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© The Rockefeller University Press,
0021-9525/2000//293 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 150, Number 2,
, 2000 293-308
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A Fast Signal–Induced Activation of Poly(Adp-Ribose) Polymerase
: A Novel Downstream Target of Phospholipase C
b Department of Agricultural Botany, Faculty of Agriculture, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot 76100, Israel
c Laboratory of Molecular and Structural Biology, Ecole Superieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg, F-67400 Illkirch-Graffenstaden, France
d Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
e Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
Cardiac Research Institute, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 69978, Israel.972-3-535-1139972-3-535-4865
marmon{at}post.tau.ac.il
We present the first evidence for a fast activation of the nuclear protein poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) by signals evoked in the cell membrane, constituting a novel mode of signaling to the cell nucleus. PARP, an abundant, highly conserved, chromatin-bound protein found only in eukaryotes, exclusively catalyzes polyADP-ribosylation of DNA-binding proteins, thereby modulating their activity. Activation of PARP, reportedly induced by formation of DNA breaks, is involved in DNA transcription, replication, and repair. Our findings demonstrate an alternative mechanism: a fast activation of PARP, evoked by inositol 1,4,5,-trisphosphate–Ca2+ mobilization, that does not involve DNA breaks. These findings identify PARP as a novel downstream target of phospholipase C, and unveil a novel fast signal–induced modification of DNA-binding proteins by polyADP-ribosylation.
Key Words: poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase calcium signaling inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate electrical stimulation brain neurons
© 2000 The Rockefeller University Press
Abbreviations used in this paper: BrdUrd, 5-bromodeoxyuridine; IP3, inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate; PARP, poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase.
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