Browsing by Subject "DNA damage response"

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    ERK kinases modulate the activation of PI3 kinase related kinases (PIKKs) in DNA damage response
    (F. Hernández y Juan F. Madrid. Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología, 2013) Xiaozeng, Lin; Judy, Yan; Damu, Tang
    DNA damage response (DDR) is the critical surveillance mechanism in maintaining genome integrity. The mechanism activates checkpoints to prevent cell cycle progression in the presence of DNA lesions, and mediates lesion repair. DDR is coordinated by three apical PI3 kinase related kinases (PIKKs), including ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM), ATM- and Rad3-related (ATR), and DNA-PKcs (the catalytic subunit of the DNA dependent protein kinase). These kinases are activated in response to specific DNA damage or lesions, resulting in checkpoint activation and DNA lesion repair. While it is clear that the pathways of ATM, ATR, and DNA-PK are the core components of DDR, there is accumulating evidence revealing the involvement of other cellular pathways in regulating DDR; this is in line with the concept that in addition to being a nuclear event DDR is also a cellular process. One of these pathways is the extracellular signal- regulated kinase (ERK) MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) pathway. ERK is a converging point of multiple signal transduction pathways involved in cell proliferation, differentiation, and apoptosis. Adding to this list of pathways is the recent development of ERK in DDR. The ERK kinases (ERK1 and ERK2) contribute to the proper execution of DDR in terms of checkpoint activation and the repair of DNA lesions. This review summarizes the contributions of ERK to DDR with emphasis on the relationship of ERK kinases with the activation of ATM, ATR, and DNA-PKcs.
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    Implications on pathogenesis and risk of oral lichen planus neoplastic transformation: an ex-vivo retrospective immunohistochemical study
    (Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Biología Celular e Histología, 2019) Squarzanti, Diletta Francesca; Cena, Tiziana; Sorrentino, Rita; Migliario, Mario; Chiocchetti, Annalisa; Rimondini, Lia; Azzimonti, Barbara; Valente, Guido
    Aims. To evaluate OPN, MCM7, Ki-67, p53, Bcl-2 and 53BP1 presence, together with the abnormal adaptive CD4 and CD8 T-cell response markers expression in a series of oral lichen planus (OLP) affected patients and assess their combined contribution for a more objective disease classification. Methods and results. In this ex-vivo retrospective analysis, biopsy specimens from 28 adults with a clinical diagnosis of OLP at different progression degree (16 reticular, 2 plaque-like, 1 erosive and 9 mixed type) were collected. Sections were immunohistochemically investigated for the proinflammatory cytokine osteopontin (OPN), alpha-beta CD4 and CD8 positive T cells, DNA replication licensing factor (MCM7), proliferating cell marker (Ki-67), apoptotic and tumor antigen (p53), apoptosis modulator (Bcl-2) and cellular response regulator to double-strand breaks tumor suppressor p53-binding protein 1 expression. Statistical analysis revealed that 53BP1 is highly represented among the OLP study patients (p<0.05). Moreover, on the basis of the quantification results of the highly expressed parameters, two illness categories with different severity were evidenced. The classification hypothesis was confirmed by i) OLP lesion persistence, ii) the development of oral severe lesions in the patients belonging to high grade activity OLP group (HGA-OLPs) and iii) the ascertainment of the same evidence both in the oral squamous cell tumor controls (OSCC) and in HGA-OLP cases. Conclusion. This study completes the scenario with respect to early detection, thanks to a more precise histological analysis, for rationalizing the clinical and histological findings toward a sharable international disease scoring system.
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    Tripartite Motif-containing 33 (TRIM33) protein functions in the poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP)-dependent DNA damage response through interaction with Amplified in Liver Cancer 1 (ALC1) protein
    (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology [Society Publisher], 2013-11-08) Kulkarni, Atul; Oza, Jay; Yao, Ming; Sohail, Honeah; Ginjala, Vasudeva; Tomas-Loba, Antonia; Horejsi, Zuzana; Tan, Antoinette R; Boulton, Simon J; Ganesan, Shridar; Fisiología
    Activation of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) near sites of DNA breaks facilitates recruitment of DNA repair proteins and promotes chromatin relaxation in part through the action of chromatin-remodeling enzyme Amplified in Liver Cancer 1 (ALC1). Through proteomic analysis we find that ALC1 interacts after DNA damage with Tripartite Motif-containing 33 (TRIM33), a multifunctional protein implicated in transcriptional regulation, TGF-β signaling, and tumorigenesis. We demonstrate that TRIM33 is dynamically recruited to DNA damage sites in a PARP1- and ALC1-dependent manner. TRIM33-deficient cells show enhanced sensitivity to DNA damage and prolonged retention of ALC1 at sites of DNA breaks. Conversely, overexpression of TRIM33 alleviates the DNA repair defects conferred by ALC1 overexpression. Thus, TRIM33 plays a role in PARP-dependent DNA damage response and regulates ALC1 activity by promoting its timely removal from sites of DNA damage.