TY - JOUR
T1 - Attenuation of the formation of DNA-repair foci containing RAD51 in Fanconi anaemia
AU - Digweed, Martin
AU - Rothe, Susanne
AU - Demuth, Ilja
AU - Scholz, Regina
AU - Schindler, Detlev
AU - Stumm, Markus
AU - Grompe, Markus
AU - Jordan, Andreas
AU - Sperling, Karl
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - The role of the Fanconi anaemia genes in DNA repair was examined by a quantitative analysis of nuclear DNA repair foci in FA primary fibroblasts after ionising irradiation using antibodies directed against RAD51, MRE11 and BRCA1 for visualisation. IR induced foci detected with anti-RAD51, but not those detected with anti-MRE11, are reduced in fibroblasts of all eight FA complementation groups in comparison to control cells. Correction of FA-A, FA-C and FA-G cells by retroviral cDNA transfer specifically corrected the RAD51-foci response but did not affect formation of foci containing BRCA1 or MRE11. Since all FA cells, except FA-D1, lack the monoubiquitinated FANCD2-L protein, this isoform is likely to be involved in the formation of nuclear foci containing RAD51 in diploid FA cells. FA-D1 cells show the same attenuation in RAD51 foci formation, suggesting that the unknown FANCD1 protein is similarly involved in RAD51 foci formation, either independently or as a subsequent step in the FANCD2 pathway. These findings indicate that Fanconi anaemia cells have an impairment in the RAD51-dependent homologous recombination pathway for DNA repair, explaining their chromosomal instability and extreme sensitivity to DNA cross-linking agents.
AB - The role of the Fanconi anaemia genes in DNA repair was examined by a quantitative analysis of nuclear DNA repair foci in FA primary fibroblasts after ionising irradiation using antibodies directed against RAD51, MRE11 and BRCA1 for visualisation. IR induced foci detected with anti-RAD51, but not those detected with anti-MRE11, are reduced in fibroblasts of all eight FA complementation groups in comparison to control cells. Correction of FA-A, FA-C and FA-G cells by retroviral cDNA transfer specifically corrected the RAD51-foci response but did not affect formation of foci containing BRCA1 or MRE11. Since all FA cells, except FA-D1, lack the monoubiquitinated FANCD2-L protein, this isoform is likely to be involved in the formation of nuclear foci containing RAD51 in diploid FA cells. FA-D1 cells show the same attenuation in RAD51 foci formation, suggesting that the unknown FANCD1 protein is similarly involved in RAD51 foci formation, either independently or as a subsequent step in the FANCD2 pathway. These findings indicate that Fanconi anaemia cells have an impairment in the RAD51-dependent homologous recombination pathway for DNA repair, explaining their chromosomal instability and extreme sensitivity to DNA cross-linking agents.
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U2 - 10.1093/carcin/23.7.1121
DO - 10.1093/carcin/23.7.1121
M3 - Article
C2 - 12117768
AN - SCOPUS:0036312426
SN - 0143-3334
VL - 23
SP - 1121
EP - 1126
JO - Carcinogenesis
JF - Carcinogenesis
IS - 7
ER -