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Sun S, Zhong B, Zeng X, Li J, Chen Q. Transcription factor E4F1 as a regulator of cell life and disease progression. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadh1991. [PMID: 37774036 PMCID: PMC10541018 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adh1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 10/01/2023]
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E4F transcription factor 1 (E4F1), a member of the GLI-Kruppel family of zinc finger proteins, is now widely recognized as a transcription factor. It plays a critical role in regulating various cell processes, including cell growth, proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis and necrosis, DNA damage response, and cell metabolism. These processes involve intricate molecular regulatory networks, making E4F1 an important mediator in cell biology. Moreover, E4F1 has also been implicated in the pathogenesis of a range of human diseases. In this review, we provide an overview of the major advances in E4F1 research, from its first report to the present, including studies on its protein domains, molecular mechanisms of transcriptional regulation and biological functions, and implications for human diseases. We also address unresolved questions and potential research directions in this field. This review provides insights into the essential roles of E4F1 in human health and disease and may pave the way for facilitating E4F1 from basic research to clinical applications.
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- Silu Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- Upper Airways Research Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a Model System for Eukaryotic Cell Biology, from Cell Cycle Control to DNA Damage Response. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231911665. [PMID: 36232965 PMCID: PMC9570374 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used for bread making and beer brewing for thousands of years. In addition, its ease of manipulation, well-annotated genome, expansive molecular toolbox, and its strong conservation of basic eukaryotic biology also make it a prime model for eukaryotic cell biology and genetics. In this review, we discuss the characteristics that made yeast such an extensively used model organism and specifically focus on the DNA damage response pathway as a prime example of how research in S. cerevisiae helped elucidate a highly conserved biological process. In addition, we also highlight differences in the DNA damage response of S. cerevisiae and humans and discuss the challenges of using S. cerevisiae as a model system.
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Morafraile EC, Bugallo A, Carreira R, Fernández M, Martín-Castellanos C, Blanco MG, Segurado M. Exo1 phosphorylation inhibits exonuclease activity and prevents fork collapse in rad53 mutants independently of the 14-3-3 proteins. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:3053-3070. [PMID: 32020204 PMCID: PMC7102976 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2019] [Revised: 01/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The S phase checkpoint is crucial to maintain genome stability under conditions that threaten DNA replication. One of its critical functions is to prevent Exo1-dependent fork degradation, and Exo1 is phosphorylated in response to different genotoxic agents. Exo1 seemed to be regulated by several post-translational modifications in the presence of replicative stress, but the specific contribution of checkpoint-dependent phosphorylation to Exo1 control and fork stability is not clear. We show here that Exo1 phosphorylation is Dun1-independent and Rad53-dependent in response to DNA damage or dNTP depletion, and in both situations Exo1 is similarly phosphorylated at multiple sites. To investigate the correlation between Exo1 phosphorylation and fork stability, we have generated phospho-mimic exo1 alleles that rescue fork collapse in rad53 mutants as efficiently as exo1-nuclease dead mutants or the absence of Exo1, arguing that Rad53-dependent phosphorylation is the mayor requirement to preserve fork stability. We have also shown that this rescue is Bmh1–2 independent, arguing that the 14-3-3 proteins are dispensable for fork stabilization, at least when Exo1 is downregulated. Importantly, our results indicated that phosphorylation specifically inhibits the 5' to 3'exo-nuclease activity, suggesting that this activity of Exo1 and not the flap-endonuclease, is the enzymatic activity responsible of the collapse of stalled replication forks in checkpoint mutants.
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- Esther C Morafraile
- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (CSIC/USAL), Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (CSIC/USAL), Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas (CIMUS) - Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (CSIC/USAL), Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación en Medicina Molecular y Enfermedades Crónicas (CIMUS) - Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (CSIC/USAL), Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Salamanca 37007, Spain.,Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Universidad de Salamanca, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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Chao HH, Karagounis IV, Thomas C, François NB, Facciabene A, Koumenis C, Maity A. Combination of CHEK1/2 inhibition and ionizing radiation results in abscopal tumor response through increased micronuclei formation. Oncogene 2020; 39:4344-4357. [PMID: 32335582 PMCID: PMC7260113 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-020-1300-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Revised: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We explore a novel strategy of activating immune signaling through increased micronuclei formation utilizing a cell cycle checkpoint inhibitor to drive cell cycle progression following ionizing radiation. The Chk1/2 inhibitor AZD7762 is used to abrogate radiation therapy (RT)-induced G2/M cell cycle arrest in multiple cell lines and, we find that this therapeutic combination promotes increased micronuclei formation in vitro and subsequently drives increased type I interferon signaling and cytotoxic T-cell activation. In vivo studies using B16-F10 melanoma cancer cells implanted in C57/BL6 mice demonstrate improved rates of tumor control at the abscopal (unirradiated) site, located outside of the radiation field, only in the AZD7762+RT group, with a corresponding reduction in mean tumor volume, increase in the CD8 T-cell population, and immune activated gene signaling. Our results demonstrate that targeted inhibition of cell cycle checkpoint activation following ionizing radiation drives increased production of immunogenic micronuclei, leading to systemic tumor response with potential future clinical benefit.
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- Hann-Hsiang Chao
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Radiation Oncology, McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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Genetic investigation of formaldehyde-induced DNA damage response in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Curr Genet 2020; 66:593-605. [DOI: 10.1007/s00294-020-01057-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2019] [Revised: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The transition between proliferating and quiescent states must be carefully regulated to ensure that cells divide to create the cells an organism needs only at the appropriate time and place. Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are critical for both transitioning cells from one cell cycle state to the next, and for regulating whether cells are proliferating or quiescent. CDKs are regulated by association with cognate cyclins, activating and inhibitory phosphorylation events, and proteins that bind to them and inhibit their activity. The substrates of these kinases, including the retinoblastoma protein, enforce the changes in cell cycle status. Single cell analysis has clarified that competition among factors that activate and inhibit CDK activity leads to the cell's decision to enter the cell cycle, a decision the cell makes before S phase. Signaling pathways that control the activity of CDKs regulate the transition between quiescence and proliferation in stem cells, including stem cells that generate muscle and neurons. © 2020 American Physiological Society. Compr Physiol 10:317-344, 2020.
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- Hilary A Coller
- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, and the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Cussiol JRR, Soares BL, Oliveira FMBD. From yeast to humans: Understanding the biology of DNA Damage Response (DDR) kinases. Genet Mol Biol 2019; 43:e20190071. [PMID: 31930279 PMCID: PMC7198005 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2019-0071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2019] [Accepted: 07/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The DNA Damage Response (DDR) is a complex network of biological processes that protect cells from accumulating aberrant DNA structures, thereby maintaining genomic stability and, as a consequence, preventing the development of cancer and other diseases. The DDR pathway is coordinated by a signaling cascade mediated by the PI3K-like kinases (PIKK) ATM and ATR and by their downstream kinases CHK2 and CHK1, respectively. Together, these kinases regulate several aspects of the cellular program in response to genomic stress. Much of our understanding of these kinases came from studies performed in the 1990s using yeast as a model organism. The purpose of this review is to present a historical perspective on the discovery of the DDR kinases in yeast and the importance of this model for the identification and functional understanding of their mammalian orthologues.
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- Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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The drinking water contaminant dibromoacetonitrile delays G1-S transition and suppresses Chk1 activation at broken replication forks. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12730. [PMID: 28986587 PMCID: PMC5630572 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-13033-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 09/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Chlorination of drinking water protects humans from water-born pathogens, but it also produces low concentrations of dibromoacetonitrile (DBAN), a common disinfectant by-product found in many water supply systems. DBAN is not mutagenic but causes DNA breaks and elevates sister chromatid exchange in mammalian cells. The WHO issued guidelines for DBAN after it was linked with cancer of the liver and stomach in rodents. How this haloacetonitrile promotes malignant cell transformation is unknown. Using fission yeast as a model, we report here that DBAN delays G1-S transition. DBAN does not hinder ongoing DNA replication, but specifically blocks the serine 345 phosphorylation of the DNA damage checkpoint kinase Chk1 by Rad3 (ATR) at broken replication forks. DBAN is particularly damaging for cells with defects in the lagging-strand DNA polymerase delta. This sensitivity can be explained by the dependency of pol delta mutants on Chk1 activation for survival. We conclude that DBAN targets a process or protein that acts at the start of S phase and is required for Chk1 phosphorylation. Taken together, DBAN may precipitate cancer by perturbing S phase and by blocking the Chk1-dependent response to replication fork damage.
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Lewis RA, Li J, Allenby NEE, Errington J, Hayles J, Nurse P. Screening and purification of natural products from actinomycetes that affect the cell shape of fission yeast. J Cell Sci 2017; 130:3173-3185. [PMID: 28775153 PMCID: PMC5612171 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.194571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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This study was designed to identify bioactive compounds that alter the cellular shape of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe by affecting functions involved in the cell cycle or cell morphogenesis. We used a multidrug-sensitive fission yeast strain, SAK950 to screen a library of 657 actinomycete bacteria and identified 242 strains that induced eight different major shape phenotypes in S. pombe. These include the typical cell cycle-related phenotype of elongated cells, and the cell morphology-related phenotype of rounded cells. As a proof of principle, we purified four of these activities, one of which is a novel compound and three that are previously known compounds, leptomycin B, streptonigrin and cycloheximide. In this study, we have also shown novel effects for two of these compounds, leptomycin B and cycloheximide. The identification of these four compounds and the explanation of the S. pombe phenotypes in terms of their known, or predicted bioactivities, confirm the effectiveness of this approach. Summary: A cell shape-based visual screen of S. pombe in the presence of actinomycete-derived bioactivities and an explanation for the phenotypes following identification of the compounds.
