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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH
Volume 1773, Issue 4, Pages 556-564Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2007.01.005
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RecQL4; double-strand DNA break repair; Ku heterodimer; DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK); non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ)
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Mutations in RecQL4 are a causative factor in Rothmund-Thomson syndrome, a human autosomal recessive disorder characterized by premature aging. To study the role of RecQL4, we employed a cell-free experimental system consisting of Xenopus egg extracts. RecQL4 loading onto chromatin was observed regardless of the presence or absence of EcoRI. However, in the absence of EcoRI, RecQL4 loading was suppressed by geminin, an inhibitor of pre-replicative complex formation, while in the presence of EcoRI, it was not affected. These results suggest that under the former condition, RecQL4-loading depended on DNA replication, while under the latter, the interaction occurred in response to double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs) induced by EcoRI. DSB-induced RecQL4 loading depended on the function of the ataxia-telangiectasia mutated protein, DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK), and replication protein A, while there were only minor changes in DNA replication-associated RecQL4 loading upon suppression of these proteins. Furthermore, analyses using a chromatin-immunoprecipitation assay and quantification of gamma H2AX after induction of DSBs suggested that RecQL4 is loaded adjacent to Ku heterodimer-binding sites on damaged chromatin, and functions in the repair of DSBs. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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