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Kollárovič G, Topping CE, Shaw EP, Chambers AL. The human HELLS chromatin remodelling protein promotes end resection to facilitate homologous recombination and contributes to DSB repair within heterochromatin. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:1872-1885. [PMID: 31802118 PMCID: PMC7038987 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz1146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [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: 05/21/2019] [Revised: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Efficient double-strand break repair in eukaryotes requires manipulation of chromatin structure. ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling enzymes facilitate different DNA repair pathways, during different stages of the cell cycle and in varied chromatin environments. The contribution of remodelling factors to double-strand break repair within heterochromatin during G2 is unclear. The human HELLS protein is a Snf2-like chromatin remodeller family member and is mutated or misregulated in several cancers and some cases of ICF syndrome. HELLS has been implicated in the DNA damage response, but its mechanistic function in repair is not well understood. We discover that HELLS facilitates homologous recombination at two-ended breaks and contributes to repair within heterochromatic regions during G2. HELLS promotes initiation of HR by facilitating end-resection and accumulation of CtIP at IR-induced foci. We identify an interaction between HELLS and CtIP and establish that the ATPase domain of HELLS is required to promote DSB repair. This function of HELLS in maintenance of genome stability is likely to contribute to its role in cancer biology and demonstrates that different chromatin remodelling activities are required for efficient repair in specific genomic contexts.
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- Gabriel Kollárovič
- DNA-protein Interactions Unit, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- DNA-protein Interactions Unit, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- DNA-protein Interactions Unit, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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- DNA-protein Interactions Unit, School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TD, UK
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Cellular senescence is a cell fate characterized by an irreversible cell cycle arrest, but the molecular mechanism underlying this senescence hallmark remains poorly understood. Through an unbiased search for novel senescence regulators in airway basal cells, we discovered that the epigenetic regulator ubiquitin-like with PHD and ring finger domain-containing protein 1 (UHRF1) is critical for regulating cell cycle progression. Upon injury, basal cells in the mouse airway rapidly induce the expression of UHRF1 in order to stimulate stem cell proliferation and tissue repair. Targeted depletion of Uhrf1 specifically in airway basal cells causes a profound defect in cell cycle progression. Consistently, cultured primary human basal cells lacking UHRF1 do not exhibit cell death or differentiation phenotypes but undergo a spontaneous program of senescence. Mechanistically, UHRF1 loss induces G1 cell cycle arrest by abrogating DNA replication factory formation as evidenced by loss of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) puncta and an inability to enter the first cell cycle. This proliferation defect is partially mediated by the p15 pathway. Overall, our study provides the first evidence of an indispensable role of UHRF1 in somatic stem cells proliferation during the process of airway regeneration.
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Wuchter P, Wagner W, Ho AD. Mesenchymal Stem Cells – An Oversimplified Nomenclature for Extremely Heterogeneous Progenitors. Regen Med 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-5690-8_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Burrage J, Termanis A, Geissner A, Myant K, Gordon K, Stancheva I. The SNF2 family ATPase LSH promotes phosphorylation of H2AX and efficient repair of DNA double-strand breaks in mammalian cells. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:5524-34. [PMID: 22946062 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.111252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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LSH, a protein related to the SNF2 family of chromatin-remodelling ATPases, is essential for the correct establishment of DNA methylation levels and patterns in plants and mammalian cells. However, some of the phenotypes resulting from LSH deficiency cannot be explained easily by defects in DNA methylation. Here we show that LSH-deficient mouse and human fibroblasts show reduced viability after exposure to ionizing radiation and repair DNA double-strand breaks less efficiently than wild-type cells. A more detailed characterisation of this phenotype revealed that, in the absence of LSH, the histone variant H2AX is not efficiently phosphorylated in response to DNA damage. This results in impaired recruitment of MDC1 and 53BP1 proteins to DNA double-strand breaks and compromises phosphorylation of checkpoint kinase CHK2. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the ability of LSH to hydrolyse ATP is necessary for efficient phosphorylation of H2AX at DNA double-strand breaks and successful repair of DNA damage. Taken together, our data reveal a previously unsuspected role of LSH ATPase in the maintenance of genome stability in mammalian somatic cells, which is independent of its function in de novo DNA methylation during development.
