ATRX Promotes DNA Repair Synthesis and Sister Chromatid Exchange during Homologous Recombination.
ATRX is a chromatin remodeler that, together with its chaperone DAXX, deposits the histone variant H3.3 in pericentromeric and telomeric regions. Notably, ATRX is frequently mutated in tumors that maintain telomere length by a specific form of homologous recombination (HR). Surprisingly, in this context, we demonstrate that ATRX-deficient cells exhibit a ... defect in repairing exogenously induced DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by HR. ATRX operates downstream of the Rad51 removal step and interacts with PCNA and RFC-1, which are collectively required for DNA repair synthesis during HR. ATRX depletion abolishes DNA repair synthesis and prevents the formation of sister chromatid exchanges at exogenously induced DSBs. DAXX- and H3.3-depleted cells exhibit identical HR defects as ATRX-depleted cells, and both ATRX and DAXX function to deposit H3.3 during DNA repair synthesis. This suggests that ATRX facilitates the chromatin reconstitution required for extended DNA repair synthesis and sister chromatid exchange during HR.
Mesh Terms:
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded, HeLa Cells, Histones, Humans, Nuclear Proteins, Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen, Rad51 Recombinase, Recombinational DNA Repair, Replication Protein C, Sister Chromatid Exchange, X-linked Nuclear Protein
Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded, HeLa Cells, Histones, Humans, Nuclear Proteins, Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen, Rad51 Recombinase, Recombinational DNA Repair, Replication Protein C, Sister Chromatid Exchange, X-linked Nuclear Protein
Mol. Cell
Date: Dec. 05, 2017
PubMed ID: 29937341
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