title: Involvement of human MOF in ATM function.
abstract: We have determined that hMOF, the human ortholog of the Drosophila MOF gene (males absent on the first), encoding a protein with histone acetyltransferase activity, interacts with the ATM (ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated) protein. Cellular exposure to ionizing radiation (IR) enhances hMOF-dependent acetylation of its target substrate, lysine 16 (K16) of histone H4 independently of ATM function. Blocking the IR-induced increase in acetylation of histone H4 at K16, either by the expression of a dominant negative mutant DeltahMOF or by RNA interference-mediated hMOF knockdown, resulted in decreased ATM autophosphorylation, ATM kinase activity, and the phosphorylation of downstream effectors of ATM and DNA repair while increasing cell killing. In addition, decreased hMOF activity was associated with loss of the cell cycle checkpoint response to DNA double-strand breaks. The overexpression of wild-type hMOF yielded the opposite results, i.e., a modest increase in cell survival and enhanced DNA repair after IR exposure. These results suggest that hMOF influences the function of ATM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, 4511 Forest Park, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA.
authors.forename: Arun
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Girdhar G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Charles S H
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Manjula
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.forename: Edwin R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Tanya T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Paull
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lucchesi
authors.forename: Kum Kum
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: Tej K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Pandita
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D042822:Genomic Instability; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011485:Protein Binding; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006657:Histones; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D004247:DNA; D000123:Acetyltransferases; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; C496552:KAT8 protein, human; C576324:ATM protein, human; D064007:Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases