PMID- 21059851 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20110106 LR - 20211020 IS - 1540-8140 (Electronic) IS - 0021-9525 (Print) IS - 0021-9525 (Linking) VI - 191 IP - 4 DP - 2010 Nov 15 TI - G1 arrest and differentiation can occur independently of Rb family function. PG - 809-25 LID - 10.1083/jcb.201003048 [doi] AB - The ability of progenitor cells to exit the cell cycle is essential for proper embryonic development and homeostasis, but the mechanisms governing cell cycle exit are still not fully understood. Here, we tested the requirement for the retinoblastoma (Rb) protein and its family members p107 and p130 in G0/G1 arrest and differentiation in mammalian cells. We found that Rb family triple knockout (TKO) mouse embryos survive until days 9-11 of gestation. Strikingly, some TKO cells, including in epithelial and neural lineages, are able to exit the cell cycle in G0/G1 and differentiate in teratomas and in culture. This ability of TKO cells to arrest in G0/G1 is associated with the repression of key E2F target genes. Thus, G1 arrest is not always dependent on Rb family members, which illustrates the robustness of cell cycle regulatory networks during differentiation and allows for the identification of candidate pathways to inhibit the expansion of cancer cells with mutations in the Rb pathway. FAU - Wirt, Stacey E AU - Wirt SE AD - Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Medical School, Stanford, CA 94305, USA. FAU - Adler, Adam S AU - Adler AS FAU - Gebala, Veronique AU - Gebala V FAU - Weimann, James M AU - Weimann JM FAU - Schaffer, Bethany E AU - Schaffer BE FAU - Saddic, Louis A AU - Saddic LA FAU - Viatour, Patrick AU - Viatour P FAU - Vogel, Hannes AU - Vogel H FAU - Chang, Howard Y AU - Chang HY FAU - Meissner, Alex AU - Meissner A FAU - Sage, Julien AU - Sage J LA - eng GR - T32 CA009302/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. DEP - 20101108 PL - United States TA - J Cell Biol JT - The Journal of cell biology JID - 0375356 RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (Retinoblastoma Protein) RN - 0 (Retinoblastoma-Like Protein p107) RN - 0 (Retinoblastoma-Like Protein p130) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Body Patterning/physiology MH - Cell Cycle/physiology MH - Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation/*physiology MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Embryo, Mammalian/anatomy & histology/physiology MH - Embryonic Stem Cells/cytology/physiology MH - Female MH - G1 Phase/*physiology MH - Gene Expression Profiling MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Neurons/cytology/physiology MH - Retinoblastoma Protein/genetics/*metabolism MH - Retinoblastoma-Like Protein p107/genetics/metabolism MH - Retinoblastoma-Like Protein p130/genetics/metabolism MH - Teratoma/metabolism/pathology MH - Transcription Factors/metabolism PMC - PMC2983066 EDAT- 2010/11/10 06:00 MHDA- 2011/01/07 06:00 PMCR- 2011/05/15 CRDT- 2010/11/10 06:00 PHST- 2010/11/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/11/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/01/07 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2011/05/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - jcb.201003048 [pii] AID - 201003048 [pii] AID - 10.1083/jcb.201003048 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Cell Biol. 2010 Nov 15;191(4):809-25. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201003048. Epub 2010 Nov 8.