1. Chromosomes and Gene Expression
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Sae2/CtIP prevents R-loop accumulation in eukaryotic cells

  1. Nodar Makharashvili
  2. Sucheta Arora
  3. Yizhi Yin
  4. Qiong Fu
  5. Xuemei Wen
  6. Ji-Hoon Lee
  7. Chung-Hsuan Kao
  8. Justin WC Leung
  9. Kyle M Miller
  10. Tanya T Paull  Is a corresponding author
  1. The University of Texas at Austin, United States
  2. National Institutes of Health, United States
  3. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42733
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  1. Nodar Makharashvili
  2. Sucheta Arora
  3. Yizhi Yin
  4. Qiong Fu
  5. Xuemei Wen
  6. Ji-Hoon Lee
  7. Chung-Hsuan Kao
  8. Justin WC Leung
  9. Kyle M Miller
  10. Tanya T Paull
(2018)
Sae2/CtIP prevents R-loop accumulation in eukaryotic cells
eLife 7:e42733.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42733
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Abstract

The Sae2/CtIP protein is required for efficient processing of DNA double-strand breaks that initiate homologous recombination in eukaryotic cells. Sae2/CtIP is also important for survival of single-stranded Top1-induced lesions and CtIP is known to associate directly with transcription-associated complexes in mammalian cells. Here we investigate the role of Sae2/CtIP at single-strand lesions in budding yeast and in human cells and find that depletion of Sae2/CtIP promotes the accumulation of stalled RNA polymerase and RNA-DNA hybrids at sites of highly expressed genes. Overexpression of the RNA-DNA helicase Senataxin suppresses DNA damage sensitivity and R-loop accumulation in Sae2/CtIP-deficient cells, and a catalytic mutant of CtIP fails to complement this sensitivity, indicating a role for CtIP nuclease activity in the repair process. Based on this evidence, we propose that R-loop processing by 5' flap endonucleases is a necessary step in the stabilization and removal of nascent R-loop initiating structures in eukaryotic cells.

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  1. Nodar Makharashvili

    Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
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  2. Sucheta Arora

    Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
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  3. Yizhi Yin

    Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
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  4. Qiong Fu

    Gastrointestinal Malignancy Section, Thoracic and Gastrointestinal Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  5. Xuemei Wen

    Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
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  6. Ji-Hoon Lee

    Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
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  7. Chung-Hsuan Kao

    Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
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  8. Justin WC Leung

    Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, United States
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  9. Kyle M Miller

    Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
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  10. Tanya T Paull

    Department of Molecular Biosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

  • Sucheta Arora
  • Qiong Fu
  • Xuemei Wen
  • Ji-Hoon Lee
  • Chung-Hsuan Kao
  • Tanya T Paull

Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas

  • Nodar Makharashvili
  • Yizhi Yin

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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  1. Nodar Makharashvili
  2. Sucheta Arora
  3. Yizhi Yin
  4. Qiong Fu
  5. Xuemei Wen
  6. Ji-Hoon Lee
  7. Chung-Hsuan Kao
  8. Justin WC Leung
  9. Kyle M Miller
  10. Tanya T Paull
(2018)
Sae2/CtIP prevents R-loop accumulation in eukaryotic cells
eLife 7:e42733.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.42733

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