Curriculum in Toxicology; University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Chapel Hill, NC USA.
Cell Cycle. 2013 Nov 15;12(22):3555-63. doi: 10.4161/cc.26590. Epub 2013 Sep 25.
The ATR/CHK1-dependent intra-S checkpoint inhibits replicon initiation and replication fork progression in response to DNA damage caused by UV (UV) radiation. It has been proposed that this signaling cascade protects against UV-induced mutations by reducing the probability that damaged DNA will be replicated before it can be repaired. Normal human fibroblasts (NHF) were depleted of ATR or CHK1, or treated with the CHK1 kinase inhibitor TCS2312, and the UV-induced mutation frequency at the HPRT locus was measured. Despite clear evidence of S-phase checkpoint abrogation, neither ATR/CHK1 depletion nor CHK1 inhibition caused an increase in the UV-induced HPRT mutation frequency. These results question the premise that the UV-induced intra-S checkpoint plays a prominent role in protecting against UV-induced mutagenesis.
ATR/CHK1 依赖性的 S 期检查点抑制复制起始和复制叉进展,以响应由 UV(紫外线)辐射引起的 DNA 损伤。据推测,这种信号级联反应通过降低在受损 DNA 修复之前被复制的可能性来防止 UV 诱导的突变。正常的人成纤维细胞(NHF)被耗尽 ATR 或 CHK1,或用 CHK1 激酶抑制剂 TCS2312 处理,并测量 HPRT 基因座处的 UV 诱导突变频率。尽管有明显的 S 期检查点中断的证据,但 ATR/CHK1 耗尽或 CHK1 抑制均不会导致 UV 诱导的 HPRT 突变频率增加。这些结果质疑了 UV 诱导的 S 期检查点在防止 UV 诱导的突变中起主要作用的前提。