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Plo I, Lopez B. AKT1 represses gene conversion induced by different genotoxic stresses and induces supernumerary centrosomes and aneuploidy in hamster ovary cells. Oncogene 2009; 28:2231-7. [PMID: 19398948 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2009.85] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The oncogenic kinase AKT1 is frequently overexpressed or activated in sporadic breast and ovarian cancers. In human breast tumors, we have previously shown that AKT1 represses homologous recombination (HR) induced by one double-strand break (DSB). To further analyze the impact of AKT1 on HR, we ectopically expressed wild-type or mutant forms of AKT1 in a hamster ovary cell line containing an intrachromosomal substrate for monitoring HR. In this cell line, AKT1 repressed HR induced by different genotoxic stresses including ionizing radiation, UV-C and one single DSB introduced into the intrachromosomal substrate. Consistently, AKT1 disrupted RAD51 foci formation, showing that AKT1 specifically affects gene conversion. Concomitantly, AKT1 represses both BRCA1 foci formation and HR stimulation resulting from BRCA1 overexpression, showing that AKT1 affects BRCA1-mediated HR functions, also in another species (hamster) and in another type of cell tissue (ovary cells). Finally, consistent with the HR defects, active AKT1 expression induces supernumerary centrosomes and aneuploidy. In addition to its impact on cell proliferation and apoptosis, the present data propose a novel oncogenic function for AKT1, by producing genomic instability as a consequence of HR repression.
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- Institut de Radiobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, UMR CEA-CNRS 217, Fontenay-aux-Roses Cedex, France
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Mladenov EV, Kalev PS, Anachkova BB. Nuclear matrix binding site in the Rad51 recombinase. J Cell Physiol 2009; 219:202-8. [DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Gruver AM, Yard BD, McInnes C, Rajesh C, Pittman DL. Functional characterization and identification of mouse Rad51d splice variants. BMC Mol Biol 2009; 10:27. [PMID: 19327148 PMCID: PMC2667185 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-10-27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2008] [Accepted: 03/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The homologous recombination (HR) pathway is vital for maintaining genomic integrity through the restoration of double-stranded breaks and interstrand crosslinks. The RAD51 paralogs (RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, XRCC2, XRCC3) are essential for this process in vertebrates, and the RAD51D paralog is unique in that it participates in both HR repair and telomere maintenance. RAD51D is also known to directly interact with the RAD51C and XRCC2 proteins. Rad51d splice variants have been reported in mouse and human tissues, supportive of a role for alternative splicing in HR regulation. The present study evaluated the interaction of the Rad51d splice isoform products with RAD51C and XRCC2 and their expression patterns. Results Yeast-2-hybrid analysis was used to determine that the Mus musculus Rad51d splice variant product RAD51DΔ7b (deleted for residues 219 through 223) was capable of interacting with both RAD51C and XRCC2 and that RAD51D+int3 interacted with XRCC2. In addition, the linker region (residues 54 through 77) of RAD51D was identified as a region that potentially mediates binding with XRCC2. Cellular localization, detected by EGFP fusion proteins, demonstrated that each of the splice variant products tested was distributed throughout the cell similar to the full-length protein. However, none of the splice variants were capable of restoring resistance of Rad51d-deficient cell lines to mitomycin C. RT-PCR expression analysis revealed that Rad51dΔ3 (deleted for exon 3) and Rad51dΔ5 (deleted for exon 5)transcripts display tissue specific expression patterns with Rad51dΔ3 being detected in each tissue except ovary and Rad51dΔ5 not detected in mammary gland and testis. These expression studies also led to the identification of two additional Rad51d ubiquitously expressed transcripts, one deleted for both exon 9 and 10 and one deleted for only exon 10. Conclusion These results suggest Rad51d alternative splice variants potentially modulate mechanisms of HR by sequestering either RAD51C or XRCC2.
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- Aaron M Gruver
- Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, South Carolina College of Pharmacy, University of South Carolina Campus, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
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Chew HK, Doroshow JH, Frankel P, Margolin KA, Somlo G, Lenz HJ, Gordon M, Zhang W, Yang D, Russell C, Spicer D, Synold T, Bayer R, Hantel A, Stiff PJ, Tetef ML, Gandara DR, Albain KS. Phase II studies of gemcitabine and cisplatin in heavily and minimally pretreated metastatic breast cancer. J Clin Oncol 2009; 27:2163-9. [PMID: 19307510 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.17.4839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Cisplatin and gemcitabine have single-agent activity in metastatic breast cancer, and preclinical data support synergy of the combination. Two parallel, phase II trials were conducted to evaluate the response rate, response duration, and toxicities of the combination. Genetic polymorphisms were analyzed for correlation with outcomes. PATIENTS AND METHODS Eligible women had measurable disease and heavily or minimally pretreated metastatic breast cancer. The heavily pretreated protocol required prior anthracycline and taxane therapy; cisplatin as part of high-dose therapy was allowed. All patients received cisplatin 25 mg/m(2) on days 1 through 4 and gemcitabine 1,000 mg/m(2) on days 2 and 8 of a 21-day cycle with prophylactic granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in the heavily pretreated group. Sera from a subset of patients were evaluated by polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism for polymorphisms in 10 genes of interest. RESULTS Of 136 women enrolled, 74 were heavily pretreated. Both protocols accrued to their two-stage design. The response rate for both the heavily and minimally pretreated cohorts was 26%, and the median durations of response were 5.3 and 5.9 months, respectively. In a multivariate analysis, hormone receptor-negative disease was associated with a higher response rate. The most common grades 3 or 4 toxicities were thrombocytopenia (71%), neutropenia (66%), and anemia (38%). In a subset of 55 patients, the xeroderma pigmentosum group D (XPD)-751, x-ray cross-complementing group 3 (XRCC3) and cytidine deaminase polymorphisms were significantly associated with clinical outcomes. CONCLUSION Combination cisplatin and gemcitabine is active in metastatic breast cancer regardless of prior therapy. Genetic polymorphisms may tailor which patients benefit from this regimen.
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- Helen K Chew
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA.
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RAD51D- and FANCG-dependent base substitution mutagenesis at the ATP1A1 locus in mammalian cells. Mutat Res 2009; 665:61-6. [PMID: 19427512 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2009.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2008] [Revised: 02/26/2009] [Accepted: 03/04/2009] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Elaborate processes act at the DNA replication fork to minimize the generation of chromatid discontinuity when lesions are encountered. To prevent collapse of stalled replication forks, mutagenic translesion synthesis (TLS) polymerases are recruited temporarily to bypass DNA lesions. When a replication-associated (one-ended) double-strand break occurs, homologous recombination repair (HRR) can restore chromatid continuity in what has traditionally been regarded as an "error-free" process. Our previous mutagenesis studies show an important role for HRR in preventing deletions and rearrangements that would otherwise result from error-prone nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) after fork breakage. An analogous, but distinct, role in minimizing mutations is attributed to the proteins defective in the cancer predisposition disease Fanconi anemia (FA). Cells from FA patients and model systems show an increased proportion of gene-disrupting deletions at the hprt locus as well as decreased mutation rates in the hprt assay, suggesting a role for the FANC proteins in promoting TLS, HRR, and possibly also NHEJ. It remains unclear whether HRR, like the FANC pathway, impacts the rate of base substitution mutagenesis. Therefore, we measured, in isogenic rad51d and fancg CHO mutants, mutation rates at the Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase alpha-subunit (ATP1A1) locus using ouabain resistance, which specifically detects base substitution mutations. Surprisingly, we found that the spontaneous mutation rate was reduced approximately 2.5-fold in rad51d knockout cells, an even greater extent than observed in fancg cells, when compared with parental and isogenic gene-complemented control lines. A approximately 2-fold reduction in induced mutations in rad51d cells was seen after treatment with the DNA alkylating agent ethylnitrosurea while a lesser reduction occurred in fancg cells. Should the model ATP1A1 locus be representative of the genome, we conclude that at least 50% of base substitution mutations in this mammalian system arise through error-prone polymerase(s) acting during HRR-mediated restart of broken replication forks.
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XPF/ERCC4 and ERCC1: their products and biological roles. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2009. [PMID: 19181112 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09599-8_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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ERCC4 is the gene mutated in XPF cells and also in rodent cells representing the mutant complementation groups ERCC4 and ERCC 11. The protein functions principally as a complex with ERCC1 in a diversity of biological pathways that include NER, ICL repair, telomere maintenance and immunoglobulin switching. Sorting out these roles is an exciting and challenging problem and many important questions remain to be answered. The ERCC1/ERCC4 complex is conserved across most species presenting an opportunity to examine some functions in model organisms where mutants can be more readily generated and phenotypes more quickly assessed.
