Identification of UHRF2 as a novel DNA interstrand crosslink sensor protein.
Identification of UHRF2 as a novel DNA interstrand crosslink sensor protein.
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DOI:
10.1371/journal.pgen.1007643
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发表时间:
2018-10
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影响因子:
4.5
通讯作者:
Cohn MA
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作者:
Motnenko A;Liang CC;Yang D;Lopez-Martinez D;Yoshikawa Y;Zhan B;Ward KE;Tian J;Haas W;Spingardi P;Kessler BM;Kriaucionis S;Gygi SP;Cohn MA
The Fanconi Anemia (FA) pathway is important for repairing interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) between the Watson-Crick strands of the DNA double helix. An initial and essential stage in the repair process is the detection of the ICL. Here, we report the identification of UHRF2, a paralogue of UHRF1, as an ICL sensor protein. UHRF2 is recruited to ICLs in the genome within seconds of their appearance. We show that UHRF2 cooperates with UHRF1, to ensure recruitment of FANCD2 to ICLs. A direct protein-protein interaction is formed between UHRF1 and UHRF2, and between either UHRF1 and UHRF2, and FANCD2. Importantly, we demonstrate that the essential monoubiquitination of FANCD2 is stimulated by UHRF1/UHRF2. The stimulation is mediating by a retention of FANCD2 on chromatin, allowing for its monoubiquitination by the FA core complex. Taken together, we uncover a mechanism of ICL sensing by UHRF2, leading to FANCD2 recruitment and retention at ICLs, in turn facilitating activation of FANCD2 by monoubiquitination. Fanconi Anemia is a genetic disease where patients typically have congenital abnormalities, develop bone marrow failure and suffer from cancer predisposition. The cells in patients have a reduced ability to repair a type of DNA damage where the two strands of the DNA double helix are physically linked together, and this failure in repair is believed to contribute to cause of the disease. Many proteins are involved in repairing this type of DNA damage in healthy individuals, via a complex DNA repair pathway called the Fanconi Anemia pathway. Here, we report the identification of a new player in this pathway. The protein, called UHRF2, is able to sense the DNA damage in the genome, and thereby help to initiate the healthy repair of the damage. In addition to improving our molecular understanding of the Fanconi Anemia pathway, in the long term, this new knowledge could have medical implications for diagnosis and therapy relating to pathologies involving this type of DNA damage.
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影响因子:
16.6
作者:
Liang CC;Li Z;Lopez-Martinez D;Nicholson WV;Vénien-Bryan C;Cohn MA
通讯作者:
Cohn MA
DOI:
10.1186/s41021-016-0037-9
发表时间:
2016
期刊:
Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society
影响因子:
--
作者:
Hashimoto S;Anai H;Hanada K
通讯作者:
Hanada K
DOI:
10.1007/s00018-016-2218-x
发表时间:
2016-08
期刊:
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS
影响因子:
--
作者:
Lopez-Martinez D;Liang CC;Cohn MA
通讯作者:
Cohn MA
影响因子:
16
作者:
Ciccia, Alberto;Ling, Chen;West, Stephen C.
通讯作者:
West, Stephen C.
影响因子:
4.8
作者:
Bashtrykov, Pavel;Jankevicius, Gytis;Jeltsch, Albert
通讯作者:
Jeltsch, Albert