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Carreira R, Lama-Diaz T, Crugeiras M, Aguado FJ, Sebesta M, Krejci L, Blanco MG. Concurrent D-loop cleavage by Mus81 and Yen1 yields half-crossover precursors. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:7012-7030. [PMID: 38832625 PMCID: PMC11229367 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2023] [Revised: 05/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Homologous recombination involves the formation of branched DNA molecules that may interfere with chromosome segregation. To resolve these persistent joint molecules, cells rely on the activation of structure-selective endonucleases (SSEs) during the late stages of the cell cycle. However, the premature activation of SSEs compromises genome integrity, due to untimely processing of replication and/or recombination intermediates. Here, we used a biochemical approach to show that the budding yeast SSEs Mus81 and Yen1 possess the ability to cleave the central recombination intermediate known as the displacement loop or D-loop. Moreover, we demonstrate that, consistently with previous genetic data, the simultaneous action of Mus81 and Yen1, followed by ligation, is sufficient to recreate the formation of a half-crossover precursor in vitro. Our results provide not only mechanistic explanation for the formation of a half-crossover, but also highlight the critical importance for precise regulation of these SSEs to prevent chromosomal rearrangements.
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- Raquel Carreira
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CIMUS, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña 15782, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CIMUS, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña 15782, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CIMUS, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña 15782, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CIMUS, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña 15782, Spain
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- Department of Biology and National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Masaryk University, Brno 62500, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biology and National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Masaryk University, Brno 62500, Czech Republic
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, CIMUS, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela-Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña 15782, Spain
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Sridalla K, Woodhouse MV, Hu J, Scheer J, Ferlez B, Crickard JB. The translocation activity of Rad54 reduces crossover outcomes during homologous recombination. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:7031-7048. [PMID: 38828785 PMCID: PMC11229335 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae474] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 05/16/2024] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
Abstract
Homologous recombination (HR) is a template-based DNA double-strand break repair pathway that requires the selection of an appropriate DNA sequence to facilitate repair. Selection occurs during a homology search that must be executed rapidly and with high fidelity. Failure to efficiently perform the homology search can result in complex intermediates that generate genomic rearrangements, a hallmark of human cancers. Rad54 is an ATP dependent DNA motor protein that functions during the homology search by regulating the recombinase Rad51. How this regulation reduces genomic exchanges is currently unknown. To better understand how Rad54 can reduce these outcomes, we evaluated several amino acid mutations in Rad54 that were identified in the COSMIC database. COSMIC is a collection of amino acid mutations identified in human cancers. These substitutions led to reduced Rad54 function and the discovery of a conserved motif in Rad54. Through genetic, biochemical and single-molecule approaches, we show that disruption of this motif leads to failure in stabilizing early strand invasion intermediates, causing increased crossovers between homologous chromosomes. Our study also suggests that the translocation rate of Rad54 is a determinant in balancing genetic exchange. The latch domain's conservation implies an interaction likely fundamental to eukaryotic biology.
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- Krishay Sridalla
- Deparment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Deparment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Deparment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Deparment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Deparment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Deparment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Xie B, Sanford EJ, Hung SH, Wagner M, Heyer WD, Smolka MB. Multi-step control of homologous recombination via Mec1/ATR suppresses chromosomal rearrangements. EMBO J 2024; 43:3027-3043. [PMID: 38839993 PMCID: PMC11251156 DOI: 10.1038/s44318-024-00139-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/07/2024] Open
Abstract
The Mec1/ATR kinase is crucial for genome stability, yet the mechanism by which it prevents gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs) remains unknown. Here we find that in cells with deficient Mec1 signaling, GCRs accumulate due to the deregulation of multiple steps in homologous recombination (HR). Mec1 primarily suppresses GCRs through its role in activating the canonical checkpoint kinase Rad53, which ensures the proper control of DNA end resection. Upon loss of Rad53 signaling and resection control, Mec1 becomes hyperactivated and triggers a salvage pathway in which the Sgs1 helicase is recruited to sites of DNA lesions via the 911-Dpb11 scaffolds and phosphorylated by Mec1 to favor heteroduplex rejection and limit HR-driven GCR accumulation. Fusing an ssDNA recognition domain to Sgs1 bypasses the requirement of Mec1 signaling for GCR suppression and nearly eliminates D-loop formation, thus preventing non-allelic recombination events. We propose that Mec1 regulates multiple steps of HR to prevent GCRs while ensuring balanced HR usage when needed for promoting tolerance to replication stress.
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- Bokun Xie
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
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Hu J, Crickard JB. All who wander are not lost: the search for homology during homologous recombination. Biochem Soc Trans 2024; 52:367-377. [PMID: 38323621 PMCID: PMC10903458 DOI: 10.1042/bst20230705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 01/10/2024] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
Abstract
Homologous recombination (HR) is a template-based DNA double-strand break repair pathway that functions to maintain genomic integrity. A vital component of the HR reaction is the identification of template DNA to be used during repair. This occurs through a mechanism known as the homology search. The homology search occurs in two steps: a collision step in which two pieces of DNA are forced to collide and a selection step that results in homologous pairing between matching DNA sequences. Selection of a homologous template is facilitated by recombinases of the RecA/Rad51 family of proteins in cooperation with helicases, translocases, and topoisomerases that determine the overall fidelity of the match. This menagerie of molecular machines acts to regulate critical intermediates during the homology search. These intermediates include recombinase filaments that probe for short stretches of homology and early strand invasion intermediates in the form of displacement loops (D-loops) that stabilize paired DNA. Here, we will discuss recent advances in understanding how these specific intermediates are regulated on the molecular level during the HR reaction. We will also discuss how the stability of these intermediates influences the ultimate outcomes of the HR reaction. Finally, we will discuss recent physiological models developed to explain how the homology search protects the genome.
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- Jingyi Hu
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A
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Sapède E, Sugawara N, Tyers RG, Nakajima Y, Afreen MF, Romero Escobar J, Haber JE. Nonhomologous tails direct heteroduplex rejection and mismatch correction during single-strand annealing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS Genet 2024; 20:e1010527. [PMID: 38315739 PMCID: PMC10868807 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2022] [Revised: 02/15/2024] [Accepted: 12/28/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
Abstract
Single-strand annealing (SSA) is initiated when a double strand break (DSB) occurs between two flanking repeated sequences, resulting in a deletion that leaves a single copy of the repeat. We studied budding yeast strains carrying two 200-bp URA3 sequences separated by 2.6 kb of spacer DNA (phage lambda) in which a site-specific DSB can be created by HO or Cas9 endonucleases. Repeat-mediated deletion requires removal of long 3'-ended single-stranded tails (flaps) by Rad1-Rad10 with the assistance of Msh2-Msh3, Saw1 and Slx4. A natural 3% divergence of unequally spaced heterologies between these repeats (designated F and A) causes a significant reduction in the frequency of SSA repair. This decrease is caused by heteroduplex rejection in which mismatches (MMs) in the annealed intermediate are recognized by the MutS (Msh2 and Msh6) components of the MM repair (MMR) pathway coupled to unwinding of the duplex by the Sgs1-Rmi1-Top3 helicase. MutL homologs, Mlh1-Pms1 (MutL), are not required for rejection but play their expected role in mismatch correction. Remarkably, heteroduplex rejection is very low in strains where the divergent repeats were immediately adjacent (Tailless strains) and the DSB was induced by Cas9. These results suggest that the presence of nonhomologous tails strongly stimulates heteroduplex rejection in SSA. DNA sequencing analysis of SSA products from the FA Tailed strain showed a gradient of correction favoring the sequence opposite each 3' end of the annealed strand. Mismatches located in the center of the repair intermediate were corrected by Msh2-Msh6 mediated mismatch correction, while correction of MMs at the extremity of the SSA intermediate often appears to use a different mechanism, possibly by 3' nonhomologous tail removal that includes part of the homologous sequence. In contrast, in FA Tailless strains there was a uniform repair of the MMs across the repeat. A distinctive pattern of correction was found in the absence of MSH2, in both Tailed and Tailless strains, different from the spectrum seen in a msh3Δ msh6Δ double mutant. Previous work has shown that SSA is Rad51-independent but dependent on the strand annealing activity of Rad52. However Rad52 becomes dispensable in a Tailless construct where the DSB is induced by Cas9 or in transformation of a plasmid where SSA occurs in the absence of nonhomologous tails.
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- Elena Sapède
- Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center and Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center and Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center and Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center and Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center and Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center and Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center and Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Ito M, Fujita Y, Shinohara A. Positive and negative regulators of RAD51/DMC1 in homologous recombination and DNA replication. DNA Repair (Amst) 2024; 134:103613. [PMID: 38142595 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2023.103613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Revised: 12/10/2023] [Accepted: 12/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/26/2023]
Abstract
RAD51 recombinase plays a central role in homologous recombination (HR) by forming a nucleoprotein filament on single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) to catalyze homology search and strand exchange between the ssDNA and a homologous double-stranded DNA (dsDNA). The catalytic activity of RAD51 assembled on ssDNA is critical for the DNA-homology-mediated repair of DNA double-strand breaks in somatic and meiotic cells and restarting stalled replication forks during DNA replication. The RAD51-ssDNA complex also plays a structural role in protecting the regressed/reversed replication fork. Two types of regulators control RAD51 filament formation, stability, and dynamics, namely positive regulators, including mediators, and negative regulators, so-called remodelers. The appropriate balance of action by the two regulators assures genome stability. This review describes the roles of positive and negative RAD51 regulators in HR and DNA replication and its meiosis-specific homolog DMC1 in meiotic recombination. We also provide future study directions for a comprehensive understanding of RAD51/DMC1-mediated regulation in maintaining and inheriting genome integrity.
