title: Proteins in the nutrient-sensing and DNA damage checkpoint pathways cooperate to restrain mitotic progression following DNA damage.
abstract: Checkpoint pathways regulate genomic integrity in part by blocking anaphase until all chromosomes have been completely replicated, repaired, and correctly aligned on the spindle. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, DNA damage and mono-oriented or unattached kinetochores trigger checkpoint pathways that bifurcate to regulate both the metaphase to anaphase transition and mitotic exit. The sensor-associated kinase, Mec1, phosphorylates two downstream kinases, Chk1 and Rad53. Activation of Chk1 and Rad53 prevents anaphase and causes inhibition of the mitotic exit network. We have previously shown that the PKA pathway plays a role in blocking securin and Clb2 destruction following DNA damage. Here we show that the Mec1 DNA damage checkpoint regulates phosphorylation of the regulatory (R) subunit of PKA following DNA damage and that the phosphorylated R subunit has a role in restraining mitosis following DNA damage. In addition we found that proteins known to regulate PKA in response to nutrients and stress either by phosphorylation of the R subunit or regulating levels of cAMP are required for the role of PKA in the DNA damage checkpoint. Our data indicate that there is cross-talk between the DNA damage checkpoint and the proteins that integrate nutrient and stress signals to regulate PKA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Searle
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: Mandeep
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: David V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Tobin
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sanchez
mesh_terms: D000705:Anaphase; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage; D005502:Food; D008938:Mitosis; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D010766:Phosphorylation; D021122:Protein Subunits / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D021122:Protein Subunits; D029701:Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases