Translesion polymerase kappa-dependent DNA synthesis underlies replication fork recovery
- New York University School of Medicine, United States
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Abstract
DNA replication stress is often defined by the slowing or stalling of replication fork progression leading to local or global DNA synthesis inhibition. Failure to resolve replication stress in a timely manner contribute towards cell cycle defects, genome instability and human disease; however, the mechanism for fork recovery remains poorly defined. Here we show that the translesion DNA polymerase (Pol) kappa, a DinB orthologue, has a unique role in both protecting and restarting stalled replication forks under conditions of nucleotide deprivation. Importantly, Pol kappa-mediated DNA synthesis during hydroxyurea (HU)-dependent fork restart is regulated by both the Fanconi Anemia (FA) pathway and PCNA polyubiquitination. Loss of Pol kappa prevents timely rescue of stalled replication forks, leading to replication-associated genomic instability, and a p53-dependent cell cycle defect. Taken together, our results identify a previously unanticipated role for Pol kappa in promoting DNA synthesis and replication stress recovery at sites of stalled forks.
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National Institutes of Health (ES025166)
- Peter Tonzi
National Institutes of Health (GM108119)
- Yandong Yin
- Chelsea Wei Ting Lee
American Cancer Society (RSG-16-241-01-DMC)
- Yandong Yin
- Chelsea Wei Ting Lee
V Foundation for Cancer Research
- Eli Rothenberg
- Tony T Huang
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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- Andre Nussenzweig
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- Received: August 24, 2018
- Accepted: November 12, 2018
- Accepted Manuscript published: November 13, 2018 (version 1)
- Version of Record published: November 23, 2018 (version 2)
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© 2018, Tonzi et al.
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License permitting unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited.
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