S phase. E2F targets are required for cell cycle progression, (regulatory proteins such as Cyclins E and A and Cdc2), for DNA replication (Cdc6, ORC1 and MCM6) and for E2F is a group of genes that encodes a family of transcription factors in higher eukaryotes. Three of them are activators: E2F1, 2 and E2F3a. Six others act as
Through the overproduction of each of the five known E2F proteins in mammalian cells, we demonstrate that a large number of genes encoding proteins important for Expression of these groups of cell cycle-dependent genes is regulated by the RB pocket protein family, the E2F transcription factor family, and MuvB complexes
E2F4 and E2F5 are expressed throughout the cell cycle, but in G0 and early G1, they are bound to the nucleus by p107 and Rb2/p130, forming transcriptional repressor involvement for E2F family members in the control of cell-cycle-dependent gene expression in vivo. Development of Specific Reagents to Measure E2F3A, E2F4, and E2F8 ABSTRACT E2F transcription activity is composed of a family of heterodimers encoded by distinct genes. Through the overproduction of each of the five known E2F The E2F family plays a crucial role in the control of cell cycle and action of tumor suppressor proteins and is also a target of the transforming proteins of small DNA
Cyclin E controls progression through the G1 phase of the cell cycle in mammalian fibroblasts and potentially in many other cell types. Cyclin E is a rate-limiting Using chromatin immunoprecipitation assays to assess which proteins are bound to endogenous genes containing E2F sites at different points during the cell cycle In addition, different E2F proteins exhibit distinct capacities to regulate natural E2F targets due to their different ability to interact with other transcription
E2F family of transcription factors - proteins that control the cell cycle roller coaster The journey of a cell through the different stages of cell cycle is a roller The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the E2F family of transcription factors. The E2F family plays a crucial role in the control of cell cycle and Loss of cell-cycle control is a hallmark of neoplastic cells. One regulator of the critical G1 to S-phase transition in the cell cycle is the retinoblastoma
Developmental Cell Article E2F/DP Prevents Cell-Cycle Progression in Endocycling Fat Body Cells by Suppressing dATM Expression Ana Guarner,1 Robert Morris,1 For both E2F-1 and E2F-2, but not E2F-3 or E2F-5/DP1, cell cycle re-entry was associated with almost quantitative cell death. Only small numbers of dying cells were observed in E2F-4-expressing cultures. Expression of the different E2F's altered the expression of distinct sets of cell cycle regulatory proteins. E2F-1 induced endogenous E2F-4 expression and also caused an increase in pRB, p107. The E2F-dependent transcriptional network includes many genes that encode key proteins in cell cycle and DNA replication control but also genome protection mechanisms and growth. E2F-dependent. Abstract. The last few years have seen an explosive growth in research on E2F transcription factors. Originally characterized as cellular proteins that are critical for adenovirus gene expression and replication, E2Fs have come to be seen as central players in the control of the animal cell cycle Unbound E2F proteins autoinduce E2F gene expression and transactivate E2F-target genes, such as PCNA, which is required for DNA synthesis . After MPP + intoxication, but not in control conditions, numerous TH + cells were immunoreactive for phosphorylated pRb (p-pRb), E2F-1, PCNA, or BrdU ( Fig. 4 C ), suggesting that DNA replication in degenerating TH + neurons follows the expected program
Using chromatin immunoprecipitation assays to assess which proteins are bound to endogenous genes containing E2F sites at different points during the cell cycle, this group found evidence of E2F-pocket protein complexes still associated with many cell cycle gene promoters during S phase. At first glance, this observation seems contrary to expectations. However, it appears that chromatin. Specifically, its direct association with and inhibition of E2F proteins complements its effect on Cdk/cyclin complexes to augment the repression of E2F-responsive genes and induce efficient cell cycle arrest (Delavaine and La Thangue, 1999; Devgan et al., 2005; Dimri et al., 1996). p27 also participates in a number of cellular functions through its ability to localize at multiple gene. E2F family of transcription factors - proteins that control the cell cycle roller coaster. The journey of a cell through the different stages of cell cycle is a roller coaster ride of proteins involved. Expression of a set of genes increases during one phase of the cell cycle and the expression of the same set of genes decreases during a later cell cycle stage. This 'up and down' of gene. The RB family of proteins are key components of the cell cycle. However, their bistable switch controlling E2F-mediated transcription and cell cycle progression [[102, 148]] is often inactivated in cancerous cells []. All three RB proteins share a similar architecture, with a central domain that is termed 'pocket' region because, within.
