BCR/ABL regulates mammalian RecA homologs, resulting in drug resistance

Artur Slupianek, Christoph Schmutte, Gregory Tombline, Malgorzata Nieborowska-Skorska, Grażyna Hoser, Michal O. Nowicki, Andrew J. Pierce, Richard Fishel, Tomasz Skorski

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)795-806
Number of pages12
JournalMolecular Cell
Volume8
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 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

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