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Query: EC:2.4.2.30 (PARP)
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Recently, photoaffinity labeling experiments with mouse cell extracts suggested that PARP-1 functions as a surveillance protein for a stalled BER intermediate. To further understand the role of PARP-1 in BER, we examined the DNA synthesis and flap excision steps in long patch BER using a reconstituted system containing a 34-base pair BER substrate and five purified human enzymes: uracil-DNA glycosylase, apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease, DNA polymerase beta, flap endonuclease-1 (FEN-1), and PARP-1. PARP-1 stimulates strand displacement DNA synthesis by DNA polymerase beta in this system; this stimulation is dependent on the presence of FEN-1. PARP-1 and FEN-1, therefore, cooperate to activate long patch BER. The results are discussed in the context of a model for BER sub-pathway choice, illustrating a dual role for PARP-1 as a surveillance protein for a stalled BER intermediate and an activating factor for long patch BER DNA synthesis.
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PMID:DNA polymerase beta -mediated long patch base excision repair. Poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase-1 stimulates strand displacement DNA synthesis. 1144 Sep 97

In the base excision repair pathway, wild-type DNA polymerase beta (WT polbeta) provides most of the gap filling synthesis. A truncated polbeta protein (polbetaDelta), expressed in primary colorectal and breast tumors and in a primary culture of renal cell carcinoma, inhibits the gap filling synthesis and DNA binding activities of WT polbeta. However, a purified recombinant polbetaDelta does not inhibit a purified WT polbeta. To determine the dominant inhibitory activity of polbetaDelta, we examined interactions of purified polbetaDelta with X-ray cross complementing group 1 (XRCC1), poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), and apurinic endonuclease (Ape) proteins. All of these proteins interact with polbetaDelta in vitro and in vivo. The polbetaDelta protein can fill one nucleotide gap by inserting a base at the AP site, whereas a presumed binary complex of polbetaDelta and XRCC1 cannot. However, this binary complex not only suppresses gap filling synthesis activity of WT polbeta but also binds more strongly to gapped DNA than WT polbeta bound to XRCC1. These results are the first to suggest that XRCC1 is directly involved in the dominant negative activity of truncated polbeta, possibly leading to the genomic instability characteristic of tumor cells.
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PMID:A novel role of XRCC1 in the functions of a DNA polymerase beta variant. 1146 63

Arsenic trioxide has recently been shown to inhibit growth and induce apoptosis in acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL), but little is known about the molecular mechanisms mediating these effects. Here we demonstrate that treatment of promonocytic U937 cells with arsenic trioxide leads to G2/M arrest which was associated with a dramatic increase in the levels of cyclin B and cyclin B-dependent kinase and apoptosis. We further show that apoptosis occurs after bcl-2 phosphorylation and caspase-3 activation followed by cleavage of PARP and PLC-gamma1 degradation and DNA fragmentation. The arsenic trioxide-induced apoptosis could be blocked by the protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide. In addition, pretreatment of U937 cells with the DNA polymerase inhibitor aphidicolin also blocked apoptosis, but did not cause the arrest of cells in the G2/M phase. The findings suggest that arsenic trioxide exerts its growth-inhibitory effects by modulating expression and/or activity of several key G2/M regulatory proteins. Furthermore, arsenic trioxide-mediated G2/M arrest correlates with the onset of apoptosis.
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PMID:Arsenic trioxide induces G2/M growth arrest and apoptosis after caspase-3 activation and bcl-2 phosphorylation in promonocytic U937 cells. 1152 58

