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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
卷 34, 期 2, 页码 745-754出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkj475
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- Intramural NIH HHS Funding Source: Medline
- NIA NIH HHS [AG03141] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM01604] Funding Source: Medline
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES [Z01ES050159] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING [Z01AG000726, Z01AG000727, Z01AG000743] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Genome instability is a characteristic of cancer and aging, and is a hallmark of the premature aging disorder Werner syndrome (WS). Evidence suggests that the Werner syndrome protein (WRN) contributes to the maintenance of genome integrity through its involvement in DNA repair. In particular, biochemical evidence indicates a role for WRN in base excision repair (BER). We have previously reported that WRN helicase activity stimulates DNA polymerase beta (pol beta) strand displacement synthesis in vitro. In this report we demonstrate that WRN exonuclease activity can act cooperatively with pol beta, a polymerase lacking 3'-5' proofreading activity. Furthermore, using small interference RNA technology, we demonstrate that WRN knockdown cells are hypersensitive to the alkylating agent methyl methanesulfonate, which creates DNA damage that is primarily repaired by the BER pathway. In addition, repair assays using whole cell extracts from WRN knockdown cells indicate a defect in long patch (LP) BER. These findings demonstrate that WRN plays a direct role in the repair of methylation-induced DNA damage, and suggest a role for both WRN helicase and exonuclease activities together with pol beta during LP BER.
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