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Menck CFM, Galhardo RS, Quinet A. The accurate bypass of pyrimidine dimers by DNA polymerase eta contributes to ultraviolet-induced mutagenesis. Mutat Res 2024; 828:111840. [PMID: 37984186 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2023.111840] [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: 06/10/2023] [Revised: 10/23/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023]
Abstract
Human xeroderma pigmentosum variant (XP-V) patients are mutated in the POLH gene, responsible for encoding the translesion synthesis (TLS) DNA polymerase eta (Pol eta). These patients suffer from a high frequency of skin tumors. Despite several decades of research, studies on Pol eta still offer an intriguing paradox: How does this error-prone polymerase suppress mutations? This review examines recent evidence suggesting that cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) are instructional for Pol eta. Consequently, it can accurately replicate these lesions, and the mutagenic effects induced by UV radiation stem from the deamination of C-containing CPDs. In this model, the deamination of C (forming a U) within CPDs leads to the correct insertion of an A opposite to the deaminated C (or U)-containing dimers. This intricate process results in C>T transitions, which represent the most prevalent mutations detected in skin cancers. Finally, the delayed replication in XP-V cells amplifies the process of C-deamination in CPDs and increases the burden of C>T mutations prevalent in XP-V tumors through the activity of backup TLS polymerases.
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- C F M Menck
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Université Paris Cité, Inserm, CEA, Stabilité Génétique Cellules Souches et Radiations, LRS/iRCM/IBFJ, F-92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France; Université Paris-Saclay, Inserm, CEA, Stabilité Génétique Cellules Souches et Radiations, LRS/iRCM/IBFJ, F-92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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Gökbuget D, Lenshoek K, Boileau RM, Bayerl J, Huang H, Wiita AP, Laird DJ, Blelloch R. Transcriptional repression upon S phase entry protects genome integrity in pluripotent cells. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2023; 30:1561-1570. [PMID: 37696959 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-023-01092-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/13/2023]
Abstract
Coincident transcription and DNA replication causes replication stress and genome instability. Rapidly dividing mouse pluripotent stem cells are highly transcriptionally active and experience elevated replication stress, yet paradoxically maintain genome integrity. Here, we study FOXD3, a transcriptional repressor enriched in pluripotent stem cells, and show that its repression of transcription upon S phase entry is critical to minimizing replication stress and preserving genome integrity. Acutely deleting Foxd3 leads to immediate replication stress, G2/M phase arrest, genome instability and p53-dependent apoptosis. FOXD3 binds near highly transcribed genes during S phase entry, and its loss increases the expression of these genes. Transient inhibition of RNA polymerase II in S phase reduces observed replication stress and cell cycle defects. Loss of FOXD3-interacting histone deacetylases induces replication stress, while transient inhibition of histone acetylation opposes it. These results show how a transcriptional repressor can play a central role in maintaining genome integrity through the transient inhibition of transcription during S phase, enabling faithful DNA replication.
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- Deniz Gökbuget
- The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- The Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, Center for Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Anand J, Chiou L, Sciandra C, Zhang X, Hong J, Wu D, Zhou P, Vaziri C. Roles of trans-lesion synthesis (TLS) DNA polymerases in tumorigenesis and cancer therapy. NAR Cancer 2023; 5:zcad005. [PMID: 36755961 PMCID: PMC9900426 DOI: 10.1093/narcan/zcad005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
DNA damage tolerance and mutagenesis are hallmarks and enabling characteristics of neoplastic cells that drive tumorigenesis and allow cancer cells to resist therapy. The 'Y-family' trans-lesion synthesis (TLS) DNA polymerases enable cells to replicate damaged genomes, thereby conferring DNA damage tolerance. Moreover, Y-family DNA polymerases are inherently error-prone and cause mutations. Therefore, TLS DNA polymerases are potential mediators of important tumorigenic phenotypes. The skin cancer-propensity syndrome xeroderma pigmentosum-variant (XPV) results from defects in the Y-family DNA Polymerase Pol eta (Polη) and compensatory deployment of alternative inappropriate DNA polymerases. However, the extent to which dysregulated TLS contributes to the underlying etiology of other human cancers is unclear. Here we consider the broad impact of TLS polymerases on tumorigenesis and cancer therapy. We survey the ways in which TLS DNA polymerases are pathologically altered in cancer. We summarize evidence that TLS polymerases shape cancer genomes, and review studies implicating dysregulated TLS as a driver of carcinogenesis. Because many cancer treatment regimens comprise DNA-damaging agents, pharmacological inhibition of TLS is an attractive strategy for sensitizing tumors to genotoxic therapies. Therefore, we discuss the pharmacological tractability of the TLS pathway and summarize recent progress on development of TLS inhibitors for therapeutic purposes.
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- Jay Anand
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 614 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 614 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 135 Dauer Drive, 3101 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 135 Dauer Drive, 3101 McGavran-Greenberg Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 614 Brinkhous-Bullitt Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Benureau Y, Pouvelle C, Dupaigne P, Baconnais S, Moreira Tavares E, Mazón G, Despras E, Le Cam E, Kannouche P. Changes in the architecture and abundance of replication intermediates delineate the chronology of DNA damage tolerance pathways at UV-stalled replication forks in human cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:9909-9929. [PMID: 36107774 PMCID: PMC9508826 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Revised: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 08/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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DNA lesions in S phase threaten genome stability. The DNA damage tolerance (DDT) pathways overcome these obstacles and allow completion of DNA synthesis by the use of specialised translesion (TLS) DNA polymerases or through recombination-related processes. However, how these mechanisms coordinate with each other and with bulk replication remains elusive. To address these issues, we monitored the variation of replication intermediate architecture in response to ultraviolet irradiation using transmission electron microscopy. We show that the TLS polymerase η, able to accurately bypass the major UV lesion and mutated in the skin cancer-prone xeroderma pigmentosum variant (XPV) syndrome, acts at the replication fork to resolve uncoupling and prevent post-replicative gap accumulation. Repriming occurs as a compensatory mechanism when this on-the-fly mechanism cannot operate, and is therefore predominant in XPV cells. Interestingly, our data support a recombination-independent function of RAD51 at the replication fork to sustain repriming. Finally, we provide evidence for the post-replicative commitment of recombination in gap repair and for pioneering observations of in vivo recombination intermediates. Altogether, we propose a chronology of UV damage tolerance in human cells that highlights the key role of polη in shaping this response and ensuring the continuity of DNA synthesis.
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- Yann Benureau
- UMR9019 CNRS, Genome Integrity and Cancers, Laboratory Genome Integrity , Immune Response and Cancers, Equipe Labellisée La Ligue Contre Le Cancer, Gustave Roussy 94805 , Villejuif , France
- UMR9019 CNRS, Genome Integrity and Cancers, Laboratory DSB Repair , Replication stress and Genome Integrity, Gustave Roussy 94805 , Villejuif, France
- Université Paris-Saclay , France
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- UMR9019 CNRS, Genome Integrity and Cancers, Laboratory Genome Integrity , Immune Response and Cancers, Equipe Labellisée La Ligue Contre Le Cancer, Gustave Roussy 94805 , Villejuif , France
- Université Paris-Saclay , France
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- UMR9019 CNRS, Genome Integrity and Cancers, Laboratory DSB Repair , Replication stress and Genome Integrity, Gustave Roussy 94805 , Villejuif, France
- Université Paris-Saclay , France
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- UMR9019 CNRS, Genome Integrity and Cancers, Laboratory DSB Repair , Replication stress and Genome Integrity, Gustave Roussy 94805 , Villejuif, France
- Université Paris-Saclay , France
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- UMR9019 CNRS, Genome Integrity and Cancers, Laboratory DSB Repair , Replication stress and Genome Integrity, Gustave Roussy 94805 , Villejuif, France
- Université Paris-Saclay , France
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- UMR9019 CNRS, Genome Integrity and Cancers, Laboratory DSB Repair , Replication stress and Genome Integrity, Gustave Roussy 94805 , Villejuif, France
- Université Paris-Saclay , France
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- UMR9019 CNRS, Genome Integrity and Cancers, Laboratory Genome Integrity , Immune Response and Cancers, Equipe Labellisée La Ligue Contre Le Cancer, Gustave Roussy 94805 , Villejuif , France
- Université Paris-Saclay , France
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- UMR9019 CNRS, Genome Integrity and Cancers, Laboratory DSB Repair , Replication stress and Genome Integrity, Gustave Roussy 94805 , Villejuif, France
- Université Paris-Saclay , France
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- UMR9019 CNRS, Genome Integrity and Cancers, Laboratory Genome Integrity , Immune Response and Cancers, Equipe Labellisée La Ligue Contre Le Cancer, Gustave Roussy 94805 , Villejuif , France
- Université Paris-Saclay , France
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Stow EC, Simmons JR, An R, Schoborg TA, Davenport NM, Labrador M. A Drosophila insulator interacting protein suppresses enhancer-blocking function and modulates replication timing. Gene 2022; 819:146208. [PMID: 35092858 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2022.146208] [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: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
Insulators play important roles in genome structure and function in eukaryotes. Interactions between a DNA binding insulator protein and its interacting partner proteins define the properties of each insulator site. The different roles of insulator protein partners in the Drosophila genome and how they confer functional specificity remain poorly understood. The Suppressor of Hairy wing [Su(Hw)] insulator is targeted to the nuclear lamina, preferentially localizes at euchromatin/heterochromatin boundaries, and is associated with the gypsy retrotransposon. Insulator activity relies on the ability of the Su(Hw) protein to bind the DNA at specific sites and interact with Mod(mdg4)67.2 and CP190 partner proteins. HP1 and insulator partner protein 1 (HIPP1) is a partner of Su(Hw), but how HIPP1 contributes to the function of Su(Hw) insulator complexes is unclear. Here, we demonstrate that HIPP1 colocalizes with the Su(Hw) insulator complex in polytene chromatin and in stress-induced insulator bodies. We find that the overexpression of either HIPP1 or Su(Hw) or mutation of the HIPP1 crotonase-like domain (CLD) causes defects in cell proliferation by limiting the progression of DNA replication. We also show that HIPP1 overexpression suppresses the Su(Hw) insulator enhancer-blocking function, while mutation of the HIPP1 CLD does not affect Su(Hw) enhancer blocking. These findings demonstrate a functional relationship between HIPP1 and the Su(Hw) insulator complex and suggest that the CLD, while not involved in enhancer blocking, influences cell cycle progression.
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- Emily C Stow
- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
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Kilgas S, Kiltie AE, Ramadan K. Immunofluorescence microscopy-based detection of ssDNA foci by BrdU in mammalian cells. STAR Protoc 2021; 2:100978. [PMID: 34888531 PMCID: PMC8634038 DOI: 10.1016/j.xpro.2021.100978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA end resection converts broken ends of double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) to 3'-single-stranded DNA (3'-ssDNA). The extent of resection regulates DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair pathway choice and thereby genomic stability. Here, we characterize an optimized immunofluorescence (IF) microscopy-based protocol for measuring ssDNA in mammalian cells by labeling genomic DNA with 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU). BrdU foci can be detected under non-denaturing conditions by anti-BrdU antibody, providing an accurate and reliable readout of DNA end resection in most mammalian cell lines. For complete details on the use and execution of this protocol, please refer to Kilgas et al. (2021).
