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Protein phosphatase 2A-dependent dephosphorylation of replication protein A is required for the repair of DNA breaks induced by replication stress. Mol Cell Biol 2009; 29:5696-709. [PMID: 19704001 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00191-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic genomic integrity is safeguarded by cell cycle checkpoints and DNA repair pathways, collectively known as the DNA damage response, wherein replication protein A (RPA) is a key regulator playing multiple critical roles. The genotoxic insult-induced phosphorylation of the 32-kDa subunit of human RPA (RPA32), most notably the ATM/ATR-dependent phosphorylation at T21 and S33, acts to suppress DNA replication and recruit other checkpoint/repair proteins to the DNA lesions. It is not clear, however, how the DNA damage-responsive function of phosphorylated RPA is attenuated and how the replication-associated activity of the unphosphorylated form of RPA is restored when cells start to resume the normal cell cycle. We report here that in cells recovering from hydroxyurea (HU)-induced genotoxic stress, RPA32 is dephosphorylated by the serine/threonine protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A). Interference with PP2A catalytic activity causes persistent RPA32 phosphorylation and increased HU sensitivity. The PP2A catalytic subunit binds to RPA following DNA damage and can dephosphorylate RPA32 in vitro. Cells expressing a RPA32 persistent phosphorylation mimetic exhibit normal checkpoint activation and reenter the cell cycle normally after recovery but display a pronounced defect in the repair of DNA breaks. These data indicate that PP2A-mediated RPA32 dephosphorylation is required for the efficient DNA damage repair.
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Stephan H, Concannon C, Kremmer E, Carty MP, Nasheuer HP. Ionizing radiation-dependent and independent phosphorylation of the 32-kDa subunit of replication protein A during mitosis. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:6028-41. [PMID: 19671522 PMCID: PMC2764457 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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The human single-stranded DNA-binding protein, replication protein A (RPA), is regulated by the N-terminal phosphorylation of its 32-kDa subunit, RPA2. RPA2 is hyperphosphorylated in response to various DNA-damaging agents and also phosphorylated in a cell-cycle-dependent manner during S- and M-phase, primarily at two CDK consensus sites, S23 and S29. Here we generated two monoclonal phospho-specific antibodies directed against these CDK sites. These phospho-specific RPA2-(P)-S23 and RPA2-(P)-S29 antibodies recognized mitotically phosphorylated RPA2 with high specificity. In addition, the RPA2-(P)-S23 antibody recognized the S-phase-specific phosphorylation of RPA2, suggesting that during S-phase only S23 is phosphorylated, whereas during M-phase both CDK sites, S23 and S29, are phosphorylated. Immunofluorescence microscopy revealed that the mitotic phosphorylation of RPA2 starts at the onset of mitosis, and dephosphorylation occurs during late cytokinesis. In mitotic cells treated with ionizing radiation (IR), we observed a rapid hyperphosphorylation of RPA2 in addition to its mitotic phosphorylation at S23 and S29, associated with a significant change in the subcellular localization of RPA. Our data also indicate that the RPA2 hyperphosphorylation in response to IR is facilitated by the activity of both ATM and DNA-PK, and is associated with activation of the Chk2 pathway.
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- Holger Stephan
- Cell Cycle Control Laboratory, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Galway, Ireland
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Lobjois V, Jullien D, Bouché JP, Ducommun B. The polo-like kinase 1 regulates CDC25B-dependent mitosis entry. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2009; 1793:462-8. [PMID: 19185590 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2008] [Revised: 12/13/2008] [Accepted: 12/17/2008] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Activation of cyclin-dependent kinase complexes (CDK) at key cell cycle transitions is dependent on their dephosphorylation by CDC25 dual-specificity phosphatases (CDC25A, B and C in human). The CDC25B phosphatase plays an essential role in controlling the activity of CDK1-cyclin B complexes at the entry into mitosis and together with polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) in regulating the resumption of cell cycle progression after DNA damage-dependent checkpoint arrest in G2. In this study, we analysed the regulation of CDC25B-dependent mitosis entry by PLK1. We demonstrate that PLK1 activity is essential for the relocation of CDC25B from the cytoplasm to the nucleus. By gain and loss of function analyses, we show that PLK1 stimulates CDC25B-induced mitotic entry in both normal conditions and after DNA-damage induced G2/M arrest. Our results support a model in which the relocalisation of CDC25B to the nucleus at the G2-M transition by PLK1 regulates its mitotic inducing activity.
