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DNA replication is required for the checkpoint response to damaged DNA in Xenopus egg extracts

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posted on 2023-06-07, 13:55 authored by Matthew P. Stokes, Ruth Van Hatten, Howard D. Lindsay, W. Matthew Michael
Alkylating agents, such as methyl methanesulfonate (MMS), damage DNA and activate the DNA damage checkpoint. Although many of the checkpoint proteins that transduce damage signals have been identified and characterized, the mechanism that senses the damage and activates the checkpoint is not yet understood. To address this issue for alkylation damage, we have reconstituted the checkpoint response to MMS in Xenopus egg extracts. Using four different indicators for checkpoint activation (delay on entrance into mitosis, slowing of DNA replication, phosphorylation of the Chk1 protein, and physical association of the Rad17 checkpoint protein with damaged DNA), we report that MMS-induced checkpoint activation is dependent upon entrance into S phase. Additionally, we show that the replication of damaged double-stranded DNA, and not replication of damaged single-stranded DNA, is the molecular event that activates the checkpoint. Therefore, these data provide direct evidence that replication forks are an obligate intermediate in the activation of the DNA damage checkpoint.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

Journal of Cell Biology

ISSN

0021-9525

Publisher

Rockefeller University Press

Issue

5

Volume

158

Page range

863-872

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2007-04-02

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