Three mammalian genes encoding DNA ligases--LIG1, LIG3, and LIG4--have been identified. Genetic, biochemical, and cell biology studies indicate that the products of each of these genes play a unique role in mammalian DNA metabolism. Interestingly, cell lines deficient in either DNA ligase I (46BR.1G1) or DNA ligase III (EM9) are sensitive to simple alkylating agents. One interpretation of these observations is that DNA ligases I and III participate in functionally distinct base excision repair (BER) subpathways. In support of this idea, extracts from both DNA ligase-deficient cell lines are defective in catalyzing BER in vitro and both DNA ligases interact with other BER proteins. DNA ligase I interacts directly with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) and DNA polymerase beta (Pol beta), linking this enzyme with both short-patch and long-patch BER. In somatic cells, DNA ligase III alpha forms a stable complex with the DNA repair protein Xrcc1. Although Xrcc1 has no catalytic activity, it also interacts with Pol beta and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), linking DNA ligase III alpha with BER and single-strand break repair, respectively. Biochemical studies suggest that the majority of short-patch base excision repair events are completed by the DNA ligase III alpha/Xrcc1 complex. Although there is compelling evidence for the participation of PARP in the repair of DNA single-strand breaks, the role of PARP in BER has not been established.
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PMID:Completion of base excision repair by mammalian DNA ligases. 1155 94

The DNA damage dependence of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-2 (PARP-2) activity is suggestive of its implication in genome surveillance and protection. Here we show that the PARP-2 gene, mainly expressed in actively dividing tissues follows, but to a smaller extent, that of PARP-1 during mouse development. We found that PARP-2 and PARP-1 homo- and heterodimerize; the interacting interfaces, sites of reciprocal modification, have been mapped. PARP-2 was also found to interact with three other proteins involved in the base excision repair pathway: x-ray cross complementing factor 1 (XRCC1), DNA polymerase beta, and DNA ligase III, already known as partners of PARP-1. XRCC1 negatively regulates PARP-2 activity, as it does for PARP-1, while being a polymer acceptor for both PARP-1 and PARP-2. To gain insight into the physiological role of PARP-2 in response to genotoxic stress, we developed by gene disruption mice deficient in PARP-2. Following treatment by the alkylating agent N-nitroso-N-methylurea (MNU), PARP-2-deficient cells displayed an important delay in DNA strand breaks resealing, similar to that observed in PARP-1 deficient cells, thus confirming that PARP-2 is also an active player in base excision repair despite its low capacity to synthesize ADP-ribose polymers.
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PMID:Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-2 (PARP-2) is required for efficient base excision DNA repair in association with PARP-1 and XRCC1. 1194 90

We asked whether the constitutive level of DNA strand breaks (SBs) in four human squamous carcinoma cell lines is associated with their radiosensitivity, measured by the clonogenic assay. Because impairment in DNA replication and the action of endogenous deoxyribonucleases are two major sources of DNA strand breaks under normal cell metabolism, we also analyzed DNA polymerase and DNA ligase activities as well as the functional status of Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and nucleolytic degradation of genomic DNA. We showed that the two relatively radioresistant cell lines, UM-SCC-1 and UT-SCC-5, had a statistically significant lower constitutive level of DNA SBs, as measured by DNA precipitation technique, compared with the two relatively radiosensitive cell lines, UM-SCC-14A and UT-SCC-9. We found that cell lines with a higher level of broken DNA tended to have a higher constitutive level of DNA polymerase alpha activity, measured by incorporation of [(3)H]dTTP in DNase I-activated DNA. UM-SCC-1, UT-SCC-5, and UM-SCC-14A did not show any difference in DNA ligase activity when a nicked oligonucleotide was used as substrate. The most radiosensitive cell line, UT-SCC-9, had a significantly lower ligation efficiency compared to the other three cell lines. The functional status of the PARP was the same in the four cell lines. Although none of the four cell lines showed a characteristic apoptotic or necrotic degradation of genomic DNA, when tested with the "plasmid rejoining assay," a significant degradation of the plasmid DNA in UT-SCC-9 was detected. We conclude that the high fraction of DNA SBs for UT-SCC-9, the most radiosensitive cell line, is most likely a consequence of low ligation efficiency combined with a relatively high DNA polymerase alpha activity and the nuclease degradation of DNA.
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PMID:Radiosensitivity of human squamous carcinoma cell lines is associated with amount of spontaneous DNA strand breaks. 1199 85