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- Joe Burrage
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Michael Swann Building, Mayfield Road, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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Ross JP, Rand KN, Molloy PL. Hypomethylation of repeated DNA sequences in cancer. Epigenomics 2012; 2:245-69. [PMID: 22121873 DOI: 10.2217/epi.10.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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An important feature of cancer development and progression is the change in DNA methylation patterns, characterized by the hypermethylation of specific genes concurrently with an overall decrease in the level of 5-methylcytosine. Hypomethylation of the genome can affect both single-copy genes, repeat DNA sequences and transposable elements, and is highly variable among and within cancer types. Here, we review our current understanding of genome hypomethylation in cancer, with a particular focus on hypomethylation of the different classes and families of repeat sequences. The emerging data provide insights into the importance of methylation of different repeat families in the maintenance of chromosome structural integrity and the fidelity of normal transcriptional regulation. We also consider the events underlying cancer-associated hypomethylation and the potential for the clinical use of characteristic DNA methylation changes in diagnosis, prognosis or classification of tumors.
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- Jason P Ross
- Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, Food & Nutritional Science, Preventative Health National Research Flagship, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia
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Tao Y, Liu S, Briones V, Geiman TM, Muegge K. Treatment of breast cancer cells with DNA demethylating agents leads to a release of Pol II stalling at genes with DNA-hypermethylated regions upstream of TSS. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:9508-20. [PMID: 21880597 PMCID: PMC3239205 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Inactivation of tumor suppressor genes plays an important role in tumorigenesis, and epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation are frequently associated with transcriptional repression. Here, we show that gene silencing at selected genes with signs of DNA hypermethylation in breast cancer cells involves Pol II stalling. We studied several repressed genes with DNA hypermethylation within a region 1-kb upstream of the transcriptional start site that were upregulated after treatment with DNA demethylating agents, such as Azacytidine and several natural products. All those selected genes had stalled Pol II at their transcriptional start site and showed enhanced ser2 phosphorylated Pol II and elevated transcripts after drug treatment indicating successful elongation. In addition, a decrease of the epigenetic regulator LSH in a breast cancer cell line by siRNA treatment reduced DNA methylation and overcame Pol II stalling, whereas overexpression of LSH in a normal breast epithelial cell line increased DNA methylation and resulted in repression. Decrease of LSH was associated with reduced DNMT3b binding to promoter sequences, and depletion of DNMT3b by siRNA could release Pol II suggesting that DNMT3b is functionally involved. The release of paused Pol II was accompanied by a dynamic switch from repressive to active chromatin marks. Thus release of Pol II stalling can act as a mechanism for gene reactivation at specific target genes after DNA demethylating treatment in cancer cells.
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- Yongguang Tao
- Laboratory of Cancer Prevention, SAIC-Frederick, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21701, USA
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Wuchter P, Wagner W, Ho AD. Mesenchymal Stem Cells: An Oversimplified Nomenclature for Extremely Heterogeneous Progenitors. Regen Med 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9075-1_16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Myant K, Termanis A, Sundaram AYM, Boe T, Li C, Merusi C, Burrage J, de Las Heras JI, Stancheva I. LSH and G9a/GLP complex are required for developmentally programmed DNA methylation. Genome Res 2010; 21:83-94. [PMID: 21149390 DOI: 10.1101/gr.108498.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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LSH, a member of the SNF2 family of chromatin remodeling ATPases encoded by the Hells gene, is essential for normal levels of DNA methylation in the mammalian genome. While the role of LSH in the methylation of repetitive DNA sequences is well characterized, its contribution to the regulation of DNA methylation and the expression of protein-coding genes has not been studied in detail. In this report we investigate genome-wide patterns of DNA methylation at gene promoters in Hells(-/-) mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). We find that in the absence of LSH, DNA methylation is lost or significantly reduced at ∼20% of all normally methylated promoter sequences. As a consequence, a large number of genes are misexpressed in Hells(-/-) MEFs. Comparison of Hells(-/-) MEFs with wild-type MEFs and embryonic stem (ES) cells suggests that LSH is important for de novo DNA methylation events that accompany the establishment and differentiation of embryonic lineage cells. We further show that the generation of normal DNA methylation patterns and stable gene silencing at specific promoters require cooperation between LSH and the G9a/GLP complex of histone methylases. At such loci, G9a recruitment is compromised when LSH is absent or greatly reduced. Taken together, our data suggest a mechanism whereby LSH promotes binding of DNA methyltransferases and the G9a/GLP complex to specific loci and facilitates developmentally programmed DNA methylation and stable gene silencing during lineage commitment and differentiation.
