Ataxia telangiectasia is a rare autosomal recessive genome instability syndrome caused by mutations in the Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated gene and characterized by a very high sensitivity to agents inducing double strand breaks such as ionizing radiation. In cells derived from ataxia telangiectasia patients a prominent enhancement of chromosomal aberrations is revealed as a consequence of this radiosensitivity characteristic, arising from defective DNA repair for a small fraction of breaks localized in the less accessible heterochromatin. Moreover, the signaling mediated by ataxia telangiectasia protein kinase also modifies chromatin structure. Even if there is a lot of knowledge concerning biochemical aspects of repair of double strand breaks, no conclusive results on radiosensitivity of structurally- and functionally-different chromatin are available, particularly in ataxia telangiectasia cells. Thus, a wild-type cell line and two ataxia telangiectasia patient derived ones could represent a suitable model to study the possible relationship between chromatin conformation and sensitivity to ionizing radiation. In this context, the effects of both cytosine arabinoside, an inhibitor of DNA repair synthesis, and trichostatin A, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, were tested in normal and ataxia telangiectasia lymphoblastoid cell lines carrying different mutation in the Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated gene. The response to both inhibitors was investigated analyzing two endpoints, namely, chromosomal aberrations and the removal of DNA lesions by Comet assay, after exposure to X-rays. Results obtained suggest that the modulation of chromatin structure by trichostatin A leading to a more open conformation, decreases radiation-induced chromosomal aberrations in ataxia telangiectasia cells. The reduction in chromosomal instability can be attributed to an enhancement in DNA repair occurring in the presence of the histone deacetylase inhibitor, as its abolishment by the known inhibitor of DNA repair synthesis cytosine arabinoside clearly demonstrates. Data obtained could indicate a pivotal role of chromatin conformation in the radiosensitivity of ataxia telangiectasia cells.

Modulation of chromatin conformation by the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A promotes the removal of radiation-induced lesions in ataxia telangiectasia cell lines / Egidi, A.; Filippi, S.; Manganello, F.; Lopez-Martinez, W.; Meschini, R.. - In: MUTATION RESEARCH. GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS. - ISSN 1383-5718. - (2018).

Modulation of chromatin conformation by the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A promotes the removal of radiation-induced lesions in ataxia telangiectasia cell lines

Egidi A.
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2018

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Ataxia telangiectasia is a rare autosomal recessive genome instability syndrome caused by mutations in the Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated gene and characterized by a very high sensitivity to agents inducing double strand breaks such as ionizing radiation. In cells derived from ataxia telangiectasia patients a prominent enhancement of chromosomal aberrations is revealed as a consequence of this radiosensitivity characteristic, arising from defective DNA repair for a small fraction of breaks localized in the less accessible heterochromatin. Moreover, the signaling mediated by ataxia telangiectasia protein kinase also modifies chromatin structure. Even if there is a lot of knowledge concerning biochemical aspects of repair of double strand breaks, no conclusive results on radiosensitivity of structurally- and functionally-different chromatin are available, particularly in ataxia telangiectasia cells. Thus, a wild-type cell line and two ataxia telangiectasia patient derived ones could represent a suitable model to study the possible relationship between chromatin conformation and sensitivity to ionizing radiation. In this context, the effects of both cytosine arabinoside, an inhibitor of DNA repair synthesis, and trichostatin A, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, were tested in normal and ataxia telangiectasia lymphoblastoid cell lines carrying different mutation in the Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated gene. The response to both inhibitors was investigated analyzing two endpoints, namely, chromosomal aberrations and the removal of DNA lesions by Comet assay, after exposure to X-rays. Results obtained suggest that the modulation of chromatin structure by trichostatin A leading to a more open conformation, decreases radiation-induced chromosomal aberrations in ataxia telangiectasia cells. The reduction in chromosomal instability can be attributed to an enhancement in DNA repair occurring in the presence of the histone deacetylase inhibitor, as its abolishment by the known inhibitor of DNA repair synthesis cytosine arabinoside clearly demonstrates. Data obtained could indicate a pivotal role of chromatin conformation in the radiosensitivity of ataxia telangiectasia cells.
2018
Ataxia telangiectasia; TSA; DNA repair
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Modulation of chromatin conformation by the histone deacetylase inhibitor trichostatin A promotes the removal of radiation-induced lesions in ataxia telangiectasia cell lines / Egidi, A.; Filippi, S.; Manganello, F.; Lopez-Martinez, W.; Meschini, R.. - In: MUTATION RESEARCH. GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS. - ISSN 1383-5718. - (2018).
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