However, as E2F proteins are normally expressed at specific stages of the cell cycle, ectopic expression from a strong constitutive promoter could give rise to out-of-context expression at inappropriate stages of the cell cycle (i.e. for E2F-1, stages other than late G1 and early S-phase). Therefore, expression of fusion proteins from these vectors might potentially show interactions that are. In our laboratory, we aim to discover new effector proteins involved in regulation of E2F-responsive promoters and better understand how these effectors influence the chromatin modulation during cell cycle progression. Cell cycle and cancer: Key regulators of cell cycle play a central role in tumor development as well. For example, deregulation of the Rb-E2F pathway is one of the hallmarks of. (Bottom) Typical temporal pattern for E2F activators (E2F1-3) as cells re-enter the cell cycle from quiescence (G 0) following growth factor stimulation. The temporal dynamics summarized in this review are indicated: (1) Delayed E2F increase relative to immediate early genes; (2) switching OFF to ON; (3) amplitude modulation and (4) switching ON to OFF. (B) (Left) Genes induced by E2F1-3.
In transfected cells, DP-1 did not accumulate in the nucleus unless it was coexpressed with the heterodimeric partners E2F-1, E2F-2, or E2F-3. Domain mapping experiments showed that regions of E2F-1 and DP-1 that are required for stable association of the two proteins were also required for nuclear localization of DP-1. Unlike E2F-1, -2, and -3, E2F-4 did not accumulate in the nucleus unless. Plants have recently been found to have E2F-like and Rb-like proteins, regulators responsible for the G 1 (G 0)-S phase transition of the cell cycle in animals.Here we show that E2F is involved in transcription of plant genes for proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), which is required for DNA replication E2F transcription factors regulate the expression of a number of genes important in cell proliferation, particularly those involved in progression through G1 and into the S-phase of the cell cycle. The activity of E2F factors is regulated through association with the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein (Rb) and the other pocket proteins, p107 and p130. Binding of Rb, p107 or p130 converts. The activities of both DP and E2F proteins are under cell cycle control, being influenced by the level of phosphorylation imparted through the cell cycle regulated activity of cyclin-dependent kinases. Both DP and E2F proteins are endowed with proto-oncogenic activity and, conversely, have been implicated in regulating apoptosis. Current evidence suggests therefore that the activity of DRTF1.
The E2F and DP protein families form heterodimeric transcription factors that play a central role in the expression of cell cycle-regulated genes. The crystal structure of an E2F4-DP2-DNA complex shows that the DNA-binding domains of the E2F and DP proteins both have a fold related to the winged-helix DNA-binding motif. Recognition of the. An emerging view of plant cell cycle regulators, including the E2F transcription factors, implicates them in the integration of cell proliferation and development. Arabidopsis encodes six E2F proteins that can act as activators or repressors of E2F-responsive genes. E2FA, E2FB and E2FC interact with the retinoblastoma-like RBR protein and bind to DNA together with their DP partners
Collectively, these data indicate that pocket proteins are not recruited to endogenous E2F target promoters in ES cells, hence accounting for constitutive E2F-dependent transcriptional activity throughout the cell cycle (Stead et al., 2002). To address this question, we asked whether p107 binds the cyclin E1 promoter in vivo by using ChIP assays. In pluripotent (EPL) cells, p107 recruitment. The retinoblastoma (RB) family of proteins are found in organisms as distantly related as humans, plants, and insects. These proteins play a key role in regulating advancement of the cell division cycle from the G1 to S-phases. This is achieved through negative regulation of two important positive regulators of cell cycle entry, E2F transcription factors and cyclin dependent kinases Role in The Cell Cycle. E2F family members play a major role during the G1/S transition in mammalian and plant cell cycle (see KEGG cell cycle pathway). DNA microarray analysis reveals unique sets of target promoters among E2F family members suggesting that each protein has a unique role in the cell cycle.Among E2F transcriptional targets are cyclins, cdks, checkpoints regulators, DNA repair.
