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"Werner syndrome helicase (WRN), nuclear DNA helicase II (NDH II) and histone gammaH2AX are localized to the centrosome."

Zhang S, Hemmerich P, Grosse F



Published Oct. 1, 2007 in Cell Biol Int volume 31 .

Pubmed ID: 17498979

Abstract:
Werner syndrome helicase (WRN) was found in the centrosome of human cells, both in interphase and in mitosis. Nuclear DNA helicase II (NDH II), also called RNA helicase A (RHA), an interaction partner of WRN, was also present in the centrosome. NDH II localized to the centrosome in interphase but left the centrosome with the ongoing progression of mitosis. The localization of NDH II to the centrosome was hardly affected by cytochalasin D that depolymerizes actin filaments. In contrast, treatment by the microtubules disrupting agent nocodazole strikingly detached NDH II from the centrosome, which was in contrast to WRN that remained there under this condition. Treatment of cells with the DNA damaging agent 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4NQO) released NDH II, but not WRN from the centrosome. Surprisingly, the double-stranded DNA break repair-induced histone variant gammaH2AX was also found in centrosomes of interphase and mitotic cells. Following DNA damage by 4NQO, gammaH2AX left the centrosome with similar kinetics as NDH II. In vitro pull-down assays confirmed a direct physical interaction between these two proteins. Since NDH II associated with gammaH2AX after DNA damage, we suggest that complex formation between NDH II and gammaH2AX may occur in pre-assembled complexes at the centrosome, which are subsequently recruited to sites of damaged DNA for inducing the repair process.


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