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Sci. Signal., 4 January 2011
Vol. 4, Issue 154, p. rs1
[DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2001350]

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A Genome-Wide RNAi Screen Identifies Core Components of the G2-M DNA Damage Checkpoint

Shu Kondo and Norbert Perrimon*

Department of Genetics and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Abstract: The DNA damage checkpoint, the first pathway known to be activated in response to DNA damage, is a mechanism by which the cell cycle is temporarily arrested to allow DNA repair. The checkpoint pathway transmits signals from the sites of DNA damage to the cell cycle machinery through the evolutionarily conserved ATM (ataxia telangiectasia mutated) and ATR (ATM- and Rad3-related) kinase cascades. We conducted a genome-wide RNAi (RNA interference) screen in Drosophila cells to identify previously unknown genes and pathways required for the G2-M checkpoint induced by DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Our large-scale analysis provided a systems-level view of the G2-M checkpoint and revealed the coordinated actions of particular classes of proteins, which include those involved in DNA repair, DNA replication, cell cycle control, chromatin regulation, and RNA processing. Further, from the screen and in vivo analysis, we identified previously unrecognized roles of two DNA damage response genes, mus101 and mus312. Our results suggest that the DNA replication preinitiation complex, which includes MUS101, and the MUS312-containing nuclease complexes, which are important for DSB repair, also function in the G2-M checkpoint. Our results provide insight into the diverse mechanisms that link DNA damage and the checkpoint signaling pathway.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: perrimon{at}receptor.med.harvard.edu

Citation: S. Kondo, N. Perrimon, A Genome-Wide RNAi Screen Identifies Core Components of the G2-M DNA Damage Checkpoint. Sci. Signal. 4, rs1 (2011).

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