Novel RNA and DNA strand exchange activity of the PALB2 DNA binding domain and its critical role for DNA repair in cells

  1. Jaigeeth Deveryshetty
  2. Thibaut Peterlini
  3. Mikhail Ryzhikov
  4. Nadine Brahiti
  5. Graham Dellaire
  6. Jean-Yves Masson
  7. Sergey Korolev  Is a corresponding author
  1. Saint Louis University School of Medicine, United States
  2. CHU de Québec-Université Laval, Oncology Division, Laval University Cancer Research Center, Canada
  3. Dalhousie University, Canada
10 figures, 1 table and 2 additional files

Figures

Figure 1 with 2 supplements
Interaction of T1, T3 and PB2-573 fragments with ss- and dsDNA.

(A) Domain structure of PALB2. The PALB2 truncations used in the present study are shown below by magenta, blue and dark grey lines. (B–E) Equilibrium binding of PALB2 fragments, including T1 …

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Figure 1—source data 1

Table with Hill coefficients (n) and equilibrium dissociation constants (Kd, nM) values for graphs in Figure 1B–E.

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Figure 1—figure supplement 1
SDS PAGE analysis of purified proteins used in this study: (A) T1 and T1 146AAAA mutant, (B) T3, (C) PB2-573 and PB2-573 146AAAA, (D) RAD51, and (E) RPA.
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Figure 1—figure supplement 2
Effect of increasing salt concentration on PALB2 fragments binding to DNA.

(A) Equilibrium binding of T1 to FAM-ss49 at different concentrations of NaCl, (B) equilibrium binding of PB2-573. Each data point is an average of six readings from two different experiments.

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Figure 2 with 2 supplements
Mutation of DNA binding residues.

Isotherms of fluorescence anisotropy of FAM-ss49 (5 nM) titrated by PALB2 T1 (blue, open circles) and PB2-573 (magenta, open triangles) fragments and their mutants: T1 146-RK/AA (filled blue …

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Figure 2—source data 1

Table with Hill coefficients (n) and equilibrium dissociation constants (Kd, nM) values.

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Figure 2—figure supplement 1
Amino acid sequence alignment of PALB2 T1 from different organisms with residues colour-coded accordingly to polarity, with mutated residues identified by red boxes, and with the secondary structure elements depicted at the bottom of alignment in cartoon representation as predicted by the Phyre server.

The following sequences were used in the analysis. gi|21757330 – Homo sapiens, gi|1297718444 - Piliocolobus tephrosceles, gi|724966540 - Rhinopithecus roxellana, gi|967502006 - Macaca mulatta, …

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Figure 2—figure supplement 2
DNA binding of T1 mutants.

Equilibrium binding of 5 nm FAM-ss25 (A, C) or FAM-ss49 (B, D) to PALB2 N-DBD and its mutants. (blue) In A) and B) isotherm for K45A is in green, for K50A in red, for K45A/K50A in black. In C) and …

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Figure 3 with 3 supplements
Effect of a PALB2 DNA-binding site mutation on homologous recombination.

(A) Representative immunofluorescence images of RAD51 foci in PALB2 knockdown HeLa cells complemented with the indicated YFP construct and synchronized in S/G2 by double thymidine block, as …

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Figure 3—figure supplement 1
Time dependence of RAD51 foci formation after DNA damage in the experiment described in Figure 3.

Cells were prepared as described in Figure 3 and processed for immunofluorescence at 1 hr, 2 hr, 4 hr, 6 hr and 8 hr post-irradiation.

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Figure 3—figure supplement 2
Representative images and schematic representation of CRISPR-Cas9/mClover-LMNA1 mediated HR assay.

Following nucleofection, Cas9 creates a double-strand break in the LMNA locus leading to integration of the mClover gene at the LMNA locus by homologous recombination. Clover-labelled Lamin A/C …

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Figure 3—figure supplement 3
YFP-PALB2 and YFP-PALB2 146AAAA binds RAD51 equally.

Lysates from HEK293T cells expressing the indicated constructs were subjected to GFP-Trap pulldown and immunoblotting against YFP or RAD51. YFP alone was used as a negative control.

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Figure 4 with 4 supplements
PALB2 promotes strand exchange between homologous DNA substrates.

