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1 April 2001 Permanent Growth Arrest in Irradiated Human Fibroblasts
Jason Savell, Sumeeta Rao, W. J. Pledger, Walker Wharton
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Abstract

Savell, J., Rao, S., Pledger, W. J. and Wharton, W. Permanent Growth Arrest in Irradiated Human Fibroblasts.

Exposure of human fibroblasts to doses of ionizing radiation sufficient to cause a permanent growth arrest repressed the expression of genes induced late during G0/G1-phase traverse, including both cyclin A and cyclin E. In addition, radiation prevented the cell cycle-dependent activation of cyclin D1-associated kinase activity and the subsequent phosphorylation of the RB tumor suppressor protein. Exposure to radiation did not alter the cellular levels of cyclin D1 protein, nor did it alter the formation of cyclin D1-CDK4 complexes. Surprisingly, the repression of cyclin D1-associated kinase activity in damaged mitogen-stimulated quiescent cells could not be accounted for by a relative increase in the association of CDKN1A (also known as p21Cip1) with cyclin D1 complexes, nor was cyclin D1 activity targeted by increased levels of CDKN1A in irradiated, logarithmically growing cultures under conditions where cyclin A activity was acutely repressed. Therefore, a radiation-induced permanent growth arrest is mediated by pathways that are distinct from those that cause cell cycle delay in damaged cells involving repression of cyclin-dependent kinase activity by CDKN1A.

Jason Savell, Sumeeta Rao, W. J. Pledger, and Walker Wharton "Permanent Growth Arrest in Irradiated Human Fibroblasts," Radiation Research 155(4), 554-563, (1 April 2001). https://doi.org/10.1667/0033-7587(2001)155[0554:PGAIIH]2.0.CO;2
Received: 26 June 2000; Accepted: 1 November 2000; Published: 1 April 2001
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