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Bayona-Feliu A, Herrera-Moyano E, Badra-Fajardo N, Galván-Femenía I, Soler-Oliva ME, Aguilera A. The chromatin network helps prevent cancer-associated mutagenesis at transcription-replication conflicts. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6890. [PMID: 37898641 PMCID: PMC10613258 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42653-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Genome instability is a feature of cancer cells, transcription being an important source of DNA damage. This is in large part associated with R-loops, which hamper replication, especially at head-on transcription-replication conflicts (TRCs). Here we show that TRCs trigger a DNA Damage Response (DDR) involving the chromatin network to prevent genome instability. Depletion of the key chromatin factors INO80, SMARCA5 and MTA2 results in TRCs, fork stalling and R-loop-mediated DNA damage which mostly accumulates at S/G2, while histone H3 Ser10 phosphorylation, a mark of chromatin compaction, is enriched at TRCs. Strikingly, TRC regions show increased mutagenesis in cancer cells with signatures of homologous recombination deficiency, transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair (TC-NER) and of the AID/APOBEC cytidine deaminases, being predominant at head-on collisions. Thus, our results support that the chromatin network prevents R-loops and TRCs from genomic instability and mutagenic signatures frequently associated with cancer.
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- Aleix Bayona-Feliu
- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41092, Seville, Spain.
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012, Seville, Spain.
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain.
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41092, Seville, Spain
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41092, Seville, Spain
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- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41092, Seville, Spain
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, 41092, Seville, Spain.
- Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012, Seville, Spain.
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Gómez-González B, Barroso S, Herrera-Moyano E, Aguilera A. Spontaneous DNA-RNA hybrids: differential impacts throughout the cell cycle. Cell Cycle 2020; 19:525-531. [PMID: 32065022 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2020.1728015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
Abstract
A large body of research supports that transcription plays a major role among the many sources of replicative stress contributing to genome instability. It is therefore not surprising that the DNA damage response has a role in the prevention of transcription-induced threatening events such as the formation of DNA-RNA hybrids, as we have recently found through an siRNA screening. Three major DDR pathways were defined to participate in the protection against DNA-RNA hybrids: ATM/CHK2, ATR/CHK1 and Postreplication Repair (PRR). Based on these observations, we envision different scenarios of DNA-RNA hybridization and their consequent DNA damage.
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- Belén Gómez-González
- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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Porreca RM, Herrera-Moyano E, Skourti E, Law PP, Gonzalez Franco R, Montoya A, Faull P, Kramer H, Vannier JB. TRF1 averts chromatin remodelling, recombination and replication dependent-break induced replication at mouse telomeres. eLife 2020; 9:49817. [PMID: 31934863 PMCID: PMC6986873 DOI: 10.7554/elife.49817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Telomeres are a significant challenge to DNA replication and are prone to replication stress and telomere fragility. The shelterin component TRF1 facilitates telomere replication but the molecular mechanism remains uncertain. By interrogating the proteomic composition of telomeres, we show that mouse telomeres lacking TRF1 undergo protein composition reorganisation associated with the recruitment of DNA damage response and chromatin remodellers. Surprisingly, mTRF1 suppresses the accumulation of promyelocytic leukemia (PML) protein, BRCA1 and the SMC5/6 complex at telomeres, which is associated with increased Homologous Recombination (HR) and TERRA transcription. We uncovered a previously unappreciated role for mTRF1 in the suppression of telomere recombination, dependent on SMC5 and also POLD3 dependent Break Induced Replication at telomeres. We propose that TRF1 facilitates S-phase telomeric DNA synthesis to prevent illegitimate mitotic DNA recombination and chromatin rearrangement.
