SIRT1 collaborates with ATM and HDAC1 to maintain genomic stability in neurons.
SIRT1 collaborates with ATM and HDAC1 to maintain genomic stability in neurons.
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DOI:
10.1038/nn.3460
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发表时间:
2013-08
影响因子:
25
通讯作者:
Tsai LH
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作者:
Dobbin MM;Madabhushi R;Pan L;Chen Y;Kim D;Gao J;Ahanonu B;Pao PC;Qiu Y;Zhao Y;Tsai LH
Defects in DNA repair have been linked to cognitive decline with age and neurodegenerative disease. Yet the mechanisms that protect neurons from genotoxic stress remain largely obscure. In this report, we characterize the roles of the NAD+-dependent deacetylase, SIRT1, in the neuronal response to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). We show that SIRT1 is rapidly recruited to DSBs in postmitotic neurons, where it exhibits a synergistic relationship with ATM. SIRT1 recruitment to breaks is ATM-dependent; however, SIRT1 also stimulates ATM auto-phosphorylation and activity and stabilizes ATM at DSB sites. Upon DSB induction, SIRT1 also binds the neuroprotective class I histone deacetylase, HDAC1. We show that SIRT1 deacetylates HDAC1 and stimulates its enzymatic activity, which is necessary for DSB repair through the nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) pathway. HDAC1 mutants that mimic a constitutively acetylated state render neurons more susceptible to DNA damage, whereas pharmacological SIRT1 activators that promote HDAC1 deacetylation also reduce DNA damage in two mouse models of neurodegeneration. We propose that SIRT1 is an apical transducer of the DSB response and that SIRT1 activation offers an important therapeutic avenue in neurodegeneration.