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Chromosome Res ; 30(4): 351-359, 2022 12.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36399199

ABSTRACT

Histones H1 and H3 are highly phosphorylated in mitotic HeLa cells but are rapidly dephosphorylated by endogenous protein phosphatases during the isolation of metaphase chromosomes. We show that this dephosphorylation can be prevented by including the sulfhydryl reagent 5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoate) (Ellman's reagent, or DTNB) in the isolation buffer. The minimal amount of DTNB required is approximately stoichiometric with the number of sulfhydryl groups in the lysate. Inhibition of the protein phosphatases can subsequently be reversed by treatment with dithiothreitol or 2-mercaptoethanol. DTNB is compatible with the isolation of either metaphase chromosome clusters or individual metaphase chromosomes. It should be useful in investigations of the structure and biochemistry of chromatin and chromosomes and in the study of possible functions for mitotic histone phosphorylation.


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Chromosomes , Histones , Humans , Histones/metabolism , Dithionitrobenzoic Acid , HeLa Cells , Metaphase , Chromosomes/metabolism , Phosphoprotein Phosphatases/metabolism , Phosphorylation , Mitosis
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Nat Commun ; 13(1): 4547, 2022 08 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35927262

ABSTRACT

The DNA polymerase theta (Polθ)-mediated end joining (TMEJ) pathway for repair of chromosomal double strand breaks (DSBs) is essential in cells deficient in other DSB repair pathways, including hereditary breast cancers defective in homologous recombination. Strand-break activated poly(ADP) ribose polymerase 1 (PARP1) has been implicated in TMEJ, but the modest specificity of existing TMEJ assays means the extent of effect and the mechanism behind it remain unclear. We describe here a series of TMEJ assays with improved specificity and show ablation of PARP activity reduces TMEJ activity 2-4-fold. The reduction in TMEJ is attributable to a reduction in the 5' to 3' resection of DSB ends that is essential for engagement of this pathway and is compensated by increased repair by the nonhomologous-end joining pathway. This limited role for PARP activity in TMEJ helps better rationalize the combined employment of inhibitors of PARP and Polθ in cancer therapy.


Subject(s)
Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases , Ribose , Adenosine Diphosphate , DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded , DNA End-Joining Repair , DNA Repair , DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase , Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase-1/metabolism , Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors/pharmacology , Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases/metabolism , DNA Polymerase theta
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Science ; 361(6407): 1126-1129, 2018 09 14.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30213916

ABSTRACT

The nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) pathway preserves genome stability by ligating the ends of broken chromosomes together. It employs end-processing enzymes, including polymerases, to prepare ends for ligation. We show that two such polymerases incorporate primarily ribonucleotides during NHEJ-an exception to the central dogma of molecular biology-both during repair of chromosome breaks made by Cas9 and during V(D)J recombination. Moreover, additions of ribonucleotides but not deoxynucleotides effectively promote ligation. Repair kinetics suggest that ribonucleotide-dependent first-strand ligation is followed by complementary strand repair with deoxynucleotides, then by replacement of ribonucleotides embedded in the first strand with deoxynucleotides. Our results indicate that as much as 65% of cellular NHEJ products have transiently embedded ribonucleotides, which promote flexibility in repair at the cost of more fragile intermediates.


Subject(s)
Chromosome Breakage , DNA End-Joining Repair , DNA Repair , DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/metabolism , Ribonucleotides/metabolism , Animals , Bacterial Proteins , CRISPR-Associated Protein 9 , Cell Line , Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats , Endonucleases , Eosinophil-Derived Neurotoxin/genetics , Eosinophil-Derived Neurotoxin/metabolism , Fibroblasts , Genomic Instability , Mice , V(D)J Recombination
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