Singh, AN;
Oehler, J;
Torrecilla, I;
Kilgas, S;
Li, S;
Vaz, B;
Guérillon, C;
... Ramadan, K; + view all
(2019)
The p97-Ataxin 3 complex regulates homeostasis of the DNA damage response E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF8.
The EMBO Journal
, 38
(21)
, Article e102361. 10.15252/embj.2019102361.
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Abstract
The E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF8 (RING finger protein 8) is a pivotal enzyme for DNA repair. However, RNF8 hyper-accumulation is tumour-promoting and positively correlates with genome instability, cancer cell invasion, metastasis and poor patient prognosis. Very little is known about the mechanisms regulating RNF8 homeostasis to preserve genome stability. Here, we identify the cellular machinery, composed of the p97/VCP ubiquitin-dependent unfoldase/segregase and the Ataxin 3 (ATX3) deubiquitinase, which together form a physical and functional complex with RNF8 to regulate its proteasome-dependent homeostasis under physiological conditions. Under genotoxic stress, when RNF8 is rapidly recruited to sites of DNA lesions, the p97-ATX3 machinery stimulates the extraction of RNF8 from chromatin to balance DNA repair pathway choice and promote cell survival after ionising radiation (IR). Inactivation of the p97-ATX3 complex affects the non-homologous end joining DNA repair pathway and hypersensitises human cancer cells to IR. We propose that the p97-ATX3 complex is the essential machinery for regulation of RNF8 homeostasis under both physiological and genotoxic conditions and that targeting ATX3 may be a promising strategy to radio-sensitise BRCA-deficient cancers.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The p97-Ataxin 3 complex regulates homeostasis of the DNA damage response E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF8 |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.15252/embj.2019102361 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2019102361 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2019 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Ataxin 3, DNA double-strand break repair, E3 ubiquitin ligase RNF8, genome stability, p97/VCP ATPase |
| 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 Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Oncology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10085767 |
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