PRMT1 controls the Senescence Associated Secretory Phenotype in Replication Stress Response
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ABSTRACT: The protein arginine methyltransferase PRMT1 is overexpressed in various human cancers and linked to poor response to therapy. Although various inhibitors targeting its activity are under development, we still do not fully understand how PRMT1 is involved in the cellular processes underpinning tumorigenesis and chemoresistance. Mass spectrometry–based proteomics revealed PRMT1 as a regulator of global arginine methylation changes in response to replicative stress in cancer cells. We show that, upon cisplatin, DNA-dependent protein kinase binds to- and phosphorylates PRMT1, inducing its chromatin recruitment and redirecting its enzymatic activity from soluble protein targets towards the histone substrate Arg3 of histone H4 (H4R3). On chromatin, DNA-PK/PRMT1 axis induces the Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype through the deposition of H4R3me2a at the pro-inflammatory gene promoters and by sustaining p65 binding to chromatin. Finally, PRMT1 inhibition reduced the clonogenic outgrowth of ovarian cancer cells exposed to low doses of CDDP and sensitized them to apoptosis. While unravelling a novel role of PRMT1 in replication stress response, our findings suggest the opportunity of targeting PRMT1 to sensitize cancer cells to genotoxic chemotherapeutics.
INSTRUMENT(S): Q Exactive
ORGANISM(S): Homo Sapiens (human)
TISSUE(S): Ovary Cancer Cell Line
SUBMITTER: Enrico Massignani
LAB HEAD: Tiziana Bonaldi
PROVIDER: PXD014799 | Pride | 2020-01-15
REPOSITORIES: Pride
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