Circadian clock control of the cellular response to DNA damage.
Mammalian cells possess a cell-autonomous molecular clock which controls the timing of many biochemical reactions and hence the cellular response to environmental stimuli including genotoxic stress. The clock consists of an autoregulatory transcription-translation feedback loop made up of four genes/proteins, BMal1, Clock, Cryptochrome, and Period. The circadian clock has an intrinsic period of about 24 h, and it dictates the rates of many biochemical reactions as a function of the time of the day. Recently, it has become apparent that the circadian clock plays an important role in determining the strengths of cellular responses to DNA damage including repair, checkpoints, and apoptosis. These new insights are expected to guide development of novel mechanism-based chemotherapeutic regimens.
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7260, USA. Aziz_Sancar@med.unc.edu
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Laura A
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Lindsey-Boltz
Tae-Hong
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Kang
Joyce T
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Reardon
Jin Hyup
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Ozturk
D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D055870:Drug Chronotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology
D045643:DNA Repair Enzymes