Bcr/abl kinase interacts with and phosphorylates the rad51 paralog, rad51b

Access through your institution Buy or subscribe BCR/ABL kinase-positive CD34+ stem/progenitor cells from chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) display elevated levels of DNA double-strand breaks

(DSBs) induced by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and various genotoxic agents, including γ-radiation.1 To survive, CML cells repair these numerous DSBs, which generate chromosomal aberrations

because BCR/ABL kinase affects the fidelity of repair mechanisms.1 Thus, CML cells can accumulate additional chromosomal aberrations during the course of disease (ROS dependent) and also in

cells surviving bone marrow transplantation (genotoxic agent dependent). The latter statement is supported by the reports that CD34+ CML stem and progenitor cells are resistant to genotoxic

agents.2 Our earlier studies showed that BCR/ABL kinase interacts with RAD51 resulting in its phosphorylation on Y315, which stimulates repair of DNA lesions by the homologous recombination

repair (HRR).3 HRR is responsible for the repair of about 43% of DSBs in BCR/ABL-transformed cells.4 RAD51 protein promotes homology search and strand invasion during HRR, which uses an

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