c-Abl在DNA损伤反应中的功能

非受体酪氨酸激酶c-Abl在正常生理及病理条件下具有多种生物学功能。当电离辐射、顺铂、丝裂霉素C等DNA损伤诱导剂诱导DNA损伤反应后,c-Abl可参与DNA损伤反应后的细胞周期调控、基因重组修复及细胞凋亡调控等,进而决定细胞在DNA损伤反应条件下的状态。简要介绍了c-Abl在DNA损伤反应中的作用及其进展。     

UV—A区段紫外线照射对DNA影响的拉曼光谱分析

本文检测了鲱鱼精DNA水溶液经不同时间UV－A紫外辐射后的拉曼光谱,研究结果表明,该区段紫外辐射比用UV－A和UV－B共同照射对DNA的影响要小,主链构象基本稳定。但经较长时间辐射仍会对鲱鱼精DNA造成损伤,受影响的部位主要是脱氧核糖和胸腺嘧啶碱基部分,UV－A对脱氧核糖的影响与UV－A加UV－B共同照射的结果作比较后,可以说明UV－A对脱氧核糖的损伤有累积的效应,而对于胸腺嘧啶的影响,从其各个指标的分析来看,有损伤但程度较小。本实验说明UV－A辐射条件下没有嘧啶二聚体的形成,也不存在6,4光产物形成的证明,但对于Dewar异构体的形成,有部分证明,与Taylor(1994)报道的结果相一致,UV－A没有造成DNA单链断裂现象。     

紫外线诱导的DNA损伤与皮肤癌的发生(1)

日光中紫外线(ultraviolet radiation,UV)诱导的DNA损伤是导致皮肤癌发生的一个重要因素。在皮肤癌细胞中发现,调控细胞增殖、分化和凋亡的特异性基因出现与紫外线损伤相关的变异。根据日光中紫外线波长的不同,可将其分为3种：UVA,UVB和UVC。UVB是导致DNA损伤的主要类型。目前已证实一些原癌基因和抑癌基因由于紫外线引起的DNA损伤而发生变异。UV诱导产生皮肤癌是一个复杂的过程,涉及到许多细胞和分子水平上的变化,同时还与DNA的修复作用相关。     

芒果老叶在增强UV-B辐射处理下的损伤和保护反应

以‘台衣一号’芒果盆栽苗离体老叶为试材,研究增强UV—B辐射条件下芒果老叶的损伤和保护反应。结果表明：UV—B辐射处理使芒果叶片MDA含量和相对电导率升高、叶绿素含量和叶绿素a／b降低,表明叶片受到损伤,且随处理时间延长叶片损伤加重。UV—B辐射处理叶片可溶性蛋白含量、抗氧化酶（SOD、CAT、POD）活性、保护色素（类胡萝卜素、类黄酮）和还原型GSH含量显著高于对照叶片,UV—B辐射处理叶片维生素C含量显著低于对照叶片,表明增强UV—B辐射可诱导叶片细胞通过提高活性氧清除能力和积累保护色素而直接吸收部分UV—B辐射来提高抗增强UV—B辐射损伤的能力。     

A型核纤层蛋白在氧化应激和DNA损伤反应中的作用

核纤层蛋白是一种存在于真核细胞核膜下的中间丝纤维蛋白,是细胞核中重要的骨架蛋白,对维持细胞核的结构和功能具有重要作用。其基因突变会引起一系列的遗传性疾病,称为核纤层蛋白病。这些疾病在细胞水平表现出氧化应激和DNA损伤的特征,提示核纤层蛋白在氧化应激和DNA损伤反应中具有重要作用。本文主要就A型核纤层蛋白在氧化应激、DNA损伤反应中的作用机制进行综述。     

DNA损伤修复反应的双刃剑效应在肿瘤与衰老发生发展中的作用

人类生存环境中的有害物质、机体正常代谢产生的氧化自由基、端粒缩短或端粒酶活性改变、原癌基因激活或抑癌基因失活等均可造成DNA损伤。通过启动DNA损伤修复反应,激活p53/p21或p16/Rb信号转导途径可以引发细胞周期阻滞,为修复破损的DNA赢得时间,避免不完整的DNA信息继续传递下去。过度的细胞周期阻滞将引起不可逆的细胞增殖停滞并最终引起细胞衰老,而当损伤的DNA没有完全修复就无限制的进入细胞周期时,将会诱发肿瘤的形成。肿瘤和衰老的发生机制是相互对立、相互交织的,而DNA损伤修复反应是联系二者的纽带。     

