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ArticleThe EMBO journal2005

ASCIZ regulates lesion-specific Rad51 focus formation and apoptosis after methylating DNA damage.

Carolyn J McNees, Lindus A Conlan, Nora Tenis, Jörg Heierhorst

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Article in The EMBO journal, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carolyn J McNeesSt Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
Lindus A Conlan
Nora Tenis
Jörg Heierhorst
St Vincents Institute of Medical Research · AUUniversity of Melbourne · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nuclear Rad51 focus formation is required for homology-directed repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), but its regulation in response to non-DSB lesions is poorly understood. Here we report a novel human SQ/TQ cluster domain-containing protein termed ASCIZ that forms Rad51-containing foci in response to base-modifying DNA methylating agents but not in response to DSB-inducing agents. ASCIZ foci seem to form prior to Rad51 recruitment, and an ASCIZ core domain can concentrate Rad51 in focus-like structures independently of DNA damage. ASCIZ depletion dramatically increases apoptosis after methylating DNA damage and impairs Rad51 focus formation in response to methylating agents but not after ionizing radiation. ASCIZ focus formation and increased apoptosis in ASCIZ-depleted cells depend on the mismatch repair protein MLH1. Interestingly, ASCIZ foci form efficiently during G1 phase, when sister chromatids are unavailable as recombination templates. We propose that ASCIZ acts as a lesion-specific focus scaffold in a Rad51-dependent pathway that resolves cytotoxic repair intermediates, most likely single-stranded DNA gaps, resulting from MLH1-dependent processing of base lesions.

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ApoptosisDNA DamageDNA MethylationDNA RepairAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBase Pair MismatchCarrier ProteinsCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalDNA-Binding ProteinsHumansMutL Protein Homolog 1Neoplasm ProteinsNuclear ProteinsProtein Structure, TertiaryRad51 RecombinaseAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCarrier ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsMLH1 protein, humanMutL Protein Homolog 1Neoplasm ProteinsNuclear ProteinsRAD51 protein, humanRad51 Recombinase

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PMID15933716
PMCPMC1173145
OpenAlexW2138024819

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