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Cyclin T1 Expression Is Regulated by Multiple Signaling Pathways and Mechanisms during Activation of Human Peripheral Blood Lymphocytes¹

Fels Institute for Cancer Research and Molecular Biology and Department of Biochemistry, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19140

Stimulation of primary human T lymphocytes results in up-regulation of cyclin T1 expression, which correlates with phosphorylation of the C-terminal domain of RNA polymerase II (RNAP II). Up-regulation of cyclin T1 and concomitant stabilization of cyclin-dependent kinase 9 (CDK9) may facilitate productive replication of HIV in activated T cells. We report that treatment of PBLs with two mitogens, PHA and PMA, results in accumulation of cyclin T1 via distinct mechanisms. PHA induces accumulation of cyclin T1 mRNA and protein, which results from cyclin T1 mRNA stabilization, without significant change in cyclin T1 promoter activity. Cyclin T1 mRNA stabilization requires the activation of both calcineurin and JNK because inhibition of either precludes cyclin T1 accumulation. In contrast, PMA induces cyclin T1 protein up-regulation by stabilizing cyclin T1 protein, apparently independently of the proteasome and without accumulation of cyclin T1 mRNA. This process is dependent on Ca²⁺-independent protein kinase C activity but does not require ERK1/2 activation. We also found that PHA and anti-CD3 Abs induce the expression of both the cyclin/CDK complexes involved in RNAP II C-terminal domain phosphorylation and the G₁-S cyclins controlling cell cycle progression. In contrast, PMA alone is a poor inducer of the expression of G₁-S cyclins but often as potent as PHA in inducing RNAP II cyclin/CDK complexes. These findings suggest coordination in the expression and activation of RNAP II kinases by pathways that independently stimulate gene expression but are insufficient to induce S phase entry in primary T cells.

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