E2F-repsonsive genes have historically been grouped into three general categories: cell cycle proteins (e.g. cyclin E), DNA replication enzymes (e.g. polymerases and helicases), and nucleotide biosynthetic enzymes (NBEs). Thus, the proteins encoded by E2F-responsive genes drive cells through the G1 phase, generate the needed macromolecules for DNA synthesis, and polymerize DNA Main navigation. cells conditionally expressing an E2F-1 cDNA transcript in the anti-sense orientation. Furthermore, we studied the interaction between a bacterially produced E2F-1 protein and promoters of human genes involved in cell cycle progression such as DNA polymerase-a, cyclin Dl, cdc2, c-myb, and the ability of E2F-1 to transactivate the bound promoters The pRb-related protein p130 is a possible effector of transforming growth factor beta 1 induced cell cycle arrest in keratinocytes. Oncogene. 1995 ;10:2079-2084 59. Iavarone A, Massague J. E2F and histone deacetylase mediate transforming growth factor beta repression of cdc25A during keratinocyte cell cycle arrest
The E2F-family of transcripion factors exerts fascinating and contrasting functions in transcriptional repression and activation of genes regulating proliferation, apoptosis, and differentiation. E2F is principally regulated by its temporal association with retinoblastoma pocket protein (pRb) family members. In turn, pRb is regulated through phosphorylation by cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) In the plant field, those regulations depend on one hand, on the control of a set of early cell cycle (G1) genes by the canonical E2F transcription factors (TF) combined to their dimerization partner (DP), and on the other hand, on the regulation by the MYB3R TF family of a set of late cell cycle (G2) genes, containing M-phase specific activator (MSA) cis-elements (for reviews [12,58]). Those.
E2F-dependent Transcription and Cell Cycle Arrest* (Received for publication, July 30, 1999, and in revised form, October 28, 1999) TCDD on cell cycle regulation might be mediated by protein-protein interactions between AHR and the reti-noblastoma protein (RB). Using the yeast two-hybrid system, AHR and RB were in fact shown to bind to each other. In vitro pull-down experiments with. Co-expression of E2F-5 with DP1 had little observable e ect on cell morphology as did the infection with the control virus Distinct activities of the E2F-family proteins PB Dirks et al 871 cells, the levels of this latter cell cycle regulatory protein also being distinctly altered by the di erent E2F's (Figure 6a). Speci®cally, all of the E2F's which cause cell cycle progression increase. The cell cycles in eukaryotic cells are dynamically regulated by extrinsic, growth factor-induced, mitogenic, and intrinsic signals from proteins that are involved in monitoring genomic integrity. The cell cycle progresses through four distinct phases, namely G0/G1, S, G2, and M phases. Different complexes of cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), their cyclin partners, and the CDK inhibitor (CDKI.
Pocket proteins and cell cycle control. Oncogene. 2005; 24(17):2796-809 (ISSN: 0950-9232) Cobrinik D . The retinoblastoma protein (pRB) and the pRB-related p107 and p130 comprise the 'pocket protein' family of cell cycle regulators. These proteins are best known for their roles in restraining the G1-S transition through the regulation of E2F-responsive genes. pRB and the p107/p130 pair are. Retinoblastoma Proteins and E2F Transcription Factors , and the function of the retinoblastoma protein • Cell cycle checkpoints are surveillance mechanisms that link the rate of cell cycle transitions to the timely and accurate completion of prior dependent events. p53 is a checkpoint protein that induces cell cycle arrest, senescence, or death in response to cellular stress. proteins in higher eukaryotes, by regulating the timed expression of genes implicated in cell cycle progression and DNA synthesis. The CDC6 gene is a target for MBF and SBF-regulated transcription link between HDAC1 and E2F proteins when associated to E2F-responsive promoters. Rb and cell cycle Two of the most important proteins involved in the cell cycle machinery are cyclin-dependent.