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- Valerie Lobjois
- Université de Toulouse, LBCMCP, 118 Route de Narbonne, CNRS, LBCMCP-UMR5088, F-31062 Toulouse, France
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DNA ligase I deficiency leads to replication-dependent DNA damage and impacts cell morphology without blocking cell cycle progression. Mol Cell Biol 2009; 29:2032-41. [PMID: 19223467 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01730-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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46BR.1G1 cells derive from a patient with a genetic syndrome characterized by drastically reduced replicative DNA ligase I (LigI) activity and delayed joining of Okazaki fragments. Here we show that the replication defect in 46BR.1G1 cells results in the accumulation of both single-stranded and double-stranded DNA breaks. This is accompanied by phosphorylation of the H2AX histone variant and the formation of gammaH2AX foci that mark damaged DNA. Single-cell analysis demonstrates that the number of gammaH2AX foci in LigI-defective cells fluctuates during the cell cycle: they form in S phase, persist in mitosis, and eventually diminish in G(1) phase. Notably, replication-dependent DNA damage in 46BR.1G1 cells only moderately delays cell cycle progression and does not activate the S-phase-specific ATR/Chk1 checkpoint pathway that also monitors the execution of mitosis. In contrast, the ATM/Chk2 pathway is activated. The phenotype of 46BR.1G1 cells is efficiently corrected by the wild-type LigI but is worsened by a LigI mutant that mimics the hyperphosphorylated enzyme in M phase. Notably, the expression of the phosphomimetic mutant drastically affects cell morphology and the organization of the cytoskeleton, unveiling an unexpected link between endogenous DNA damage and the structural organization of the cell.
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Nakamura AJ, Chiang YJ, Hathcock KS, Horikawa I, Sedelnikova OA, Hodes RJ, Bonner WM. Both telomeric and non-telomeric DNA damage are determinants of mammalian cellular senescence. Epigenetics Chromatin 2008; 1:6. [PMID: 19014415 PMCID: PMC2584625 DOI: 10.1186/1756-8935-1-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2008] [Accepted: 11/03/2008] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background Cellular senescence is a state reached by normal mammalian cells after a finite number of cell divisions and is characterized by morphological and physiological changes including terminal cell-cycle arrest. The limits on cell division imposed by senescence may play an important role in both organismal aging and in preventing tumorigenesis. Cellular senescence and organismal aging are both accompanied by increased DNA damage, seen as the formation of γ-H2AX foci (γ-foci), which may be found on uncapped telomeres or at non-telomeric sites of DNA damage. However, the relative importance of telomere- and non-telomere-associated DNA damage to inducing senescence has never been demonstrated. Here we present a new approach to determine accurately the chromosomal location of γ-foci and quantify the number of telomeric versus non-telomeric γ-foci associated with senescence in both human and mouse cells. This approach enables researchers to obtain accurate values and to avoid various possible misestimates inherent in earlier methods. Results Using combined immunofluorescence and telomere fluorescence in situ hybridization on metaphase chromosomes, we show that human cellular senescence is not solely determined by telomeric DNA damage. In addition, mouse cellular senescence is not solely determined by non-telomeric DNA damage. By comparing cells from different generations of telomerase-null mice with human cells, we show that cells from late generation telomerase-null mice, which have substantially short telomeres, contain mostly telomeric γ-foci. Most notably, we report that, as human and mouse cells approach senescence, all cells exhibit similar numbers of total γ-foci per cell, irrespective of chromosomal locations. Conclusion Our results suggest that the chromosome location of senescence-related γ-foci is determined by the telomere length rather than species differences per se. In addition, our data indicate that both telomeric and non-telomeric DNA damage responses play equivalent roles in signaling the initiation of cellular senescence and organismal aging. These data have important implications in the study of mechanisms to induce or delay cellular senescence in different species.