基因转录后调控在DNA损伤反应中的重要功能

DNA损伤发生时,细胞会激活一系列复杂的信号网络来调控细胞周期检查,完成DNA损伤修复或当损伤超过修复能力时诱导凋亡,这一信号网络被称为DNA损伤反应(DNA damage response,DDR)。以往DDR信号网络的研究主要集中于基因转录调控和蛋白共价修饰对功能分子的稳定性和活性调控。近年来,mRNA稳定性调控和mRNA翻译调控等基因转录后调控机制在DDR中的重要作用引起研究者越来越多的关注。研究证明:多种microRNAs和RNA结合蛋白(RNA-binding proteins,RBPs)在转录后水平调控诸多重要功能蛋白的表达,在DDR信号网络中起着不可或缺的作用。文章针对DDR反应中转录后调控的研究进展以及参与其中的microRNAs和RBPs进行阐述和讨论。     

多-ADP-核糖基化和DNA切除修复的关系

早在三十年前就发现某些化学物质或电离辐射造成DNA损伤时,细胞内NAD~+含量减少.现在证明,NAD~+除作为脱氢酶的辅酶外,还作为多-ADP-核糖合成酶的底物,用以合成多-ADP-核糖,从而修饰核蛋白发挥生物效应,如参与DNA的复制及修复等.多-ADP-核糖合成酶的活性是DNA依赖的,而且和DNA链上的切口数有关,但多-ADP-核糖基化和DNA修复过程中的哪些反应步骤有关,目前尚无定论. 本文以人淋巴细胞为材料,紫外线(UV)照射造成DNA损伤,研究多-ADP-核糖基化     

多-ADP-核糖基化和DNA切除修复的关系

早在三十年前就发现某些化学物质或电离辐射造成DNA损伤时,细胞内NAD~ 含量减少。现在证明,NAD~ 除作为脱氢酶的辅酶外,还作为多-ADP-核糖合成酶的底物,用以合成多-ADP-核糖,从而修饰核蛋白发挥生物效应,如参与DNA的复制及修复等。多-ADP-核糖合成酶的活性是DNA依赖的,而且和DNA链上的切口数有关,但多-ADP-核糖基化和DNA修复过程中的哪些反应步骤有关,目前尚无定论。本文以人淋巴细胞为材料,紫外线(UV)照射造成DNA损伤,研究多-ADP-核糖基化     

DNA损伤修复蛋白在炎症免疫反应中的作用

细胞代谢或细胞应激均可以引起DNA损伤。DNA损伤可以引起一系列级联反应即DNA损伤反应。炎症免疫反应是活体组织对损伤因子所起的防御反应。DNA损伤反应与炎症的发生发展密切相关,而DNA损伤修复蛋白在免疫系统中具有重要作用。本文将就DNA损伤修复蛋白在炎症免疫反应中的作用及其机制进行综述。     

Role of p21WAF1 in the Cellular Response to UV

UV or gamma irradiation mediated DNA damage activates p53 and induces cell cycle arrest. Induction of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21WAF1 by p53 after DNA damage plays an important role in cell cycle arrest after gamma irradiation. The p53 mediated cell cycle arrest has been postulated to allow cells to repair the DNA damage. Repair of UV damaged DNA occurs primarily by the nucleotide excision pathway (NER). It is known that p21WAF1 binds PCNA and inhibits PCNA function in DNA replication. PCNA is also required for repair by NER but there have been conflicting reports on whether p21 can inhibit PCNA function in NER. It has therefore been difficult to integrate the UV induced cell cycle arrest by p21 in the context of repair of UV damaged DNA. A recent study reported that p21WAF1 protein is degraded after low but not high doses of UV irradiation, that cell cycle arrest after UV is p21 independent, and that at low dose UV irradiation p21 degradation is essential for optimal DNA repair. These findings shed new light on the role of p21 in the cellular response to UV and clarify some outstanding issues concerning p21 function.     

