PMID- 10535931 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19991210 LR - 20190501 IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 96 IP - 22 DP - 1999 Oct 26 TI - hMutSalpha- and hMutLalpha-dependent phosphorylation of p53 in response to DNA methylator damage. PG - 12384-8 AB - hMSH2.hMSH6 heterodimer (hMutSalpha) and hMLH1.hPMS2 complex (hMutLalpha) have been implicated in the cytotoxic response of mammalian cells to a number of DNA-damaging compounds, including methylating agents that produce O(6)-methylguanine (O(6)MeG) adducts. This study demonstrates that O(6)MeG lesions, in which the damaged base is paired with either T or C, are subject to excision repair in a reaction that depends on a functional mismatch repair system. Furthermore, treatment of human cells with the S(N)1 DNA methylators N-methyl-N-nitrosourea or N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine results in p53 phosphorylation on serine residues 15 and 392, and these phosphorylation events depend on the presence of functional hMutSalpha and hMutLalpha. Coupled with the previous demonstration that O(6)MeG.T and O(6)MeG.C pairs are recognized by hMutSalpha, these results implicate action of the mismatch repair system in the initial step of a damage-signaling cascade that can lead to cell-cycle checkpoint activation or cell death in response to DNA methylator damage. FAU - Duckett, D R AU - Duckett DR AD - Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3711, Durham, NC 27710, USA. FAU - Bronstein, S M AU - Bronstein SM FAU - Taya, Y AU - Taya Y FAU - Modrich, P AU - Modrich P LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (Bacterial Proteins) RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Escherichia coli Proteins) RN - 0 (Fungal Proteins) RN - 0 (MSH6 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - 0 (MutL protein, E coli) RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (Adenosine Triphosphatases) RN - EC 3.6.1.3 (MutL Proteins) RN - EC 3.6.1.3 (MutS DNA Mismatch-Binding Protein) RN - EC 3.6.1.3 (MutS protein, E coli) SB - IM MH - *Adenosine Triphosphatases MH - Bacterial Proteins/*metabolism MH - Base Pair Mismatch MH - Base Sequence MH - Cell Line MH - *DNA Damage MH - *DNA Methylation MH - DNA Primers MH - *DNA-Binding Proteins MH - *Escherichia coli Proteins MH - Fungal Proteins/genetics MH - Humans MH - MutL Proteins MH - MutS DNA Mismatch-Binding Protein MH - Phosphorylation MH - *Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/*metabolism PMC - PMC22926 EDAT- 1999/10/27 00:00 MHDA- 1999/10/27 00:01 CRDT- 1999/10/27 00:00 PHST- 1999/10/27 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/10/27 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/10/27 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1073/pnas.96.22.12384 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Oct 26;96(22):12384-8. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.22.12384.