SCAI promotes error-free repair of DNA interstrand crosslinks via the Fanconi anemia pathway

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DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are cytotoxic lesions that threaten genome integrity. The Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway orchestrates ICL repair during DNA replication, with ubiquitylated FANCI-FANCD2 (ID2) marking the activation step that triggers incisions on DNA to unhook the ICL. Restoration of intact DNA requires the coordinated actions of polymerase ζ (Polζ)-mediated translesion synthesis (TLS) and homologous recombination (HR). While the proteins mediating FA pathway activation have been well characterized, the effectors regulating repair pathway choice to promote error-free ICL resolution remain poorly defined. Here, we uncover an indispensable role of SCAI in ensuring error-free ICL repair upon activation of the FA pathway. We show that SCAI forms a complex with Polζ and localizes to ICLs during DNA replication. SCAI-deficient cells are exquisitely sensitive to ICL-inducing drugs and display major hallmarks of FA gene inactivation. In the absence of SCAI, HR-mediated ICL repair is defective, and breaks are instead re-ligated by polymerase θ-dependent microhomology-mediated end-joining, generating deletions spanning the ICL site and radial chromosomes. Our work establishes SCAI as an integral FA pathway component, acting at the interface between TLS and HR to promote error-free ICL repair.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

EMBO reports - 23(2022), 4 vom: 05. Apr., Seite e53639

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schubert, Lisa [VerfasserIn]
Hendriks, Ivo A [VerfasserIn]
Hertz, Emil P T [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Sellés-Baiget, Selene [VerfasserIn]
Hoffmann, Saskia [VerfasserIn]
Viswalingam, Keerthana Stine [VerfasserIn]
Gallina, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Pentakota, Satyakrishna [VerfasserIn]
Benedict, Bente [VerfasserIn]
Johansen, Joachim [VerfasserIn]
Apelt, Katja [VerfasserIn]
Luijsterburg, Martijn S [VerfasserIn]
Rasmussen, Simon [VerfasserIn]
Lisby, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Nielsen, Michael L [VerfasserIn]
Mailand, Niels [VerfasserIn]
Duxin, Julien P [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-49-2
DNA
DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs)
DNA repair
DNA replication
Genome stability
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Translesion DNA synthesis (TLS)

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Date Completed 07.04.2022

Date Revised 14.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.15252/embr.202153639

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336888945