PMID- 22036635 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120216 LR - 20211020 IS - 1873-5835 (Electronic) IS - 0145-2126 (Print) IS - 0145-2126 (Linking) VI - 36 IP - 2 DP - 2012 Feb TI - BCR-ABL1 kinase facilitates localization of acetylated histones 3 and 4 on DNA double-strand breaks. PG - 241-4 LID - 10.1016/j.leukres.2011.10.007 [doi] AB - BCR-ABL1 kinase-positive leukemia cells accumulate high numbers of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) induced by the reactive oxygen species (ROS) or cytotoxic agents. To repair these lesions and prevent apoptosis BCR-ABL1 kinase stimulates the efficiency of DSB repair in leukemia cells. Histone acetylation-dependent chromatin re-modeling plays a crucial role in this process. Here we report that leukemia cells expressing BCR-ABL1 kinase displayed an enhanced histone acetylase activity (HAT) and reduced histone deacetylase activity (HDAC), which was associated with abundant expression of acetylated histones 3 and 4 (Ac-H3 and Ac-H4, respectively). Moreover, Ac-H3 and Ac-H4 readily co-localized with the spontaneous and mitomycin C-induced DSBs in BCR-ABL1-positive leukemia cells suggesting that histone acetylation and chromatin re-modeling is important for efficient repair of numerous DSBs. CI - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Falinski, Rafal AU - Falinski R AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19140, USA. FAU - Nieborowska-Skorska, Margaret AU - Nieborowska-Skorska M FAU - Skorski, Tomasz AU - Skorski T LA - eng GR - R01CA123014/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA089052-04/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA123014-04/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01CA089052/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA089052/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA089052-05/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA123014/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20111028 PL - England TA - Leuk Res JT - Leukemia research JID - 7706787 RN - 0 (Histones) RN - 0 (Reactive Oxygen Species) RN - 50SG953SK6 (Mitomycin) RN - EC 2.3.1.48 (Histone Acetyltransferases) RN - EC 2.7.10.2 (Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl) RN - EC 3.5.1.98 (Histone Deacetylases) SB - IM MH - Acetylation MH - Animals MH - Cells, Cultured MH - *Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly MH - *DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded MH - DNA Damage MH - DNA Repair MH - Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/*metabolism MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cells MH - Histone Acetyltransferases/metabolism MH - Histone Deacetylases/metabolism MH - Histones/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mitomycin/pharmacology MH - Reactive Oxygen Species/metabolism PMC - PMC3249465 MID - NIHMS335752 COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2011/11/01 06:00 MHDA- 2012/02/18 06:00 PMCR- 2013/02/01 CRDT- 2011/11/01 06:00 PHST- 2011/07/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/09/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2011/10/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2011/11/01 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/11/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/02/18 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0145-2126(11)00504-2 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.leukres.2011.10.007 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Leuk Res. 2012 Feb;36(2):241-4. doi: 10.1016/j.leukres.2011.10.007. Epub 2011 Oct 28.