title: Cell cycle activation in postmitotic neurons is essential for DNA repair.
abstract: Increasing evidence indicates that maintenance of neuronal homeostasis involves the activation of the cell cycle machinery in postmitotic neurons. Our recent findings suggest that cell cycle activation is essential for DNA damage-induced neuronal apoptosis. However, whether the cell division cycle also participates in DNA repair and survival of postmitotic, terminally differentiated neurons is unknown. Here, we tested the hypothesis that G(1) phase components contribute to the repair of DNA and are involved in the DNA damage response of postmitotic neurons. In cortical terminally differentiated neurons, treatment with subtoxic concentrations of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) caused repairable DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) and the activation of G(1) components of the cell cycle machinery. Importantly, DNA repair was attenuated if cyclin-dependent kinases CDK4 and CDK6, essential elements of G(0) --> G(1) transition, were suppressed. Our data suggest that G(1) cell cycle components are involved in DNA repair and survival of postmitotic neurons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Elena I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: Lubomir B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Smilenov
authors.forename: Mary A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osredkar
authors.forename: Ronald A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: Soma
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Fu-Dong
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Timothy L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Vollmer
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lencinas
authors.forename: Diane M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Stearns
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gorospe
authors.forename: Inna I
authors.initials: II
authors.lastname: Kruman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000187:drug effects; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051361:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D053903:DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded / Q000187:drug effects; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D016193:G1 Phase / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006657:Histones / Q000378:metabolism; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D015151:Immunoblotting; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D006657:Histones; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D051358:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4; D051361:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 6