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Rad51 Paralogs Remodel Pre-synaptic Rad51 Filaments to Stimulate Homologous Recombination.

TL;DR: It is proposed that Rad51 paralogs stimulate HR by remodeling the Rad51 filament, priming it for strand exchange with the template duplex, demonstrating that remodeling is essential for RFS-1/RIP-1 function.
About: This article is published in Cell.The article was published on 2015-07-16 and is currently open access. It has received 127 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: RAD51 & Homologous recombination.
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TL;DR: The DNA transactions and enzymatic activities required for this elegantly orchestrated process in the context of the repair of DNA double-strand breaks in somatic cells are discussed.

406 citations


Cites background from "Rad51 Paralogs Remodel Pre-synaptic..."

  • ...The functions of the Rad51 paralogs appear to be accomplished through their integration into the Rad51 filament (45, 46), although their arrangement of contacts and frequency within or capping filament segments is unknown....

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  • ...Rad51 paralog-dependent changes in nucleoprotein–ssDNA nuclease sensitivity suggest their interaction with Rad51 filaments leads to changes in its conformation (46)....

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TL;DR: In this article, a strategy that combines protein-protein interaction mapping and large-scale phenotypic analysis in Caenorhabditis elegans was used to identify 12 worm DDR orthologs and 11 novel DDR genes.
Abstract: Many human cancers originate from defects in the DNA damage response (DDR). Although much is known about this process, it is likely that additional DDR genes remain to be discovered. To identify such genes, we used a strategy that combines protein-protein interaction mapping and large-scale phenotypic analysis inCaenorhabditis elegans. Together, these approaches identified 12 worm DDR orthologs and 11 novel DDR genes. One of these is the putative ortholog of hBCL3, a gene frequently altered in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Thus, the combination of functional genomic mapping approaches in model organisms may facilitate the identification and characterization of genes involved in cancer and, perhaps, other human diseases.

264 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the main pathways of eukaryotic DNA double-strand break repair with the focus on homologous recombination and its various subpathways are reviewed.
Abstract: DNA double-strand breaks arise accidentally upon exposure of DNA to radiation and chemicals or result from faulty DNA metabolic processes. DNA breaks can also be introduced in a programmed manner, such as during the maturation of the immune system, meiosis, or cancer chemo- or radiotherapy. Cells have developed a variety of repair pathways, which are fine-tuned to the specific needs of a cell. Accordingly, vegetative cells employ mechanisms that restore the integrity of broken DNA with the highest efficiency at the lowest cost of mutagenesis. In contrast, meiotic cells or developing lymphocytes exploit DNA breakage to generate diversity. Here, we review the main pathways of eukaryotic DNA double-strand break repair with the focus on homologous recombination and its various subpathways. We highlight the differences between homologous recombination and end-joining mechanisms including non-homologous end-joining and microhomology-mediated end-joining and offer insights into how these pathways are regulated. Finally, we introduce noncanonical functions of the recombination proteins, in particular during DNA replication stress.

213 citations

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TL;DR: Recent findings that uncover key molecular determinants for reversed fork formation are summarized and how the homologous recombination factors BRCA1, BRCa2, and RAD51 protect these structures from extended nucleolytic degradation is described.

193 citations


Cites background from "Rad51 Paralogs Remodel Pre-synaptic..."

  • ...…to determine whether alternative HR mediators—e.g., MMS22L-TONSL (Piwko et al., 2016), the RAD51 paralogs (RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, XRCC2, and XRCC3) (Taylor et al., 2015), and RAD54 (Bugreev et al., 2011)—may assist RAD51 nucleofilament formation and replication fork reversal in the absence of…...

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  • ...Another important avenue of future investigation is to determine whether alternative HR mediators—e.g., MMS22L-TONSL (Piwko et al., 2016), the RAD51 paralogs (RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, XRCC2, and XRCC3) (Taylor et al., 2015), and RAD54 (Bugreev et al., 2011)—may assist RAD51 nucleofilament formation and replication fork reversal in the absence of BRCA2....

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TL;DR: The main pathways of eukaryotic DNA double-strand break repair are reviewed with the focus on homologous recombination and its various sub paths, including non-homologous end- joining and microhomology-mediated end-joining and insights into how these pathways are regulated are offered.
Abstract: DNA double-strand breaks arise accidentally upon exposure of DNA to radiation and chemicals or result from faulty DNA metabolic processes. DNA breaks can also be introduced in a programmed manner, such as during the maturation of the immune system, meiosis, or cancer chemo- or radiotherapy. Cells have developed a variety of repair pathways, which are fine-tuned to the specific needs of a cell. Accordingly, vegetative cells employ mechanisms that restore the integrity of broken DNA with the highest efficiency at the lowest cost of mutagenesis. In contrast, meiotic cells or developing lymphocytes exploit DNA breakage to generate diversity. Here, we review the main pathways of eukaryotic DNA double-strand break repair with the focus on homologous recombination and its various subpathways. We highlight the differences between homologous recombination and end-joining mechanisms including non-homologous end-joining and microhomology-mediated end-joining and offer insights into how these pathways are regulated. Finally, we introduce noncanonical functions of the recombination proteins, in particular during DNA replication stress.

172 citations


Cites background from "Rad51 Paralogs Remodel Pre-synaptic..."

  • ...…model system instead suggests that the RAD51 paralogs, represented by RFS-1 and RIP-1, function downstream of BRCA2, specifically in the stabilization of the RAD51 nucleoprotein filament and its remodeling into a species that is optimally capable to invade template dsDNA (Taylor et al. 2015, 2016)....

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21 Dec 1995-Nature
TL;DR: The identification of a gene in which six different germline mutations in breast cancer families that are likely to be due to BRCA2 are detected, and results indicate that this is the BRC a2 gene.
Abstract: IN Western Europe and the United States approximately 1 in 12 women develop breast cancer. A small proportion of breast cancer cases, in particular those arising at a young age, are attributable to a highly penetrant, autosomal dominant predisposition to the disease. The breast cancer susceptibility gene, BRCA2, was recently localized to chromosome 13q12-q13. Here we report the identification of a gene in which we have detected six different germline mutations in breast cancer families that are likely to be due to BRCA2. Each mutation causes serious disruption to the open reading frame of the transcriptional unit. The results indicate that this is the BRCA2 gene.

3,333 citations


"Rad51 Paralogs Remodel Pre-synaptic..." refers background in this paper

  • ...…are mutated in Fanconi anemia and breast and ovarian cancer (Howlett et al., 2002; Lancaster et al., 1996; Rahman et al., 2007; Reid et al., 2007; Wooster et al., 1995; Xia et al., 2007), biallelic germlinemutations in RAD51C cause a severe form of Fanconi anemia (Vaz et al., 2010), whereas…...

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TL;DR: HR accessory factors that facilitate other stages of the Rad51- and Dmc1-catalyzed homologous DNA pairing and strand exchange reaction have also been identified.
Abstract: Homologous recombination (HR) serves to eliminate deleterious lesions, such as double-stranded breaks and interstrand crosslinks, from chromosomes. HR is also critical for the preservation of repli- cation forks, for telomere maintenance, and chromosome segrega- tion in meiosis I. As such, HR is indispensable for the maintenance of genome integrity and the avoidance of cancers in humans. The HR reaction is mediated by a conserved class of enzymes termed recombinases. Two recombinases, Rad51 and Dmc1, catalyze the pairing and shuffling of homologous DNA sequences in eukaryotic cells via a filamentous intermediate on ssDNA called the presynaptic filament. The assembly of the presynaptic filament is a rate-limiting process that is enhanced by recombination mediators, such as the breast tumor suppressor BRCA2. HR accessory factors that facil- itate other stages of the Rad51- and Dmc1-catalyzed homologous DNA pairing and strand exchange reaction have also been identified. Recent progress on elucidating the mechanisms of action of Rad51 and Dmc1 and their cohorts of ancillary factors is reviewed here.

1,542 citations


"Rad51 Paralogs Remodel Pre-synaptic..." refers background in this paper

  • ...HR is regulated by mediator proteins, including BRCA2, Rad54, and the family of Rad51 paralogs (San Filippo et al., 2008), which appear to act as positive regulators at different steps of the HR reaction....

