FALK, Martin, Emilie LUKÁŠOVÁ and Stanislav KOZUBEK. Chromatin structure influences the sensitivity of DNA to gamma-radiation. Biochimica et biophysica acta : Molecular Cell Research. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2008, vol. 1783, No 12, p. 2398-2414. ISSN 0167-4889. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.07.010.
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Original name Chromatin structure influences the sensitivity of DNA to gamma-radiation
Name in Czech Struktura chromatinu ovlivňuje citlivost DNA k záření gama
Authors FALK, Martin (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Emilie LUKÁŠOVÁ (203 Czech Republic) and Stanislav KOZUBEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Biochimica et biophysica acta : Molecular Cell Research, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 2008, 0167-4889.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study Genetics and molecular biology
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 4.893
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/08:00028598
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbamcr.2008.07.010
UT WoS 000261346100020
Keywords in English Chromatin structure; DNA damage; Double-strand break (DSB); DNA repair; Experimentally changed radiosensitivity; Apoptosis
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Changed by Changed by: doc. RNDr. Martin Falk, Ph.D., učo 9835. Changed: 24/8/2012 14:07.
Abstract
For the first time, DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) were directly visualized in functionally and structurally different chromatin domains of human cells. The results show that genetically inactive condensed chromatin is much less susceptible to DSB induction by gamma-rays than expressed, decondensed domains. Higher sensitivity of open chromatin for DNA damage was accompanied by more efficient DSB repair. These findings follow from comparing DSB induction and repair in two 11 Mbp-long chromatin regions, one with clusters of highly expressed genes and the other, gene-poor, containing mainly genes having only low transcriptional activity. The same conclusions result from experiments with whole chromosome territories, differing in gene density and consequently in chromatin condensation. It follows from our further results that this lower sensitivity of DNA to the damage by ionizing radiation in heterochromatin is not caused by the simple chromatin condensation but very probably by the presence of a higher amount of proteins compared to genetically active and decondensed chromatin. In addition, our results show that some agents potentially used for cell killing in cancer therapy (TSA, hypotonic and hypertonic) influence cell survival of irradiated cells via changes in chromatin structure and efficiency of DSB repair in different ways. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Abstract (in Czech)
Přímá visualizace indukce dvouřetězcových DNA zlomů ve funkčně a strukturně odlišných oblastech chromatinu (RIDGE : regions of increased gene density; antiRIDGE : genově chudé oblasti) metodou ImunoFISH prokázala vyšší senzitivitu RIDGE oblastí pro vznik DSB následkem ozáření paprsky gamma.
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