scholarly journals Expression of PCNA-binding domain of CtIP, a motif required for CtIP localization at DNA replication foci, causes DNA damage and activation of DNA damage checkpoint

Cell Cycle ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1409-1420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bingnan Gu ◽  
Phang-Lang Chen
Keyword(s):  
Dna Damage ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Binding Domain ◽  
Dna Damage Checkpoint ◽  
Replication Foci

scholarly journals The Yeast PCNA Unloader Elg1 RFC-Like Complex Plays a Role in Eliciting the DNA Damage Checkpoint

mBio ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Soumitra Sau ◽  
Batia Liefshitz ◽  
Martin Kupiec
Keyword(s):  
Dna Damage ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Cellular Response ◽  
Genome Stability ◽  
Adaptor Proteins ◽  
Nuclear Antigen ◽  
Dna Damage Checkpoint ◽  
Activation Process ◽  
Checkpoint Activation ◽  
Dna Replication And Repair

ABSTRACT The PCNA (proliferating cell nuclear antigen) ring plays central roles during DNA replication and repair. The yeast Elg1 RFC-like complex (RLC) is the principal unloader of chromatin-bound PCNA and thus plays a central role in maintaining genome stability. Here we identify a role for Elg1 in the unloading of PCNA during DNA damage. Using DNA damage checkpoint (DC)-inducible and replication checkpoint (RC)-inducible strains, we show that Elg1 is essential for eliciting the signal in the DC branch. In the absence of Elg1 activity, the Rad9 (53BP1) and Dpb11 (TopBP1) adaptor proteins are recruited but fail to be phosphorylated by Mec1 (ATR), resulting in a lack of checkpoint activation. The chromatin immunoprecipitation of PCNA at the Lac operator sites reveals that accumulated local PCNA influences the checkpoint activation process in elg1 mutants. Our data suggest that Elg1 participates in a mechanism that may coordinate PCNA unloading during DNA repair with DNA damage checkpoint induction. IMPORTANCE The Elg1protein forms an RFC-like complex in charge of unloading PCNA from chromatin during DNA replication and repair. Mutations in the ELG1 gene caused genomic instability in all organisms tested and cancer in mammals. Here we show that Elg1 plays a role in the induction of the DNA damage checkpoint, a cellular response to DNA damage. We show that this defect is due to a defect in the signal amplification process during induction. Thus, cells coordinate the cell's response and the PCNA unloading through the activity of Elg1.

scholarly journals Activation of the DNA Damage Checkpoint in Yeast Lacking the Histone Chaperone Anti-Silencing Function 1

2004 ◽  
Vol 24 (23) ◽  
pp. 10313-10327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Josh Ramey ◽  
Susan Howar ◽  
Melissa Adkins ◽  
Jeffrey Linger ◽  
Judson Spicer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Dna Damage ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Chromatin Structure ◽  
Fluorescent Protein ◽  
Histone Chaperone ◽  
Dna Damage Checkpoint ◽  
Genomic Integrity ◽  
Dna Breaks ◽  
Double Strand Dna

ABSTRACT The packaging of the eukaryotic genome into chromatin is likely to be important for the maintenance of genomic integrity. Chromatin structures are assembled onto newly synthesized DNA by the action of chromatin assembly factors, including anti-silencing function 1 (ASF1). To investigate the role of chromatin structure in the maintenance of genomic integrity, we examined budding yeast lacking the histone chaperone Asf1p. We found that yeast lacking Asf1p accumulate in metaphase of the cell cycle due to activation of the DNA damage checkpoint. Furthermore, yeast lacking Asf1p are highly sensitive to mutations in DNA polymerase alpha and to DNA replicational stresses. Although yeast lacking Asf1p do complete DNA replication, they have greatly elevated rates of DNA damage occurring during DNA replication, as indicated by spontaneous Ddc2p-green fluorescent protein foci. The presence of elevated levels of spontaneous DNA damage in asf1 mutants is due to increased DNA damage, rather than the failure to repair double-strand DNA breaks, because asf1 mutants are fully functional for double-strand DNA repair. Our data indicate that the altered chromatin structure in asf1 mutants leads to elevated rates of spontaneous recombination, mutation, and DNA damage foci formation arising during DNA replication, which in turn activates cell cycle checkpoints that respond to DNA damage.

