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Akarsu M, Ak G, Dündar E, Metintaş M. Genetic analysis of familial predisposition in the pathogenesis of malignant pleural mesothelioma. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2023; 149:7767-7778. [PMID: 37027032 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-023-04730-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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PURPOSE Mesothelioma is the primary tumor of the mesothelial cell membrane. The most important etiology is asbestos exposure. The development of malignant mesothelioma in very few of the population exposed to asbestos and its frequent occurrence in some families may be significant in terms of genetic predisposition. Again, the presence of relatives with mesothelioma who did not have asbestos contact strengthens this argument. This disease, which has limited treatment options and has a poor prognosis, revealing a genetic predisposition, if any, may prolong survival with early diagnosis and effective treatment. METHODS Based on the genetic predisposition idea, we diagnosed and followed a total of ten individuals of relatives with mesothelioma. DNA was isolated from peripheral blood and whole genome sequencing analysis was done. Common gene mutations in ten individuals were filtered using bioinformatics. After this filter, from the remaining variants, very rare in the population and damaging mutations are selected. RESULTS Eight thousand six hundred and twenty-two common variants have been identified in ten individuals with this analysis. In total, 120 variants were found on 37 genes in 15 chromosomes. These genes are PIK3R4, SLC25A5, ITGB6, PLK2, RAD17, HLA-B, HLA-DRB1, HLA-DQB1, GRM, IL20RA, MAP3K7, RIPK2, and MUC16. CONCLUSION Our finding, PIK3R4 gene, is directly associated with mesothelioma development. Twelve genes, which are associated with cancer, were detected in literature. Additional studies, which scan first-degree relatives of individual, are needed to find the specific gene region.
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- Muhittin Akarsu
- Department of Chest Disease, Eskisehir City Hospital, 26080, Eskisehir, Turkey.
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- Lung and Pleural Cancers Research and Clinical Center, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, 26040, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Meselik Kampusu, 26480, Eskisehir, Turkey
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- Lung and Pleural Cancers Research and Clinical Center, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, 26040, Eskisehir, Turkey
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Shen JP, Srivas R, Gross A, Li J, Jaehnig EJ, Sun SM, Bojorquez-Gomez A, Licon K, Sivaganesh V, Xu JL, Klepper K, Yeerna H, Pekin D, Qiu CP, van Attikum H, Sobol RW, Ideker T. Chemogenetic profiling identifies RAD17 as synthetically lethal with checkpoint kinase inhibition. Oncotarget 2015; 6:35755-69. [PMID: 26437225 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.5928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Chemical inhibitors of the checkpoint kinases have shown promise in the treatment of cancer, yet their clinical utility may be limited by a lack of molecular biomarkers to identify specific patients most likely to respond to therapy. To this end, we screened 112 known tumor suppressor genes for synthetic lethal interactions with inhibitors of the CHEK1 and CHEK2 checkpoint kinases. We identified eight interactions, including the Replication Factor C (RFC)-related protein RAD17. Clonogenic assays in RAD17 knockdown cell lines identified a substantial shift in sensitivity to checkpoint kinase inhibition (3.5-fold) as compared to RAD17 wild-type. Additional evidence for this interaction was found in a large-scale functional shRNA screen of over 100 genotyped cancer cell lines, in which CHEK1/2 mutant cell lines were unexpectedly sensitive to RAD17 knockdown. This interaction was widely conserved, as we found that RAD17 interacts strongly with checkpoint kinases in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In the setting of RAD17 knockdown, CHEK1/2 inhibition was found to be synergistic with inhibition of WEE1, another pharmacologically relevant checkpoint kinase. Accumulation of the DNA damage marker γH2AX following chemical inhibition or transient knockdown of CHEK1, CHEK2 or WEE1 was magnified by knockdown of RAD17. Taken together, our data suggest that CHEK1 or WEE1 inhibitors are likely to have greater clinical efficacy in tumors with RAD17 loss-of-function.
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Osorio-Zambrano WF, Davey S. Chk1 Activation Protects Rad9A from Degradation as Part of a Positive Feedback Loop during Checkpoint Signalling. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0144434. [PMID: 26658951 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2015] [Accepted: 11/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Phosphorylation of Rad9A at S387 is critical for establishing a physical interaction with TopBP1, and to downstream activation of Chk1 for checkpoint activation. We have previously demonstrated a phosphorylation of Rad9A that occurs at late time points in cells exposed to genotoxic agents, which is eliminated by either Rad9A overexpression, or conversion of S387 to a non-phosphorylatable analogue. Based on this, we hypothesized that this late Rad9A phosphorylation is part of a feedback loop regulating the checkpoint. Here, we show that Rad9A is hyperphosphorylated and accumulates in cells exposed to bleomycin. Following the removal of bleomycin, Rad9A is polyubiquitinated, and Rad9A protein levels drop, indicating an active degradation process for Rad9A. Chk1 inhibition by UCN-01 or siRNA reduces Rad9A levels in cells synchronized in S-phase or exposed to DNA damage, indicating that Chk1 activation is required for Rad9A stabilization in S-phase and during checkpoint activation. Together, these results demonstrate a positive feedback loop involving Rad9A-dependend activation of Chk1, coupled with Chk1-dependent stabilization of Rad9A that is critical for checkpoint regulation.
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DNA damage occurs during DNA replication, spontaneous chemical reactions, and assaults by external or metabolism-derived agents. Therefore, all living cells must constantly contend with DNA damage. Cells protect themselves from these genotoxic stresses by activating the DNA damage checkpoint and DNA repair pathways. Coordination of these pathways requires tight regulation in order to prevent genomic instability. The checkpoint clamp complex consists of Rad9, Rad1 and Hus1 proteins, and is often called the 9-1-1 complex. This PCNA (proliferating cell nuclear antigen)-like donut-shaped protein complex is a checkpoint sensor protein that is recruited to DNA damage sites during the early stage of the response, and is required for checkpoint activation. As PCNA is required for multiple pathways of DNA metabolism, the checkpoint clamp has also been implicated in direct roles in DNA repair, as well as in coordination of the pathways. Here we discuss roles of the checkpoint clamp in DNA damage response (DDR).
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Dyrsø T, Li J, Wang K, Lindebjerg J, Kølvraa S, Bolund L, Jakobsen A, Bruun-Petersen G, Li S, Crüger DG. Identification of chromosome aberrations in sporadic microsatellite stable and unstable colorectal cancers using array comparative genomic hybridization. Cancer Genet 2011; 204:84-95. [PMID: 21504706 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2010.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2010] [Revised: 07/27/2010] [Accepted: 08/18/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common cancers in Denmark and in the western world in general, and the prognosis is generally poor. According to the traditional molecular classification of sporadic colorectal cancer, microsatellite stable (MSS)/chromosome unstable (CIN) colorectal cancers constitute approximately 85% of sporadic cases, whereas microsatellite unstable (MSI) cases constitute the remaining 15%. In this study, we used array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) to identify genomic hotspot regions that harbor recurrent copy number changes. The study material comprised fresh samples from 40 MSS tumors and 20 MSI tumors obtained from 60 Danish CRC patients. We identified five small genomic regions (<15 megabases) exhibiting recurrent copy number loss, which, to our knowledge, have not been reported in previously published aCGH studies of CRC: 3p25.3, 3p21.2-p21.31, 5q13.2, 12q24.23-q24.31, and 12q24.23-q24.31. These regions contain several potentially important tumor suppressor genes that may play a role in a significant proportion of both sporadic MSS CRC and MSI CRC. Furthermore, the generated aCGH data are in support of the recently proposed classification of sporadic CRC into MSS CIN+, MSI CIN-, MSI CIN+, and MSS CIN- cancers.
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- Thomas Dyrsø
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Vejle Hospital, Denmark.