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- Susan Kilgas
- MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, UK
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- MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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A catalytic-independent function of human DNA polymerase Kappa controls the stability and abundance of the Checkpoint Kinase 1. Mol Cell Biol 2021; 41:e0009021. [PMID: 34398682 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00090-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA polymerase kappa (Pol κ) has been well documented thus far for its specialized DNA synthesis activity during translesion replication, progression of replication forks through regions difficult to replicate, restart of stalled forks and replication checkpoint efficiency. Pol κ is also required for the stabilization of stalled forks although the mechanisms are poorly understood. Here we unveiled an unexpected role for Pol κ in controlling the stability and abundance of Chk1, an important actor for the replication checkpoint and fork stabilization. We found that loss of Pol κ decreased the Chk1 protein level in the nucleus of four human cell lines. Pol κ and not the other Y-family polymerase members is required to maintain the Chk1 protein pool all along the cell cycle. We showed that Pol κ depletion affected the protein stability of Chk1 and protected it from proteasome degradation. Importantly, we also observed that the fork restart defects observed in Pol κ-depleted cells could be overcome by the re-expression of Chk1. Strikingly, this new function of Pol κ does not require its catalytic activity. We propose that Pol κ could contribute to the protection of stalled forks through Chk1 stability.
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Maiorano D, El Etri J, Franchet C, Hoffmann JS. Translesion Synthesis or Repair by Specialized DNA Polymerases Limits Excessive Genomic Instability upon Replication Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:3924. [PMID: 33920223 PMCID: PMC8069355 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22083924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA can experience "replication stress", an important source of genome instability, induced by various external or endogenous impediments that slow down or stall DNA synthesis. While genome instability is largely documented to favor both tumor formation and heterogeneity, as well as drug resistance, conversely, excessive instability appears to suppress tumorigenesis and is associated with improved prognosis. These findings support the view that karyotypic diversity, necessary to adapt to selective pressures, may be limited in tumors so as to reduce the risk of excessive instability. This review aims to highlight the contribution of specialized DNA polymerases in limiting extreme genetic instability by allowing DNA replication to occur even in the presence of DNA damage, to either avoid broken forks or favor their repair after collapse. These mechanisms and their key regulators Rad18 and Polθ not only offer diversity and evolutionary advantage by increasing mutagenic events, but also provide cancer cells with a way to escape anti-cancer therapies that target replication forks.
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- Domenico Maiorano
- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS-University of Montpellier, 34396 Montpellier, France; (D.M.); (J.E.E.)
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UMR9002, CNRS-University of Montpellier, 34396 Montpellier, France; (D.M.); (J.E.E.)
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- Laboratoire D’Excellence Toulouse Cancer (TOUCAN), Laboratoire de Pathologie, Institut Universitaire du Cancer-Toulouse, Oncopole, 1 Avenue Irène-Joliot-Curie, 31059 Toulouse, France;
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- Laboratoire D’Excellence Toulouse Cancer (TOUCAN), Laboratoire de Pathologie, Institut Universitaire du Cancer-Toulouse, Oncopole, 1 Avenue Irène-Joliot-Curie, 31059 Toulouse, France;
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Quinet A, Tirman S, Cybulla E, Meroni A, Vindigni A. To skip or not to skip: choosing repriming to tolerate DNA damage. Mol Cell 2021; 81:649-658. [PMID: 33515486 PMCID: PMC7935405 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 11/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Accurate DNA replication is constantly threatened by DNA lesions arising from endogenous and exogenous sources. Specialized DNA replication stress response pathways ensure replication fork progression in the presence of DNA lesions with minimal delay in fork elongation. These pathways broadly include translesion DNA synthesis, template switching, and replication fork repriming. Here, we discuss recent advances toward our understanding of the mechanisms that regulate the fine-tuned balance between these different replication stress response pathways. We also discuss the molecular pathways required to fill single-stranded DNA gaps that accumulate throughout the genome after repriming and the biological consequences of using repriming instead of other DNA damage tolerance pathways on genome integrity and cell fitness.
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- Annabel Quinet
- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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Hsu SJ, Stow EC, Simmons JR, Wallace HA, Lopez AM, Stroud S, Labrador M. Mutations in the insulator protein Suppressor of Hairy wing induce genome instability. Chromosoma 2020; 129:255-274. [PMID: 33140220 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-020-00743-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2020] [Revised: 10/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Insulator proteins orchestrate the three-dimensional organization of the genome. Insulators function by facilitating communications between regulatory sequences and gene promoters, allowing accurate gene transcription regulation during embryo development and cell differentiation. However, the role of insulator proteins beyond genome organization and transcription regulation remains unclear. Suppressor of Hairy wing [Su(Hw)] is a Drosophila insulator protein that plays an important function in female oogenesis. Here we find that su(Hw) has an unsuspected role in genome stability during cell differentiation. We show that su(Hw) mutant developing egg chambers have poorly formed microtubule organization centers (MTOCs) in the germarium and display mislocalization of the anterior/posterior axis specification factor gurken in later oogenesis stages. Additionally, eggshells from partially rescued su(Hw) mutant female germline exhibit dorsoventral patterning defects. These phenotypes are very similar to phenotypes found in the important class of spindle mutants or in piRNA pathway mutants in Drosophila, in which defects generally result from the failure of germ cells to repair DNA damage. Similarities between mutations in su(Hw) and spindle and piRNA mutants are further supported by an excess of DNA damage in nurse cells, and because Gurken localization defects are partially rescued by mutations in the ATR (mei-41) and Chk1 (grapes) DNA damage response genes. Finally, we also show that su(Hw) mutants produce an elevated number of chromosome breaks in dividing neuroblasts from larval brains. Together, these findings suggest that Su(Hw) is necessary for the maintenance of genome integrity during Drosophila development, in both germline and dividing somatic cells.
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- Shih-Jui Hsu
- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA.
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Benureau Y, Moreira Tavares E, Muhammad AA, Baconnais S, Le Cam E, Dupaigne P. Method combining BAC film and positive staining for the characterization of DNA intermediates by dark-field electron microscopy. Biol Methods Protoc 2020; 5:bpaa012. [PMID: 32913896 PMCID: PMC7474861 DOI: 10.1093/biomethods/bpaa012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 06/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA intermediate structures are formed in all major pathways of DNA metabolism. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a tool of choice to study their choreography and has led to major advances in the understanding of these mechanisms, particularly those of homologous recombination (HR) and replication. In this article, we describe specific TEM procedures dedicated to the structural characterization of DNA intermediates formed during these processes. These particular DNA species contain single-stranded DNA regions and/or branched structures, which require controlling both the DNA molecules spreading and their staining for subsequent visualization using dark-field imaging mode. Combining BAC (benzyl dimethyl alkyl ammonium chloride) film hyperphase with positive staining and dark-field TEM allows characterizing synthetic DNA substrates, joint molecules formed during not only in vitro assays mimicking HR, but also in vivo DNA intermediates.
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- Yann Benureau
- DSB Repair, Replication Stress and Genome Integrity, UMR9019-CNRS ‘Genome Integrity and Cancer’, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, F-94805, Villejuif Cedex, France
- UMR9019-CNRS, Genome Integrity and Cancer, Equipe labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, F-94805, Villejuif Cedex, France
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- DSB Repair, Replication Stress and Genome Integrity, UMR9019-CNRS ‘Genome Integrity and Cancer’, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, F-94805, Villejuif Cedex, France
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- DSB Repair, Replication Stress and Genome Integrity, UMR9019-CNRS ‘Genome Integrity and Cancer’, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, F-94805, Villejuif Cedex, France
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- DSB Repair, Replication Stress and Genome Integrity, UMR9019-CNRS ‘Genome Integrity and Cancer’, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, F-94805, Villejuif Cedex, France
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- DSB Repair, Replication Stress and Genome Integrity, UMR9019-CNRS ‘Genome Integrity and Cancer’, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, F-94805, Villejuif Cedex, France
- Correspondence address. DSB Repair, Replication Stress and Genome Integrity, UMR9019-CNRS ‘Genome Integrity and Cancer’, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, F-94805, Villejuif Cedex, France. Tel: 00 33 1 42 11 48 76 and 00 33 1 42 11 48 74; E-mail:
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- DSB Repair, Replication Stress and Genome Integrity, UMR9019-CNRS ‘Genome Integrity and Cancer’, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, F-94805, Villejuif Cedex, France
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The 6-4 photoproduct is the trigger of UV-induced replication blockage and ATR activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:12806-12816. [PMID: 32444488 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1917196117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The most prevalent human carcinogen is sunlight-associated ultraviolet (UV), a physiologic dose of which generates thousands of DNA lesions per cell, mostly of two types: cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and 6-4 photoproducts (6-4PPs). It has not been possible, in living cells, to precisely characterize the respective contributions of these two lesion types to the signals that regulate cell cycle progression, DNA replication, and cell survival. Here we coupled multiparameter flow cytometry with lesion-specific photolyases that eliminate either CPDs or 6-4PPs and determined their respective contributions to DNA damage responses. Strikingly, only 6-4PP lesions activated the ATR-Chk1 DNA damage response pathway. Mechanistically, 6-4PPs, but not CPDs, impeded DNA replication across the genome as revealed by microfluidic-assisted replication track analysis. Furthermore, single-stranded DNA accumulated preferentially at 6-4PPs during DNA replication, indicating selective and prolonged replication blockage at 6-4PPs. These findings suggest that 6-4PPs, although eightfold fewer in number than CPDs, are the trigger for UV-induced DNA damage responses.
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Federico MB, Siri SO, Calzetta NL, Paviolo NS, de la Vega MB, Martino J, Campana MC, Wiesmüller L, Gottifredi V. Unscheduled MRE11 activity triggers cell death but not chromosome instability in polymerase eta-depleted cells subjected to UV irradiation. Oncogene 2020; 39:3952-3964. [PMID: 32203168 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-020-1265-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The elimination of DNA polymerase eta (pol η) causes discontinuous DNA elongation and fork stalling in UV-irradiated cells. Such alterations in DNA replication are followed by S-phase arrest, DNA double-strand break (DSB) accumulation, and cell death. However, their molecular triggers and the relative timing of these events have not been fully elucidated. Here, we report that DSBs accumulate relatively early after UV irradiation in pol η-depleted cells. Despite the availability of repair pathways, DSBs persist and chromosome instability (CIN) is not detectable. Later on cells with pan-nuclear γH2AX and massive exposure of template single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), which indicate severe replication stress, accumulate and such events are followed by cell death. Reinforcing the causal link between the accumulation of pan-nuclear ssDNA/γH2AX signals and cell death, downregulation of RPA increased both replication stress and the cell death of pol η-deficient cells. Remarkably, DSBs, pan-nuclear ssDNA/γH2AX, S-phase arrest, and cell death are all attenuated by MRE11 nuclease knockdown. Such results suggest that unscheduled MRE11-dependent activities at replicating DNA selectively trigger cell death, but not CIN. Together these results show that pol η-depletion promotes a type of cell death that may be attractive as a therapeutic tool because of the lack of CIN.
