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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-5-23
pubmed:abstractText
The cytolethal distending toxins (CDTs) induce cell cycle arrest by a mechanism still not well characterized. We demonstrate that the effect of the Haemophilus ducreyi CDT (HdCDT) is cell type-specific: B cell lines underwent apoptosis, epithelial cells and keratinocytes arrested exclusively in G(2), whereas normal fibroblasts arrested both in G(1) and G(2). We studied normal keratinocytes and fibroblasts, which are relevant for understanding the pathogenicity of H. ducreyi. The response to HdCDT resembles the checkpoint response activated by ionizing radiation. Both responses were characterized by an early induction of the p53 gene and the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 in fibroblasts, and activation of the chk2 kinase in epithelial cells. In the Ataxia Telangiectasia-mutated gene (ATM)-deficient lymphoblastoid cell lines, intoxication was significantly delayed compared with ATM wild type cells, and was associated with a slower kinetic of p53 stabilization, suggesting that the early response to HdCDT is ATM-dependent. Activation of ATM-dependent pathways was further confirmed by the ability of caffeine to partially override the HdCDT-mediated cell cycle arrest. Our data shed new light on the mechanism of action of this novel family of bacterial toxins, limiting the target candidates to DNA or molecules directly involved in activation of checkpoint responses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
276
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5296-302
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Bacterial Toxins, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Caffeine, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Haemophilus ducreyi, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Keratinocytes, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Radiation, Ionizing, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, pubmed-meshheading:11076947-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
The Haemophilus ducreyi cytolethal distending toxin induces cell cycle arrest and apoptosis via the DNA damage checkpoint pathways.
pubmed:affiliation
Microbiology and Tumorbiology Center, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm S-171 77, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't