Emerging evidence indicate that the mammalian checkpoint kinase ATM induces transcriptional silencing in cis to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) through a poorly understood mechanism. Here we show that in Saccharomyces cerevisiae a single DSB causes transcriptional inhibition of proximal genes independently of Tel1/ATM and Mec1/ATR. Since the DSB ends undergo nucleolytic degradation (resection) of their 5′-ending strands, we investigated the contribution of resection in this DSB-induced transcriptional inhibition. We discovered that resection-defective mutants fail to stop transcription around a DSB, and the extent of this failure correlates with the severity of the resection defect. Furthermore, Rad9 and generation of γH2A reduce this DSB-induced transcriptional inhibition by counteracting DSB resection. Therefore, the conversion of the DSB ends from double-stranded to single-stranded DNA, which is necessary to initiate DSB repair by homologous recombination, is responsible for loss of transcription around a DSB in S. cerevisiae.

Manfrini, N., Clerici, M., Wery, M., Colombo, C., Descrimes, M., Morillon, A., et al. (2015). Resection is responsible for loss of transcription around a double-strand break in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ELIFE, 4(2015), 1-15 [10.7554/eLife.08942].

Resection is responsible for loss of transcription around a double-strand break in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Manfrini, N
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CLERICI, MICHELA
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COLOMBO, CHIARA VITTORIA;LONGHESE, MARIA PIA
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2015

Abstract

Emerging evidence indicate that the mammalian checkpoint kinase ATM induces transcriptional silencing in cis to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) through a poorly understood mechanism. Here we show that in Saccharomyces cerevisiae a single DSB causes transcriptional inhibition of proximal genes independently of Tel1/ATM and Mec1/ATR. Since the DSB ends undergo nucleolytic degradation (resection) of their 5′-ending strands, we investigated the contribution of resection in this DSB-induced transcriptional inhibition. We discovered that resection-defective mutants fail to stop transcription around a DSB, and the extent of this failure correlates with the severity of the resection defect. Furthermore, Rad9 and generation of γH2A reduce this DSB-induced transcriptional inhibition by counteracting DSB resection. Therefore, the conversion of the DSB ends from double-stranded to single-stranded DNA, which is necessary to initiate DSB repair by homologous recombination, is responsible for loss of transcription around a DSB in S. cerevisiae.
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DNA double-strand breaks; RNA polymerase; S. cerevisiae; chromosomes; genes; resection; transcription; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all); Immunology and Microbiology (all); Medicine (all); Neuroscience (all)
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31-lug-2015
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Manfrini, N., Clerici, M., Wery, M., Colombo, C., Descrimes, M., Morillon, A., et al. (2015). Resection is responsible for loss of transcription around a double-strand break in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. ELIFE, 4(2015), 1-15 [10.7554/eLife.08942].
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