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- María Belén Federico
- Cell Cycle and Genomic Stability laboratory. Fundación Instituto Leloir. CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, 1405, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cell Cycle and Genomic Stability laboratory. Fundación Instituto Leloir. CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, 1405, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cell Cycle and Genomic Stability laboratory. Fundación Instituto Leloir. CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, 1405, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cell Cycle and Genomic Stability laboratory. Fundación Instituto Leloir. CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, 1405, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cell Cycle and Genomic Stability laboratory. Fundación Instituto Leloir. CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, 1405, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cell Cycle and Genomic Stability laboratory. Fundación Instituto Leloir. CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, 1405, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cell Cycle and Genomic Stability laboratory. Fundación Instituto Leloir. CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, 1405, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ulm University, D-89075, Ulm, Germany
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- Cell Cycle and Genomic Stability laboratory. Fundación Instituto Leloir. CONICET, Av. Patricias Argentinas 435, 1405, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Bailey LJ, Bianchi J, Doherty AJ. PrimPol is required for the maintenance of efficient nuclear and mitochondrial DNA replication in human cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:4026-4038. [PMID: 30715459 PMCID: PMC6486543 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2018] [Revised: 01/14/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic Primase-Polymerase (PrimPol) is an enzyme that maintains efficient DNA duplication by repriming replication restart downstream of replicase stalling lesions and structures. To elucidate the cellular requirements for PrimPol in human cells, we generated PrimPol-deleted cell lines and show that it plays key roles in maintaining active replication in both the nucleus and mitochondrion, even in the absence of exogenous damage. Human cells lacking PrimPol exhibit delayed recovery after UV-C damage and increased mutation frequency, micronuclei and sister chromatin exchanges but are not sensitive to genotoxins. PrimPol is also required during mitochondrial replication, with PrimPol-deficient cells having increased mtDNA copy number but displaying a significant decrease in replication. Deletion of PrimPol in XPV cells, lacking functional polymerase Eta, causes an increase in DNA damage sensitivity and pronounced fork stalling after UV-C treatment. We show that, unlike canonical TLS polymerases, PrimPol is important for allowing active replication to proceed, even in the absence of exogenous damage, thus preventing the accumulation of excessive fork stalling and genetic mutations. Together, these findings highlight the importance of PrimPol for maintaining efficient DNA replication in unperturbed cells and its complementary roles, with Pol Eta, in damage tolerance in human cells.
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- Laura J Bailey
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK
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Masuda Y, Masutani C. Spatiotemporal regulation of PCNA ubiquitination in damage tolerance pathways. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2019; 54:418-442. [PMID: 31736364 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2019.1687420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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DNA is constantly exposed to a wide variety of exogenous and endogenous agents, and most DNA lesions inhibit DNA synthesis. To cope with such problems during replication, cells have molecular mechanisms to resume DNA synthesis in the presence of DNA lesions, which are known as DNA damage tolerance (DDT) pathways. The concept of ubiquitination-mediated regulation of DDT pathways in eukaryotes was established via genetic studies in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, in which two branches of the DDT pathway are regulated via ubiquitination of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA): translesion DNA synthesis (TLS) and homology-dependent repair (HDR), which are stimulated by mono- and polyubiquitination of PCNA, respectively. Over the subsequent nearly two decades, significant progress has been made in understanding the mechanisms that regulate DDT pathways in other eukaryotes. Importantly, TLS is intrinsically error-prone because of the miscoding nature of most damaged nucleotides and inaccurate replication of undamaged templates by TLS polymerases (pols), whereas HDR is theoretically error-free because the DNA synthesis is thought to be predominantly performed by pol δ, an accurate replicative DNA pol, using the undamaged sister chromatid as its template. Thus, the regulation of the choice between the TLS and HDR pathways is critical to determine the appropriate biological outcomes caused by DNA damage. In this review, we summarize our current understanding of the species-specific regulatory mechanisms of PCNA ubiquitination and how cells choose between TLS and HDR. We then provide a hypothetical model for the spatiotemporal regulation of DDT pathways in human cells.
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- Yuji Masuda
- Department of Genome Dynamics, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.,Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Genome Dynamics, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan.,Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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Halder S, Torrecilla I, Burkhalter MD, Popović M, Fielden J, Vaz B, Oehler J, Pilger D, Lessel D, Wiseman K, Singh AN, Vendrell I, Fischer R, Philipp M, Ramadan K. SPRTN protease and checkpoint kinase 1 cross-activation loop safeguards DNA replication. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3142. [PMID: 31316063 PMCID: PMC6637133 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11095-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The SPRTN metalloprotease is essential for DNA-protein crosslink (DPC) repair and DNA replication in vertebrate cells. Cells deficient in SPRTN protease exhibit DPC-induced replication stress and genome instability, manifesting as premature ageing and liver cancer. Here, we provide a body of evidence suggesting that SPRTN activates the ATR-CHK1 phosphorylation signalling cascade during physiological DNA replication by proteolysis-dependent eviction of CHK1 from replicative chromatin. During this process, SPRTN proteolyses the C-terminal/inhibitory part of CHK1, liberating N-terminal CHK1 kinase active fragments. Simultaneously, CHK1 full length and its N-terminal fragments phosphorylate SPRTN at the C-terminal regulatory domain, which stimulates SPRTN recruitment to chromatin to promote unperturbed DNA replication fork progression and DPC repair. Our data suggest that a SPRTN-CHK1 cross-activation loop plays a part in DNA replication and protection from DNA replication stress. Finally, our results with purified components of this pathway further support the proposed model of a SPRTN-CHK1 cross-activation loop. Cells deficient in SPRTN protease activity exhibit severe DNA-protein crosslink induced replication stress and genome instability. Here the author reveal a functional link between the SPRTN protease and the CHK1 kinase during physiological DNA replication.
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- Swagata Halder
- Cancer Research UK and Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Cancer Research UK and Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.,Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics, University of Tübingen, 72074, Tübingen, Germany
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- Cancer Research UK and Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.,Institute Ruder Boškovic, Bijenička Cesta 54, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Cancer Research UK and Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Cancer Research UK and Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Cancer Research UK and Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Cancer Research UK and Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 20246, Hamburg, Germany
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- Cancer Research UK and Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Cancer Research UK and Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Cancer Research UK and Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.,TDI Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Target Discovery Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7FZ, UK
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- TDI Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Target Discovery Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7FZ, UK
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ulm University, Albert-Einstein-Allee 11, 89081, Ulm, Germany.,Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacogenomics, University of Tübingen, 72074, Tübingen, Germany
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- Cancer Research UK and Medical Research Council Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK.
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AKT inhibition impairs PCNA ubiquitylation and triggers synthetic lethality in homologous recombination-deficient cells submitted to replication stress. Oncogene 2019; 38:4310-4324. [PMID: 30705406 PMCID: PMC6756059 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-019-0724-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2018] [Revised: 12/12/2018] [Accepted: 01/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Translesion DNA synthesis (TLS) and homologous recombination (HR) cooperate during S-phase to safeguard replication forks integrity. Thus, the inhibition of TLS becomes a promising point of therapeutic intervention in HR-deficient cancers, where TLS impairment might trigger synthetic lethality (SL). The main limitation to test this hypothesis is the current lack of selective pharmacological inhibitors of TLS. Herein, we developed a miniaturized screening assay to identify inhibitors of PCNA ubiquitylation, a key post-translational modification required for efficient TLS activation. After screening a library of 627 kinase inhibitors, we found that targeting the pro-survival kinase AKT leads to strong impairment of PCNA ubiquitylation. Mechanistically, we found that AKT-mediated modulation of Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) ubiquitylation after UV requires the upstream activity of DNA PKcs, without affecting PCNA ubiquitylation levels in unperturbed cells. Moreover, we confirmed that persistent AKT inhibition blocks the recruitment of TLS polymerases to sites of DNA damage and impairs DNA replication forks processivity after UV irradiation, leading to increased DNA replication stress and cell death. Remarkably, when we compared the differential survival of HR-proficient vs HR-deficient cells, we found that the combination of UV irradiation and AKT inhibition leads to robust SL induction in HR-deficient cells. We link this phenotype to AKT ability to inhibit PCNA ubiquitylation, since the targeted knockdown of PCNA E3-ligase (RAD18) and a non-ubiquitylable (PCNA K164R) knock-in model recapitulate the observed SL induction. Collectively, this work identifies AKT as a novel regulator of PCNA ubiquitylation and provides the proof-of-concept of inhibiting TLS as a therapeutic approach to selectively kill HR-deficient cells submitted to replication stress.
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Moreno NC, Garcia CCM, Rocha CRR, Munford V, Menck CFM. ATR/Chk1 Pathway is Activated by Oxidative Stress in Response to UVA Light in Human Xeroderma Pigmentosum Variant Cells. Photochem Photobiol 2018; 95:345-354. [PMID: 30362123 DOI: 10.1111/php.13041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 10/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The crucial role of DNA polymerase eta in protecting against sunlight-induced tumors is evidenced in Xeroderma Pigmentosum Variant (XP-V) patients, who carry mutations in this protein and present increased frequency of skin cancer. XP-V cellular phenotypes may be aggravated if proteins of DNA damage response (DDR) pathway are blocked, as widely demonstrated by experiments with UVC light and caffeine. However, little is known about the participation of DDR in XP-V cells exposed to UVA light, the wavelengths patients are mostly exposed. Here, we demonstrate the participation of ATR kinase in protecting XP-V cells after receiving low UVA doses using a specific inhibitor, with a remarkable increase in sensitivity and γH2AX signaling. Corroborating ATR participation in UVA-DDR, a significant increase in Chk1 protein phosphorylation, as well as S-phase cell cycle arrest, is also observed. Moreover, the participation of oxidative stress is supported by the antioxidant action of N-acetylcysteine (NAC), which significantly protects XP-V cells from UVA light, even in the presence of the ATR inhibitor. These findings indicate that the ATR/Chk1 pathway is activated to control UVA-induced oxidatively generated DNA damage and emphasizes the role of ATR kinase as a mediator of genomic stability in pol eta defective cells.
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- Natália Cestari Moreno
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Li XQ, Ren J, Chen P, Chen YJ, Wu M, Wu Y, Chen K, Li J. Co-inhibition of Pol η and ATR sensitizes cisplatin-resistant non-small cell lung cancer cells to cisplatin by impeding DNA damage repair. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2018; 39:1359-1372. [PMID: 29849128 DOI: 10.1038/aps.2017.187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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For the majority of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the standard of care remains platinum-based chemotherapy. However, cisplatin resistance is a big obstacle to the treatment, and elucidation of its mechanism is warranted. In this study, we showed that there was no difference in intracellular uptake of cisplatin or the removal of platinum-DNA adducts between a cisplatin-resistant NSCLC cell line (A549/DR) and a cisplatin-sensitive NSCLC cell line (A549). However, the capacity to repair DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) and double-strand breaks (DSBs) was significantly enhanced in the A549/DR cell line compared to 3 cisplatin-sensitive cell lines. We found that the protein and mRNA expression levels of Pol η, a Y-family translesion synthesis (TLS) polymerase, were markedly increased upon cisplatin exposure in A549/DR cells compared with A549 cells. Furthermore, intracellular co-localization of Pol η and proliferation cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) induced by cisplatin or cisplatin plus gemcitabine treatment was inhibited by depleting ataxia telangiectasia mutated and Rad-3-related (ATR). Pol η depletion by siRNA sensitized A549/DR cells to cisplatin; co-depletion of Pol η and ATR further increased A549/DR cell death induced by cisplatin or cisplatin plus gemcitabine compared to depletion of Pol η or ATR alone, concomitant with inhibition of DNA ICL and DSB repair and accumulation of DNA damage. No additional sensitization effect of co-depleting Pol η and ATR was observed in A549 cells. These results demonstrate that co-inhibition of Pol η and ATR reverses the drug resistance of cisplatin-resistant NSCLC cells by blocking the repair of DNA ICLs and DSBs induced by cisplatin or cisplatin plus gemcitabine.