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- Masaru Ito
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 3-2, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 3-2, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 3-2, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
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Meir A, Raina VB, Rivera CE, Marie L, Symington LS, Greene EC. The separation pin distinguishes the pro- and anti-recombinogenic functions of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Srs2. Nat Commun 2023; 14:8144. [PMID: 38065943 PMCID: PMC10709652 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43918-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/23/2023] [Indexed: 12/18/2023] Open
Abstract
Srs2 is an Sf1a helicase that helps maintain genome stability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through its ability to regulate homologous recombination. Srs2 downregulates HR by stripping Rad51 from single-stranded DNA, and Srs2 is also thought to promote synthesis-dependent strand annealing by unwinding D-loops. However, it has not been possible to evaluate the relative contributions of these two distinct activities to any aspect of recombination. Here, we used a structure-based approach to design an Srs2 separation-of-function mutant that can dismantle Rad51-ssDNA filaments but is incapable of disrupting D-loops, allowing us to assess the relative contributions of these pro- and anti-recombinogenic functions. We show that this separation-of-function mutant phenocopies wild-type SRS2 in vivo, suggesting that the ability of Srs2 to remove Rad51 from ssDNA is its primary role during HR.
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- Aviv Meir
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- Institute of Pharmacology and Structural Biology (IPBS), French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Université Toulouse III, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
- Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
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Ho HN, West SC. Method to generate Holliday junction recombination intermediates via RecA-mediated four-strand exchange. Anal Biochem 2023; 682:115347. [PMID: 37821038 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2023.115347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2023] [Revised: 09/16/2023] [Accepted: 10/07/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
Abstract
DNA molecules that contain single Holliday junctions have served as model substrates to investigate the pathway in which homologous recombination intermediates are processed. However, the preparation of DNA containing Holliday junctions in high yield remains a challenge. In this work, we used a nicking endonuclease to generate gapped DNA, from which α-structured DNA or figure-8 DNA were created via RecA-mediated reactions. The resulting DNA molecules were found to serve as good substrates for Holliday junction resolvases. The simplified method negates the requirement for radioactive labelling of DNA, making the generation of Holliday junction DNA more accessible to non-experts.
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- Han Ngoc Ho
- The Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, United Kingdom; Institute of Biotechnology, Hue University, Thua Thien Hue, 49000, Viet Nam.
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- The Francis Crick Institute, London, NW1 1AT, United Kingdom
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Xie B, Sanford EJ, Hung SH, Wagner MM, Heyer WD, Smolka MB. Multi-Step Control of Homologous Recombination by Mec1/ATR Ensures Robust Suppression of Gross Chromosomal Rearrangements. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.21.568146. [PMID: 38045423 PMCID: PMC10690203 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.21.568146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
Abstract
The Mec1/ATR kinase is crucial for genome stability, yet the mechanism by which it prevents gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs) remains unknown. Here we find that in cells with deficient Mec1 signaling, GCRs accumulate due to the deregulation of multiple steps in homologous recombination (HR). Mec1 primarily suppresses GCRs through its role in activating the canonical checkpoint kinase Rad53, which ensures the proper control of DNA end resection. Upon loss of Rad53 signaling and resection control, Mec1 becomes hyperactivated and triggers a salvage pathway in which the Sgs1 helicase is recruited to sites of DNA lesions via the 911-Dpb11 scaffolds to favor heteroduplex rejection and limit HR-driven GCR accumulation. Fusing an ssDNA recognition domain to Sgs1 bypasses the requirement of Mec1 signaling for GCR suppression and nearly eliminates D-loop formation, thus preventing non-allelic recombination events. We propose that Mec1 regulates multiple steps of HR to prevent GCRs while ensuring balanced HR usage when needed for promoting tolerance to replication stress.
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- Bokun Xie
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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Gupta SV, Campos L, Schmidt KH. Mitochondrial superoxide dismutase Sod2 suppresses nuclear genome instability during oxidative stress. Genetics 2023; 225:iyad147. [PMID: 37638880 PMCID: PMC10550321 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyad147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/14/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Oxidative stress can damage DNA and thereby contribute to genome instability. To avoid an imbalance or overaccumulation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), cells are equipped with antioxidant enzymes that scavenge excess ROS. Cells lacking the RecQ-family DNA helicase Sgs1, which contributes to homology-dependent DNA break repair and chromosome stability, are known to accumulate ROS, but the origin and consequences of this oxidative stress phenotype are not fully understood. Here, we show that the sgs1 mutant exhibits elevated mitochondrial superoxide, increased mitochondrial mass, and accumulation of recombinogenic DNA lesions that can be suppressed by antioxidants. Increased mitochondrial mass in the sgs1Δ mutant is accompanied by increased mitochondrial branching, which was also inducible in wildtype cells by replication stress. Superoxide dismutase Sod2 genetically interacts with Sgs1 in the suppression of nuclear chromosomal rearrangements under paraquat (PQ)-induced oxidative stress. PQ-induced chromosome rearrangements in the absence of Sod2 are promoted by Rad51 recombinase and the polymerase subunit Pol32. Finally, the dependence of chromosomal rearrangements on the Rev1/Pol ζ mutasome suggests that under oxidative stress successful DNA synthesis during DNA break repair depends on translesion DNA synthesis.
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- Sonia Vidushi Gupta
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL 33620, USA
- Cancer Biology and Evolution Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, 12902 USF Magnolia Drive, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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Sugaya N, Tanaka S, Keyamura K, Noda S, Akanuma G, Hishida T. N-terminal acetyltransferase NatB regulates Rad51-dependent repair of double-strand breaks in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genes Genet Syst 2023; 98:61-72. [PMID: 37331807 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.23-00013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Homologous recombination (HR) is a highly accurate mechanism for repairing DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) that arise from various genotoxic insults and blocked replication forks. Defects in HR and unscheduled HR can interfere with other cellular processes such as DNA replication and chromosome segregation, leading to genome instability and cell death. Therefore, the HR process has to be tightly controlled. Protein N-terminal acetylation is one of the most common modifications in eukaryotic organisms. Studies in budding yeast implicate a role for NatB acetyltransferase in HR repair, but precisely how this modification regulates HR repair and genome integrity is unknown. In this study, we show that cells lacking NatB, a dimeric complex composed of Nat3 and Mdm2, are sensitive to the DNA alkylating agent methyl methanesulfonate (MMS), and that overexpression of Rad51 suppresses the MMS sensitivity of nat3Δ cells. Nat3-deficient cells have increased levels of Rad52-yellow fluorescent protein foci and fail to repair DSBs after release from MMS exposure. We also found that Nat3 is required for HR-dependent gene conversion and gene targeting. Importantly, we observed that nat3Δ mutation partially suppressed MMS sensitivity in srs2Δ cells and the synthetic sickness of srs2Δ sgs1Δ cells. Altogether, our results indicate that NatB functions upstream of Srs2 to activate the Rad51-dependent HR pathway for DSB repair.
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- Natsuki Sugaya
- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Gakushuin University
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Gakushuin University
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Gakushuin University
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Gakushuin University
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Gakushuin University
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Graduate School of Science, Gakushuin University
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Laufer VA, Glover TW, Wilson TE. Applications of advanced technologies for detecting genomic structural variation. MUTATION RESEARCH. REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH 2023; 792:108475. [PMID: 37931775 PMCID: PMC10792551 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2023.108475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 09/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/08/2023]
Abstract
Chromosomal structural variation (SV) encompasses a heterogenous class of genetic variants that exerts strong influences on human health and disease. Despite their importance, many structural variants (SVs) have remained poorly characterized at even a basic level, a discrepancy predicated upon the technical limitations of prior genomic assays. However, recent advances in genomic technology can identify and localize SVs accurately, opening new questions regarding SV risk factors and their impacts in humans. Here, we first define and classify human SVs and their generative mechanisms, highlighting characteristics leveraged by various SV assays. We next examine the first-ever gapless assembly of the human genome and the technical process of assembling it, which required third-generation sequencing technologies to resolve structurally complex loci. The new portions of that "telomere-to-telomere" and subsequent pangenome assemblies highlight aspects of SV biology likely to develop in the near-term. We consider the strengths and limitations of the most promising new SV technologies and when they or longstanding approaches are best suited to meeting salient goals in the study of human SV in population-scale genomics research, clinical, and public health contexts. It is a watershed time in our understanding of human SV when new approaches are expected to fundamentally change genomic applications.
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- Vincent A Laufer
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA; Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Gan X, Zhang Y, Jiang D, Shi J, Zhao H, Xie C, Wang Y, Xu J, Zhang X, Cai G, Wang H, Huang J, Chen X. Proper RPA acetylation promotes accurate DNA replication and repair. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:5565-5583. [PMID: 37140030 PMCID: PMC10287905 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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The single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) binding protein complex RPA plays a critical role in promoting DNA replication and multiple DNA repair pathways. However, how RPA is regulated to achieve its functions precisely in these processes remains elusive. Here, we found that proper acetylation and deacetylation of RPA are required to regulate RPA function in promoting high-fidelity DNA replication and repair. We show that yeast RPA is acetylated on multiple conserved lysines by the acetyltransferase NuA4 upon DNA damage. Mimicking constitutive RPA acetylation or blocking its acetylation causes spontaneous mutations with the signature of micro-homology-mediated large deletions or insertions. In parallel, improper RPA acetylation/deacetylation impairs DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair by the accurate gene conversion or break-induced replication while increasing the error-prone repair by single-strand annealing or alternative end joining. Mechanistically, we show that proper acetylation and deacetylation of RPA ensure its normal nuclear localization and ssDNA binding ability. Importantly, mutation of the equivalent residues in human RPA1 also impairs RPA binding on ssDNA, leading to attenuated RAD51 loading and homologous recombination repair. Thus, timely RPA acetylation and deacetylation likely represent a conserved mechanism promoting high-fidelity replication and repair while discriminating the error-prone repair mechanisms in eukaryotes.