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  • ...Unloading of Rad51 from double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) permits the initiation of repair DNA synthesis and the resulting joint molecules are processed by various enzymes to complete the repair reaction (Chapman et al., 2012; San Filippo et al., 2008)....

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  • ...1DNA Damage Response Laboratory, Clare Hall Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, South Mimms EN6 3LD, UK 2Department of Biology, Masaryk University, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic 3International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic 4National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Masaryk University, 62500 Brno, Czech Republic 5Section of Virology, Single Molecule Imaging Group and MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK 6UCSF-Mission Bay, Genentech Hall S574, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA 7Electron Microscopy Science Technology Platform, Lincoln’s Inn Fields Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London WC2A 3LY, UK 8Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA *Correspondence: lkrejci@chemi.muni.cz (L.K.), simon.boulton@crick.ac.uk (S.J.B.) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2015.06.015 This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)....

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TL;DR: Recent insights are reviewed into the mechanisms that influence the choice between competing DSB repair pathways, how this is regulated during the cell cycle, and how imbalances in this equilibrium result in genome instability.

1,427 citations


"Rad51 Paralogs Remodel Pre-synaptic..." refers background in this paper

  • ...Unloading of Rad51 from double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) permits the initiation of repair DNA synthesis and the resulting joint molecules are processed by various enzymes to complete the repair reaction (Chapman et al., 2012; San Filippo et al., 2008)....

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TL;DR: It is demonstrated here that error-free homology-directed repair of DNA double-strand breaks is decreased 25-fold in an XR CC3-deficient hamster cell line and can be restored to wild-type levels through XRCC3 expression.
Abstract: Homology-directed repair of DNA damage has recently emerged as a major mechanism for the maintenance of genomic integrity in mammalian cells. The highly conserved strand transferase, Rad51, is expected to be critical for this process. XRCC3 possesses a limited sequence similarity to Rad51 and interacts with it. Using a novel fluorescence-based assay, we demonstrate here that error-free homology-directed repair of DNA double-strand breaks is decreased 25-fold in an XRCC3-deficient hamster cell line and can be restored to wild-type levels through XRCC3 expression. These results establish that XRCC3-mediated homologous recombination can reverse DNA damage that would otherwise be mutagenic or lethal.

1,275 citations


"Rad51 Paralogs Remodel Pre-synaptic..." refers background in this paper

  • ...…formation after DNA damage, suggestive of a major function at an early stage in the HR reaction (Chun et al., 2013; French et al., 2002; Gasior et al., 1998; Godthelp et al., 2002; Hays et al., 1995; Johnson et al., 1999; Pierce et al., 1999; Rattray and Symington, 1995; Takata et al., 2000, 2001)....

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26 Jul 2002-Science
TL;DR: It is shown that cell lines derived from FA-B and FA-D1 patients have biallelic mutations in BRCA2 and express truncated BRC a2 proteins, which may result in cancer risks similar to those observed in families withBRCA1 or BRCa2 mutations.
Abstract: Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare autosomal recessive cancer susceptibility disorder characterized by cellular hypersensitivity to mitomycin C (MMC). Six FA genes have been cloned, but the gene or genes corresponding to FA subtypes B and D1 remain unidentified. Here we show that cell lines derived from FA-B and FA-D1 patients have biallelic mutations in BRCA2 and express truncated BRCA2 proteins. Functional complementation of FA-D1 fibroblasts with wild-type BRCA2 complementary DNA restores MMC resistance. Our results link the six cloned FA genes with BRCA1 and BRCA2 in a common pathway. Germ-line mutation of genes in this pathway may result in cancer risks similar to those observed in families with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations.

1,144 citations


"Rad51 Paralogs Remodel Pre-synaptic..." refers background in this paper

  • ...Like BRCA2 and PALB2, which are mutated in Fanconi anemia and breast and ovarian cancer (Howlett et al., 2002; Lancaster et al., 1996; Rahman et al., 2007; Reid et al., 2007; Wooster et al., 1995; Xia et al., 2007), biallelic germlinemutations in RAD51C cause a severe form of Fanconi anemia (Vaz et…...

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