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Essential and dispensable roles of ATR in cell cycle arrest and genome maintenance

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Brown, Eric J., Baltimore, David·2003·Genes & Development

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A Cre/ lox -conditional mouse line was generated to evaluate the role of ATR in checkpoint responses to ionizing radiation (IR) and stalled DNA replication. We demonstrate that after IR treatment, ATR and ATM each contribute to early delay in M-phase entry but that ATR regulates a majority of the late phase (2–9 h post-IR). Double deletion of ATR and ATM eliminates nearly all IR-induced delay, indicating that ATR and ATM cooperate in the IR-induced G2/M-phase checkpoint. In contrast to the IR-induced checkpoint, checkpoint delay in response to stalled DNA replication is intact in ATR knockout cells and ATR / ATM and ATR / p53 double-knockout cells. The DNA replication checkpoint remains intact in ATR knockout cells even though the checkpoint-stimulated inhibitory phosphorylation of Cdc2 on T14/Y15 and activating phosphorylation of the Chk1 kinase no longer occur. Thus, incomplete DNA replication in mammalian cells can prevent M-phase entry independently of ATR and inhibitory phosphorylation of Cdc2. When DNA replication inhibitors are removed, ATR knockout cells proceed to mitosis but do so with chromosome breaks, indicating that ATR provides a key genome maintenance function in S phase.

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Authors
Brown, E. J., & Baltimore, D.
Affiliations
California Institute of Technology (US)
Venue
Genes & Development
Published
2003-02-19
Volume
17
Issue
5
Pages
615-628
ISSN
  • 0890-9369 (ISSN-L)
  • 1549-5477
OpenAlex
W2149687593
Cited by
511
References
46
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Type
posted content
Language
en
Open access
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  • Genes & Development (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • CaltechAUTHORS (California Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (2R01CA51462-14, R01CA051462)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging › Effects of Radiation Exposure
Keywords
ATR kinase, ATM kinase, G2/M checkpoint, DNA replication checkpoint, ionizing radiation response, cell cycle arrest, genome maintenance, Cdc2 phosphorylation, Chk1, chromosome breakage, p53, conditional knockout mice
MeSH terms
Checkpoint Kinase 1, Animals, Cell Cycle, DNA Damage, DNA-Binding Proteins, Mice, Transgenic, Protein Kinases, Radiation, Ionizing, Viral Proteins, CDC2 Protein Kinase, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Mice, Knockout, Cell Cycle Proteins, Integrases, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Mice, Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins, Checkpoint Kinase 2

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