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Kirshner M, Rathavs M, Nizan A, Essers J, Kanaar R, Shiloh Y, Barzilai A. Analysis of the relationships between ATM and the Rad54 paralogs involved in homologous recombination repair. DNA Repair (Amst) 2009; 8:253-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2008.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2008] [Revised: 11/04/2008] [Accepted: 11/04/2008] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Gottipati P, Helleday T. Transcription-associated recombination in eukaryotes: link between transcription, replication and recombination. Mutagenesis 2009; 24:203-10. [PMID: 19139058 DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gen072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Homologous recombination (HR) is an important DNA repair pathway and is essential for cellular survival. It plays a major role in repairing replication-associated lesions and is functionally connected to replication. Transcription is another cellular process, which has emerged to have a connection with HR. Transcription enhances HR, which is a ubiquitous phenomenon referred to as transcription-associated recombination (TAR). Recent evidence suggests that TAR plays a role in inducing genetic instability, for example in the THO mutants (Tho2, Hpr1, Mft1 and Thp2) in yeast or during the development of the immune system leading to genetic diversity in mammals. On the other hand, evidence also suggests that TAR may play a role in preventing genetic instability in many different ways, one of which is by rescuing replication during transcription. Hence, TAR is a double-edged sword and plays a role in both preventing and inducing genetic instability. In spite of the interesting nature of TAR, the mechanism behind TAR has remained elusive. Recent advances in the area, however, suggest a link between TAR and replication and show specific genetic requirements for TAR that differ from regular HR. In this review, we aim to present the available evidence for TAR in both lower and higher eukaryotes and discuss its possible mechanisms, with emphasis on its connection with replication.
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- Ponnari Gottipati
- Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Abe K, Osakabe K, Ishikawa Y, Tagiri A, Yamanouchi H, Takyuu T, Yoshioka T, Ito T, Kobayashi M, Shinozaki K, Ichikawa H, Toki S. Inefficient double-strand DNA break repair is associated with increased fasciation in Arabidopsis BRCA2 mutants. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2009; 60:2751-61. [PMID: 19457980 PMCID: PMC2692019 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erp135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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BRCA2 is a breast tumour susceptibility factor with functions in maintaining genome stability through ensuring efficient double-strand DNA break (DSB) repair via homologous recombination. Although best known in vertebrates, fungi, and higher plants also possess BRCA2-like genes. To investigate the role of Arabidopsis BRCA2 genes in DNA repair in somatic cells, transposon insertion mutants of the AtBRCA2a and AtBRCA2b genes were identified and characterized. atbrca2a-1 and atbrca2b-1 mutant plants showed hypersensitivity to genotoxic stresses compared to wild-type plants. An atbrca2a-1/atbrca2b-1 double mutant showed an additive increase in sensitivity to genotoxic stresses compared to each single mutant. In addition, it was found that atbrca2 mutant plants displayed fasciation and abnormal phyllotaxy phenotypes with low incidence, and that the ratio of plants exhibiting these phenotypes is increased by gamma-irradiation. Interestingly, these phenotypes were also induced by gamma-irradiation in wild-type plants. Moreover, it was found that shoot apical meristems of the atbrca2a-1/atbrca2b-1 double mutant show altered cell cycle progression. These data suggest that inefficient DSB repair in the atbrca2a-1/atbrca2b-1 mutant leads to disorganization of the programmed cell cycle of apical meristems.
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- Kiyomi Abe
- Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- Institute of Radiation Breeding, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2425 Kamimurata, Hitachi-ohmiya, Ibaraki 319-2293, Japan
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- Institute of Radiation Breeding, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2425 Kamimurata, Hitachi-ohmiya, Ibaraki 319-2293, Japan
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- Institute of Radiation Breeding, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2425 Kamimurata, Hitachi-ohmiya, Ibaraki 319-2293, Japan
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- Laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology, RIKEN Tsukuba Institute, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan
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- Experimental Plant Division, RIKEN BioResources Center, 3-1-1 Koyadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0074, Japan
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- Gene Discovery Research Group, RIKEN Plant Science Center, Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
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- Division of Plant Sciences, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, 2-1-2 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8602, Japan
- Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University, 641-12 Maioka Yokohama, Kanagawa 244-0813 Japan
- To whom correspondence should be addressed in Ibaraki. E-mail.
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Plo I, Laulier C, Gauthier L, Lebrun F, Calvo F, Lopez BS. AKT1 inhibits homologous recombination by inducing cytoplasmic retention of BRCA1 and RAD51. Cancer Res 2008; 68:9404-12. [PMID: 19010915 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-0861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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AKT1 is frequently up-regulated in sporadic breast cancer, whereas BRCA1 is frequently mutated in familial breast cancer. Because BRCA1 is involved in homologous recombination (HR), we addressed whether AKT1 also has an effect on this process. We showed that AKT1 repressed HR through cytoplasmic retention of BRCA1 and RAD51 proteins, resulting in a BRCA1-deficient-like phenotype. This process does not require direct BRCA1 phosphorylation by AKT1. The cytoplasmic retention of BRCA1 and RAD51 correlated with activated AKT1 in tumor cell lines and in biopsies from sporadic breast cancers. Under nonpathologic conditions, fibroblast growth factor, which activates AKT1 and stimulates proliferation in fibroblasts, impaired excessive HR without fully inhibiting it, promoting genome stability. Our study reveals that the regulation of BRCA1 and RAD51 is altered in a high frequency of sporadic breast cancers and highlights the role of extracellular AKT signaling-dependent regulation of HR and genome stability.
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- Isabelle Plo
- Unité Mixte de Recherche Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 217, Fontenay aux Roses, 92265, France
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Khoo KHP, Jolly HR, Able JA. The RAD51 gene family in bread wheat is highly conserved across eukaryotes, with RAD51A upregulated during early meiosis. FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY : FPB 2008; 35:1267-1277. [PMID: 32688873 DOI: 10.1071/fp08203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2008] [Accepted: 09/25/2008] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The RADiation sensitive protein 51 (RAD51) recombinase is a eukaryotic homologue of the bacterial Recombinase A (RecA). It is required for homologous recombination of DNA during meiosis where it plays a role in processes such as homology searching and strand invasion. RAD51 is well conserved in eukaryotes with as many as four paralogues identified in vertebrates and some higher plants. Here we report the isolation and preliminary characterisation of four RAD51 gene family members in hexaploid (bread) wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). RAD51A1, RAD51A2 and RAD51D were located on chromosome group 7, and RAD51C was on chromosome group 2. Q-PCR gene expression profiling revealed that RAD51A1 was upregulated during meiosis with lower expression levels seen in mitotic tissue, and bioinformatics analysis demonstrated the evolutionary linkages of this gene family to other eukaryotic RAD51 sequences. Western blot analysis of heterologously expressed RAD51 from bread wheat has shown that it is detectable using anti-human RAD51 antibodies and that molecular modelling of the same protein revealed structural conservation when compared with yeast, human, Arabidopsis and maize RAD51A orthologues. This report has widened the knowledge base of this important protein family in plants, and highlighted the high level of structural conservation among RAD51 proteins from various species.
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- Kelvin H P Khoo
- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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- School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, The University of Adelaide, Waite Campus, PMB1, Glen Osmond, SA 5064, Australia
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Tsuchida K, Komatsu K. Impaired removal of DNA interstrand cross-link in Nijmegen breakage syndrome and Fanconi anemia, but not in BRCA-defective group. Cancer Sci 2008; 99:2238-43. [PMID: 18771529 PMCID: PMC11159798 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2008.00915.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Human diseases characterized by a high sensitivity to DNA interstrand cross-links (ICL) and predisposition to malignance include Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) and Fanconi anemia (FA), which is further classified to three groups: (1) FA core-complex group; (2) FA-ID complex group; and (3) breast cancer (BRCA)-defective group. The relationships between these four groups and the basic defect in ICL repair remain unclear. To study the details of ICL repair in NBS and FA, a highly sensitive PPB (psoralen-polyethylene oxide-biotin) dot blot assay was developed to provide sensitive quantitative measurements of ICL during the removal process. Studies utilizing this assay demonstrated a decreased rate of ICL removal in cells belonging to the FA core-complex group (e.g. groups A and G) and FA-ID complex group (group D2), while ICL removal was restored to normal levels after these cells were complemented with wt-FANCA, wt-FANCG and wt-FANCD2. Conversely, FA-D1 cells with a defective BRCA2 protein displayed normal ICL removal, although they were compromised with respect to recombination. This normal ICL removal rate in recombination-deficient cells was confirmed by using XRCC3-defective Chinese hamster cells, which are similarly compromised with respect to recombination and are sensitive to mitomycin C. The present study also showed that cells from patients with Nijmegen breakage syndrome were defective in ICL removal, while they were impaired in the recombination. These results indicate an obvious defect of FA and NBS in the ICL repair process, except in the BRCA-defective group, and a separate step of recombination-mediated repair pathway between the BRCA group and NBS.