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- Richard A Lewis
- Cell Cycle Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London, NW1 1AT, UK.,Demuris Ltd, Newcastle Biomedicine Bioincubators, William Leech Building, Newcastle University Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Cell Cycle Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London, NW1 1AT, UK
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- Demuris Ltd, Newcastle Biomedicine Bioincubators, William Leech Building, Newcastle University Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Demuris Ltd, Newcastle Biomedicine Bioincubators, William Leech Building, Newcastle University Medical School, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Cell Cycle Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London, NW1 1AT, UK
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- Cell Cycle Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London, NW1 1AT, UK
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Callegari AJ, Kelly TJ. Coordination of DNA damage tolerance mechanisms with cell cycle progression in fission yeast. Cell Cycle 2016; 15:261-73. [PMID: 26652183 PMCID: PMC5007584 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1121353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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DNA damage tolerance (DDT) mechanisms allow cells to synthesize a new DNA strand when the template is damaged. Many mutations resulting from DNA damage in eukaryotes are generated during DDT when cells use the mutagenic translesion polymerases, Rev1 and Polζ, rather than mechanisms with higher fidelity. The coordination among DDT mechanisms is not well understood. We used live-cell imaging to study the function of DDT mechanisms throughout the cell cycle of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. We report that checkpoint-dependent mitotic delay provides a cellular mechanism to ensure the completion of high fidelity DDT, largely by homology-directed repair (HDR). DDT by mutagenic polymerases is suppressed during the checkpoint delay by a mechanism dependent on Rad51 recombinase. When cells pass the G2/M checkpoint and can no longer delay mitosis, they completely lose the capacity for HDR and simultaneously exhibit a requirement for Rev1 and Polζ. Thus, DDT is coordinated with the checkpoint response so that the activity of mutagenic polymerases is confined to a vulnerable period of the cell cycle when checkpoint delay and HDR are not possible.
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- A John Callegari
- a Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , New York , NY , USA
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- a Molecular Biology Program, Sloan-Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center , New York , NY , USA
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Noguchi C, Grothusen G, Anandarajan V, Martínez-Lage García M, Terlecky D, Corzo K, Tanaka K, Nakagawa H, Noguchi E. Genetic controls of DNA damage avoidance in response to acetaldehyde in fission yeast. Cell Cycle 2016; 16:45-58. [PMID: 27687866 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2016.1237326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Acetaldehyde, a primary metabolite of alcohol, forms DNA adducts and disrupts the DNA replication process, causing genomic instability, a hallmark of cancer. Indeed, chronic alcohol consumption accounts for approximately 3.6% of all cancers worldwide. However, how the adducts are prevented and repaired after acetaldehyde exposure is not well understood. In this report, we used the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe as a model organism to comprehensively understand the genetic controls of DNA damage avoidance in response to acetaldehyde. We demonstrate that Atd1 functions as a major acetaldehyde detoxification enzyme that prevents accumulation of Rad52-DNA repair foci, while Atd2 and Atd3 have minor roles in acetaldehyde detoxification. We found that acetaldehyde causes DNA damage at the replication fork and activates the cell cycle checkpoint to coordinate cell cycle arrest with DNA repair. Our investigation suggests that acetaldehyde-mediated DNA adducts include interstrand-crosslinks and DNA-protein crosslinks. We also demonstrate that acetaldehyde activates multiple DNA repair pathways. Nucleotide excision repair and homologous recombination, which are both epistatically linked to the Fanconi anemia pathway, have major roles in acetaldehyde tolerance, while base excision repair and translesion synthesis also contribute to the prevention of acetaldehyde-dependent genomic instability. We also show the involvement of Wss1-related metalloproteases, Wss1 and Wss2, in acetaldehyde tolerance. These results indicate that acetaldehyde causes cellular stresses that require cells to coordinate multiple cellular processes in order to prevent genomic instability. Considering that acetaldehyde is a human carcinogen, our genetic studies serve as a guiding investigation into the mechanisms of acetaldehyde-dependent genomic instability and carcinogenesis.
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- Chiaki Noguchi
- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Drexel University College of Medicine , Philadelphia , PA , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Drexel University College of Medicine , Philadelphia , PA , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Drexel University College of Medicine , Philadelphia , PA , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Drexel University College of Medicine , Philadelphia , PA , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Drexel University College of Medicine , Philadelphia , PA , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Drexel University College of Medicine , Philadelphia , PA , USA
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- b Department of Bioscience , School of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University , Sanda , Japan
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- c Gastroenterology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine , PA , USA
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- a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology , Drexel University College of Medicine , Philadelphia , PA , USA
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Activation of Checkpoint Kinase Chk1 by Reactive Oxygen Species Resulting from Disruption of wat1/pop3 in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Genetics 2016; 204:1397-1406. [PMID: 27683273 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.193896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2016] [Accepted: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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DNA double-strand breaks are critical lesions that can lead to chromosomal aberrations and genomic instability. In response to DNA damage, Chk1, a serine/threonine kinase, is responsible for cell cycle arrest to prevent damaged cells from progressing through the cell cycle. Here, we report that the disruption of wat1, a WD repeat-containing protein, leads to the phosphorylation of Chk1. The double-deletion of chk1 and wat1 had a grave effect on the survival of fission yeast cells, and the spontaneous recombination rate was also high upon double-deletion of wat1 and chk1, as compared to the single-mutant. In the absence of wat1, the cells exhibited a high level of nuclear fragmentation that resulted in the accumulation of Rad22 yellow fluorescent protein foci. Furthermore, we show that wat1 is required for the regulation of the oxidative stress response. We observed elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in wat1-null mutant that led to a high degree of propidium iodide staining at nonpermissive temperature. Based on the results presented here, we hypothesize that ROS production in wat1-null mutant cells generates DNA fragmentation that could trigger a checkpoint response and that, in the absence of checkpoint kinase Chk1, the cells exhibit severe growth defects leading to a synthetic lethal phenotype.
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Gadaleta MC, Das MM, Tanizawa H, Chang YT, Noma KI, Nakamura TM, Noguchi E. Swi1Timeless Prevents Repeat Instability at Fission Yeast Telomeres. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1005943. [PMID: 26990647 PMCID: PMC4798670 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Genomic instability associated with DNA replication stress is linked to cancer and genetic pathologies in humans. If not properly regulated, replication stress, such as fork stalling and collapse, can be induced at natural replication impediments present throughout the genome. The fork protection complex (FPC) is thought to play a critical role in stabilizing stalled replication forks at several known replication barriers including eukaryotic rDNA genes and the fission yeast mating-type locus. However, little is known about the role of the FPC at other natural impediments including telomeres. Telomeres are considered to be difficult to replicate due to the presence of repetitive GT-rich sequences and telomere-binding proteins. However, the regulatory mechanism that ensures telomere replication is not fully understood. Here, we report the role of the fission yeast Swi1Timeless, a subunit of the FPC, in telomere replication. Loss of Swi1 causes telomere shortening in a telomerase-independent manner. Our epistasis analyses suggest that heterochromatin and telomere-binding proteins are not major impediments for telomere replication in the absence of Swi1. Instead, repetitive DNA sequences impair telomere integrity in swi1Δ mutant cells, leading to the loss of repeat DNA. In the absence of Swi1, telomere shortening is accompanied with an increased recruitment of Rad52 recombinase and more frequent amplification of telomere/subtelomeres, reminiscent of tumor cells that utilize the alternative lengthening of telomeres pathway (ALT) to maintain telomeres. These results suggest that Swi1 ensures telomere replication by suppressing recombination and repeat instability at telomeres. Our studies may also be relevant in understanding the potential role of Swi1Timeless in regulation of telomere stability in cancer cells. In every round of the cell cycle, cells must accurately replicate their full genetic information. This process is highly regulated, as defects during DNA replication cause genomic instability, leading to various genetic disorders including cancers. To thwart these problems, cells carry an array of complex mechanisms to deal with various obstacles found across the genome that can hamper DNA replication and cause DNA damage. Understanding how these mechanisms are regulated and orchestrated is of paramount importance in the field. In this report, we describe how Swi1, a Timeless-related protein in fission yeast, regulates efficient replication of telomeres, which are considered to be difficult to replicate due to the presence of repetitive DNA and telomere-binding proteins. We show that Swi1 prevents telomere damage and maintains telomere length by protecting integrity of telomeric repeats. Swi1-mediated telomere maintenance is independent of telomerase activity, and loss of Swi1 causes hyper-activation of recombination-based telomere maintenance, which generates heterogeneous telomeres. Similar telomerase-independent and recombination-dependent mechanism is utilized by approximately 15% of human cancers, linking telomere replication defects with cancer development. Thus, our study may be relevant in understanding the role of telomere replication defects in the development of cancers in humans.
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- Mariana C. Gadaleta
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Gene Expression and Regulation Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Gene Expression and Regulation Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Hoffman CS, Wood V, Fantes PA. An Ancient Yeast for Young Geneticists: A Primer on the Schizosaccharomyces pombe Model System. Genetics 2015; 201:403-23. [PMID: 26447128 PMCID: PMC4596657 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.115.181503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe is an important model organism for the study of eukaryotic molecular and cellular biology. Studies of S. pombe, together with studies of its distant cousin, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, have led to the discovery of genes involved in fundamental mechanisms of transcription, translation, DNA replication, cell cycle control, and signal transduction, to name but a few processes. However, since the divergence of the two species approximately 350 million years ago, S. pombe appears to have evolved less rapidly than S. cerevisiae so that it retains more characteristics of the common ancient yeast ancestor, causing it to share more features with metazoan cells. This Primer introduces S. pombe by describing the yeast itself, providing a brief description of the origins of fission yeast research, and illustrating some genetic and bioinformatics tools used to study protein function in fission yeast. In addition, a section on some key differences between S. pombe and S. cerevisiae is included for readers with some familiarity with budding yeast research but who may have an interest in developing research projects using S. pombe.
