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Combined Depletion of Cell Cycle and Transcriptional Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Activities Induces Apoptosis in Cancer Cells

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute; ² Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

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Selective cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) 2 inhibition is readily compensated. However, reduced cdk2 activity may have antiproliferative effects in concert with other family members. Here, inducible RNA interference was used to codeplete cdk2 and cdk1 from NCI-H1299 non–small cell lung cancer and U2OS osteosarcoma cells, and effects were compared with those mediated by depletion of either cdk alone. Depletion of cdk2 slowed G₁ progression of NCI-H1299 cells and depletion of cdk1 slowed G₂-M progression in both cell lines, with associated endoreduplication in U2OS cells. However, compared with the incomplete cell cycle blocks produced by individual depletion, combined depletion had substantial consequences, with G₂-M arrest predominating in NCI-H1299 cells and apoptosis the primary outcome in U2OS cells. In U2OS cells, combined depletion affected RNA polymerase II expression and phosphorylation, causing decreased expression of the antiapoptotic proteins Mcl-1 and X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP), effects usually mediated by inhibition of the transcriptional cdk9. These events do not occur after individual depletion of cdk2 and cdk1, suggesting that reduction of cdk2, cdk1, and RNA polymerase II activities all contribute to apoptosis in U2OS cells. The limited cell death induced by combined depletion in NCI-H1299 cells was significantly increased by codepletion of cdk9 or XIAP or by simultaneous treatment with the cdk9 inhibitor flavopiridol. These results show the potency of concomitant compromise of cell cycle and transcriptional cdk activities and may guide the selection of clinical drug candidates. (Cancer Res 2006; 66(18): 9270-80)

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