Functional link of BRCA1 and ataxia telangiectasia gene product in DNA damage response

Shang Li, Nicholas S. Y. Ting, Lei Zheng, Phang-Lang Chen, Yael Ziv, Yosef Shiloh, Eva Y.-H. P. Lee and Wen-Hwa Lee ()
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Shang Li: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Nicholas S. Y. Ting: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Lei Zheng: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Phang-Lang Chen: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Yael Ziv: Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Yosef Shiloh: Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Eva Y.-H. P. Lee: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Wen-Hwa Lee: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Nature, 2000, vol. 406, issue 6792, 210-215

Abstract: Abstract BRCA1 encodes a familial breast cancer suppressor that has a critical role in cellular responses to DNA damage1,2. Mouse cells deficient for Brca1 show genetic instability, defective G2–M checkpoint control and reduced homologous recombination3,4. BRCA1 also directly interacts with proteins of the DNA repair machinery5 and regulates expression of both the p21 and GADD45 genes6,7,8. However, it remains unclear how DNA damage signals are transmitted to modulate the repair function of BRCA1. Here we show that the BRCA1-associated protein CtIP9,10,11,12 becomes hyperphosphorylated and dissociated from BRCA1 upon ionizing radiation. This phosphorylation event requires the protein kinase (ATM) that is mutated in the disease ataxia telangiectasia13. ATM phosphorylates CtIP at serine residues 664 and 745, and mutation of these sites to alanine abrogates the dissociation of BRCA1 from CtIP, resulting in persistent repression of BRCA1-dependent induction of GADD45 upon ionizing radiation. We conclude that ATM, by phosphorylating CtIP upon ionizing radiation, may modulate BRCA1-mediated regulation of the DNA damage-response GADD45 gene, thus providing a potential link between ATM deficiency and breast cancer.

Date: 2000
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