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Young JL, Koon EC, Kwong J, Welch WR, Muto MG, Berkowitz RS, Mok SC. Differential hRad17 expression by histologic subtype of ovarian cancer. J Ovarian Res 2011; 4:6. [PMID: 21450056 PMCID: PMC3077316 DOI: 10.1186/1757-2215-4-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 03/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In the search for unique ovarian cancer biomarkers, ovarian specific cDNA microarray analysis identified hRad17, a cell cycle checkpoint protein, as over-expressed in ovarian cancer. The aim of this study was to validate this expression. METHODS Immunohistochemistry was performed on 72 serous, 19 endometrioid, 10 clear cell, and 6 mucinous ovarian cancers, 9 benign ovarian tumors, and 6 normal ovarian tissue sections using an anti-hRad17 antibody. Western blot analysis and quantitative PCR were performed using cell lysates and total RNA prepared from 17 ovarian cancer cell lines and 6 normal ovarian epithelial cell cultures (HOSE). RESULTS Antibody staining confirmed upregulation of hRad17 in 49.5% of ovarian cancer cases. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated that only 42% of serous and 47% of endometrioid subtypes showed overexpression compared to 80% of clear cell and 100% of mucinous cancers. Western blot confirmed overexpression of hRad17 in cancer cell lines compared to HOSE. Quantitative PCR demonstrated an upregulation of hRad17 RNA by 1.5-7 fold. hRad17 RNA expression differed by subtype. CONCLUSIONS hRad17 is over-expressed in ovarian cancer. This over-expression varies by subtype suggesting a role in the pathogenesis of these types. Functional studies are needed to determine the potential role of this protein in ovarian cancer.
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- Jennifer L Young
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
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DNA damage sensor proteins work as upstream components of the DNA damage checkpoint signaling pathways that are essential for cell cycle control and the induction of apoptosis. hRad9 is a member of a family of proteins that act as DNA damage sensors and plays an important role as an upstream regulator of checkpoint signaling. We clarified the significant accumulation of hRad9 in the nuclei of tumor cells in surgically-resected non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) specimens and found the capacity to produce a functional hRad9 protein was intact in lung cancer cells. This finding suggested that hRad9 was a vital component in the pathways that lead to the survival and progression of NSCLC and suggested that hRad9 was a good candidate for a molecular target to control lung cancer cell growth. RNA interference targeting hRad9 was performed to examine this hypothesis. The impairment of the DNA damage checkpoint signaling pathway induced cancer cell death. hRad9 might be a novel molecular target for lung cancer treatment.
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- Yoshimasa Maniwa
- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Thoracic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Khair L, Chang YT, Subramanian L, Russell P, Nakamura TM. Roles of the checkpoint sensor clamp Rad9-Rad1-Hus1 (911)-complex and the clamp loaders Rad17-RFC and Ctf18-RFC in Schizosaccharomyces pombe telomere maintenance. Cell Cycle 2010; 9:2237-48. [PMID: 20505337 DOI: 10.4161/cc.9.11.11920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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While telomeres must provide mechanisms to prevent DNA repair and DNA damage checkpoint factors from fusing chromosome ends and causing permanent cell cycle arrest, these factors associate with functional telomeres and play critical roles in the maintenance of telomeres. Previous studies have established that Tel1 (ATM) and Rad3 (ATR) kinases play redundant but essential roles for telomere maintenance in fission yeast. In addition, the Rad9-Rad1-Hus1 (911) and Rad17-RFC complexes work downstream of Rad3 (ATR) in fission yeast telomere maintenance. Here, we investigated how 911, Rad17-RFC and another RFC-like complex Ctf18-RFC contribute to telomere maintenance in fission yeast cells lacking Tel1 and carrying a novel hypomorphic allele of rad3 (DBD-rad3), generated by the fusion between the DNA binding domain (DBD) of the fission yeast telomere capping protein Pot1 and Rad3. Our investigations have uncovered a surprising redundancy for Rad9 and Hus1 in allowing Rad1 to contribute to telomere maintenance in DBD-rad3 tel1 cells. In addition, we found that Rad17-RFC and Ctf18-RFC carry out redundant telomere maintenance functions in DBD-rad3 tel1 cells. Since checkpoint sensor proteins are highly conserved, genetic redundancies uncovered here may be relevant to telomere maintenance and detection of DNA damage in other eukaryotes.
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- Lyne Khair
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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The Rad9-Hus1-Rad1 checkpoint clamp (9-1-1) is a central player in the cellular response to DNA damage; three groups have determined the crystal structure of 9-1-1, providing new insight into its loading mechanism and association with DNA damage checkpoint and repair enzymes.
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- Michael Kemp
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Bric A, Miething C, Bialucha CU, Scuoppo C, Zender L, Krasnitz A, Xuan Z, Zuber J, Wigler M, Hicks J, McCombie RW, Hemann MT, Hannon GJ, Powers S, Lowe SW. Functional identification of tumor-suppressor genes through an in vivo RNA interference screen in a mouse lymphoma model. Cancer Cell 2009; 16:324-35. [PMID: 19800577 PMCID: PMC2829755 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2009.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2009] [Revised: 07/13/2009] [Accepted: 08/07/2009] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) capable of stably suppressing gene function by RNA interference (RNAi) can mimic tumor-suppressor-gene loss in mice. By selecting for shRNAs capable of accelerating lymphomagenesis in a well-characterized mouse lymphoma model, we identified over ten candidate tumor suppressors, including Sfrp1, Numb, Mek1, and Angiopoietin 2. Several components of the DNA damage response machinery were also identified, including Rad17, which acts as a haploinsufficient tumor suppressor that responds to oncogenic stress and whose loss is associated with poor prognosis in human patients. Our results emphasize the utility of in vivo RNAi screens, identify and validate a diverse set of tumor suppressors, and have therapeutic implications.
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MESH Headings
- Angiopoietin-2/genetics
- Animals
- Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/metabolism
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/pathology
- DNA Damage
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Genes, myc
- Genes, p53
- Genetic Testing/methods
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Hematopoietic Stem Cells/metabolism
- Humans
- Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins/genetics
- Lymphoma/genetics
- Lymphoma/metabolism
- Lymphoma/pathology
- MAP Kinase Kinase 1/genetics
- Membrane Proteins/genetics
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics
- Prognosis
- RNA Interference
- Reproducibility of Results
- Time Factors
- Transduction, Genetic
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- Anka Bric
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
- Watson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
- Contact information: Scott Lowe, PhD, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, Phone: 516-367-8406, Fax: 516-367-8454,
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Doré AS, Kilkenny ML, Rzechorzek NJ, Pearl LH. Crystal structure of the rad9-rad1-hus1 DNA damage checkpoint complex--implications for clamp loading and regulation. Mol Cell 2009; 34:735-45. [PMID: 19446481 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.04.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2009] [Revised: 04/14/2009] [Accepted: 04/23/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Rad9, Rad1, and Hus1 form a heterotrimeric complex (9-1-1) that is loaded onto DNA at sites of DNA damage. DNA-loaded 9-1-1 activates signaling through the Chk1 arm of the DNA damage checkpoint response via recruitment and stimulation of ATR. Additionally, 9-1-1 may play a direct role in facilitating DNA damage repair via interaction with a number of DNA repair enzymes. We have now determined the crystal structure of the human 9-1-1 complex, revealing a toroidal structure with a similar architecture to the homotrimeric PCNA DNA-binding clamp. The structure explains the formation of a unique heterotrimeric arrangement and reveals significant differences among the three subunits in the sites implicated in binding to the clamp loader and to ligand proteins. Biochemical analysis reveals a single repair enzyme-binding site on 9-1-1 that can be blocked competitively by the PCNA-binding cell-cycle regulator p21(cip1/waf1).
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- Andrew S Doré
- CR-UK DNA Repair Enzymes Group, Section of Structural Biology, The Institute of Cancer Research, 237 Fulham Road, Chelsea, SW36JB London, UK
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Sliding clamps and clamp loaders were initially identified as DNA polymerase processivity factors. Sliding clamps are ring-shaped protein complexes that encircle and slide along duplex DNA, and clamp loaders are enzymes that load these clamps onto DNA. When bound to a sliding clamp, DNA polymerases remain tightly associated with the template being copied, but are able to translocate along DNA at rates limited by rates of nucleotide incorporation. Many different enzymes required for DNA replication and repair use sliding clamps. Clamps not only increase the processivity of these enzymes, but may also serve as an attachment point to coordinate the activities of enzymes required for a given process. Clamp loaders are members of the AAA+ family of ATPases and use energy from ATP binding and hydrolysis to catalyze the mechanical reaction of loading clamps onto DNA. Many structural and functional features of clamps and clamp loaders are conserved across all domains of life. Here, the mechanism of clamp loading is reviewed by comparing features of prokaryotic and eukaryotic clamps and clamp loaders.
