Kinesin Kif2C in regulation of DNA double strand break dynamics and repair

  1. Songli Zhu
  2. Mohammadjavad Paydar
  3. Feifei Wang
  4. Yanqiu Li
  5. Ling Wang
  6. Benoit Barrette
  7. Tadayoshi Bessho
  8. Benjamin H Kwok  Is a corresponding author
  9. Aimin Peng  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Nebraska Medical Center, United States
  2. Université de Montréal, Canada

Abstract

DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) have detrimental effects on cell survival and genomic stability, and are related to cancer and other human diseases. In this study, we identified microtubule-depolymerizing kinesin Kif2C as a protein associated with DSB-mimicking DNA templates and known DSB repair proteins in Xenopus egg extracts and mammalian cells. The recruitment of Kif2C to DNA damage sites was dependent on both PARP and ATM activities. Kif2C knockdown or knockout led to accumulation of endogenous DNA damage, DNA damage hypersensitivity, and reduced DSB repair via both NHEJ and HR. Interestingly, Kif2C depletion, or inhibition of its microtubule depolymerase activity, reduced the mobility of DSBs, impaired the formation of DNA damage foci, and decreased the occurrence of foci fusion and resolution. Taken together, our study established Kif2C as a new player of the DNA damage response, and presented a new mechanism that governs DSB dynamics and repair.

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  1. Songli Zhu

    Department of Oral Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, United States
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  2. Mohammadjavad Paydar

    Département de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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  3. Feifei Wang

    Department of Oral Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, United States
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  4. Yanqiu Li

    Department of Oral Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, United States
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  5. Ling Wang

    Department of Oral Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, United States
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  6. Benoit Barrette

    Département de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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  7. Tadayoshi Bessho

    Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, United States
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  8. Benjamin H Kwok

    Département de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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  9. Aimin Peng

    Department of Oral Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Lincoln, United States
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    aimin.peng@unmc.edu
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Funding

National Institutes of Health (CA172574)

  • Aimin Peng

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (148982)

  • Benjamin H Kwok

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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© 2020, Zhu et al.

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  1. Songli Zhu
  2. Mohammadjavad Paydar
  3. Feifei Wang
  4. Yanqiu Li
  5. Ling Wang
  6. Benoit Barrette
  7. Tadayoshi Bessho
  8. Benjamin H Kwok
  9. Aimin Peng
(2020)
Kinesin Kif2C in regulation of DNA double strand break dynamics and repair
eLife 9:e53402.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.53402

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