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CHK1 Affecting Cell Radiosensitivity is Independent of Non-Homologous End Joining
CHK1 is one of the most important checkpoint proteins in mammalian cells for responding to DNA damage. Cells defective in CHK1 are sensitive to ionizing radiation (IR). The mechanism by which CHK1 protects cells from IR-induced killing remains unclear. DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) induced by IR a...
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Published in: | Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) Tex.), 2005-02, Vol.4 (2), p.299-302 |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | CHK1 is one of the most important checkpoint proteins in mammalian cells for responding to
DNA damage. Cells defective in CHK1 are sensitive to ionizing radiation (IR). The mechanism
by which CHK1 protects cells from IR-induced killing remains unclear. DNA double strand
breaks (DSBs) induced by IR are critical lesions for cell survival. Two major complementary
DNA DSBs repair pathways exist in mammalian cells, homologous recombination repair (HRR)
and non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). By using CHK1 kinase dead human cell lines
established in our laboratory, we show here that although these human cell lines have different
CHK1 activities with different sensitivities to IR-induced killing and G2 accumulation, all these
cell lines show similar inductions and rejoining rates of DNA DSBs. These results indicate that
the different radiosensitivities and G2 checkpoint responses in these cell lines are independent of
NHEJ, suggesting that CHK1-regulated checkpoint facilitates HRR and therefore protects cells
from IR-induced killing. |
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ISSN: | 1538-4101 1551-4005 |
DOI: | 10.4161/cc.4.2.1415 |