AJP - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology, Vol 265, Issue 5 857-G864, Copyright © 1993 by American Physiological Society

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Cyclin and cyclin-dependent kinase 1 mRNA expression in models of regenerating liver and human liver diseases

J. H. Albrecht, J. S. Hoffman, B. T. Kren and C. J. Steer
Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis 55455.

There is compelling evidence that the eukaryotic cell cycle is controlled by a family of proteins called cyclins, which complex with cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) to modulate key events during cell division. We have examined the regulation of these genes in models of experimental liver regeneration and their expression in human liver diseases. Seventy percent partial hepatectomy (PH) was performed on rats and normal BALB/c and athymic nude mice to determine patterns of cyclin and CDK1 mRNA expression. It has been previously shown by [3H]thymidine incorporation that athymic nude mice manifest impaired regeneration after PH. Our results demonstrate a sequential pattern of cyclin and CDK1 transcript expression in each of the models. Cyclin D1 was the most abundant mRNA steady-state transcript in the regenerating livers. CDK1 and cyclins associated with later stages of the cell cycle showed delayed and diminished expression in nude mice compared with normals. Nuclear run-off assays performed at key time points post-PH revealed little change in transcription rates, suggesting that steady-state mRNA expression of the cyclin genes is regulated primarily by posttranscriptional events. Human liver tissue from various acute and chronic hepatic diseases showed increased expression of cyclins A and D1. We conclude that the regenerating liver post-PH offers an excellent in vivo model for studying cyclin and CDK gene expression. Impaired regeneration in the nude mouse is associated with altered cyclin and CDK1 mRNA transcript expression. Furthermore, cyclins may eventually provide clinically relevant molecular markers of regenerative activity in human liver diseases.

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