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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
Ataxia telangiectasia (AT) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by neuronal degeneration accompanied by ataxia, telangiectasias, acute cancer predisposition, and sensitivity to ionizing radiation (IR). Cells from individuals with AT show unusual sensitivity to IR, severely attenuated cell cycle checkpoint functions, and poor p53 induction in response to IR compared with normal human fibroblasts (NHFs). The gene mutated in AT (ATM) has been cloned, and its product, pATM, has IR-inducible kinase activity. The AT phenotype has been suggested to be a consequence, at least in part, of an inability to respond appropriately to oxidative damage. To test this hypothesis, we examined the ability of NHFs and AT dermal fibroblasts to respond to t-butyl hydroperoxide and IR treatment. AT fibroblasts exhibit, in comparison to NHFs, increased sensitivity to the toxicity of t-butyl hydroperoxide, as measured by colony-forming efficiency assays. Unlike NHFs, AT fibroblasts fail to show G(1) and G(2) phase checkpoint functions or to induce p53 in response to t-butyl hydroperoxide. Treatment of NHFs with t-butyl hydroperoxide activates pATM-associated kinase activity. Our results indicate that pATM is involved in responding to certain aspects of oxidative damage and in signaling this information to downstream effectors of the cell cycle checkpoint functions. Our data further suggest that some of the pathologies seen in AT could arise as a consequence of an inability to respond normally to oxidative damage.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
276
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21951-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Ataxia Telangiectasia, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-G1 Phase, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-G2 Phase, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-Tumor Suppressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11290740-tert-Butylhydroperoxide
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
The Ataxia telangiectasia gene product is required for oxidative stress-induced G1 and G2 checkpoint function in human fibroblasts.
pubmed:affiliation
Growth Control and Cancer Group, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.