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"BCR/ABL translocates to the nucleus and disrupts an ATR-dependent intra-S phase checkpoint."
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Dierov J, Dierova R, Carroll M
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Published March 1, 2004
in Cancer Cell
volume 5
.
Pubmed ID:
15050919
Abstract:
Chronic myelogeneous leukemia (CML) is a two-stage disease associated with expression of the BCR/ABL tyrosine kinase protein. However, whether BCR/ABL expression directly causes blast crisis, and if so by what mechanism, is unknown. We have found that BCR/ABL translocates from the cytoplasm to the nucleus after genotoxic stress. Furthermore, BCR/ABL increases DNA double-strand damage after etoposide treatment and leads to a defect in an intra-S phase checkpoint, causing a radioresistant DNA synthesis (RDS) phenotype. In the nucleus, BCR/ABL associates with the ataxia-telangiectasia and rad 3-related protein (ATR) and disrupts ATR-dependent signal transduction. Overexpression of ATR in a BCR/ABL-expressing cell line corrects the DNA damage phenotype. These results demonstrate a nuclear role for BCR/ABL in altering the cellular response to DNA damage.
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