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- Asako J Nakamura
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Final checkup of neoplastic DNA replication: Evidence for failure in decision-making at the mitotic cell cycle checkpoint G1/S. Exp Hematol 2008; 36:1403-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2008.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2008] [Revised: 07/29/2008] [Accepted: 07/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Wang XQ, Zhu YQ, Lui KS, Cai Q, Lu P, Poon RT. Aberrant Polo-like kinase 1-Cdc25A pathway in metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res 2008; 14:6813-20. [PMID: 18980975 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-08-0626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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PURPOSE Most studies on pathogenesis of tumor metastasis focus on cell adhesion and migration. Little is understood of how cell cycle pathways critically affect cell fate of metastatic cells and their sensitivity to anticancer drugs. In this study, we investigated cell cycle checkpoint progression and regulation in the presence of cisplatin in metastatic hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Cisplatin-mediated cell cycle progression and Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1)-Cdc25A pathway were compared between metastatic and nonmetastatic HCC cells by flow cytometry, Western blots, and reverse transcription-PCR. Cdc25A expression in clinical HCC samples was detected using immunohistochemistry and its association with clinical HCC metastasis was analyzed. RESULTS Cisplatin induced degradation of Cdc25A in nonmetastatic HCC cells but not in metastatic HCC cells. Hence, metastatic HCC cells showed defective S-M cell cycle phase arrest and continued to enter mitosis. Tumor expression of Cdc25A was strongly associated with metastatic diseases in HCC patients, and elevated Cdc25A expression significantly correlated with HCC tumor-node-metastasis staging and venous invasion. Metastatic HCC cells did not show down-regulation of Plk1 that was normally induced by DNA damage. Blockage of Plk1 expression in metastatic HCC cells initiated Cdc25A degradation in response to DNA damage, suggesting that Plk1 could be an upstream regulator of Cdc25A. Deregulated Plk1-Cdc25A pathway in metastatic HCC cells and primary tumors did not result in drug-induced mitotic catastrophe but rather in accumulation of damaged DNA due to checkpoint adaptation. CONCLUSIONS Metastatic HCC cells showed a defective S-M checkpoint following cisplatin treatment and potential aberrant checkpoint adaptation, which might result from deregulation of Plk1-Cdc25A pathway.
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- Xiao Qi Wang
- Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People's Republic of China
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Stordal B, Davey R. ERCC1 expression and RAD51B activity correlate with cell cycle response to platinum drug treatment not DNA repair. Cancer Chemother Pharmacol 2008; 63:661-72. [PMID: 18575867 DOI: 10.1007/s00280-008-0783-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2008] [Accepted: 06/02/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The H69CIS200 and H69OX400 cell lines are novel models of low-level platinum-drug resistance. Resistance was not associated with increased cellular glutathione or decreased accumulation of platinum, rather the resistant cell lines have a cell cycle alteration allowing them to rapidly proliferate post drug treatment. RESULTS A decrease in ERCC1 protein expression and an increase in RAD51B foci activity was observed in association with the platinum induced cell cycle arrest but these changes did not correlate with resistance or altered DNA repair capacity. The H69 cells and resistant cell lines have a p53 mutation and consequently decrease expression of p21 in response to platinum drug treatment, promoting progression of the cell cycle instead of increasing p21 to maintain the arrest. CONCLUSION Decreased ERCC1 protein and increased RAD51B foci may in part be mediating the maintenance of the cell cycle arrest in the sensitive cells. Resistance in the H69CIS200 and H69OX400 cells may therefore involve the regulation of ERCC1 and RAD51B independent of their roles in DNA repair. The novel mechanism of platinum resistance in the H69CIS200 and H69OX400 cells demonstrates the multifactorial nature of platinum resistance which can occur independently of alterations in DNA repair capacity and changes in ERCC1.
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- Britta Stordal
- Bill Walsh Cancer Research Laboratories, Royal North Shore Hospital and The University of Sydney, St Leonards, NSW, Australia
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Huang H, Fletcher L, Beeharry N, Daniel R, Kao G, Yen TJ, Muschel RJ. Abnormal Cytokinesis after X-Irradiation in Tumor Cells that Override the G2 DNA Damage Checkpoint. Cancer Res 2008; 68:3724-32. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-0479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Didier C, Cavelier C, Quaranta M, Galcera MO, Demur C, Laurent G, Manenti S, Ducommun B. G2/M checkpoint stringency is a key parameter in the sensitivity of AML cells to genotoxic stress. Oncogene 2008; 27:3811-20. [PMID: 18212737 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1211041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells exposed to genotoxic agents arrest their cell cycle at the G2/M checkpoint and are inherently chemoresistant. To understand the mechanism of this chemoresistance, we compared the ability of immature CD34+ versus mature CD34- AML cell lines (KG1a and U937, respectively) to recover from a DNA damage-induced cell cycle checkpoint in G2. Here, we report that KG1a cells have a more stringent G2/M checkpoint response than U937 cells. We show that in both cell types, the CDC25B phosphatase participates in the G2/M checkpoint recovery and that its expression is upregulated. Furthermore, we show that CHK1 inhibition by UCN-01 in immature KG1a cells allows checkpoint exit and induces sensitivity to genotoxic agents. Similarly, UCN-01 treatment potentializes genotoxic-induced inhibition of colony formation efficiency of primary leukemic cells from AML patients. Altogether, our results demonstrate that checkpoint stringency varies during the maturation process and indicate that targeting checkpoint mechanisms might represent an attractive therapeutic opportunity for chemoresistant immature AML cells.
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- C Didier
- LBCMCP-CNRS UMR5088-IFR109 Institut d'Exploration Fonctionnelle des Génomes, University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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Balcer-Kubiczek EK, Attarpour M, Wang JZ, Regine WF. The effect of docetaxel (taxotere) on human gastric cancer cells exhibiting low-dose radiation hypersensitivity. Clin Med Oncol 2008; 2:301-11. [PMID: 21892291 PMCID: PMC3161637 DOI: 10.4137/cmo.s463] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Low-dose radiation hypersensitivity (HRS) describes a phenomenon of excessive sensitivity to X ray doses <0.5 Gy. Docetaxel is a taxane shown to arrest cells in the G2/M phase of the cell cycle. Some previous studies suggested that HRS might result from the abrogation of the early G2 checkpoint arrest. First we tested whether HRS occurs in gastric cancer—derived cells, and whether pre-treatment of cells with low docetaxel concentrations can enhance the magnitude of HRS in gastric cancer cells. The results demonstrated HRS at ~0.3 Gy and the synergy between 0.3 Gy and docetaxel (3 nM for 24 h), and the additivity of other drug/dose combinations. The synergistic effect was associated with a significant docetaxel-induced G2 accumulation. Next, we evaluated in time-course experiments ATM kinase activity and proteins associated with the induction and maintenance of the early G2 checkpoint. The results of multi-immunoblot analysis demonstrate that HRS does not correlate with the ATM-dependent early G2 checkpoint arrest. We speculate that G2 checkpoint adaptation, a phenomenon associated with a prolonged cell cycle arrest, might be involved in HRS. Our results also suggest a new approach for the improvement the effectiveness of docetaxel-based radiotherapy using low doses per fraction.
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Breaking down cell cycle checkpoints and DNA repair during antigen receptor gene assembly. Oncogene 2007; 26:7759-64. [DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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DNA damage responses (DDR) encompass DNA repair and signal transduction pathways that effect cell cycle checkpoint arrest and/or apoptosis. How DDR pathways respond to low levels of DNA damage, including low doses of ionizing radiation, is crucial for assessing environmental cancer risk. It has been assumed that damage-induced cell cycle checkpoints respond to a single double strand break (DSB) but the G2/M checkpoint, which prevents entry into mitosis, has recently been shown to have a defined threshold of 10-20 DSBs. Here, we consider the impact of a negligent G2/M checkpoint on genomic stability and cancer risk.
