PMID- 15138265 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20040817 LR - 20210206 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 279 IP - 29 DP - 2004 Jul 16 TI - Oxidative stress/damage induces multimerization and interaction of Fanconi anemia proteins. PG - 30053-9 AB - Fanconi anemia (FANC) is a heterogeneous genetic disorder characterized by a hypersensitivity to DNA-damaging agents, chromosomal instability, and defective DNA repair. Eight FANC genes have been identified so far, and five of them (FANCA, -C, -E, -F, and -G) assemble in a multinuclear complex and function at least in part in a complex to activate FANCD2 by monoubiquitination. Here we show that FANCA and FANCG are redox-sensitive proteins that are multimerized and/or form a nuclear complex in response to oxidative stress/damage. Both FANCA and FANCG proteins exist as monomers under non-oxidizing conditions, whereas they become multimers following H2O2 treatment. Treatment of cells with oxidizing agent not only triggers the multimeric complex of FANCA and FANCG in vivo but also induces the interaction between FANCA and FANCG. N-Ethylmaleimide treatment abolishes multimerization and interaction of FANCA and FANCG in vitro. Taken together, our results lead us to conclude that FANCA and FANCG uniquely respond to oxidative damage by forming complex(es) via intermolecular disulfide linkage(s), which may be crucial in forming such complexes and in determining their function. FAU - Park, Su-Jung AU - Park SJ AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202, USA. FAU - Ciccone, Samantha L M AU - Ciccone SL FAU - Beck, Brian D AU - Beck BD FAU - Hwang, Byounghoon AU - Hwang B FAU - Freie, Brian AU - Freie B FAU - Clapp, D Wade AU - Clapp DW FAU - Lee, Suk-Hee AU - Lee SH LA - eng GR - CA92111/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - F32 GM20167-01/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. DEP - 20040510 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (DNA, Complementary) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Disulfides) RN - 0 (FANCA protein, human) RN - 0 (FANCG protein, human) RN - 0 (Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group A Protein) RN - 0 (Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group G Protein) RN - 0 (Oxidants) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 50SG953SK6 (Mitomycin) RN - BBX060AN9V (Hydrogen Peroxide) RN - EC 2.5.1.18 (Glutathione Transferase) RN - O3C74ACM9V (Ethylmaleimide) RN - S88TT14065 (Oxygen) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - COS Cells MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - DNA Damage MH - DNA Repair MH - DNA, Complementary/metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*physiology MH - Dimerization MH - Disulfides MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel MH - Ethylmaleimide/pharmacology MH - Fanconi Anemia/*metabolism MH - Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group A Protein MH - Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group G Protein MH - Glutathione Transferase/metabolism MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Hydrogen Peroxide/chemistry/pharmacology MH - Mitomycin/pharmacology MH - Models, Biological MH - Oxidants/pharmacology MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - *Oxidative Stress MH - Oxygen/metabolism MH - Precipitin Tests MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - Proteins/*physiology EDAT- 2004/05/13 05:00 MHDA- 2004/08/18 05:00 CRDT- 2004/05/13 05:00 PHST- 2004/05/13 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2004/08/18 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/05/13 05:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(19)71015-1 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M403527200 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2004 Jul 16;279(29):30053-9. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M403527200. Epub 2004 May 10.