(A) Schematic representation of the strand exchange activity assay. ss90 (120 nM) was incubated with RecA (2 μM) or RAD51 (2 μM) for 5’, then with PALB2 fragment (2 μM) for 5’, then dsDNA (100 nM) …

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Figure 4—figure supplement 1
RAD51 activity under optimized conditions.

(A) Strand exchange by RAD51 monitored by Cy5 fluorescence under optimized conditions with 5 mM CaCl2 and 5 mM MgCl2. (B) End products of reactions in (A) analyzed with EMSA.

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Figure 4—figure supplement 2
PALB2 strand exchange activity with dsDNA with alternative fluorophores.

EMSA of N-DBD-mediated strand exchange products using dsDNA composed of Cy3- and Cy5-labelled DNA strands. The reaction was performed identically to the one in Figure 4, but without ATP in buffer. …

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Figure 4—figure supplement 3
PALB2 strand exchange activity with longer dsDNA.

Forward (A) and inverse (B) strand exchange reactions supported by N-DBD at different concentrations ranging from 0.25 μM to 3 μM performed with ss90 and FAM/Dadsyl-labelled ds49.

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Figure 4—figure supplement 4
PALB2 N-DBD cannot form D-loops with supercoiled dsDNA plasmid.

Products of the D-loop reaction mediated by PALB2 N-DBD fragment with 100-mer single strand DNA oligonucleotide (JYM1413, 1 µM) and supercoiled dsDNA plasmid pPB4.3 (300 µM) for 5 min separated by …

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Figure 5 with 1 supplement
The PALB2 N-DBD stimulates RAD51 strand exchange.

(A) Dependence of the strand exchange activity on N-DBD concentration: 0.5 μM (black), 1 μM (brown), 2 μM (navy) and 4 μM (dark red). (B) A reaction similar to (A) in the presence of RAD51 (2 μM, …

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Figure 5—figure supplement 1
PALB2 DNA binding site mutants do not support strand exchange.

(A) Forward strand exchange activity of PALB2 N-DBD DNA binding mutants. (B) The strand exchange activity of PALB2 N-DBD mutants in the presence of Rad51. Strand exchange reactions were performed …

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The plot of end points of strand exchange reactions with and without 0.5 μM RPA by (A) N-DBD and (B) N-DBD in the presence of 2 μM RAD51.

Reactions are performed identically to those in Figure 5.

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PALB2 promotes forward and inverse strand exchange with ssDNA and RNA substrates.

Schematic representation of forward (A) and inverse (D) reactions. Cy5 fluorescence change for the forward reaction with ssDNA is shown in (B) and with RNA in (E) at different concentrations of T1 …

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Figure 8 with 2 supplements
PALB2 does not unwind dsDNA and anneals complementary DNA strands.

(A) Strand exchange reaction where Cy5/Iowa ds35 DNA (100 nM) was first incubated with three different concentrations of N-DBD for 30’. The complementary ss90 DNA (100 nM) was added at 30' to …

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Figure 8—figure supplement 1
RecO and RecOR do not support strand exchange without RecA.

(A) Strand exchange activity of RecO (magenta), RecOR (orange), RecA (green), RecA with SSB (red), RecA with RecOR and SSB (dark brown), and RecO with RecA and SSB (brown) measured under conditions …

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Figure 8—figure supplement 2
Oligomerization and DNA-binding stoichiometry of PALB2 N-DBD.

(A) Gel filtration of the N-DBD (blue isotherm) and the 146AAAA mutant (red) using Superdex-200 10/300 column. Positions of BioRad MW standards with MW in kDa are shown on top. The elution volume of …

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Author response image 1
DNA and T1 were incubated at 37C for 30 min and treated with proteinase K for 20 min and ran on Native page gel at 60 V for 30 min.

DNA without protein were treated exactly the same and compared on rhe gel.

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Author response image 2
Table with initial rates (bottom) calculated for reactions in Figure 7.
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Tables

Key resources table
Reagent type
(species) or resource
DesignationSource or referenceIdentifiersAdditional information
Cell line (Human)HeLaATCCCCL-2
Cell line (Human)U2OSATCCHTB-96
Cell line (Human)HEK293TATCCCRL-11268
Sequence-base
reagent
siRNA sequencesThis paperSupplementary file 1E
Sequence-base
reagent
oligonucleotide
JYM1413
This paperSupplementary file 1C
Chemical
compound, drug
Lipofectamine
RNAiMAX
Invitrogen13778–150
Chemical
compound, drug
ThymidineSigmaT1895-1G
Chemical
compound, drug
Lipofectamine 2000Invitrogen11668019
Chemical
compound, drug
Proteinase KSigmaP2308-100MG
Chemical
compound, drug
[gamma-32P] ATPPerkin ElmerNEG502A250UC
Recombinant
DNA reagent
YFP-CTL or YFP
(plasmid)
Pauty et al., 2017
Recombinant
DNA reagent
YFP-PALB2 (plasmid)Pauty et al., 2017
Recombinant
DNA reagent
YFP-PALB2
146AAAA (plasmid)
This paperSupplementary file 1B
Recombinant
DNA reagent
pCR2.1-mClover-
LMNAdonor (plasmid)
Pinder et al., 2015
Recombinant
DNA reagent
pX330-LMNAgRNA
(plasmid)
Pinder et al., 2015
Recombinant
DNA reagent
iRFP670 (plasmid)Pinder et al., 2015
Recombinant
DNA reagent
FLAG vector (plasmid)Pauty et al., 2017
Recombinant
DNA reagent
FLAG-PALB2 (plasmid)Pauty et al., 2017
Recombinant
DNA reagent
FLAG-PALB2
146AAAA (plasmid)
This paperSupplementary file 1B
Recombinant
DNA reagent
pPB4.3PMID:15899844
OtherDAPI stainInvitrogenD1306(1 µg/mL)
Commercial
assay, kit
SE Cell Line
4D-Nucleofector X Kit
VWRCA10064-148
Antibodyanti-RAD51
(mouse monoclonal)
Novus BiologicalsNB100-148(1:1000)
Antibodyanti-GFP
(mouse monolconal)
Roche11814460001(1:1000)
AntibodyRAD51
(rabbit polyclonall)
B-Bridge International70–001(1:7000)
Antibodycyclin A
(mouse monoclonal)
BD Biosciences611268(1:400)
AntibodyAlexa Fluor 568
goat anti-rabbit
Molecular ProbeA11011(1:10000)
AntibodyAlexa Fluor 647
got anti-mouse
Molecular ProbeA21235(1:10000)
Software,
algorithm
PrismGraphPadVer-6
Software,
algorithm
VolocityQuorum Technologiesv6.0.1
Sequence-base
reagent
cloning primers,
DNA-binding substrates,
FRET substrates
IDT, TechnologySupplementary file 1B,C,D
Strain, Strain
background (E. Coli)
BL21-star cellsThermoFisher ScientificC601003
Strain, Strain
background (E. Coli)
OmniMAX cellsThermoFisher ScientificC8540-03
Recombinant
DNA reagent
pSMT3-PALB2-T1This paper
Recombinant
DNA reagent
pSMT3-PALB2-T3This paper
Recombinant
DNA reagent
pSMT3-PALB2-573This paper
OtherHis60 Ni SuperflowClonetech635660
OtherHeparin 5 ml
HiTrap column
GE Heathcare
Lifesciences
17040701
OtherSuperdex-200
10/300 GL column
GE Heathcare
Lifesciences
17517501
Recombinant
DNA reagent
pET11-Rad51Dr. A Mazin
Lab; PMID:11751636
Recombinant
DNA reagent
pSMT3-RAD51This paper
Recombinant
DNA reagent
p11d-tRPAAddGene,
Henricksen et al., 1994
102613
OtherAffi-Gel blue affinity gelBioRad1537301
InstrumentSynergy four plate readerBioTek

Additional files

Supplementary file 1

Supplementary tables including.

(A) DNA binding parameters of N-DBD mutants, and DNA/RNA sequences for (B) primers for DNA binding site mutagenesis, (C) substrates for DNA binding assay, (D) Substrates for strand exchange activity and FRET assays, (E) siRNA resistance primers.

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44063.027
Transparent reporting form
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44063.028

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