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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 190, Issue 3, Pages 297-305Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201003004
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- Cancer Research UK (CR-UK)
- Medical Research Council of the UK
- Wellcome Trust [082267/Z/07/Z]
- Wellcome Trust [082267/Z/07/Z] Funding Source: Wellcome Trust
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Using chemical genetics to reversibly inhibit Cdk1, we find that cells arrested in late G2 are unable to delay mitotic entry after irradiation. Late G2 cells detect DNA damage lesions and form gamma-H2AX foci but fail to activate Chk1. This reflects a lack of DNA double-strand break processing because late G2 cells fail to recruit RPA (replication protein A), ATR (ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3 related), Rad51, or CtIP (C-terminal interacting protein) to sites of radiation-induced damage, events essential for both checkpoint activation and initiation of DNA repair by homologous recombination. Remarkably, inhibition of Akt/PKB (protein kinase B) restores DNA damage processing and Chk1 activation after irradiation in late G2. These data demonstrate a previously unrecognized role for Akt in cell cycle regulation of DNA repair and checkpoint activation. Because Akt/PKB is frequently activated in many tumor types, these findings have important implications for the evolution and therapy of such cancers.
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