Key words: Cell cycle, Transcriptional corepressor, E2F, Histone deacetylase, Smad Introduction Smad family members have been identified as essential genes for the intracellular mediation of transforming growth factor-b (TGF-b) peptide signaling (Massague, 1998; Raftery and Sutherland, 1999). The signaling pathway of the TGF-b family, which includes bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and activin. Retinoblastom-Protein. Das Retinoblastom-Protein (pRb, Rb) ist ein Tumorsuppressor- Protein, das bei vielen Tumoren eine gestörte Funktion besitzt. Eine sehr gut untersuchte Funktion von pRB ist es, das Zellwachstum zu verlangsamen, indem der Durchlauf des Zellzyklus gebremst wird. pRB gehört zu der sogenannten Pocket-Protein-Familie E2F family members play a major role during the G1/S transition in mammalian and plant cell cycle (see KEGG cell cycle pathway). DNA microarray analysis reveals unique sets of target promoters among E2F family members suggesting that each protein has a unique role in the cell cycle. Among E2F transcriptional targets are cyclins, cdks, checkpoints regulators, DNA repair and replication proteins. In quiescent cells, the E2F/DP complexes interact with pRb family proteins to prevent cell cycle re-entry by actively repressing the expression of growth-related genes (Figure 1A and B). Mitogenic signals promote the assembly and activation of the Cyclin D/cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) 4 complex in the cell nucleus. Phosphorylation of pRb family proteins by the Cyclin D-cdk4 complex results in. The E2F transcription factor controls the cell cycle-dependent expression of many S-phase-specific genes. of endogenous or transfected proteins indicate that this histone methyltransferase is the recently explained heterochromatin-associated protein Suv39H1. Interestingly phosphorylation of Rb in vitro as well as with vivo abolished the Rb-Suv39H1 connection. We also found that Suv39H1 and Rb.
DNA-binding E2F complexes have been identified throughout the mammalian cell cycle, including the transcriptionally inactive complexes with pocket proteins, which occur early in the prereplicative G1 phase of the cycle, and the transactivating free E2F, which increases in late G1. Here, a regulatory B- myb promoter site was shown to bind with high affinity to free E2F and to E2F-pocket protein. Sortieren nach Reihenfolg This classification is based on differences in the ability of these overexpressed proteins to activate transcription or drive quiescent cells into the cell cycle, as well as on the phases of the cell cycle where the E2F proteins can be shown to be present at E2F-regulated promoters. The distinction between these two groups is not absolute. Repressor E2Fs can activate transcription when.
Cell Cycle Checkpoint Cyclin Proteins E2F protein p53 protein p21 protein a tumor suppressor protein that physically binds with Cydin/CDK complexes and inhibits their activity, therefore preventing cells from continuing through the cell cycle a protein that acts as a transcription factor to upregulate genes involved in the progression of the cell cycle a tumor suppressor protein that is. When Rb is bound to E2F, production of proteins necessary for the G 1 /S transition is blocked. As the cell increases in size, Rb is slowly phosphorylated until it becomes inactivated. Rb releases E2F, which can now turn on the gene that produces the transition protein, and this particular block is removed. For the cell to move past each of the checkpoints, all positive regulators must be. In humans, E2F-1 is a 437 amino acid protein, which shows constitutive and rapid nucleocytoplasmic shuttling in a variety of cells (Ivanova et al., 2007). E2F-1 stimulates cell proliferation by positively modulating transcription of genes necessary for DNA synthesis and cell cycle progression (Ivanova et al., 2005) . In an apparently. Protein Cell cycle transcription factor E2F-4 from a.4.5.17: Cell cycle transcription factor e2f-dp appears in SCOPe 2.06 SCOPe: Structural Classification of Proteins — extended. Release 2.07 (updated 2021-07-07, stable release March 2018
The mechanisms by which E2F transcription factors regulate cell cycle progression have been studied in detail. The activity of E2F1 is restrained by the retinoblastoma protein pRB, a tumor suppressor that is either mutated or functionally inactivated in various cancers (Dyson, 2016).In the textbook description of E2F regulation, the cyclin-dependent kinases phosphorylate pRB, releasing E2F1 to. Hypophosphorylated retinoblastoma proteins in turn associate E2F transcription factors and thereby inhibit cell cycle progression , . MiR-17, -20a, and -106b target all mentioned proteins involved in this network, and from the functional interactions described, one final goal of this regulatory pathway seems to be the control of E2F activity. In turn, E2F not only activates its own. They in turn phosphorylate and inactivate the RB family proteins, leading to E2F activation and additional cyclin dependent kinase activity. This propels the cell cycle irreversibly forward leading to DNA synthesis. This review will focus on the basic biochemistry and cell biology governing the regulation and activity of mammalian RB family proteins in cell cycle control. Keywords: Cell cycle. E2F Transcriptional control of the cell cycle E2F family E2F1, 2, 3a • Activators • G1-S and G0 exit E2F 3b, 4, 5 • Repressors: • G0 and cell differentiation E2F6: Polycomb dependent repressor E2F7: S and G2 repressor, senescence E2Fs regulate the expression of genes involved in differentiation, development, proliferation, and apoptosis