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- Xiaoli Gan
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Frontier Science Centre of Immunology and Metabolism, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230001, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Frontier Science Centre of Immunology and Metabolism, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Frontier Science Centre of Immunology and Metabolism, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Frontier Science Centre of Immunology and Metabolism, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Frontier Science Centre of Immunology and Metabolism, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Frontier Science Centre of Immunology and Metabolism, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- Department of Hematology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, the Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Frontier Science Centre of Immunology and Metabolism, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, MOE Key Laboratory for Membraneless Organelles and Cellular Dynamics, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230001, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response and College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China
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- The MOE Key Laboratory of Biosystems Homeostasis & Protection, Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory for Cancer Molecular Cell Biology and Innovation Center for Cell Signaling Network, Life Sciences Institute, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Frontier Science Centre of Immunology and Metabolism, Wuhan University, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, China
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Chen P, De Winne N, De Jaeger G, Ito M, Heese M, Schnittger A. KNO1‐mediated autophagic degradation of the Bloom syndrome complex component RMI1 promotes homologous recombination. EMBO J 2023; 42:e111980. [PMID: 36970874 PMCID: PMC10183828 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2022111980] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2022] [Revised: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 03/12/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Homologous recombination (HR) is a key DNA damage repair pathway that is tightly adjusted to the state of a cell. A central regulator of homologous recombination is the conserved helicase-containing Bloom syndrome complex, renowned for its crucial role in maintaining genome integrity. Here, we show that in Arabidopsis thaliana, Bloom complex activity is controlled by selective autophagy. We find that the recently identified DNA damage regulator KNO1 facilitates K63-linked ubiquitination of RMI1, a structural component of the complex, thereby triggering RMI1 autophagic degradation and resulting in increased homologous recombination. Conversely, reduced autophagic activity makes plants hypersensitive to DNA damage. KNO1 itself is also controlled at the level of proteolysis, in this case mediated by the ubiquitin-proteasome system, becoming stabilized upon DNA damage via two redundantly acting deubiquitinases, UBP12 and UBP13. These findings uncover a regulatory cascade of selective and interconnected protein degradation steps resulting in a fine-tuned HR response upon DNA damage.
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Shi M, Zhao J, Zhang S, Huang W, Li M, Bai X, Zhang W, Zhang K, Chen X, Xiang S. Structural basis for the Rad6 activation by the Bre1 N-terminal domain. eLife 2023; 12:84157. [PMID: 36912886 PMCID: PMC10036116 DOI: 10.7554/elife.84157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023] Open
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The mono-ubiquitination of the histone protein H2B (H2Bub1) is a highly conserved histone post-translational modification that plays critical roles in many fundamental processes. In yeast, this modification is catalyzed by the conserved Bre1-Rad6 complex. Bre1 contains a unique N-terminal Rad6-binding domain (RBD), how it interacts with Rad6 and contributes to the H2Bub1 catalysis is unclear. Here, we present crystal structure of the Bre1 RBD-Rad6 complex and structure-guided functional studies. Our structure provides a detailed picture of the interaction between the dimeric Bre1 RBD and a single Rad6 molecule. We further found that the interaction stimulates Rad6's enzymatic activity by allosterically increasing its active site accessibility and likely contribute to the H2Bub1 catalysis through additional mechanisms. In line with these important functions, we found that the interaction is crucial for multiple H2Bub1-regulated processes. Our study provides molecular insights into the H2Bub1 catalysis.
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- Meng Shi
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease (Ministry of Education), The province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease (Ministry of Education), The province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Frontier Science Centre of Immunology and Metabolism, The Institute of Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease (Ministry of Education), The province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Frontier Science Centre of Immunology and Metabolism, The Institute of Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease (Ministry of Education), The province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease (Ministry of Education), The province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences, Frontier Science Centre of Immunology and Metabolism, The Institute of Advanced Studies, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease (Ministry of Education), The province and ministry co-sponsored collaborative innovation center for medical epigenetics, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
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Emmenecker C, Mézard C, Kumar R. Repair of DNA double-strand breaks in plant meiosis: role of eukaryotic RecA recombinases and their modulators. PLANT REPRODUCTION 2023; 36:17-41. [PMID: 35641832 DOI: 10.1007/s00497-022-00443-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Homologous recombination during meiosis is crucial for the DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) repair that promotes the balanced segregation of homologous chromosomes and enhances genetic variation. In most eukaryotes, two recombinases RAD51 and DMC1 form nucleoprotein filaments on single-stranded DNA generated at DSB sites and play a central role in the meiotic DSB repair and genome stability. These nucleoprotein filaments perform homology search and DNA strand exchange to initiate repair using homologous template-directed sequences located elsewhere in the genome. Multiple factors can regulate the assembly, stability, and disassembly of RAD51 and DMC1 nucleoprotein filaments. In this review, we summarize the current understanding of the meiotic functions of RAD51 and DMC1 and the role of their positive and negative modulators. We discuss the current models and regulators of homology searches and strand exchange conserved during plant meiosis. Manipulation of these repair factors during plant meiosis also holds a great potential to accelerate plant breeding for crop improvements and productivity.
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- Côme Emmenecker
- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, 78000, Versailles, France
- University of Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay, France
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, 78000, Versailles, France.
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- Institut Jean-Pierre Bourgin (IJPB), Université Paris-Saclay, INRAE, AgroParisTech, 78000, Versailles, France.
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Maloisel L, Ma E, Phipps J, Deshayes A, Mattarocci S, Marcand S, Dubrana K, Coïc E. Rad51 filaments assembled in the absence of the complex formed by the Rad51 paralogs Rad55 and Rad57 are outcompeted by translesion DNA polymerases on UV-induced ssDNA gaps. PLoS Genet 2023; 19:e1010639. [PMID: 36749784 PMCID: PMC9937489 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The bypass of DNA lesions that block replicative polymerases during DNA replication relies on DNA damage tolerance pathways. The error-prone translesion synthesis (TLS) pathway depends on specialized DNA polymerases that incorporate nucleotides in front of base lesions, potentially inducing mutagenesis. Two error-free pathways can bypass the lesions: the template switching pathway, which uses the sister chromatid as a template, and the homologous recombination pathway (HR), which also can use the homologous chromosome as template. The balance between error-prone and error-free pathways controls the mutagenesis level. Therefore, it is crucial to precisely characterize factors that influence the pathway choice to better understand genetic stability at replication forks. In yeast, the complex formed by the Rad51 paralogs Rad55 and Rad57 promotes HR and template-switching at stalled replication forks. At DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), this complex promotes Rad51 filament formation and stability, notably by counteracting the Srs2 anti-recombinase. To explore the role of the Rad55-Rad57 complex in error-free pathways, we monitored the genetic interactions between Rad55-Rad57, the translesion polymerases Polζ or Polη, and Srs2 following UV radiation that induces mostly single-strand DNA gaps. We found that the Rad55-Rad57 complex was involved in three ways. First, it protects Rad51 filaments from Srs2, as it does at DSBs. Second, it promotes Rad51 filament stability independently of Srs2. Finally, we observed that UV-induced HR is almost abolished in Rad55-Rad57 deficient cells, and is partially restored upon Polζ or Polη depletion. Hence, we propose that the Rad55-Rad57 complex is essential to promote Rad51 filament stability on single-strand DNA gaps, notably to counteract the error-prone TLS polymerases and mutagenesis.
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- Laurent Maloisel
- Université de Paris and Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, CEA, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, UMR Stabilité Génétique Cellules Souches et Radiations, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
- * E-mail: (LM); (EC)
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- Université de Paris and Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, CEA, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, UMR Stabilité Génétique Cellules Souches et Radiations, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Université de Paris and Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, CEA, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, UMR Stabilité Génétique Cellules Souches et Radiations, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Université de Paris and Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, CEA, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, UMR Stabilité Génétique Cellules Souches et Radiations, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Université de Paris and Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, CEA, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, UMR Stabilité Génétique Cellules Souches et Radiations, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Université de Paris and Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, CEA, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, UMR Stabilité Génétique Cellules Souches et Radiations, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Université de Paris and Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, CEA, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, UMR Stabilité Génétique Cellules Souches et Radiations, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Université de Paris and Université Paris-Saclay, INSERM, CEA, Institut de Biologie François Jacob, UMR Stabilité Génétique Cellules Souches et Radiations, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
- * E-mail: (LM); (EC)
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a Model System for Eukaryotic Cell Biology, from Cell Cycle Control to DNA Damage Response. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231911665. [PMID: 36232965 PMCID: PMC9570374 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used for bread making and beer brewing for thousands of years. In addition, its ease of manipulation, well-annotated genome, expansive molecular toolbox, and its strong conservation of basic eukaryotic biology also make it a prime model for eukaryotic cell biology and genetics. In this review, we discuss the characteristics that made yeast such an extensively used model organism and specifically focus on the DNA damage response pathway as a prime example of how research in S. cerevisiae helped elucidate a highly conserved biological process. In addition, we also highlight differences in the DNA damage response of S. cerevisiae and humans and discuss the challenges of using S. cerevisiae as a model system.
