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DNA damaging agents such as ultraviolet (UV) induce cell cycle arrest followed by apoptosis in cells where irreparable damage has occurred. Here we show that during early phase G1 arrest which occurs in UV-irradiated human U343 glioblastoma cells, there are (1) decreases in cyclin D1 and cdk4 levels which parallel a loss of S-phase promoting cyclin D1/cdk4 complexes, and (2) increases in p53 and p21 protein levels. We also show that the late phase UV-induced apoptosis of U343 cells occurs after cell cycle re-entry and parallels the reappearance of cyclin D1 and cdk4 and cyclin D1/cdk4 complexes. These findings suggest that cyclin D1 can abrogate UV-induced G1 arrest and that the p53-mediated apoptosis that occurs in these cells is dependent on cyclin D1 levels. We examined these possibilities using U343 cells that ectopically express cyclin D1 and found that indeed cyclin D1 can overcome the cell cycle arrest caused by UV. Moreover, the appearance of p53 protein and the induction of apoptosis in UV-irradiated cells was found to be dependent on the level of ectopically expressed cyclin D1. These findings, therefore, indicate that expression of cyclin D1 following DNA damage is essential for cell cycle re-entry and p53-mediated apoptosis.
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Hiyama, H., Reeves, S. Role for cyclin D1 in UVC-induced and p53-mediated apoptosis. Cell Death Differ 6, 565–569 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.cdd.4400524
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