BRCA1-BARD1 Complexes Are Required for p53Ser-15 Phosphorylation and a G1/S Arrest following Ionizing Radiation-induced DNA Damage*

M. Fabbro,K. Savage,K. Hobson,A. Deans,S. Powell,G. McArthur,K. Khanna

Published 2004 in Journal of Biological Chemistry

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BRCA1 is a major player in the DNA damage response. This is evident from its loss, which causes cells to become sensitive to a wide variety of DNA damaging agents. The major BRCA1 binding partner, BARD1, is also implicated in the DNA damage response, and recent reports indicate that BRCA1 and BARD1 co-operate in this pathway. In this report, we utilized small interfering RNA to deplete BRCA1 and BARD1 to demonstrate that the BRCA1-BARD1 complex is required for ATM/ATR (ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated/ATM and Rad3-related)-mediated phosphorylation of p53Ser-15 following IR- and UV radiation-induced DNA damage. In contrast, phosphorylation of a number of other ATM/ATR targets including H2AX, Chk2, Chk1, and c-jun does not depend on the presence of BRCA1-BARD1 complexes. Moreover, prior ATM/ATR-dependent phosphorylation of BRCA1 at Ser-1423 or Ser-1524 regulates the ability of ATM/ATR to phosphorylate p53Ser-15 efficiently. Phosphorylation of p53Ser-15 is necessary for an IR-induced G1/S arrest via transcriptional induction of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21. Consistent with these data, repressing p53Ser-15 phosphorylation by BRCA1-BARD1 depletion compromises p21 induction and the G1/S checkpoint arrest in response to IR but not UV radia-tion. These findings suggest that BRCA1-BARD1 complexes act as an adaptor to mediate ATM/ATR-directed phosphorylation of p53, influencing G1/S cell cycle progression after DNA damage.

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