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- Ken Tsuchida
- Radiation Biology Center, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoecho, Kyoto, Japan
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Bryant PE, Mozdarani H, Marr C. G2-phase chromatid break kinetics in irradiated DNA repair mutant hamster cell lines using calyculin-induced PCC and colcemid-block. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2008; 657:8-12. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2008.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2008] [Accepted: 08/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Double-strand break DNA repair genotype predictive of later mortality and cancer incidence in a cohort of non-smokers. DNA Repair (Amst) 2008; 8:60-71. [PMID: 18824251 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2008.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2008] [Revised: 06/20/2008] [Accepted: 08/29/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We followed-up for mortality and cancer incidence 1088 healthy non-smokers from a population-based study, who were characterized for 22 variants in 16 genes involved in DNA repair pathways. Follow-up was 100% complete. The association between polymorphism and mortality or cancer incidence was analyzed using Cox Proportional Hazard regression models. Ninety-five subjects had died in a median follow-up time of 78 months (inter-quartile range 59-93 months). None of the genotypes was clearly associated with total mortality, except variants for two Double-Strand Break DNA repair genes, XRCC3 18067 C>T (rs#861539) and XRCC2 31479 G>A (rs#3218536). Adjusted hazard ratios were 2.25 (1.32-3.83) for the XRCC3 C/T genotype and 2.04 (1.00-4.13) for the T/T genotype (reference C/C), and 2.12 (1.14-3.97) for the XRCC2 G/A genotype (reference G/G). For total cancer mortality, the adjusted hazard ratios were 3.29 (1.23-7.82) for XRCC3 C/T, 2.84 (0.81-9.90) for XRCC3 T/T and 3.17 (1.21-8.30) for XRCC2 G/A. With combinations of three or more adverse alleles, the adjusted hazard ratio for all cause mortality was 17.29 (95% C.I. 8.13-36.74), and for all incident cancers the HR was 5.28 (95% C.I. 2.17-12.85). Observations from this prospective study suggest that polymorphisms of genes involved in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks significantly influence the risk of cancer and non-cancer disease, and can influence mortality.
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Siraj AK, Al-Rasheed M, Ibrahim M, Siddiqui K, Al-Dayel F, Al-Sanea O, Uddin S, Al-Kuraya K. RAD52 polymorphisms contribute to the development of papillary thyroid cancer susceptibility in Middle Eastern population. J Endocrinol Invest 2008; 31:893-9. [PMID: 19092295 DOI: 10.1007/bf03346438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Genetic polymorphisms of DNA repair genes seem to determine the DNA repair capacity. We hypothesized that polymorphisms of genes responsible for DNA repair may be associated with risk of thyroid cancer. To evaluate the role of genetic polymorphisms of DNA repair genes in thyroid cancer, we conducted a hospital-based case-control study in Saudi population. Two hundred and twenty-three incident papillary thyroid cancer cases and 229 controls recruited from Saudi Arabian population were analyzed for 21 loci in 8 selected DNA repair genes by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism including non-homologous end joining pathway genes LIGIV (LIGlV ASP62HIS, PRO231SER, TRP46TER), XRCC4 Splice 33243301G>A and XRCC7 ILE3434THR; homologous recombination pathway genes XRCC3 ARG94HIS and THR241MET, RAD51 UTR 15452658T>C, 15455419A>G, RAD52 2259 and GLN221GLU, conserved DNA damage response gene Tp53 PRO47SER, PRO72ARG, Tp53 UTR 7178189A>C and base excision repair gene XRCC1 ARG194TRP, ARG280HIS, ARG399GLN, ARG559GLN. RAD52 GLN221GLU genotypes CG and variants carrying G allele showed statistical significance and very high risk of developing thyroid cancer compared to wild type [CG vs CC; p<0.001, odds ratio (OR)=15.57, 95% confidence interval (CI)=6.56-36.98, CG+GG vs CC; p<0.001, OR=17.58, 95% CI=7.44-41.58]. Similarly, RAD52 2259 genotypes CT and variant allele T showed a significant difference in terms of risk estimation (CT vs CC; p<0.05, OR=1.53, 95% CI=1.03-2.28, CT+TT vs CC; p<0.001, OR=1.922, 95% CI=1.31-2.82). Remaining loci demonstrated no significance with risk. Of the 21 loci screened, RAD52 2259 and RAD52 GLN221GLU may be of importance to disease process and may be associated with papillary thyroid cancer risk in Saudi Arabian population.
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- A K Siraj
- Department of Human Cancer Genomics Research, Research Centre, KFNCCC & R, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Wu W, Wang M, Mussfeldt T, Iliakis G. Enhanced Use of Backup Pathways of NHEJ in G2in Chinese Hamster Mutant Cells with Defects in the Classical Pathway of NHEJ. Radiat Res 2008; 170:512-20. [DOI: 10.1667/rr1456.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Hanlon Newell AE, Hemphill A, Akkari YMN, Hejna J, Moses RE, Olson SB. Loss of homologous recombination or non-homologous end-joining leads to radial formation following DNA interstrand crosslink damage. Cytogenet Genome Res 2008; 121:174-80. [PMID: 18758156 DOI: 10.1159/000138882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/05/2008] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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High levels of interstrand cross-link damage in mammalian cells cause chromatid breaks and radial formations recognizable by cytogenetic examination. The mechanism of radial formation observed following DNA damage has yet to be determined. Due to recent findings linking homologous recombination and non-homologous end-joining to the action of the Fanconi anemia pathway, we speculated that radials might be the result of defects in either of the pathways of DNA repair. To test this hypothesis, we have investigated the role of homologous recombination proteins RAD51 and RAD52, non-homologous end-joining proteins Ku70 and LIG4, and protein MRE11 in radial formation and cell survival following interstrand crosslink damage with mitomycin C. For the studies we used small inhibitory RNA to deplete the proteins from cells, allowing for evaluation of radial formation and cell survival. In transformed normal human fibroblasts, depletion of these proteins increased interstrand crosslink sensitivity as manifested by decreased cell survival and increased radial formation. These results demonstrate that inactivation of proteins from either of the two separate DNA repair pathways increases cellular sensitivity to interstrand crosslinks, indicating each pathway plays a role in the normal response to interstrand crosslink damage. We can also conclude that homologous recombination or non-homologous end-joining are not required for radial formation, since radials occur with depletion of these pathways.
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- A E Hanlon Newell
- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Burri RJ, Stock RG, Cesaretti JA, Atencio DP, Peters S, Peters CA, Fan G, Stone NN, Ostrer H, Rosenstein BS. Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms in SOD2, XRCC1 and XRCC3 with susceptibility for the development of adverse effects resulting from radiotherapy for prostate cancer. Radiat Res 2008; 170:49-59. [PMID: 18582155 DOI: 10.1667/rr1219.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2007] [Accepted: 03/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The objective of this study was to determine whether an association exists between certain single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), which have previously been linked with adverse normal tissue effects resulting from radiotherapy, and the development of radiation injury resulting from radiotherapy for prostate cancer. A total of 135 consecutive patients with clinically localized prostate cancer and a minimum of 1 year of follow-up who had been treated with radiation therapy, either brachytherapy alone or in combination with external-beam radiotherapy, with or without hormone therapy, were genotyped for SNPs in SOD2, XRCC1 and XRCC3. Three common late tissue toxicities were investigated: late rectal bleeding, urinary morbidity, and erectile dysfunction. Patients with the XRCC1 rs25489 G/A (Arg280His) genotype were more likely to develop erectile dysfunction after irradiation than patients who had the G/G genotype (67% compared to 24%; P=0.048). In addition, patients who had the SOD2 rs4880 T/C (Val16Ala) genotype exhibited a significant increase in grade 2 late rectal bleeding compared to patients who had either the C/C or T/T genotype for this SNP (8% compared to 0%; P=0.02). Finally, patients with the combination of the SOD2 rs4880 C/T genotype and XRCC3 rs861539 T/C (Thr241Met) genotype experienced a significant increase in grade 2 late rectal bleeding compared to patients without this particular genotypic arrangement (14% compared to 1%; P=0.002). These results suggest that SNPs in the SOD2, XRCC1 and XRCC3 genes are associated with the development of late radiation injury in patients treated with radiation therapy for prostate adenocarcinoma.
