A ROS-dependent mechanism promotes CDK2 phosphorylation to drive progression through S phase

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Abstract

Reactive oxygen species (ROS) at the right concentration promote cell proliferation in cell culture, stem cells, and model organisms. However, the mystery of how ROS signaling is coordinated with cell cycle progression and integrated into the cell cycle control machinery on the molecular level remains unsolved. Here, we report increasing levels of mitochondrial ROS during the cell cycle in human cell lines that target cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2). Chemical and metabolic interferences with ROS production decrease T-loop phosphorylation on CDK2 and so impede its full activation and thus its efficient DNA replication. ROS regulate CDK2 activity through the oxidation of a conserved cysteine residue near the T-loop, which prevents the binding of the T-loop phosphatase KAP. Together, our data reveal how mitochondrial metabolism is coupled with DNA replication and cell cycle progression via ROS, thereby demonstrating how KAP activity toward CDKs can be cell cycle regulated.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)1712-1727.e1-e9
Seitenumfang26
FachzeitschriftDevelopmental cell
Jahrgang57
Ausgabenummer14
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 25 Juli 2022
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 85134543051
unpaywall 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.06.008
ORCID /0000-0002-2524-1199/work/142251492