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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 277, Issue 52, 51049-51057, December 27, 2002

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A Role for Cell Cycle-regulated Phosphorylation in Groucho-mediated Transcriptional Repression^*

Hugh N. Nuthall, Kerline Joachim, Anuradha Palaparti, and Stefano Stifani^§

From the Center for Neuronal Survival, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2B4, Canada

Transcriptional corepressors of the Groucho/transducin-like Enhancer of split (Gro/TLE) family are involved in a variety of cell differentiation mechanisms in both invertebrates and vertebrates. They become recruited to specific promoter regions by forming complexes with a number of different DNA-binding proteins thereby contributing to the regulation of multiple genes. To understand how the functions of Gro/TLE proteins are regulated, it was asked whether their ability to mediate transcriptional repression might be controlled by cell cycle-dependent phosphorylation events. It is shown here that activation of p34^cdc2 kinase (cdc2) with okadaic acid is correlated with hyperphosphorylation of Gro/TLEs. Moreover, pharmacological inhibition of cdc2 activity results in Gro/TLE dephosphorylation. In agreement with these findings, a purified cdc2-cyclin B complex can directly phosphorylate Gro/TLEs in vitro. Two separate Gro/TLE domains, the CcN and SP regions, contain sequences that are phosphorylated by cdc2. Deletion of these sequences is correlated with loss of Gro/TLE phosphorylation by cdc2 in vitro and okadaic acid-induced Gro/TLE hyperphosphorylation in vivo. In addition, Gro/TLEs are phosphorylated during the G₂/M phase of the cell cycle, and this is correlated with a decreased nuclear interaction. Finally, the transcription repression ability of Gro/TLEs is enhanced by pharmacological inhibition of cdc2. Taken together, these results demonstrate that Gro/TLE proteins are phosphorylated as a function of the cell cycle and implicate phosphorylation events occurring during mitosis in the negative regulation of Gro/TLE activity.

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