PMID- 19079240 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090311 LR - 20211020 IS - 1476-4687 (Electronic) IS - 0028-0836 (Linking) VI - 457 IP - 7229 DP - 2009 Jan 29 TI - RAD6-RAD18-RAD5-pathway-dependent tolerance to chronic low-dose ultraviolet light. PG - 612-5 LID - 10.1038/nature07580 [doi] AB - In nature, organisms are exposed to chronic low-dose ultraviolet light (CLUV) as opposed to the acute high doses common to laboratory experiments. Analysis of the cellular response to acute high-dose exposure has delineated the importance of direct DNA repair by the nucleotide excision repair pathway and for checkpoint-induced cell cycle arrest in promoting cell survival. Here we examine the response of yeast cells to CLUV and identify a key role for the RAD6-RAD18-RAD5 error-free postreplication repair (RAD6 error-free PRR) pathway in promoting cell growth and survival. We show that loss of the RAD6 error-free PRR pathway results in DNA-damage-checkpoint-induced G2 arrest in CLUV-exposed cells, whereas wild-type and nucleotide-excision-repair-deficient cells are largely unaffected. Cell cycle arrest in the absence of the RAD6 error-free PRR pathway was not caused by a repair defect or by the accumulation of ultraviolet-induced photoproducts. Notably, we observed increased replication protein A (RPA)- and Rad52-yellow fluorescent protein foci in the CLUV-exposed rad18Delta cells and demonstrated that Rad52-mediated homologous recombination is required for the viability of the rad18Delta cells after release from CLUV-induced G2 arrest. These and other data presented suggest that, in response to environmental levels of ultraviolet exposure, the RAD6 error-free PRR pathway promotes replication of damaged templates without the generation of extensive single-stranded DNA regions. Thus, the error-free PRR pathway is specifically important during chronic low-dose ultraviolet exposure to prevent counter-productive DNA checkpoint activation and allow cells to proliferate normally. FAU - Hishida, Takashi AU - Hishida T AD - Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. hishida@biken.osaka-u.ac.jp FAU - Kubota, Yoshino AU - Kubota Y FAU - Carr, Antony M AU - Carr AM FAU - Iwasaki, Hiroshi AU - Iwasaki H LA - eng GR - G0600233/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20081214 PL - England TA - Nature JT - Nature JID - 0410462 RN - 0 (DNA, Fungal) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (RAD18 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - 0 (RAD52 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - 0 (Rad52 DNA Repair and Recombination Protein) RN - 0 (Replication Protein A) RN - 0 (Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins) RN - EC 2.3.2.23 (RAD6 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - EC 2.3.2.23 (Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (Adenosine Triphosphatases) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (RAD5 protein, S cerevisiae) RN - EC 3.6.4.- (DNA Helicases) SB - IM MH - Adenosine Triphosphatases/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism MH - DNA Damage MH - DNA Helicases MH - DNA Repair/*radiation effects MH - DNA Replication/radiation effects MH - DNA, Fungal/radiation effects MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism MH - G2 Phase/radiation effects MH - Rad52 DNA Repair and Recombination Protein/metabolism MH - Recombination, Genetic MH - Replication Protein A/metabolism MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae/cytology/genetics/*metabolism/*radiation effects MH - Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Ultraviolet Rays EDAT- 2008/12/17 09:00 MHDA- 2009/03/12 09:00 CRDT- 2008/12/17 09:00 PHST- 2008/03/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2008/10/24 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2008/12/17 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/12/17 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/03/12 09:00 [medline] AID - nature07580 [pii] AID - 10.1038/nature07580 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nature. 2009 Jan 29;457(7229):612-5. doi: 10.1038/nature07580. Epub 2008 Dec 14.