In according with the mechanism for an adaptive response (AR) offered in [Bodnarchuk I.A.//Radiat. biologiya. Radioecologiya. 2002. V. 42. No. 1. P. 36-43], the low-dose irradiation of mammalian cells leads to the activation of such enzymes as Ras, ceramid-activated protein kinase, phospholipase C (PL C) and phosphatidilinostol 3-kinase (PI 3-K). All of them initiate apoptosis and eliminate the most radiosensitive cells form the population before the damaging irradiation. The function of PL C and PI 3-K accompanied by protein kinase C (PK C) activation. PK C activates transcription of the poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (PARP) gene and DNA polymerase beta gene, and makes posttranslation activation of apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease APE, which are participating in the base excision repair (BER). PK C, APE and PARP activate the transcription factor p53, PK C and APE also activate the transcription factor AP-1, AP-1 and p53 take part in the initiation of nucleotide excision reapir (NER). The function of BER, NER and p53 after the damaging irradiation is accompanied by the G1-arrest of cell cycle progression. During G1-arrest there is p53-dependent activation of nonhomologous ends joining (NHEJ) and the inhibition of homologous recombination repair (HRR) of the DNA double-strand breaks takes place. Passing through the NHEJ the cells will outgo from G1-arrest and follow by HRR. AP-1 takes part in outgoing of cells from G1-arrest. So, the preliminary low-dose irradiation causes the decrease of quantity of cells died apoptotically after damaging irradiation as a result of inability to overcome G1-arrest. Thus, AR is the combination of processes: the removal of radiosensitive subpopulation of cells, and/or the activation of DNA repair, and/or the increase of cells ability to overcome the cell cycle delay.
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PMID:[Analysis of the role of DNA repair, regulation of cell cycle and apoptosis in the radiation-induced adaptive response of mammalian cells]. 1267 54

Previous studies have shown that poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) and DNA polymerase beta, nuclear enzymes, are associated with cell replication and DNA repair. The present study tests the hypothesis that hypoxia results in increased PARP and DNA polymerase activity in cerebral cortical neuronal nuclei to repair the hypoxia-induced damage to genomic DNA. Studies were conducted in 13 anesthetized and ventilated newborn piglets (age 3-5 days) divided into normoxic (n=5) and hypoxic (n=8) groups. Hypoxia was induced by decreasing inspired oxygen from 21% to 7% for 60 min. Cerebral tissue hypoxia was documented biochemically by determining the tissue levels of ATP and phosphocreatine (PCr). Following isolation of the cortical neuronal nuclei, the activity of PARP and DNA polymerase beta was determined. During hypoxia, the tissue ATP level decreased by 73% from 4.12+/-0.67 micromol/g brain to 1.12+/-0.34 micromol/g brain, and PCr decreased by 78% from 4.14+/-0.68-0.90+/-0.20 micromol/g brain. In hypoxic neuronal nuclei, PARP activity significantly increased from 5.88+/-0.51 pmol NAD/mg protein/h in normoxic nuclei to 10.04+/-2.02 (P=0.001). PARP activity inversely correlated with tissue ATP (r=0.78) and PCr levels (r=0.81). Administration of N-nitro-L-arginine prior to hypoxia decreased the hypoxia-induced increase in PARP activity by 67%. Endogenous DNA polymerase beta activity increased from 0.96+/-0.13 in normoxic nuclei to 1.39+/-0.18 nmol/mg protein/h in hypoxic nuclei (P<0.005). DNA polymerase beta activity in the presence of exogenous template increased from 1.54+/-0.14 in the normoxic to 2.42+/-0.26 nmol/mg protein/h in the hypoxic group (P<0.005). DNA polymerase beta activity in the presence or absence of template inversely correlated with the tissue ATP (r=0.95 and 0.84, respectively) and PCr levels (r=0.93 and 0.77, respectively). These results demonstrate that the activity of PARP and DNA polymerase beta enzymes increase with the increase in degree of cerebral tissue hypoxia. Furthermore, the results demonstrate a direct correlation between the PARP and the DNA polymerase beta activity. We conclude that tissue hypoxia results in increased PARP and DNA polymerase beta activities indicating activation of DNA repair mechanisms that may result in potential neuronal recovery following hypoxia and the hypoxia-induced increase in PARP activity is NO-mediated.
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PMID:Hypoxia-induced modification of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase and dna polymerase beta activity in cerebral cortical nuclei of newborn piglets: role of nitric oxide. 1283 61

