The promoters of human cell cycle genes integrate signals from two tumor suppressive pathways during cellular transformation

Details The promoters of human cell cycle genes integrate signals from two tumor suppressive pathways during cellular transformation The promoters of human cell cycle genes integrate signals from two tumor suppressive pathways during cellular transformation

2005-11-15

arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0511022v1

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Molecular Networks

To appear in Molecular Systems Biology

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Deciphering regulatory events that drive malignant transformation represents a major challenge for systems biology. Here we analyzed genome-wide transcription profiling of an in-vitro transformation process. We focused on a cluster of genes whose expression levels increased as a function of p53 and p16INK4A tumor suppressors inactivation. This cluster predominantly consists of cell cycle genes and constitutes a signature of a diversity of cancers. By linking expression profiles of the genes in the cluster with the dynamic behavior of p53 and p16INK4A, we identified a promoter architecture that integrates signals from the two tumor suppressive channels and that maps their activity onto distinct levels of expression of the cell cycle genes, which in turn, correspond to different cellular proliferation rates. Taking components of the mitotic spindle as an example, we experimentally verified our predictions that p53-mediated transcriptional repression of several of these novel targets is dependent on the activities of p21, NFY and E2F. Our study demonstrates how a well-controlled transformation process allows linking between gene expression, promoter architecture and activity of upstream signaling molecules.

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