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Nickens DG, Bochman ML. Genetic and biochemical interactions of yeast DNA helicases. Methods 2022; 204:234-240. [PMID: 35483549 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2022.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2021] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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DNA helicases function in many types of nucleic acid transactions, and as such, they are vital for genome integrity. Although they are often considered individually, work from many groups demonstrates that these enzymes often genetically and biochemically interact in vivo. Here, we highlight methods to interrogate such interactions among the PIF1 (Pif1 and Rrm3) and RecQ (Hrq1 and Sgs1) family helicases in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The interactions among these enzymes were investigated in vivo using deletion and inactivation alleles with a gross-chromosomal rearrangement (GCR) assay. Further, wild-type and inactive recombinant proteins were used to determine the effects of the helicases on telomerase activity in vitro. We found that synergistic increases in GCR rates often occur in double vs. single mutants, suggesting that the helicases function in distinct genome integrity pathways. Further, the recombinant helicases can function together in vitro to modulate telomerase activity. Overall, the data suggest that the interactions among the members of these DNA helicase families are multipartite and argue for a comprehensive systems biology approach to fully elucidate the physiological interplay between these enzymes.
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- David G Nickens
- Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA
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- Molecular & Cellular Biochemistry Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA.
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Ali A, Xiao W, Babar ME, Bi Y. Double-Stranded Break Repair in Mammalian Cells and Precise Genome Editing. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13050737. [PMID: 35627122 PMCID: PMC9142082 DOI: 10.3390/genes13050737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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In mammalian cells, double-strand breaks (DSBs) are repaired predominantly by error-prone non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), but less prevalently by error-free template-dependent homologous recombination (HR). DSB repair pathway selection is the bedrock for genome editing. NHEJ results in random mutations when repairing DSB, while HR induces high-fidelity sequence-specific variations, but with an undesirable low efficiency. In this review, we first discuss the latest insights into the action mode of NHEJ and HR in a panoramic view. We then propose the future direction of genome editing by virtue of these advancements. We suggest that by switching NHEJ to HR, full fidelity genome editing and robust gene knock-in could be enabled. We also envision that RNA molecules could be repurposed by RNA-templated DSB repair to mediate precise genetic editing.
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- Akhtar Ali
- Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo and Molecular Breeding of Hubei Province, Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (A.A.); (W.X.)
- Department of Biotechnology, Virtual University of Pakistan, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo and Molecular Breeding of Hubei Province, Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (A.A.); (W.X.)
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- The University of Agriculture Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ismail Khan 29220, Pakistan;
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Embryo and Molecular Breeding of Hubei Province, Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan 430064, China; (A.A.); (W.X.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +86-151-0714-8708
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Harami GM, Pálinkás J, Seol Y, Kovács ZJ, Gyimesi M, Harami-Papp H, Neuman KC, Kovács M. The toposiomerase IIIalpha-RMI1-RMI2 complex orients human Bloom's syndrome helicase for efficient disruption of D-loops. Nat Commun 2022; 13:654. [PMID: 35115525 PMCID: PMC8813930 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28208-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Homologous recombination (HR) is a ubiquitous and efficient process that serves the repair of severe forms of DNA damage and the generation of genetic diversity during meiosis. HR can proceed via multiple pathways with different outcomes that may aid or impair genome stability and faithful inheritance, underscoring the importance of HR quality control. Human Bloom's syndrome (BLM, RecQ family) helicase plays central roles in HR pathway selection and quality control via unexplored molecular mechanisms. Here we show that BLM's multi-domain structural architecture supports a balance between stabilization and disruption of displacement loops (D-loops), early HR intermediates that are key targets for HR regulation. We find that this balance is markedly shifted toward efficient D-loop disruption by the presence of BLM's interaction partners Topoisomerase IIIα-RMI1-RMI2, which have been shown to be involved in multiple steps of HR-based DNA repair. Our results point to a mechanism whereby BLM can differentially process D-loops and support HR control depending on cellular regulatory mechanisms.
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- Gábor M Harami
- ELTE-MTA "Momentum" Motor Enzymology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. s. 1/c, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary. .,Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA.
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- ELTE-MTA "Momentum" Motor Enzymology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. s. 1/c, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA
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- ELTE-MTA "Momentum" Motor Enzymology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. s. 1/c, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- ELTE-MTA "Momentum" Motor Enzymology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. s. 1/c, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary.,MTA-ELTE Motor Pharmacology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. s. 1/c, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary
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- ELTE-MTA "Momentum" Motor Enzymology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. s. 1/c, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary.,Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Single Molecule Biophysics, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, USA
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- ELTE-MTA "Momentum" Motor Enzymology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. s. 1/c, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary. .,MTA-ELTE Motor Pharmacology Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. s. 1/c, H-1117, Budapest, Hungary.
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Ramsden DA, Carvajal-Garcia J, Gupta GP. Mechanism, cellular functions and cancer roles of polymerase-theta-mediated DNA end joining. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2022; 23:125-140. [PMID: 34522048 DOI: 10.1038/s41580-021-00405-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Cellular pathways that repair chromosomal double-strand breaks (DSBs) have pivotal roles in cell growth, development and cancer. These DSB repair pathways have been the target of intensive investigation, but one pathway - alternative end joining (a-EJ) - has long resisted elucidation. In this Review, we highlight recent progress in our understanding of a-EJ, especially the assignment of DNA polymerase theta (Polθ) as the predominant mediator of a-EJ in most eukaryotes, and discuss a potential molecular mechanism by which Polθ-mediated end joining (TMEJ) occurs. We address possible cellular functions of TMEJ in resolving DSBs that are refractory to repair by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), DSBs generated following replication fork collapse and DSBs present owing to stalling of repair by homologous recombination. We also discuss how these context-dependent cellular roles explain how TMEJ can both protect against and cause genome instability, and the emerging potential of Polθ as a therapeutic target in cancer.
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- Dale A Ramsden
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Ramos F, Durán L, Sánchez M, Campos A, Hernández-Villamor D, Antequera F, Clemente-Blanco A. Genome-wide sequencing analysis of Sgs1, Exo1, Rad51, and Srs2 in DNA repair by homologous recombination. Cell Rep 2022; 38:110201. [PMID: 35021102 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Homologous recombination is essential to maintain genome stability in response to DNA damage. Here, we have used genome-wide sequencing to quantitatively analyze at nucleotide resolution the dynamics of DNA end resection, re-synthesis, and gene conversion at a double-strand break. Resection initiates asymmetrically in an MRX-independent manner before proceeding steadily in both directions. Sgs1, Exo1, Rad51, and Srs2 differently regulate the rate and symmetry of early and late resection. Exo1 also ensures the coexistence of resection and re-synthesis, while Srs2 guarantees a constant and symmetrical DNA re-polymerization. Gene conversion is MMR independent, spans only a minor fraction of the resected region, and its unidirectionality depends on Srs2. Finally, these repair factors prevent the development of alterations remote from the DNA lesion, such as subtelomeric instability, duplication of genomic regions, and over-replication of Ty elements. Altogether, this approach allows a quantitative analysis and a direct genome-wide visualization of DNA repair by homologous recombination.
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- Facundo Ramos
- Cell Cycle and Genome Stability Group, Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), C/ Zacarías González 2, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Functional Organization of the Eukaryotic Genome Group, Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), C/ Zacarías González 2, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Functional Organization of the Eukaryotic Genome Group, Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), C/ Zacarías González 2, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Cell Cycle and Genome Stability Group, Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), C/ Zacarías González 2, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Cell Cycle and Genome Stability Group, Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), C/ Zacarías González 2, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Functional Organization of the Eukaryotic Genome Group, Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), C/ Zacarías González 2, Salamanca 37007, Spain.
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- Cell Cycle and Genome Stability Group, Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (IBFG), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Universidad de Salamanca (USAL), C/ Zacarías González 2, Salamanca 37007, Spain.
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Jinks-Robertson S, Petes TD. Mitotic recombination in yeast: what we know and what we don't know. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2021; 71:78-85. [PMID: 34311384 PMCID: PMC8671248 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2021.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae is at the forefront of defining the major recombination mechanisms/models that repair targeted double-strand breaks during mitosis. Each of these models predicts specific molecular intermediates as well as genetic outcomes. Recent use of single-nucleotide polymorphisms to track the exchange of sequences in recombination products has provided an unprecedented level of detail about the corresponding intermediates and the extents to which different mechanisms are utilized. This approach also has revealed complexities that are not predicted by canonical models, suggesting that modifications to these models are needed. Current data are consistent with the initiation of most inter-homolog spontaneous mitotic recombination events by a double-strand break. In addition, the sister chromatid is preferred over the homolog as a repair template.
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- Sue Jinks-Robertson
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, United States
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, United States.
