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Journal of Cell Science 115, 1749-1757 (2002)
© 2002 The Company of Biologists Limited


Research Article

Robust G1 checkpoint arrest in budding yeast: dependence on DNA damage signaling and repair

Jonathan N. Fitz Gerald1,2, Jacqueline M. Benjamin1 and Stephen J. Kron1,2

1 Center for Molecular Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637, USA
2 Department of Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology, University of Chicago, Chicago IL 60637, USA

Author for correspondence (e-mail: skron{at}midway.uchicago.edu )

Accepted 27 January 2002

Although most eukaryotes can arrest in G1 after ionizing radiation, the existence or significance of a G1 checkpoint in S. cerevisiae has been challenged. Previous studies of G1 response to chemical mutagens, X-ray or UV irradiation indicate that the delay before replication is transient and may reflect a strong intra-S-phase checkpoint. We examined the yeast response to double-stranded breaks in G1 using {gamma} irradiation. G1 irradiation induces repair foci on chromosome spreads and a Rad53 band shift characteristic of activation, which suggest an active DNA damage response. Consistent with a G1 arrest, bud emergence, spindle pole duplication and DNA replication are each delayed in a dose-dependent manner. Sensitivity to mating pheromone is prolonged to over 18 hours when G1 cells are lethally {gamma} or UV irradiated. Strikingly, G1 delay is the predominant response to continuous {gamma} irradiation at a dose that confers no loss of viability but delays cell division. Like the G2/M checkpoint, G1 delay is completely dependent on both RAD9 and RAD24 epistasis groups but independent of POL{epsilon}. Lethally irradiated rad9 mutants rapidly exit G1 but perform a slow S phase, whereas rad17 and rad24 mutants are completely arrest deficient. Distinct from {gamma} irradiation, G1 arrest after UV is RAD14 dependent, suggesting that DNA damage processing is required for checkpoint activation. Therefore, as in the yeast G2/M checkpoint response, free DNA ends and/or single-stranded DNA are necessary and sufficient to induce a bona fide G1 checkpoint arrest.

Key words: DNA damage checkpoint, DNA repair, G1 phase, Sacchromyces cerevisiae, Genetics, Metabolism, Gamma radiation, Cell cycle, RAD9


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