TIF1 activates the intra-S-phase checkpoint response in the diploid micronucleus and amitotic polyploid macronucleus of Tetrahymena.
TIF1 activates the intra-S-phase checkpoint response in the diploid micronucleus and amitotic polyploid macronucleus of Tetrahymena.
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TIF1 激活四膜虫二倍体微核和无丝分裂多倍体大核中的 S 期内检查点反应。
DOI:
10.1091/mbc.e06-05-0469
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发表时间:
2006
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Kapler,GeoffreyM
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作者:
Yakisich,JSebastian;Sandoval,PamelaY;Morrison,TaraL;Kapler,GeoffreyM
The ribosomal DNA origin binding protein Tif1p regulates the timing of rDNA replication and is required globally for proper S-phase progression and division of theTetrahymena thermophilamacronucleus. Here, we show that Tif1p safeguards chromosomes from DNA damage in the mitotic micronucleus and amitotic macronucleus.TIF1plocalization is dynamically regulated as it moves into the micro- and macronucleus during the respective S phases.TIF1disruption mutants are hypersensitive to hydroxyurea and methylmethanesulfonate, inducers of DNA damage and intra-S-phase checkpoint arrest in all examined eukaryotes.TIF1mutants incur double-strand breaks in the absence of exogenous genotoxic stress, destabilizing all five micronuclear chromosomes. Wild-typeTetrahymenaelicits an intra-S-phase checkpoint response that is induced by hydroxyurea and suppressed by caffeine, an inhibitor of the apical checkpoint kinaseATR/MEC1. In contrast, hydroxyurea-challengedTIF1mutants fail to arrest in S phase or exhibit caffeine-sensitive Rad51 overexpression, indicating the involvement ofTIF1in checkpoint activation. Although aberrant micro- and macronuclear division occurs inTIF1mutants and caffeine-treated wild-type cells,TIF1pbears no similarity toATRor its substrates. We propose thatTIF1andATRfunction in the same epistatic pathway to regulate checkpoint responses in the diploid mitotic micronucleus and polyploid amitotic macronucleus.