scholarly journals Activation of the DNA Damage Checkpoint in Mutants Defective in DNA Replication Initiation

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 4374-4382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Yin ◽  
Alexandra Monica Locovei ◽  
Gennaro D'Urso
Keyword(s):  
Dna Damage ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Replication Fork ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Replication Initiation ◽  
Dna Damage Checkpoint ◽  
Origin Firing ◽  
Dna Replication Initiation ◽  
Fork Stalling ◽  
S Phase Checkpoint

In the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, blocks to DNA replication elongation trigger the intra-S phase checkpoint that leads to the activation of the Cds1 kinase. Cds1 is required to both prevent premature entry into mitosis and to stabilize paused replication forks. Interestingly, although Cds1 is essential to maintain the viability of mutants defective in DNA replication elongation, mutants defective in DNA replication initiation require the Chk1 kinase. This suggests that defects in DNA replication initiation can lead to activation of the DNA damage checkpoint independent of the intra-S phase checkpoint. This might result from reduced origin firing that leads to an increase in replication fork stalling or replication fork collapse that activates the G2 DNA damage checkpoint. We refer to the Chk1-dependent, Cds1-independent phenotype as the rid phenotype (for replication initiation defective). Chk1 is active in rid mutants, and rid mutant viability is dependent on the DNA damage checkpoint, and surprisingly Mrc1, a protein required for activation of Cds1. Mutations in Mrc1 that prevent activation of Cds1 have no effect on its ability to support rid mutant viability, suggesting that Mrc1 has a checkpoint-independent role in maintaining the viability of mutants defective in DNA replication initiation.

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.

DNA replication as a target of the DNA damage checkpoint

DNA Repair ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1077-1088 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Zegerman ◽  
John F.X. Diffley
Keyword(s):  
Dna Damage ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Dna Damage Checkpoint

scholarly journals Regulation of DNA replication by the S-phase DNA damage checkpoint

Cell Division ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas Willis ◽  
Nicholas Rhind
Keyword(s):  
Dna Damage ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Dna Damage Checkpoint

scholarly journals Critical role of SMG7 in activation of the ATR-CHK1 axis in response to genotoxic stress

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Ho ◽  
Hongwei Luo ◽  
Wei Zhu ◽  
Yi Tang
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Dna Damage ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Cell Cycle Progression ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Genotoxic Stress ◽  
Dna Damage Checkpoint ◽  
Cycle Progression ◽  
Essential Step

AbstractCHK1 is a crucial DNA damage checkpoint kinase and its activation, which requires ATR and RAD17, leads to inhibition of DNA replication and cell cycle progression. Recently, we reported that SMG7 stabilizes and activates p53 to induce G1 arrest upon DNA damage; here we show that SMG7 plays a critical role in the activation of the ATR-CHK1 axis. Following genotoxic stress, SMG7-null cells exhibit deficient ATR signaling, indicated by the attenuated phosphorylation of CHK1 and RPA32, and importantly, unhindered DNA replication and fork progression. Through its 14-3-3 domain, SMG7 interacts directly with the Ser635-phosphorylated RAD17 and promotes chromatin retention of the 9-1-1 complex by the RAD17-RFC, an essential step to CHK1 activation. Furthermore, through maintenance of CHK1 activity, SMG7 controls G2-M transition and facilitates orderly cell cycle progression during recovery from replication stress. Taken together, our data reveals SMG7 as an indispensable signaling component in the ATR-CHK1 pathway during genotoxic stress response.

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