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Ahuja JS, Harvey CS, Wheeler DL, Lichten M. Repeated strand invasion and extensive branch migration are hallmarks of meiotic recombination. Mol Cell 2021; 81:4258-4270.e4. [PMID: 34453891 PMCID: PMC8541907 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Currently favored models for meiotic recombination posit that both noncrossover and crossover recombination are initiated by DNA double-strand breaks but form by different mechanisms: noncrossovers by synthesis-dependent strand annealing and crossovers by formation and resolution of double Holliday junctions centered around the break. This dual mechanism hypothesis predicts different hybrid DNA patterns in noncrossover and crossover recombinants. We show that these predictions are not upheld, by mapping with unprecedented resolution parental strand contributions to recombinants at a model locus. Instead, break repair in both noncrossovers and crossovers involves synthesis-dependent strand annealing, often with multiple rounds of strand invasion. Crossover-specific double Holliday junction formation occurs via processes involving branch migration as an integral feature, one that can be separated from repair of the break itself. These findings reveal meiotic recombination to be a highly dynamic process and prompt a new view of the relationship between crossover and noncrossover recombination.
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- Jasvinder S Ahuja
- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Meir A, Greene EC. Srs2 and Pif1 as Model Systems for Understanding Sf1a and Sf1b Helicase Structure and Function. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:1319. [PMID: 34573298 PMCID: PMC8469786 DOI: 10.3390/genes12091319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 08/23/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Helicases are enzymes that convert the chemical energy stored in ATP into mechanical work, allowing them to move along and manipulate nucleic acids. The helicase superfamily 1 (Sf1) is one of the largest subgroups of helicases and they are required for a range of cellular activities across all domains of life. Sf1 helicases can be further subdivided into two classes called the Sf1a and Sf1b helicases, which move in opposite directions on nucleic acids. The results of this movement can range from the separation of strands within duplex nucleic acids to the physical remodeling or removal of nucleoprotein complexes. Here, we describe the characteristics of the Sf1a helicase Srs2 and the Sf1b helicase Pif1, both from the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae, focusing on the roles that they play in homologous recombination, a DNA repair pathway that is necessary for maintaining genome integrity.
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA;
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Nickoloff JA, Sharma N, Allen CP, Taylor L, Allen SJ, Jaiswal AS, Hromas R. Roles of homologous recombination in response to ionizing radiation-induced DNA damage. Int J Radiat Biol 2021; 99:903-914. [PMID: 34283012 PMCID: PMC9629169 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2021.1956001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2021] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Ionizing radiation induces a vast array of DNA lesions including base damage, and single- and double-strand breaks (SSB, DSB). DSBs are among the most cytotoxic lesions, and mis-repair causes small- and large-scale genome alterations that can contribute to carcinogenesis. Indeed, ionizing radiation is a 'complete' carcinogen. DSBs arise immediately after irradiation, termed 'frank DSBs,' as well as several hours later in a replication-dependent manner, termed 'secondary' or 'replication-dependent DSBs. DSBs resulting from replication fork collapse are single-ended and thus pose a distinct problem from two-ended, frank DSBs. DSBs are repaired by error-prone nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ), or generally error-free homologous recombination (HR), each with sub-pathways. Clarifying how these pathways operate in normal and tumor cells is critical to increasing tumor control and minimizing side effects during radiotherapy. CONCLUSIONS The choice between NHEJ and HR is regulated during the cell cycle and by other factors. DSB repair pathways are major contributors to cell survival after ionizing radiation, including tumor-resistance to radiotherapy. Several nucleases are important for HR-mediated repair of replication-dependent DSBs and thus replication fork restart. These include three structure-specific nucleases, the 3' MUS81 nuclease, and two 5' nucleases, EEPD1 and Metnase, as well as three end-resection nucleases, MRE11, EXO1, and DNA2. The three structure-specific nucleases evolved at very different times, suggesting incremental acceleration of replication fork restart to limit toxic HR intermediates and genome instability as genomes increased in size during evolution, including the gain of large numbers of HR-prone repetitive elements. Ionizing radiation also induces delayed effects, observed days to weeks after exposure, including delayed cell death and delayed HR. In this review we highlight the roles of HR in cellular responses to ionizing radiation, and discuss the importance of HR as an exploitable target for cancer radiotherapy.
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- Jac A. Nickoloff
- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Facility, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine and the Mays Cancer Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine and the Mays Cancer Center, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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Peng H, Zhang S, Peng Y, Zhu S, Zhao X, Zhao X, Yang S, Liu G, Dong Y, Gan X, Li Q, Zhang X, Pei H, Chen X. Yeast Bromodomain Factor 1 and Its Human Homolog TAF1 Play Conserved Roles in Promoting Homologous Recombination. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2021; 8:e2100753. [PMID: 34056863 PMCID: PMC8336524 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202100753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Histone acetylation is a key histone post-translational modification that shapes chromatin structure, dynamics, and function. Bromodomain (BRD) proteins, the readers of acetyl-lysines, are located in the center of the histone acetylation-signaling network. How they regulate DNA repair and genome stability remains poorly understood. Here, a conserved function of the yeast Bromodomain Factor 1 (Bdf1) and its human counterpart TAF1 is reported in promoting DNA double-stranded break repair by homologous recombination (HR). Depletion of either yeast BDF1 or human TAF1, or disruption of their BRDs impairs DNA end resection, Replication Protein A (RPA) and Rad51 loading, and HR repair, causing genome instability and hypersensitivity to DNA damage. Mechanistically, it is shown that Bdf1 preferentially binds the DNA damage-induced histone H4 acetylation (H4Ac) via the BRD motifs, leading to its chromatin recruitment. Meanwhile, Bdf1 physically interacts with RPA, and this interaction facilitates RPA loading in the chromatin context and the subsequent HR repair. Similarly, TAF1 also interacts with H4Ac or RPA. Thus, Bdf1 and TAF1 appear to share a conserved mechanism in linking the HR repair to chromatin acetylation in preserving genome integrity.
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- Haoyang Peng
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell HomeostasisCollege of Life Sciences and the Institute for Advanced StudiesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell HomeostasisCollege of Life Sciences and the Institute for Advanced StudiesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular MedicineGeorge Washington University School of Medicine and Health ScienceWashingtonDC20037USA
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell HomeostasisCollege of Life Sciences and the Institute for Advanced StudiesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell HomeostasisCollege of Life Sciences and the Institute for Advanced StudiesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell HomeostasisCollege of Life Sciences and the Institute for Advanced StudiesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene ResearchSchool of Life Sciences and Peking‐Tsinghua Center for Life SciencesPeking UniversityBeijing100871China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell HomeostasisCollege of Life Sciences and the Institute for Advanced StudiesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell HomeostasisCollege of Life Sciences and the Institute for Advanced StudiesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell HomeostasisCollege of Life Sciences and the Institute for Advanced StudiesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene ResearchSchool of Life Sciences and Peking‐Tsinghua Center for Life SciencesPeking UniversityBeijing100871China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell HomeostasisCollege of Life Sciences and the Institute for Advanced StudiesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular MedicineGeorge Washington University School of Medicine and Health ScienceWashingtonDC20037USA
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell HomeostasisCollege of Life Sciences and the Institute for Advanced StudiesWuhan UniversityWuhan430072China
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Crickard JB. Discrete roles for Rad54 and Rdh54 during homologous recombination. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2021; 71:48-54. [PMID: 34293661 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2021.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2021] [Revised: 05/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Rad54 and Rdh54 are Snf2 DNA motor proteins that function during maintenance of genomic integrity. Though highly related, Rad54 and Rdh54 have different biochemical and genetic functions during maintenance of genomic integrity. Rad54 functions primarily during the homology search and strand invasion steps of homologous recombination, while Rdh54 appears to play a minor role in these processes. More recently it has been shown that Rdh54 functions as a pathway branch point at HR intermediates, and as has a role in cell cycle recovery. Here we will explore recent advances that have improved our understanding of the role these two DNA motor proteins play during DNA repair.
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- John Brooks Crickard
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Al-Zain AM, Symington LS. The dark side of homology-directed repair. DNA Repair (Amst) 2021; 106:103181. [PMID: 34311272 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2021.103181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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DNA double strand breaks (DSB) are cytotoxic lesions that can lead to genome rearrangements and genomic instability, which are hallmarks of cancer. The two main DSB repair pathways are non-homologous end joining and homologous recombination (HR). While HR is generally highly accurate, it has the potential for rearrangements that occur directly or through intermediates generated during the repair process. Whole genome sequencing of cancers has revealed numerous types of structural rearrangement signatures that are often indicative of repair mediated by sequence homology. However, it can be challenging to delineate repair mechanisms from sequence analysis of rearrangement end products from cancer genomes, or even model systems, because the same rearrangements can be generated by different pathways. Here, we review homology-directed repair pathways and their consequences. Exploring those pathways can lead to a greater understanding of rearrangements that occur in cancer cells.
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- Amr M Al-Zain
- Program in Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, United States; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, United States
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, United States; Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, United States.
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Branzei D, Szakal B. DNA helicases in homologous recombination repair. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2021; 71:27-33. [PMID: 34271541 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2021.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 06/21/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Helicases are in the spotlight of DNA metabolism and are critical for DNA repair in all domains of life. At their biochemical core, they bind and hydrolyze ATP, converting this energy to translocate unidirectionally, with different strand polarities and substrate binding specificities, along one strand of a nucleic acid. In doing so, DNA and RNA helicases separate duplex strands or remove nucleoprotein complexes, affecting DNA repair and the architecture of replication forks. In this review, we focus on recent advances on the roles and regulations of DNA helicases in homologous recombination repair, a critical pathway for mending damaged chromosomes and for ensuring genome integrity.
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- Dana Branzei
- IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139, Milan, Italy; Istituto di Genetica Molecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IGM-CNR), Via Abbiategrasso 207, 27100, Pavia, Italy.
