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BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 337, Issue 3, Pages 875-880Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.09.122
Keywords
checkpoint; ATM; ATR; inactive X chromosome; heterochromatin; 2-aminopurine
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- NICHD NIH HHS [R01 HD41451:01] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM61007-01A1] Funding Source: Medline
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ATM and ATR are well documented for their roles in maintaining the integrity of genomic DNA by responding to DNA damage and preparing the cell for repair. Since ATM and ATR have been reported to exist in complexes with historic deacetylases, we asked whether Atm and Atr might also uphold gene silencing by heterochromatin. We show that the Atm/Atr inhibitor 2-aminopurine causes the inactive X chromosome to accumulate abnormal chromatin and undergo unwanted gene reactivation. We provide evidence that this gene expression from the inactive X chromosome is not a byproduct of the accumulation of DNA breaks. Individually inhibiting Atm and Atr by either small interfering RNA or the expression of dominant-negative ATM and ATR constructs also compromised X-inactivation. Atm and Atr, therefore, not only function in responding to DNA damage but perhaps also are involved in gene silencing via the maintenance of heterochromatin. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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