Mitotic UV Irradiation Induces a DNA Replication-Licensing Defect that Potentiates G1 Arrest Response

Cdt1 begins to accumulate in M phase and has a key role in establishing replication licensing at the end of mitosis or in early G1 phase. Treatments that damage the DNA of cells, such as UV irradiation, induce Cdt1 degradation through PCNA-dependent CRL4-Cdt2 ubiquitin ligase. How Cdt1 degradation is linked to cell cycle progression, however, remains unclear. In G1 phase, when licensing is established, UV irradiation leads to Cdt1 degradation, but has little effect on the licensing state. In M phase, however, UV irradiation does not induce Cdt1 degradation. When mitotic UV-irradiated cells were released into G1 phase, Cdt1 was degraded before licensing was established. Thus, these cells exhibited both defective licensing and G1 cell cycle arrest. The frequency of G1 arrest increased in cells expressing extra copies of Cdt2, and thus in cells in which Cdt1 degradation was enhanced, whereas the frequency of G1 arrest was reduced in cell expressing an extra copy of Cdt1. The G1 arrest response of cells irradiated in mitosis was important for cell survival by preventing the induction of apoptosis. Based on these observations, we propose that mammalian cells have a DNA replication-licensing checkpoint response to DNA damage induced during mitosis.     

The UV Response in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Saccharomyces cerevisiae</Emphasis> Involves the Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Slt2p

Exposure to UV causes a response in yeast and mammalian cells, which is distinct from the response to DNA damage. We report that the mitogen-activated protein kinase Slt2p is involved in this response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Thus, budding yeast and mammalian cells respond to UV by using very similar signal transduction pathways.     

Fbw7 and Usp28 Regulate Myc Protein Stability in Response to DNA Damage

The cellular levels of the Myc oncoprotein are critical determinants of cell proliferation, cell growth and apoptosis and are tightly regulated by external growth factors. Levels of Myc oncoprotein also decline in response to intracellular stress signals such as DNA damage. We show here that this decline is in part due to proteasomal degradation and that it is mediated by the Fbw7 ubiquitin ligase. We have shown previously that the ubiquitin-specific protease Usp28, binds to the nucleoplasmic isoform of Fbw7, Fbw7α, and counteracts its function in mammalian cells. Usp28 dissociates from Fbw7α in response to UV irradiation, providing a mechanism how Fbw7-mediated degradation of Myc is enhanced upon DNA damage. Our data extend previous observations that link Myc function to the cellular response to DNA damage.     

An Integrated Approach for Analysis of the DNA Damage Response in Mammalian Cells: NUCLEOTIDE EXCISION REPAIR,DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINT,AND APOPTOSIS*

DNA damage by UV and UV-mimetic agents elicits a set of inter-related responses in mammalian cells, including DNA repair, DNA damage checkpoints, and apoptosis. Conventionally, these responses are analyzed separately using different methodologies. Here we describe a unified approach that is capable of quantifying all three responses in parallel using lysates from the same population of cells. We show that a highly sensitive in vivo excision repair assay is capable of detecting nucleotide excision repair of a wide spectrum of DNA lesions (UV damage, chemical carcinogens, and chemotherapeutic drugs) within minutes of damage induction. This method therefore allows for a real-time measure of nucleotide excision repair activity that can be monitored in conjunction with other components of the DNA damage response, including DNA damage checkpoint and apoptotic signaling. This approach therefore provides a convenient and reliable platform for simultaneously examining multiple aspects of the DNA damage response in a single population of cells that can be applied for a diverse array of carcinogenic and chemotherapeutic agents.     

The PIM-2 Kinase Is an Essential Component of the Ultraviolet Damage Response That Acts Upstream to E2F-1 and ATM

The oncogenic nature ascribed to the PIM-2 kinase relies mostly on phosphorylation of substrates that act as pro-survival/anti-apoptotic factors. Nevertheless, pro-survival effects can also result from activating DNA repair mechanisms following damage. In this study, we addressed the possibility that PIM-2 plays a role in the cellular response to UV damage, an issue that has never been addressed before. We found that in U2OS cells, PIM-2 expression and activity increased upon exposure to UVC radiation (2–50 mJ/cm²), and Pim-2-silenced cells were significantly more sensitive to UV radiation. Overexpression of PIM-2 accelerated removal of UV-induced DNA lesions over time, reduced γH2AX accumulation in damaged cells, and rendered these cells significantly more viable following UV radiation. The protective effect of PIM-2 was mediated by increased E2F-1 and activated ATM levels. Silencing E2F-1 reduced the protective effect of PIM-2, whereas inhibiting ATM activity abrogated this protective effect, irrespective of E2F-1 levels. The results obtained in this study place PIM-2 upstream to E2F-1 and ATM in the UV-induced DNA damage response.