The Journal of Immunology, Vol 149, Issue 1 17-23, Copyright © 1992 by American Association of Immunologists

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Expression of the murine homologue of the cell cycle control protein p34cdc2 in T lymphocytes

YH Kim, JJ Proust, MJ Buchholz, FJ Chrest and AA Nordin
Clinical Immunology Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224.

The mammalian homologue of the cdc2 gene of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe encodes a p34cdc2 cyclin-dependent kinase that regulates the cell cycle of a wide variety of cell types. Resting murine T lymphocytes contained no detectable p34cdc2 protein, histone kinase activity, or specific mRNA for the cdc2 gene. Activation of the T cells by immobilized anti-CD3 resulted in the expression of specific mRNA late in the G1 phase of the cell cycle, and p34cdc2 protein was detectable at or near G1/S. At this point in the cell cycle, the protein was phosphorylated at tyrosine and displayed no H1 histone kinase activity. As the cells progressed through the cycle, the amount of specific mRNA and p34cdc2 increased, and H1 histone kinase activity was detectable when the cells were blocked at G2/M by nocodazole. The activation of T cells by phorbol dibutyrate induced the expression of IL-2R but failed to induce the synthesis of IL-2 or the expression of cdc2-specific mRNA. Under these conditions, the activated cells failed to enter the S phase of the cell cycle. Because the presence of IL-2 added exogenously during activation by phorbol dibutyrate resulted in the expression of cdc2-specific mRNA and progression through the cell cycle, either IL-2 or the interaction with IL-2R may be involved in the expression of cdc2 and regulation of the G1/S transition.

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