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DNA-PK promotes DNA end resection at DNA double strand breaks in G0 cells

  1. Faith C Fowler
  2. Bo-Ruei Chen
  3. Nicholas Zolnerowich
  4. Wei Wu
  5. Raphael Pavani
  6. Jacob Paiano
  7. Chelsea Peart
  8. Zulong Chen
  9. André Nussenzweig
  10. Barry P Sleckman  Is a corresponding author
  11. Jessica K Tyler  Is a corresponding author
  1. Weill Cornell Medicine, United States
  2. University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
  3. National Cancer Institute, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74700
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  1. Faith C Fowler
  2. Bo-Ruei Chen
  3. Nicholas Zolnerowich
  4. Wei Wu
  5. Raphael Pavani
  6. Jacob Paiano
  7. Chelsea Peart
  8. Zulong Chen
  9. André Nussenzweig
  10. Barry P Sleckman
  11. Jessica K Tyler
(2022)
DNA-PK promotes DNA end resection at DNA double strand breaks in G0 cells
eLife 11:e74700.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74700
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Abstract

DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair by homologous recombination is confined to the S and G2 phases of the cell cycle partly due to 53BP1 antagonizing DNA end resection in G1 phase and non-cycling quiescent (G0) cells where DSBs are predominately repaired by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). Unexpectedly, we uncovered extensive MRE11- and CtIP-dependent DNA end resection at DSBs in G0 murine and human cells. A whole genome CRISPR/Cas9 screen revealed the DNA-dependent kinase (DNA-PK) complex as a key factor in promoting DNA end resection in G0 cells. In agreement, depletion of FBXL12, which promotes ubiquitylation and removal of the KU70/KU80 subunits of DNA-PK from DSBs, promotes even more extensive resection in G0 cells. In contrast, a requirement for DNA-PK in promoting DNA end resection in proliferating cells at the G1 or G2 phase of the cell cycle was not observed. Our findings establish that DNA-PK uniquely promotes DNA end resection in G0, but not in G1 or G2 phase cells, which has important implications for DNA DSB repair in quiescent cells.

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  1. Faith C Fowler

    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States
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  2. Bo-Ruei Chen

    Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States
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  3. Nicholas Zolnerowich

    Laboratory of Genome Integrity, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States
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  4. Wei Wu

    Laboratory of Genome Integrity, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States
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  5. Raphael Pavani

    Laboratory of Genome Integrity, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States
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  6. Jacob Paiano

    Laboratory of Genome Integrity, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States
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  7. Chelsea Peart

    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States
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  8. Zulong Chen

    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States
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  9. André Nussenzweig

    Laboratory of Genome Integrity, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, United States
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  10. Barry P Sleckman

    Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, United States
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  11. Jessica K Tyler

    Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, United States
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    Jessica K Tyler, Senior editor, eLife.
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NIH Office of the Director (R35 GM139816)

  • Jessica K Tyler

NIH Office of the Director (RO1 CA95641)

  • Jessica K Tyler

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  1. Faith C Fowler
  2. Bo-Ruei Chen
  3. Nicholas Zolnerowich
  4. Wei Wu
  5. Raphael Pavani
  6. Jacob Paiano
  7. Chelsea Peart
  8. Zulong Chen
  9. André Nussenzweig
  10. Barry P Sleckman
  11. Jessica K Tyler
(2022)
DNA-PK promotes DNA end resection at DNA double strand breaks in G0 cells
eLife 11:e74700.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.74700

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