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Yang Y, Gao Y, Zlatanou A, Tateishi S, Yurchenko V, Rogozin IB, Vaziri C. Diverse roles of RAD18 and Y-family DNA polymerases in tumorigenesis. Cell Cycle 2018; 17:833-843. [PMID: 29683380 PMCID: PMC6056224 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2018.1456296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Mutagenesis is a hallmark and enabling characteristic of cancer cells. The E3 ubiquitin ligase RAD18 and its downstream effectors, the ‘Y-family’ Trans-Lesion Synthesis (TLS) DNA polymerases, confer DNA damage tolerance at the expense of DNA replication fidelity. Thus, RAD18 and TLS polymerases are attractive candidate mediators of mutagenesis and carcinogenesis. The skin cancer-propensity disorder xeroderma pigmentosum-variant (XPV) is caused by defects in the Y-family DNA polymerase Pol eta (Polη). However it is unknown whether TLS dysfunction contributes more generally to other human cancers. Recent analyses of cancer genomes suggest that TLS polymerases generate many of the mutational signatures present in diverse cancers. Moreover biochemical studies suggest that the TLS pathway is often reprogrammed in cancer cells and that TLS facilitates tolerance of oncogene-induced DNA damage. Here we review recent evidence supporting widespread participation of RAD18 and the Y-family DNA polymerases in the different phases of multi-step carcinogenesis.
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- Yang Yang
- a Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill , NC , USA
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- a Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill , NC , USA
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- a Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill , NC , USA
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- b Division of Cell Maintenance , Institute of Molecular Embryology and Genetics (IMEG) , Kumamoto University , Kumamoto , Japan
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- c Life Science Research Center , University of Ostrava , Ostrava , Czech Republic
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- d National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine , National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , MD , USA
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- a Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill , NC , USA
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Quinet A, Lerner LK, Martins DJ, Menck CFM. Filling gaps in translesion DNA synthesis in human cells. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2018; 836:127-142. [PMID: 30442338 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2018.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 02/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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During DNA replication, forks may encounter unrepaired lesions that hamper DNA synthesis. Cells have universal strategies to promote damage bypass allowing cells to survive. DNA damage tolerance can be performed upon template switch or by specialized DNA polymerases, known as translesion (TLS) polymerases. Human cells count on more than eleven TLS polymerases and this work reviews the functions of some of these enzymes: Rev1, Pol η, Pol ι, Pol κ, Pol θ and Pol ζ. The mechanisms of damage bypass vary according to the lesion, as well as to the TLS polymerases available, and may occur directly at the fork during replication. Alternatively, the lesion may be skipped, leaving a single-stranded DNA gap that will be replicated later. Details of the participation of these enzymes are revised for the replication of damaged template. TLS polymerases also have functions in other cellular processes. These include involvement in somatic hypermutation in immunoglobulin genes, direct participation in recombination and repair processes, and contributing to replicating noncanonical DNA structures. The importance of DNA damage replication to cell survival is supported by recent discoveries that certain genes encoding TLS polymerases are induced in response to DNA damaging agents, protecting cells from a subsequent challenge to DNA replication. We retrace the findings on these genotoxic (adaptive) responses of human cells and show the common aspects with the SOS responses in bacteria. Paradoxically, although TLS of DNA damage is normally an error prone mechanism, in general it protects from carcinogenesis, as evidenced by increased tumorigenesis in xeroderma pigmentosum variant patients, who are deficient in Pol η. As these TLS polymerases also promote cell survival, they constitute an important mechanism by which cancer cells acquire resistance to genotoxic chemotherapy. Therefore, the TLS polymerases are new potential targets for improving therapy against tumors.
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- Annabel Quinet
- Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, United States.
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology,Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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ATR kinase inhibition induces unscheduled origin firing through a Cdc7-dependent association between GINS and And-1. Nat Commun 2017; 8:1392. [PMID: 29123096 PMCID: PMC5680267 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01401-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Accepted: 09/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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ATR kinase activity slows replication forks and prevents origin firing in damaged cells. Here we describe proteomic analyses that identified mechanisms through which ATR kinase inhibitors induce unscheduled origin firing in undamaged cells. ATR-Chk1 inhibitor-induced origin firing is mediated by Cdc7 kinase through previously undescribed phosphorylations on GINS that induce an association between GINS and And-1. ATR-Chk1 inhibitor-induced origin firing is blocked by prior exposure to DNA damaging agents showing that the prevention of origin firing does not require ongoing ATR activity. In contrast, ATR-Chk1 inhibitor-induced origins generate additional replication forks that are targeted by subsequent exposure to DNA damaging agents. Thus, the sequence of administration of an ATR kinase inhibitor and a DNA damaging agent impacts the DNA damage induced by the combination. Our experiments identify competing ATR and Cdc7 kinase-dependent mechanisms at replication origins in human cells.
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Bournique E, Dall'Osto M, Hoffmann JS, Bergoglio V. Role of specialized DNA polymerases in the limitation of replicative stress and DNA damage transmission. Mutat Res 2017; 808:62-73. [PMID: 28843435 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2017] [Revised: 08/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Replication stress is a strong and early driving force for genomic instability and tumor development. Beside replicative DNA polymerases, an emerging group of specialized DNA polymerases is involved in the technical assistance of the replication machinery in order to prevent replicative stress and its deleterious consequences. During S-phase, altered progression of the replication fork by endogenous or exogenous impediments induces replicative stress, causing cells to reach mitosis with genomic regions not fully duplicated. Recently, specific mechanisms to resolve replication intermediates during mitosis with the aim of limiting DNA damage transmission to daughter cells have been identified. In this review, we detail the two major actions of specialized DNA polymerases that limit DNA damage transmission: the prevention of replicative stress by non-B DNA replication and the recovery of stalled replication forks.
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- Elodie Bournique
- CRCT, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, UPS Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Laboratoire d'Excellence Toulouse Cancer, 2 Avenue Hubert Curien, 31037, Toulouse, France
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- CRCT, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, UPS Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Laboratoire d'Excellence Toulouse Cancer, 2 Avenue Hubert Curien, 31037, Toulouse, France
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- CRCT, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, UPS Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Laboratoire d'Excellence Toulouse Cancer, 2 Avenue Hubert Curien, 31037, Toulouse, France
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- CRCT, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, UPS Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Laboratoire d'Excellence Toulouse Cancer, 2 Avenue Hubert Curien, 31037, Toulouse, France.
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Hedglin M, Benkovic SJ. Eukaryotic Translesion DNA Synthesis on the Leading and Lagging Strands: Unique Detours around the Same Obstacle. Chem Rev 2017; 117:7857-7877. [PMID: 28497687 PMCID: PMC5662946 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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During S-phase, minor DNA damage may be overcome by DNA damage tolerance (DDT) pathways that bypass such obstacles, postponing repair of the offending damage to complete the cell cycle and maintain cell survival. In translesion DNA synthesis (TLS), specialized DNA polymerases replicate the damaged DNA, allowing stringent DNA synthesis by a replicative polymerase to resume beyond the offending damage. Dysregulation of this DDT pathway in human cells leads to increased mutation rates that may contribute to the onset of cancer. Furthermore, TLS affords human cancer cells the ability to counteract chemotherapeutic agents that elicit cell death by damaging DNA in actively replicating cells. Currently, it is unclear how this critical pathway unfolds, in particular, where and when TLS occurs on each template strand. Given the semidiscontinuous nature of DNA replication, it is likely that TLS on the leading and lagging strand templates is unique for each strand. Since the discovery of DDT in the late 1960s, most studies on TLS in eukaryotes have focused on DNA lesions resulting from ultraviolet (UV) radiation exposure. In this review, we revisit these and other related studies to dissect the step-by-step intricacies of this complex process, provide our current understanding of TLS on leading and lagging strand templates, and propose testable hypotheses to gain further insights.
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- Mark Hedglin
- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, U.S.A
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Lerner LK, Francisco G, Soltys DT, Rocha CRR, Quinet A, Vessoni AT, Castro LP, David TIP, Bustos SO, Strauss BE, Gottifredi V, Stary A, Sarasin A, Chammas R, Menck CFM. Predominant role of DNA polymerase eta and p53-dependent translesion synthesis in the survival of ultraviolet-irradiated human cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:1270-1280. [PMID: 28180309 PMCID: PMC5388406 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw1196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2015] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Genome lesions trigger biological responses that help cells manage damaged DNA, improving cell survival. Pol eta is a translesion synthesis (TLS) polymerase that bypasses lesions that block replicative polymerases, avoiding continued stalling of replication forks, which could lead to cell death. p53 also plays an important role in preventing cell death after ultraviolet (UV) light exposure. Intriguingly, we show that p53 does so by favoring translesion DNA synthesis by pol eta. In fact, the p53-dependent induction of pol eta in normal and DNA repair-deficient XP-C human cells after UV exposure has a protective effect on cell survival after challenging UV exposures, which was absent in p53- and Pol H-silenced cells. Viability increase was associated with improved elongation of nascent DNA, indicating the protective effect was due to more efficient lesion bypass by pol eta. This protection was observed in cells proficient or deficient in nucleotide excision repair, suggesting that, from a cell survival perspective, proper bypass of DNA damage can be as relevant as removal. These results indicate p53 controls the induction of pol eta in DNA damaged human cells, resulting in improved TLS and enhancing cell tolerance to DNA damage, which parallels SOS responses in bacteria.
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- Leticia K Lerner
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Center for Translational Oncology Cellular, Biology Group, Center for Translational Oncology, Cancer Institute of the State of São Paulo-ICESP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Viral Vector Laboratory, Heart Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Center for Translational Oncology Cellular, Biology Group, Center for Translational Oncology, Cancer Institute of the State of São Paulo-ICESP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Viral Vector Laboratory, Heart Institute, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Cell Cycle and Genomic Stability Laboratory, Fundación Instituto Leloir-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- CNRS-UMR8200, Université Paris-Sud, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- CNRS-UMR8200, Université Paris-Sud, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Center for Translational Oncology Cellular, Biology Group, Center for Translational Oncology, Cancer Institute of the State of São Paulo-ICESP, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Mutations in DONSON disrupt replication fork stability and cause microcephalic dwarfism. Nat Genet 2017; 49:537-549. [PMID: 28191891 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 01/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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To ensure efficient genome duplication, cells have evolved numerous factors that promote unperturbed DNA replication and protect, repair and restart damaged forks. Here we identify downstream neighbor of SON (DONSON) as a novel fork protection factor and report biallelic DONSON mutations in 29 individuals with microcephalic dwarfism. We demonstrate that DONSON is a replisome component that stabilizes forks during genome replication. Loss of DONSON leads to severe replication-associated DNA damage arising from nucleolytic cleavage of stalled replication forks. Furthermore, ATM- and Rad3-related (ATR)-dependent signaling in response to replication stress is impaired in DONSON-deficient cells, resulting in decreased checkpoint activity and the potentiation of chromosomal instability. Hypomorphic mutations in DONSON substantially reduce DONSON protein levels and impair fork stability in cells from patients, consistent with defective DNA replication underlying the disease phenotype. In summary, we have identified mutations in DONSON as a common cause of microcephalic dwarfism and established DONSON as a critical replication fork protein required for mammalian DNA replication and genome stability.