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- Markus Löbrich
- Darmstadt University of Technology, Radiation Biology and DNA Repair, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
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Srivastava SK, Bansal P, Oguri T, Lazo JS, Singh SV. Cell division cycle 25B phosphatase is essential for benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-Diol-9,10-epoxide induced neoplastic transformation. Cancer Res 2007; 67:9150-7. [PMID: 17909020 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-0025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cell division cycle 25B (Cdc25B) phosphatase controls entry into mitosis and regulates recovery from G2-M checkpoint-induced arrest. In the present study, we show that exposure of diploid mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF) to the ultimate carcinogen anti-benzo(a)pyrene (BP)-7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide (anti-BPDE) resulted in a concentration- and time-dependent increase in Cdc25B protein levels. Chronic exposure of wild-type (Cdc25B+/+) MEFs to anti-BPDE (0.1 micromol/L) caused neoplastic transformation characterized by colony formation in culture and tumor production in nude mice. In contrast, the Cdc25B null MEFs were resistant to anti-BPDE-induced transformation. Furthermore, a carcinogenic dose of the parent hydrocarbon (BP) increased Cdc25B protein levels in the target organ, lung. The biological importance of elevated Cdc25B levels was documented by the early reentry into mitosis of cells overexpressing ectopic Cdc25B levels even in the presence of DNA damage following anti-BPDE exposure, whereas control cells resumed only after DNA damage was repaired. We conclude that Cdc25B has an essential role in anti-BPDE-induced neoplastic transformation, including regulation of cell cycle resumption in the presence of DNA damage.
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- Sanjay K Srivastava
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260, USA
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Jurvansuu J, Fragkos M, Ingemarsdotter C, Beard P. Chk1 instability is coupled to mitotic cell death of p53-deficient cells in response to virus-induced DNA damage signaling. J Mol Biol 2007; 372:397-406. [PMID: 17663993 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.06.077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2007] [Revised: 06/19/2007] [Accepted: 06/25/2007] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Adeno-associated virus (AAV) DNA, by mimicking a stalled replication fork, provokes a DNA damage response that can arrest cells in the G2/M phase of the cell-cycle. This response depends strictly on DNA damage signaling kinases ATR and Chk1. Here, we used AAV to study long-term effects of DNA damage signaling in cells with altered p53 status. In HCT116 cells, in response to damage signaling, p53 represses transcription of the genes encoding mitotic regulators Cdc25C, cyclin B1, and Plk1 to establish a firm G2 arrest. Isogenic cells lacking p53 maintain these three proteins at constant levels yet can still arrest initially in G2 because Chk1 signaling inhibits their enzymatic activities. Unexpectedly, the levels of Chk1 fall abruptly in a proteasome-dependent manner after two days of arrest in G2. In p53-deficient cells, this Chk1 instability is coupled to recovery of the phosphatase activity of Cdc25C and in the kinase activities of Plk1 and Cdk1/cyclin B1. Consequently, the p53-deficient cells enter lethal mitosis. Thus, the Chk1-mediated arrest is transient: it initially causes cells to accumulate in G2 until p53-dependent transcriptional repression of mitotic proteins takes over. p53-deficient cells cannot maintain the DNA damage signaling-induced G2 arrest after Chk1 has disappeared, and continue into catastrophic mitosis. Restoring Chk1 prevents the cells from entering such mitosis. These results reveal a mechanism based on Chk1 stability that regulates mitotic entry after DNA damage and elucidate the controversial phenomenon of p53-promoted cell survival in the face of damage signaling.
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- Jaana Jurvansuu
- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC) and National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Molecular Oncology, 1066, Epalinges, Switzerland
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Plesca D, Crosby ME, Gupta D, Almasan A. E2F4 function in G2: maintaining G2-arrest to prevent mitotic entry with damaged DNA. Cell Cycle 2007; 6:1147-52. [PMID: 17507799 PMCID: PMC2596058 DOI: 10.4161/cc.6.10.4259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Mammalian cells undergo cell cycle arrest in response to DNA damage through multiple checkpoint mechanisms. One such checkpoint pathway maintains genomic integrity by delaying mitotic progression in response to genotoxic stress. Transition though the G2 phase and entry into mitosis is considered to be regulated primarily by cyclin B1 and its associated catalytically active partner Cdk1. While not necessary for its initiation, the p130 and Rb-dependent target genes have emerged as being important for stable maintenance of a G2 arrest. It was recently demonstrated that by interacting with p130, E2F4 is present in the nuclei and plays a key role in the maintenance of this stable G2 arrest. Increased E2F4 levels and its translocation to the nucleus following genotoxic stress result in downregulation of many mitotic genes and as a result promote a G0-like state. Irradiation of E2F4-depleted cells leads to enhanced cellular DNA double-strand breaks that may be measured by comet assays. It also results in cell death that is characterized by caspase activation, sub-G1 and sub-G2 DNA content, and decreased clonogenic cell survival. Here we review these recent findings and discuss the mechanisms of G2 phase checkpoint activation and maintenance with a particular focus on E2F4.