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- Linda B Bloom
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0245, United States.
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Beretta GL, Gatti L, Cesare MD, Corna E, Tinelli S, Carenini N, Zunino F, Perego P. The human homolog of fission yeast Rad17 is implicated in tumor growth. Cancer Lett 2008; 266:194-202. [PMID: 18378394 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2008.02.057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2008] [Revised: 02/19/2008] [Accepted: 02/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The Schizosaccharomyces pombe rad17 is a checkpoint protein critical for maintenance of genomic stability. Since the loss of checkpoint control is a common feature of tumor cells, we investigated the biological function of the human homolog hRAD17. Expression of hRAD17 in a fission yeast rad17 deleted strain reduced growth of yeast colonies and caused slower progression through cell cycle. Immunoprecipitated hRad17 exhibited exonuclease activity. hRAD17 delayed growth of NIH3T3 fibroblasts transformed by the H-ras oncogene in nude mice. Our results support that hRAD17, similarly to other human genes involved in checkpoint mechanisms, plays a role in control of tumor growth.
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BACKGROUND DNA repair genes play a critical role in maintaining genome stability and have been implicated in tumorigenesis. Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) often shows chromosomal instability. We examined the expression of human RAD17, a DNA damage cell cycle checkpoint gene, in primary head and neck cancer tissue. METHODS Significance analysis of microarrays was applied to expression array results examining more than 12,000 genes in 7 samples of primary HNSCC and 6 samples of normal control oral epithelial tissue. Additional confirmation was performed by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in these samples and western blot with an additional 12 primary HNSCC and 7 normal samples, followed by loss of heterozygosity (LOH) analysis and quantitative PCR at the RAD17 locus. RESULTS Multiple checkpoint and DNA repair genes were downregulated in primary head and neck tumor tissue compared with normal control epithelial tissue, including hRAD17. Its Z-score and fold change were -2.5 and 0.39, respectively. The results of normalized, quantitative RT-PCR showed decreased expression of hRAD17 mRNA in tumor tissue (mean value 0.2166) when compared with normal tissue (mean value 0.3957, p < .05). Western blot demonstrated undetectable expression of hRAD17 protein in primary tumor tissue (0/12), while there was strong expression of hRAD17 protein in normal oral mucosal tissue (6/7). To determine possible mechanisms of inactivation, the hRAD17 locus at 5q13 was analyzed using microsatellite markers, showing 70% LOH in 30 primary HNSCCs. Quantitative PCR showed that RAD17 DNA copy number was decreased in the majority of head and neck tumor tissue samples. CONCLUSION Loss of hRAD17 expression occurs frequently in HNSCC, is often due to genomic deletion, and may facilitate genomic instability in HNSCC.
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- Ming Zhao
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Head and Neck Cancer Research Division, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
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- Richard Y Zhao
- Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Majka J, Burgers PM. Function of Rad17/Mec3/Ddc1 and its partial complexes in the DNA damage checkpoint. DNA Repair (Amst) 2005; 4:1189-94. [PMID: 16137930 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2005.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2005] [Revised: 07/18/2005] [Accepted: 07/20/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae heterotrimeric checkpoint clamp consisting of the Rad17, Mec3, and Ddc1 subunits (Rad17/3/1, the 9-1-1 complex in humans) is an early response factor to DNA damage in a signal transduction pathway leading to the activation of the checkpoint system and eventually to cell cycle arrest. These subunits show structural similarities with the replication clamp PCNA and indeed, it was demonstrated in vitro that Rad17/3/1 could be loaded onto DNA by checkpoint specific clamp loader Rad24-RFC, analogous to the PCNA-RFC clamp-clamp loader system. We have studied the interactions between the checkpoint clamp subunits and the activity of partial clamp complexes. We find that none of the possible partial complexes makes up a clamp that can be loaded onto DNA by Rad24-RFC. In agreement, overexpression of DDC1 or RAD17 in a MEC3Delta strain, or of MEC3 or RAD17 in a DDC1Delta strain shows no rescue of damage sensitivity.
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- Jerzy Majka
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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Maniwa Y, Yoshimura M, Bermudez VP, Yuki T, Okada K, Kanomata N, Ohbayashi C, Hayashi Y, Hurwitz J, Okita Y. Accumulation of hRad9 protein in the nuclei of nonsmall cell lung carcinoma cells. Cancer 2005; 103:126-32. [PMID: 15558813 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND DNA damage sensor proteins have received much attention as upstream components of the DNA damage checkpoint signaling pathway that are required for cell cycle control and the induction of apoptosis. Deficiencies in these proteins are directly linked to the accumulation of gene mutations, which can induce cellular transformation and result in malignant disease. METHODS Using 48 sets of tumor tissue specimens and peripheral normal lung tissue specimens from 48 patients with nonsmall cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) who underwent surgery, the authors investigated the expression of hRad9 protein, a member of the human DNA damage sensor family, using immunohistochemical and Western blot analyses. RESULTS Immunohistochemical analysis detected the accumulation of hRad9 in the nuclei of tumor cells in 16 tumor tissue specimens, (33% of tumor tissue specimens examined). Western blot analysis also revealed elevated levels of phosphorylated hRad9 protein in NSCLC cells that was accompanied by the detection of phosphorylated Chk1, a protein kinase that regulates the downstream signaling of the DNA damage checkpoint pathway. Furthermore, strong expression of hRad9 was correlated with an increase in Ki-67 expression index in the tumor cells that were examined. CONCLUSIONS The findings made in the current study suggest that Rad9 expression may play an important role in cell cycle control in NSCLC cells and may influence NSCLC cell phenotype.
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- Yoshimasa Maniwa
- Division of Cardiovascular, Thoracic, and Pediatric Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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Hopkins KM, Auerbach W, Wang XY, Hande MP, Hang H, Wolgemuth DJ, Joyner AL, Lieberman HB. Deletion of mouse rad9 causes abnormal cellular responses to DNA damage, genomic instability, and embryonic lethality. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:7235-48. [PMID: 15282322 PMCID: PMC479733 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.16.7235-7248.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe rad9 gene promotes cell survival through activation of cell cycle checkpoints induced by DNA damage. Mouse embryonic stem cells with a targeted deletion of Mrad9, the mouse ortholog of this gene, were created to evaluate its function in mammals. Mrad9(-/-) cells demonstrated a marked increase in spontaneous chromosome aberrations and HPRT mutations, indicating a role in the maintenance of genomic integrity. These cells were also extremely sensitive to UV light, gamma rays, and hydroxyurea, and heterozygotes were somewhat sensitive to the last two agents relative to Mrad9(+/+) controls. Mrad9(-/-) cells could initiate but not maintain gamma-ray-induced G(2) delay and retained the ability to delay DNA synthesis rapidly after UV irradiation, suggesting that checkpoint abnormalities contribute little to the radiosensitivity observed. Ectopic expression of Mrad9 or human HRAD9 complemented Mrad9(-/-) cell defects, indicating that the gene has radioresponse and genomic maintenance functions that are evolutionarily conserved. Mrad9(+/-) mice were generated, but heterozygous intercrosses failed to yield Mrad9(-/-) pups, since embryos died at midgestation. Furthermore, Mrad9(-/-) mouse embryo fibroblasts were not viable. These investigations establish Mrad9 as a key mammalian genetic element of pathways that regulate the cellular response to DNA damage, maintenance of genomic integrity, and proper embryonic development.
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- Kevin M Hopkins
- Center for Radiological Research, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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The proliferating cell nuclear antigen PCNA functions at multiple levels in directing DNA metabolic pathways. Unbound to DNA, PCNA promotes localization of replication factors with a consensus PCNA-binding domain to replication factories. When bound to DNA, PCNA organizes various proteins involved in DNA replication, DNA repair, DNA modification, and chromatin modeling. Its modification by ubiquitin directs the cellular response to DNA damage. The ring-like PCNA homotrimer encircles double-stranded DNA and slides spontaneously across it. Loading of PCNA onto DNA at template-primer junctions is performed in an ATP-dependent process by replication factor C (RFC), a heteropentameric AAA+ protein complex consisting of the Rfc1, Rfc2, Rfc3, Rfc4, and Rfc5 subunits. Loading of yeast PCNA (POL30) is mechanistically distinct from analogous processes in E. coli (beta subunit by the gamma complex) and bacteriophage T4 (gp45 by gp44/62). Multiple stepwise ATP-binding events to RFC are required to load PCNA onto primed DNA. This stepwise mechanism should permit editing of this process at individual steps and allow for divergence of the default process into more specialized modes. Indeed, alternative RFC complexes consisting of the small RFC subunits together with an alternative Rfc1-like subunit have been identified. A complex required for the DNA damage checkpoint contains the Rad24 subunit, a complex required for sister chromatid cohesion contains the Ctf18 subunit, and a complex that aids in genome stability contains the Elg1 subunit. Only the RFC-Rad24 complex has a known associated clamp, a heterotrimeric complex consisting of Rad17, Mec3, and Ddc1. The other putative clamp loaders could either act on clamps yet to be identified or act on the two known clamps.