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Despras E, Sittewelle M, Pouvelle C, Delrieu N, Cordonnier AM, Kannouche PL. Rad18-dependent SUMOylation of human specialized DNA polymerase eta is required to prevent under-replicated DNA. Nat Commun 2016; 7:13326. [PMID: 27811911 PMCID: PMC5097173 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Translesion polymerase eta (polη) was characterized for its ability to replicate ultraviolet-induced DNA lesions that stall replicative polymerases, a process promoted by Rad18-dependent PCNA mono-ubiquitination. Recent findings have shown that polη also acts at intrinsically difficult to replicate sequences. However, the molecular mechanisms that regulate its access to these loci remain elusive. Here, we uncover that polη travels with replication forks during unchallenged S phase and this requires its SUMOylation on K163. Abrogation of polη SUMOylation results in replication defects in response to mild replication stress, leading to chromosome fragments in mitosis and damage transmission to daughter cells. Rad18 plays a pivotal role, independently of its ubiquitin ligase activity, acting as a molecular bridge between polη and the PIAS1 SUMO ligase to promote polη SUMOylation. Our results provide the first evidence that SUMOylation represents a new way to target polη to replication forks, independent of the Rad18-mediated PCNA ubiquitination, thereby preventing under-replicated DNA. Translesion synthesis polymerase eta has a well characterized role in replicating past UV-induced DNA lesions and has recently been shown to act at difficult to replicate sequences. Here the authors show that its SUMOylation is required to recruit pol eta at the replication fork and to prevent under-replicated DNA.
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- Emmanuelle Despras
- Univ Paris-Sud, Laboratory Genetic stability and Oncogenesis, Equipe Labellisée La Ligue Contre Le Cancer, Villejuif 94805, France.,CNRS-UMR 8200, Villejuif 94805, France.,Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif 94805, France
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- Univ Paris-Sud, Laboratory Genetic stability and Oncogenesis, Equipe Labellisée La Ligue Contre Le Cancer, Villejuif 94805, France.,CNRS-UMR 8200, Villejuif 94805, France.,Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif 94805, France
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- Univ Paris-Sud, Laboratory Genetic stability and Oncogenesis, Equipe Labellisée La Ligue Contre Le Cancer, Villejuif 94805, France.,CNRS-UMR 8200, Villejuif 94805, France.,Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif 94805, France
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- Univ Paris-Sud, Laboratory Genetic stability and Oncogenesis, Equipe Labellisée La Ligue Contre Le Cancer, Villejuif 94805, France.,CNRS-UMR 8200, Villejuif 94805, France.,Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif 94805, France
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- CNRS-UMR 7242, Biotechnologie et Signalisation Cellulaire, Université de Strasbourg, Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie, Illkirch 67412, France
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- Univ Paris-Sud, Laboratory Genetic stability and Oncogenesis, Equipe Labellisée La Ligue Contre Le Cancer, Villejuif 94805, France.,CNRS-UMR 8200, Villejuif 94805, France.,Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Villejuif 94805, France
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Ray A, Blevins C, Wani G, Wani AA. ATR- and ATM-Mediated DNA Damage Response Is Dependent on Excision Repair Assembly during G1 but Not in S Phase of Cell Cycle. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0159344. [PMID: 27442013 PMCID: PMC4956099 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0159344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Cell cycle checkpoint is mediated by ATR and ATM kinases, as a prompt early response to a variety of DNA insults, and culminates in a highly orchestrated signal transduction cascade. Previously, we defined the regulatory role of nucleotide excision repair (NER) factors, DDB2 and XPC, in checkpoint and ATR/ATM-dependent repair pathway via ATR and ATM phosphorylation and recruitment to ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-induced damage sites. Here, we have dissected the molecular mechanisms of DDB2- and XPC- mediated regulation of ATR and ATM recruitment and activation upon UVR exposures. We show that the ATR and ATM activation and accumulation to UVR-induced damage not only depends on DDB2 and XPC, but also on the NER protein XPA, suggesting that the assembly of an active NER complex is essential for ATR and ATM recruitment. ATR and ATM localization and H2AX phosphorylation at the lesion sites occur as early as ten minutes in asynchronous as well as G1 arrested cells, showing that repair and checkpoint-mediated by ATR and ATM starts early upon UV irradiation. Moreover, our results demonstrated that ATR and ATM recruitment and H2AX phosphorylation are dependent on NER proteins in G1 phase, but not in S phase. We reasoned that in G1 the UVR-induced ssDNA gaps or processed ssDNA, and the bound NER complex promote ATR and ATM recruitment. In S phase, when the UV lesions result in stalled replication forks with long single-stranded DNA, ATR and ATM recruitment to these sites is regulated by different sets of proteins. Taken together, these results provide evidence that UVR-induced ATR and ATM recruitment and activation differ in G1 and S phases due to the existence of distinct types of DNA lesions, which promote assembly of different proteins involved in the process of DNA repair and checkpoint activation.
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- Alo Ray
- Department of Radiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States of America
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- Department of Radiology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States of America
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Kaneko Y, Daitoku H, Komeno C, Fukamizu A. CTF18 interacts with replication protein A in response to replication stress. Mol Med Rep 2016; 14:367-72. [PMID: 27175616 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2015] [Accepted: 05/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Replication stress response is a protective mechanism against defects in chromosome replication for maintaining genome integrity in eukaryotic cells. An alternative clamp loader complex termed chromosome transmission fidelity protein 18 and replication factor C (CTF18‑RFC) has been shown to act as a positive regulator of two types of replication stress response: S‑phase checkpoint signaling and translesion DNA synthesis. However, it remains largely unknown how CTF18‑RFC responds to replication stress and is recruited to stalled replication forks. The present study demonstrated that endogenous CTF18 forms a physical complex with a single‑stranded DNA‑binding protein replication protein A (RPA) in mammalian cells. Using an in situ proximity ligation assay (PLA), it was demonstrated that the interaction between CTF18 and RPA occurs in chromatin when replication stress is elicited by treatment with hydroxyurea during S phase. Similar results were obtained after exposure to ultraviolet irradiation, which triggers translesion DNA synthesis. Furthermore, the PLA demonstrated that the kinetics of the interaction between CTF18 and RPA was positively correlated with that of checkpoint kinase 1 phosphorylation, which is an indicator of activation of the ATM and Rad3‑related pathway. These findings provide novel insights into the molecular mechanism underlying the participation of CTF18‑RFC in the regulation of replication stress response.
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- Yuta Kaneko
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305‑8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305‑8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305‑8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305‑8577, Japan
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Quinet A, Martins DJ, Vessoni AT, Biard D, Sarasin A, Stary A, Menck CFM. Translesion synthesis mechanisms depend on the nature of DNA damage in UV-irradiated human cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:5717-31. [PMID: 27095204 PMCID: PMC4937316 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Ultraviolet-induced 6-4 photoproducts (6-4PP) and cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD) can be tolerated by translesion DNA polymerases (TLS Pols) at stalled replication forks or by gap-filling. Here, we investigated the involvement of Polη, Rev1 and Rev3L (Polζ catalytic subunit) in the specific bypass of 6-4PP and CPD in repair-deficient XP-C human cells. We combined DNA fiber assay and novel methodologies for detection and quantification of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) gaps on ongoing replication forks and postreplication repair (PRR) tracts in the human genome. We demonstrated that Rev3L, but not Rev1, is required for postreplicative gap-filling, while Polη and Rev1 are responsible for TLS at stalled replication forks. Moreover, specific photolyases were employed to show that in XP-C cells, CPD arrest replication forks, while 6-4PP are responsible for the generation of ssDNA gaps and PRR tracts. On the other hand, in the absence of Polη or Rev1, both types of lesion block replication forks progression. Altogether, the data directly show that, in the human genome, Polη and Rev1 bypass CPD and 6-4PP at replication forks, while only 6-4PP are also tolerated by a Polζ-dependent gap-filling mechanism, independent of S phase.
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- Annabel Quinet
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, SP, 05508-000, Brazil
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, SP, 05508-000, Brazil
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- CEA, IMETI, SEPIA, Team Cellular Engineering and Human Syndromes, F-92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- CNRS-UMR8200, Université Paris Sud, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif, France
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- CNRS-UMR8200, Université Paris Sud, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif, France
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Yamashita T, Okura M, Ishii-Osai Y, Hida T. Diagnosis of eight groups of xeroderma pigmentosum by genetic complementation using recombinant adenovirus vectors. J Dermatol 2016; 43:1167-1173. [PMID: 26971583 DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.13333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Because patients with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) must avoid ultraviolet (UV) light from an early age, an early diagnosis of this disorder is essential. XP is composed of seven genetic complementation groups, XP-A to -G, and a variant type (XP-V). To establish an easy and accurate diagnosis of the eight disease groups, we constructed recombinant adenoviruses that expressed one of the XP cDNA. When fibroblasts derived from patients with XP-A, -B, -C, -D, -F or -G were infected with the adenovirus expressing XPA, XPB, XPC, XPD, XPF or XPG, respectively, and UV-C at 5-20 J/m2 was irradiated, cell viability was clearly recovered by the corresponding recombinant adenoviruses. In contrast, XP-E and XP-V cells were not significantly sensitive to UV irradiation and were barely complemented by the matched recombinant adenoviruses. However, co-infection of Ad-XPA with Ad-XPE increased survival rate of XP-E cells after UV-C exposure. When XP-V cell strains, including one derived from a Japanese patient, were infected with Ad-XPV, exposed to UV-B and cultured with 1 mmol/L of caffeine, flow cytometry detected a characteristic decrease in the S phase in all the XP-V cell strains. From these results, the eight groups of XP could be differentiated by utilizing a set of recombinant adenoviruses, indicating that our procedure provides a convenient and correct diagnostic method for all the XP groups including XP-E and XP-V.
