RNF4 Regulates the BLM Helicase in Recovery From Replication Fork Collapse

Sumoylation is an important enhancer of responses to DNA replication stress and the SUMO-targeted ubiquitin E3 ligase RNF4 regulates these responses by ubiquitylation of sumoylated DNA damage response factors. The specific targets and functional consequences of RNF4 regulation in response to replica...

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Autores principales: Nathan Ellis, Jianmei Zhu, Mary K Yagle, Wei-Chih Yang, Jing Huang, Alexander Kwako, Michael M. Seidman, Michael J. Matunis
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4b8e2de0c097408e949433f640f984d02021-11-12T05:35:40ZRNF4 Regulates the BLM Helicase in Recovery From Replication Fork Collapse1664-802110.3389/fgene.2021.753535https://doaj.org/article/4b8e2de0c097408e949433f640f984d02021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2021.753535/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-8021Sumoylation is an important enhancer of responses to DNA replication stress and the SUMO-targeted ubiquitin E3 ligase RNF4 regulates these responses by ubiquitylation of sumoylated DNA damage response factors. The specific targets and functional consequences of RNF4 regulation in response to replication stress, however, have not been fully characterized. Here we demonstrated that RNF4 is required for the restart of DNA replication following prolonged hydroxyurea (HU)-induced replication stress. Contrary to its role in repair of γ-irradiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), our analysis revealed that RNF4 does not significantly impact recognition or repair of replication stress-associated DSBs. Rather, using DNA fiber assays, we found that the firing of new DNA replication origins, which is required for replication restart following prolonged stress, was inhibited in cells depleted of RNF4. We also provided evidence that RNF4 recognizes and ubiquitylates sumoylated Bloom syndrome DNA helicase BLM and thereby promotes its proteosome-mediated turnover at damaged DNA replication forks. Consistent with it being a functionally important RNF4 substrate, co-depletion of BLM rescued defects in the firing of new replication origins observed in cells depleted of RNF4 alone. We concluded that RNF4 acts to remove sumoylated BLM from collapsed DNA replication forks, which is required to facilitate normal resumption of DNA synthesis after prolonged replication fork stalling and collapse.Nathan EllisJianmei ZhuMary K YagleWei-Chih YangJing HuangAlexander KwakoMichael M. SeidmanMichael J. MatunisFrontiers Media S.A.articleBloom syndromeBLMDNA repairdormant originsfork collapsehomologous recombinationGeneticsQH426-470ENFrontiers in Genetics, Vol 12 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Bloom syndrome
BLM
DNA repair
dormant origins
fork collapse
homologous recombination
Genetics
QH426-470
spellingShingle Bloom syndrome
BLM
DNA repair
dormant origins
fork collapse
homologous recombination
Genetics
QH426-470
Nathan Ellis
Jianmei Zhu
Mary K Yagle
Wei-Chih Yang
Jing Huang
Alexander Kwako
Michael M. Seidman
Michael J. Matunis
RNF4 Regulates the BLM Helicase in Recovery From Replication Fork Collapse
description Sumoylation is an important enhancer of responses to DNA replication stress and the SUMO-targeted ubiquitin E3 ligase RNF4 regulates these responses by ubiquitylation of sumoylated DNA damage response factors. The specific targets and functional consequences of RNF4 regulation in response to replication stress, however, have not been fully characterized. Here we demonstrated that RNF4 is required for the restart of DNA replication following prolonged hydroxyurea (HU)-induced replication stress. Contrary to its role in repair of γ-irradiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), our analysis revealed that RNF4 does not significantly impact recognition or repair of replication stress-associated DSBs. Rather, using DNA fiber assays, we found that the firing of new DNA replication origins, which is required for replication restart following prolonged stress, was inhibited in cells depleted of RNF4. We also provided evidence that RNF4 recognizes and ubiquitylates sumoylated Bloom syndrome DNA helicase BLM and thereby promotes its proteosome-mediated turnover at damaged DNA replication forks. Consistent with it being a functionally important RNF4 substrate, co-depletion of BLM rescued defects in the firing of new replication origins observed in cells depleted of RNF4 alone. We concluded that RNF4 acts to remove sumoylated BLM from collapsed DNA replication forks, which is required to facilitate normal resumption of DNA synthesis after prolonged replication fork stalling and collapse.
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author Nathan Ellis
Jianmei Zhu
Mary K Yagle
Wei-Chih Yang
Jing Huang
Alexander Kwako
Michael M. Seidman
Michael J. Matunis
author_facet Nathan Ellis
Jianmei Zhu
Mary K Yagle
Wei-Chih Yang
Jing Huang
Alexander Kwako
Michael M. Seidman
Michael J. Matunis
author_sort Nathan Ellis
title RNF4 Regulates the BLM Helicase in Recovery From Replication Fork Collapse
title_short RNF4 Regulates the BLM Helicase in Recovery From Replication Fork Collapse
title_full RNF4 Regulates the BLM Helicase in Recovery From Replication Fork Collapse
title_fullStr RNF4 Regulates the BLM Helicase in Recovery From Replication Fork Collapse
title_full_unstemmed RNF4 Regulates the BLM Helicase in Recovery From Replication Fork Collapse
title_sort rnf4 regulates the blm helicase in recovery from replication fork collapse
publisher Frontiers Media S.A.
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/4b8e2de0c097408e949433f640f984d0
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