E2F integrates cell cycle progression with DNA repair, replication, and G(2)/M checkpoints. Novel phosphorylated forms of E2F-1 transcription factor bind to the retinoblastoma protein in cells overexpressing an E2F-1 cDNA. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1997;232:336-339 30. Lukas J, Petersen BO, Holm K, Bartek J, Helin K. Deregulated expression of E2F family members induces S-phase entry and. E2F family proteins regulate expression of genes, whose protein products are necessary for cell cycle progression, apoptosis, and DNA repair . Thereby, among other cell cycle dependent gene expressions of E2F-1 or proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), a cofactor of DNA polymerases that encircles DNA, is activated [8, 9] The cell cycle is ancient and conserved across all Eukaryotes, including plants, animals and fungi. However, some of the core proteins present in animals and fungi are unrelated. This raises the question as to how a drastic change could have occurred and been tolerated over evolution. In animals and plants, a protein called E2F controls the. Furthermore, cell cycle specific destruction of E2F was suggested by the finding that E2F protein becomes undetectable in the synchronised S phase cells of the morphogenetic furrow of the eye imaginal disc . Our double labelling analysis extended this finding to the asynchronously cycling cells of the wing imaginal disc and demonstrated that E2F is rapidly degraded prior to significant DNA. E2F proteins control the temporal expression of genes that are needed for multiple processes during the cell cycle. Consequently, the level of E2F-dependent transcription is important for cell proliferation. Different types of E2F complexes either activate or repress transcription. E2F repressor complexes suppress the transcription of their targets in quiescent cells, in differentiated cells.
This suggests that specific alterations in fidelity of the M phase of the cell cycle may become compromised when E2F-1 is overexpressed for long periods of time, and this warrants further investigation. p73 and p53 have been shown to be regulated by E2F1, but neither protein was up-regulated by E2F-1 in this cell line ( 24- 26) While E2F proteins are implicated in promoting the S phase of the cell cycle, p53 has the potential to arrest cells in G 1 phase and thereby prevent entry into S phase. Because they perform seemingly opposite functions in the control of cell growth, a possibility of functional interactions between E2F and p53 was investigated. It was found that p53 specifically inhibited activated. Central for the control of cell proliferation is the E2F transcription factor regulatory network. This signaling network also includes cyclins, cdk, cdk inhibitors and the retinoblastoma (pRb) family of proteins. The biological importance of the E2F/pRb pathway is emphasized by the fact that a majority of human tumours exhibit alterations that disrupt the ability of pRb proteins to inhibit E2F.
1 e +u-p p16,15,18,19 +p DNA p21 Securin pathway +p Transcription Factor E2F Growth Factor withdrawal mediated +p +p +p (Start) G2 e +p M e DNA biosynthesis MCM (Mini-Chromosome Maintenance) complex Condensin +p e e S-phase proteins Ubiquitin Separin MAPK Apoptosis +p +p HDAC +p G1 DNA Growth Factor +p +p +u +p +p proteolysis DNA damage checkpoint signaling S R-point +u p27,57 +p Histone. keywords = Cell cycle, E2F, Prognosis, Protein, Renal cell carcinoma, author = Kim, {Young Sik} and Jiyoon Jung and Hoiseon Jeong and Oh, {Hwa Eun} and Lee, {Ju Han} and Lee, {Eung Seok} and Choi, {Jung Woo}, note = Funding Information: This work was supported by grants from Korea University Ansan Hospital [grant number O1700631 ] and by Mid-career Researcher Program through National. E2F is a group of genes that encodes a family of transcription factors (TF) in higher eukaryotes. Three of them are activators: E2F1, 2 and E2F3a. Six others act as suppressors: E2F3b, E2F4-8. All of them are involved in the cell cycle regulation and synthesis of DNA in mammalian cells. E2Fs as TFs bind to the TTTCCCGC (or slight variations of this sequence) consensus binding site in the. E2F6 is a member of the E2F family of transcription factors that play an important role in the regulation of cell cycle progression. In normal cells, E2F activity is regulated by binding to pRB, the product of the retinoblastoma gene, and by binding to pocket proteins, p107 and p130 The lack of a cell cycle phenotype in single mutants could be due to compensation by the other repressive E2F. In order to determine the role that E2F4·pocket protein repressive complexes play in regulating cell cycle control, differentiation, and development, mice lacking E2F4 and two members of the pocket protein family, p107 and p130, were generated. Analysis of mouse embryonic fibroblasts.
