In response to DNA damage, the histone PARylation factor 1 (HPF1) regulates PARP1/2 activity, facilitating serine ADP-ribosylation of chromatin-associated factors. While PARP1/2 are known for their role in DNA single-strand break repair (SSBR), the significance of HPF1 in this process remains unclear. Here, we investigated the impact of HPF1 deficiency on cellular survival and SSBR following exposure to various genotoxins. We found that HPF1 loss did not generally increase cellular sensitivity to agents that typically induce DNA single-strand breaks (SSBs) repaired by PARP1. SSBR kinetics in HPF1-deficient cells were largely unaffected, though its absence partially influenced the accumulation of SSB intermediates after exposure to specific genotoxins in certain cell lines, likely due to altered ADP-ribosylation of chromatin. Despite reduced serine mono-ADP-ribosylation, HPF1-deficient cells maintained robust poly-ADP-ribosylation at SSB sites, possibly reflecting PARP1 auto-poly-ADP-ribosylation at non-serine residues. Notably, poly-ADP-ribose chains were sufficient to recruit the DNA repair factor XRCC1, which may explain the relatively normal SSBR capacity in HPF1-deficient cells. These findings suggest that HPF1 and histone serine ADP-ribosylation are largely dispensable for PARP1-dependent SSBR in response to genotoxic stress, highlighting the complexity of mechanisms that maintain genomic stability and chromatin remodeling.

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• buněčné linie MeSH
• chromatin metabolismus   MeSH
• DNA vazebné proteiny metabolismus   genetika   MeSH
• histony metabolismus   MeSH
• jaderné proteiny metabolismus   genetika   MeSH
• jednořetězcové zlomy DNA * MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• oprava DNA * MeSH
• poly-ADP-ribosylace MeSH
• poly(ADP-ribosa)polymerasa 1 * metabolismus   genetika   MeSH
• poly(ADP-ribosa)polymerasy metabolismus   genetika   MeSH
• protein XRCC1 metabolismus   genetika   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• Názvy látek
• chromatin MeSH
• DNA vazebné proteiny MeSH
• histony MeSH
• HPF1 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• jaderné proteiny MeSH
• PARP1 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• poly(ADP-ribosa)polymerasa 1 * MeSH
• poly(ADP-ribosa)polymerasy MeSH
• protein XRCC1 MeSH
• XRCC1 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč

DNA synthesis of the leading and lagging strands works independently and cells tolerate single-stranded DNA generated during strand uncoupling if it is protected by RPA molecules. Natural alkaloid emetine is used as a specific inhibitor of lagging strand synthesis, uncoupling leading and lagging strand replication. Here, by analysis of lagging strand synthesis inhibitors, we show that despite emetine completely inhibiting DNA replication: it does not induce the generation of single-stranded DNA and chromatin-bound RPA32 (CB-RPA32). In line with this, emetine does not activate the replication checkpoint nor DNA damage response. Emetine is also an inhibitor of proteosynthesis and ongoing proteosynthesis is essential for the accurate replication of DNA. Mechanistically, we demonstrate that the acute block of proteosynthesis by emetine temporally precedes its effects on DNA replication. Thus, our results are consistent with the hypothesis that emetine affects DNA replication by proteosynthesis inhibition. Emetine and mild POLA1 inhibition prevent S-phase poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation. Collectively, our study reveals that emetine is not a specific lagging strand synthesis inhibitor with implications for its use in molecular biology.

• MeSH
• chromatin MeSH
• DNA genetika   MeSH
• emetin * farmakologie   MeSH
• jednovláknová DNA * MeSH
• replikace DNA MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• chromatin MeSH
• DNA MeSH
• emetin * MeSH
• jednovláknová DNA * MeSH
• Okazaki fragments MeSH Prohlížeč

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) is implicated in the detection and processing of unligated Okazaki fragments and other DNA replication intermediates, highlighting such structures as potential sources of genome breakage induced by PARP inhibition. Here, we show that PARP1 activity is greatly elevated in chicken and human S phase cells in which FEN1 nuclease is genetically deleted and is highest behind DNA replication forks. PARP inhibitor reduces the integrity of nascent DNA strands in both wild-type chicken and human cells during DNA replication, and does so in FEN1-/- cells to an even greater extent that can be detected as postreplicative single-strand nicks or gaps. Collectively, these data show that PARP inhibitors impede the maturation of nascent DNA strands during DNA replication, and implicate unligated Okazaki fragments and other nascent strand discontinuities in the cytotoxicity of these compounds.