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- Toshiharu Yamashita
- Department of Dermatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
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- Department of Dermatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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Hyun SY, Jang YJ. p53 activates G₁ checkpoint following DNA damage by doxorubicin during transient mitotic arrest. Oncotarget 2016; 6:4804-15. [PMID: 25605022 PMCID: PMC4467116 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.3103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 12/30/2014] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Recovery from DNA damage is critical for cell survival. The serious damage is not able to be repaired during checkpoint and finally induces cell death to prevent abnormal cell growth. In this study, we demonstrated that 8N-DNA contents are accumulated via re-replication during prolonged recovery period containing serious DNA damage in mitotic cells. During the incubation for recovery, a mitotic delay and initiation of an abnormal interphase without cytokinesis were detected. Whereas a failure of cytokinesis occurred in cells with no relation with p53/p21, re-replication is an anomalous phenomenon in the mitotic DNA damage response in p53/p21 negative cells. Cells with wild-type p53 are accumulated just prior to the initiation of DNA replication through a G1 checkpoint after mitotic DNA damage, even though p53 does not interrupt pre-RC assembly. Finally, these cells undergo cell death by apoptosis. These data suggest that p53 activates G1 checkpoint in response to mitotic DNA damage. Without p53, cells with mitotic DNA damage undergo re-replication leading to accumulation of damage
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- Sun-Yi Hyun
- Department of Nanobiomedical Science & BK21 PLUS Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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- Department of Nanobiomedical Science & BK21 PLUS Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine, Dankook University, Cheonan, Korea
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Harley ME, Murina O, Leitch A, Higgs MR, Bicknell LS, Yigit G, Blackford AN, Zlatanou A, Mackenzie KJ, Reddy K, Halachev M, McGlasson S, Reijns MAM, Fluteau A, Martin CA, Sabbioneda S, Elcioglu NH, Altmüller J, Thiele H, Greenhalgh L, Chessa L, Maghnie M, Salim M, Bober MB, Nürnberg P, Jackson SP, Hurles ME, Wollnik B, Stewart GS, Jackson AP. TRAIP promotes DNA damage response during genome replication and is mutated in primordial dwarfism. Nat Genet 2016; 48:36-43. [PMID: 26595769 PMCID: PMC4697364 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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DNA lesions encountered by replicative polymerases threaten genome stability and cell cycle progression. Here we report the identification of mutations in TRAIP, encoding an E3 RING ubiquitin ligase, in patients with microcephalic primordial dwarfism. We establish that TRAIP relocalizes to sites of DNA damage, where it is required for optimal phosphorylation of H2AX and RPA2 during S-phase in response to ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, as well as fork progression through UV-induced DNA lesions. TRAIP is necessary for efficient cell cycle progression and mutations in TRAIP therefore limit cellular proliferation, providing a potential mechanism for microcephaly and dwarfism phenotypes. Human genetics thus identifies TRAIP as a component of the DNA damage response to replication-blocking DNA lesions.
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- Margaret E Harley
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Department of Pediatric Genetics, Marmara University Pendik Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Center for Genomics (CCG), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Cologne Center for Genomics (CCG), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- Cheshire and Merseyside Clinical Genetics Service, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Liverpool, L12 2AP, UK
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, University Sapienza, A.O.S. Andrea, I-00189 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, IRCCS, Giannina Gaslini, University of Genova, 16147 Genova, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Genetics, Marmara University Pendik Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, Wilmington, Delaware 19803, USA
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Center for Genomics (CCG), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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- The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QN, UK
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
- Institute of Human Genetics, University Medical Centre Göttingen, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, IGMM, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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Bailey LJ, Bianchi J, Hégarat N, Hochegger H, Doherty AJ. PrimPol-deficient cells exhibit a pronounced G2 checkpoint response following UV damage. Cell Cycle 2015; 15:908-18. [PMID: 26694751 PMCID: PMC4889237 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2015.1128597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2015] [Revised: 11/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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PrimPol is a recently identified member of the archaeo-eukaryote primase (AEP) family of primase-polymerases. It has been shown that this mitochondrial and nuclear localized enzyme plays roles in the maintenance of both unperturbed replication fork progression and in the bypass of lesions after DNA damage. Here, we utilized an avian (DT40) knockout cell line to further study the consequences of loss of PrimPol (PrimPol(-/-)) on the downstream maintenance of cells after UV damage. We report that PrimPol(-/-) cells are more sensitive to UV-C irradiation in colony survival assays than Pol η-deficient cells. Although this increased UV sensitivity is not evident in cell viability assays, we show that this discrepancy is due to an enhanced checkpoint arrest after UV-C damage in the absence of PrimPol. PrimPol(-/-) arrested cells become stalled in G2, where they are protected from UV-induced cell death. Despite lacking an enzyme required for the bypass and maintenance of replication fork progression in the presence of UV damage, we show that PrimPol(-/-) cells actually have an advantage in the presence of a Chk1 inhibitor due to their slow progression through S-phase.
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- Laura J Bailey
- a Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex , Brighton , UK
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- a Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex , Brighton , UK
- b Present address: Department of Oncology-Pathology, Cancer Center Karolinska, Karolinska Institutet , Stockholm , Sweden
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- a Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex , Brighton , UK
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- a Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex , Brighton , UK
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- a Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex , Brighton , UK
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Bélanger F, Angers JP, Fortier É, Hammond-Martel I, Costantino S, Drobetsky E, Wurtele H. Mutations in Replicative Stress Response Pathways Are Associated with S Phase-specific Defects in Nucleotide Excision Repair. J Biol Chem 2015; 291:522-37. [PMID: 26578521 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.685883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a highly conserved pathway that removes helix-distorting DNA lesions induced by a plethora of mutagens, including UV light. Our laboratory previously demonstrated that human cells deficient in either ATM and Rad3-related (ATR) kinase or translesion DNA polymerase η (i.e. key proteins that promote the completion of DNA replication in response to UV-induced replicative stress) are characterized by profound inhibition of NER exclusively during S phase. Toward elucidating the mechanistic basis of this phenomenon, we developed a novel assay to quantify NER kinetics as a function of cell cycle in the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Using this assay, we demonstrate that in yeast, deficiency of the ATR homologue Mec1 or of any among several other proteins involved in the cellular response to replicative stress significantly abrogates NER uniquely during S phase. Moreover, initiation of DNA replication is required for manifestation of this defect, and S phase NER proficiency is correlated with the capacity of individual mutants to respond to replicative stress. Importantly, we demonstrate that partial depletion of Rfa1 recapitulates defective S phase-specific NER in wild type yeast; moreover, ectopic RPA1-3 overexpression rescues such deficiency in either ATR- or polymerase η-deficient human cells. Our results strongly suggest that reduction of NER capacity during periods of enhanced replicative stress, ostensibly caused by inordinate sequestration of RPA at stalled DNA replication forks, represents a conserved feature of the multifaceted eukaryotic DNA damage response.
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- François Bélanger
- From the Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4, Canada and
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- From the Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4, Canada and the Programme de Biologie Moléculaire
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- From the Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4, Canada and
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- From the Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4, Canada and
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- From the Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4, Canada and Département d'ophtalmologie, and
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- From the Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4, Canada and Département de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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- From the Centre de Recherche de l'Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal, Québec H1T 2M4, Canada and Département de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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Ahmed-Seghir S, Pouvelle C, Despras E, Cordonnier A, Sarasin A, Kannouche PL. Aberrant C-terminal domain of polymerase η targets the functional enzyme to the proteosomal degradation pathway. DNA Repair (Amst) 2015; 29:154-65. [PMID: 25766642 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2015.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2014] [Revised: 02/14/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Xeroderma pigmentosum variant (XP-V) is a rare genetic disease, characterized by sunlight sensitivity and predisposition to cutaneous malignancies. XP-V is caused by a deficiency in DNA polymerase eta (Polη) that plays a pivotal role in translesion synthesis by bypassing UV-induced pyrimidine dimers. Previously we identified a new Polη variant containing two missense mutations, one mutation within the bipartite NLS (T692A) and a second mutation on the stop codon (X714W) leading to a longer protein with an extra 8 amino acids (721 instead of 713 AA). First biochemical analysis revealed that this Polη missense variant was barely detectable by western blot. As this mutant is extremely unstable and is nearly undetectable, a definitive measure of its functional deficit in cells has not been explored. Here we report the molecular and cellular characterization of this missense variant. In cell free extracts, the extra 8 amino acids in the C-terminal of Polη(721) only slightly reduce the bypass efficiency through CPD lesions. In vivo, Polη(721) accumulates in replication factories and interacts with mUb-PCNA albeit at lower level than Polη(wt). XP-V cells overexpressing Polη(721) were only slightly UV-sensitive. Altogether, our data strongly suggest that Polη(721) is functional and that the patient displays a XP-V phenotype because the mutant protein is excessively unstable. We then investigated the molecular mechanisms involved in this excessive proteolysis. We showed that Polη(721) is degraded by the proteasome in an ubiquitin-dependent manner and that this proteolysis is independent of the E3 ligases, CRL4(cdt2) and Pirh2, reported to promote Polη degradation. We then demonstrated that the extra 8 amino acids of Polη(721) do not act as a degron but rather induce a conformational change of the Polη C-terminus exposing its bipartite NLS as well as a sequence close to its UBZ to the ubiquitin/proteasome system. Interestingly we showed that the clinically approved proteasome inhibitor, Bortezomib restores the levels of Polη(721) suggesting that this might be a therapeutic approach to preventing tumor development in certain XP-V patients harboring missense mutations.
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- Sana Ahmed-Seghir
- Université Paris-Sud, CNRS-UMR8200, Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris-Sud, CNRS-UMR8200, Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris-Sud, CNRS-UMR8200, Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris-Sud, CNRS-UMR8200, Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris-Sud, CNRS-UMR8200, Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
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Andrade-Lima LC, Andrade LN, Menck CFM. ATR suppresses apoptosis after UVB irradiation by controlling both translesion synthesis and alternative tolerance pathways. J Cell Sci 2014; 128:150-9. [PMID: 25380827 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.161596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Ultraviolet (UV) light can stall replication forks owing to the formation of bulky lesions in the DNA. Replication across these blocking lesions occurs through translesion DNA synthesis, and cells activate the ATR damage responses to UV. However, it remains unclear whether lesion bypass requires the replication checkpoint because ATR is not necessary for PCNA ubiquitylation. We observed that ATR knockdown by siRNA increased replication stress and promoted early induction of apoptosis following UVB irradiation in SV40-immortalized human cells, including cells from XP-V and XP-C patients. XP-V cells were further sensitized by the silencing, indicating that DNA polymerase η (Pol η) remains active despite ATR control. However, following UVB irradiation, ATR-depleted cells were unable to achieve mitosis, as would be expected after the loss of a DNA checkpoint control. Thus, ATR also regulates replication arrest recovery following UVB-induced damage, independently of Pol η, in SV40-immortalized cell lines. The ATR-mediated DNA damage response regulates replication and different tolerance pathways, and in these cells, ATR depletion induces replication catastrophe, which contributes to explain the potential of ATR inhibition to protect against UVB-induced carcinogenesis.
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- Leonardo C Andrade-Lima
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil
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Pope-Varsalona H, Liu FJ, Guzik L, Opresko PL. Polymerase η suppresses telomere defects induced by DNA damaging agents. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:13096-109. [PMID: 25355508 PMCID: PMC4245935 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Telomeres at chromosome ends are normally masked from proteins that signal and repair DNA double strand breaks (DSBs). Bulky DNA lesions can cause DSBs if they block DNA replication, unless they are bypassed by translesion (TLS) DNA polymerases. Here, we investigated roles for TLS polymerase η, (polη) in preserving telomeres following acute physical UVC exposure and chronic chemical Cr(VI) exposure, which both induce blocking lesions. We report that polη protects against cytotoxicity and replication stress caused by Cr(VI), similar to results with ultraviolet C light (UVC). Both exposures induce ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related (ATR) kinase and polη accumulation into nuclear foci and localization to individual telomeres, consistent with replication fork stalling at DNA lesions. Polη-deficient cells exhibited greater numbers of telomeres that co-localized with DSB response proteins after exposures. Furthermore, the genotoxic exposures induced telomere aberrations associated with failures in telomere replication that were suppressed by polη. We propose that polη's ability to bypass bulky DNA lesions at telomeres is critical for proper telomere replication following genotoxic exposures.
