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Flavonoids (FVs) are an important class of plant compounds postulated to be one of the constituents responsible for the beneficial effects of fruits and vegetables on health, including heart disease and cancer. At pharmacological levels, various naturally-occurring flavonoids have been shown to be cancer-protective in a variety of animal models and flavonoid derivatives, such as flavopyridol, are being assessed as chemotherapy drugs in clinical trials. This report has investigated the effects of the most common dietary FVs on several major signalling pathways in biopsies of human epithelial cells using primary cultures freshly isolated from biopsies and has obtained evidence for the previously unrecognised importance of stress kinase responses induced by kaempferol (KF), apigenin (AP) and luteolin (LU). KF, AP and LU all activated ATM/ATR (mutated in ataxia-telangiectasia and related) kinases and the p38 stress kinase and this was associated with induction of GADD45 and cell cycle arrest in G2, but not induction of apoptosis. These effects were not due to general toxicity since they were reversible on removal of FV. The inductions of ATM/ATR and p38 were functionally important since caffeine, an inhibitor of ATM/ATR, and the p38-specific inhibitor, SB203580, prevented induction of GADD45 and growth arrest by these three flavonoids. In contrast, although quercetin (QU) activated ATM (but not ATR), it did not activate p38 kinase, GADD45 or p53. QU may interfere with one of the lipoxygenase (LOX) pathways since the growth inhibitory effects of QU (but not the other three flavonoids) could be reversed by addition of LOX metabolites, particularly 12- and 15-hydroxyeicostetraenic acids.
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PMID:Effects of dietary flavonoids on major signal transduction pathways in human epithelial cells. 1460 32

In this study, mice expressing one of the two Mre11 alleles inherited in the human ataxia-telangiectasia like disorder (A-TLD) were derived. The mutation had a profound maternal effect on embryonic viability, revealing an acute requirement for Mre11 complex function in early embryogenesis. Mre11(ATLD1/ATLD1) mice exhibited several indices of impaired ATM function. The mice also exhibited pronounced chromosomal instability. Despite this phenotypic spectrum, the animals were not prone to malignancy. These data indicate that defective cell cycle checkpoints and chromosomal instability are insufficient to significantly enhance the initiation of tumorigenesis. In contrast, the latency of malignancy in p53(+/-) mice was dramatically reduced. We propose that in Mre11(ATLD1/ATLD1) mice, genome instability and cell cycle checkpoint defects reduce viability in early embryos and in proliferating cells, while promoting malignancy in the context of an initiating lesion.
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PMID:Checkpoint failure and chromosomal instability without lymphomagenesis in Mre11(ATLD1/ATLD1) mice. 1469 Jun 4

The ATM gene, mutated in the cancer-prone and radiation-sensitive syndrome ataxia-telangiectasia (AT), could predispose to breast cancer (BC) development and adverse radiotherapy responses. Sixteen ATM variants were genotyped in 254 BC cases, 70 of whom were adverse radiotherapy responders (RS-BC), and 312 control subjects and the ATM haplotypes were constructed. Constitutive ATM protein, cell survival, and the p53 response after exposure to ionizing radiation were compared in lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) established from the BC cases, AT, and normal individuals. The tightly linked intronic ATM polymorphisms IVS22-77 T>C and IVS48 + 238 C>G, in the homozygote state were associated with increased BC risk [IVS22-77 CC versus TT odds ratio (OR), 1.67; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.00-2.81], and in the heterozygote state with clinical radioprotection (IVS22-77 CT versus TT OR, 0.45; 95% CI, 0.24-0.85). Homozygote carriers of the G5557A variant were over-represented in RS-BC cases compared with non-RS-BC cases (OR, 6.76; 95% CI, 1.19-38.43). These three single nucleotide polymorphisms were associated with the three major ATM haplotypes present in >80% of the study population. BC LCLs treated with ionizing radiation exhibited an intermediate cell survival and p53 response between that of normal and AT LCLs, with the response in the RS-BC LCLs being more compromised than in the non-RS-BC LCLs. Our study suggests a general pattern of increased BC risk associated with carrying any one of the ATM variants studied, with a significant association being observed in individuals carrying variants on both ATM alleles (OR, 1.75; 95% CI, 1.09-2.81) and that ATM variants may impact on radiation sensitivity.
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PMID:ATM haplotypes and cellular response to DNA damage: association with breast cancer risk and clinical radiosensitivity. 1469 86

Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) is the gene mutated in the genetic disorder ataxia telangiectasia (AT), the symptoms of which include sensitivity to radiation and an increased risk of cancer. ATM is a kinase involved in activating the appropriate damage-response pathway, leading to either cell-cycle arrest or apoptosis, and is therefore a key checkpoint molecule in regulating cell-cycle response to DNA damage and responsible for maintenance of genome integrity. However, little is known about the association of ATM mutations with human gastric cancer (HGC). In order to determine the mutation and mRNA expression changes of the ATM gene in HGC, we performed analyses by denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC), DNA sequencing and RT-PCR technique on 13 human gastric tumor cell lines and 30 cases of fresh tumor specimens matched normal tissue. We compared the potential effect of the ATM gene mutation and cell behavior including cell-cycle arrest and induction of apoptosis in the tumor cell lines MGC803 and BGC823 with and without ionizing radiation (IR) exposure. Our data show that frequent variations were observed at 10 exons and 2 cDNA fragments which covered 8 other exons of the ATM gene as 5 out of 13 on the cell lines (38.5%) and 2 out of 30 cases in the tissue specimens (6.7%). All point mutations were confirmed as base substitutions (5982T-C; 6620A-G; 8684G-G/A; 9389C-G) and deletions (1079delC) by use of DNA sequencing. Among the mutations, one was reported previously in breast cancer, the other five have not yet been reported. The expression of ATM was significantly lower in five cell lines (MGC803; MKN45; SGC7901; GES and SUN-1) than in two others (BGC823 and RF48). G2/M cell-cycle arrest and apoptosis were observed in ATM-deficient MGC803 cells challenged with IR. A transient up-regulation of p53 occurred 1h post-IR in BGC823 cells but not in MGC803 cells. Our findings suggest that ATM mutations might be a pathogenic factor for an increased risk of gastric cancer, and the dysfunction of ATM may lead to a hypersensitivity to ionizing radiation in gastric cancer cells, possibly by a p53-dependent pathway.
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PMID:Alteration of the ATM gene occurs in gastric cancer cell lines and primary tumors associated with cellular response to DNA damage. 1470 17

Cells contain numerous pathways designed to protect them from the genomic instability or toxicity that can result when their DNA is damaged. The p53 tumor suppressor is particularly important for regulating passage through G1 phase of the cell cycle, while other checkpoint regulators are important for arrest in S and G2 phase. Tumor cells often exhibit defects in these checkpoint proteins, which can lead to hypersensitivity; proteins in this class include ataxia-telangiectasia mutatated (ATM), Meiotic recanbination 11 (Mre11), Nijmegen breakage syndrome 1 (Nbs 1), breast cancer susceptibility genes 1 and 2 (BRCA1), and (BRCA2). Consequently, tumors should be assessed for these specific defects, and specific therapy prescribed that has high probability of inducing response. Tumors defective in p53 are frequently considered resistant to apoptosis, yet this defect also provides an opportunity for targeted therapy. When their DNA is damaged, p53-defective tumor cells preferentially arrest in S or G2 phase where they are susceptible to checkpoint inhibitors such as caffeine and UCN-01. These inhibitors preferentially abrogate cell cycle arrest in p53-defective cells, driving them through a lethal mitosis. Wild type p53 can prevent abrogation of arrest by elevating levels of p21(waf1) and decreasing levels of cyclins A and B. During tumorigenesis, tumor cells frequently loose checkpoint controls and this facilitates the development of the tumor. However, these defects also represent an Achilles heel that can be targeted to improve current therapeutic strategies.
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PMID:Cell cycle checkpoints and their impact on anticancer therapeutic strategies. 1474 82

Genistein, a soy isoflavone, has a wide range of biological actions that suggest it may be of use in cancer prevention. We have recently reported that it arrests hepatoma cells at G2/M phase and inhibits Cdc2 kinase activity. In the present study, we examined the signaling pathway by which genistein modulates Cdc2 kinase activity in HepG2 cells and leads to G2/M arrest, and found that it caused an increase in both Cdc2 phosphorylation and expression of the Cdc2-active kinase, Wee1. Genistein also enhanced the expression of the cell cycle inhibitor, p21waf1/cip1, which interacts with Cdc2. Furthermore, phosphorylation/inactivation of Cdc25C phosphatase, which dephosphorylates/activates Cdc2, was increased. Genistein enhanced the activity of the checkpoint kinase, Chk2, which phosphorylates/inactivates Cdc25C, induced accumulation of p53, and activated the ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated (ATM) gene. Caffeine, an ATM kinase inhibitor, inhibited these effects of genistein on Chk2, p53, and p21waf1/cip1. These findings suggest that the effect of genistein on G2/M arrest in HepG2 cells is partly due to ATM-dependent Chk2 activation, an increase in Cdc2 phosphorylation/inactivation as a result of induction of Wee1 expression, and a decrease in Cdc2 activity as a result of induction of p21waf1/cip1 expression.
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PMID:Genistein arrests hepatoma cells at G2/M phase: involvement of ATM activation and upregulation of p21waf1/cip1 and Wee1. 1475 71