• MeSH
• DNA genetika   MeSH
• oprava DNA MeSH
• PARP inhibitory * farmakologie   MeSH
• poly(ADP-ribosa)polymerasa 1 genetika   MeSH
• poškození DNA MeSH
• replikace DNA * MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• DNA MeSH
• PARP inhibitory * MeSH
• poly(ADP-ribosa)polymerasa 1 MeSH

Defects in DNA repair frequently lead to neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases, underscoring the particular importance of DNA repair in long-lived post-mitotic neurons1,2. The cellular genome is subjected to a constant barrage of endogenous DNA damage, but surprisingly little is known about the identity of the lesion(s) that accumulate in neurons and whether they accrue throughout the genome or at specific loci. Here we show that post-mitotic neurons accumulate unexpectedly high levels of DNA single-strand breaks (SSBs) at specific sites within the genome. Genome-wide mapping reveals that SSBs are located within enhancers at or near CpG dinucleotides and sites of DNA demethylation. These SSBs are repaired by PARP1 and XRCC1-dependent mechanisms. Notably, deficiencies in XRCC1-dependent short-patch repair increase DNA repair synthesis at neuronal enhancers, whereas defects in long-patch repair reduce synthesis. The high levels of SSB repair in neuronal enhancers are therefore likely to be sustained by both short-patch and long-patch processes. These data provide the first evidence of site- and cell-type-specific SSB repair, revealing unexpected levels of localized and continuous DNA breakage in neurons. In addition, they suggest an explanation for the neurodegenerative phenotypes that occur in patients with defective SSB repair.

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• 5-methylcytosin metabolismus   MeSH
• buněčné linie MeSH
• DNA biosyntéza   MeSH
• jednořetězcové zlomy DNA * MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• metylace MeSH
• neurony metabolismus   MeSH
• oprava DNA * MeSH
• poly(ADP-ribosa)polymerasy metabolismus   MeSH
• replikace DNA MeSH
• sekvenční analýza DNA MeSH
• zesilovače transkripce genetika   MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• mužské pohlaví MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural MeSH
• Názvy látek
• 5-methylcytosin MeSH
• DNA MeSH
• poly(ADP-ribosa)polymerasy MeSH

Neurodegeneration is a common hallmark of individuals with hereditary defects in DNA single-strand break repair; a process regulated by poly(ADP-ribose) metabolism. Recently, mutations in the ARH3 (ADPRHL2) hydrolase that removes ADP-ribose from proteins have been associated with neurodegenerative disease. Here, we show that ARH3-mutated patient cells accumulate mono(ADP-ribose) scars on core histones that are a molecular memory of recently repaired DNA single-strand breaks. We demonstrate that the ADP-ribose chromatin scars result in reduced endogenous levels of important chromatin modifications such as H3K9 acetylation, and that ARH3 patient cells exhibit measurable levels of deregulated transcription. Moreover, we show that the mono(ADP-ribose) scars are lost from the chromatin of ARH3-defective cells in the prolonged presence of PARP inhibition, and concomitantly that chromatin acetylation is restored to normal. Collectively, these data indicate that ARH3 can act as an eraser of ADP-ribose chromatin scars at sites of PARP activity during DNA single-strand break repair.

• MeSH
• adenosindifosfát ribosa chemie   MeSH
• chromatin chemie   MeSH
• fibroblasty MeSH
• genový knockout MeSH
• glykosidhydrolasy genetika   MeSH
• HEK293 buňky MeSH
• histony chemie   MeSH
• jednořetězcové zlomy DNA * MeSH
• lidé MeSH
• mutace * MeSH
• nádorové buněčné linie MeSH
• neurodegenerativní nemoci genetika   MeSH
• oprava DNA * MeSH
• protein XRCC1 genetika   MeSH
• regulace genové exprese MeSH
• viabilita buněk MeSH
• Check Tag
• lidé MeSH
• Publikační typ
• časopisecké články MeSH
• práce podpořená grantem MeSH
• Názvy látek
• adenosindifosfát ribosa MeSH
• ADPRS protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč
• chromatin MeSH
• glykosidhydrolasy MeSH
• histony MeSH
• protein XRCC1 MeSH
• XRCC1 protein, human MeSH Prohlížeč