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ArticleNucleic acids research2019

A kinetochore-based ATM/ATR-independent DNA damage checkpoint maintains genomic integrity in trypanosomes.

Qing Zhou, Kieu T M Pham, Huiqing Hu, Yasuhiro Kurasawa, Ziyin Li

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Qing ZhouDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Kieu T M PhamDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Huiqing HuDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Yasuhiro KurasawaDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Ziyin LiDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, TX 77030, USA.
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · US

Funding

Mechanisms Of The Unusual Cytokinesis In TrypanosomesR01AI101437 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI LI, ZIYIN · 2013 to 2025
$6.4M
Regulation of cell cycle transitions by cyclin-dependent kinase in trypanosomesR01AI118736 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI LI, ZIYIN · 2016 to 2025
$3.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI101437NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI118736
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA damage-induced cell cycle checkpoints serve as surveillance mechanisms to maintain genomic stability, and are regulated by ATM/ATR-mediated signaling pathways that are conserved from yeast to humans. Trypanosoma brucei, an early divergent microbial eukaryote, lacks key components of the conventional DNA damage-induced G2/M cell cycle checkpoint and the spindle assembly checkpoint, and nothing is known about how T. brucei controls its cell cycle checkpoints. Here we discover a kinetochore-based, DNA damage-induced metaphase checkpoint in T. brucei. MMS-induced DNA damage triggers a metaphase arrest by modulating the abundance of the outer kinetochore protein KKIP5 in an Aurora B kinase- and kinetochore-dependent, but ATM/ATR-independent manner. Overexpression of KKIP5 arrests cells at metaphase through stabilizing the mitotic cyclin CYC6 and the cohesin subunit SCC1, mimicking DNA damage-induced metaphase arrest, whereas depletion of KKIP5 alleviates the DNA damage-induced metaphase arrest and causes chromosome mis-segregation and aneuploidy. These findings suggest that trypanosomes employ a novel DNA damage-induced metaphase checkpoint to maintain genomic integrity.

Indexed as

DNA DamageGenomic InstabilityAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsCell Cycle CheckpointsCell Cycle ProteinsChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneCohesinsCyclinsGenome, ProtozoanHumansKinetochoresMetaphaseProtozoan ProteinsTrypanosomaTrypanosoma brucei bruceiAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsATM protein, humanATR protein, humanCell Cycle ProteinsChromosomal Proteins, Non-HistoneCohesinsCyc6 protein, Trypanosoma bruceiCyclinsProtozoan Proteins

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PMID31147720
PMCPMC6736141
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