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- Jerzy Majka
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
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The human genome, comprising three billion base pairs coding for 30000-40000 genes, is constantly attacked by endogenous reactive metabolites, therapeutic drugs and a plethora of environmental mutagens that impact its integrity. Thus it is obvious that the stability of the genome must be under continuous surveillance. This is accomplished by DNA repair mechanisms, which have evolved to remove or to tolerate pre-cytotoxic, pre-mutagenic and pre-clastogenic DNA lesions in an error-free, or in some cases, error-prone way. Defects in DNA repair give rise to hypersensitivity to DNA-damaging agents, accumulation of mutations in the genome and finally to the development of cancer and various metabolic disorders. The importance of DNA repair is illustrated by DNA repair deficiency and genomic instability syndromes, which are characterised by increased cancer incidence and multiple metabolic alterations. Up to 130 genes have been identified in humans that are associated with DNA repair. This review is aimed at updating our current knowledge of the various repair pathways by providing an overview of DNA-repair genes and the corresponding proteins, participating either directly in DNA repair, or in checkpoint control and signaling of DNA damage.
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- Markus Christmann
- Division of Applied Toxicology, Institute of Toxicology, University of Mainz, Obere Zahlbacher Str. 67, D-55131 Mainz, Germany
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Jones RE, Chapman JR, Puligilla C, Murray JM, Car AM, Ford CC, Lindsay HD. XRad17 is required for the activation of XChk1 but not XCds1 during checkpoint signaling in Xenopus. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 14:3898-910. [PMID: 12972573 PMCID: PMC196587 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e03-03-0138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2003] [Revised: 04/30/2003] [Accepted: 04/30/2003] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The DNA damage/replication checkpoints act by sensing the presence of damaged DNA or stalled replication forks and initiate signaling pathways that arrest cell cycle progression. Here we report the cloning and characterization of Xenopus orthologues of the RFCand PCNA-related checkpoint proteins. XRad17 shares regions of homology with the five subunits of Replication factor C. XRad9, XRad1, and XHus1 (components of the 9-1-1 complex) all show homology to the DNA polymerase processivity factor PCNA. We demonstrate that these proteins associate with chromatin and are phosphorylated when replication is inhibited by aphidicolin. Phosphorylation of X9-1-1 is caffeine sensitive, but the chromatin association of XRad17 and the X9-1-1 complex after replication block is unaffected by caffeine. This suggests that the X9-1-1 complex can associate with chromatin independently of XAtm/XAtr activity. We further demonstrate that XRad17 is essential for the chromatin binding and checkpoint-dependent phosphorylation of X9-1-1 and for the activation of XChk1 when the replication checkpoint is induced by aphidicolin. XRad17 is not, however, required for the activation of XCds1 in response to dsDNA ends.
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- Rhiannon E Jones
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN19RQ, United Kingdom.
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Roos-Mattjus P, Hopkins KM, Oestreich AJ, Vroman BT, Johnson KL, Naylor S, Lieberman HB, Karnitz LM. Phosphorylation of human Rad9 is required for genotoxin-activated checkpoint signaling. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:24428-37. [PMID: 12709442 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m301544200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Rad9, a key component of genotoxin-activated checkpoint signaling pathways, associates with Hus1 and Rad1 in a heterotrimeric complex (the 9-1-1 complex). Rad9 is inducibly and constitutively phosphorylated. However, the role of Rad9 phosphorylation is unknown. Here we identified nine phosphorylation sites, all of which lie in the carboxyl-terminal 119-amino acid Rad9 tail and examined the role of phosphorylation in genotoxin-triggered checkpoint activation. Rad9 mutants lacking a Ser-272 phosphorylation site, which is phosphorylated in response to genotoxins, had no effect on survival or checkpoint activation in Mrad9-/- mouse ES cells treated with hydroxyurea (HU), ionizing radiation (IR), or ultraviolet radiation (UV). In contrast, additional Rad9 tail phosphorylation sites were essential for Chk1 activation following HU, IR, and UV treatment. Consistent with a role for Chk1 in S-phase arrest, HU- and UV-induced S-phase arrest was abrogated in the Rad9 phosphorylation mutants. In contrast, however, Rad9 did not play a role in IR-induced S-phase arrest. Clonogenic assays revealed that cells expressing a Rad9 mutant lacking phosphorylation sites were as sensitive as Rad9-/- cells to UV and HU. Although Rad9 contributed to survival of IR-treated cells, the identified phosphorylation sites only minimally contributed to survival following IR treatment. Collectively, these results demonstrate that the Rad9 phospho-tail is a key participant in the Chk1 activation pathway and point to additional roles for Rad9 in cellular responses to IR.
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- Pia Roos-Mattjus
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Weinert T, Little E, Shanks L, Admire A, Gardner R, Putnam C, Michelson R, Nyberg K, Sundareshan P. Details and concerns regarding the G2/M DNA damage checkpoint in budding yeast. Cold Spring Harb Symp Quant Biol 2003; 65:433-41. [PMID: 12760059 DOI: 10.1101/sqb.2000.65.433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- T Weinert
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721, USA
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The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad24 and Rad17 checkpoint proteins are part of an early response to DNA damage in a signal transduction pathway leading to cell cycle arrest. Rad24 interacts with the four small subunits of replication factor C (RFC) to form the RFC-Rad24 complex. Rad17 forms a complex with Mec3 and Ddc1 (Rad1731) and shows structural similarities with the replication clamp PCNA. This parallelism with a clamp-clamp loader system that functions in DNA replication has led to the hypothesis that a similar clamp-clamp loader relationship exists for the DNA damage response system. We have purified the putative checkpoint clamp loader RFC-Rad24 and the putative clamp Rad1731 from a yeast overexpression system. Here, we provide experimental evidence that, indeed, the RFC-Rad24 clamp loader loads the Rad1731 clamp around partial duplex DNA in an ATP-dependent process. Furthermore, upon ATP hydrolysis, the Rad1731 clamp is released from the clamp loader and can slide across more than 1 kb of duplex DNA, a process which may be well suited for a search for damage. Rad1731 showed no detectable exonuclease activity.
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- Jerzy Majka
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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OBJECTIVES We used palindromic polymerase chain reaction-driven complementary deoxyribonucleic acid differential display to identify and isolate a gene, the human homolog of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe checkpoint gene rad17 (Hrad17), from colon cancer tissue. The loss of checkpoint control in mammalian cells results in genomic instability, leading to the amplification, rearrangement, or loss of chromosomes--events associated with tumor progression. We hypothesized that the Hrad17 may be expressed in thymoma, especially in invasive thymoma. We attempted to determine the influence of Hrad17 expression on clinicopathological features for patients with thymoma who had undergone surgery. METHODS Expression of Hrad17 messenger ribonucleic acid (RNA) was evaluated by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction using a LightCycler in 38 thymomas and 10 adjacent histologically normal thymus samples from patients for whom follow-up data was available. RESULTS Hrad17 transcripts were detected in all 38 tumor samples (8.789 +/- 7.337) at levels significantly higher than those in normal thymus samples (1.908 +/- 2.267, p < 0.0001). No relationship was seen between Hrad17 gene expression and age, gender, or pathological thymoma subtypes. Hrad17 mRNA expression in invasive thymomas (stage II-IV, 10.067 +/- 5.293) was significantly higher than that in stage I thymomas (5.193 +/- 4.485, p = 0.0168). Immunohistochemistry showed that Hrad17 protein was highly expressed in invasive thymoma tumor tissue but not within the normal thymus tissue. CONCLUSIONS Hrad17 was highly expressed in invasive thymoma.
