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1 From the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas; and the 2 Skirball Institute, New York University Medical School, New York City.
PURPOSE. Previous studies have shown that inactivation of the retinoblastoma tumor suppressor protein (pRb) can cause lens fiber cell proliferation and apoptosis. Because pRb is thought to block cell cycle progression by inhibition of E2F transcription factors, experiments were conducted to test whether overexpression of different E2F family members would be sufficient to induce fiber cell proliferation and subsequent apoptosis. The in vivo functions of the transcription factor E2F2 have not previously been analyzed or described in transgenic mice.
METHODS. Human E2F1 and E2F2 cDNAs were linked to the 
A-crystallin promoter.
Transgenic mice were generated by microinjection. Changes in cell cycle
regulation were assayed by immunohistochemistry for
5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation and by in situ
hybridization. Cell death was assayed using the TdT-dUTP terminal
nick-end labeling (TUNEL) assay.
RESULTS. At embryonic day (E)15.5, strong expression of the E2F1 and E2F2 transgenes was detected in lens fiber cells with little or no expression in epithelial cells. BrdU incorporation and TUNEL assays showed that overexpression of either E2F1 or E2F2 in lens fiber cells was sufficient to cause cell cycle entry and subsequent apoptosis. Expression of either E2F1 or E2F2 was sufficient to induce the transcription of cyclins (A2, B1, and E), as well as p53 and Bax in the lens fibercells.
CONCLUSIONS. Expression of either E2F1 or E2F2 can induce postmitotic lens fiber cells to re-enter the cell cycle. Inappropriate cell cycle entry is recognized by p53 in each case, and programmed cell death ensues.
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