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Molecular and Cellular Biology, September 2006, p. 7005-7015, Vol. 26, No. 18
0270-7306/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.02018-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Phosphorylation of FANCD2 on Two Novel Sites Is Required for Mitomycin C Resistance

Gary P. H. Ho, Steven Margossian, Toshiyasu Taniguchi,{dagger} and Alan D. D'Andrea*

Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

Received 17 October 2005/ Returned for modification 7 November 2005/ Accepted 24 May 2006

The Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway is a DNA damage-activated signaling pathway which regulates cellular resistance to DNA cross-linking agents. Cloned FA genes and proteins cooperate in this pathway, and monoubiquitination of FANCD2 is a critical downstream event. The cell cycle checkpoint kinase ATR is required for the efficient monoubiquitination of FANCD2, while another checkpoint kinase, ATM, directly phosphorylates FANCD2 and controls the ionizing radiation (IR)-inducible intra-S-phase checkpoint. In the present study, we identify two novel DNA damage-inducible phosphorylation sites on FANCD2, threonine 691 and serine 717. ATR phosphorylates FANCD2 on these two sites, thereby promoting FANCD2 monoubiquitination and enhancing cellular resistance to DNA cross-linking agents. Phosphorylation of the sites is required for establishment of the intra-S-phase checkpoint response. IR-inducible phosphorylation of threonine 691 and serine 717 is also dependent on ATM and is more strongly impaired when both ATM and ATR are knocked down. Threonine 691 is phosphorylated during normal S-phase progression in an ATM-dependent manner. These findings further support the functional connection of ATM/ATR kinases and FANCD2 in the DNA damage response and support a role for the FA pathway in the coordination of the S phase of the cell cycle.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115. Phone: (617) 632-2112. Fax: (617) 632-5757. E-mail: alan_dandrea{at}dfci.harvard.edu.

{dagger} Present address: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Divisions of Human Biology and Public Health Sciences, Seattle, Wash.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, September 2006, p. 7005-7015, Vol. 26, No. 18
0270-7306/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.02018-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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