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- Dragos Plesca
- Department of Cancer Biology; The Lerner Research Institute; Cleveland, Ohio USA
- School of Biomedical Sciences; Kent State University; Kent, Ohio USA
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- Department of Environmental Health Sciences; Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, Ohio USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology; The Lerner Research Institute; Cleveland, Ohio USA
- Department of Radiation Oncology; Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland, Ohio USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology; The Lerner Research Institute; Cleveland, Ohio USA
- Department of Radiation Oncology; Cleveland Clinic; Cleveland, Ohio USA
- Correspondence to: Alexandru Almasan; Departments of Cancer Biology and Radiation Oncology; Lerner Research Institute; Cleveland Clinic; 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44195 USA; Tel.: 216.444.9970; Fax: 216.445.6269;
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Deckbar D, Birraux J, Krempler A, Tchouandong L, Beucher A, Walker S, Stiff T, Jeggo P, Löbrich M. Chromosome breakage after G2 checkpoint release. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 176:749-55. [PMID: 17353355 PMCID: PMC2064048 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200612047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair and checkpoint control represent distinct mechanisms to reduce chromosomal instability. Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) cells have checkpoint arrest and DSB repair defects. We examine the efficiency and interplay of ATM's G2 checkpoint and repair functions. Artemis cells manifest a repair defect identical and epistatic to A-T but show proficient checkpoint responses. Only a few G2 cells enter mitosis within 4 h after irradiation with 1 Gy but manifest multiple chromosome breaks. Most checkpoint-proficient cells arrest at the G2/M checkpoint, with the length of arrest being dependent on the repair capacity. Strikingly, cells released from checkpoint arrest display one to two chromosome breaks. This represents a major contribution to chromosome breakage. The presence of chromosome breaks in cells released from checkpoint arrest suggests that release occurs before the completion of DSB repair. Strikingly, we show that checkpoint release occurs at a point when approximately three to four premature chromosome condensation breaks and ∼20 γH2AX foci remain.
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- Dorothee Deckbar
- Fachrichtung Biophysik, Universität des Saarlandes, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany
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Checkpoint adaptation was originally described in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as the ability to divide following a sustained checkpoint arrest in the presence of unrepairable DNA breaks. A process of checkpoint adaptation was also reported in Xenopus in response to the replication inhibitor aphidicolin. Recently, we showed that checkpoint adaptation also occurs in human cells. Although cells undergoing checkpoint adaptation will frequently die in subsequent cell cycles owing to excessive DNA damage, some of the cells may be able to survive and proliferate with damaged DNA. Thus, checkpoint adaptation in human cells may potentially promote genomic instability and lead to cancer. Here, I discuss the current evidence for checkpoint adaptation in human cells and possible mechanisms and implications of this phenomenon.
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- R G Syljuåsen
- Institute of Cancer Biology and Centre for Genotoxic Stress Research, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Bartek J, Lukas J. DNA damage checkpoints: from initiation to recovery or adaptation. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2007; 19:238-45. [PMID: 17303408 DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2007.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 536] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2007] [Accepted: 02/07/2007] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In response to diverse genotoxic stresses, cells activate DNA damage checkpoint pathways to protect genomic integrity and promote survival of the organism. Depending on DNA lesions and context, damaged cells with alarmed checkpoints can be eliminated by apoptosis or silenced by cellular senescence, or can survive and resume cell cycle progression upon checkpoint termination. Over the past two years a plethora of mechanistic studies have provided exciting insights into the biology and pathology of checkpoint initiation and signal propagation, and have revealed the various ways in which the response can be terminated: through recovery, adaptation or cancer-prone subversion. Such studies highlight the dynamic nature of these processes and help us to better understand the molecular basis, spatiotemporal orchestration and biological significance of the DNA damage response in normal and cancerous cells.
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- Jiri Bartek
- Department of Cell Cycle and Cancer, and Centre for Genotoxic Stress Research, Institute of Cancer Biology, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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