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Interferon-stimulated gene 15 accelerates replication fork progression inducing chromosomal breakage.


ABSTRACT: DNA replication is highly regulated by the ubiquitin system, which plays key roles upon stress. The ubiquitin-like modifier ISG15 (interferon-stimulated gene 15) is induced by interferons, bacterial and viral infection, and DNA damage, but it is also constitutively expressed in many types of cancer, although its role in tumorigenesis is still largely elusive. Here, we show that ISG15 localizes at the replication forks, in complex with PCNA and the nascent DNA, where it regulates DNA synthesis. Indeed, high levels of ISG15, intrinsic or induced by interferon-?, accelerate DNA replication fork progression, resulting in extensive DNA damage and chromosomal aberrations. This effect is largely independent of ISG15 conjugation and relies on ISG15 functional interaction with the DNA helicase RECQ1, which promotes restart of stalled replication forks. Additionally, elevated ISG15 levels sensitize cells to cancer chemotherapeutic treatments. We propose that ISG15 up-regulation exposes cells to replication stress, impacting genome stability and response to genotoxic drugs.

SUBMITTER: Raso MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7401800 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Interferon-stimulated gene 15 accelerates replication fork progression inducing chromosomal breakage.

Raso Maria Chiara MC   Djoric Nikola N   Walser Franziska F   Hess Sandra S   Schmid Fabian Marc FM   Burger Sibylle S   Knobeloch Klaus-Peter KP   Penengo Lorenza L  

The Journal of cell biology 20200801 8


DNA replication is highly regulated by the ubiquitin system, which plays key roles upon stress. The ubiquitin-like modifier ISG15 (interferon-stimulated gene 15) is induced by interferons, bacterial and viral infection, and DNA damage, but it is also constitutively expressed in many types of cancer, although its role in tumorigenesis is still largely elusive. Here, we show that ISG15 localizes at the replication forks, in complex with PCNA and the nascent DNA, where it regulates DNA synthesis. I  ...[more]

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