2008年5月
Cell cycle control of telomere protection and NHEJ revealed by a ts mutation in the DNA-binding domain of TRF2
GENES & DEVELOPMENT
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- 巻
- 22
- 号
- 9
- 開始ページ
- 1221
- 終了ページ
- 1230
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- 研究論文(学術雑誌)
- DOI
- 10.1101/gad.1634008
- 出版者・発行元
- COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPT
TRF2 is a component of shelterin, the telomere-specific protein complex that prevents DNA damage signaling and inappropriate repair at the natural ends of mammalian chromosomes. We describe a temperature-sensitive (ts) mutation in the Myb/SANT DNA-binding domain of TRF2 that allows controlled and reversible telomere odeprotection. At 32 degrees C, TRF2ts was functional and rescued the lethality of TRF2 deletion from conditional TRF2(F/-) mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). When shifted to the nonpermissive temperature ( 37 degrees C), TRF2ts cells showed extensive telomere damage resulting in activation of the ATM kinase and nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) of chromosome ends. The inactivation of TRF2ts at 37 degrees C was rapid and reversible, permitting induction of short periods (3-6 h) of telomere dysfunction in the G0, G1, and S/G2 phases of the cell cycle. The results indicate that both the induction of telomere dysfunction and the re-establishment of the protected state can take place throughout interphase. In contrast, the processing of dysfunctional telomeres by NHEJ occurred primarily in G1, being repressed in S/G2 in a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)-dependent manner.
- リンク情報
- ID情報
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- DOI : 10.1101/gad.1634008
- ISSN : 0890-9369
- PubMed ID : 18451109
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000255504500011