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- Hidefumi Sasaki
- Department of Surgery II, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan
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Cell cycle checkpoints are signal transduction pathways that enforce the orderly execution of the cell division cycle and arrest the cell cycle upon the occurrence of undesirable events, such as DNA damage, replication stress, and spindle disruption. The primary function of the cell cycle checkpoint is to ensure that the integrity of chromosomal DNA is maintained. DNA lesions and disrupted replication forks are thought to be recognized by the DNA damage checkpoint and replication checkpoint, respectively. Both checkpoints initiate protein kinase-based signal transduction cascade to activate downstream effectors that elicit cell cycle arrest, DNA repair, or apoptosis that is often dependent on dose and cell type. These actions prevent the conversion of aberrant DNA structures into inheritable mutations and minimize the survival of cells with unrepairable damage. Genetic components of the damage and replication checkpoints have been identified in yeast and humans, and a working model is beginning to emerge. We summarize recent advances in the DNA damage and replication checkpoints and discuss the essential functions of the proteins involved in the checkpoint responses.
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- Jun Qin
- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 77030, USA.
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Replication and related processes in eukaryotic cells require replication factor C (RFC) to load a molecular clamp for DNA polymerase in an ATP-driven process, involving multiple molecular interactions. The detailed understanding of this mechanism is hindered by the lack of data regarding structure, mutual arrangement, and dynamics of the players involved. In this study, we analyzed interactions that take place during loading onto DNA of either the PCNA clamp or the Rad9-Rad1-Hus1 checkpoint complex, using computationally derived molecular models. Combining the modeled structures for each RFC subunit with known structural, biochemical, and genetic data, we propose detailed models of how two of the RFC subunits, RFC1 and RFC3, interact with the C-terminal regions of PCNA. RFC1 is predicted to bind PCNA similarly to the p21-PCNA interaction, while the RFC3-PCNA binding is proposed to be similar to the E. coli delta-beta interaction. Additional sequence and structure analysis, supported by experimental data, suggests that RFC5 might be the third clamp loader subunit to bind the equivalent PCNA region. We discuss functional implications stemming from the proposed model of the RFC1-PCNA interaction and compare putative clamp-interacting regions in RFC1 and its paralogs, Rad17 and Ctf18. Based on the individual intermolecular interactions, we propose RFC and PCNA arrangement that places three RFC subunits in association with each of the three C-terminal regions in PCNA. The two other RFC subunits are positioned at the two PCNA interfaces, with the third PCNA interface left unobstructed. In addition, we map interactions at the level of individual subunits between the alternative clamp loader/clamp system, Rad17-RFC(2-5)/Rad9-Rad1-Hus1. The proposed models of interaction between two clamp/clamp loader pairs provide both structural framework for interpretation of existing experimental data and a number of specific findings that can be subjected to direct experimental testing.
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- Ceslovas Venclovas
- Computational and Systems Biology Division, Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California 94550, USA.
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Cells respond to DNA damage by activating a network of signaling pathways that control cell cycle progression and DNA repair. Genetic studies in yeast suggested that several checkpoint proteins, including the RFC-related Rad17 protein, and the PCNA-related Rad1-Rad9-Hus1 protein complex might function as sensors of DNA damage. In this study, we show that the human Rad17 protein recruits the Rad9 protein complex onto chromatin after damage. Rad17 binds to chromatin prior to damage and is phosphorylated by ATR on chromatin after damage but Rad17's phosphorylation is not required for Rad9 loading onto chromatin. The chromatin associations of Rad17 and ATR are largely independent, which suggests that they localize to DNA damage independently. Furthermore, the phosphorylation of Rad17 requires Hus1, suggesting that the Rad1-Rad9-Hus1 complex recruited by Rad17 enables ATR to recognize its substrates. Our data are consistent with a model in which multiple checkpoint protein complexes localize to sites of DNA damage independently and interact to trigger the checkpoint-signaling cascade.
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- Lee Zou
- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Cell cycle checkpoints are regulatory mechanisms that maintain genomic integrity by preventing cell cycle progression when genetic anomalies are present. The hRad9 protein is the human homologue of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rad9, a checkpoint protein required for preventing the onset of mitosis if DNA damage is present or if DNA replication is incomplete. Genetic and biochemical analyses indicate that hRad9 is a component of the checkpoint response in humans and has possible roles in regulating the cell cycle, apoptosis, and DNA repair. Previous studies indicate that hRad9 is modified by phosphorylation, both in the absence of exogenous stress and in response to various genotoxins. In this study, we report the mapping of several sites of constitutive phosphorylation of hRad9 to (S/T)PX(R/P) sequences near the C terminus of the protein. We also demonstrate that a serine to alanine mutation at residue 272 abrogates an ionizing radiation (IR)-induced phosphorylation of hRad9 and further show that phosphorylation at (S/T)P sites is not a prerequisite for IR-induced phosphorylation of serine 272. Finally, we report that hRad9 undergoes cell cycle-regulated hyper-phosphorylation in G(2)/M that is enhanced by IR but distinct from that on serine 272. Unlike the IR-induced phosphorylation at serine 272, this event is dependent on serine 277 and threonine 292, two C-terminal (S/T)P sites in hRad9.
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- R P St Onge
- Cancer Research Laboratories and the Departments of Pathology, Biochemistry, and Oncology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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In this study, we have identified four alternatively spliced RAD17 RNAs, FM1, FM2, FM3, and FM4, which are produced through alternative splicing within the first 300 base-pairs of the coding region. FM3 and FM4 are two novel forms that have not been reported before. All four alternatively spliced RAD17 RNAs were detected in the tissues we examined. However, the levels of these forms varied from tissue to tissue. The expression of these four forms was also found to differ in different phases of the cell cycle and following exposure to X-irradiation. FM2, FM1, FM4, and FM3 encode putative polypeptides consisting of 681, 670, 596, and 516 amino acids, respectively. To determine if these polypeptides were expressed in cells, we generated a polyclonal antibody using a synthetic peptide. A major band around 71 kDa and two minor bands around 73 and 62 kDa were detected in human normal fibroblasts on Western blots. These three bands appear to represent the proteins encoded by FM2 (the 73 kDa band), FM1 (the 71 kDa band), and FM4 (the 62 kDa band) since the apparent molecular weights are close to their theoretical weights of the predicted amino acid sequences. The abundance of the 71 kDa protein was not significantly affected by X-irradiation, while the abundance of the 73 and the 62 kDa proteins was increased at least 5-fold 14 h postirradiation. The differential expression of these four alternatively spliced forms in different tissues, in different phases of the cell cycle, and their differential response to X-irradiation suggest that they may perform different functions in cell-cycle regulation and in the response to irradiation.
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MESH Headings
- Alternative Splicing
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Western
- Cell Cycle/genetics
- Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics
- Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Gene Expression Regulation/radiation effects
- Humans
- Male
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Protein Isoforms/genetics
- Protein Isoforms/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/radiation effects
- Radiation, Ionizing
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Tissue Distribution
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- M S Chen
- Section of Cancer Biology, Radiation Oncology Center, MIR, Washington University School of Medicine, 4511 Forest Park Blvd, Suite 411, Forest Park Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63018, USA.
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Sasaki H, Chen LB, Auclair D, Moriyama S, Kaji M, Fukai I, Kiriyama M, Yamakawa Y, Fujii Y. Overexpression of Hrad17 gene in non-small cell lung cancers correlated with lymph node metastasis. Lung Cancer 2001; 34:47-52. [PMID: 11557112 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(01)00223-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We used palindromic PCR-driven cDNA differential display technique to identify and isolate a gene, human homologue of the Schizosaccharomyces pombe checkpoint gene rad17, from colon cancer tissues. The loss of checkpoint control in mammalian cells results in genomic instability, leading to the amplification, rearrangement, or loss of chromosomes, events associated with tumor progression. We hypothesized that the Hrad17 may be expressed in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). We attempted to determine the influence of Hrad17 expression on clinicopathological features for patients with NSCLC who had undergone surgery. Expression of Hrad17 messenger RNA was evaluated by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in 102 non-small cell lung carcinomas and adjacent histologically normal lung samples from patients for whom follow up data were available. Hrad17 transcripts were detected in 26 (25.5%) of the tumor samples, although some of the paired normal lung samples showed weak expression. There was no relationship between Hrad17 gene expression and age, gender or T-status. About 13 of 31 (41.9%) NSCLC patients with Hrad17 overexpressions were node positive, on the other hand, 13 of 76 (18.3%) cases without Hrad17 overexpressions were node positive. Thus the expression of Hrad17 mRNA correlated with lymph node metastasis (P=0.0231) from NSCLC. Hrad17 protein was highly expressed at the advancing margin of the tumor of lung cancer tissue but not within the normal lung tissue by immunohistochemistry. Thus the expression of Hrad17 might correlate with more advanced NSCLC.