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- Hannah Pope-Varsalona
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA Center for Nucleic Acids Science and Technology, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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González Besteiro MA, Gottifredi V. The fork and the kinase: a DNA replication tale from a CHK1 perspective. MUTATION RESEARCH-REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH 2014; 763:168-80. [PMID: 25795119 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2014.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2014] [Revised: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 10/10/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Replication fork progression is being continuously hampered by exogenously introduced and naturally occurring DNA lesions and other physical obstacles. Checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1) is activated at replication forks that encounter damaged DNA. Subsequently, Chk1 inhibits the initiation of new replication factories and stimulates the firing of dormant origins (those in the vicinity of stalled forks). Chk1 also avoids fork collapse into DSBs (double strand breaks) and promotes fork elongation. At the molecular level, the current model considers stalled forks as the site of Chk1 activation and the nucleoplasm as the location where Chk1 phosphorylates target proteins. This model certainly serves to explain how Chk1 modulates origin firing, but how Chk1 controls the fate of stalled forks is less clear. Interestingly, recent reports demonstrating that Chk1 phosphorylates chromatin-bound proteins and even holds kinase-independent functions might shed light on how Chk1 contributes to the elongation of damaged DNA. Indeed, such findings have unveiled a puzzling connection between Chk1 and DNA lesion bypass, which might be central to promoting fork elongation and checkpoint attenuation. In summary, Chk1 is a multifaceted and versatile signaling factor that acts at ongoing forks and replication origins to determine the extent and quality of the cellular response to replication stress.
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- Marina A González Besteiro
- Cell Cycle and Genomic Stability Laboratory, Fundación Instituto Leloir, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Cell Cycle and Genomic Stability Laboratory, Fundación Instituto Leloir, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Jansen JG, Temviriyanukul P, Wit N, Delbos F, Reynaud CA, Jacobs H, de Wind N. Redundancy of mammalian Y family DNA polymerases in cellular responses to genomic DNA lesions induced by ultraviolet light. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:11071-82. [PMID: 25170086 PMCID: PMC4176164 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2014] [Revised: 07/15/2014] [Accepted: 08/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Short-wave ultraviolet light induces both mildly helix-distorting cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and severely distorting (6-4) pyrimidine pyrimidone photoproducts ((6-4)PPs). The only DNA polymerase (Pol) that is known to replicate efficiently across CPDs is Polη, a member of the Y family of translesion synthesis (TLS) DNA polymerases. Phenotypes of Polη deficiency are transient, suggesting redundancy with other DNA damage tolerance pathways. Here we performed a comprehensive analysis of the temporal requirements of Y-family Pols ι and κ as backups for Polη in (i) bypassing genomic CPD and (6-4)PP lesions in vivo, (ii) suppressing DNA damage signaling, (iii) maintaining cell cycle progression and (iv) promoting cell survival, by using mouse embryonic fibroblast lines with single and combined disruptions in these Pols. The contribution of Polι is restricted to TLS at a subset of the photolesions. Polκ plays a dominant role in rescuing stalled replication forks in Polη-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts, both at CPDs and (6-4)PPs. This dampens DNA damage signaling and cell cycle arrest, and results in increased survival. The role of relatively error-prone Pols ι and κ as backups for Polη contributes to the understanding of the mutator phenotype of xeroderma pigmentosum variant, a syndrome caused by Polη defects.
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- Jacob G Jansen
- Department of Toxicogenetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Toxicogenetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Biological Stress Responses, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1006 BE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Biological Stress Responses, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, 1006 BE Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Toxicogenetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Opletalova K, Bourillon A, Yang W, Pouvelle C, Armier J, Despras E, Ludovic M, Mateus C, Robert C, Kannouche P, Soufir N, Sarasin A. Correlation of phenotype/genotype in a cohort of 23 xeroderma pigmentosum-variant patients reveals 12 new disease-causing POLH mutations. Hum Mutat 2014; 35:117-28. [PMID: 24130121 DOI: 10.1002/humu.22462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2013] [Revised: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 10/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Xeroderma pigmentosum variant (XP-V) is a rare genetic disease, characterized by some sunlight sensitivity and predisposition to cutaneous malignancies. We described clinical and genetic features of the largest collection ever published of 23 XPV patients (ages between 21 and 86) from 20 unrelated families. Primary fibroblasts from patients showed normal nucleotide excision repair but UV-hypersensitivity in the presence of caffeine, a signature of the XP-V syndrome. 87% of patients developed skin tumors with a median age of 21 for the first occurrence. The median numbers of basal-cell carcinoma was 13 per patient, six for squamous-cell carcinoma, and five for melanoma. XP-V is due to defects in the translesion-synthesis DNA polymerase Polη coded by the POLH gene. DNA sequencing of POLH revealed 29 mutations, where 12 have not been previously identified, leading to truncated polymerases in 69% of patients. Four missense mutations are correlated with the protein stability by structural modeling of the Polη polymerase domain. There is a clear relationship between the types of missense mutations and clinical severity. For truncating mutations, which lead to an absence of or to inactive proteins, the life-cumulated UV exposure is probably the best predictor of cancer incidence, reinforcing the necessity to protect XP-Vs from sun exposure.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Caffeine
- Carcinoma, Basal Cell/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Basal Cell/genetics
- Carcinoma, Basal Cell/pathology
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/epidemiology
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/genetics
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA Repair
- DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/genetics
- DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/metabolism
- Female
- Fibroblasts/metabolism
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Melanoma/epidemiology
- Melanoma/genetics
- Melanoma/pathology
- Middle Aged
- Models, Molecular
- Mutation, Missense
- Phenotype
- Protein Stability
- Retrospective Studies
- Skin Neoplasms/epidemiology
- Skin Neoplasms/genetics
- Skin Neoplasms/pathology
- Ultraviolet Rays
- Xeroderma Pigmentosum/complications
- Xeroderma Pigmentosum/genetics
- Xeroderma Pigmentosum/pathology
- Young Adult
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Magdalou I, Lopez BS, Pasero P, Lambert SAE. The causes of replication stress and their consequences on genome stability and cell fate. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2014; 30:154-64. [PMID: 24818779 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.04.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2014] [Accepted: 04/29/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Alterations of the dynamics of DNA replication cause genome instability. These alterations known as "replication stress" have emerged as a major source of genomic instability in pre-neoplasic lesions, contributing to cancer development. The concept of replication stress covers a wide variety of events that distort the temporal and spatial DNA replication program. These events have endogenous or exogenous origins and impact globally or locally on the dynamics of DNA replication. They may arise within a short window of time (acute stress) or during each S phase (chronic stress). Here, we review the known situations in which the dynamics of DNA replication is distorted. We have united them in four main categories: (i) inadequate firing of replication origins (deficiency or excess), (ii) obstacles to fork progression, (iii) conflicts between replication and transcription and (iv) DNA replication under inappropriate metabolic conditions (unbalanced DNA replication). Because the DNA replication program is a process tightly regulated by many factors, replication stress often appears as a cascade of events. A local stress may prevent the completion of DNA replication at a single locus and subsequently compromise chromosome segregation in mitosis and therefore have a global effect on genome integrity. Finally, we discuss how replication stress drives genome instability and to what extent it is relevant to cancer biology.
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- Indiana Magdalou
- Université Paris Sud, CNRS, UMR 8200 and Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, équipe labélisée «LIGUE 2014», Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris Sud, CNRS, UMR 8200 and Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, équipe labélisée «LIGUE 2014», Villejuif, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS UPR 1142, équipe labélisée LIGUE contre le Cancer, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- Institut Curie, centre de recherche, CNRS UMR338, Bat 110, centre universitaire, 91405 Orsay, France.
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PrimPol bypasses UV photoproducts during eukaryotic chromosomal DNA replication. Mol Cell 2014; 52:566-73. [PMID: 24267451 PMCID: PMC4228047 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.10.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2013] [Revised: 10/04/2013] [Accepted: 10/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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DNA damage can stall the DNA replication machinery, leading to genomic instability. Thus, numerous mechanisms exist to complete genome duplication in the absence of a pristine DNA template, but identification of the enzymes involved remains incomplete. Here, we establish that Primase-Polymerase (PrimPol; CCDC111), an archaeal-eukaryotic primase (AEP) in eukaryotic cells, is involved in chromosomal DNA replication. PrimPol is required for replication fork progression on ultraviolet (UV) light-damaged DNA templates, possibly mediated by its ability to catalyze translesion synthesis (TLS) of these lesions. This PrimPol UV lesion bypass pathway is not epistatic with the Pol η-dependent pathway and, as a consequence, protects xeroderma pigmentosum variant (XP-V) patient cells from UV-induced cytotoxicity. In addition, we establish that PrimPol is also required for efficient replication fork progression during an unperturbed S phase. These and other findings indicate that PrimPol is an important player in replication fork progression in eukaryotic cells. PrimPol is a DNA primase-polymerase catalyzing bypass of UV and oxidative lesions PrimPol operates in a UV lesion tolerance pathway that is non-epistatic with Pol η PrimPol null cells are defective in fork progression, particularly after UV treatment Loss of PrimPol leads to increased mitotic chromosomal breaks
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Tsanov N, Kermi C, Coulombe P, Van der Laan S, Hodroj D, Maiorano D. PIP degron proteins, substrates of CRL4Cdt2, and not PIP boxes, interfere with DNA polymerase η and κ focus formation on UV damage. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:3692-706. [PMID: 24423875 PMCID: PMC3973308 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt1400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a well-known scaffold for many DNA replication and repair proteins, but how the switch between partners is regulated is currently unclear. Interaction with PCNA occurs via a domain known as a PCNA-Interacting Protein motif (PIP box). More recently, an additional specialized PIP box has been described, the « PIP degron », that targets PCNA-interacting proteins for proteasomal degradation via the E3 ubiquitin ligase CRL4Cdt2. Here we provide evidence that CRL4Cdt2-dependent degradation of PIP degron proteins plays a role in the switch of PCNA partners during the DNA damage response by facilitating accumulation of translesion synthesis DNA polymerases into nuclear foci. We show that expression of a nondegradable PIP degron (Cdt1) impairs both Pol η and Pol κ focus formation on ultraviolet irradiation and reduces cell viability, while canonical PIP box-containing proteins have no effect. Furthermore, we identify PIP degron-containing peptides from several substrates of CRL4Cdt2 as efficient inhibitors of Pol η foci formation. By site-directed mutagenesis we show that inhibition depends on a conserved threonine residue that confers high affinity for PCNA-binding. Altogether these findings reveal an important regulative role for the CRL4Cdt2 pathway in the switch of PCNA partners on DNA damage.