ATM (ataxia-telangiectasia mutated) is a genotoxic stress transducer. In this first report of Atm-dependent birth defects, Atm-null embryos were uniquely susceptible to low-dose (0.5 Gy) radiation, exhibiting severe runting, tail anomalies, and lethality, independent of cell cycle arrest or insulin-like growth factor 1. This treatment enhanced levels of p53 protein and central nervous system (CNS) apoptosis in wild-type mice, but not Atm-null mutants, at 6 h postirradiation. At 48 h, however, this pattern was reversed, with Atm-null mice exhibiting high levels of a hybrid form of programmed cell death within the CNS. Even heterozygous Atm-deficient embryos were radiosensitive to a higher radiation dose of 2 Gy. These results show that Atm is a novel teratologic suppressor gene protecting embryos from pathological cell death and teratogenesis initiated by even mild DNA damage.
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PMID:Atm-null mice exhibit enhanced radiation-induced birth defects and a hybrid form of embryonic programmed cell death indicating a teratological suppressor function for ATM. 1503 31

Ataxia-oculomotor apraxia (AOA1) is a neurological disorder with symptoms that overlap those of ataxia-telangiectasia, a syndrome characterized by abnormal responses to double-strand DNA breaks and genome instability. The gene mutated in AOA1, APTX, is predicted to code for a protein called aprataxin that contains domains of homology with proteins involved in DNA damage signalling and repair. We demonstrate that aprataxin is a nuclear protein, present in both the nucleoplasm and the nucleolus. Mutations in the APTX gene destabilize the aprataxin protein, and fusion constructs of enhanced green fluorescent protein and aprataxin, representing deletions of putative functional domains, generate highly unstable products. Cells from AOA1 patients are characterized by enhanced sensitivity to agents that cause single-strand breaks in DNA but there is no evidence for a gross defect in single-strand break repair. Sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide and the resulting genome instability are corrected by transfection with full-length aprataxin cDNA. We also demonstrate that aprataxin interacts with the repair proteins XRCC1, PARP-1 and p53 and that it co-localizes with XRCC1 along charged particle tracks on chromatin. These results demonstrate that aprataxin influences the cellular response to genotoxic stress very likely by its capacity to interact with a number of proteins involved in DNA repair.
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PMID:Aprataxin, a novel protein that protects against genotoxic stress. 1504 83

Cyclin G is one of the earliest p53 target genes to be identified, but its function in the p53 pathway has been elusive. Although the precise mechanisms of cyclin G in this novel network have not been explored, recent studies have demonstrated that cyclin G is a key regulator of the p53-Mdm2 network. Here we present evidence that cyclin G-mediated p53 regulation is dependent upon the status of ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) protein, which activates p53 in response to DNA damage. Abrogation of cyclin G enhances p53 accumulation and phosphorylation of p53 at the Ser-15 residue, resulting in cell cycle arrest. Ectopically expressed cyclin G significantly reduces the steady-state levels of p53 as well as that of phosphorylated p53 at Ser-15 after DNA damage in normal human dermal fibroblasts containing normal ATM. However, cyclin G does not cause similar reductions in p53 levels in ATM-mutated cells. We also show that translocation of cyclin G to the nucleus requires functional ATM. Thus, our findings identify a new role of cyclin G in ATM-dependent p53 regulation and in cell cycle regulation during DNA damage.
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PMID:The negative role of cyclin G in ATM-dependent p53 activation. 1507 71

Camptothecin and Adriamycin are clinically important inhibitors for topoisomerase (Topo) I and Topo II, respectively. The ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) product is essential for ionizing radiation-induced DNA damage responses, but the role of ATM in Topo poisons-induced checkpoints remains unresolved. We found that distinct mechanisms are involved in the activation of different cell cycle checkpoints at different concentrations of Adriamycin and camptothecin. Adriamycin promotes the G(1) checkpoint through activation of the p53-p21(CIP1/WAF1) pathway and decrease of pRb phosphorylation. Phosphorylation of p53(Ser20) after Adriamycin treatment is ATM dependent, but is not required for the full activation of p53. The G(1) checkpoint is dependent on ATM at low doses but not at high doses of Adriamycin. In contrast, the Adriamycin-induced G(2) checkpoint is independent on ATM but sensitive to caffeine. Adriamycin inhibits histone H3(Ser10) phosphorylation through inhibitory phosphorylation of CDC2 at low doses and down-regulation of cyclin B1 at high doses. The camptothecin-induced intra-S checkpoint is partially dependent on ATM, and is associated with inhibitory phosphorylation of cyclin-dependent kinase 2 and reduction of BrdUrd incorporation after mid-S phase. Finally, apoptosis associated with high doses of Adriamycin or camptothecin is not influenced by the absence of ATM. These data indicate that the involvement of ATM following treatment with Topo poisons differs extensively with dosage and for different cell cycle checkpoints.
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PMID:Topoisomerase poisons differentially activate DNA damage checkpoints through ataxia-telangiectasia mutated-dependent and -independent mechanisms. 1514 Oct 20


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