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- Charles S Hoffman
- Biology Department, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467
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- Cambridge Systems Biology Centre and Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, CB2 1GA Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, University of Edinburgh EH9 3JR Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Long G2 accumulates recombination intermediates and disturbs chromosome segregation at dysfunction telomere in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2015; 464:140-6. [PMID: 26093291 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2015.06.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2015] [Accepted: 06/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Protection of telomere (Pot1) is a single-stranded telomere binding protein which is essential for chromosome ends protection. Fission yeast Rqh1 is a member of RecQ helicases family which has essential roles in the maintenance of genomic stability and regulation of homologous recombination. Double mutant between fission yeast pot1Δ and rqh1 helicase dead (rqh1-hd) maintains telomere by homologous recombination. In pot1Δ rqh1-hd double mutant, recombination intermediates accumulate near telomere which disturb chromosome segregation and make cells sensitive to microtubule inhibitors thiabendazole (TBZ). Deletion of chk1(+) or mutation of its kinase domain shortens the G2 of pot1Δ rqh1-hd double mutant and suppresses both the accumulation of recombination intermediates and the TBZ sensitivity of that double mutant. In this study, we asked whether the long G2 is the reason for the TBZ sensitivity of pot1Δ rqh1-hd double mutant. We found that shortening the G2 of pot1Δ rqh1-hd double mutant by additional mutations of wee1 and mik1 or gain of function mutation of Cdc2 suppresses both the accumulation of recombination intermediates and the TBZ sensitivity of pot1Δ rqh1-hd double mutant. Our results suggest that long G2 of pot1Δ rqh1-hd double mutant may allow time for the accumulation of recombination intermediates which disturb chromosome segregation and make cells sensitive to TBZ.
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Cell cycle checkpoints are surveillance mechanisms that monitor the order, integrity, and fidelity of the major events of the cell cycle. These include growth to the appropriate cell size, the replication and integrity of the chromosomes, and their accurate segregation at mitosis. Many of these mechanisms are ancient in origin and highly conserved, and hence have been heavily informed by studies in simple organisms such as the yeasts. Others have evolved in higher organisms, and control alternative cell fates with significant impact on tumor suppression. Here, we consider these different checkpoint pathways and the consequences of their dysfunction on cell fate.
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Azad A, Storey A. Chk1 activity is required for BAK multimerization in association with PUMA during mitochondrial apoptosis. Cell Commun Signal 2014; 12:42. [PMID: 25012639 PMCID: PMC4422300 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-014-0042-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Accepted: 06/18/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Background The Bcl-2 protein BAK is a key player in mitochondrial apoptosis and responds to a myriad of different death signals. Activation of BAK is a multistep process that involves a number of conformational changes mediated by BH3-only proteins or p53 which leads to BAK multimerization and pore formation in the mitochondrial outer membrane. We previously reported that BAK activation is dependent upon dephosphorylation of both tyrosine and serine residues. Further, recent reports demonstrated that PP2A activity is required for BAK multimerization. Since Chk1, a checkpoint kinase involved in the activation of G2 checkpoint, is regulated by PP2A, we therefore hypothesized that Chk1 is involved in BAK multimerization during cell cycle arrest upon severe DNA damage. Findings We now show that treatment of HCT116-WT BAK cells with a Chk1 inhibitor impaired BAK dimerization and mutimerization when treated with the DNA damaging agents UV or etoposide. As a result there is a concomitant decrease of cytochrome c release from isolated mitochondria challenged with tBid protein and failure in the activation of caspase3. Interestingly, co-immunoprecipitation studies suggest that Chk1 is required for recruitment of BH3- only protein PUMA to BAK. We also showed that Chk1 is associated with BAK upon DNA damage. Conclusion These findings novelly demonstrate the involvement of a checkpoint kinase Chk1 is required for BAK activation and underscores the importance of involvement of Chk1 in mitochondrial apoptosis upon severe DNA damage.
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- Abul Azad
- Department of Oncology, The Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
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- Department of Oncology, The Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
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Does a shift to limited glucose activate checkpoint control in fission yeast? FEBS Lett 2014; 588:2373-8. [PMID: 24815688 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2014.04.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Revised: 04/23/2014] [Accepted: 04/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Here we review cell cycle control in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, in response to an abrupt reduction of glucose concentration in culture media. S. pombe arrests cell cycle progression when transferred from media containing 2.0% glucose to media containing 0.1%. After a delay, S. pombe resumes cell division at a surprisingly fast rate, comparable to that observed in 2% glucose. We found that a number of genes, including zinc-finger transcription factor Scr1, CaMKK-like protein kinase Ssp1, and glucose transporter Ght5, enable rapid cell division in low glucose. In this article, we examine whether cell cycle checkpoint-like control operates during the delay and after resumption of cell division in limited-glucose. Using microarray analysis and genetic screening, we identified several candidate genes that may be involved in controlling this low-glucose adaptation.
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Belfield C, Queenan C, Rao H, Kitamura K, Walworth NC. The oxidative stress responsive transcription factor Pap1 confers DNA damage resistance on checkpoint-deficient fission yeast cells. PLoS One 2014; 9:e89936. [PMID: 24587136 PMCID: PMC3934961 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2013] [Accepted: 01/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic cells invoke mechanisms to promote survival when confronted with cellular stress or damage to the genome. The protein kinase Chk1 is an integral and conserved component of the DNA damage response pathway. Mutation or inhibition of Chk1 results in mitotic death when cells are exposed to DNA damage. Oxidative stress activates a pathway that results in nuclear accumulation of the bZIP transcription factor Pap1. We report the novel finding that fission yeast Pap1 confers resistance to drug- and non-drug-induced DNA damage even when the DNA damage checkpoint is compromised. Multi-copy expression of Pap1 restores growth to chk1-deficient cells exposed to camptothecin or hydroxyurea. Unexpectedly, increased Pap1 expression also promotes survival of chk1-deficient cells with mutations in genes encoding DNA ligase (cdc17) or DNA polymerase δ (cdc6), but not DNA replication initiation mutants. The ability of Pap1 to confer resistance to DNA damage was not specific to chk1 mutants, as it also improved survival of rad1- and rad9-deficient cells in the presence of CPT. To confer resistance to DNA damage Pap1 must localize to the nucleus and be transcriptionally active.
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- Carrie Belfield
- Department of Pharmacology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Center for Gene Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Member, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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Verma SK, Ranjan R, Kumar V, Siddiqi MI, Ahmed S. Wat1/pop3, a conserved WD repeat containing protein acts synergistically with checkpoint kinase Chk1 to maintain genome ploidy in fission yeast S. pombe. PLoS One 2014; 9:e89587. [PMID: 24586893 PMCID: PMC3931806 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 01/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Aberrant chromosome segregation defects can lead to aneuploidy, a common characteristic of human solid tumors. Aneuploidy is generated due to defects in the mitotic spindle or due to inefficient mitotic checkpoint response. We have isolated a novel mutant allele of wat1, a WD repeat containing protein that exhibits conditional synthetic lethality with chk1 knock out. We observed only a marginal decrease in the level of α tubulin protein level in wat1-17 mutants after prolong exposure at semi permissive temperature. Interestingly the protein level of α-tubulin was reduced in the chk1Δ wat1-17 double mutant at 18°C with defective microtubule structure. Consistent with loss of microtubule structure in the chk1 deletion background, the double mutant of wat1-17 chk1Δ was hypersensitive to the microtubule destabilizing agent TBZ suggesting severe defects in microtubule integrity in wat1-17 mutant in the absence of Chk1. Combination of wat1-17 with the chk1 deletion also aggravates the defects in the maintenance of genome ploidy. The mutation in wat1-17 was mapped to Cys 233 that was changed to tyrosine. Based on the molecular modeling studies, we hypothesize that the substitution of the bulky Tyr residue at Cys233 position in wat1-17 mutant results in conformational changes. This in turn can affect its intercations with other interacting partners and perturb the overall functions of the Wat1 protein.
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- Sumit Kumar Verma
- Molecular and Structural Biology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, CSIR, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Lucknow, India
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- Molecular and Structural Biology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, CSIR, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Lucknow, India
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- Molecular and Structural Biology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, CSIR, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Lucknow, India
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- Molecular and Structural Biology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, CSIR, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Lucknow, India
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- Molecular and Structural Biology Division, Central Drug Research Institute, CSIR, Sector 10, Jankipuram Extension, Lucknow, India
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Xie Y, Wei RR, Huang GL, Zhang MY, Yuan YF, Wang HY. Checkpoint kinase 1 is negatively regulated by miR-497 in hepatocellular carcinoma. Med Oncol 2014; 31:844. [PMID: 24464213 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-014-0844-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2013] [Accepted: 01/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Checkpoint kinase 1 (CHEK1) is an evolutionarily conserved Ser/Thr kinase, which mediates cell-cycle arrest after DNA damage, and we previously reported that CHEK1 was overexpressed and associated with poor prognosis in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), indicating it was oncogenic gene. In this study, we aimed to elucidate the mechanism of CHEK1 overexpression in HCC. We first verified the upregulated CHEK1 by qRT-PCR and western blot in 30 HCC samples compared with corresponding non-tumor liver tissues. In silico analysis showed that CHEK1 was a candidate target of miR-497, which was previously found to be downregulated in HCC by us. To test whether miR-497 could bind to 3'untranslated region (3'UTR) of CHEK1, luciferase reporter assay was conducted. The result revealed that miR-497 could bind to the 3'untranslated region (3'UTR) of CHEK1 mRNA. Western blot showed that ectopic expression of miR-497 suppressed the CHEK1 expression and inhibition of miR-497 led to significant upregulation of CHEK1. Finally, miR-497 expression was measured in the same 30 HCC samples, and the correlation between miR-497 and CHEK1 was analyzed. The results indicated that miR-497 was downregulated in HCC and had a significant negative correlation with CHEK1. Taken together, these results demonstrated that CHEK1 was negatively regulated by miR-497, and the overexpressed CHEK1 was resulted from the downregulated miR-497 in HCC, which provided a potential molecular target for HCC therapy.
