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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
KU70(-/-) and DNA-PKcs(-/-/-)chicken DT40 cells are reportedly highly sensitive to the DNA topoisomerase II inhibitor etoposide. Here we report that KU70 and DNA-PKcs unexpectedly function together during the induction of apoptosis after exposure to high levels of etoposide. In the presence of 100 microM etoposide, apoptosis was induced within 1 h in wild type DT40 cells but not in KU70(-/-) and DNA-PKcs(-/-/-) cells. In addition, the DNA-PK inhibitors NU7026 and wortmannin, as well as the caspase inhibitor Z-VAD-FMK, inhibited etoposide-induced apoptosis in wild type cells. Although Artemis(-/-) cells also showed defects in the etoposide-induced apoptosis, the other mutants defective in nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ), LIG4(-/-), XRCC4(-), and XLF(-/-) cells were capable to induce apoptosis. When cells were treated with high doses of etoposide, the chromatin binding of DNA-PKcs was impaired by deletion of KU70 but not of Artemis, suggesting that KU70 acts upstream of DNA-PKcs and Artemis acts downstream of DNA-PKcs in the apoptotic pathway like the NHEJ pathway. These results suggest that the proteins involved in the early stage of NHEJ pathway including Artemis but not the downstream factors decide the cell fate by selecting apoptosis or DNA repair according to the degree of DNA damage.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0898-6568
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
20
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1978-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
KU70/80, DNA-PKcs, and Artemis are essential for the rapid induction of apoptosis after massive DSB formation.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Cell Biology Laboratory, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aoba 6-3, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't