抄録
We investigated the function of the interaction between WRN (Werner syndrome gene product) and Ku70 and between WRN and DNA-PKcs, which are components of the DNA-PKcs/Ku70/Ku80 complex, by generating KU70-/-/WRN-/- and DNA-PKcs-/-/-/WRN-/- double-gene knockout chicken DT40 cells. When treated with camptothecin (CPT), an inhibitor of DNA topoisomerase I, WRN-/- cells showed higher sensitivity than wild-type cells, whereas KU70-/- and DNA-PKcs-/-/- cells showed hyper-resistance. Disruption of KU70 or DNA-PKcs suppressed the sensitivity of WRN-/- cells to CPT, rendering them as resistant to CPT treatment as KU70-/- and DNA-PKcs-/-/- cells. On the other hand, CPT sensitivity of BLM-/- cells, which are defective in a RecQ helicase similar to WRN, was enhanced by deletion of KU70. The implications for the function of WRN in the non-homologous end-joining pathway of DNA repair involving Ku70 and DNA-PKcs, which may be the cause of lethality in the presence of CPT, will be discussed.
本文言語 | English |
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ページ(範囲) | 477-482 |
ページ数 | 6 |
ジャーナル | Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
巻 | 355 |
号 | 2 |
DOI | |
出版ステータス | Published - 2007 4月 6 |
外部発表 | はい |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 生物理学
- 生化学
- 分子生物学
- 細胞生物学