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- IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Via Adamello 16, 20139, Milan, Italy
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Rtt105 promotes high-fidelity DNA replication and repair by regulating the single-stranded DNA-binding factor RPA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2106393118. [PMID: 34140406 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2106393118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) covered with the heterotrimeric Replication Protein A (RPA) complex is a central intermediate of DNA replication and repair. How RPA is regulated to ensure the fidelity of DNA replication and repair remains poorly understood. Yeast Rtt105 is an RPA-interacting protein required for RPA nuclear import and efficient ssDNA binding. Here, we describe an important role of Rtt105 in high-fidelity DNA replication and recombination and demonstrate that these functions of Rtt105 primarily depend on its regulation of RPA. The deletion of RTT105 causes elevated spontaneous DNA mutations with large duplications or deletions mediated by microhomologies. Rtt105 is recruited to DNA double-stranded break (DSB) ends where it promotes RPA assembly and homologous recombination repair by gene conversion or break-induced replication. In contrast, Rtt105 attenuates DSB repair by the mutagenic single-strand annealing or alternative end joining pathway. Thus, Rtt105-mediated regulation of RPA promotes high-fidelity replication and recombination while suppressing repair by deleterious pathways. Finally, we show that the human RPA-interacting protein hRIP-α, a putative functional homolog of Rtt105, also stimulates RPA assembly on ssDNA, suggesting the conservation of an Rtt105-mediated mechanism.
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Rad52 Oligomeric N-Terminal Domain Stabilizes Rad51 Nucleoprotein Filaments and Contributes to Their Protection against Srs2. Cells 2021; 10:cells10061467. [PMID: 34207997 PMCID: PMC8230603 DOI: 10.3390/cells10061467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Revised: 06/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Homologous recombination (HR) depends on the formation of a nucleoprotein filament of the recombinase Rad51 to scan the genome and invade the homologous sequence used as a template for DNA repair synthesis. Therefore, HR is highly accurate and crucial for genome stability. Rad51 filament formation is controlled by positive and negative factors. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the mediator protein Rad52 catalyzes Rad51 filament formation and stabilizes them, mostly by counteracting the disruptive activity of the translocase Srs2. Srs2 activity is essential to avoid the formation of toxic Rad51 filaments, as revealed by Srs2-deficient cells. We previously reported that Rad52 SUMOylation or mutations disrupting the Rad52–Rad51 interaction suppress Rad51 filament toxicity because they disengage Rad52 from Rad51 filaments and reduce their stability. Here, we found that mutations in Rad52 N-terminal domain also suppress the DNA damage sensitivity of Srs2-deficient cells. Structural studies showed that these mutations affect the Rad52 oligomeric ring structure. Overall, in vivo and in vitro analyzes of these mutants indicate that Rad52 ring structure is important for protecting Rad51 filaments from Srs2, but can increase Rad51 filament stability and toxicity in Srs2-deficient cells. This stabilization function is distinct from Rad52 mediator and annealing activities.
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Homologous recombination (HR) repairs DNA double-strand breaks by using a homologous template to retrieve sequence information lost at the break site. The broken DNA molecule first engages with the homologous donor molecule and is then separated from it to complete the process. Depending on the HR subpathways used, the separation step can lead to crossovers (COs) between the participating molecules. Such events can cause genomic alterations and eventually cancer if a donor molecule other than the identical sister chromatid is used. Here, we characterize two subpathways of HR with different propensities to form COs. We show the unexpected dominance of the CO-forming subpathway and characterize the processes involved in CO formation and subpathway choice in cancer and normal, untransformed cells. Homologous recombination (HR) is an important DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair pathway that copies sequence information lost at the break site from an undamaged homologous template. This involves the formation of a recombination structure that is processed to restore the original sequence but also harbors the potential for crossover (CO) formation between the participating molecules. Synthesis-dependent strand annealing (SDSA) is an HR subpathway that prevents CO formation and is thought to predominate in mammalian cells. The chromatin remodeler ATRX promotes an alternative HR subpathway that has the potential to form COs. Here, we show that ATRX-dependent HR outcompetes RECQ5-dependent SDSA for the repair of most two-ended DSBs in human cells and leads to the frequent formation of COs, assessed by measuring sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs). We provide evidence that subpathway choice is dependent on interaction of both ATRX and RECQ5 with proliferating cell nuclear antigen. We also show that the subpathway usage varies among different cancer cell lines and compare it to untransformed cells. We further observe HR intermediates arising as ionizing radiation (IR)-induced ultra-fine bridges only in cells expressing ATRX and lacking MUS81 and GEN1. Consistently, damage-induced MUS81 recruitment is only observed in ATRX-expressing cells. Cells lacking BLM show similar MUS81 recruitment and IR-induced SCE formation as control cells. Collectively, these results suggest that the ATRX pathway involves the formation of HR intermediates whose processing is entirely dependent on MUS81 and GEN1 and independent of BLM. We propose that the predominant ATRX-dependent HR subpathway forms joint molecules distinct from classical Holliday junctions.
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Learning Yeast Genetics from Miro Radman. Cells 2021; 10:cells10040945. [PMID: 33923882 PMCID: PMC8072546 DOI: 10.3390/cells10040945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Miroslav Radman's far-sighted ideas have penetrated many aspects of our study of the repair of broken eukaryotic chromosomes. For over 35 years my lab has studied different aspects of the repair of chromosomal breaks in the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae. From the start, we have made what we thought were novel observations that turned out to have been predicted by Miro's extraordinary work in the bacterium Escherichia coli and then later in the radiation-resistant Dienococcus radiodurans. In some cases, we have been able to extend some of his ideas a bit further.
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Pham N, Yan Z, Yu Y, Faria Afreen M, Malkova A, Haber JE, Ira G. Mechanisms restraining break-induced replication at two-ended DNA double-strand breaks. EMBO J 2021; 40:e104847. [PMID: 33844333 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020104847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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DNA synthesis during homologous recombination is highly mutagenic and prone to template switches. Two-ended DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are usually repaired by gene conversion with a short patch of DNA synthesis, thus limiting the mutation load to the vicinity of the DSB. Single-ended DSBs are repaired by break-induced replication (BIR), which involves extensive and mutagenic DNA synthesis spanning up to hundreds of kilobases. It remains unknown how mutagenic BIR is suppressed at two-ended DSBs. Here, we demonstrate that BIR is suppressed at two-ended DSBs by proteins coordinating the usage of two ends of a DSB: (i) ssDNA annealing proteins Rad52 and Rad59 that promote second end capture, (ii) D-loop unwinding helicase Mph1, and (iii) Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2 complex that promotes synchronous resection of two ends of a DSB. Finally, BIR is also suppressed when Sir2 silences a normally heterochromatic repair template. All of these proteins are particularly important for limiting BIR when recombination occurs between short repetitive sequences, emphasizing the significance of these mechanisms for species carrying many repetitive elements such as humans.
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- Nhung Pham
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Biology, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Waltham, MA, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
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- Department of Biology, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, Waltham, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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Sanford EJ, Comstock WJ, Faça VM, Vega SC, Gnügge R, Symington LS, Smolka MB. Phosphoproteomics reveals a distinctive Mec1/ATR signaling response upon DNA end hyper-resection. EMBO J 2021; 40:e104566. [PMID: 33764556 DOI: 10.15252/embj.2020104566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2020] [Revised: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The Mec1/ATR kinase is crucial for genome maintenance in response to a range of genotoxic insults, but it remains unclear how it promotes context-dependent signaling and DNA repair. Using phosphoproteomic analyses, we uncovered a distinctive Mec1/ATR signaling response triggered by extensive nucleolytic processing (resection) of DNA ends. Budding yeast cells lacking Rad9, a checkpoint adaptor and an inhibitor of resection, exhibit a selective increase in Mec1-dependent phosphorylation of proteins associated with single-strand DNA (ssDNA) transactions, including the ssDNA-binding protein Rfa2, the translocase/ubiquitin ligase Uls1, and the Sgs1-Top3-Rmi1 (STR) complex that regulates homologous recombination (HR). Extensive Mec1-dependent phosphorylation of the STR complex, mostly on the Sgs1 helicase subunit, promotes an interaction between STR and the DNA repair scaffolding protein Dpb11. Fusion of Sgs1 to phosphopeptide-binding domains of Dpb11 strongly impairs HR-mediated repair, supporting a model whereby Mec1 signaling regulates STR upon hyper-resection to influence recombination outcomes. Overall, the identification of a distinct Mec1 signaling response triggered by hyper-resection highlights the multi-faceted action of this kinase in the coordination of checkpoint signaling and HR-mediated DNA repair.
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- Ethan J Sanford
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.,Department of Biochemistry and Immunology and Cell-Based Therapy Center, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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RPA-mediated recruitment of Bre1 couples histone H2B ubiquitination to DNA replication and repair. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021; 118:2017497118. [PMID: 33602814 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2017497118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The ubiquitin E3 ligase Bre1-mediated H2B monoubiquitination (H2Bub) is essential for proper DNA replication and repair in eukaryotes. Deficiency in H2Bub causes genome instability and cancer. How the Bre1-H2Bub pathway is evoked in response to DNA replication or repair remains unknown. Here, we identify that the single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) binding factor RPA acts as a key mediator that couples Bre1-mediated H2Bub to DNA replication and repair in yeast. We found that RPA interacts with Bre1 in vitro and in vivo, and this interaction is stimulated by ssDNA. This association ensures the recruitment of Bre1 to replication forks or DNA breaks but does not affect its E3 ligase activity. Disruption of the interaction abolishes the local enrichment of H2Bub, resulting in impaired DNA replication, response to replication stress, and repair by homologous recombination, accompanied by increased genome instability and DNA damage sensitivity. Notably, we found that RNF20, the human homolog of Bre1, interacts with RPA70 in a conserved mode. Thus, RPA functions as a master regulator for the spatial-temporal control of H2Bub chromatin landscape during DNA replication and recombination, extending the versatile roles of RPA in guarding genome stability.