DNA base excision repair (BER) constitutes a major mechanism to restore the integrity of the genome following modifications of nucleobases. Although it is well established that poly(ADP-ribosylation) facilitates BER, the mechanism of this stimulation has remained unknown. Previous observations suggested that poly(ADP-ribose), which is synthesised from NAD(+), could serve as a unique source of ATP required for the ligation step in BER. This pathway of ATP generation is thought to compensate ATP shortage and relies on the release of pyrophosphate during DNA repair synthesis. Here, we present evidence that, in situations of cellular energy depletion, the synthesis of poly(ADP-ribose) is indeed stimulated. Simultaneously, single nucleotide repair is reduced. Rather, the number of nucleotides incorporated by DNA polymerase beta (Pol beta) during DNA repair synthesis is increased. Using a reconstituted system including the recombinant BER proteins Pol beta, AP endonuclease 1 (APE 1), X-ray repair cross-complementing group-1 (XRCC1), DNA ligase III (Lig III), flap endonuclease 1 (FEN 1), and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1), it is demonstrated that in the absence of ATP, both long patch DNA synthesis by Pol beta and poly(ADP-ribosylation) catalysed by PARP-1 are stimulated. Consequently, the preferred use of either long patch or single nucleotide BER depends on the availability of ATP. It is proposed that long patch BER is required for ATP generation from poly(ADP-ribose) and, therefore, predominant under conditions of ATP shortage.
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PMID:ATP-dependent selection between single nucleotide and long patch base excision repair. 1367 48

The response of different tumours to radiation varies. This variation has been attributed to, among others, varying DNA repair capabilities The response of three tumour lines, differing in their sensitivities to radiation, namely, murine fibrosarcoma, lymphosarcoma and ascites, was studied by following the activities of enzymes known to be involved in DNA repair. The activities of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), DNA polymerase b and DNA ligase in fibrosarcoma, lymphosarcoma and ascites recorded varying degrees of increase following gamma irradiation (2 Gy). The increase was more pronounced in fibrosarcoma, which recorded a maximum 2 h after irradiation for b polymerase, and at 4 h for ligase and PARP, thereafter declining to near normal levels after 24 h. In contrast, the activity of DNA Topoisomerase I declined, corresponding to an increase in the PARP activity. The maximum increase in the activity of beta polymerase, ligase and PARP from lymphosarcoma and ascites was observed 2 h after irradiation with a corresponding decrease in Topoisomerase I activity. Search for the target enzymes and proteins for modification by PARP in gamma -irradiated fibrosarcoma tumour cells revealed that nuclei, and not chromatin, were preferentially modified by PARP. Among the nuclear proteins, histones were found to be ribosylated. The enzyme topoisomerase was ribosylated by PARP in vitro, and this modification was found to inhibit topoisomerase activity. We speculate that a possible role of PARP is to coordinate the activities of other enzymes in DNA repair by selectively inhibiting certain enzymes by the ribosylation process.
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PMID:Response of DNA repair enzymes in murine fibrosarcoma, lymphosarcoma and ascites cells following gamma irradiation. 1464 26


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