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- Ryan J Burri
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York 10029, USA
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Köberle B, Roginskaya V, Zima KS, Masters JR, Wood RD. Elevation of XPA protein level in testis tumor cells without increasing resistance to cisplatin or UV radiation. Mol Carcinog 2008; 47:580-6. [DOI: 10.1002/mc.20418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Abe T, Ishiai M, Hosono Y, Yoshimura A, Tada S, Adachi N, Koyama H, Takata M, Takeda S, Enomoto T, Seki M. KU70/80, DNA-PKcs, and Artemis are essential for the rapid induction of apoptosis after massive DSB formation. Cell Signal 2008; 20:1978-85. [PMID: 18674614 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2008.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2008] [Revised: 07/05/2008] [Accepted: 07/07/2008] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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KU70(-/-) and DNA-PKcs(-/-/-)chicken DT40 cells are reportedly highly sensitive to the DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor etoposide. Here we report that KU70 and DNA-PKcs unexpectedly function together during the induction of apoptosis after exposure to high levels of etoposide. In the presence of 100 microM etoposide, apoptosis was induced within 1 h in wild type DT40 cells but not in KU70(-/-) and DNA-PKcs(-/-/-) cells. In addition, the DNA-PK inhibitors NU7026 and wortmannin, as well as the caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-FMK, inhibited etoposide-induced apoptosis in wild type cells. Although Artemis(-/-) cells also showed defects in the etoposide-induced apoptosis, the other mutants defective in nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ), LIG4(-/-), XRCC4(-), and XLF(-/-) cells were capable to induce apoptosis. When cells were treated with high doses of etoposide, the chromatin binding of DNA-PKcs was impaired by deletion of KU70 but not of Artemis, suggesting that KU70 acts upstream of DNA-PKcs and Artemis acts downstream of DNA-PKcs in the apoptotic pathway like the NHEJ pathway. These results suggest that the proteins involved in the early stage of NHEJ pathway including Artemis but not the downstream factors decide the cell fate by selecting apoptosis or DNA repair according to the degree of DNA damage.
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- Takuya Abe
- Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-3, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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Maor-Shoshani A, Meira LB, Yang X, Samson LD. 3-Methyladenine DNA glycosylase is important for cellular resistance to psoralen interstrand cross-links. DNA Repair (Amst) 2008; 7:1399-406. [PMID: 18571479 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2008.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2008] [Revised: 04/18/2008] [Accepted: 04/25/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs), widely used in chemotherapy, are cytotoxic lesions because they block replication and transcription. Repair of ICLs involves proteins from different repair pathways however the precise mechanism is still not completely understood. Here, we report that the 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase (Aag), an enzyme that initiates base excision repair at a variety of alkylated bases, is also involved in the repair of ICLs. Aag(-/-) mouse embryonic stem cells were shown to be more sensitive to the cross-linking agent 4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen than wild-type cells, but no more sensitive than wild-type to the psoralen derivative Angelicin that forms only monoadducts. We show that gamma-H2AX foci formation, a marker for double strand breaks that are formed during ICL repair, is impaired in psoralen treated Aag(-/-) cells in both quantity and kinetics. However, in our in vitro system, purified human AAG can neither bind to the ICL nor cleave it. Taken together, our results suggest that Aag is important for the resistance of mouse ES cells to psoralen-induced ICLs.
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- Ayelet Maor-Shoshani
- Biological Engineering Department and Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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The polymorphism of XRCC3 codon 241 and AFB1-related hepatocellular carcinoma in Guangxi population, China. Ann Epidemiol 2008; 18:572-8. [PMID: 18504145 DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2007] [Revised: 02/29/2008] [Accepted: 03/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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PURPOSE The relationship between aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) exposure and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) has been previously demonstrated and supported with strong epidemiological evidence. However, the role of genetic polymorphism of X-ray cross-complementing group 3 (XRCC3) codon 241 (namely: Thr241Met), which may be involved in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks caused by carcinogens such as AFB1, been less well elaborated. METHODS We conducted a case-control study including 491 cases and 862 controls to evaluate the associations between this polymorphism and HCC risk for Guangxi population by means of polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. RESULTS We found that individuals with the XRCC3 genotypes with codon 241 Met (namely XRCC3-TM or XRCC3-MM) had an increased risk of HCC than those with the homozygote of XRCC3 codon 241 Thr alleles (namely XRCC3-TT, adjusted odds ratios 2.22 and 7.19; 95% confidence intervals 1.72-2.88 and 4.52-11.42, respectively). The risk of HCC, moreover, did appear to differ more significantly among individuals featuring high-level AFB1-DNA adducts, whose adjusted odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) were 11.59 (5.73-23.47) and 37.54 (16.32-86.32), respectively. CONCLUSIONS These findings support the hypothesis that the XRCC3 Thr241Met polymorphism may be associated with the risk of AFB1-related HCC among the Guangxi population.
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Yen CY, Liu SY, Chen CH, Tseng HF, Chuang LY, Yang CH, Lin YC, Wen CH, Chiang WF, Ho CH, Chen HC, Wang ST, Lin CW, Chang HW. Combinational polymorphisms of four DNA repair genes XRCC1, XRCC2, XRCC3, and XRCC4 and their association with oral cancer in Taiwan. J Oral Pathol Med 2008; 37:271-7. [PMID: 18410587 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2007.00608.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Many single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) have been found to be associated with oral cancer but the biological interactions through SNPs are seldom addressed. In this study, we focused on the joint effect for SNP combinations of four DNA repair genes, X-ray repair cross-complementing groups (XRCCs) 1-4, involved in major cancer-related pathways. METHODS Single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping was determined using by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism in this study (case = 103, control = 98). Different numbers of combinational SNPs with genotypes called the pseudo-haplotypes from these chromosome-wide genes were used to evaluate their joint effect on oral cancer risk. RESULTS Except for XRCC2 rs2040639-AG, none of these SNPs was found to individually contribute to oral cancer risk. However, for two combined SNPs, the proportion of subjects with oral cancer was significantly higher in the pseudo-haplotype with AG-CC genotypes in rs2040639-rs861539 (XRCC2-XRCC3) compared with those with non-AG-CC genotypes. Similarly, the pseudo-haplotype of rs2040639-rs861539-rs2075685 (XRCC2-XRCC3-XRCC4) and rs2040639-rs861539-rs2075685-rs1799782 (XRCCs 1-4) with specific genotype pattern (AG-CC-TG and CT-AG-CC-TG) among three and four combinational SNPs were significantly associated with oral cancer. After controlling for age, gender, smoking, drinking, and betel nut chewing, the estimated odds ratio of oral cancer were 2.45, 5.03, and 10.10 for two, three and four specific SNP combinations, respectively, comparing these specific pseudo-haplotypes to their corresponding non-pseudo-haplotypes. CONCLUSION We have identified the potential combined XRCCs 1-4 SNPs with genotypes that were associated with oral cancer risk and may have an impact on identification of a high-risk population.
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- Ching-Yu Yen
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, and School of Dentistry, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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The Ku-dependent non-homologous end-joining but not other repair pathway is inhibited by high linear energy transfer ionizing radiation. DNA Repair (Amst) 2008; 7:725-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2008.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2008] [Revised: 01/17/2008] [Accepted: 01/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Park JY, Yoo HW, Kim BR, Park R, Choi SY, Kim Y. Identification of a novel human Rad51 variant that promotes DNA strand exchange. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:3226-34. [PMID: 18417535 PMCID: PMC2425499 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Rad51 plays a key role in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks through homologous recombination, which is the central process in the maintenance of genomic integrity. Five paralogs of the human Rad51 gene (hRad51) have been identified to date, including hRad51B, hRad51C, hRad51D, Xrcc2 and Xrcc3. In searches of additional hRad51 paralogs, we identified a novel hRad51 variant that lacked the sequence corresponding to exon 9 (hRad51-Δex9). The expected amino acid sequence of hRad51-Δex9 showed a frame-shift at codon 259, which resulted in a truncated C-terminus. RT-PCR analysis revealed that both hRad51 and hRad51-Δex9 were prominently expressed in the testis, but that there were subtle differences in tissue specificity. The hRad51-Δex9 protein was detected as a 31-kDa protein in the testis and localized at the nucleus. In addition, the hRad51-Δex9 protein showed a DNA-strand exchange activity comparable to that of hRad51. Taken together, these results indicate that hRad51-Δex9 promotes homologous pairing and DNA strand exchange in the nucleus, suggesting that alternative pathways in hRad51- or hRad51-Δex9-dependent manners exist for DNA recombination and repair.
