title: DNA damage response and repair data with pharmacological modulators of Tousled.
abstract: Human Tousled kinase 1 (TLK1) plays an important role in chromatin remodeling, replication, and DNA damage response and repair. TLK1 activity is immediately, but transiently, downregulated after genotoxic insult, and its recovery is important for exit from checkpoint arrest and cell survival after radiation. The data in this article compliments research presented in the paper titled, "Tousled kinase activator, gallic acid, promotes DNA repair and suppresses radiation cytotoxicity in salivary gland cells" [1]. The identification of small molecule activators and inhibitors of TLK1 provided an opportunity to pharmacologically alter the protein׳s activity to elucidate its role in DNA damage response pathways. TLK1 effectors, gallic acid (GA) and thioridazine (THD) activate and inhibit the kinase, respectively, and the data report on the impact of these compounds and the significance of TLK1 to DNA break repair and the survival of human salivary acinar cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USA.
authors.forename: Prakash Srinivasan
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Timiri Shanmugam
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USA.
authors.forename: Renjith P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USA.
authors.forename: Arrigo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: DeBenedetti
authors.affiliation: Department of Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, USA.
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caldito
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, LSU Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, LA, USA.
authors.forename: Fleurette
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abreo
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, USA.
authors.forename: Gulshan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sunavala-Dossabhoy
keywords: DNA repair; Gallic acid; Ionizing radiation; Thioridazine; Tousled