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- Yin Xie
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-Sen University Cancer Center, 651 Dongfeng East Road, Guangzhou, 510060, Guangdong Province, China
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Zhang Y, Hunter T. Roles of Chk1 in cell biology and cancer therapy. Int J Cancer 2013; 134:1013-23. [PMID: 23613359 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The evolutionally conserved DNA damage response (DDR) and cell cycle checkpoints preserve genome integrity. Central to these genome surveillance pathways is a protein kinase, Chk1. DNA damage induces activation of Chk1, which then transduces the checkpoint signal and facilitates cell cycle arrest and DNA damage repair. Significant progress has been made recently toward our understanding of Chk1 regulation and its implications in cancer etiology and therapy. Specifically, a model that involves both spatiotemporal and conformational changes of proteins has been proposed for Chk1 activation. Further, emerging evidence suggests that Chk1 does not appear to be a tumor suppressor; instead, it promotes tumor growth and may contribute to anticancer therapy resistance. Recent data from our laboratory suggest that activating, but not inhibiting, Chk1 in the absence of chemotherapy might represent an innovative approach to suppress tumor growth. These findings suggest unique regulation of Chk1 in cell biology and cancer etiology, pointing to novel strategies for targeting Chk1 in cancer therapy.
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- Youwei Zhang
- Department of Pharmacology, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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Hayles J, Wood V, Jeffery L, Hoe KL, Kim DU, Park HO, Salas-Pino S, Heichinger C, Nurse P. A genome-wide resource of cell cycle and cell shape genes of fission yeast. Open Biol 2013; 3:130053. [PMID: 23697806 PMCID: PMC3866870 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.130053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2013] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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To identify near complete sets of genes required for the cell cycle and cell shape, we have visually screened a genome-wide gene deletion library of 4843 fission yeast deletion mutants (95.7% of total protein encoding genes) for their effects on these processes. A total of 513 genes have been identified as being required for cell cycle progression, 276 of which have not been previously described as cell cycle genes. Deletions of a further 333 genes lead to specific alterations in cell shape and another 524 genes result in generally misshapen cells. Here, we provide the first eukaryotic resource of gene deletions, which describes a near genome-wide set of genes required for the cell cycle and cell shape.
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- Jacqueline Hayles
- Cell Cycle Laboratory, Cancer Research UK,
London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields,
London WC2A 3LY, UK
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- Cell Cycle Laboratory, Cancer Research UK,
London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields,
London WC2A 3LY, UK
- Cambridge Systems Biology Centre and Department of
Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, 80 Tennis
Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1GA, UK
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- Cell Cycle Laboratory, Cancer Research UK,
London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields,
London WC2A 3LY, UK
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- Department of New Drug Discovery and
Development, Chungnam National University, Yusong,
Daejeon, South Korea
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- Aging Research Center, Korea
Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yusong,
Daejeon, South Korea
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- Bioneer Corporation, Daedeok,
Daejeon, South Korea
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- Laboratory of Yeast Cell Biology and Genetics,
Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY
10021-6399, USA
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del
Desarrollo, CSIC/Junta de Andalucia/Universidad Pablo de
Olavide, Carretera de Utrera, km 141013 Sevilla,
Spain
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- Laboratory of Yeast Cell Biology and Genetics,
Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY
10021-6399, USA
- Department of Developmental Genetics, Institute of Plant
Biology, University of Zürich,
Zollikerstrasse 107, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Cell Cycle Laboratory, Cancer Research UK,
London Research Institute, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields,
London WC2A 3LY, UK
- Laboratory of Yeast Cell Biology and Genetics,
Rockefeller University, 1230 York Avenue, New York, NY
10021-6399, USA
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Mammalian CHK1 is a Ser/Thr kinase that plays a critical role in the DNA damage-activated cell cycle checkpoint signaling pathway downstream of ATR (ATM and Rad3 related protein kinase). This chapter focuses on describing an assay to measure CHK1 activity in vitro. The basic mechanism of this assay is to observe the phosphorylated levels of a fragment of CDC25C containing the site that can be phosphorylated by CHK1 in vitro. This assay includes five major steps: (1) preparing extracts from the control or treated cells, (2) preparing substrate, (3) immunoprecipitating CHK1 protein from the cells, (4) assembling the kinase assay, (5) analyzing the phosphorylated level of the substrates by CHK1. Besides CHK1, CHK2 is another important checkpoint regulator that responds to DNA damage. Because CHK1 and CHK2 share some substrates such as CDC25C in vitro, this assay could also be used for a CHK2 activity assay, except that the CHK2 antibody will be replaced by the CHK1 antibody.
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- Hong Yan Wang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine and Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Initiation of DNA damage responses through XPG-related nucleases. EMBO J 2012; 32:290-302. [PMID: 23211746 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2012.322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2012] [Accepted: 11/09/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Lesion-specific enzymes repair different forms of DNA damage, yet all lesions elicit the same checkpoint response. The common intermediate required to mount a checkpoint response is thought to be single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), coated by replication protein A (RPA) and containing a primer-template junction. To identify factors important for initiating the checkpoint response, we screened for genes that, when overexpressed, could amplify a checkpoint signal to a weak allele of chk1 in fission yeast. We identified Ast1, a novel member of the XPG-related family of endo/exonucleases. Ast1 promotes checkpoint activation caused by the absence of the other XPG-related nucleases, Exo1 and Rad2, the homologue of Fen1. Each nuclease is recruited to DSBs, and promotes the formation of ssDNA for checkpoint activation and recombinational repair. For Rad2 and Exo1, this is independent of their S-phase role in Okazaki fragment processing. This XPG-related pathway is distinct from MRN-dependent responses, and each enzyme is critical for damage resistance in MRN mutants. Thus, multiple nucleases collaborate to initiate DNA damage responses, highlighting the importance of these responses to cellular fitness.
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Furuya K, Niki H. Hyphal differentiation induced via a DNA damage checkpoint-dependent pathway engaged in crosstalk with nutrient stress signaling in Schizosaccharomyces japonicus. Curr Genet 2012; 58:291-303. [PMID: 23090706 PMCID: PMC3490063 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-012-0384-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2012] [Revised: 09/13/2012] [Accepted: 10/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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DNA damage response includes DNA repair, nucleotide metabolism and even a control of cell fates including differentiation, cell death pathway or some combination of these. The responses to DNA damage differ from species to species. Here we aim to delineate the checkpoint pathway in the dimorphic fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces japonicus, where DNA damage can trigger a differentiation pathway that is a switch from a bidirectional yeast growth mode to an apical hyphal growth mode, and the switching is regulated via a checkpoint kinase, Chk1. This Chk1-dependent switch to hyphal growth is activated with even low doses of agents that damage DNA; therefore, we reasoned that this switch may depend on other genes orthologous to the components of the classical Sz. pombe Chk1-dependent DNA checkpoint pathway. As an initial test of this hypothesis, we assessed the effects of mutations in Sz. japonicus orthologs of Sz. pombe checkpoint genes on this switch from bidirectional to hyphal growth. The same set of DNA checkpoint genes was confirmed in Sz. japonicus. We tested the effect of each DNA checkpoint mutants on hyphal differentiation by DNA damage. We found that the Sz. japonicus hyphal differentiation pathway was dependent on Sz. japonicus orthologs of Sz. pombe checkpoint genes-(SP)rad3, (SP)rad26, (SP)rad9, (SP)rad1, (SP)rad24, (SP)rad25, (SP)crb2, and (SP)chk1-that function in the DNA damage checkpoint pathway, but was not dependent on orthologs of two Sz. pombe genes-(SP)cds1 or (SP)mrc1-that function in the DNA replication checkpoint pathway. These findings indicated that although the role of each component of the DNA damage checkpoint and DNA replication checkpoint is mostly same between the two fission yeasts, the DNA damage checkpoint was the only pathway that governed DNA damage-dependent hyphal growth. We also examined whether DNA damage checkpoint signaling engaged in functional crosstalk with other hyphal differentiation pathways because hyphal differentiation can also be triggered by nutritional stress. Here, we discovered genetic interactions that indicated that the cAMP pathway engaged in crosstalk with Chk1-dependent signaling.