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- H Sasaki
- Department of Surgery II, Nagoya City University Medical School, 1 Kawasumi, Mizuho-cho, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya, 467-8601, Japan.
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Lindsey-Boltz LA, Bermudez VP, Hurwitz J, Sancar A. Purification and characterization of human DNA damage checkpoint Rad complexes. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:11236-41. [PMID: 11572977 PMCID: PMC58713 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.201373498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Checkpoint Rad proteins function early in the DNA damage checkpoint signaling cascade to arrest cell cycle progression in response to DNA damage. This checkpoint ensures the transmission of an intact genetic complement to daughter cells. To learn about the damage sensor function of the human checkpoint Rad proteins, we purified a heteropentameric complex composed of hRad17-RFCp36-RFCp37-RFCp38-RFCp40 (hRad17-RFC) and a heterotrimeric complex composed of hRad9-hHus1-hRad1 (checkpoint 9-1-1 complex). hRad17-RFC binds to DNA, with a preference for primed DNA and possesses weak ATPase activity that is stimulated by primed DNA and single-stranded DNA. hRad17-RFC forms a complex with the 9-1-1 heterotrimer reminiscent of the replication factor C/proliferating cell nuclear antigen clamp loader/sliding clamp complex of the replication machinery. These findings constitute biochemical support for models regarding the roles of checkpoint Rads as damage sensors in the DNA damage checkpoint response of human cells.
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- L A Lindsey-Boltz
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Burtelow MA, Roos-Mattjus PM, Rauen M, Babendure JR, Karnitz LM. Reconstitution and molecular analysis of the hRad9-hHus1-hRad1 (9-1-1) DNA damage responsive checkpoint complex. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:25903-9. [PMID: 11340080 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102946200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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DNA damage activates cell cycle checkpoint signaling pathways that coordinate cell cycle arrest and DNA repair. Three of the proteins involved in checkpoint signaling, Rad1, Hus1, and Rad9, have been shown to interact by immunoprecipitation and yeast two-hybrid studies. However, it is not known how these proteins interact and assemble into a complex. In the present study we demonstrated that in human cells all the hRad9 and hHus1 and approximately one-half of the cellular pool of hRad1 interacted as a stable, biochemically discrete complex, with an apparent molecular mass of 160 kDa. This complex was reconstituted by co-expression of all three recombinant proteins in a heterologous system, and the reconstituted complex exhibited identical chromatographic behavior as the endogenous complex. Interaction studies using differentially tagged proteins demonstrated that the proteins did not self-multimerize. Rather, each protein had a binding site for the other two partners, with the N terminus of hRad9 interacting with hRad1, the N terminus of hRad1 interacting with hHus1, and the N terminus of hHus1 interacting with the C terminus of hRad9's predicted PCNA-like region. Collectively, these analyses suggest a model of how these three proteins assemble to form a functional checkpoint complex, which we dubbed the 9-1-1 complex.
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- M A Burtelow
- Division of Developmental Oncology Research, Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Chen MJ, Lin YT, Lieberman HB, Chen G, Lee EY. ATM-dependent phosphorylation of human Rad9 is required for ionizing radiation-induced checkpoint activation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:16580-6. [PMID: 11278446 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m008871200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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ATM (ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated) is a Ser/Thr kinase involved in cell cycle checkpoints and DNA repair. Human Rad9 (hRad9) is the homologue of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rad9 protein that plays a critical role in cell cycle checkpoint control. To examine the potential signaling pathway linking ATM and hRad9, we investigated the modification of hRad9 in response to DNA damage. Here we show that hRad9 protein is constitutively phosphorylated in undamaged cells and undergoes hyperphosphorylation upon treatment with ionizing radiation (IR), ultraviolet light (UV), and hydroxyurea (HU). Interestingly, hyperphosphorylation of hRad9 induced by IR is dependent on ATM. Ser(272) of hRad9 is phosphorylated directly by ATM in vitro. Furthermore, hRad9 is phosphorylated on Ser(272) in response to IR in vivo, and this modification is delayed in ATM-deficient cells. Expression of hRad9 S272A mutant protein in human lung fibroblast VA13 cells disturbs IR-induced G(1)/S checkpoint activation and increased cellular sensitivity to IR. Together, our results suggest that the ATM-mediated phosphorylation of hRad9 is required for IR-induced checkpoint activation.
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- M J Chen
- Department of Molecular Medicine/Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas 78245-3207, USA
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The initiation of DNA replication in eukaryotic cells is tightly controlled to ensure that the genome is faithfully duplicated once each cell cycle. Genetic and biochemical studies in several model systems indicate that initiation is mediated by a common set of proteins, present in all eukaryotic species, and that the activities of these proteins are regulated during the cell cycle by specific protein kinases. Here we review the properties of the initiation proteins, their interactions with each other, and with origins of DNA replication. We also describe recent advances in understanding how the regulatory protein kinases control the progress of the initiation reaction. Finally, we describe the checkpoint mechanisms that function to preserve the integrity of the genome when the normal course of genome duplication is perturbed by factors that damage the DNA or inhibit DNA synthesis.
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- T J Kelly
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
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Hang H, Rauth SJ, Hopkins KM, Lieberman HB. Mutant alleles of Schizosaccharomyces pombe rad9(+) alter hydroxyurea resistance, radioresistance and checkpoint control. Nucleic Acids Res 2000; 28:4340-9. [PMID: 11058134 PMCID: PMC113140 DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.21.4340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2000] [Revised: 09/08/2000] [Accepted: 09/08/2000] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Schizosaccharomyces pombe rad9 mutations can render cells sensitive to hydroxyurea (HU), gamma-rays and UV light and eliminate associated checkpoint controls. In vitro mutagenesis was performed on S.pombe rad9 and altered alleles were transplaced into the genome to ascertain the functional significance of five groups of evolutionarily conserved amino acids. Most targeted regions were changed to alanines, whereas rad9-S3 encodes a protein devoid of 22 amino acids normally present in yeast but absent from mammalian Rad9 proteins. We examined whether these rad9 alleles confer radiation and HU sensitivity and whether the sensitivities correlate with checkpoint control deficiencies. One rad9 mutant allele was fully active, whereas four others demonstrated partial loss of function. rad9-S1, which contains alterations in a BH3-like domain, conferred HU resistance but increased sensitivity to gamma-rays and UV light, without affecting checkpoint controls. rad9-S2 reduced gamma-ray sensitivity marginally, without altering other phenotypes. Two alleles, rad9-S4 and rad9-S5, reduced HU sensitivity, radiosensitivity and caused aberrant checkpoint function. HU-induced checkpoint control could not be uncoupled from drug resistance. These results establish unique as well as overlapping functional domains within Rad9p and provide evidence that requirements of the protein for promoting resistance to radiation and HU are not identical.
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- H Hang
- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY 10032, USA
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Rauen M, Burtelow MA, Dufault VM, Karnitz LM. The human checkpoint protein hRad17 interacts with the PCNA-like proteins hRad1, hHus1, and hRad9. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:29767-71. [PMID: 10884395 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m005782200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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DNA damage activates cell cycle checkpoints that prevent progression through the cell cycle. In yeast, the DNA damage checkpoint response is regulated by a series of genes that have mammalian homologs, including rad1, rad9, hus1, and rad17. On the basis of sequence homology, yeast and human Rad1, Rad9, and Hus1 protein homologs are predicted to structurally resemble the sliding clamp PCNA. Likewise, Rad17 homologs have extensive homology with replication factor C (RFC) subunits (p36, p37, p38, p40, and p140), which form a clamp loader for PCNA. These observations predict that Rad1, Hus1, and Rad9 might interact with Rad17 as a clamp-clamp loader pair during the DNA damage response. In this report, we demonstrate that endogenous human Rad17 (hRad17) interacts with the PCNA-related checkpoint proteins hRad1, hRad9, and hHus1. Mutational analysis of hRad1 and hRad17 demonstrates that this interaction has properties similar to the interaction between RFC and PCNA, a well characterized clamp-clamp loader pair. Moreover, we show that DNA damage affects the association of hRad17 with the clamp-like checkpoint proteins. Collectively, these data provide the first experimental evidence that hRad17 interacts with the PCNA-like proteins hRad1, hHus1, and hRad9 in manner similar to the interaction between RFC and PCNA.
