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DNA nucleotide excision repair-dependent signaling to checkpoint activation

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Marini, Federica, Nardo, Tiziana, Giannattasio, Michele, Minuzzo, Mario, Stefanini, Miria, Plevani, Paolo, Falconi, Marco Muzi·2006·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Eukaryotic cells respond to a variety of DNA insults by triggering a common signal transduction cascade, known as checkpoint response, which temporarily halts cell-cycle progression. Although the main players involved in the cascade have been identified, there is still uncertainty about the nature of the structures that activate these surveillance mechanisms. To understand the role of nucleotide excision repair (NER) in checkpoint activation, we analyzed the UV-induced phosphorylation of the key checkpoint proteins Chk1 and p53, in primary fibroblasts from patients with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), Cockayne syndrome (CS), trichothiodystrophy (TTD), or UV light-sensitive syndrome. These disorders are due to defects in transcription-coupled NER (TC-NER) and/or global genome NER (GG-NER), the NER subpathways repairing the transcribed strand of active genes or the rest of the genome, respectively. We show here that in G 0 /G 1 and G 2 /M phases of the cell cycle, triggering of the DNA damage cascade requires recognition and processing of the lesions by the GG-NER. Loss of TC-NER does not affect checkpoint activation. Mutations in XPD , XPB , and in TTDA , encoding subunits of the TFIIH complex, involved in both transcription and NER, impair checkpoint triggering. The only exception is represented by mutations in XPD , resulting in combined features of XP and CS (XP/CS) that lead to activation of the checkpoint cascade after UV radiation. Inhibition of RNA polymerase II transcription significantly reduces the phosphorylation of key checkpoint factors in XP/CS fibroblasts on exposure to UV damage.

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Authors
Marini, F., Nardo, T., Giannattasio, M., Minuzzo, M., Stefanini, M., Plevani, P., & Falconi, M. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Milan (IT)
  • Istituto di Genetica Molecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Via Abbiategrasso 207, 27100 Pavia, Italy
  • Istituto di Genetica Molecolare (IT)
  • *Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie, Universitá degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy; and
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2006-11-14
Volume
103
Issue
46
Pages
17325-17330
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2130027970
Cited by
114
References
35
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FWCI
3.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Consorzio Interuniversitario Biotecnologie
  • European Commission
  • International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
  • Fondazione Cariplo
  • Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nuclear Structure and Function
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
Keywords
nucleotide excision repair, DNA damage checkpoint, checkpoint signaling, Chk1, p53, xeroderma pigmentosum, Cockayne syndrome, trichothiodystrophy, TFIIH, XPD, XPB, RNA polymerase II transcription, cell cycle arrest
MeSH terms
Cells, Cultured, DNA, DNA Repair, Fibroblasts, Humans, Transcription, Genetic, Xeroderma Pigmentosum, Signal Transduction, Genome, Human

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