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- Jung-Young Park
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Jeollabuk-Do 570-749, South Korea
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HAMANO T, MATSUI H, OHTAKE N, NAKATA S, SUZUKI K. Polymorphisms of DNA repair genes, XRCC1 and XRCC3, and susceptibility to familial prostate cancer in a Japanese population. Asia Pac J Clin Oncol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1743-7563.2008.00140.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Primary immunodeficiencies are rare but serious diseases with diverse genetic causes. Accumulating evidence suggests that defects in DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair can underlie many of these syndromes. In this context, the nonhomologous end joining pathway of DSB repair is absolutely required for lymphoid development, but possible roles for the homologous recombination (HR) pathway have remained more controversial. While recent evidence suggests that HR may indeed be important to suppress lymphoid transformation, the specific relationship of HR to normal lymphocyte development remains unclear. We have investigated roles of the X-ray cross-complementing 2 (Xrcc2) HR gene in lymphocyte development. We show that HR is critical for normal B-cell development, with Xrcc2 nullizygosity leading to p53-dependent early S-phase arrest. In the absence of p53 (encoded by Trp53), Xrcc2-null B cells can fully develop but show high rates of chromosome and chromatid fragmentation. We present a molecular model wherein Xrcc2 is important to preserve or restore replication forks during rapid clonal expansion of developing lymphocytes. Our findings demonstrate a key role for HR in lymphoid development and suggest that Xrcc2 defects could underlie some human primary immunodeficiencies.
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FANCG promotes formation of a newly identified protein complex containing BRCA2, FANCD2 and XRCC3. Oncogene 2008; 27:3641-52. [PMID: 18212739 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1211034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Fanconi anemia (FA) is a human disorder characterized by cancer susceptibility and cellular sensitivity to DNA crosslinks and other damages. Thirteen complementation groups and genes are identified, including BRCA2, which is defective in the FA-D1 group. Eight of the FA proteins, including FANCG, participate in a nuclear core complex that is required for the monoubiquitylation of FANCD2 and FANCI. FANCD2, like FANCD1/BRCA2, is not part of the core complex, and we previously showed direct BRCA2-FANCD2 interaction using yeast two-hybrid analysis. We now show in human and hamster cells that expression of FANCG protein, but not the other core complex proteins, is required for co-precipitation of BRCA2 and FANCD2. We also show that phosphorylation of FANCG serine 7 is required for its co-precipitation with BRCA2, XRCC3 and FANCD2, as well as the direct interaction of BRCA2-FANCD2. These results argue that FANCG has a role independent of the FA core complex, and we propose that phosphorylation of serine 7 is the signalling event required for forming a discrete complex comprising FANCD1/BRCA2-FANCD2-FANCG-XRCC3 (D1-D2-G-X3). Cells that fail to express either phospho-Ser7-FANCG, or full length BRCA2 protein, lack the interactions amongst the four component proteins. A role for D1-D2-G-X3 in homologous recombination repair (HRR) is supported by our finding that FANCG and the RAD51-paralog XRCC3 are epistatic for sensitivity to DNA crosslinking compounds in DT40 chicken cells. Our findings further define the intricate interface between FANC and HRR proteins in maintaining chromosome stability.
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Daboussi F, Courbet S, Benhamou S, Kannouche P, Zdzienicka MZ, Debatisse M, Lopez BS. A homologous recombination defect affects replication-fork progression in mammalian cells. J Cell Sci 2008; 121:162-6. [DOI: 10.1242/jcs.010330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Faithful genome transmission requires a network of pathways coordinating DNA replication to DNA repair and recombination. Here, we used molecular combing to measure the impact of homologous recombination (HR) on the velocity of DNA replication forks. We used three hamster cell lines defective in HR either by overexpression of a RAD51 dominant-negative form, or by a defect in the RAD51 paralogue XRCC2 or the breast tumor suppressor BRCA2. Irrespectively of the type or extent of HR alteration, all three cell lines exhibited a similar reduction in the rate of replication-fork progression, associated with an increase in the density of replication forks. Importantly, this phenotype was completely reversed in complemented derivatives of Xrcc2 and Brca2 mutants. These data reveal a novel role for HR, different from the reactivation of stalled replication forks, which may play an important role in genome stability and thus in tumor protection.
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- Fayza Daboussi
- UMR 217 CNRS, Institut de Radiobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, 18 route du panorama, 92265, Fontenay aux Roses, Cédex, France
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- UMR 7147 CNRS/Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75 248, Paris Cédex 05, France
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- Department of Molecular Cell Genetics, Nicolaus-Copernicus-University in Torun, ul. Sklodowskiej-Curie 9, 85-094 Bydgoszcz, Poland
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- UMR 7147 CNRS/Institut Curie, 26 rue d'Ulm, 75 248, Paris Cédex 05, France
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- UMR 217 CNRS, Institut de Radiobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, 18 route du panorama, 92265, Fontenay aux Roses, Cédex, France
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Otsuki M, Seki M, Inoue E, Yoshimura A, Kato G, Yamanouchi S, Kawabe YI, Tada S, Shinohara A, Komura JI, Ono T, Takeda S, Ishii Y, Enomoto T. Functional interactions between BLM and XRCC3 in the cell. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 179:53-63. [PMID: 17923529 PMCID: PMC2064734 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200702183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Bloom's syndrome (BS), which is caused by mutations in the BLM gene, is characterized by a predisposition to a wide variety of cancers. BS cells exhibit elevated frequencies of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs), interchanges between homologous chromosomes (mitotic chiasmata), and sensitivity to several DNA-damaging agents. To address the mechanism that confers these phenotypes in BS cells, we characterize a series of double and triple mutants with mutations in BLM and in other genes involved in repair pathways. We found that XRCC3 activity generates substrates that cause the elevated SCE in blm cells and that BLM with DNA topoisomerase IIIα suppresses the formation of SCE. In addition, XRCC3 activity also generates the ultraviolet (UV)- and methyl methanesulfonate (MMS)–induced mitotic chiasmata. Moreover, disruption of XRCC3 suppresses MMS and UV sensitivity and the MMS- and UV-induced chromosomal aberrations of blm cells, indicating that BLM acts downstream of XRCC3.
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- Makoto Otsuki
- Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan
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An investigation on the polymorphisms of two DNA repair genes and susceptibility to ESCC and GCA of high-incidence region in northern China. Mol Biol Rep 2007; 36:357-64. [PMID: 18046624 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-007-9187-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2007] [Accepted: 11/14/2007] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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AIM To investigate the possible association of three SNPs, XRCC2 C41657T, XRCC2 G4234C and XRCC3 A17893G with susceptibility to esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and gastric cardia adenocarcinoma (GCA) in a population of northern China. METHODS XRCC2 C41657T, XRCC2 G4234C and XRCC3 A17893G SNP were genotyped by polymerase-chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis in 583 cancer patients (329 ESCC and 254 GCA) and 614 healthy controls. RESULTS The genotype distribution of the XRCC2 C41657T in ESCC and GCA patients were significantly different from that in healthy controls (P values = 0.04 and 0.04 respectively). And a significant difference was found in the allele distribution of GCA patients from that in controls (P = 0.01). The XRCC2 C41657T polymorphism was associated with a modest enhancement in ESCC risk and GCA risk: OR for C/T genotype was 1.38 (1.01-1.89) in GCA risk and for T/T genotype was 2.24 (1.10-4.57) in ESCC risk. When stratified for age, smoking status and family history of UGIC, the C/T genotype showed a modest significant trend on the risk of GCA patients in the groups of age < or =50 years and non-smokers, the adjusted OR were 2.84 (1.21-6.66) and 1.62 (1.06-2.49). The T/T genotype significantly increased the susceptibility of GCA patients in negative family history of UGIC (3.04, 1.02-8.32) and to ESCC patients in the group of age >50 years (3.03, 1.31-6.98), Negative family of UGIC (3.03, 1.12-7.07) and smokers (2.64, 1.02-6.83). The genotype and allele distribution of XRCC2 G4234C and XRCC3 A17893G in ESCC and GCA patients were not significantly different from that in healthy controls (all P values were above 0.05). CONCLUSION In this study, we found that the C41657T polymorphism of XRCC2 genes might modify the risk of ESCC and GCA development.
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Sakata KI, Someya M, Matsumoto Y, Hareyama M. Ability to repair DNA double-strand breaks related to cancer susceptibility and radiosensitivity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 25:433-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s11604-007-0161-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2007] [Accepted: 06/05/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Bhatla D, Gerbing RB, Alonzo TA, Mehta PA, Deal K, Elliott J, Meshinchi S, Geiger H, Perentesis JP, Lange BJ, Davies SM. DNA repair polymorphisms and outcome of chemotherapy for acute myelogenous leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Leukemia 2007; 22:265-72. [PMID: 18033323 DOI: 10.1038/sj.leu.2405000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Polymorphisms of DNA repair genes RAD51 and XRCC3 increase susceptibility to acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adults, an effect enhanced by deletion of the glutathione-S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) gene. In this study, we genotyped 452 children with de novo AML treated on CCG protocols 2941 and 2961 and compared genotype frequencies with those of normal blood donors, and analyzed the impact of genotype on outcome of therapy. XRCC3 Thr241Met, RAD51 G135C and GSTM1 genotypes did not increase susceptibility to AML when assessed singly. In contrast, when XRCC3 and RAD51 genotypes were examined together a significant increase in susceptibility to AML was seen in children with variant alleles. Analysis of outcome of therapy showed that patients heterozygous for the XRCC3 Thr241Met allele had improved post-induction disease-free survival compared to children homozygous for the major or minor allele, each of whom had similar outcomes. Improved survival was due to reduced relapse in the heterozygous children, and this effect was most marked in children randomized to therapy likely to generate DNA double-strand breaks (etoposide, daunomycin), compared with anti-metabolite (fludarabine, cytarabine) based therapy. In contrast, RAD51 G135C and the GSTM1 deletion polymorphism did not influence outcome of AML therapy in our study population.