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- Kanji Furuya
- Department of Genetics, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Sokendai, Hayama, Miura District, Japan
- Microbial Genetics Laboratory, Genetic Strains Research Center, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540 Japan
- Present Address: Department of Mutagenesis, Radiation Biology Center, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Genetics, Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Sokendai, Hayama, Miura District, Japan
- Microbial Genetics Laboratory, Genetic Strains Research Center, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka, 411-8540 Japan
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Shi L, Chen J, Wang YY, Sun G, Liu JN, Zhang JX, Yan W, Qian CF, Liu N, Fu Z, You YP, Zeng Y. Gossypin induces G2/M arrest in human malignant glioma U251 cells by the activation of Chk1/Cdc25C pathway. Cell Mol Neurobiol 2011; 32:289-96. [PMID: 21984341 DOI: 10.1007/s10571-011-9760-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2011] [Accepted: 09/23/2011] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Gossypin is a flavone that was originally isolated from Hibiscus vitifolius and has traditionally been used for the treatment of diabetes, jaundice, and inflammation. Recently, gossypin was found to have potent anticancer properties; however, its effect on human gliomas still remain unknown. To investigate the potential anticancer effects of gossypin on malignant gliomas and analyze the associated molecular mechanisms, we treated human glioma U251 cells with gossypin. Our study showed that the treatment of U251 cells with gossypin inhibited cell proliferation in a dose- and time-dependent manner and was observed to be minimally toxic to normal human astrocytes. Gossypin's effect on cell cycle distribution was observed, and we found that it induced G2/M-phase arrest in U251 cells. An analysis of cell-cycle regulatory proteins indicated that the arresting effect of gossypin on the cell cycle at G2/M phase was involved in the phosphorylation of cell division cycle 25C (Cdc25C) tyrosine phosphatase via the activation of checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1). These findings indicate that gossypin is a potential treatment of gliomas because of gossypin's potential to regulate the proliferation of U251 cells via the cell-cycle regulatory proteins Chk1 and Cdc25C.
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- Lei Shi
- Department of Neurosurgery, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan Affiliated with Jiangsu University, Suzhou 215300, People's Republic of China.
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Spadafora ND, Doonan JH, Herbert RJ, Bitonti MB, Wallace E, Rogers HJ, Francis D. Arabidopsis T-DNA insertional lines for CDC25 are hypersensitive to hydroxyurea but not to zeocin or salt stress. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2011; 107:1183-92. [PMID: 20647223 PMCID: PMC3091795 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2010] [Revised: 06/08/2010] [Accepted: 06/09/2010] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS In yeasts and animals, cyclin-dependent kinases are key regulators of cell cycle progression and are negatively and positively regulated by WEE1 kinase and CDC25 phosphatase, respectively. In higher plants a full-length orthologue of CDC25 has not been isolated but a shorter gene with homology only to the C-terminal catalytic domain is present. The Arabidopis thaliana;CDC25 can act as a phosphatase in vitro. Since in arabidopsis, WEE1 plays an important role in the DNA damage/DNA replication checkpoints, the role of Arath;CDC25 in conditions that induce these checkpoints or induce abiotic stress was tested. Methods arath;cdc25 T-DNA insertion lines, Arath;CDC25 over-expressing lines and wild type were challenged with hydroxyurea (HU) and zeocin, substances that stall DNA replication and damage DNA, respectively, together with an abiotic stressor, NaCl. A molecular and phenotypic assessment was made of all genotypes Key RESULTS There was a null phenotypic response to perturbation of Arath;CDC25 expression under control conditions. However, compared with wild type, the arath;cdc25 T-DNA insertion lines were hypersensitive to HU, whereas the Arath;CDC25 over-expressing lines were relatively insensitive. In particular, the over-expressing lines consistently outgrew the T-DNA insertion lines and wild type when challenged with HU. All genotypes were equally sensitive to zeocin and NaCl. CONCLUSIONS Arath;CDC25 plays a role in overcoming stress imposed by HU, an agent know to induce the DNA replication checkpoint in arabidopsis. However, it could not enhance tolerance to either a zeocin treatment, known to induce DNA damage, or salinity stress.
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- Natasha D. Spadafora
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Main College, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
- Institute of Science and the Environment, University of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester WR2 6AJ, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK
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- Institute of Science and the Environment, University of Worcester, Henwick Grove, Worcester WR2 6AJ, UK
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- Dipartimento di Ecologia, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, I-87030 Cosenza, Italy
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Main College, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Main College, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
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- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Main College, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK
- For correspondence. E-mail
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BACKGROUND The complex events of mitosis rely on precise timing and on immaculate preparation for their success, but the G₂/M transition in the plant cell cycle is currently steeped in controversy and alternative models. SCOPE In this brief review, the regulation of the G₂/M transition in plants is commented on. The extent to which the G₂/M transition is phosphoregulated by WEE1 kinase and CDC25 phosphatase, as exemplified in yeasts and animals, is discussed together with an alternative model that excludes these proteins from this transition. Arabidopsis T-DNA insertional lines for WEE1 and CDC25 that develop normally prompted the latter model. An argument is then presented that environmental stress is the norm for higher plants in temperate conditions. If so, the repressive role that WEE1 has under checkpoint conditions might be part of the normal cell cycle for many proliferative plant cells. Arabidopsis CDC25 can function as either a phosphatase or an arsenate reductase and recent evidence suggests that cdc25 knockouts are hypersensitive to hydroxyurea, a drug that induces the DNA-replication checkpoint. That other data show a null response of these knockouts to hydroxyurea leads to an airing of the controversy surrounding the enigmatic plant CDC25 at the G₂/M transition.
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- Dennis Francis
- School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Main Building, Cardiff, UK.
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Rapp JB, Noguchi C, Das MM, Wong LK, Ansbach AB, Holmes AM, Arcangioli B, Noguchi E. Checkpoint-dependent and -independent roles of Swi3 in replication fork recovery and sister chromatid cohesion in fission yeast. PLoS One 2010; 5:e13379. [PMID: 20967229 PMCID: PMC2953522 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2010] [Accepted: 09/21/2010] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Multiple genome maintenance processes are coordinated at the replication fork to preserve genomic integrity. How eukaryotic cells accomplish such a coordination is unknown. Swi1 and Swi3 form the replication fork protection complex and are involved in various processes including stabilization of replication forks, activation of the Cds1 checkpoint kinase and establishment of sister chromatid cohesion in fission yeast. However, the mechanisms by which the Swi1–Swi3 complex achieves and coordinates these tasks are not well understood. Here, we describe the identification of separation-of-function mutants of Swi3, aimed at dissecting the molecular pathways that require Swi1–Swi3. Unlike swi3 deletion mutants, the separation-of-function mutants were not sensitive to agents that stall replication forks. However, they were highly sensitive to camptothecin that induces replication fork breakage. In addition, these mutants were defective in replication fork regeneration and sister chromatid cohesion. Interestingly, unlike swi3-deleted cell, the separation-of-functions mutants were proficient in the activation of the replication checkpoint, but their fork regeneration defects were more severe than those of checkpoint mutants including cds1Δ, chk1Δ and rad3Δ. These results suggest that, while Swi3 mediates full activation of the replication checkpoint in response to stalled replication forks, Swi3 activates a checkpoint-independent pathway to facilitate recovery of collapsed replication forks and the establishment of sister chromatid cohesion. Thus, our separation-of-function alleles provide new insight into understanding the multiple roles of Swi1-Swi3 in fork protection during DNA replication, and into understanding how replication forks are maintained in response to different genotoxic agents.
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- Jordan B. Rapp
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Unité de Dynamique du Génome, URA 1644 du CNRS, Departement de la Structure et Dynamique des Génomes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Unité de Dynamique du Génome, URA 1644 du CNRS, Departement de la Structure et Dynamique des Génomes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Luncsford PJ, Chang DY, Shi G, Bernstein J, Madabushi A, Patterson DN, Lu AL, Toth EA. A structural hinge in eukaryotic MutY homologues mediates catalytic activity and Rad9-Rad1-Hus1 checkpoint complex interactions. J Mol Biol 2010; 403:351-70. [PMID: 20816984 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.08.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2010] [Revised: 08/25/2010] [Accepted: 08/25/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The DNA glycosylase MutY homologue (MYH or MUTYH) removes adenines misincorporated opposite 8-oxoguanine as part of the base excision repair pathway. Importantly, defects in human MYH (hMYH) activity cause the inherited colorectal cancer syndrome MYH-associated polyposis. A key feature of MYH activity is its coordination with cell cycle checkpoint via interaction with the Rad9-Rad1-Hus1 (9-1-1) complex. The 9-1-1 complex facilitates cell cycle checkpoint activity and coordinates this activity with ongoing DNA repair. The interdomain connector (IDC, residues 295-350) between the catalytic domain and the 8-oxoguanine recognition domain of hMYH is a critical element that maintains interactions with the 9-1-1 complex. We report the first crystal structure of a eukaryotic MutY protein, a fragment of hMYH (residues 65-350) that consists of the catalytic domain and the IDC. Our structure reveals that the IDC adopts a stabilized conformation projecting away from the catalytic domain to form a docking scaffold for 9-1-1. We further examined the role of the IDC using Schizosaccharomyces pombe MYH as model system. In vitro studies of S. pombe MYH identified residues I261 and E262 of the IDC (equivalent to V315 and E316 of the hMYH IDC) as critical for maintaining the MYH/9-1-1 interaction. We determined that the eukaryotic IDC is also required for DNA damage selection and robust enzymatic activity. Our studies also provide the first evidence that disruption of the MYH/9-1-1 interaction diminishes the repair of oxidative DNA damage in vivo. Thus, preserving the MYH/9-1-1 interaction contributes significantly to minimizing the mutagenic potential of oxidative DNA damage.
