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Defective regulation of Ca 2+ /calmodulin‐dependent protein kinase II in γ‐irradiated ataxia telangiectasia fibroblasts
Author(s) -
Famulski Konrad S,
Paterson Malcolm C
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00664-x
Subject(s) - calmodulin , ataxia telangiectasia , intracellular , signal transduction , protein kinase a , microbiology and biotechnology , kinase , chemistry , biology , medicine , endocrinology , biochemistry , dna damage , enzyme , dna
Recent indirect evidence suggests that a Ca 2+ /calmodulin‐dependent pathway, which may involve calmodulin‐dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII), mediates the S‐phase delay manifested by γ‐ray‐exposed human fibroblasts. This pathway is severely impaired in ataxia telangiectasia (A‐T) cells [Mirzayans et al. (1995) Oncogene 11, 1597]. To extend these findings, we assayed CaMKII activity in irradiated normal and A‐T fibroblasts. The radiation treatment induced the autonomous activity of the kinase in normal cells. In contrast, this activity was not elevated in either (i) normal cells pretreated with the selective CaMKII antagonist KN‐62 or (ii) γ‐irradiated A‐T cells. Moreover, A‐T fibroblasts, unlike normal cells, failed to mobilize intracellular Ca 2+ upon mitogenic stimulation. These findings identify a novel role for CaMKII in radiation‐induced signal transduction and suggest its involvement in effecting the S‐phase delay. The data also implicate ATM, the product of the gene responsible for A‐T, as a key mediator of both intracellular Ca 2+ mobilization and CaMKII activation in response not only to genotoxic stress but also to physiological stimuli.