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* All Children's Hospital, the
Molecular Oncology Program, and
Immunology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, and the
Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33612
Calorie restriction without essential nutrient deficiency (calorie restriction, CR) abrogates experimental carcinogenesis and extends healthful life span. To test whether CR influences cell-cycle protein expression during the hepatocellular proliferation induced by 70% partial hepatectomy (PH), BALB/c mice were separated into two groups, fed comparable semi-purified diets for 10 weeks that differed 40% in caloric offering, and were then subjected to PH. When PH was performed, CR mice weighed 36% less than ad libitum (AL)-fed mice (P < 0.01), but liver-to-body weight ratios were similar. During the regenerative hyperplasia, hepatocytes of CR mice demonstrated evidence of accelerated entrance and passage through G1 and S phases, and an earlier exit from the cell cycle. The first peak of DNA synthesis occurred 6 hr earlier, and the second peak was significantly greater among CR mice with 38% ± 13% bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)-positive hepatocytes, compared with 14% ± 4% in AL mice (P < 0.01). More E2F-1 expression was induced at the hepatic G1/S boundary just prior to each peak of DNA synthesis in regenerating livers of CR mice (P < 0.01), and 8 hr earlier among CR mice. More hyperphosphorylated retinoblastoma p110 was detected during hepatic G1 and the G1-S transition among CR mice, coincident with the early hepatocellular proliferative wave. Cyclin A was induced during the first peak of DNA synthesis 4 hr earlier among CR mice, and it continued 4 hr longer in AL mice, indicating an earlier post-replicative exit by hepatocytes in CR mice. p21 was induced during the G1 phase at 4 hr post-PH, and was maximally expressed during and after peak DNA synthesis in both dietary groups. These results indicate that CR influences cell cycle protein expression levels, causing hepatocytes to enter into S phase earlier and exit abruptly from the cell cycle, and they support the premise that CR enhances induced cell responsiveness by influencing cell cycle regulatory controls.
Key Words: cyclin • cyclin-dependent kinase • cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor • calorie restriction • liver regeneration
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