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- Paz J Luncsford
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 108 North Greene Street, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Li DQ, Ohshiro K, Khan MN, Kumar R. Requirement of MTA1 in ATR-mediated DNA damage checkpoint function. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:19802-12. [PMID: 20427275 PMCID: PMC2888391 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.085258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2009] [Revised: 04/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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MTA1 (metastasis-associated protein 1), an integral component of the nucleosome remodeling and deacetylase complex, has recently been implicated in the ionizing radiation-induced DNA damage response. However, whether MTA1 also participates in the UV-induced DNA damage checkpoint pathway remains unknown. In response to UV radiation, ATR (ataxia teleangiectasia- and Rad3-related) is the major kinase activated that orchestrates cell cycle progression with DNA repair machinery by phosphorylating and activating a number of downstream substrates, such as Chk1 (checkpoint kinase 1) and H2AX (histone 2A variant X). Here, we report that UV radiation stabilizes MTA1 in an ATR-dependent manner and increases MTA1 binding to ATR. On the other hand, depletion of MTA1 compromises the ATR-mediated Chk1 activation following UV treatment, accompanied by a marked down-regulation of Chk1 and its interacting partner Claspin, an adaptor protein that is required for the phosphorylation and activation of Chk1 by ATR. Furthermore, MTA1 deficiency decreases the induction of phosphorylated H2AX (referred to as gamma-H2AX) and gamma-H2AX focus formation after UV treatment. Consequently, depletion of MTA1 results in a defect in the G(2)-M checkpoint and increases cellular sensitivity to UV-induced DNA damage. Thus, MTA1 is required for the activation of the ATR-Claspin-Chk1 and ATR-H2AX pathways following UV treatment, and the noted abrogation of the DNA damage checkpoint in the MTA1-depleted cells may be, at least in part, a consequence of dysregulation of the expression of these two pathways. These findings suggest that, in addition to its role in the repair of double strand breaks caused by ionizing radiation, MTA1 also participates in the UV-induced ATR-mediated DNA damage checkpoint pathway.
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- Da-Qiang Li
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D. C. 20037 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D. C. 20037 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D. C. 20037 and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, D. C. 20037 and
- the Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
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Bai H, Madabushi A, Guan X, Lu AL. Interaction between human mismatch repair recognition proteins and checkpoint sensor Rad9-Rad1-Hus1. DNA Repair (Amst) 2010; 9:478-87. [PMID: 20188637 PMCID: PMC2860068 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2010.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2009] [Revised: 01/04/2010] [Accepted: 01/15/2010] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In eukaryotic cells, the cell cycle checkpoint proteins Rad9, Rad1, and Hus1 form the 9-1-1 complex which is structurally similar to the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) sliding clamp. hMSH2/hMSH6 (hMutS alpha) and hMSH2/hMSH3 (hMutS beta) are the mismatch recognition factors of the mismatch repair pathway. hMutS alpha has been shown to physically and functionally interact with PCNA. Moreover, DNA methylating agent N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) treatment induces the G2/M cell cycle arrest that is dependent on the presence of hMutS alpha and hMutL alpha. In this study, we show that each subunit of the human 9-1-1 complex physically interacts with hMSH2, hMSH3, and hMSH6. The 9-1-1 complex from both humans and Schizosaccharomyces pombe can stimulate hMutS alpha binding with G/T-containing DNA. Rad9, Rad1, and Hus1 individual subunits can also stimulate the DNA binding activity of hMutS alpha. Human Rad9 and hMSH6 colocalize to nuclear foci of HeLa cells after exposure to MNNG. However, Rad9 does not form foci in MSH6 defective cells following MNNG treatment. In Rad9 knockdown untreated cells, the majority of the MSH6 is in cytoplasm. Following MNNG treatment, Rad9 knockdown cells has abnormal nuclear morphology and MSH6 is distributed around nuclear envelop. Our findings suggest that the 9-1-1 complex is a component of the mismatch repair involved in MNNG-induced damage response.
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- Haibo Bai
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
- Greenebaum Cancer Center, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Herring M, Davenport N, Stephan K, Campbell S, White R, Kark J, Wolkow TD. Fission yeast Rad26ATRIP delays spindle-pole-body separation following interphase microtubule damage. J Cell Sci 2010; 123:1537-45. [PMID: 20375067 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.049478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The conserved fission yeast protein Rad26(ATRIP) preserves genomic stability by occupying central positions within DNA-structure checkpoint pathways. It is also required for proper cellular morphology, chromosome stability and following treatment with microtubule poisons. Here, we report that mutation of a putative nuclear export sequence in Rad26(ATRIP) disrupted its cytoplasmic localization in untreated cells and conferred abnormal cellular morphology, minichromosome instability and sensitivity to microtubule poisons without affecting DNA-structure checkpoint signaling. This mutation also disrupted a delay to spindle-pole-body separation that occurred following microtubule damage in G(2). Together, these results demonstrate that Rad26(ATRIP) participates in two genetically defined checkpoint pathways--one that responds to genomic damage and the other to microtubule damage. This response to microtubule damage delays spindle-pole-body separation and, in doing so, might preserve both cellular morphology and chromosome stability.
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- Matthew Herring
- Department of Biology, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO 80918, USA
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A kinase-independent role for the Rad3(ATR)-Rad26(ATRIP) complex in recruitment of Tel1(ATM) to telomeres in fission yeast. PLoS Genet 2010; 6:e1000839. [PMID: 20140190 PMCID: PMC2816689 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2009] [Accepted: 01/04/2010] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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ATM and ATR are two redundant checkpoint kinases essential for the stable maintenance of telomeres in eukaryotes. Previous studies have established that MRN (Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1) and ATRIP (ATR Interacting Protein) interact with ATM and ATR, respectively, and recruit their partner kinases to sites of DNA damage. Here, we investigated how Tel1ATM and Rad3ATR recruitment to telomeres is regulated in fission yeast. Quantitative chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays unexpectedly revealed that the MRN complex could also contribute to the recruitment of Tel1ATM to telomeres independently of the previously established Nbs1 C-terminal Tel1ATM interaction domain. Recruitment of Tel1ATM to telomeres in nbs1-c60Δ cells, which lack the C-terminal 60 amino acid Tel1ATM interaction domain of Nbs1, was dependent on Rad3ATR-Rad26ATRIP, but the kinase domain of Rad3ATR was dispensable. Thus, our results establish that the Rad3ATR-Rad26ATRIP complex contributes to the recruitment of Tel1ATM independently of Rad3ATR kinase activity, by a mechanism redundant with the Tel1ATM interaction domain of Nbs1. Furthermore, we found that the N-terminus of Nbs1 contributes to the recruitment of Rad3ATR-Rad26ATRIP to telomeres. In response to replication stress, mammalian ATR–ATRIP also contributes to ATM activation by a mechanism that is dependent on the MRN complex but independent of the C-terminal ATM interaction domain of Nbs1. Since telomere protection and DNA damage response mechanisms are very well conserved between fission yeast and mammalian cells, mammalian ATR–ATRIP may also contribute to the recruitment of ATM to telomeres and to sites of DNA damage independently of ATR kinase activity. ATM and ATR kinases are two evolutionarily conserved sensors of DNA damage, responsible for maintaining stable genomes in all eukaryotic cells. These two kinases safeguard eukaryotic genomes against undesired double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs) and errors during duplication of genomic DNA. Furthermore, ATM and ATR are redundantly required for stable maintenance of telomeres, protective structures at ends of linear eukaryotic chromosomes. Our current study in fission yeast demonstrates that the previously defined C-terminal Tel1ATM interaction domain of the DNA repair protein Nbs1, which contributes to recruitment of Tel1ATM to DSBs, is dispensable for recruitment of Tel1ATM to telomeres, due to a previously unrecognized kinase-independent role of ATR in recruitment of Tel1ATM to telomeres. Furthermore, the N-terminus of Nbs1 was found to be critical for recruitment of both ATR and ATM to telomeres. Regulators of telomere maintenance have recently emerged as potentially important therapeutic targets against tumorigenesis and aging in mammalian cells. Since proteins responsible for proper maintenance of telomeres and cellular responses to DNA damage are highly conserved between fission yeast and mammalian cells, a newly uncovered molecular crosstalk between ATM and ATR might also play critical roles in telomere maintenance and DNA damage responses in mammalian cells.
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Checkpoint kinase 1 modulates sensitivity to cisplatin after spindle checkpoint activation in SW620 cells. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2010; 42:318-28. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2009.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2009] [Revised: 10/30/2009] [Accepted: 11/10/2009] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Paparatto D, Fletcher D, Piwowar K, Baldino K, Morel C, Dunaway S. The Schizosaccharomyces pombe checkpoint kinases Chk1 and Cds1 are important for cell survival in response to cisplatin. PLoS One 2009; 4:e6181. [PMID: 19587778 PMCID: PMC2702685 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2009] [Accepted: 06/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND DNA damage checkpoints insure that the integrity of genomic DNA is faithfully maintained throughout the eukaryotic cell cycle. In the presence of damaged DNA, checkpoints are triggered to delay cell cycle progression to allow for DNA repair. In fission yeast, the kinases Chk1 and Cds1 are major components of these DNA damage checkpoint pathways. Both Chk1 and Cds1 are important for viability in the presence of several DNA damaging agents. In this study we hypothesized that Chk1 and Cds1 play a vital role in fission yeast cells ability to survive exposure to the DNA damaging agent cisplatin. Cisplatin is a potent chemotherapeutic drug that interacts with DNA and causes both inter- and intra-strand DNA cross-links. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Here, we demonstrated that treatment with cisplatin in fission yeast causes a Chk1-dependent DNA damage signal. chk1(-) cells were sensitive to cisplatin and Chk1 was phosphorylated in response to cisplatin treatment. We also showed that a Chk1-dependent DNA damage checkpoint pathway is activated in a dose-dependent fashion in cells challenged with cisplatin. Furthermore the Cds1 checkpoint kinase was also important for viability in cisplatin challenged cells. In cds1(-) cells, cisplatin treatment reduced cell viability and this phenotype was exacerbated in a chk1(-)/cds1(-) background. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Thus, we conclude that the concerted effort of both major checkpoint kinases in fission yeast, Chk1 and Cds1, protect cells from cisplatin induced DNA damage. These observations are significant because they suggest that various classes of inter-strand crosslinking agents may generate slightly different lesions as work by others did not observe loss of viability in cds1(-) cells treated with other crosslinking agents like nitrogen mustard.
