scholarly journals Protein Phosphatase 2A Antagonizes ATM and ATR in a Cdk2- and Cdc7-Independent DNA Damage Checkpoint

2006 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 1997-2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paris Petersen ◽  
Danny M. Chou ◽  
Zhongsheng You ◽  
Tony Hunter ◽  
Johannes C. Walter ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Damage ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Protein Phosphatase ◽  
Ataxia Telangiectasia ◽  
Protein Phosphatase 2A ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Dna Damage Checkpoint ◽  
Free System ◽  
Phosphatase 2A ◽  
Initiation Of Dna Replication

ABSTRACT We previously used a soluble cell-free system derived from Xenopus eggs to investigate the role of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) in chromosomal DNA replication. We found that immunodepletion of PP2A or inhibition of PP2A by okadaic acid (OA) inhibits initiation of DNA replication by preventing loading of the initiation factor Cdc45 onto prereplication complexes. Evidence was provided that PP2A counteracts an inhibitory protein kinase that phosphorylates and inactivates a crucial Cdc45 loading factor. Here, we report that the inhibitory effect of OA is abolished by caffeine, an inhibitor of the checkpoint kinases ataxia-telangiectasia mutated protein (ATM) and ataxia-telangiectasia related protein (ATR) but not by depletion of ATM or ATR from the extract. Furthermore, we demonstrate that double-strand DNA breaks (DSBs) cause inhibition of Cdc45 loading and initiation of DNA replication and that caffeine, as well as immunodepletion of either ATM or ATR, abolishes this inhibition. Importantly, the DSB-induced inhibition of Cdc45 loading is prevented by addition of the catalytic subunit of PP2A to the extract. These data suggest that DSBs and OA prevent Cdc45 loading through different pathways, both of which involve PP2A, but only the DSB-induced checkpoint implicates ATM and ATR. The inhibitory effect of DSBs on Cdc45 loading does not result from downregulation of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (Cdk2) or Cdc7 activity and is independent of Chk2. However, it is partially dependent on Chk1, which becomes phosphorylated in response to DSBs. These data suggest that PP2A counteracts ATM and ATR in a DNA damage checkpoint in Xenopus egg extracts.

scholarly journals PR48, a Novel Regulatory Subunit of Protein Phosphatase 2A, Interacts with Cdc6 and Modulates DNA Replication in Human Cells

2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 1021-1029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Yan ◽  
Sergei A. Fedorov ◽  
Marc C. Mumby ◽  
R. Sanders Williams
Keyword(s):  
Dna Replication ◽  
Protein Phosphatase ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Cell Cycle Progression ◽  
Protein Phosphatase 2A ◽  
Specific Interaction ◽  
Regulatory Subunit ◽  
Amino Terminal ◽  
Phosphatase 2A ◽  
Initiation Of Dna Replication

ABSTRACT Initiation of DNA replication in eukaryotes is dependent on the activity of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), but specific phosphoprotein substrates pertinent to this requirement have not been identified. A novel regulatory subunit of PP2A, termed PR48, was identified by a yeast two-hybrid screen of a human placental cDNA library, using human Cdc6, an essential component of prereplicative complexes, as bait. PR48 binds specifically to an amino-terminal segment of Cdc6 and forms functional holoenzyme complexes with A and C subunits of PP2A. PR48 localizes to the nucleus of mammalian cells, and its forced overexpression perturbs cell cycle progression, causing a G1 arrest. These results suggest that dephosphorylation of Cdc6 by PP2A, mediated by a specific interaction with PR48, is a regulatory event controlling initiation of DNA replication in mammalian cells.