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- M Rauen
- Division of Developmental Oncology Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55902, USA
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Burtelow MA, Kaufmann SH, Karnitz LM. Retention of the human Rad9 checkpoint complex in extraction-resistant nuclear complexes after DNA damage. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:26343-8. [PMID: 10852904 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m001244200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Studies in yeasts and mammals have identified many genes important for DNA damage-induced checkpoint activation, including Rad9, Hus1, and Rad1; however, the functions of these gene products are unknown. In this study we show by immunolocalization that human Rad9 (hRad9) is localized exclusively in the nucleus. However, hRad9 was readily released from the nucleus into the soluble extract upon biochemical fractionation of un-irradiated cells. In contrast, DNA damage promptly converted hRad9 to an extraction-resistant form that was retained at discrete sites within the nucleus. Conversion of hRad9 to the extraction-resistant nuclear form occurred in response to diverse DNA-damaging agents and the replication inhibitor hydroxyurea but not other cytotoxic stimuli. Additionally, extraction-resistant hRad9 interacted with its binding partners, hHus1 and an inducibly phosphorylated form of hRad1. Thus, these studies demonstrate that hRad9 is a nuclear protein that becomes more firmly anchored to nuclear components after DNA damage, consistent with a proximal function in DNA damage-activated checkpoint signaling pathways.
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- M A Burtelow
- Divisions of Radiation Oncology and Developmental Oncology Research and Departments of Immunology and Molecular Pharmacology, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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The cell cycle checkpoint mechanisms ensure the order of cell cycle events to preserve genomic integrity. Among these, the DNA-replication and DNA-damage checkpoints prevent chromosome segregation when DNA replication is inhibited or DNA is damaged. Recent studies have identified an outline of the regulatory networks for both of these controls, which apparently operate in all eukaryotes. In addition, it appears that these checkpoints have two arrest points, one is just before entry into mitosis and the other is prior to chromosome separation. The former point requires the central cell-cycle regulator Cdc2 kinase, whereas the latter involves several key regulators and substrates of the ubiquitin ligase called the anaphase promoting complex. Linkages between these cell-cycle regulators and several key checkpoint proteins are beginning to emerge. Recent findings on post-translational modifications and protein-protein interactions of the checkpoint proteins provide new insights into the checkpoint responses, although the functional significance of these biochemical properties often remains unclear. We have reviewed the molecular mechanisms acting at the DNA-replication and DNA-damage checkpoints in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, and the modifications of these controls during the meiotic cell cycle. We have made comparisons with the controls in fission yeast and other organisms, mainly the distantly related budding yeast.
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- H Murakami
- Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Cell Cycle Laboratory, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PX, UK.
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Venclovas C, Thelen MP. Structure-based predictions of Rad1, Rad9, Hus1 and Rad17 participation in sliding clamp and clamp-loading complexes. Nucleic Acids Res 2000; 28:2481-93. [PMID: 10871397 PMCID: PMC102700 DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.13.2481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The repair of damaged DNA is coupled to the completion of DNA replication by several cell cycle checkpoint proteins, including, for example, in fission yeast Rad1(Sp), Hus1(Sp), Rad9(Sp) and Rad17(Sp). We have found that these four proteins are conserved with protein sequences throughout eukaryotic evolution. Using computational techniques, including fold recognition, comparative modeling and generalized sequence profiles, we have made high confidence structure predictions for the each of the Rad1, Hus1 and Rad9 protein families (Rad17(Sc), Mec3(Sc) and Ddc1(Sc) in budding yeast, respectively). Each of these families was found to share a common protein fold with that of PCNA, the sliding clamp protein that tethers DNA polymerase to its template. We used previously reported genetic and biochemical data for these proteins from yeast and human cells to predict a heterotrimeric PCNA-like ring structure for the functional Rad1/Rad9/Hus1 complex and to determine their exact order within it. In addition, for each individual protein family, contact regions with neighbors within the PCNA-like ring were identified. Based on a molecular model for Rad17(Sp), we concluded that members of this family, similar to the subunits of the RFC clamp-loading complex, are capable of coupling ATP binding with conformational changes required to load a sliding clamp onto DNA. This model substantiates previous findings regarding the behavior of Rad17 family proteins upon DNA damage and within the RFC complex of clamp-loading proteins.
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- C Venclovas
- Molecular and Structural Biology Division, Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA.
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- T Humphrey
- Radiation and Genome Stability Unit, Medical Research Council, Harwell, Oxfordshire OX11 ORD, Didcot, UK
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Although homologues of the yeast checkpoint kinases Cds1 and Chk1 have been identified in various systems, the respective roles of these kinases in the responses to damaged and/or unreplicated DNA in vertebrates have not been delineated precisely. Likewise, it is largely unknown how damaged DNA and unreplicated DNA trigger the pathways that contain these effector kinases. We report that Xenopus Cds1 (Xcds1) is phosphorylated and activated by the presence of some simple DNA molecules with double-stranded ends in cell-free Xenopus egg extracts. Xcds1 is not affected by aphidicolin, an agent that induces DNA replication blocks. In contrast, Xenopus Chk1 (Xchk1) responds to DNA replication blocks but not to the presence of double-stranded DNA ends. Immunodepletion of Xcds1 (and/or Xchk1) from egg extracts did not attenuate the cell cycle delay induced by double-stranded DNA ends. These results imply that the cell cycle delay triggered by double-stranded DNA ends either does not involve Xcds1 or uses a factor(s) that can act redundantly with Xcds1.
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- Z Guo
- Division of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA
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Hang H, Lieberman HB. Physical interactions among human checkpoint control proteins HUS1p, RAD1p, and RAD9p, and implications for the regulation of cell cycle progression. Genomics 2000; 65:24-33. [PMID: 10777662 DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Schizosaccharomyces pombe hus1 promotes radioresistance and hydroxyurea resistance, as well as S and G2 phase checkpoint control. We isolated a human cDNA homologous to hus1, called HUS1. The major focus of this report is on a detailed analysis of the physical interactions of the HUS1-encoded protein and two other checkpoint control proteins, RAD1p and RAD9p, implicated in the cellular response to DNA damage. We found that HUS1p interacts with itself and the N-terminal region of RAD1p. In contrast, the C-terminal portion of the checkpoint protein RAD9p is essential for interacting with HUS1p and the C-terminal region of RAD1p. Since the N-terminal portion of RAD9p was previously demonstrated to participate in apoptosis, this protein likely has at least two functional domains, one that regulates programmed cell death and another that regulates cell cycle checkpoint control. Truncated versions of HUS1p are unable to bind RAD1p, RAD9p, or another HUS1p molecule. RAD1p-RAD1p and RAD9p-RAD9p interactions can be demonstrated by coimmunoprecipitation, but not by two-hybrid analysis, suggesting that the proteins associate as part of a complex but do not interact directly. Northern blot analysis indicates that HUS1 is expressed in different tissues, but the mRNA is most predominant in testis where high levels of RAD1 and RAD9 message have been detected. These studies suggest that HUS1p, RAD9p, and RAD1p form a complex in human cells and may function in a meiotic checkpoint in addition to the cell cycle delays induced by incomplete DNA replication or DNA damage.