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- Domenica Paparatto
- Department of Biology, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, United States of America
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- A.M. Carr
- MRC Cell Mutation Unit, Sussex University, Falmer, BN1 9RR, UK
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Sohn SY, Cho Y. Crystal structure of the human rad9-hus1-rad1 clamp. J Mol Biol 2009; 390:490-502. [PMID: 19464297 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.05.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2009] [Revised: 05/13/2009] [Accepted: 05/15/2009] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Three evolutionarily conserved proteins, Rad9, Hus1, and Rad1, form a heterotrimeric 9-1-1 complex that plays critical roles in cellular responses to DNA damage by activating checkpoints and by recruiting DNA repair enzymes to DNA lesions. We have determined the crystal structure of the human Rad9 (residues 1-272)-Hus1-Rad1 complex at 2.5 A resolution. The 9(1-272)-1-1 complex forms a closed ring, with each subunit having a similar structure. Despite its high level of similarity to proliferating cell nucleus antigen in terms of overall structure, the 9(1-272)-1-1 complex exhibits notable differences in local structures, including interdomain connecting loops, H2 and H3 helices, and loops in the vicinity of the helices of each subunit. These local structural variations provide several unique features to the 9-1-1 heterotrimeric complex-including structures of intermolecular interfaces and the inner surface around the central hole, and different electrostatic potentials at and near the interdomain connecting loops of each 9-1-1 subunit-compared to the proliferating cell nucleus antigen trimer. We propose that these structural features allow the 9-1-1 complex to bind to a damaged DNA during checkpoint control and to serve as a platform for base excision repair. We also show that the 9(1-272)-1-1 complex, but not the full-length 9-1-1 complex, forms a stable complex with the 5' recessed DNA, suggesting that the C-terminal tail of Rad9 is involved in the regulation of the 9-1-1 complex in DNA binding.
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- Sun Young Sohn
- National Creative Research Center for Structural Biology and Department of Life Science, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Hyo-ja dong, Pohang, KyungBook, South Korea
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Tapia-Alveal C, Calonge TM, O'Connell MJ. Regulation of chk1. Cell Div 2009; 4:8. [PMID: 19400965 PMCID: PMC2685127 DOI: 10.1186/1747-1028-4-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2009] [Accepted: 04/29/2009] [Indexed: 02/12/2024] Open
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Chk1 is a serine/threonine protein kinase that is the effector of the G2 DNA damage checkpoint. Chk1 homologs have a highly conserved N-terminal kinase domain, and a less conserved C-terminal regulatory domain of ~200 residues. In response to a variety of genomic lesions, a number of proteins collaborate to activate Chk1, which in turn ensures that the mitotic cyclin-dependent kinase Cdc2 remains in an inactive state until DNA repair is completed. Chk1 activation requires the phosphorylation of residues in the C-terminal domain, and this is catalyzed by the ATR protein kinase. How phosphorylation of the C-terminal regulatory domain activates the N-terminal kinase domain has not been elucidated, though some studies have suggested that this phosphorylation relieves an inhibitory intramolecular interaction between the N- and C-termini. However, recent studies in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe have revealed that there is more to Chk1 regulation than this auto-inhibition model, and we review these findings and their implication to the biology of this genome integrity determinant.
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- Claudia Tapia-Alveal
- Department of Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA.
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Irmisch A, Ampatzidou E, Mizuno K, O'Connell MJ, Murray JM. Smc5/6 maintains stalled replication forks in a recombination-competent conformation. EMBO J 2009; 28:144-55. [PMID: 19158664 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2008.273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2008] [Accepted: 12/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The Smc5/6 structural maintenance of chromosomes complex is required for efficient homologous recombination (HR). Defects in Smc5/6 result in chromosome mis-segregation and fragmentation. By characterising two Schizosaccharomyces pombe smc6 mutants, we define two separate functions for Smc5/6 in HR. The first represents the previously described defect in processing recombination-dependent DNA intermediates when replication forks collapse, which leads to increased rDNA recombination. The second novel function defines Smc5/6 as a positive regulator of recombination in the rDNA and correlates mechanistically with a requirement to load RPA and Rad52 onto chromatin genome-wide when replication forks are stably stalled by nucleotide depletion. Rad52 is required for all HR repair, but Rad52 loading in response to replication fork stalling is unexpected and does not correlate with damage-induced foci. We propose that Smc5/6 is required to maintain stalled forks in a stable recombination-competent conformation primed for replication restart.
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- Anja Irmisch
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, E. Sussex, UK
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Microtubules assume a variety of structures throughout the different stages of the cell cycle. Ensuring the correct assembly of such structures is essential to guarantee cell division. During mitosis, it is well established that the spindle assembly checkpoint monitors the correct attachment of sister chromatids to the mitotic spindle. However, the role that microtubule cytoskeleton integrity plays for cell-cycle progression during interphase is uncertain. Here we describe the existence of a mechanism, independent of the mitotic checkpoint, that delays entry into mitosis in response to G(2)-phase microtubule damage. Disassembly of the G(2)-phase microtubule array leads to the stabilization of the universal mitotic inhibitor Wee1, thus actively delaying entry into mitosis via inhibitory Cdc2 Tyr15 phosphorylation.
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Yoshida K. Nuclear trafficking of pro-apoptotic kinases in response to DNA damage. Trends Mol Med 2008; 14:305-13. [PMID: 18539531 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2008.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2008] [Revised: 05/02/2008] [Accepted: 05/02/2008] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The cellular response to genotoxic stress includes cell-cycle arrest, activation of DNA repair and induction of apoptosis. However, the signals that determine cell fate are largely unknown. Recent studies have shown that several pro-apoptotic kinases, including protein kinase C (PKC)delta, Abelson murine leukemia viral oncogene homolog 1 (c-Abl) and dual-specificity tyrosine-phosphorylation-regulated kinase 2 (DYRK2), undergo nuclear-cytoplasmic shuttling in response to DNA damage. Importantly, whereas precise regulation for the shuttling of these kinases remains uncertain, this mechanism has consequences for induction of apoptosis and implies that proper localization is central to the function of pro-apoptotic kinases. This review highlights recent progress demonstrating that the nuclear targeting of kinases is a novel and essential regulatory mechanism that directly influences the induction of apoptosis in response to DNA damage. The potential implications for novel therapies are also discussed.
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- Kiyotsugu Yoshida
- Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510, Japan.
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Palermo C, Hope JC, Freyer GA, Rao H, Walworth NC. Importance of a C-terminal conserved region of Chk1 for checkpoint function. PLoS One 2008; 3:e1427. [PMID: 18183307 PMCID: PMC2173936 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2007] [Accepted: 12/06/2007] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The protein kinase Chk1 is an essential component of the DNA damage checkpoint pathway. Chk1 is phosphorylated and activated in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe when cells are exposed to agents that damage DNA. Phosphorylation, kinase activation, and nuclear accumulation are events critical to the ability of Chk1 to induce a transient delay in cell cycle progression. The catalytic domain of Chk1 is well-conserved amongst all species, while there are only a few regions of homology within the C-terminus. A potential pseudosubstrate domain exists in the C-terminus of S. pombe Chk1, raising the possibility that the C-terminus acts to inhibit the catalytic domain through interaction of this domain with the substrate binding site. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS To evaluate this hypothesis, we characterized mutations in the pseudosubstrate region. Mutation of a conserved aspartic acid at position 469 to alanine or glycine compromises Chk1 function when the mutants are integrated as single copies, demonstrating that this domain of Chk1 is critical for function. Our data does not support, however, the hypothesis that the domain acts to inhibit Chk1 function as other mutations in the amino acids predicted to comprise the pseudosubstrate do not result in constitutive activation of the protein. When expressed in multi-copy, Chk1D469A remains non-functional. In contrast, multi-copy Chk1D469G confers cell survival and imposes a checkpoint delay in response to some, though not all forms of DNA damage. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE Thus, we conclude that this C-terminal region of Chk1 is important for checkpoint function and predict that a limiting factor capable of associating with Chk1D469G, but not Chk1D469A, interacts with Chk1 to elicit checkpoint activation in response to a subset of DNA lesions.
