PMID- 16105547 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20051011 LR - 20061115 IS - 0006-291X (Print) IS - 0006-291X (Linking) VI - 335 IP - 1 DP - 2005 Sep 16 TI - HHR23A, a human homolog of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad23, regulates xeroderma pigmentosum C protein and is required for nucleotide excision repair. PG - 181-7 AB - HHR23A and hHR23B are the human homologs of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Rad23. hHR23B is associated with the nucleotide excision repair (NER) factor xeroderma pigmentosum C (XPC) protein and is required for global genome repair. The function of hHR23A is not yet clear. In this study, the potential function of the hHR23A protein was investigated using RNA interference techniques. The hHR23A knock-down (KD) construct diminished the RNA level of hHR23A protein by approximately 60%, and it did not interfere with expression of the hHR23B gene. Based on Southwestern immunoblot and host-cell reactivation assays, hHR23A(KD) cells were found to be deficient in DNA repair activity against the DNA damage caused by UVC irradiation. In these hHR23A(KD) cells, the XPC gene was not normally induced by UVC irradiation, indicating that the hHR23A protein is involved in NER through regulation of the DNA damage recognition protein XPC. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments revealed that hHR23A was associated with a small portion of hHR23B and the majority of p53 protein, indicating that hHR23A regulates the function of XPC by its association with the NER activator p53. FAU - Hsieh, Hui-Chuan AU - Hsieh HC AD - Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 70101, Taiwan. FAU - Hsieh, Yi-Hsuan AU - Hsieh YH FAU - Huang, Yu-Hsin AU - Huang YH FAU - Shen, Fan-Ching AU - Shen FC FAU - Tsai, Han-Ni AU - Tsai HN FAU - Tsai, Jui-He AU - Tsai JH FAU - Lai, Yu-Ting AU - Lai YT FAU - Wang, Yu-Ting AU - Wang YT FAU - Chuang, Woei-Jer AU - Chuang WJ FAU - Huang, Wenya AU - Huang W LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Biochem Biophys Res Commun JT - Biochemical and biophysical research communications JID - 0372516 RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (RAD23 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - 0 (RAD23B protein, human) RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - 156533-33-4 (RAD23A protein, human) RN - 156533-34-5 (XPC protein, human) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - EC 6.5.1.- (DNA Repair Enzymes) SB - IM MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Survival MH - DNA/*genetics MH - *DNA Repair MH - DNA Repair Enzymes MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation/genetics MH - Humans MH - Protein Binding MH - RNA Interference MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/*chemistry MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism EDAT- 2005/08/18 09:00 MHDA- 2005/10/12 09:00 CRDT- 2005/08/18 09:00 PHST- 2005/06/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2005/07/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2005/08/18 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/10/12 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/08/18 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0006-291X(05)01456-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.07.067 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2005 Sep 16;335(1):181-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.07.067.