| Project/Area Number |
08670139
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
General medical chemistry
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| Research Institution | University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
JINNO Shigeki The University of Tokyo, Graduate Shcool of Medicine, Research Associate, 大学院・医学系研究科, 助手 (10251224)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MURAKAMI Hiroshi The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Research Associate, 大学院・医学系研究科, 助手 (80262020)
NAGATA Akihisa The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Lecture, 大学院・医学系研究科, 講師 (50155933)
OKAYAMA Hiroto The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor, 大学院・医学系研究科, 教授 (40111950)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1996 – 1997
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
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| Keywords | cell cycle / transformation / differentiation / cdk4 / phosphorylation / cdk6 / リン酸化 |
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| Research Abstract |
In higher eukaryote, a majority of cells are arrested in a quiescent state. The G0-G1 transition is important because G0 arrested cells must enter G1 phase of the cell cycle when they work. Recently we Rreported That Cdk4 is inactivated by phosphorylation on tyrosine 17 and that this inactivation is required for UV irradiation induced G1 checkpoint arrest. Here we show that this Cdk4 phosphorylation occurs only in a quiescent state and dephosphorylation during their cell cycle entry. In the cells traversing G1, Cdk4 is not tyrosine-phosphorylated. Ultraviolet irradiation blocks dephosphorylation, thereby preventing the "start" of the cell cycle. Exponentially growing cells are not able to arrestin G1 upon UV irradiation, because Cdk4 is not phosphory lated. We conclude that tyrosine phosphorylation of Cdk4 is specifically used for the control of the G0-G1 transition and constitutes a major DNA damage-responsive checkpoint mechanism during this transition.
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