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Xing P, Dong Y, Zhao J, Zhou Z, Li Z, Wang Y, Li M, Zhang X, Chen X. Mrc1-Dependent Chromatin Compaction Represses DNA Double-Stranded Break Repair by Homologous Recombination Upon Replication Stress. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:630777. [PMID: 33681209 PMCID: PMC7928320 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.630777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The coordination of DNA replication and repair is critical for the maintenance of genome stability. It has been shown that the Mrc1-mediated S phase checkpoint inhibits DNA double-stranded break (DSB) repair through homologous recombination (HR). How the replication checkpoint inhibits HR remains only partially understood. Here we show that replication stress induces the suppression of both Sgs1/Dna2- and Exo1-mediated resection pathways in an Mrc1-dependent manner. As a result, the loading of the single-stranded DNA binding factor replication protein A (RPA) and Rad51 and DSB repair by HR were severely impaired under replication stress. Notably, the deletion of MRC1 partially restored the recruitment of resection enzymes, DSB end resection, and the loading of RPA and Rad51. The role of Mrc1 in inhibiting DSB end resection is independent of Csm3, Tof1, or Ctf4. Mechanistically, we reveal that replication stress induces global chromatin compaction in a manner partially dependent on Mrc1, and this chromatin compaction limits the access of chromatin remodeling factors and HR proteins, leading to the suppression of HR. Our study reveals a critical role of the Mrc1-dependent chromatin structure change in coordinating DNA replication and recombination under replication stress.
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- Poyuan Xing
- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis and the Institute for Advanced Studies, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis and the Institute for Advanced Studies, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis and the Institute for Advanced Studies, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis and the Institute for Advanced Studies, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis and the Institute for Advanced Studies, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis and the Institute for Advanced Studies, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis and the Institute for Advanced Studies, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis and the Institute for Advanced Studies, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis and the Institute for Advanced Studies, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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Mackenroth B, Alani E. Collaborations between chromatin and nuclear architecture to optimize DNA repair fidelity. DNA Repair (Amst) 2021; 97:103018. [PMID: 33285474 PMCID: PMC8486310 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2020.103018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2020] [Revised: 10/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Homologous recombination (HR), considered the highest fidelity DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair pathway that a cell possesses, is capable of repairing multiple DSBs without altering genetic information. However, in "last resort" scenarios, HR can be directed to low fidelity subpathways which often use non-allelic donor templates. Such repair mechanisms are often highly mutagenic and can also yield chromosomal rearrangements and/or deletions. While the choice between HR and its less precise counterpart, non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), has received much attention, less is known about how cells manage and prioritize HR subpathways. In this review, we describe work focused on how chromatin and nuclear architecture orchestrate subpathway choice and repair template usage to maintain genome integrity without sacrificing cell survival. Understanding the relationships between nuclear architecture and recombination mechanics will be critical to understand these cellular repair decisions.
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- Beata Mackenroth
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, 459 Biotechnology Building, Ithaca, NY, 14853-2703, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, 459 Biotechnology Building, Ithaca, NY, 14853-2703, United States.
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Shah SS, Hartono S, Piazza A, Som V, Wright W, Chédin F, Heyer WD. Rdh54/Tid1 inhibits Rad51-Rad54-mediated D-loop formation and limits D-loop length. eLife 2020; 9:59112. [PMID: 33185188 PMCID: PMC7695457 DOI: 10.7554/elife.59112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Displacement loops (D-loops) are critical intermediates formed during homologous recombination. Rdh54 (a.k.a. Tid1), a Rad54 paralog in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is well-known for its role with Dmc1 recombinase during meiotic recombination. Yet contrary to Dmc1, Rdh54/Tid1 is also present in somatic cells where its function is less understood. While Rdh54/Tid1 enhances the Rad51 DNA strand invasion activity in vitro, it is unclear how it interplays with Rad54. Here, we show that Rdh54/Tid1 inhibits D-loop formation by Rad51 and Rad54 in an ATPase-independent manner. Using a novel D-loop Mapping Assay, we further demonstrate that Rdh54/Tid1 uniquely restricts the length of Rad51-Rad54-mediated D-loops. The alterations in D-loop properties appear to be important for cell survival and mating-type switch in haploid yeast. We propose that Rdh54/Tid1 and Rad54 compete for potential binding sites within the Rad51 filament, where Rdh54/Tid1 acts as a physical roadblock to Rad54 translocation, limiting D-loop formation and D-loop length.
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- Shanaya Shital Shah
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States.,CR CNRS UMR5239, Team Genome Mechanics, Laboratory of Biology and Modelling of the Cell, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon 46, Lyon, France
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States.,Mammoth Biosciences, South San Francisco, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States.,Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, United States
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Song J, Freeman AD, Knebel A, Gartner A, Lilley DM. Human ANKLE1 Is a Nuclease Specific for Branched DNA. J Mol Biol 2020; 432:5825-5834. [PMID: 32866453 PMCID: PMC7610144 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2020.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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All physical connections between sister chromatids must be broken before cells can divide, and eukaryotic cells have evolved multiple ways in which to process branchpoints connecting DNA molecules separated both spatially and temporally. A single DNA link between chromatids has the potential to disrupt cell cycle progression and genome integrity, so it is highly likely that cells require a nuclease that can process remaining unresolved and hemi-resolved DNA junctions and other branched species at the very late stages of mitosis. We argue that ANKLE1 probably serves this function in human cells (LEM-3 in Caenorhabditis elegans). LEM-3 has previously been shown to be located at the cell mid-body, and we show here that human ANKLE1 is a nuclease that cleaves a range of branched DNA species. It thus has the substrate selectivity consistent with an enzyme required to process a variety of unresolved and hemi-resolved branchpoints in DNA. Our results suggest that ANKLE1 acts as a catch-all enzyme of last resort that allows faithful chromosome segregation and cell division to occur.
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- Junfang Song
- Cancer Research UK Nucleic Acid Structure Research Group, MSI/WTB Complex, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Nucleic Acid Structure Research Group, MSI/WTB Complex, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
- Department of Biological Sciences, School of Life Sciences, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
- Center for Genomic Integrity, Institute for Basic Science, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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- Cancer Research UK Nucleic Acid Structure Research Group, MSI/WTB Complex, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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Maintenance of genome integrity and active homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells. Exp Mol Med 2020; 52:1220-1229. [PMID: 32770082 PMCID: PMC8080833 DOI: 10.1038/s12276-020-0481-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Embryonic stem cells (ESCs) possess specific gene expression patterns that confer the ability to proliferate indefinitely and enable pluripotency, which allows ESCs to differentiate into diverse cell types in response to developmental signals. Compared to differentiated cells, ESCs harbor an elevated level of homologous recombination (HR)-related proteins and exhibit exceptional cell cycle control, characterized by a high proliferation rate and a prolonged S phase. HR is involved in several aspects of chromosome maintenance. For instance, HR repairs impaired chromosomes and prevents the collapse of DNA replication forks during cell proliferation. Thus, HR is essential for the maintenance of genomic integrity and prevents cellular dysregulation and lethal events. In addition, abundant HR proteins in the prolonged S phase can efficiently protect ESCs from external damages and protect against genomic instability caused by DNA breaks, facilitating rapid and accurate DNA break repair following chromosome duplication. The maintenance of genome integrity is key to preserving the functions of ESCs and reducing the risks of cancer development, cell cycle arrest, and abnormal replication. Here, we review the fundamental links between the stem cell-specific HR process and DNA damage response as well as the different strategies employed by ESCs to maintain genomic integrity. Embryonic stem cells (ESCs), which give rise to the many specialized cells of the body, have highly effective molecular processes of DNA maintenance and repair which protect their genetic information from damage. Keun Pil Kim and colleagues at Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea, review the strategies found in ESCs to maintain the integrity of their DNA as they develop and multiply. A key feature is the process of homologous recombination (HR) in which one copy of a section of DNA acts as the template allowing a damaged version of the DNA to be repaired. HR also facilitates swapping of sections of DNA when sperm and egg cells form, promoting genetic diversity. HR appears to be especially significant in maintaining ESC DNA as ESCs possess higher levels of key proteins involved in its maintenance and regulation.
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C-Terminal HA Tags Compromise Function and Exacerbate Phenotypes of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Bloom's Helicase Homolog Sgs1 SUMOylation-Associated Mutants. G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS 2020; 10:2811-2818. [PMID: 32540865 PMCID: PMC7407464 DOI: 10.1534/g3.120.401324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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The Sgs1 helicase and Top3-Rmi1 decatenase form a complex that affects homologous recombination outcomes during the mitotic cell cycle and during meiosis. Previous studies have reported that Sgs1-Top3-Rmi1 function is regulated by SUMOylation that is catalyzed by the Smc5-Smc6-Mms21 complex. These studies used strains in which SGS1 was C-terminally tagged with three or six copies of a human influenza hemagglutinin-derived epitope tag (3HA and 6HA). They identified SGS1 mutants that affect its SUMOylation, which we will refer to as SGS1 SUMO-site mutants. In previous work, these mutants showed phenotypes consistent with substantial loss of Sgs1-Top3-Rmi1 function during the mitotic cell cycle. We find that the reported phenotypes are largely due to the presence of the HA epitope tags. Untagged SGS1 SUMO-site mutants show either wild-type or weak hypomorphic phenotypes, depending on the assay. These phenotypes are exacerbated by both 6HA and 3HA epitope tags in two different S. cerevisiae strain backgrounds. Importantly, a C-terminal 6HA tag confers strong hypomorphic or null phenotypes on an otherwise wild-type Sgs1 protein. Taken together, these results suggest that the HA epitope tags used in previous studies seriously compromise Sgs1 function. Furthermore, they raise the possibilities either that sufficient SUMOylation of the Sgs1-Top3-Rmi1 complex might still occur in the SUMO-site mutants isolated, or that Smc5-Smc6-Mms21-mediated SUMOylation plays a minor role in the regulation of Sgs1-Top3-Rmi1 during recombination.