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- Rosa Maria Porreca
- Telomere Replication and Stability group, Medical Research Council - London Institute of Medical Sciences, London, United Kingdom.,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Telomere Replication and Stability group, Medical Research Council - London Institute of Medical Sciences, London, United Kingdom.,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Telomere Replication and Stability group, Medical Research Council - London Institute of Medical Sciences, London, United Kingdom.,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Telomere Replication and Stability group, Medical Research Council - London Institute of Medical Sciences, London, United Kingdom.,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Telomere Replication and Stability group, Medical Research Council - London Institute of Medical Sciences, London, United Kingdom.,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Biological Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Medical Research Council - London Institute of Medical Sciences, London, United Kingdom
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- Biological Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Medical Research Council - London Institute of Medical Sciences, London, United Kingdom.,The Francis Crick Institute, Proteomics Mass Spectrometry Science and Technology Platform, London, United Kingdom
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- Biological Mass Spectrometry and Proteomics, Medical Research Council - London Institute of Medical Sciences, London, United Kingdom
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- Telomere Replication and Stability group, Medical Research Council - London Institute of Medical Sciences, London, United Kingdom.,Institute of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Barroso S, Herrera-Moyano E, Muñoz S, García-Rubio M, Gómez-González B, Aguilera A. The DNA damage response acts as a safeguard against harmful DNA-RNA hybrids of different origins. EMBO Rep 2019; 20:e47250. [PMID: 31338941 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201847250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite playing physiological roles in specific situations, DNA-RNA hybrids threat genome integrity. To investigate how cells do counteract spontaneous DNA-RNA hybrids, here we screen an siRNA library covering 240 human DNA damage response (DDR) genes and select siRNAs causing DNA-RNA hybrid accumulation and a significant increase in hybrid-dependent DNA breakage. We identify post-replicative repair and DNA damage checkpoint factors, including those of the ATM/CHK2 and ATR/CHK1 pathways. Thus, spontaneous DNA-RNA hybrids are likely a major source of replication stress, but they can also accumulate and menace genome integrity as a consequence of unrepaired DSBs and post-replicative ssDNA gaps in normal cells. We show that DNA-RNA hybrid accumulation correlates with increased DNA damage and chromatin compaction marks. Our results suggest that different mechanisms can lead to DNA-RNA hybrids with distinct consequences for replication and DNA dynamics at each cell cycle stage and support the conclusion that DNA-RNA hybrids are a common source of spontaneous DNA damage that remains unsolved under a deficient DDR.
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- Sonia Barroso
- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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Tumini E, Herrera-Moyano E, San Martín-Alonso M, Barroso S, Galmarini CM, Aguilera A. The Antitumor Drugs Trabectedin and Lurbinectedin Induce Transcription-Dependent Replication Stress and Genome Instability. Mol Cancer Res 2018; 17:773-782. [PMID: 30552231 DOI: 10.1158/1541-7786.mcr-18-0575] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2018] [Revised: 10/19/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
R-loops are a major source of replication stress, DNA damage, and genome instability, which are major hallmarks of cancer cells. Accordingly, growing evidence suggests that R-loops may also be related to cancer. Here we show that R-loops play an important role in the cellular response to trabectedin (ET743), an anticancer drug from marine origin and its derivative lurbinectedin (PM01183). Trabectedin and lurbinectedin induced RNA-DNA hybrid-dependent DNA damage in HeLa cells, causing replication impairment and genome instability. We also show that high levels of R-loops increase cell sensitivity to trabectedin. In addition, trabectedin led to transcription-dependent FANCD2 foci accumulation, which was suppressed by RNase H1 overexpression. In yeast, trabectedin and lurbinectedin increased the presence of Rad52 foci, a marker of DNA damage, in an R-loop-dependent manner. In addition to providing new insights into the mechanisms of action of these drugs, our study reveals that R-loops could be targeted by anticancer agents. Given the increasing evidence that R-loops occur all over the genome, the ability of lurbinectedin and trabectedin to act on them may contribute to enhance their efficacy, opening the possibility that R-loops might be a feature shared by specific cancers. IMPLICATIONS: The data presented in this study provide the new concept that R-loops are important cellular factors that contribute to trabectedin and lurbinectedin anticancer activity.
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- Emanuela Tumini
- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.
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Madireddy A, Kosiyatrakul ST, Boisvert RA, Herrera-Moyano E, García-Rubio ML, Gerhardt J, Vuono EA, Owen N, Yan Z, Olson S, Aguilera A, Howlett NG, Schildkraut CL. FANCD2 Facilitates Replication through Common Fragile Sites. Mol Cell 2017; 64:388-404. [PMID: 27768874 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2016.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2015] [Revised: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Common fragile sites (CFSs) are genomic regions that are unstable under conditions of replicative stress. Although the characteristics of CFSs that render them vulnerable to stress are associated mainly with replication, the cellular pathways that protect CFSs during replication remain unclear. Here, we identify and describe a role for FANCD2 as a trans-acting facilitator of CFS replication, in the absence of exogenous replicative stress. In the absence of FANCD2, replication forks stall within the AT-rich fragility core of CFS, leading to dormant origin activation. Furthermore, FANCD2 deficiency is associated with DNA:RNA hybrid formation at CFS-FRA16D, and inhibition of DNA:RNA hybrid formation suppresses replication perturbation. In addition, we also found that FANCD2 reduces the number of potential sites of replication initiation. Our data demonstrate that FANCD2 protein is required to ensure efficient CFS replication and provide mechanistic insight into how FANCD2 regulates CFS stability.
