title: NFBD1, like 53BP1, is an early and redundant transducer mediating Chk2 phosphorylation in response to DNA damage.
abstract: Signaling pathways in response to DNA double strand breaks involve molecular cascades consisting of sensors, transducers, and effector proteins that activate cell cycle checkpoints and recruit repair machinery proteins. NFBD1 (a nuclear factor with BRCT domains protein 1) contains FHA (forkhead-associated), BRCT (breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 carboxyl terminus) domains, and internal repeats and is an early participant in nuclear foci in response to IR. To elucidate its role in the response pathways, small interfering RNA (siRNA) directed against NFDB1 in human cells demonstrated that its absence is associated with increased radio-sensitivity and delayed G(2)/M transition, but not G(1) to S. NFBD1 associates with nuclear foci within minutes following IR, a property similar to histone H2AX, 53BP1, and Chk2, which are all early participants in the DNA damage signaling cascade. Temporal studies show that H2AX is required for the foci positive for NFBD1, but NFBD1 is not needed for 53BP1- and H2AX-positive foci. NFBD1, together with 53BP1, plays a partially redundant role in regulating phosphorylation of the downstream effector protein, Chk2, since abrogation of both diminishes phosphorylated Chk2 in IR-induced foci. These results place NFBD1 parallel to 53BP1 in regulating Chk2 and downstream of H2AX in the recruitment of repair and signaling proteins to sites of DNA damage.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Medicine and Institute of Biotechnology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78245, USA.
authors.forename: Aimin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Phang-Lang
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D016193:G1 Phase; D016195:G2 Phase; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008856:Microscopy, Fluorescence; D008938:Mitosis; D008954:Models, Biological; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D016196:S Phase; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013912:Threonine / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D000071857:Tumor Suppressor p53-Binding Protein 1
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C468783:H2AX protein, human; D006657:Histones; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C413163:MDC1 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; C498301:TP53BP1 protein, human; D015534:Trans-Activators; D000071857:Tumor Suppressor p53-Binding Protein 1; D013912:Threonine; D011494:Protein Kinases; D064447:Checkpoint Kinase 2; C578634:CHEK2 protein, human; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases