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ATM. John Berry. What is ATM?. Named “ATM” for “Ataxia-telangiectasia Mutated” gene. The mutation is recessive. Ataxia-telangiectasia (or AT) is a neurodegenerative disease that is normally detected in infancy to early childhood.
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ATM John Berry
What is ATM? • Named “ATM” for “Ataxia-telangiectasia Mutated” gene. The mutation is recessive. • Ataxia-telangiectasia (or AT) is a neurodegenerative disease that is normally detected in infancy to early childhood. • AT patients have shown a predisposition to Lymphoma, so ATM was suspected as a tumor suppressing gene. http://my.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/nord406.asp
AT Symptoms • Symptoms: ataxia, telangiectasia, and impairing of the immune system http://my.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/nord406.asp
AT Symptoms • Symptoms: ataxia, telangiectasia, and impairing of the immune system http://www.uv.es/derma/CLindex/CLlinfomas/CLmast9.jpg http://my.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/nord406.asp
AT Effects • Patients are subject to sinopulmonary infections • Increased occurrence of malignant tumors. • Patients have a short life-expectancy. http://my.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/nord406.asp
ATM • P(3)IK Serine-Threonine Kinase • Located in the Nucleus • Normally inactivated • Rapid activation in response to Double Strand Break (DSB) • Substrate list is not presently complete.
ATM Function http://jncicancerspectrum.oupjournals.org.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/cgi/reprint/jnci;92/10/795.pdf
ATM Substrateshttp://jncicancerspectrum.oupjournals.org.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/cgi/reprint/jnci;92/10/795.pdf
ATM Checkpoint FunctionsShiloh, Yosef. “ATM AND RELATED PROTEIN KINASES: SAFEGUARDING GENOMEINTEGRITY.” Nature Reviews Cancer. Volume 3 March 2003 pg 155-168
RepairMcKinnon, Peter J. “ATM and Ataxia telangiectasia.”EmboReports. Vol 3 (8) 2004. pg 772-776
ATM knockout in Mice • ATM -/-: Lymphoma in 2-4 months • Heterozygous mice are predisposed. • Loss of Heterozygosity is required in most cases Barlow, C, et al. “Atm-deficient mice: a paradigm of ataxia telangiectasia. Cell. 1996 Jul 12;86(1):159-71.
Evidence for the Pathwayhttp://breast-cancer-research.com/content/pdf/bcr968.pdf
Irradiated double heterozygous mice show the highest incidence of carcinogenesis http://breast-cancer-research.com/content/pdf/bcr968.pdf ATM +/-, p53 +/- Mice
ATM mutations in Human Cancer • A-T Patients are not the main health concern, but rather carriers of A-T. • Most heterozygous individuals do not show a pre-disposition to cancer • Discovery of the dominant negative Shiloh, Yosef. “ATM AND RELATED PROTEIN KINASES: SAFEGUARDING GENOMEINTEGRITY.” Nature Reviews Cancer. Volume 3 March 2003 pg 155-168
ATM Function http://jncicancerspectrum.oupjournals.org.libproxy.lib.unc.edu/cgi/reprint/jnci;92/10/795.pdf
Future Directions • Despite a limited risk group, ATM is still important for research. • Damage repair is a key component of homeostasis.