Budding yeast ATM/ATR control meiotic double-strand break (DSB) levels by down-regulating Rec114, an essential component of the DSB-machinery.
Budding yeast ATM/ATR control meiotic double-strand break (DSB) levels by down-regulating Rec114, an essential component of the DSB-machinery.
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1003545
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2013-06
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4.5
通讯作者:
Cha RS
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Carballo JA;Panizza S;Serrentino ME;Johnson AL;Geymonat M;Borde V;Klein F;Cha RS
An essential feature of meiosis is Spo11 catalysis of programmed DNA double strand breaks (DSBs). Evidence suggests that the number of DSBs generated per meiosis is genetically determined and that this ability to maintain a pre-determined DSB level, or “DSB homeostasis”, might be a property of the meiotic program. Here, we present direct evidence that Rec114, an evolutionarily conserved essential component of the meiotic DSB-machinery, interacts with DSB hotspot DNA, and that Tel1 and Mec1, the budding yeast ATM and ATR, respectively, down-regulate Rec114 upon meiotic DSB formation through phosphorylation. Mimicking constitutive phosphorylation reduces the interaction between Rec114 and DSB hotspot DNA, resulting in a reduction and/or delay in DSB formation. Conversely, a non-phosphorylatable rec114 allele confers a genome-wide increase in both DSB levels and in the interaction between Rec114 and the DSB hotspot DNA. These observations strongly suggest that Tel1 and/or Mec1 phosphorylation of Rec114 following Spo11 catalysis down-regulates DSB formation by limiting the interaction between Rec114 and DSB hotspots. We also present evidence that Ndt80, a meiosis specific transcription factor, contributes to Rec114 degradation, consistent with its requirement for complete cessation of DSB formation. Loss of Rec114 foci from chromatin is associated with homolog synapsis but independent of Ndt80 or Tel1/Mec1 phosphorylation. Taken together, we present evidence for three independent ways of regulating Rec114 activity, which likely contribute to meiotic DSBs-homeostasis in maintaining genetically determined levels of breaks. Meiosis is a specialized cell division that underpins sexual reproduction. It begins with a diploid cell carrying both parental copies of each chromosome, and ends with four haploid cells, each containing only one copy. An essential feature of meiosis is meiotic recombination, during which the programmed generation of DNA double-strand-breaks (DSBs) is followed by the production of crossover(s) between two parental homologs, which facilitates their correct distribution to daughter nuclei. Failure to generate DSBs leads to errors in homolog disjunction, which produces inviable gametes. Although DSBs are essential for meiosis, each break represents a potentially lethal damage; as such, its formation must be tightly regulated. The evolutionarily conserved ATM/ATR family proteins were implicated in this control; nevertheless, the mechanism by which such control could be implemented remains elusive. Here we demonstrate that Tel1/Mec1 down-regulate meiotic DSB formation by phosphorylating Rec114, an essential component of the Spo11 complex. We also observed that Rec114 activity can be further down-regulated by its removal from chromosomes and subsequent degradation during later stages in meiosis. Evidence presented here provides an insight into the ways in which the number of meiotic DSBs might be maintained at developmentally programmed level.
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作者:
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DOI:
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发表时间:
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