title: TGFbeta1/Smad3 counteracts BRCA1-dependent repair of DNA damage.
abstract: Inactivation of the BRCA1 gene has been found to confer susceptibility to early-onset familial breast and ovarian cancers. BRCA1 regulates DNA repair, chromatin remodeling and affects gene transcription. Transforming growth factor-beta (TGFbeta) is a potent regulator of growth, apoptosis and invasiveness of tumor cells, including breast cancer cells. Here we show that Smad3 which is a component of the TGFbeta signaling pathway, forms a complex with BRCA1 in vitro and in vivo. The interaction is mediated by the MH1 domain of Smad3 and the C-terminal part of BRCA1. We observed a co-localization of Smad3 and BRCA1 in nuclear complexes. We also found that TGFbeta1/Smad3 counteracted BRCA1-dependent repair of DNA double-strand breaks in human breast epithelial cells, as evaluated by BRCA1 nuclear foci formation, single-cell gel electrophoresis and cell survival assays. Thus, TGFbeta1/Smad3 suppresses BRCA1-dependent DNA repair in response to a DNA damaging agent.
authors.affiliation: Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Box 595, Biomedical Center, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dubrovska
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanamoto
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lomnytska
authors.forename: Carl-Henrik
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Heldin
authors.forename: Natalya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Volodko
authors.forename: Serhiy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Souchelnytskyi
mesh_terms: D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000502:physiology*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D019398:Genes, BRCA1; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D051900:Smad3 Protein; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000502:physiology*; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497790:SMAD3 protein, human; D051900:Smad3 Protein; C508960:TGFB1 protein, human; D015534:Trans-Activators; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1