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Histone deacetylase 4 interacts with 53BP1 to mediate the DNA damage response.

Authors: Kao, GD  McKenna, WG  Guenther, MG  Muschel, RJ  Lazar, MA  Yen, TJ 
Citation: Kao GD, etal., J Cell Biol 2003 Mar 31;160(7):1017-27.
RGD ID: 704466
Pubmed: PMID:12668657   (View Abstract at PubMed)
PMCID: PMC2172769   (View Article at PubMed Central)
DOI: DOI:10.1083/jcb.200209065   (Journal Full-text)

Anumber of proteins are recruited to nuclear foci upon exposure to double-strand DNA damage, including 53BP1 and Rad51, but the precise role of these DNA damage-induced foci remain unclear. Here we show in a variety of human cell lines that histone deacetylase (HDAC) 4 is recruited to foci with kinetics similar to, and colocalizes with, 53BP1 after exposure to agents causing double-stranded DNA breaks. HDAC4 foci gradually disappeared in repair-proficient cells but persisted in repair-deficient cell lines or cells irradiated with a lethal dose, suggesting that resolution of HDAC4 foci is linked to repair. Silencing of HDAC4 via RNA interference surprisingly also decreased levels of 53BP1 protein, abrogated the DNA damage-induced G2 delay, and radiosensitized HeLa cells. Our combined results suggest that HDAC4 is a critical component of the DNA damage response pathway that acts through 53BP1 and perhaps contributes in maintaining the G2 cell cycle checkpoint.

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Gene Hdac4 histone deacetylase 4 Rattus norvegicus

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