@article{10902/9501,
year = {2015},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/9501},
abstract = {Soon after the discovery of the Myc gene (c-Myc), it became clear thatMyc expression levels tightly correlate to cell proliferation. The entry in cell cycle of quiescent cells upon Myc enforced expression has been described in manymodels. Also, the downregulation or inactivation ofMyc results in the impairment of cell cycle progression. Given the frequent deregulation of Myc oncogene in human cancer it is important to dissect out the mechanisms underlying the role ofMyc on cell cycle control. Several parallel mechanisms account forMyc-mediated stimulation of the cell cycle. First,most of the critical positive cell cycle regulators are encoded by genes induced byMyc. These Myc target genes include Cdks, cyclins and E2F transcription factors. Apart from its direct effects on the transcription, Myc is able to hyperactivate cyclin/Cdk complexes through the induction of Cdk activating kinase (CAK) and Cdc25 phosphatases. Moreover, Myc antagonizes the activity of cell cycle inhibitors as p21 and p27 through different mechanisms. Thus, Myc is able to block p21 transcription or to induce Skp2, a protein involved in p27 degradation. Finally, Myc induces DNA replication by binding to replication origins and by upregulating genes encoding proteins required for replication initiation. Myc also regulates genes involved in the mitotic control. A promising approach to treat tumors with deregulated Myc is the synthetic lethality based on the inhibition of Cdks. Thus, the knowledge of the Myc-dependent cell cycle regulatory mechanisms will help to discover new therapeutic approaches directed against malignancies with deregulated Myc. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Myc proteins in cell biology and pathology.},
organization = {The work in the laboratory of the authors is funded by grants SAF11-23796 from
Spanish Ministry of Industry and Innovation, and ISCIII-RETIC RD12/0036/0033 from Spanish
Ministry of Health to JL, and FIS 11/00397 to MDD. GB is recipient of a fellowship form the FPI
Program. We apologize to colleagues whose work has not been cited in the form of their original
papers but in reviews and whose work has not been discussed due to space limitations or
unintentional omission.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
publisher = {BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms 2015. 1849: 506-516},
title = {Myc and cell cycle control},
author = {Bretones Sánchez, Gabriel and Delgado Villar, María Dolores and León Serrano, Javier},
}