Replication factory activation can be decoupled from the replication timing program by modulating Cdk levels

In the metazoan replication timing program, clusters of replication origins located in different subchromosomal domains fire at different times during S phase. We have used Xenopus laevis egg extracts to drive an accelerated replication timing program in mammalian nuclei. Although replicative stress...

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Published in:The Journal of cell biology 2010-01, Vol.188 (2), p.209-221
Main Authors: Thomson, Alexander M, Gillespie, Peter J, Blow, J. Julian
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biochemistry
CDC2 Protein Kinase - genetics
CDC2 Protein Kinase - metabolism
Cell Cycle - genetics
CHO Cells
Chromosomes
Cricetinae
Cricetulus
Cyclins
Deoxyribonucleic acid
DNA
DNA - biosynthesis
DNA replication
DNA Replication - genetics
Eggs
Embryonic cells
Enzyme Activation - genetics
Genes, cdc - physiology
Incubation
Interphase
Kinases
Mitosis - genetics
Ova
Replication origin
Replicon
S Phase - genetics
Stress, Physiological - genetics
Time Factors
Xenopus laevis
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Summary:In the metazoan replication timing program, clusters of replication origins located in different subchromosomal domains fire at different times during S phase. We have used Xenopus laevis egg extracts to drive an accelerated replication timing program in mammalian nuclei. Although replicative stress caused checkpoint-induced slowing of the timing program, inhibition of checkpoint kinases in an unperturbed S phase did not accelerate it. Lowering cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) activity slowed both replication rate and progression through the timing program, whereas raising Cdk activity increased them. Surprisingly, modest alteration of Cdk activity changed the amount of DNA synthesized during different stages of the timing program. This was associated with a change in the number of active replication factories, whereas the distribution of origins within active factories remained relatively normal. The ability of Cdks to differentially effect replication initiation, factory activation, and progression through the timing program provides new insights into the way that chromosomal DNA replication is organized during S phase.
ISSN:0021-9525
1540-8140
DOI:10.1083/jcb.200911037