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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 281, Issue 46, Pages 35425-35435Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M604720200
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- NCI NIH HHS [T32 CA009523] Funding Source: Medline
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Spy1 is the originally identified member of the Speedy/Ringo family of vertebrate cell cycle regulators, which can control cell proliferation and survival through the atypical activation of cyclin-dependent kinases. Here we report a role for Spy1 in apoptosis and checkpoint activation in response to UV irradiation. Using an inducible system allowing for regulated expression of Spy1, we show that Spy1 expression prevents activation of caspase-3 and suppresses apoptosis in response to UV irradiation. Spy1 expression also allows for UV irradiation-resistant DNA synthesis and permits cells to progress into mitosis, as demonstrated by phosphorylation on histone H3, indicating that Spy1 expression can inhibit the S-phase/replication and G(2)/M checkpoints. We demonstrate that Spy1 expression inhibits phosphorylation of Chk1, RPA, and histone H2A. X, which may directly contribute to the decrease in apoptosis and checkpoint bypass. Furthermore, mutation of the conserved Speedy/Ringo box, known to mediate interaction with CDK2, abrogates the ability of Spy1 to inhibit apoptosis and the phosphorylation of Chk1 and RPA. The data presented indicate that Spy1 expression allows cells to evade checkpoints and apoptosis and suggest that Spy1 regulation of CDK2 is important for the response to DNA damage.
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