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- D Bhatla
- Division of Hematology/Oncology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
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Sheng D, Zhu S, Wei T, Ni J, Shen Y. The in vitro activity of a Rad55 homologue from Sulfolobus tokodaii, a candidate mediator in RadA-catalyzed homologous recombination. Extremophiles 2007; 12:147-57. [DOI: 10.1007/s00792-007-0113-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2007] [Accepted: 09/17/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Spencer DMS, Bilardi RA, Koch TH, Post GC, Nafie JW, Kimura KI, Cutts SM, Phillips DR. DNA repair in response to anthracycline-DNA adducts: a role for both homologous recombination and nucleotide excision repair. Mutat Res 2007; 638:110-21. [PMID: 17961607 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2007.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2007] [Revised: 09/10/2007] [Accepted: 09/11/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Doxorubicin, a widely used anthracycline anticancer agent, acts as a topoisomerase II poison but can also form formaldehyde-mediated DNA adducts. This has led to the development of doxorubicin derivatives such as doxoform, which can readily form adducts with DNA. This work aimed to determine which DNA repair pathways are involved in the recognition and possible repair of anthracycline-DNA adducts. Cell lines lacking functional proteins involved in each of the five main repair pathways, mismatch repair (MMR), base excision repair (BER), nucleotide excision repair (NER), homologous recombination (HR) and non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) were examined for sensitivity to various anthracycline adduct-forming treatments. The treatments used were doxorubicin, barminomycin (a model adduct-forming anthracycline) and doxoform (a doxorubicin-formaldehyde conjugate). Cells with deficiencies in MMR, BER and NHEJ were equally sensitive to adduct-forming treatments compared to wild type cells and therefore these pathways are unlikely to play a role in the repair of these adducts. Some cells with deficiencies in the NER pathway (specifically, those lacking functional XPB, XPD and XPG), displayed tolerance to adducts induced by both barminomycin and doxoform and also exhibited a decreased level of apoptosis in response to adduct-forming treatments. Conversely, two HR deficient cell lines were shown to be more sensitive to barminomycin and doxoform than HR proficient cells, indicating that this pathway is also involved in the repair response to anthracycline-DNA adducts. These results suggest an unusual damage response pathway to anthracycline adducts involving both NER and HR that could be used to optimise cancer therapy for tumours with either high levels of NER or defective HR. Tumours with either of these characteristics would be predicted to respond particularly well to anthracycline-DNA adduct-forming treatments.
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- Damian M S Spencer
- Department of Biochemistry, La Trobe University, Victoria 3086, Australia
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Voso MT, Fabiani E, D'Alo' F, Guidi F, Di Ruscio A, Sica S, Pagano L, Greco M, Hohaus S, Leone G. Increased risk of acute myeloid leukaemia due to polymorphisms in detoxification and DNA repair enzymes. Ann Oncol 2007; 18:1523-8. [PMID: 17761709 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdm191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Polymorphisms in genes involved in detoxification and DNA-repair pathways may modify the individual's risk for genomic damage, and, as a consequence, the risk of developing malignant diseases. PATIENTS AND METHODS We performed a case-control study including 160 cases of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) and 162 matched controls to test the impact of six genomic polymorphisms on the risk to develop AML and/or therapy-related AML. RESULTS We found a significantly higher prevalence of the polymorphic variants RAD51-G135C and CYP3A4-A-290G genes in AML cases, when compared with controls (P = 0.02 and P = 0.04), increasing the risk of AML 2.1-folds (95% CI: 1.1-4.0) and 3.2-fold (95% CI: 1.1-11.5), respectively. Carriers of both the RAD51-G135C and CYP3A4-A-290G variants were at highest AML risk (P = 0.003; OR:13,6; 95% CI: 2.0-585.5), suggesting a synergistic effect between these polymorphisms. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that polymorphic variants in DNA-repair and detoxification enzymes may co-operate in modulating the individual's risk of AML.
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- M T Voso
- Istituto di Ematologia, Universita' Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy.
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Vignard J, Siwiec T, Chelysheva L, Vrielynck N, Gonord F, Armstrong SJ, Schlögelhofer P, Mercier R. The interplay of RecA-related proteins and the MND1-HOP2 complex during meiosis in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet 2007; 3:1894-906. [PMID: 17937504 PMCID: PMC2014788 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2007] [Accepted: 08/29/2007] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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During meiosis, homologous chromosomes recognize each other, align, and exchange genetic information. This process requires the action of RecA-related proteins Rad51 and Dmc1 to catalyze DNA strand exchanges. The Mnd1-Hop2 complex has been shown to assist in Dmc1-dependent processes. Furthermore, higher eukaryotes possess additional RecA-related proteins, like XRCC3, which are involved in meiotic recombination. However, little is known about the functional interplay between these proteins during meiosis. We investigated the functional relationship between AtMND1, AtDMC1, AtRAD51, and AtXRCC3 during meiosis in Arabidopsis thaliana. We demonstrate the localization of AtMND1 to meiotic chromosomes, even in the absence of recombination, and show that AtMND1 loading depends exclusively on AHP2, the Arabidopsis Hop2 homolog. We provide evidence of genetic interaction between AtMND1, AtDMC1, AtRAD51, and AtXRCC3. In vitro assays suggest that this functional link is due to direct interaction of the AtMND1-AHP2 complex with AtRAD51 and AtDMC1. We show that AtDMC1 foci accumulate in the Atmnd1 mutant, but are reduced in number in Atrad51 and Atxrcc3 mutants. This study provides the first insights into the functional differences of AtRAD51 and AtXRCC3 during meiosis, demonstrating that AtXRCC3 is dispensable for AtDMC1 focus formation in an Atmnd1 mutant background, whereas AtRAD51 is not. These results clarify the functional interactions between key players in the strand exchange processes during meiotic recombination. Furthermore, they highlight a direct interaction between MND1 and RAD51 and show a functional divergence between RAD51 and XRCC3.
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- Julien Vignard
- Station de Génétique et d'Amélioration des Plantes, INRA, Versailles, France
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Mankouri HW, Ngo HP, Hickson ID. Shu proteins promote the formation of homologous recombination intermediates that are processed by Sgs1-Rmi1-Top3. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 18:4062-73. [PMID: 17671161 PMCID: PMC1995734 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-05-0490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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CSM2, PSY3, SHU1, and SHU2 (collectively referred to as the SHU genes) were identified in Saccharomyces cerevisiae as four genes in the same epistasis group that suppress various sgs1 and top3 mutant phenotypes when mutated. Although the SHU genes have been implicated in homologous recombination repair (HRR), their precise role(s) within this pathway remains poorly understood. Here, we have identified a specific role for the Shu proteins in a Rad51/Rad54-dependent HRR pathway(s) to repair MMS-induced lesions during S-phase. We show that, although mutation of RAD51 or RAD54 prevented the formation of MMS-induced HRR intermediates (X-molecules) arising during replication in sgs1 cells, mutation of SHU genes attenuated the level of these structures. Similar findings were also observed in shu1 cells in which Rmi1 or Top3 function was impaired. We propose a model in which the Shu proteins act in HRR to promote the formation of HRR intermediates that are processed by the Sgs1-Rmi1-Top3 complex.
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- Hocine W. Mankouri
- Cancer Research UK Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Research UK Laboratories, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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Zhang N, Liu X, Li L, Legerski R. Double-strand breaks induce homologous recombinational repair of interstrand cross-links via cooperation of MSH2, ERCC1-XPF, REV3, and the Fanconi anemia pathway. DNA Repair (Amst) 2007; 6:1670-8. [PMID: 17669695 PMCID: PMC2586762 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2007.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2007] [Revised: 06/12/2007] [Accepted: 06/12/2007] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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DNA interstrand cross-linking agents have been widely used in chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer. The majority of interstrand cross-links (ICLs) in mammalian cells are removed via a complex process that involves the formation of double-strand breaks at replication forks, incision of the ICL, and subsequent error-free repair by homologous recombination. How double-strand breaks effect the removal of ICLs and the downstream homologous recombination process is not clear. Here, we describe a plasmid-based recombination assay in which one copy of the CFP gene is inactivated by a site-specific psoralen ICL and can be repaired by gene conversion with a mutated homologous donor sequence. We found that the homology-dependent recombination (HDR) is inhibited by the ICL. However, when we introduced a double-strand break adjacent to the site of the ICL, the removal of the ICL was enhanced and the substrate was funneled into a HDR repair pathway. This process was not dependent on the nucleotide excision repair pathway, but did require the ERCC1-XPF endonuclease and REV3. In addition, both the Fanconi anemia pathway and the mismatch repair protein MSH2 were required for the recombinational repair processing of the ICL. These results suggest that the juxtaposition of an ICL and a DSB stimulates repair of ICLs through a process requiring components of mismatch repair, ERCC1-XPF, REV3, Fanconi anemia proteins, and homologous recombination repair factors.
