Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• He, Lili
• Yang, Hua
• Ma, Yihong
• Pledger, W. Jack
• Cress, W. Douglas
• Cheng, Jin Q.

Titel

Identification of Aurora-A as a Direct Target of E2F3 during G2/M Cell Cycle Progression

Ist Teil von

• The Journal of biological chemistry, 2008-11, Vol.283 (45), p.31012-31020

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Aurora-A is a centrosome kinase and plays a pivotal role in G2/M cell cycle progression. Expression of Aurora-A is cell cycle-dependent. Levels of Aurora-A mRNA and protein are low in G1/S, accumulate during G2/M, and decrease rapidly after mitosis. Previous studies have shown regulation of the Aurora-A protein level during the cell cycle through the ubiquitin-proteasome pathway. However, the mechanism of transcriptional regulation of Aurora-A remains largely unknown. Here, we demonstrated that E2F3 modulates Aurora-A mRNA expression during the cell cycle. Ectopic expression of E2F3 induces Aurora-A expression. Stable knockdown of E2F3 decreases mRNA and protein levels of Aurora-A and delays G2/M entry. Further, E2F3 directly binds to Aurora-A promoter and stimulates the promoter activity. Deletion and mutation analyses of the Aurora-A promoter revealed that a region located 96-bp upstream of the transcription initiation site is critical for the activation of the promoter by E2F3. In addition, expression of E2F3 positively correlates with the protein level of Aurora-A in human ovarian cancer examined. These results indicate for the first time that Aurora-A is transcriptionally regulated by E2F3 during the cell cycle and that E2F3 is a causal factor for up-regulation of Aurora-A in a subset of human ovarian cancer. Thus, the E2F3-Aurora-A axis could be an important target for cancer intervention.