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A cohesin/HUSH- and LINC-dependent pathway controls ribosomal DNA double-strand break repair.


ABSTRACT: The ribosomal DNA (rDNA) represents a particularly unstable locus undergoing frequent breakage. DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) within rDNA induce both rDNA transcriptional repression and nucleolar segregation, but the link between the two events remains unclear. Here we found that DSBs induced on rDNA trigger transcriptional repression in a cohesin- and HUSH (human silencing hub) complex-dependent manner throughout the cell cycle. In S/G2 cells, transcriptional repression is further followed by extended resection within the interior of the nucleolus, DSB mobilization at the nucleolar periphery within nucleolar caps, and repair by homologous recombination. We showed that nuclear envelope invaginations frequently connect the nucleolus and that rDNA DSB mobilization, but not transcriptional repression, involves the nuclear envelope-associated LINC complex and the actin pathway. Altogether, our data indicate that rDNA break localization at the nucleolar periphery is not a direct consequence of transcriptional repression but rather is an active process that shares features with the mobilization of persistent DSB in active genes and heterochromatin.

SUBMITTER: Marnef A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6719620 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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A cohesin/HUSH- and LINC-dependent pathway controls ribosomal DNA double-strand break repair.

Marnef Aline A   Finoux Anne-Laure AL   Arnould Coline C   Guillou Emmanuelle E   Daburon Virginie V   Rocher Vincent V   Mangeat Thomas T   Mangeot Philippe E PE   Ricci Emiliano P EP   Legube Gaëlle G  

Genes & development 20190808 17-18


The ribosomal DNA (rDNA) represents a particularly unstable locus undergoing frequent breakage. DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) within rDNA induce both rDNA transcriptional repression and nucleolar segregation, but the link between the two events remains unclear. Here we found that DSBs induced on rDNA trigger transcriptional repression in a cohesin- and HUSH (human silencing hub) complex-dependent manner throughout the cell cycle. In S/G2 cells, transcriptional repression is further followed by  ...[more]

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