Abstract
RAD51 is one of six mitotic human homologs of the E. coli RecA protein (RAD51-Paralogs) that play a central role in homologous recombination and repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Here we demonstrate that RAD51 is important for resistance to cisplatin and mitomycin C in cells expressing the BCR/ABL oncogenic tyrosine kinase. BCR/ABL significantly enhances the expression of RAD51 and several RAD51-Paralogs. RAD51 overexpression is mediated by a STAT5-dependent transcription as well as by inhibition of caspase-3-dependent cleavage. Phosphorylation of the RAD51 Tyr-315 residue by BCR/ABL appears essential for enhanced DSB repair and drug resistance. Induction of the mammalian RecA homologs establishes a unique mechanism for DNA damage resistance in mammalian cells transformed by an oncogenic tyrosine kinase.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 795-806 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Molecular Cell |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2001 |
Keywords
- Antibiotics, Antineoplastic/pharmacology
- Antineoplastic Agents/pharmacology
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Bone Marrow Cells/drug effects
- Caspase 3
- Caspase Inhibitors
- Caspases/metabolism
- Cell Line
- Cisplatin/pharmacology
- DNA Repair/physiology
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Drug Resistance/physiology
- Enzyme Activation
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/genetics
- Genes, Reporter/genetics
- Humans
- Interleukin-3/pharmacology
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Milk Proteins
- Mitomycin/pharmacology
- Phosphorylation
- Rad51 Recombinase
- Rec A Recombinases/genetics
- STAT5 Transcription Factor
- Trans-Activators/genetics
- Transcriptional Activation