Bugai, A;
Quaresma, AJC;
Friedel, CC;
Lenasi, T;
Düster, R;
Sibley, CR;
Fujinaga, K;
... Barborič, M; + view all
(2019)
P-TEFb Activation by RBM7 Shapes a Pro-survival Transcriptional Response to Genotoxic Stress.
Molecular Cell
, 74
10.1016/j.molcel.2019.01.033.
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Abstract
DNA damage response (DDR) involves dramatic transcriptional alterations, the mechanisms of which remain ill defined. Here, we show that following genotoxic stress, the RNA-binding motif protein 7 (RBM7) stimulates RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcription and promotes cell viability by activating the positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) via its release from the inhibitory 7SK small nuclear ribonucleoprotein (7SK snRNP). This is mediated by activation of p38MAPK, which triggers enhanced binding of RBM7 with core subunits of 7SK snRNP. In turn, P-TEFb relocates to chromatin to induce transcription of short units, including key DDR genes and multiple classes of non-coding RNAs. Critically, interfering with the axis of RBM7 and P-TEFb provokes cellular hypersensitivity to DNA-damage-inducing agents due to activation of apoptosis. Our work uncovers the importance of stress-dependent stimulation of Pol II pause release, which enables a pro-survival transcriptional response that is crucial for cell fate upon genotoxic insult.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | P-TEFb Activation by RBM7 Shapes a Pro-survival Transcriptional Response to Genotoxic Stress |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.01.033 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2019.01.033 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creative commons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| Keywords: | 7SK snRNP, CDK9, DNA damage response, P-TEFb, Pol II elongation, Pol II pause release, RBM7, apoptosis, genotoxic stress, p38 MAP kinase |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Department of Neuromuscular Diseases |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10071063 |
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