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Transcription-coupled repair (TCR) serves an important role in preserving genome integrity and maintaining fidelity of replication. Coupling transcription to DNA repair requires a coordinated action of several factors, including transcribing RNA polymerase and various transcription modulators and repair proteins. To study TCR in molecular detail, it is important to employ defined protein complexes in vitro and defined genetic backgrounds in vivo. In this chapter, we present methods to interrogate various aspects of TCR at different stages of repair. We describe promoter-initiated and nucleic acid scaffold-initiated transcription as valid approaches to recapitulate various stages of TCR, and discuss their strengths and weaknesses. We also outline an approach to study TCR in its cellular context using Escherichia coli as a model system.
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Stantial N, Dumpe J, Pietrosimone K, Baltazar F, Crowley DJ. Transcription-coupled repair of UV damage in the halophilic archaea. DNA Repair (Amst) 2016; 41:63-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2016.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Revised: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Liu S, Yan SJ, Lee YF, Liu NC, Ting HJ, Li G, Wu Q, Chen LM, Chang C. Testicular nuclear receptor 4 (TR4) regulates UV light-induced responses via Cockayne syndrome B protein-mediated transcription-coupled DNA repair. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:38103-38108. [PMID: 21918225 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.259523] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
Abstract
UV irradiation is one of the major external insults to cells and can cause skin aging and cancer. In response to UV light-induced DNA damage, the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathways are activated to remove DNA lesions. We report here that testicular nuclear receptor 4 (TR4), a member of the nuclear receptor family, modulates DNA repair specifically through the transcription-coupled (TC) NER pathway but not the global genomic NER pathway. The level of Cockayne syndrome B protein (CSB), a member of the TC-NER pathway, is 10-fold reduced in TR4-deficient mouse tissues, and TR4 directly regulates CSB at the transcriptional level. Moreover, restored CSB expression rescues UV hypersensitivity of TR4-deficient cells. Together, these results indicate that TR4 modulates UV sensitivity by promoting the TC-NER DNA repair pathway through transcriptional regulation of CSB. These results may lead to the development of new treatments for UV light-sensitive syndromes, skin cancer, and aging.
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Affiliation(s)
- Su Liu
- George Whipple Lab for Cancer Research, Departments of Pathology and Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642
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- George Whipple Lab for Cancer Research, Departments of Pathology and Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642
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- George Whipple Lab for Cancer Research, Departments of Pathology and Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642
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- George Whipple Lab for Cancer Research, Departments of Pathology and Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642
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- George Whipple Lab for Cancer Research, Departments of Pathology and Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642
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- George Whipple Lab for Cancer Research, Departments of Pathology and Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642
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- Key Lab of the Ministry of Education for Cell Biology and Tumor Cell Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China
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- Sex Hormone Research Center, China Medical University/Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan
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- George Whipple Lab for Cancer Research, Departments of Pathology and Urology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York 14642; Sex Hormone Research Center, China Medical University/Hospital, Taichung 404, Taiwan.
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Teng Y, Bennett M, Evans KE, Zhuang-Jackson H, Higgs A, Reed SH, Waters R. A novel method for the genome-wide high resolution analysis of DNA damage. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 39:e10. [PMID: 21062813 PMCID: PMC3025580 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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DNA damage occurs via endogenous and exogenous genotoxic agents and compromises a genome’s integrity. Knowing where damage occurs within a genome is crucial to understanding the repair mechanisms which protect this integrity. This paper describes a new development based on microarray technology which uses ultraviolet light induced DNA damage as a paradigm to determine the position and frequency of DNA damage and its subsequent repair throughout the entire yeast genome.
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- Yumin Teng
- Department of Medical Genetics, Haematology and Pathology, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, UK
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Anindya R, Mari PO, Kristensen U, Kool H, Giglia-Mari G, Mullenders LH, Fousteri M, Vermeulen W, Egly JM, Svejstrup JQ. A ubiquitin-binding domain in Cockayne syndrome B required for transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair. Mol Cell 2010; 38:637-48. [PMID: 20541997 PMCID: PMC2885502 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2010] [Revised: 03/24/2010] [Accepted: 04/16/2010] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair (TC-NER) allows RNA polymerase II (RNAPII)-blocking lesions to be rapidly removed from the transcribed strand of active genes. Defective TCR in humans is associated with Cockayne syndrome (CS), typically caused by defects in either CSA or CSB. Here, we show that CSB contains a ubiquitin-binding domain (UBD). Cells expressing UBD-less CSB (CSB(del)) have phenotypes similar to those of cells lacking CSB, but these can be suppressed by appending a heterologous UBD, so ubiquitin binding is essential for CSB function. Surprisingly, CSB(del) remains capable of assembling nucleotide excision repair factors and repair synthesis proteins around damage-stalled RNAPII, but such repair complexes fail to excise the lesion. Together, our results indicate an essential role for protein ubiquitylation and CSB's UBD in triggering damage incision during TC-NER and allow us to integrate the function of CSA and CSB in a model for the process.
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- Roy Anindya
- Clare Hall Laboratories, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, Blanche Lane, South Mimms EN6 3LD, UK
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, BP 16367404 Illkirch Cedex, CU Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Toxicogenetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg 20, 2333 ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Toxicogenetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg 20, 2333 ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Toxicogenetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg 20, 2333 ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Functional Genomics, Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, BP 16367404 Illkirch Cedex, CU Strasbourg, France
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- Clare Hall Laboratories, Cancer Research UK London Research Institute, Blanche Lane, South Mimms EN6 3LD, UK
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Mirkin N, Fonseca D, Mohammed S, Cevher MA, Manley JL, Kleiman FE. The 3' processing factor CstF functions in the DNA repair response. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:1792-804. [PMID: 18252771 PMCID: PMC2330234 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Following DNA damage, mRNA levels decrease, reflecting a coordinated interaction of the DNA repair, transcription and RNA processing machineries. In this study, we provide evidence that transcription and polyadenylation of mRNA precursors are both affected in vivo by UV treatment. We next show that the polyadenylation factor CstF, plays a direct role in the DNA damage response. Cells with reduced levels of CstF display decreased viability following UV treatment, reduced ability to ubiquitinate RNA polymerase II (RNAP II), and defects in repair of DNA damage. Furthermore, we show that CstF, RNAP II and BARD1 are all found at sites of repaired DNA. Our results indicate that CstF plays an active role in the response to DNA damage, providing a link between transcription-coupled RNA processing and DNA repair.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nurit Mirkin
- Chemistry Department, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY 10027, USA
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