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ArticleCell reports2024

Regulation of transcription patterns, poly(ADP-ribose), and RNA-DNA hybrids by the ATM protein kinase.

Phillip R Woolley, Xuemei Wen, Olivia M Conway, Nicolette A Ender, Ji-Hoon Lee, Tanya T Paull

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Article in Cell reports, 2024. 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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9 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Phillip R WoolleyDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Xuemei WenDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Olivia M ConwayDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Nicolette A EnderDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Ji-Hoon LeeDepartment of Biological Sciences, Research Center of Ecomimetics, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: microljh@jnu.ac.kr.
Tanya T PaullDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. Electronic address: tpaull@utexas.edu.
The University of Texas at Austin · USChonnam National University · KR

Funding

Origins of DNA damage driving pathology in human neurodegenerationR01NS126747 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI TANYA T PAULL · 2022 to 2026
$1.9M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS126747
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) protein kinase is a master regulator of the DNA damage response and also an important sensor of oxidative stress. Analysis of gene expression in ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) patient brain tissue shows that large-scale transcriptional changes occur in patient cerebellum that correlate with the expression level and guanine-cytosine (GC) content of transcribed genes. In human neuron-like cells in culture, we map locations of poly(ADP-ribose) and RNA-DNA hybrid accumulation genome-wide with ATM inhibition and find that these marks also coincide with high transcription levels, active transcription histone marks, and high GC content. Antioxidant treatment reverses the accumulation of R-loops in transcribed regions, consistent with the central role of reactive oxygen species in promoting these lesions. Based on these results, we postulate that transcription-associated lesions accumulate in ATM-deficient cells and that the single-strand breaks and PARylation at these sites ultimately generate changes in transcription that compromise cerebellum function and lead to neurodegeneration over time in A-T patients.

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Ataxia TelangiectasiaPoly Adenosine Diphosphate RiboseAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsDNADNA DamageDNA RepairHumansRNAAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsATM protein, humanCell Cycle ProteinsDNAPoly Adenosine Diphosphate RiboseRNAATMcerebellar ataxiaCP: Molecular biologyDNA repairpoly-ADP-ribosylationR-loopstranscription

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PMID38442018
PMCPMC11022685
OpenAlexW4392378185

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