The deubiquitylating enzyme USP15 regulates homologous recombination repair and cancer cell response to PARP inhibitors.

Poly-(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) selectively kill breast and ovarian cancers with defects in homologous recombination (HR) caused by BRCA1/2 mutations. There is also clinical evidence for the utility of PARPi in breast and ovarian cancers without BRCA mutations, but the underlying mechanism is not clear. Here, we report that the ...
deubiquitylating enzyme USP15 affects cancer cell response to PARPi by regulating HR. Mechanistically, USP15 is recruited to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by MDC1, which requires the FHA domain of MDC1 and phosphorylated Ser678 of USP15. Subsequently, USP15 deubiquitinates BARD1 BRCT domain, and promotes BARD1-HP1? interaction, resulting in BRCA1/BARD1 retention at DSBs. USP15 knockout mice exhibit genomic instability in vivo. Furthermore, cancer-associated USP15 mutations, with decreased USP15-BARD1 interaction, increases PARP inhibitor sensitivity in cancer cells. Thus, our results identify a novel regulator of HR, which is a potential biomarker for therapeutic treatment using PARP inhibitors in cancers.
Mesh Terms:
Animals, DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded, Drug Resistance, Neoplasm, HEK293 Cells, Humans, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, MCF-7 Cells, Mice, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Mice, Knockout, Mutation, Neoplasms, Neoplasms, Experimental, Nuclear Proteins, Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors, RNA, Small Interfering, Recombinational DNA Repair, Trans-Activators, Treatment Outcome, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Ubiquitin-Specific Proteases, Whole-Body Irradiation
Nat Commun
Date: Dec. 15, 2018
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