Carcinogenesis, Vol. 22, No. 11, 1781-1787,
November 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press
CANCER BIOLOGY |
Hypersensitivity to camptothecin in MSH2 deficient cells is correlated with a role for MSH2 protein in recombinational repair
1 Laboratorio di Citogenetica Molecolare e Mutagenesi, DABAC, Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Via S.Camillo de Lellis, 01100 Viterbo, Italy,
2 Laboratorio di Tossicologia Comparata ed Ecotossicologia, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Roma, Italy and
3 CNRS, UPR2169 `Instabilité Génétique et Cancer', Institut de Recherches sur le Cancer `André Lwoff', 7 Rue Guy-Moquet, BP8, 94801 Villejuif, France
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) corrects DNA polymerase insertion errors that have escaped proofreading in order to avoid the accumulation of deleterious mutations. While the role of MMR in the correction of replication errors is well established, its involvement in the processing of DNA damage induced by chemical and physical agents is less clear. A role for some of the MMR proteins, such as MSH2, in the repair of double strand break (DSBs) through recombination has also been envisaged. Why MMR- deficient cells are sensitive to agents causing replication fork stalling and thus DSBs remains unclear. To verify a possible role of MSH2 in homologous recombinational repair, we have treated cells from knockout mice for the MSH2 gene and mouse colorectal carcinoma cells also defective for MSH2 with different doses of camptothecin, an agent known to interfere with DNA replication. In the absence of MSH2, we found a reduced survival rate accompanied by higher levels of chromosomal damage and SCE induction. Furthermore, MSH2–/– cells displayed an elevated spontaneous RAD51 focus-forming activity and a higher induction of RAD51 foci following camptothecin treatment. Thus, the absence of MSH2 could result in both spontaneous DNA damage and uncontrolled recombination events leading to the observed higher yield of chromosomal damage and the higher induction of RAD51 foci following CPT treatment. Therefore, our results suggest an involvement of MSH2 in the early events leading to correct RAD51 relocalization after the formation of DSBs specifically produced at the blocked replication fork.
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