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Damage-induced DNA replication stalling relies on MAPK-activated protein kinase 2 activity

DNA damage can obstruct replication forks, resulting in replicative stress. By siRNA screening, we identified kinases involved in the accumulation of phosphohistone 2AX (γH2AX) upon UV irradiation-induced replication stress. Surprisingly, the strongest reduction of phosphohistone 2AX followed knockd...

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2013-10, Vol.110 (42), p.16856-16861
Main Authors: Köpper, Frederik, Bierwirth, Cathrin, Schön, Margarete, Kunze, Meike, Elvers, Ingegerd, Kranz, Dominique, Saini, Priyanka, Menon, Manoj B., Walter, David, Sørensen, Claus Storgaard, Gaestel, Matthias, Helleday, Thomas, Schön, Michael P., Dobbelstein, Matthias
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Summary:DNA damage can obstruct replication forks, resulting in replicative stress. By siRNA screening, we identified kinases involved in the accumulation of phosphohistone 2AX (γH2AX) upon UV irradiation-induced replication stress. Surprisingly, the strongest reduction of phosphohistone 2AX followed knockdown of the MAP kinase-activated protein kinase 2 (MK2), a kinase currently implicated in p38 stress signaling and G2 arrest. Depletion or inhibition of MK2 also protected cells from DNA damage-induced cell death, and mice deficient for MK2 displayed decreased apoptosis in the skin upon UV irradiation. Moreover, MK2 activity was required for damage response, accumulation of ssDNA, and decreased survival when cells were treated with the nucleoside analogue gemcitabine or when the checkpoint kinase Chk1 was antagonized. By using DNA fiber assays, we found that MK2 inhibition or knockdown rescued DNA replication impaired by gemcitabine or by Chk1 inhibition. This rescue strictly depended on translesion DNA polymerases. In conclusion, instead of being an unavoidable consequence of DNA damage, alterations of replication speed and origin firing depend on MK2-mediated signaling.
ISSN:0027-8424
1091-6490
1091-6490
DOI:10.1073/pnas.1304355110