A p53-independent damage-sensing mechanism that functions as a checkpoint at the G1/S transition in Chinese hamster ovary cells

AUTOR(ES)

Lee, Hoyun

FONTE

The National Academy of Sciences of the USA

RESUMO

In response to a moderate dose of radiation, asynchronous mammalian cell populations rapidly and transiently down-regulate the rate of DNA synthesis to ≈50% of preirradiation values. We show here that only half of the reduction in overall replication rate can be accounted for by direct inhibition of initiation at origins in S-phase cells. The other half results from the operation of a newly defined cell cycle checkpoint that functions at the G1/S transition. This checkpoint senses damage incurred at any time during the last 2 hr of G1 and effectively prevents entry into the S period. The G1/S and S-phase checkpoints are both p53-independent and, unlike the p53-mediated G1 checkpoint, respond rapidly to radiation, suggesting that they may represent major damage-sensing mechanisms connecting the replication machinery with DNA repair pathways.

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