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- Nianxiang Zhang
- Department of Cancer Genetics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Cancer Genetics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Cancer Genetics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
- *Corresponding author. Fax. 713-792-1474; E-Mail:
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Seedhouse C, Russell N. Advances in the understanding of susceptibility to treatment-related acute myeloid leukaemia. Br J Haematol 2007; 137:513-29. [PMID: 17539774 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2007.06613.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Treatment-related acute myeloid leukaemia (t-AML) is a devastating complication following exposure to the cytotoxic and genotoxic agents used to treat a primary malignancy. Whilst the incidence of t-AML is rising, it still only occurs in a minority of patients who have received chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy treatment and hence it is important to identify factors that may confer susceptibility to the development of the condition. This paper reviews the literature and discusses the advances and limitations in our understanding of susceptibility factors to t-AML. In particular, it concentrates upon genetic polymorphisms in detoxification genes and in genes belonging to the major DNA repair pathways. This review also considers more novel susceptibility factors, such as those proposed to determine stem cell number. Increased understanding of t-AML susceptibility may enable steps to be taken to prevent its development and increase the effectiveness of treatment of the disease.
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- Claire Seedhouse
- Department of Academic Haematology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK.
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Yang ZH, Du B, Wei YS, Zhang JH, Zhou B, Liang WB, Jia J, Zhang BL, Zhang L. Genetic Polymorphisms of the DNA Repair Gene and Risk of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. DNA Cell Biol 2007; 26:491-6. [PMID: 17630853 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2006.0537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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CONTEXT X-ray repair cross-complementing groups 1 and 3 (XRCC1 and XRCC3) and xeroderma pigmentosum group D (XPD) are mainly involved in base excision repair, homologous recombination repair, and nucleotide excision repair of DNA repair pathways, respectively. Previous studies have demonstrated that their gene polymorphisms were associated with some cancer susceptibility. OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN To investigate the effect of XPD Lys751Gln, XRCC1 Arg399Gln, Arg194Trp, Arg280His, and XRCC3 Thr241Met polymorphisms on the risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), a population-based case-control study of 153 NPC patients and 168 healthy controls among Sichuan population was conducted. RESULTS Our results showed that XRCC1 codon 194 Trp allele was associated with an increased risk of NPC (odds ratio [OR] = 1.828, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.286-2.598), and XPD codon 751Gln allele was associated with a borderline decrease of NPC (OR = 0.600, 95% CI: 0.361-1.000); combination analysis showed that individuals with both putative genotypes of XPD codon 751 Lys/Lys and XRCC1 codon 194 Arg/Trp or Trp/Trp have a significantly elevated risk of NPC (OR = 2.708, 95% CI: 1.338-5.478). CONCLUSION The results indicated that XRCC1 codon 194 Trp allele and XPD codon 751 Lys allele may be contributing factors in the risk of NPC.
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- Zhi-Hui Yang
- Department of Forensic Biology, West China School of Preclinical and Forensic Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Fisher AEO, Hochegger H, Takeda S, Caldecott KW. Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 accelerates single-strand break repair in concert with poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase. Mol Cell Biol 2007; 27:5597-605. [PMID: 17548475 PMCID: PMC1952076 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.02248-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Single-strand breaks are the commonest lesions arising in cells, and defects in their repair are implicated in neurodegenerative disease. One of the earliest events during single-strand break repair (SSBR) is the rapid synthesis of poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) by poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), followed by its rapid degradation by poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG). While the synthesis of poly(ADP-ribose) is important for rapid rates of chromosomal SSBR, the relative importance of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP-1) and PARP-2 and of the subsequent degradation of PAR by PARG is unclear. Here we have quantified SSBR rates in human A549 cells depleted of PARP-1, PARP-2, and PARG, both separately and in combination. We report that whereas PARP-1 is critical for rapid global rates of SSBR in human A549 cells, depletion of PARP-2 has only a minor impact, even in the presence of depleted levels of PARP-1. Moreover, we identify PARG as a novel and critical component of SSBR that accelerates this process in concert with PARP-1.
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- Anna E O Fisher
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, United Kingdom
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Alsbeih G, El-Sebaie M, Al-Harbi N, Al-Buhairi M, Al-Hadyan K, Al-Rajhi N. Radiosensitivity of Human Fibroblasts is Associated With Amino Acid Substitution Variants in Susceptible Genes And Correlates With The Number of Risk Alleles. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2007; 68:229-35. [PMID: 17331670 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.12.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2006] [Revised: 12/20/2006] [Accepted: 12/20/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Genetic predictive markers of radiosensitivity are being sought for stratifying radiotherapy for cancer patients and risk assessment of radiation exposure. We hypothesized that single nucleotide polymorphisms in susceptible genes are associated with, and the number of risk alleles has incremental effect on, individual radiosensitivity. METHODS AND MATERIALS Six amino acid substitution variants (ATM 1853 Asp/Asn G>A, p53 72 Arg/Pro G>C, p21 31 Ser/Arg C>A, XRCC1 399 Arg/Gln G>A, XRCC3 241 Thr/Met C>T, and TGFbeta1 10 Leu/Pro T>C) were genotyped by direct sequencing in 54 fibroblast strains of different radiosensitivity. RESULTS The clonogenic survival fraction at 2 Gy range was 0.15-0.50 (mean, 0.34, standard deviation, 0.08). The mean survival fraction at 2 Gy divided the cell strains into radiosensitive (26 cases) and normal (28 controls). A significant association was observed between the survival fraction at 2 Gy and ATM 1853 Asn, XRCC3 241 Met, and TGFbeta1 10 Leu alleles (p = 0.05, p = 0.02, and p = 0.02, respectively). The p53 72 Arg allele showed a borderline association (p = 0.07). The number of risk alleles increased with increasing radiosensitivity, and the group comparison showed a statistically significant difference between the radiosensitive and control groups (p < or = 0.001). CONCLUSION The results of our study have shown that single nucleotide polymorphisms in susceptible genes influence cellular radiation response and that the number of risk alleles has a combined effect on radiosensitivity. Individuals with multiple risk alleles could be more susceptible to radiation effects than those with fewer risk alleles. These results may have implications in predicting normal tissue reactions to radiotherapy and risk assessment of radiation exposure.
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- Ghazi Alsbeih
- Radiation Biology Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Physics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Guarrera S, Sacerdote C, Fiorini L, Marsala R, Polidoro S, Gamberini S, Saletta F, Malaveille C, Talaska G, Vineis P, Matullo G. Expression of DNA repair and metabolic genes in response to a flavonoid-rich diet. Br J Nutr 2007; 98:525-33. [PMID: 17445347 DOI: 10.1017/s0007114507725151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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A diet rich in fruit and vegetables can be effective in the reduction of oxidative stress, through the antioxidant effects of phytochemicals and other mechanisms. Protection against the carcinogenic effects of chemicals may also be exerted by an enhancement of detoxification and DNA damage repair mechanisms. To investigate a putative effect of flavonoids, a class of polyphenols, on the regulation of the gene expression of DNA repair and metabolic genes, a 1-month flavonoid-rich diet was administered to thirty healthy male smokers, nine of whom underwent gene expression analysis. We postulated that tobacco smoke is a powerful source of reactive oxygen species. The expression level of twelve genes (APEX, ERCC1, ERCC2, ERCC4, MGMT, OGG1, XPA, XPC, XRCC1, XRCC3, AHR, CYP1A1) was investigated. We found a significant increase (P < 0.001) in flavonoid intake. Urinary phenolic content and anti-mutagenicity did not significantly change after diet, nor was a correlation found between flavonoid intake and urinary phenolic levels or anti-mutagenicity. Phenolic levels showed a significant positive correlation with urinary anti-mutagenicity. AHR levels were significantly reduced after the diet (P = 0.038), whereas the other genes showed a generalized up regulation, significant for XRCC3 gene (P = 0.038). Also in the context of a generalized up regulation of DNA repair genes, we found a non-significant negative correlation between flavonoid intake and the expression of all the DNA repair genes. Larger studies are needed to clarify the possible effects of flavonoids in vivo; our preliminary results could help to better plan new studies on gene expression and diet.
