title: Different Roles of Negative and Positive Components of the Circadian Clock in Oncogene-induced Neoplastic Transformation.
abstract: In mammals, circadian rhythms in physiological function are generated by a molecular oscillator driven by transcriptional-translational feedback loop consisting of negative and positive regulators. Disruption of this circadian clock machinery is thought to increase the risk of cancer development, but the potential contributions of each component of circadian clock to oncogenesis have been little explored. Here we reported that negative and positive transcriptional regulators of circadian feedback loop had different roles in oncogene-induced neoplastic transformation. Mouse embryonic fibroblasts prepared from animals deficient in negative circadian clock regulators, Period2 (Per2) or Cryptochrome1/2 (Cry1/2), were prone to transformation induced by co-expression of H-ras(V12) and SV40 large T antigen (SV40LT). In contrast, mouse embryonic fibroblasts prepared from mice deficient in positive circadian clock regulators, Bmal1 or Clock, showed resistance to oncogene-induced transformation. In Per2 mutant and Cry1/2-null cells, the introduction of oncogenes induced expression of ATF4, a potent repressor of cell senescence-associated proteins p16INK4a and p19ARF. Elevated levels of ATF4 were sufficient to suppress expression of these proteins and drive oncogenic transformation. Conversely, in Bmal1-null and Clock mutant cells, the expression of ATF4 was not induced by oncogene introduction, which allowed constitutive expression of p16INK4a and p19ARF triggering cellular senescence. Although genetic ablation of either negative or positive transcriptional regulators of the circadian clock leads to disrupted rhythms in physiological functions, our findings define their different contributions to neoplastic cellular transformation.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pharmaceutics and.
authors.forename: Chiharu
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Katamune
authors.affiliation: Department of Glocal Healthcare Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koyanagi
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pharmaceutics and.
authors.forename: Shoya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shiromizu
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pharmaceutics and.
authors.forename: Naoya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsunaga
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, School of Pharmacy, Nihon University, Funabashi 274-8555, Japan, and.
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimba
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Waseda University Tokyo, 162-0056, Japan.
authors.forename: Shigenobu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shibata
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Pharmaceutics and ohdo@phar.kyushu-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Shigehiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohdo
mesh_terms: D056930:ARNTL Transcription Factors / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D051701:Activating Transcription Factor 4 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D056926:CLOCK Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000235:genetics; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016922:Cellular Senescence / Q000235:genetics; D057906:Circadian Clocks / Q000235:genetics*; D056931:Cryptochromes / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D016688:Mice, Inbred NOD; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008817:Mice, Mutant Strains; D016513:Mice, SCID; D050505:Mutant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009857:Oncogenes; D056950:Period Circadian Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D056930:ARNTL Transcription Factors; C538961:Bmal1 protein, mouse; C081452:Atf4 protein, mouse; C538964:Cry1 protein, mouse; C538967:Cry2 protein, mouse; D056931:Cryptochromes; D050505:Mutant Proteins; C513312:Per2 protein, mouse; D056950:Period Circadian Proteins; D051701:Activating Transcription Factor 4; D056926:CLOCK Proteins; C538944:Clock protein, mouse
keywords: cellular senescence; circadian rhythm; clock gene; oncogene; tumor cell biology