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- Nikolay Tsanov
- Genome Surveillance and Stability Laboratory, Department of Molecular Bases of Human Diseases, CNRS-UPR1142, Institute of Human Genetics, 141, rue de la cardonille, 34396 Cedex 5, Montpellier, France and Replication and Genome Dynamics Laboratory, Department of Genome Dynamics, CNRS-UPR1142, Institute of Human Genetics, 141, rue de la cardonille, 34396 Cedex 5, Montpellier, France
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Quinet A, Vessoni AT, Rocha CRR, Gottifredi V, Biard D, Sarasin A, Menck CFM, Stary A. Gap-filling and bypass at the replication fork are both active mechanisms for tolerance of low-dose ultraviolet-induced DNA damage in the human genome. DNA Repair (Amst) 2013; 14:27-38. [PMID: 24380689 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2013.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2013] [Revised: 11/26/2013] [Accepted: 12/10/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ultraviolet (UV)-induced DNA damage are removed by nucleotide excision repair (NER) or can be tolerated by specialized translesion synthesis (TLS) polymerases, such as Polη. TLS may act at stalled replication forks or through an S-phase independent gap-filling mechanism. After UVC irradiation, Polη-deficient (XP-V) human cells were arrested in early S-phase and exhibited both single-strand DNA (ssDNA) and prolonged replication fork stalling, as detected by DNA fiber assay. In contrast, NER deficiency in XP-C cells caused no apparent defect in S-phase progression despite the accumulation of ssDNA and a G2-phase arrest. These data indicate that while Polη is essential for DNA synthesis at ongoing damaged replication forks, NER deficiency might unmask the involvement of tolerance pathway through a gap-filling mechanism. ATR knock down by siRNA or caffeine addition provoked increased cell death in both XP-V and XP-C cells exposed to low-dose of UVC, underscoring the involvement of ATR/Chk1 pathway in both DNA damage tolerance mechanisms. We generated a unique human cell line deficient in XPC and Polη proteins, which exhibited both S- and G2-phase arrest after UVC irradiation, consistent with both single deficiencies. In these XP-C/Polη(KD) cells, UVC-induced replicative intermediates may collapse into double-strand breaks, leading to cell death. In conclusion, both TLS at stalled replication forks and gap-filling are active mechanisms for the tolerance of UVC-induced DNA damage in human cells and the preference for one or another pathway depends on the cellular genotype.
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- Annabel Quinet
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil; CNRS-UMR8200, Université Paris Sud, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif, France.
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil.
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil.
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- CEA, DSV-iMETI-SEPIA, BP6, 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.
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- CNRS-UMR8200, Université Paris Sud, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif, France.
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP 05508-900, Brazil.
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- CNRS-UMR8200, Université Paris Sud, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif, France.
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Sokol AM, Cruet-Hennequart S, Pasero P, Carty MP. DNA polymerase η modulates replication fork progression and DNA damage responses in platinum-treated human cells. Sci Rep 2013; 3:3277. [PMID: 24253929 PMCID: PMC6505966 DOI: 10.1038/srep03277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2013] [Accepted: 11/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Human cells lacking DNA polymerase η (polη) are sensitive to platinum-based cancer chemotherapeutic agents. Using DNA combing to directly investigate the role of polη in bypass of platinum-induced DNA lesions in vivo, we demonstrate that nascent DNA strands are up to 39% shorter in human cells lacking polη than in cells expressing polη. This provides the first direct evidence that polη modulates replication fork progression in vivo following cisplatin and carboplatin treatment. Severe replication inhibition in individual platinum-treated polη-deficient cells correlates with enhanced phosphorylation of the RPA2 subunit of replication protein A on serines 4 and 8, as determined using EdU labelling and immunofluorescence, consistent with formation of DNA strand breaks at arrested forks in the absence of polη. Polη-mediated bypass of platinum-induced DNA lesions may therefore represent one mechanism by which cancer cells can tolerate platinum-based chemotherapy.
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- Anna M. Sokol
- DNA Damage Response Laboratory, Centre for Chromosome Biology, Biochemistry, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- Current address: Laboratory of Mitochondrial Biogenesis, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, 4 Ks. Trojdena Street, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland
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- DNA Damage Response Laboratory, Centre for Chromosome Biology, Biochemistry, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
- Current address: Microenvironment and Pathology Laboratory (MILPAT, EA 4652), Niveau 3, Faculté de Médecine, Avenue de la Côte de Nacre, 14032 Caen cedex. France
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- Department of Molecular Basis of Human Diseases, Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS UPR 1142, Montpellier, France
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- DNA Damage Response Laboratory, Centre for Chromosome Biology, Biochemistry, School of Natural Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland
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Renaud E, Rosselli F. FANC pathway promotes UV-induced stalled replication forks recovery by acting both upstream and downstream Polη and Rev1. PLoS One 2013; 8:e53693. [PMID: 23365640 PMCID: PMC3554758 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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To cope with ultraviolet C (UVC)-stalled replication forks and restart DNA synthesis, cells either undergo DNA translesion synthesis (TLS) by specialised DNA polymerases or tolerate the lesions using homologous recombination (HR)-based mechanisms. To gain insight into how cells manage UVC-induced stalled replication forks, we analysed the molecular crosstalk between the TLS DNA polymerases Polη and Rev1, the double-strand break repair (DSB)-associated protein MDC1 and the FANC pathway. We describe three novel functional interactions that occur in response to UVC-induced DNA lesions. First, Polη and Rev1, whose optimal expression and/or relocalisation depend on the FANC core complex, act upstream of FANCD2 and are required for the proper relocalisation of monoubiquitinylated FANCD2 (Ub-FANCD2) to subnuclear foci. Second, during S-phase, Ub-FANCD2 and MDC1 relocalise to UVC-damaged nuclear areas or foci simultaneously but independently of each other. Third, Ub-FANCD2 and MDC1 are independently required for optimal BRCA1 relocalisation. While RPA32 phosphorylation (p-RPA32) and RPA foci formation were reduced in parallel with increasing levels of H2AX phosphorylation and MDC1 foci in UVC-irradiated FANC pathway-depleted cells, MDC1 depletion was associated with increased UVC-induced Ub-FANCD2 and FANCD2 foci as well as p-RPA32 levels and p-RPA32 foci. On the basis of the previous observations, we propose that the FANC pathway participates in the rescue of UVC-stalled replication forks in association with TLS by maintaining the integrity of ssDNA regions and by preserving genome stability and preventing the formation of DSBs, the resolution of which would require the intervention of MDC1.
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- Emilie Renaud
- Université Paris Sud, UMR8200, « Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer », Institut de Cancérologie Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France
- CNRS, UMR8200, « Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer », Institut de Cancérologie Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Université Paris Sud, UMR8200, « Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer », Institut de Cancérologie Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France
- CNRS, UMR8200, « Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer », Institut de Cancérologie Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Despras E, Delrieu N, Garandeau C, Ahmed-Seghir S, Kannouche PL. Regulation of the specialized DNA polymerase eta: revisiting the biological relevance of its PCNA- and ubiquitin-binding motifs. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2012; 53:752-765. [PMID: 23076824 DOI: 10.1002/em.21741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2012] [Revised: 08/22/2012] [Accepted: 08/23/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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During translesion synthesis (TLS), low-fidelity polymerases of the Y-family polymerases bypass DNA damages that block the progression of conventional processive DNA polymerases, thereby allowing the completion of DNA replication. Among the TLS polymerases, DNA polymerase eta (polη) performs nucleotide incorporation past ultraviolet (UV) photoproducts and is deficient in cancer-prone xeroderma pigmentosum variant (XPV) syndrome. Upon UV irradiation, the DNA sliding clamp PCNA is monoubiquitylated on its conserved Lys-164. This event is considered to facilitate the TLS process in vivo since polη preferentially interacts with monoubiquitylated PCNA through its ubiquitin-binding domain (UBZ) as well as its PCNA interacting peptide (PIP)-box. However, recent observations questioned this model. Therefore, in this study, we re-examined the relative contribution of the regulatory UBZ and PIP domains of polη in response to UVC. We show that simultaneous invalidation of both motifs confers sensitivity to UVC, sensitization by low concentrations of caffeine, prolonged inhibition of DNA synthesis and persistent S phase checkpoint activation, all characteristic features of XPV cells. While each domain is essential for efficient accumulation of polη in replication factories, mutational inactivation of UBZ or PIP motif only confers a slight sensitivity to UVC indicating that, although informative, polη focus analysis is not a reliable tool to assess the polη's ability to function in TLS in vivo. Taken together, these data indicate that PIP and UBZ motifs are not required for recruitment but for retention of polη at sites of stalled replication forks. We propose that this is a way to ensure that a sufficient amount of the protein is available for its bypass function.
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- Emmanuelle Despras
- Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR8200 Laboratoire Stabilité Génétique et Oncogenèse, Université Paris-Sud, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
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Machida Y, Kim MS, Machida YJ. Spartan/C1orf124 is important to prevent UV-induced mutagenesis. Cell Cycle 2012; 11:3395-402. [PMID: 22894931 DOI: 10.4161/cc.21694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Uninterrupted replication across damaged DNA is critical to prevent replication fork collapse and resulting double-strand DNA breaks. Rad18-mediated PCNA ubiquitination is a crucial event that triggers a number of downstream pathways important for lesion bypass. Here, we report characterization of Spartan, an evolutionarily conserved protein containing a PCNA-interacting peptide motif, called a PIP box, and a UBZ4 ubiquitin-binding domain. Spartan is a nuclear protein and forms DNA damage-induced foci that colocalize with markers for stalled DNA replication. Focus formation of Spartan requires its PIP-box and the UBZ4 domain and is dependent on Rad18 and the PCNA ubiquitination site, indicating that Spartan is recruited to ubiquitinated PCNA. Spartan depletion results in increased mutagenesis during replication of UV-damaged DNA. Taken together, our data suggest that Spartan is recruited to sites of stalled replication via ubiquitinated PCNA and plays an important role to prevent mutations associated with replication of damaged DNA.
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- Yuka Machida
- Division of Oncology Research, Mayo College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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Elvers I, Hagenkort A, Johansson F, Djureinovic T, Lagerqvist A, Schultz N, Stoimenov I, Erixon K, Helleday T. CHK1 activity is required for continuous replication fork elongation but not stabilization of post-replicative gaps after UV irradiation. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:8440-8. [PMID: 22753029 PMCID: PMC3458576 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Ultraviolet (UV)-induced DNA damage causes an efficient block of elongating replication forks. The checkpoint kinase, CHK1 has been shown to stabilize replication forks following hydroxyurea treatment. Therefore, we wanted to test if the increased UV sensitivity caused by the unspecific kinase inhibitor caffeine—inhibiting ATM and ATR amongst other kinases—is explained by inability to activate the CHK1 kinase to stabilize replicative structures. For this, we used cells deficient in polymerase η (Polη), a translesion synthesis polymerase capable of properly bypassing the UV-induced cis–syn TT pyrimidine dimer, which blocks replication. These cells accumulate gaps behind progressing replication forks after UV exposure. We demonstrate that both caffeine and CHK1 inhibition, equally retards continuous replication fork elongation after UV treatment. Interestingly, we found more pronounced UV-sensitization by caffeine than with the CHK1 inhibitor in clonogenic survival experiments. Furthermore, we demonstrate an increased collapse of replicative structures after caffeine treatment, but not after CHK1 inhibition, in UV-irradiated cells. This demonstrates that CHK1 activity is not required for stabilization of gaps induced during replication of UV-damaged DNA. These data suggest that elongation and stabilization of replicative structures at UV-induced DNA damage are distinct mechanisms, and that CHK1 is only involved in replication elongation.
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- Ingegerd Elvers
- Department of Genetics, Microbiology, and Toxicology, Stockholm University, S-10691, Stockholm, Sweden
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