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- Simonetta Guarrera
- Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation, Section of Life Sciences, viale Settimio Severo 65, Torino, Italy
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Renglin Lindh A, Schultz N, Saleh-Gohari N, Helleday T. RAD51C (RAD51L2) is involved in maintaining centrosome number in mitosis. Cytogenet Genome Res 2007; 116:38-45. [PMID: 17268176 DOI: 10.1159/000097416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2005] [Accepted: 06/30/2006] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The RAD51C (RAD51L2) protein is one out of five RAD51 paralogs and forms a complex that includes either XRCC2 or XRCC3. Both of these complexes may have important functions in homologous recombination (HR). Here, we confirm that the frequency of DNA double-strand break (DSB)-induced HR is reduced in the RAD51C deficient cell line CL-V4B, in agreement with a role for RAD51C in HR. We report that mitotic RAD51C deficient CL-V4B cells also have an increased number of centrosomes in mitosis resulting in aberrant mitotic spindles. These data suggest that the RAD51C protein is important in maintaining correct centrosome numbers and that the complexes including RAD51C and XRCC2 or XRCC3 may be of importance in maintaining correct centrosome numbers in mitosis. Increased centrosome numbers following a RAD51C defect indicates that this protein might be important in preventing aneuploidy, suggesting that it could be a potential tumour suppressor in mammals.
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- A Renglin Lindh
- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Toxicology, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Vangsted A, Gimsing P, Klausen TW, Nexø BA, Wallin H, Andersen P, Hokland P, Lillevang ST, Vogel U. Polymorphisms in the genes ERCC2, XRCC3 and CD3EAP influence treatment outcome in multiple myeloma patients undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation. Int J Cancer 2007; 120:1036-45. [PMID: 17131345 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Individual variations in the ability to cope with DNA damage by DNA repair may be essential for the response to chemotherapy, since cancer cells from patients with an effective DNA repair may survive treatment. We have studied the effect on time to treatment failure (TTF) and overall survival (OS) of polymorphism in the DNA repair genes ERCC1, ERCC2 and XRCC3, and in the apoptotic genes PPP1R13L and CD3EAP in 348 patients with multiple myeloma undergoing autologous bone marrow transplantation. Carriers of the variant C-allele of ERCC2 K751Q, the variant T-allele of XRCC3 T241M and the variant A-allele of CD3EAP G-21A had a 1.3-fold, 1.8-fold and 1.9-fold longer TTF, respectively, than homozygous wild type carriers (p = 0.006, p = 0.004, p < 0.001). The polymorphism CD3EAP G-21A also had significant effect on OS (p < 0.045). The polymorphism ERCC2 K751Q may to be related to sex, since the prolonged TTF was only seen in women (p = 0.001). Carriers of the combination of variant alleles of ERCC2 K751Q and XRCC3 T241M had 2.8-fold longer TTF (p = 0.0002). This indicates that suboptimal repair of both DNA mechanisms favors prolonged TTF and that polymorphism in ERCC2, XRCC3 and CD3EAP predicts the outcome for patients treated with autologous stem cell transplantation.
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- Annette Vangsted
- Department of Haematology, Herlev University Hospital of Copenhagen, DK-2730 Herlev, Denmark.
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Tamulevicius P, Wang M, Iliakis G. Homology-directed repair is required for the development of radioresistance during S phase: interplay between double-strand break repair and checkpoint response. Radiat Res 2007; 167:1-11. [PMID: 17214519 DOI: 10.1667/rr0751.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2006] [Accepted: 08/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The S-phase-dependent radioresistance to killing uniformly seen in eukaryotic cells is absent in radiosensitive mutants with defects in genes involved in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by homologous recombination (homologous recombination repair: HRR). This implicates, for the first time, a concrete DNA repair process in the radiosensitivity of a specific cell cycle phase. The cell cycle-dependent fluctuations in radiosensitivity reflect a fundamental and well-documented radiobiological phenomenon that still awaits a detailed molecular characterization. The underlying mechanisms are likely to combine aspects of DNA repair and cell cycle regulation. Advances in both fields allow a first dissection in the cell cycle of the molecular interplay between DSB repair and DNA damage checkpoint response and its contribution to cell survival. Here we review the available literature on the topic, speculate on the ramifications of this information for our understanding of cellular responses to DNA damage, and discuss future directions in research. An effort is made to integrate relevant phenomena of radiation action, such as low-dose radiosensitivity and the G(2) assay in this scheme.
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- Peter Tamulevicius
- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology, University Duisburg-Essen Medical School, Essen, Germany
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Sultanova AN, Salakhova AF, Bashkirov VI, Khasanov FK. Cell phenotypes of a mutant in the gene encoding a Rad51 paralog in fission yeast. RUSS J GENET+ 2007. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795407020056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Rao BSS, Tano K, Takeda S, Utsumi H. Split dose recovery studies using homologous recombination deficient gene knockout chicken B lymphocyte cells. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2007; 48:77-85. [PMID: 17229998 DOI: 10.1269/jrr.06050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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To understand the role of proteins involved in DSB repair modulating SLD recovery, chicken B lymphoma (DT 40) cell lines either proficient or deficient in RAD52, XRCC2, XRCC3, RAD51C and RAD51D were subjected to fractionated irradiation and their survival curves charted. Survival curves of both WT DT40 and RAD52 (-/-) cells had a big shoulder while all the other cells exhibited small shoulders. However, at the higher doses of radiation, RAD51C(-/-) cells displayed hypersensitivity comparable to the data obtained for the homologous recombination deficient RAD54(-/-) cells. Repair of SLD was measured as an increase in survival after a split dose irradiation with an interval of incubation between the radiation doses. All the cell lines (parental DT40 and genetic knockout cell lines viz., RAD52(-/-), XRCC2(-/-), XRCC3(-/-) RAD51C(-/-) and RAD51D(-/-)) used in this study demonstrated a typical split-dose recovery capacity with a specific peak, which varied depending on the cell type. The maximum survival of WT DT40 and RAD52(-/-) was reached at about 1-2 hours after the first dose of radiation and then decreased to a minimum thereafter (5h). The increase in the survival peaked once again by about 8 hours. The survival trends observed in XRCC2 (-/-), XRCC3(-/-), RAD51C (-/-) and RAD51D(-/-) knockout cells were also similar, except for the difference in the initial delay of a peak survival for RAD51D(-/-) and lower survival ratios. The second phase of increase in the survival in these cell lines was much slower in XRCC2(-/-) , XRCC3(-/-), RAD51C(-/-) and RAD51D(-/-) and further delayed when compared with that of RAD52(-/-) and parental DT40 cells suggesting a dependence on their cell cycle kinetics. This study demonstrates that the participation of RAD52, XRCC2, XRCC3, RAD51C and RAD51D in the DSB repair via homologous recombination is of less importance in comparison to RAD54, as RAD54 deficient cells demonstrated complete absence of SLD recovery.
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- B S Satish Rao
- Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Osaka, Japan
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Delacôte F, Deriano L, Lambert S, Bertrand P, Saintigny Y, Lopez BS. Chronic exposure to sublethal doses of radiation mimetic Zeocin selects for clones deficient in homologous recombination. Mutat Res 2006; 615:125-33. [PMID: 17174359 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2006.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2006] [Revised: 10/30/2006] [Accepted: 11/17/2006] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Abstract
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are highly toxic lesions leading to genome variability/instability. The balance between homologous recombination (HR) and non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ), two alternative DSB repair systems, is essential to ensure genome maintenance in mammalian cells. Here, we transfected CHO hamster cells with the pcDNA3.1/Zeo plasmid, and selected transfectants with Zeocin, a bleomycin analog which produces DSBs. Despite the presence of a Zeocin resistance gene in pcDNA3.1/Zeo, Zeocin induced 8-10 gamma-H2AX foci per cell. This shows that the Zeocin resistance gene failed to fully detoxify cells treated with Zeocin, and that during selection cells were submitted to a chronic sublethal DSB stress. Selected clones show decreases in both spontaneous and induced intrachromosomal HR. In contrast, in an in vitro assay, these clones show an increase in NHEJ products specific to the KU86 pathway. We selected cells, in the absence of pcDNA3.1/Zeo, with low and sublethal doses of Zeocin, producing a mean 8-10 gamma-H2AX foci per cell. Newly selected clones exhibited similar phenotypes: HR decrease accompanied by an increase in KU86-dependent NHEJ efficiency. Thus chronic exposure to sublethal numbers of DSBs selects cells whose HR versus NHEJ balance is altered. This may well have implications for radio- and chemotherapy, and for management of environmental hazards.
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Affiliation(s)
- Fabien Delacôte
- UMR CNRS/CEA 217, DSV, DRR, CEA, 18 route du panorama, 92265 Fontenay aux Roses, Cédex, France
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