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- Title
The tumour suppressor RASSF1A regulates mitosis by inhibiting the APC-Cdc20 complex.
- Authors
Min Sup Song, Benjamin J.; Su Jeong Song, Benjamin J.; Nagi G. Ayad, Benjamin J.; Jin Sook Chang, Benjamin J.; Joo Hyun Lee, Benjamin J.; Hyun Kyung Hong, Benjamin J.; Ho Lee; Naeyun Choi, Benjamin J.; Jhingook Kim; Jin Woo Kim; Eui-Ju Choi; Dae-Sik Lim; Hojoong Kim; Kirschner, Marc W.
- Abstract
The tumour suppressor gene RASSF1A is frequently silenced in lung cancer and other sporadic tumours as a result of hypermethylation of a CpG island in its promoter. However, the precise mechanism by which RASSF1A functions in cell cycle regulation and tumour suppression has remained unknown. Here we show that RASSF1A regulates the stability of mitotic cyclins and the timing of mitotic progression. RASSF1A localizes to microtubules during interphase and to centrosomes and the spindle during mitosis. The overexpression of RASSF1A induced stabilization of mitotic cyclins and mitotic arrest at prometaphase. RASSF1A interacts with Cdc20, an activator of the anaphase-promoting complex (APC), resulting in the inhibition of APC activity. Although RASSF1A does not contribute to either the Mad2-dependent spindle assembly checkpoint or the function of Emi1 (ref. 1), depletion of RASSF1A by RNA interference accelerated the mitotic cyclin degradation and mitotic progression as a result of premature APC activation. It also caused a cell division defect characterized by centrosome abnormalities and multipolar spindles. These findings implicate RASSF1A in the regulation of both APC-Cdc20 activity and mitotic progression.
- Subjects
TUMOR suppressor genes; MITOSIS; CELL cycle; CYCLINS; CELL division; CENTROSOMES
- Publication
Nature Cell Biology, 2004, Vol 6, Issue 2, p129
- ISSN
1465-7392
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ncb1091