| 2003 |
Spy1 directly interacts with the CDK inhibitor p27Kip1 (confirmed by yeast two-hybrid, in vitro pulldown with bacterially expressed proteins, and co-immunoprecipitation of endogenous and transfected proteins in mammalian cells), and this interaction allows Spy1 to overcome p27-induced G1 arrest to promote CDK2-dependent DNA synthesis; proliferative effects of Spy1 require endogenous p27. |
Yeast two-hybrid screen, in vitro pulldown (bacterially expressed proteins), co-immunoprecipitation, CDK2 histone H1 kinase assay, p27-null cell rescue experiments |
Molecular biology of the cell |
High |
12972555
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| 2003 |
Human Spy1 binds and activates CDK2 during the DNA damage response; Spy1 overexpression enhances cell viability after genotoxic damage (camptothecin, cisplatin, hydroxyurea), and a dominant-negative CDK2 overrides Spy1 function, demonstrating that CDK2 activation is required for Spy1-mediated cell survival. |
Clonogenic survival assays, comet assays, dominant-negative CDK2 expression, siRNA knockdown, endogenous protein level analysis by western blot |
Cancer research |
Medium |
12839962
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| 2006 |
Spy1 expression suppresses UV-induced caspase-3 activation and apoptosis, allows UV-irradiation-resistant DNA synthesis and mitotic entry (histone H3 phosphorylation), and inhibits phosphorylation of Chk1, RPA, and histone H2A.X; mutation of the conserved Speedy/Ringo box (CDK2-interaction domain) abrogates these effects, placing CDK2 activation upstream of checkpoint bypass and apoptosis suppression. |
Inducible Spy1 expression system, flow cytometry, western blot for checkpoint markers, Speedy/Ringo box point mutant |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
16951407
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| 2007 |
Spy1 activates CDK2 to phosphorylate p27Kip1 at T187 in vitro using recombinant proteins; Spy1/CDK2 added to a preformed inhibited cyclin E/CDK2/p27 complex promotes T187 phosphorylation; in cells, inducible Spy1 expression reduces endogenous p27 and exogenous p27WT but not p27T187A, and synchronised cells show enhanced T187 phosphorylation and p27 degradation in late G1 and S-phase. |
In vitro kinase assay with recombinant proteins, inducible expression system, synchronized HeLa cell analysis, T187A mutant control, western blot |
Cell cycle |
High |
17671428
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| 2009 |
Spy1-mediated inhibition of apoptosis and bypass of UV-induced checkpoint activation requires the presence of functional p53 and the CDK inhibitor p21; Spy1 expression prevents nucleotide excision repair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers, increases cellular mutation frequency, reduces cyclin E-induced γH2A.X foci formation, and knockdown of endogenous Spy1 itself leads to γH2A.X foci, Chk1 phosphorylation, and proliferation defects. |
siRNA knockdown, p53/p21 genetic requirement analysis, CPD repair assay, mutation frequency assay, γH2A.X and Chk1 phosphorylation western blot |
Cell cycle |
Medium |
19106603
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| 2012 |
Spy1 facilitates mammary cell transformation in a manner dependent on activation of CDK1, with subsequent inhibition of the anti-apoptotic regulator FOXO1; knockdown of Spy1 impairs breast cancer cell proliferation. |
CDK1 activity assays, FOXO1 functional analysis, shRNA knockdown, in vivo mouse mammary tumor model |
BMC cancer |
Medium |
22280365
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| 2015 |
Spy1 directly binds SCG10 (a microtubule-destabilising protein/axonal maintenance factor) and mediates SCG10 phosphorylation and proteasomal degradation in a partially JNK-dependent manner following sciatic nerve injury; inhibition of Spy1 attenuates SCG10 phosphorylation and delays axonal degeneration. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro binding assay, western blot for phosphorylation/degradation, Spy1 inhibition with phenotypic rescue |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
25869138
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| 2015 |
Spy1 interacts with CLIPR-59 in glioblastoma cells, sequestering CLIPR-59 away from CYLD (a K63-deubiquitinase); knockdown of Spy1 increases CLIPR-59-CYLD association, enhances K63-deubiquitination of RIP1, and promotes caspase-8/caspase-3 activation, thereby sensitising GBM cells to TNF-α-induced apoptosis. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, siRNA knockdown, ubiquitination assay, caspase activity assays, western blot |
Cell cycle |
Medium |
26017671
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| 2016 |
Specific residues in Spy1 mediate direct interaction with CDK2 and separately with p27Kip1; point mutations disrupting each interaction reduce endogenous CDK2 activity and Spy1-mediated proliferation; only the p27-interaction mutation abolishes Spy1-mediated p27 destabilisation, while disruption of either interaction slows Spy1-driven tumorigenesis in vivo. |
Site-directed mutagenesis, co-immunoprecipitation, CDK2 kinase assay, p27 stability assay, in vivo mouse tumour model |
Cell cycle |
Medium |
26771716
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| 2017 |