Hepatocyte DNA Replication Is Abolished by Inhibitors Selecting Protein Phosphatase 2A Rather Than Phosphatase 1

1993 ◽  
Vol 205 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunnar Mellgren ◽  
Olav Karsten Vintermyr ◽  
Roald Bøe ◽  
Stein Ove Døskeland
Keyword(s):  
Dna Replication ◽  
Protein Phosphatase ◽  
Protein Phosphatase 2A ◽  
Phosphatase 2A

scholarly journals Phosphorylation of SET Protein at Ser171 by Protein Kinase D2 Diminishes Its Inhibitory Effect on Protein Phosphatase 2A

PLoS ONE ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (12) ◽  
pp. e51242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atsushi Irie ◽  
Kumiko Harada ◽  
Norie Araki ◽  
Yasuharu Nishimura
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Phosphatase ◽  
Protein Phosphatase 2A ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Phosphatase 2A

scholarly journals Different oligomeric forms of protein phosphatase 2A activate and inhibit simian virus 40 DNA replication

1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 4616-4623
Author(s):  
A Cegielska ◽  
S Shaffer ◽  
R Derua ◽  
J Goris ◽  
D M Virshup
Keyword(s):  
Dna Replication ◽  
Protein Phosphatase ◽  
Protein Phosphatase 2A ◽  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
T Antigen ◽  
Catalytic Subunit ◽  
B Subunit ◽  
Phosphatase 2A ◽  
Sv40 Dna

The ability of simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen to catalyze the initiation of viral DNA replication is regulated by its phosphorylation state. Previous studies have identified the free catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2Ac) as the cellular phosphatase which can remove inhibitory phosphoryl groups from serines 120 and 123. The catalytic C subunit exists in the cell complexed with a 65-kDa A subunit and one of several B subunits. To determine if any of the holoenzymes could activate T antigen, we tested the ability of the heterodimeric AC and two heterotrimeric ABC forms to stimulate T-antigen function in unwinding the origin of SV40 DNA replication. Only free catalytic subunit C and the heterotrimeric form with a 72-kDa B subunit (PP2A-T72) could stimulate T-antigen-dependent origin unwinding. Both the dimeric form (PP2A-D) and the heterotrimer with a 55-kDa B subunit (PP2A-T55) actively inhibited T-antigen function. We found that PP2A-T72 activated T antigen by dephosphorylating serines 120 and 123, while PP2A-D and PP2A-T55 inactivated T antigen by dephosphorylating the p34cdc2 target site, threonine 124. Thus, alterations in the subunit composition of PP2A holoenzymes have significant functional consequences for the initiation of in vitro SV40 DNA replication. The regulatory B subunits of PP2A may play a role in regulating SV40 DNA replication in infected cells as well.

Mechanism of activation of simian virus 40 DNA replication by protein phosphatase 2A

1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4883-4895
Author(s):  
D M Virshup ◽  
A A Russo ◽  
T J Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Dna Replication ◽  
Protein Phosphatase ◽  
Protein Phosphatase 2A ◽  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Simian Virus ◽  
T Antigen ◽  
Insertion Mutation ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Phosphatase 2A ◽  
Half Site

The catalytic subunit of protein phosphatase 2A (PP2Ac) stimulates the initiation of replication of simian virus 40 DNA in vitro by dephosphorylating T antigen at specific phosphoserine residues (K. H. Scheidtmann, D. M. Virshup, and T. J. Kelly, J. Virol. 65:2098-2101, 1991). To better define the biochemical mechanism responsible for this stimulation, we investigated the effect of PP2Ac on the interaction of T antigen with wild-type and mutant origins of replication. Analysis of the binding of T antigen to the wild-type origin as a function of protein concentration revealed that binding occurs in two relatively discrete steps: the assembly of a T-antigen hexamer on one half-site of the origin, followed by the assembly of the second hexamer on the other half-site. The major effect of PP2Ac was to stimulate binding of the second hexamer, so that the binding reaction became much more cooperative. This observation suggests that dephosphorylation of T antigen by PP2Ac primarily affects interactions between the two hexamers bound to the origin. Pretreatment with PP2Ac increased the ability of the bound T antigen to unwind the origin of replication but had no effect on the intrinsic helicase activity of the protein. Thus, dephosphorylation of PP2Ac appears to increase the efficiency of the initial opening of the origin by T antigen. An insertion mutation at the dyad axis in the simian virus 40 origin, which altered the structural relationship of the two halves of the origin, abolished the effect of the phosphatase on the cooperativity of binding and completely prevented origin unwinding. These findings suggest that the ability of T antigen to open the viral origin of DNA replication is critically dependent on the appropriate functional interactions between T-antigen hexamers and that these interactions are regulated by the phosphorylation state of the viral initiator protein.

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