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- Advaitha Madireddy
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa, Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa, Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Seville, Spain
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- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa, Universidad de Sevilla, 41092 Seville, Spain
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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Bhatia V, Herrera-Moyano E, Aguilera A, Gómez-González B. The Role of Replication-Associated Repair Factors on R-Loops. Genes (Basel) 2017; 8:E171. [PMID: 28653981 PMCID: PMC5541304 DOI: 10.3390/genes8070171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Revised: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 06/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
The nascent RNA can reinvade the DNA double helix to form a structure termed the R-loop, where a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) is accompanied by a DNA-RNA hybrid. Unresolved R-loops can impede transcription and replication processes and lead to genomic instability by a mechanism still not fully understood. In this sense, a connection between R-loops and certain chromatin markers has been reported that might play a key role in R-loop homeostasis and genome instability. To counteract the potential harmful effect of R-loops, different conserved messenger ribonucleoprotein (mRNP) biogenesis and nuclear export factors prevent R-loop formation, while ubiquitously-expressed specific ribonucleases and DNA-RNA helicases resolve DNA-RNA hybrids. However, the molecular events associated with R-loop sensing and processing are not yet known. Given that R-loops hinder replication progression, it is plausible that some DNA replication-associated factors contribute to dissolve R-loops or prevent R-loop mediated genome instability. In support of this, R-loops accumulate in cells depleted of the BRCA1, BRCA2 or the Fanconi anemia (FA) DNA repair factors, indicating that they play an active role in R-loop dissolution. In light of these results, we review our current view of the role of replication-associated DNA repair pathways in preventing the harmful consequences of R-loops.
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- Vaibhav Bhatia
- Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Av. Américo Vespucio 24, 41092 Seville, Spain.
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- Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Av. Américo Vespucio 24, 41092 Seville, Spain.
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- Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Av. Américo Vespucio 24, 41092 Seville, Spain.
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- Andalusian Center for Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Av. Américo Vespucio 24, 41092 Seville, Spain.
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Andersen SL, Zhang A, Dominska M, Moriel-Carretero M, Herrera-Moyano E, Aguilera A, Petes TD. High-Resolution Mapping of Homologous Recombination Events in rad3 Hyper-Recombination Mutants in Yeast. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1005938. [PMID: 26968037 PMCID: PMC4788294 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005938] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2015] [Accepted: 02/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The Saccharomyces cerevisae RAD3 gene is the homolog of human XPD, an essential gene encoding a DNA helicase of the TFIIH complex involved in both nucleotide excision repair (NER) and transcription. Some mutant alleles of RAD3 (rad3-101 and rad3-102) have partial defects in DNA repair and a strong hyper-recombination (hyper-Rec) phenotype. Previous studies showed that the hyper-Rec phenotype associated with rad3-101 and rad3-102 can be explained as a consequence of persistent single-stranded DNA gaps that are converted to recombinogenic double-strand breaks (DSBs) by replication. The systems previously used to characterize the hyper-Rec phenotype of rad3 strains do not detect the reciprocal products of mitotic recombination. We have further characterized these events using a system in which the reciprocal products of mitotic recombination are recovered. Both rad3-101 and rad3-102 elevate the frequency of reciprocal crossovers about 100-fold. Mapping of these events shows that three-quarters of these crossovers reflect DSBs formed at the same positions in both sister chromatids (double sister-chromatid breaks, DSCBs). The remainder reflects DSBs formed in single chromatids (single chromatid breaks, SCBs). The ratio of DSCBs to SCBs is similar to that observed for spontaneous recombination events in wild-type cells. We mapped 216 unselected genomic alterations throughout the genome including crossovers, gene conversions, deletions, and duplications. We found a significant association between the location of these recombination events and regions with elevated gamma-H2AX. In addition, there was a hotspot for deletions and duplications at the IMA2 and HXT11 genes near the left end of chromosome XV. A comparison of these data with our previous analysis of spontaneous mitotic recombination events suggests that a sub-set of spontaneous events in wild-type cells may be initiated by incomplete NER reactions, and that DSCBs, which cannot be repaired by sister-chromatid recombination, are a major source of mitotic recombination between homologous chromosomes.