Crystal structures of the Cdk2-Spy1 binary complex and the p27-Cdk2-Spy1 ternary complex reveal that Spy1 activates Cdk2 by inducing structural changes that bypass the requirement for activation-loop phosphorylation; Spy1 lacks the cyclin-binding groove that mediates p27 inhibition and substrate cyclin-docking, explaining why Cdk-Spy1 complexes are resistant to p27 and have altered substrate specificity; Spy1 mutations that ablate Cdk2 binding also abolish cell proliferation. |
X-ray crystallography, in vitro CDK2 kinase assay, site-directed mutagenesis, cell proliferation assay |
The EMBO journal |
High |
28666995
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| 2017 |
Spy1 activates ERK1/2 in a MEK-independent manner; Spy1-mediated ERK activation increases ligand-independent phosphorylation and activation of estrogen receptor α, correlating with decreased tamoxifen sensitivity in breast cancer cells. |
ERK1/2 phosphorylation assays, MEK inhibitor controls, ERα phosphorylation assays, tamoxifen sensitivity assays, Spy1 overexpression/knockdown |
Oncotarget |
Medium |
28423577
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| 2019 |
p53 controls Spy1 protein levels via proteasomal degradation mediated in part by the E3 ubiquitin ligase Nedd4; loss or mutation of p53 allows Spy1 accumulation, leading to mammary hyperplasia; in a transgenic mouse model, sustained Spy1 elevation results in increased mammary proliferation and tumour susceptibility. |
Transgenic mouse model, in vitro protein stability assays, Nedd4 co-immunoprecipitation/ubiquitination, p53 knockout/mutation analysis |
Breast cancer research |
Medium |
31829284
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| 2020 |
SPDYA (Speedy A) directly interacts with SUN1 at the nuclear envelope via its Ringo domain and recruits CDK2 to SUN1; the SPDYA-binding site on SUN1 is in the N-terminal domain, close to the MAJIN-binding site; CDK2 inhibitors decrease the SUN1-MAJIN interaction, suggesting SPDYA-CDK2 promotes telomere-nuclear envelope attachment during meiosis. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, domain-mapping experiments, CDK2 inhibitor treatment, binding-site mutagenesis |
Frontiers in cell and developmental biology |
Medium |
33015044
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| 2021 |
SPDYA directly interacts with SUN1; the crystal structure of the human SUN1-SPDYA-CDK2 ternary complex was determined; SUN1 mutations that disrupt SPDYA binding in mice impair telomere-LINC complex attachment, abolish the ring-shaped telomere supramolecular architecture at the nuclear envelope, and cause defects in homologous pairing and synapsis during meiosis prophase I. |
X-ray crystallography (ternary complex), site-directed mutagenesis of SUN1, mouse genetic model (SPDYA-binding-deficient SUN1 knockin), meiosis phenotype analysis |
Nature communications |
High |
34039995
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| 2021 |
SPY1 activates the epigenetic regulator EZH2 to promote H3K27me3-mediated repression of CDK inhibitors CDKN1A and CDKN2A, overriding senescence during reprogramming; SPY1 is required for efficient reprogramming of mouse fibroblasts to induced pluripotent stem cells. |
iPSC reprogramming assay, EZH2 activity/H3K27me3 western blot, Spy1 knockdown/overexpression, CDKN1A/CDKN2A expression analysis |
Stem cells |
Medium |
34486784
|
| 2022 |
SPY1 protein is degraded via ubiquitination mediated by MDM2 (an E3 ubiquitin ligase) in ALS motor neurons; overexpression of Spy1 suppresses ferroptosis in hSOD1G93A cells by restoring the GCH1/BH4 axis (a ferroptosis resistance pathway) and reducing TFR1-mediated iron import, decreasing lipid peroxidation; neuron-specific Spy1 overexpression delays disease onset and extends survival in ALS transgenic mice. |
Ubiquitination assay, MDM2 knockdown/overexpression, lipid peroxidation measurement, GCH1/TFR1 western blot and activity assays, transgenic mouse model with neurological scoring |
Cell death and differentiation |
Medium |
36443440
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| 2022 |
Spy1 stabilises c-Myc protein in TNBC cells; knockdown of Spy1 reduces c-Myc protein levels and sensitises TNBC cells to chemotherapy; Spy1 protein levels positively correlate with c-Myc protein (not mRNA) levels in TNBC patient samples. |
shRNA knockdown, western blot for c-Myc protein, chemotherapy sensitivity assays, tissue microarray |
Breast cancer research and treatment |
Low |
36029387
|
| 2023 |
RingoA (Spy1 ortholog in mouse) regulates exit from quiescence in adult neural stem cells; RingoA expression increases CDK activity and facilitates cell cycle entry; RingoA-deficient mice show reduced olfactory neurogenesis and accumulation of quiescent NSCs, placing RingoA as a CDK activity threshold regulator for NSC quiescence-to-activation transition. |
RingoA knockout mouse, CDK activity assays, neurogenesis quantification, quiescent NSC accumulation analysis |
iScience |
Medium |
36876138
|
| 2014 |
CRMP1 interacts with Spy1 (identified by yeast two-hybrid and confirmed by co-IP); Spy1 affects CDK5-mediated CRMP1 phosphorylation, which disrupts CRMP1-actin association and contributes to Sema3A-induced growth cone collapse and impaired regeneration after sciatic nerve crush. |
Yeast two-hybrid, co-immunoprecipitation, overexpression/shRNA, CRMP1 phosphorylation assay, growth cone collapse assay, rat sciatic nerve crush model |
Molecular neurobiology |
Low |
25526860
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