lin9 heterozygous mice are healthy and normal, they are more susceptible to lung tumorigenesis induced by oncogenic c-Raf than wild-type mice. Together these experiments provide the first direct genetic evidence for the role of LIN9 in development and mitotic gene regulation and they suggest that it may function as a haploinsufficient tumor suppressor.
authors.affiliation: University of Wuerzburg, Department of Physiological Chemistry I, Biocenter, Wuerzburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Nina
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reichert
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wurster
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ulrich
authors.forename: Kathrin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schmitt
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: Leona
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Probst
authors.forename: Rudolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Götz
authors.forename: Fatih
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ceteci
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Moll
authors.forename: Ulf
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rapp
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gaubatz
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology; D016922:Cellular Senescence; D020964:Embryo Loss / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian / Q000473:pathology; D047108:Embryonic Development; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D017353:Gene Deletion; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006579:Heterozygote; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D008136:Longevity; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008938:Mitosis; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes / Q000378:metabolism*; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000378:metabolism*; D016019:Survival Analysis; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D048490:raf Kinases / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C512498:LIN-9 protein, mouse; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D021122:Protein Subunits; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D048490:raf Kinases
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