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- Sabrina L. Andersen
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER-Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER-Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER-Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
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García-Rubio ML, Pérez-Calero C, Barroso SI, Tumini E, Herrera-Moyano E, Rosado IV, Aguilera A. The Fanconi Anemia Pathway Protects Genome Integrity from R-loops. PLoS Genet 2015; 11:e1005674. [PMID: 26584049 PMCID: PMC4652862 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005674] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Co-transcriptional RNA-DNA hybrids (R loops) cause genome instability. To prevent harmful R loop accumulation, cells have evolved specific eukaryotic factors, one being the BRCA2 double-strand break repair protein. As BRCA2 also protects stalled replication forks and is the FANCD1 member of the Fanconi Anemia (FA) pathway, we investigated the FA role in R loop-dependent genome instability. Using human and murine cells defective in FANCD2 or FANCA and primary bone marrow cells from FANCD2 deficient mice, we show that the FA pathway removes R loops, and that many DNA breaks accumulated in FA cells are R loop-dependent. Importantly, FANCD2 foci in untreated and MMC-treated cells are largely R loop dependent, suggesting that the FA functions at R loop-containing sites. We conclude that co-transcriptional R loops and R loop-mediated DNA damage greatly contribute to genome instability and that one major function of the FA pathway is to protect cells from R loops. R loops are co-transcriptional RNA-DNA hybrids that can have a physiological role in transcription and replication, but also may be a major threat to genome stability. To avoid the deleterious effects of R loops, specific factors prevent their formation or facilitate their removal. The double-strand break repair factor BRCA2 is among those that prevent R-loop accumulation. As BRCA2 also protects stalled replication forks and is the FANCD1 member of the Fanconi Anemia (FA) pathway, we studied the role of this pathway in preventing R loop accumulation and R loop-dependent genome instability. Using human and murine cells defective in FANCD2 or FANCA and primary bone marrow cells derived from FANCD2 deficient mice, we show that the FA pathway removes R loops and that many DNA breaks accumulated in FA cells are R loop-dependent. Importantly, FANCD2 foci accumulation is largely R loop-dependent, suggesting that the FA functions at R loop-containing sites. The FA pathway is primarily known as a DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) repair pathway. Our findings reveal a novel function of the FA pathway in preventing R loop-mediated DNA damage, providing new clues to understand the relevance of R-loops as a natural source of genome instability and the way they are processed.
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- María L. García-Rubio
- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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- Instituto de Biomedicina de Sevilla-Hospital Virgen del Rocío, Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain
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Moriel-Carretero M, Herrera-Moyano E, Aguilera A. A unified model for the molecular basis of Xeroderma pigmentosum-Cockayne Syndrome. Rare Dis 2015; 3:e1079362. [PMID: 26460500 PMCID: PMC4588225 DOI: 10.1080/21675511.2015.1079362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Revised: 06/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) is a pathway that removes lesions distorting the DNA helix. The molecular basis of the rare diseases Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) and Cockayne Syndrome (CS) are explained based on the defects happening in 2 NER branches: Global-Genome Repair and Transcription-Coupled Repair, respectively. Nevertheless, both afflictions sporadically occur together, giving rise to XP/CS; however, the molecular basis of XP/CS is not understood very well. Many efforts have been made to clarify why mutations in only 4 NER genes, namely XPB, XPD, XPF and XPG, are the basis of this disease. Effort has also been made to unravel why mutations within these genes lead to XP, XP/CS, or other pathologies. We have recently contributed to the disclosure of this puzzle by characterizing Rad3/XPD mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and human cells. Based on our, and others', observations, we propose a model compatible with all XP/CS cases and the current bibliography.
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- María Moriel-Carretero
- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER; Universidad de Sevilla ; Seville, Spain ; Institute of Human Genetics; CNRS-UPR1142 ; Montpellier, France
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER; Universidad de Sevilla ; Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER; Universidad de Sevilla ; Seville, Spain
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Bhatia V, Barroso SI, García-Rubio ML, Tumini E, Herrera-Moyano E, Aguilera A. BRCA2 prevents R-loop accumulation and associates with TREX-2 mRNA export factor PCID2. Nature 2014; 511:362-5. [DOI: 10.1038/nature13374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 359] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Accepted: 04/08/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Hélène Gaillard
- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla , Av. Américo Vespucio s/n, 41092 Seville, Spain
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