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- Carmela Palermo
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey (UMDNJ), Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Joint Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey (UMDNJ), Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Graduate Programs in Environmental Health Sciences and Anatomy and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Graduate Programs in Environmental Health Sciences and Anatomy and Cell Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Joint Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey (UMDNJ), Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey (UMDNJ), Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Joint Graduate Program in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey (UMDNJ), Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences and Rutgers, State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Ansbach AB, Noguchi C, Klansek IW, Heidlebaugh M, Nakamura TM, Noguchi E. RFCCtf18 and the Swi1-Swi3 complex function in separate and redundant pathways required for the stabilization of replication forks to facilitate sister chromatid cohesion in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 19:595-607. [PMID: 18045993 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-06-0618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Sister chromatid cohesion is established during S phase near the replication fork. However, how DNA replication is coordinated with chromosomal cohesion pathway is largely unknown. Here, we report studies of fission yeast Ctf18, a subunit of the RFC(Ctf18) replication factor C complex, and Chl1, a putative DNA helicase. We show that RFC(Ctf18) is essential in the absence of the Swi1-Swi3 replication fork protection complex required for the S phase stress response. Loss of Ctf18 leads to an increased sensitivity to S phase stressing agents, a decreased level of Cds1 kinase activity, and accumulation of DNA damage during S phase. Ctf18 associates with chromatin during S phase, and it is required for the proper resumption of replication after fork arrest. We also show that chl1Delta is synthetically lethal with ctf18Delta and that a dosage increase of chl1(+) rescues sensitivities of swi1Delta to S phase stressing agents, indicating that Chl1 is involved in the S phase stress response. Finally, we demonstrate that inactivation of Ctf18, Chl1, or Swi1-Swi3 leads to defective centromere cohesion, suggesting the role of these proteins in chromosome segregation. We propose that RFC(Ctf18) and the Swi1-Swi3 complex function in separate and redundant pathways essential for replication fork stabilization to facilitate sister chromatid cohesion in fission yeast.
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- Alison B Ansbach
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA
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Froget B, Blaisonneau J, Lambert S, Baldacci G. Cleavage of stalled forks by fission yeast Mus81/Eme1 in absence of DNA replication checkpoint. Mol Biol Cell 2007; 19:445-56. [PMID: 18032583 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e07-07-0728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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During replication arrest, the DNA replication checkpoint plays a crucial role in the stabilization of the replisome at stalled forks, thus preventing the collapse of active forks and the formation of aberrant DNA structures. How this checkpoint acts to preserve the integrity of replication structures at stalled fork is poorly understood. In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the DNA replication checkpoint kinase Cds1 negatively regulates the structure-specific endonuclease Mus81/Eme1 to preserve genomic integrity when replication is perturbed. Here, we report that, in response to hydroxyurea (HU) treatment, the replication checkpoint prevents S-phase-specific DNA breakage resulting from Mus81 nuclease activity. However, loss of Mus81 regulation by Cds1 is not sufficient to produce HU-induced DNA breaks. Our results suggest that unscheduled cleavage of stalled forks by Mus81 is permitted when the replisome is not stabilized by the replication checkpoint. We also show that HU-induced DNA breaks are partially dependent on the Rqh1 helicase, the fission yeast homologue of BLM, but are independent of its helicase activity. This suggests that efficient cleavage of stalled forks by Mus81 requires Rqh1. Finally, we identified an interplay between Mus81 activity at stalled forks and the Chk1-dependent DNA damage checkpoint during S-phase when replication forks have collapsed.
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- Benoît Froget
- Institut Curie-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Régulation de la réplication des eucaryotes, Université Paris Sud-XI, Bat 110, 91405 Orsay, France
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Kazama Y, Ishii C, Schroeder AL, Shimada H, Wakabayashi M, Inoue H. The Neurospora crassa UVS-3 epistasis group encodes homologues of the ATR/ATRIP checkpoint control system. DNA Repair (Amst) 2007; 7:213-29. [PMID: 17983847 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2007.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2007] [Revised: 09/17/2007] [Accepted: 09/25/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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The mutagen sensitive uvs-3 and mus-9 mutants of Neurospora show mutagen and hydroxyurea sensitivity, mutator effects and duplication instability typical of recombination repair and DNA damage checkpoint defective mutants. To determine the nature of these genes we used cosmids from a genomic library to clone the uvs-3 gene by complementation for MMS sensitivity. Mutation induction by transposon insertion and RIP defined the coding sequence. RFLP analysis confirmed that this sequence maps in the area of uvs-3 at the left telomere of LG IV. Analysis of the cDNA showed that the UVS-3 protein contains an ORF of 969 amino acids with one intron. It is homologous to UvsD of Aspergillus nidulans, a member of the ATRIP family of checkpoint proteins. It retains the N' terminal coiled-coil motif followed by four basic amino acids typical of these proteins and shows the highest homology in this region. The uvsD cDNA partially complements the defects of the uvs-3 mutation. The uvs-3 mutant shows a higher level of micronuclei in conidia and failure to halt germination and nuclear division in the presence of hydroxyurea than wild type, suggesting checkpoint defects. ATRIP proteins bind tightly to ATR PI-3 kinase (phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase) proteins. Therefore, we searched the Neurospora genome sequence for homologues of the Aspergillus nidulans ATR, UvsB. A uvsB homologous sequence was present in the right arm of chromosome I where the mus-9 gene maps. A cosmid containing this genomic DNA complemented the mus-9 mutation. The putative MUS-9 protein is 2484 amino acids long with eight introns. Homology is especially high in the C-terminal 350 amino acids that correspond to the PI-3 kinase domain. In wild type a low level of constitutive mRNA is present for both genes. It is transiently induced upon UV exposure.
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- Yusuke Kazama
- Laboratory of Genetics, Department of Regulation Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Saitama University, Saitama, Japan
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Fersht N, Hermand D, Hayles J, Nurse P. Cdc18/CDC6 activates the Rad3-dependent checkpoint in the fission yeast. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:5323-37. [PMID: 17690116 PMCID: PMC2018612 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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A screen for genes that can ectopically activate a Rad3-dependent checkpoint block over mitosis in fission yeast has identified the DNA replication initiation factor cdc18 (known as CDC6 in other organisms). Either a stabilized form of Cdc18, the Cdc18-T6A phosphorylation mutant, or overexpression of wild type Cdc18, activate the Rad3-dependent S-M checkpoint in the apparent absence of detectable replication structures and gross DNA damage. This cell cycle block relies on the Rad checkpoint pathway and requires Chk1 phosphorylation and activation. Unexpectedly, Cdc18-T6A induces changes in the mobility of Chromosome III, affecting the size of a restriction fragment containing rDNA repeats and producing aberrant nucleolar structures. Recombination events within the rDNA appear to contribute at least in part to the cell cycle delay. We propose that an elevated level of Cdc18 activates the Rad3-dependent checkpoint either directly or indirectly, and additionally causes expansion of the rDNA repeats on Chromosome III.
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- Naomi Fersht
- Cell Cycle Group, Cancer Research UK London Institute, London WC2A 3PX, UK.
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Eshaghi M, Karuturi RKM, Li J, Chu Z, Liu ET, Liu J. Global profiling of DNA replication timing and efficiency reveals that efficient replication/firing occurs late during S-phase in S. pombe. PLoS One 2007; 2:e722. [PMID: 17684567 PMCID: PMC1934932 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2007] [Accepted: 07/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Background During S. pombe S-phase, initiation of DNA replication occurs at multiple sites (origins) that are enriched with AT-rich sequences, at various times. Current studies of genome-wide DNA replication profiles have focused on the DNA replication timing and origin location. However, the replication and/or firing efficiency of the individual origins on the genomic scale remain unclear. Methodology/Principal Findings Using the genome-wide ORF-specific DNA microarray analysis, we show that in S. pombe, individual origins fire with varying efficiencies and at different times during S-phase. The increase in DNA copy number plotted as a function of time is approximated to the near-sigmoidal model, when considering the replication start and end timings at individual loci in cells released from HU-arrest. Replication efficiencies differ from origin to origin, depending on the origin's firing efficiency. We have found that DNA replication is inefficient early in S-phase, due to inefficient firing at origins. Efficient replication occurs later, attributed to efficient but late-firing origins. Furthermore, profiles of replication timing in cds1Δ cells are abnormal, due to the failure in resuming replication at the collapsed forks. The majority of the inefficient origins, but not the efficient ones, are found to fire in cds1Δ cells after HU removal, owing to the firing at the remaining unused (inefficient) origins during HU treatment. Conclusions/Significance Taken together, our results indicate that efficient DNA replication/firing occurs late in S-phase progression in cells after HU removal, due to efficient late-firing origins. Additionally, checkpoint kinase Cds1p is required for maintaining the efficient replication/firing late in S-phase. We further propose that efficient late-firing origins are essential for ensuring completion of DNA duplication by the end of S-phase.
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- Majid Eshaghi
- Systems Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Computational and Mathematical Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Computational and Mathematical Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Systems Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Cancer Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Systems Biology, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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Singh VK, Nurmohamed S, Davey SK, Jia Z. Tri-cistronic cloning, overexpression and purification of human Rad9, Rad1, Hus1 protein complex. Protein Expr Purif 2007; 54:204-11. [PMID: 17493829 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2007.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2006] [Revised: 03/05/2007] [Accepted: 03/12/2007] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The least understood components of the DNA damage checkpoint are the DNA damage sensors. Genetic studies of Schizosaccharomyces pombe identified six yeast genes, Rad3, Rad17, Rad9, Rad1, Hus1, and Rad26, which encode proteins thought to sense DNA damage and activate the checkpoint-signaling cascade. It has been suggested that Rad9, Rad1 and Hus1 make a heterotrimeric complex forming a PCNA-like structure. In order to carry out structural and biophysical studies of the complex and its associated proteins, the cDNAs encoding full length human Rad9, Rad1 and Hus1 were cloned together into the pET28a vector using a one-step ligation procedure. Here we report successful tri-cistronic cloning, overexpression and purification of this three-protein complex using a single hexa-histidine tag. The trimeric protein complex of Rad9, Rad1 and Hus1 was purified to near homogeneity, yielding approximately 10mg of protein from one liter of Escherichia coli culture.
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- Vinay Kumar Singh
- Department of Biochemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont., Canada K7L 3N6
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