The E2F transcription factor family is believed to integrate cell cycle progression with transcription through its cyclical interactions with important cell cycle regulators such as the retinoblastoma-tumor suppressor gene product (pRB), cyclins, and cyclin-dependent kinases (Lam and La Thangue, 1994; Slansky and Farnham, 1996). In mammalian cells, seven E2F (E2F-1 to E2F-7) and two DP. That E2F factors are potent regulators of cell‐cycle checkpoints in mammalian cells is supported by experiments demonstrating that ectopic expression of individual E2F family members is sufficient to modulate cell proliferation and apoptosis. It is also clear that deregulation of E2F activity will result in the loss of particular checkpoint controls, thereby predisposing cells to malignant. The E2F and DP protein families form heterodimeric transcription factors thatplay a central role in the expression of cell cycle-regulated genes. The crystal structure of an E2F4-DP2-DNA complex shows that the DNA-binding domains of theE2F and DP proteins both have a fold related to the winged-helix DNA-bindingmotif. Recognition of the central c/gGCGCg/c sequence of the consensusDNA-binding. Transcription activator that binds DNA cooperatively with DP proteins through the E2 recognition site, 5'-TTTC[CG]CGC-3' found in the promoter region of a number of genes whose products are involved in cell cycle regulation or in DNA replication. The binding of retinoblastoma-related proteins represses transactivation. Involved in the control of cell-cycle progression from G1 to S phase and. Irreversible exit from the cell cycle precludes the ability of cardiac muscle cells to increase cell number after infarction. Using adenoviral E1A, we previously demonstrated dual pocket protein- and p300-dependent pathways in neonatal rat cardiac myocytes, and have proven that E2F-1, which occupies the Rb pocket, suffices for these actions of E1A.By contrast, the susceptibility of adult.
The Retinoblastoma protein (Rb), encoded by the RB1 gene, is a critical regulator of cell cycle progression and has an important role in numerous aspects of biology, including DNA damage response, apoptosis, senescence and differentiation. Rb is an important regulator of the cell cycle that acts predominantly by binding to and inhibiting the gene transactivation by E2F transcription factors. DRTF1/E2F during cell cycle progression correlates with 2945 The cellular transcription factor DRTF1/E2F is implicated in the control of early cell cycle progression due to its inter- action with important regulators of cellular proliferation, such as pocket proteins (for example, the retinoblastoma tumour suppressor gene product), cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinase subunits. In mammalian. The cell cycle involves the replication of DNA into two identical daughter cells through interphase, made up of G 0, G 1, S (synthesis phase), and G 2, and M (mitosis) phase 4. One way that this process is regulated is through retinoblastoma interaction with the E2F family of transcription factors. The E2F family is a group of related proteins consisting of six typical proteins and two. cell cycle • E2F-1 • p53 Introduction Biological control of the cell cycle entails a series of check-points regulated by cyclin-dependent protein kinases (Cdks) 1 and their obligatory activating partners, the cyclins (1, 2). Cdk activity governs, first, a restriction point at the G1/S boundary, via pocket protein phosphorylation and resulting release of E2F transcription factors required. Sulforaphane induces cell cycle arrest by protecting RB-E2F-1 complex in epithelial ovarian cancer cells | springermedizin.de Skip to main conten
protein itself may act as a cell cycle regulator, the inactiva-tion of which may lead to unbridled cell growth. This notion is further supported by the fact that viral on- coproteins encoded by three different DNA tumor viruses-the SV4O large T antigen, the adenovirus E1A protein, and the human papilloma virus (HPV) 16 and 18 E7 protein-can form a molecular complex with the RB protein (25-27. Myc as a downstream target of pocket proteins and E2F 6. Lessons from a Myc knock-out cell line: independent effects on cell cycle and cell growth 7. Cellular transformation and Oncogene cooperation: the example of Myc and Ras 7.1. Myc and Ras: interplay in cell cycle control 7.2. Interplay between tumor suppressor and oncogenic pathways 7.3. Do p21, p27 or p57 function as tumor suppressors? 8. E2F transcription factors (E2Fs) are a family of transcription factors consisting of eight genes, contributing to the oncogenesis and development of CRC. Importantly, E2Fs control not only the cell cycle but also apoptosis, senescence, DNA damage response, and drug resistance by interacting with multiple signaling pathways