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Rad9/53BP1 promotes DNA repair via crossover recombination by limiting the Sgs1 and Mph1 helicases. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3181. [PMID: 32576832 PMCID: PMC7311424 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16997-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The DNA damage checkpoint (DDC) is often robustly activated during the homologous recombination (HR) repair of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs). DDC activation controls several HR repair factors by phosphorylation, preventing premature segregation of entangled chromosomes formed during HR repair. The DDC mediator 53BP1/Rad9 limits the nucleolytic processing (resection) of a DSB, controlling the formation of the 3′ single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) filament needed for recombination, from yeast to human. Here we show that Rad9 promotes stable annealing between the recombinogenic filament and the donor template in yeast, limiting strand rejection by the Sgs1 and Mph1 helicases. This regulation allows repair by long tract gene conversion, crossover recombination and break-induced replication (BIR), only after DDC activation. These findings shed light on how cells couple DDC with the choice and effectiveness of HR sub-pathways, with implications for genome instability and cancer. In budding yeast, the 53BP1 ortholog Rad9 limits the resection nucleolytic processing of DNA double strand breaks. Here the authors reveal that Rad9 promotes long tract gene conversions, BIR and CO, during the HR repair of a DSB via modulation of Sgs1 and Mph1 helicases.
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Grigaitis R, Ranjha L, Wild P, Kasaciunaite K, Ceppi I, Kissling V, Henggeler A, Susperregui A, Peter M, Seidel R, Cejka P, Matos J. Phosphorylation of the RecQ Helicase Sgs1/BLM Controls Its DNA Unwinding Activity during Meiosis and Mitosis. Dev Cell 2020; 53:706-723.e5. [DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Revised: 03/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Villoria MT, Gutiérrez-Escribano P, Alonso-Rodríguez E, Ramos F, Merino E, Campos A, Montoya A, Kramer H, Aragón L, Clemente-Blanco A. PP4 phosphatase cooperates in recombinational DNA repair by enhancing double-strand break end resection. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 47:10706-10727. [PMID: 31544936 PMCID: PMC6846210 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2019] [Revised: 08/30/2019] [Accepted: 09/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The role of Rad53 in response to a DNA lesion is central for the accurate orchestration of the DNA damage response. Rad53 activation relies on its phosphorylation by Mec1 and its own autophosphorylation in a manner dependent on the adaptor Rad9. While the mechanism behind Rad53 activation has been well documented, less is known about the processes that counteract its activity along the repair of a DNA adduct. Here, we describe that PP4 phosphatase is required to avoid Rad53 hyper-phosphorylation during the repair of a double-strand break, a process that impacts on the phosphorylation status of multiple factors involved in the DNA damage response. PP4-dependent Rad53 dephosphorylation stimulates DNA end resection by relieving the negative effect that Rad9 exerts over the Sgs1/Dna2 exonuclease complex. Consequently, elimination of PP4 activity affects resection and repair by single-strand annealing, defects that are bypassed by reducing Rad53 hyperphosphorylation. These results confirm that Rad53 phosphorylation is controlled by PP4 during the repair of a DNA lesion and demonstrate that the attenuation of its kinase activity during the initial steps of the repair process is essential to efficiently enhance recombinational DNA repair pathways that depend on long-range resection for their success.
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- María Teresa Villoria
- Cell Cycle and Genome Stability Group, Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics (IBFG), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). University of Salamanca (USAL), C/ Zacarías González 2, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Cell Cycle Group. Medical Research Council, London Institute of Medical Science, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Cell Cycle and Genome Stability Group, Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics (IBFG), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). University of Salamanca (USAL), C/ Zacarías González 2, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Cell Cycle and Genome Stability Group, Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics (IBFG), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). University of Salamanca (USAL), C/ Zacarías González 2, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Cell Cycle and Genome Stability Group, Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics (IBFG), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). University of Salamanca (USAL), C/ Zacarías González 2, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Cell Cycle and Genome Stability Group, Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics (IBFG), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). University of Salamanca (USAL), C/ Zacarías González 2, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Biological Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Laboratory, Medical Research Council, London Institute of Medical Science, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Biological Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics Laboratory, Medical Research Council, London Institute of Medical Science, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Cell Cycle Group. Medical Research Council, London Institute of Medical Science, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Cell Cycle and Genome Stability Group, Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics (IBFG), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). University of Salamanca (USAL), C/ Zacarías González 2, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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Sandhu R, Monge Neria F, Monge Neria J, Chen X, Hollingsworth NM, Börner GV. DNA Helicase Mph1 FANCM Ensures Meiotic Recombination between Parental Chromosomes by Dissociating Precocious Displacement Loops. Dev Cell 2020; 53:458-472.e5. [PMID: 32386601 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2020.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2019] [Revised: 02/09/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Meiotic pairing between parental chromosomes (homologs) is required for formation of haploid gametes. Homolog pairing depends on recombination initiation via programmed double-strand breaks (DSBs). Although DSBs appear prior to pairing, the homolog, rather than the sister chromatid, is used as repair partner for crossing over. Here, we show that Mph1, the budding yeast ortholog of Fanconi anemia helicase FANCM, prevents precocious DSB strand exchange between sister chromatids before homologs have completed pairing. By dissociating precocious DNA displacement loops (D-loops) between sister chromatids, Mph1FANCM ensures high levels of crossovers and non-crossovers between homologs. Later-occurring recombination events are protected from Mph1-mediated dissociation by synapsis protein Zip1. Increased intersister repair in absence of Mph1 triggers a shift among remaining interhomolog events from non-crossovers to crossover-specific strand exchange, explaining Mph1's apparent anti-crossover function. Our findings identify temporal coordination between DSB strand exchange and homolog pairing as a critical determinant for recombination outcome.
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- Rima Sandhu
- Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease and Department of Biological Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
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- Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease and Department of Biological Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
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- Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease and Department of Biological Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease and Department of Biological Sciences, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH 44115, USA; Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Bittmann J, Grigaitis R, Galanti L, Amarell S, Wilfling F, Matos J, Pfander B. An advanced cell cycle tag toolbox reveals principles underlying temporal control of structure-selective nucleases. eLife 2020; 9:e52459. [PMID: 32352375 PMCID: PMC7220381 DOI: 10.7554/elife.52459] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Cell cycle tags allow to restrict target protein expression to specific cell cycle phases. Here, we present an advanced toolbox of cell cycle tag constructs in budding yeast with defined and compatible peak expression that allow comparison of protein functionality at different cell cycle phases. We apply this technology to the question of how and when Mus81-Mms4 and Yen1 nucleases act on DNA replication or recombination structures. Restriction of Mus81-Mms4 to M phase but not S phase allows a wildtype response to various forms of replication perturbation and DNA damage in S phase, suggesting it acts as a post-replicative resolvase. Moreover, we use cell cycle tags to reinstall cell cycle control to a deregulated version of Yen1, showing that its premature activation interferes with the response to perturbed replication. Curbing resolvase activity and establishing a hierarchy of resolution mechanisms are therefore the principal reasons underlying resolvase cell cycle regulation.
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- Julia Bittmann
- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, DNA Replication and Genome IntegrityMartinsriedGermany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, ZürichZürichSwitzerland
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, DNA Replication and Genome IntegrityMartinsriedGermany
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, DNA Replication and Genome IntegrityMartinsriedGermany
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Molecular Cell BiologyMartinsriedGermany
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- Institute of Biochemistry, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, ZürichZürichSwitzerland
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, DNA Replication and Genome IntegrityMartinsriedGermany
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Huselid E, Bunting SF. The Regulation of Homologous Recombination by Helicases. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11050498. [PMID: 32369918 PMCID: PMC7290689 DOI: 10.3390/genes11050498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Homologous recombination is essential for DNA repair, replication and the exchange of genetic material between parental chromosomes during meiosis. The stages of recombination involve complex reorganization of DNA structures, and the successful completion of these steps is dependent on the activities of multiple helicase enzymes. Helicases of many different families coordinate the processing of broken DNA ends, and the subsequent formation and disassembly of the recombination intermediates that are necessary for template-based DNA repair. Loss of recombination-associated helicase activities can therefore lead to genomic instability, cell death and increased risk of tumor formation. The efficiency of recombination is also influenced by the ‘anti-recombinase’ effect of certain helicases, which can direct DNA breaks toward repair by other pathways. Other helicases regulate the crossover versus non-crossover outcomes of repair. The use of recombination is increased when replication forks and the transcription machinery collide, or encounter lesions in the DNA template. Successful completion of recombination in these situations is also regulated by helicases, allowing normal cell growth, and the maintenance of genomic integrity.
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