title: ADP-ribosylation of ADPR-transferase and topoisomerase I in intact mouse epidermal cells JB6.
abstract: Poly(ADP-ribosylation) [poly(ADPR)] is a posttranslational modification of chromosomal proteins that affects the structural and functional properties of chromatin. We have studied poly(ADPR) of ADPR-transferase and topoisomerase I in intact mouse epidermal cells JB6 (clone 41) by a combination of affinity chromatography on phenylboronate and immunoblotting with monoclonal antibodies against poly(ADPR) chains and polyclonal antibodies against ADPR-transferase and topoisomerase I, respectively. Constitutive, steady-state poly(ADPR) substitution of ADPR-transferase was estimated at 4% and that of topoisomerase I at 0.1%. Active oxygen produced extracellularly by xanthine-xanthine oxidase and the methylating agent N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine transiently increased the level of poly(ADPR) substitution of these enzymes by a factor of 6-10. While the poly(ADPR) substitution of ADPR-transferase remained elevated after 60 min of incubation, the poly(ADPR) substitution of topoisomerase I had returned to control values within this time. Benzamide (100 microM) partially prevented the stimulation of poly(ADPR) synthesis by these agents. We speculate that self-inactivation of ADPR-transferase by poly(ADPR) represents a feedback mechanism that has the function to avoid excessive poly(ADPR) synthesis and concomitant NAD and ATP depletion. Inactivation of topoisomerase I in the neighborhood of DNA breakage may temporarily shut down DNA replication and allow DNA repair to occur.
authors.affiliation: Department of Carcinogenesis, Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, Epalinges/Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Krupitza
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cerutti
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001549:Benzamides; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002846:Chromatography, Affinity; D004264:DNA Topoisomerases, Type I / Q000378:metabolism*; D015151:Immunoblotting; D008769:Methylnitronitrosoguanidine; D009702:Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen; D011064:Poly Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism*; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011499:Protein Processing, Post-Translational
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D001549:Benzamides; D009702:Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars; D008769:Methylnitronitrosoguanidine; D011064:Poly Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; C037689:benzamide; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases; D004264:DNA Topoisomerases, Type I; D010100:Oxygen