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- Kevin Myant
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, United Kingdom
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Wagner W, Ho AD, Zenke M. Different Facets of Aging in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART B-REVIEWS 2010; 16:445-53. [DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2009.0825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Wolfgang Wagner
- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Cellular Engineering, Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Aachen University Medical School, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Medicine V, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology and Cellular Engineering, Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Aachen University Medical School, Aachen, Germany
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Bork S, Pfister S, Witt H, Horn P, Korn B, Ho AD, Wagner W. DNA methylation pattern changes upon long-term culture and aging of human mesenchymal stromal cells. Aging Cell 2010; 9:54-63. [PMID: 19895632 PMCID: PMC2814091 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2009.00535.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 314] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Within 2–3 months of in vitro culture-expansion, mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) undergo replicative senescence characterized by cell enlargement, loss of differentiation potential and ultimate growth arrest. In this study, we have analyzed DNA methylation changes upon long-term culture of MSC by using the HumanMethylation27 BeadChip microarray assessing 27 578 unique CpG sites. Furthermore, we have compared MSC from young and elderly donors. Overall, methylation patterns were maintained throughout both long-term culture and aging but highly significant differences were observed at specific CpG sites. Many of these differences were observed in homeobox genes and genes involved in cell differentiation. Methylation changes were verified by pyrosequencing after bisulfite conversion and compared to gene expression data. Notably, methylation changes in MSC were overlapping in long-term culture and aging in vivo. This supports the notion that replicative senescence and aging represent developmental processes that are regulated by specific epigenetic modifications.
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- Simone Bork
- Department of Medicine V, University of Heidelberg69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University of Heidelberg69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Molecular Genetics of Pediatric Brain Tumors, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University of Heidelberg69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Molecular Genetics of Pediatric Brain Tumors, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine V, University of Heidelberg69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Genomics and Proteomics Core Facility, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine V, University of Heidelberg69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities69117 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine V, University of Heidelberg69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities69117 Heidelberg, Germany
- Helmholtz-Institute for Biomedical Engineering, Aachen University Medical School52074 Aachen, Germany
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Zhou R, Han L, Li G, Tong T. Senescence delay and repression of p16INK4a by Lsh via recruitment of histone deacetylases in human diploid fibroblasts. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:5183-96. [PMID: 19561196 PMCID: PMC2731912 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Lymphoid specific helicase (Lsh) belongs to the family of SNF2/helicases. Disruption of Lsh leads to developmental growth retardation and premature aging in mice. However, the specific effect of Lsh on human cellular senescence remains unknown. Herein, we report that Lsh overexpression delays cell senescence by silencing p16INK4a in human fibroblasts. The patterns of p16INK4a and Lsh expression during cell senescence present the inverse correlation. We also find that Lsh requires histone deacetylase (HDAC) activity to repress p16INK4a and treatment with trichostatin A (TSA) is sufficient to block the repressor effect of Lsh. Moreover, overexpression of Lsh is correlated with deacetylation of histone H3 at the p16 promoter, and TSA treatment in Lsh-expressing cells reverses the acetylation status of histones. Additionally, we demonstrate an interaction between Lsh, histone deacetylase 1 (HDAC1) and HDAC2 in vivo. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Lsh interacts in vivo with the p16 promoter and recruits HDAC1. Our data suggest that Lsh represses endogenous p16INK4a expression by recruiting HDAC to establish a repressive chromatin structure at the p16INK4a promoter, which in turn delays cell senescence.
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- Rui Zhou
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Peking University Health Science Center, Research Center on Aging, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
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