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- H Hang
- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University, 630 West 168th Street, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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Griffiths D, Uchiyama M, Nurse P, Wang TS. A novel mutant allele of the chromatin-bound fission yeast checkpoint protein Rad17 separates the DNA structure checkpoints. J Cell Sci 2000; 113 ( Pt 6):1075-88. [PMID: 10683155 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.113.6.1075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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To further dissect the genetic differences between the checkpoint pathway following S-phase cdc arrest versus DNA damage, a genetic screen was performed for checkpoint mutants that were unable to arrest mitosis following cell-cycle arrest with a temperature-sensitive DNA polymerase delta mutant, cdc20-M10. One such checkpoint mutant, rad17-d14, was found to display the cut phenotype following S-phase arrest by cdc20-M10, but not by the DNA synthesis inhibitor hydroxyurea, reminiscent of the chk1 mutant. Unlike chk1, rad17-d14 was not sensitive to UV irradiation. Interestingly, the ionising radiation sensitivity of rad17-d14 was only at higher doses, and cells were found to be defective in properly arresting cell division following irradiation in S phase, but not G(2) phase. Biochemical analysis attributes the checkpoint defects of rad17-d14 to the failure to phosphorylate the checkpoint effector Chk1p. To investigate if Rad17p monitors the genome for abnormal DNA structures specifically during DNA synthesis, chromatin association of Rad17p was analysed. Rad17p was found to be chromatin associated throughout the cell cycle, not just during S phase. This interaction occurred irrespective of the arrest with cdc20-M10 and, surprisingly, was also independent of the other checkpoint Rad proteins, and the cell-cycle effectors Chk1p and Cds1p.
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- D Griffiths
- Department of Pathology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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The mechanisms by which trichothecene mycotoxins cause immunological effects in leukocytes such as cytokine up-regulation, aberrant IgA production, or apoptotic cell death are not fully understood. In the present study, mRNA differential display analysis was used to evaluate changes in gene expression induced by the trichothecene vomitoxin (VT or deoxynivalenol) in a T-cell model, the murine EL-4 thymoma, that was stimulated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) and ionomycin (ION). Ten differentially expressed fragments of cDNA were isolated and sequenced and three of these were identified as the known genes GRP78/BiP, P58(IPK), and RAD17. Most notably, expression of GRP78/BiP (a 78-kDa glucose-regulated protein), a stress-response gene induced by agents or conditions that adversely affect endoplasmic reticulum (ER) function, was found to decrease in VT-exposed cells. Competitive RT-PCR analysis revealed that 250 ng/ml VT decreased GRP78/BiP mRNA expression in both unstimulated and PMA/ION-stimulated EL-4 cells at 6 and 24 h after VT treatment. Western blotting confirmed that VT (50 to 1000 ng/ml) also significantly diminished GRP/BiP protein levels in a dose-response manner in PMA/ION-stimulated cells. GRP78/BiP has been shown to play a role in regulation of protein folding and secretion, and to protect cells from apoptosis. When PMA/ION-stimulated cells were incubated with 50 to 1000 ng/ml VT for 24 h, 200-bp DNA laddering, a hallmark of apoptosis, increased in a dose-dependent manner. In addition to GRP78, mRNA expression of the cochaperone P58(IPK), which is the 58-kDa cellular inhibitor of the double-stranded RNA-regulated protein kinase (PKR), was also shown to be suppressed by VT-treatment. GRP78 and P58(IPK) are critical for maintenance of cell homeostasis and prevention of apoptosis. The down-regulation of these molecular chaperones by VT represent a novel observation and has the potential to impact immune function at multiple levels.
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- G H Yang
- National Food Safety and Toxicology Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, USA
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Moggs JG, Grandi P, Quivy JP, Jónsson ZO, Hübscher U, Becker PB, Almouzni G. A CAF-1-PCNA-mediated chromatin assembly pathway triggered by sensing DNA damage. Mol Cell Biol 2000; 20:1206-18. [PMID: 10648606 PMCID: PMC85246 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.20.4.1206-1218.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Sensing DNA damage is crucial for the maintenance of genomic integrity and cell cycle progression. The participation of chromatin in these events is becoming of increasing interest. We show that the presence of single-strand breaks and gaps, formed either directly or during DNA damage processing, can trigger the propagation of nucleosomal arrays. This nucleosome assembly pathway involves the histone chaperone chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1). The largest subunit (p150) of this factor interacts directly with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), and critical regions for this interaction on both proteins have been mapped. To isolate proteins specifically recruited during DNA repair, damaged DNA linked to magnetic beads was used. The binding of both PCNA and CAF-1 to this damaged DNA was dependent on the number of DNA lesions and required ATP. Chromatin assembly linked to the repair of single-strand breaks was disrupted by depletion of PCNA from a cell-free system. This defect was rescued by complementation with recombinant PCNA, arguing for role of PCNA in mediating chromatin assembly linked to DNA repair. We discuss the importance of the PCNA-CAF-1 interaction in the context of DNA damage processing and checkpoint control.
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- J G Moggs
- Institut Curie/Section de Recherche UMR 218 du CNRS, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
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Chang MS, Sasaki H, Campbell MS, Kraeft SK, Sutherland R, Yang CY, Liu Y, Auclair D, Hao L, Sonoda H, Ferland LH, Chen LB. HRad17 colocalizes with NHP2L1 in the nucleolus and redistributes after UV irradiation. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:36544-9. [PMID: 10593953 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.51.36544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The rad17 gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe plays an important role as a checkpoint protein following DNA damage and during DNA replication. The human homologue of S. pombe rad17, Hrad17, was recently identified, but its function has not yet been established. Using the yeast two-hybrid system, we determined that HRad17 can interact with a nucleolar protein, NHP2L1. This interaction was also demonstrated biochemically, in human cells. Immunofluorescence studies revealed that HRad17 and NHP2L1 colocalize to the nucleolus, and immunogold labeling further resolved the location of NHP2L1 to the dense fibrillar component of the nucleolus. Interestingly, the localization of HRad17 in the nucleolus was altered in response to UV irradiation. These results provide some insight into the DNA damage and replication checkpoint mechanisms of HRad17.
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- M S Chang
- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Cell cycle checkpoints are regulatory mechanisms that arrest the cell cycle or initiate programmed cell death when critical events such as DNA replication fail to be completed or when DNA or spindle damage occurs. In fission yeast, cell cycle checkpoint responses to DNA replication blocks and DNA damage require the hus1+ gene. Mammalian homologs of hus1+ were recently identified, and here we report a detailed analysis of mouse Hus1. An approximately 4.2-kb full-length cDNA encoding the 32-kDa mouse Hus1 protein was isolated. The genomic structure and exon-intron boundary sequences of the gene were determined, and mouse Hus1 was found to consist of nine exons. Mouse Hus1 was mapped to the proximal end of chromosome 11 and is therefore a candidate gene for the mouse mutation germ cell deficient, which maps to the same genomic region. Finally, mouse Hus1 was found to be expressed in a variety of adult tissues and at several stages of embryonic development.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Cell Cycle/genetics
- Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics
- Chromosome Mapping
- Crosses, Genetic
- DNA, Complementary/chemistry
- DNA, Complementary/genetics
- DNA, Fungal/chemistry
- DNA, Fungal/genetics
- Embryo, Mammalian/metabolism
- Embryonic and Fetal Development
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Gene Expression Regulation, Fungal
- Genes, Fungal/genetics
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Muridae
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Schizosaccharomyces/genetics
- Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Tissue Distribution
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- R S Weiss
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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St Onge RP, Udell CM, Casselman R, Davey S. The human G2 checkpoint control protein hRAD9 is a nuclear phosphoprotein that forms complexes with hRAD1 and hHUS1. Mol Biol Cell 1999; 10:1985-95. [PMID: 10359610 PMCID: PMC25401 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.10.6.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic cells actively block entry into mitosis in the presence of DNA damage or incompletely replicated DNA. This response is mediated by signal transduction cascades called cell cycle checkpoints. We show here that the human checkpoint control protein hRAD9 physically associates with two other checkpoint control proteins, hRAD1 and hHUS1. Furthermore, hRAD1 and hHUS1 themselves interact, analogously to their fission yeast homologues Rad1 and Hus1. We also show that hRAD9 is present in multiple phosphorylation forms in vivo. These phosphorylated forms are present in tissue culture cells that have not been exposed to exogenous sources of DNA damage, but it remains possible that endogenous damage or naturally occurring replication intermediates cause the observed phosphorylation. Finally, we show that hRAD9 is a nuclear protein, indicating that in this signal transduction pathway, hRAD9 is physically proximal to the upstream (DNA damage) signal rather than to the downstream, cytoplasmic, cell cycle machinery.
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- R P St Onge
- Cancer Research Laboratories, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario K7L 3N6, Canada
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