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Understanding chemoresistance mechanisms in BRCA-deficient cells will allow for identification of biomarkers for predicting tumor response to therapy, as well as the design of novel therapeutic approaches targeting this chemoresistance. Here, we show that the protein MED12, a component of the Mediator transcription regulation complex, plays an unexpected role in regulating chemosensitivity in BRCA-deficient cells. We found that loss of MED12 confers resistance to cisplatin and PARP inhibitors in both BRCA1- and BRCA2-deficient cells, which is associated with restoration of both homologous recombination and replication fork stability. Surprisingly, MED12-controlled chemosensitivity does not involve a function of the Mediator complex, but instead reflects a distinct role of MED12 in suppression of the TGFß pathway. Importantly, we show that ectopic activation of the TGFß pathway is enough to overcome the fork protection and DNA repair defects of BRCA-mutant cells, resulting in chemoresistance. Our work identifies the MED12-TGFß module as an important regulator of genomic stability and chemosensitivity in BRCA-deficient cells.
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Proteína BRCA1/genética , Proteína BRCA2/genética , Replicação do DNA/genética , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos/genética , Complexo Mediador/genética , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta/genética , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Proteína BRCA1/deficiência , Proteína BRCA1/metabolismo , Proteína BRCA2/deficiência , Proteína BRCA2/metabolismo , Linhagem Celular , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência Celular/genética , Cisplatino/farmacologia , DNA/química , DNA/genética , DNA/metabolismo , Reparo do DNA , Células HeLa , Humanos , Complexo Mediador/metabolismo , Ftalazinas/farmacologia , Piperazinas/farmacologia , Inibidores de Poli(ADP-Ribose) Polimerases/farmacologia , Interferência de RNA , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Fator de Crescimento Transformador beta/metabolismoRESUMO
Accumulation of single stranded DNA (ssDNA) gaps in the nascent strand during DNA replication has been associated with cytotoxicity and hypersensitivity to genotoxic stress, particularly upon inactivation of the BRCA tumor suppressor pathway. However, how ssDNA gaps contribute to genotoxicity is not well understood. Here, we describe a multi-step nucleolytic processing of replication stress-induced ssDNA gaps which converts them into cytotoxic double stranded DNA breaks (DSBs). We show that ssDNA gaps are extended bidirectionally by MRE11 in the 3'-5' direction and by EXO1 in the 5'-3' direction, in a process which is suppressed by the BRCA pathway. Subsequently, the parental strand at the ssDNA gap is cleaved by the MRE11 endonuclease generating a double strand break. We also show that exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) and diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), which are widespread environmental contaminants due to their use in plastics manufacturing, causes nascent strand ssDNA gaps during replication. These gaps are processed through the same mechanism described above to generate DSBs. Our work sheds light on both the relevance of ssDNA gaps as major determinants of genomic instability, as well as the mechanism through which they are processed to generate genomic instability and cytotoxicity.
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Reparo do DNA , Exodesoxirribonucleases , Humanos , Exodesoxirribonucleases/metabolismo , Endonucleases/genética , Endonucleases/metabolismo , DNA/genética , Instabilidade Genômica , Replicação do DNA , DNA de Cadeia Simples/genética , Enzimas Reparadoras do DNA/metabolismoRESUMO
Inhibitors of poly-ADP-ribose polymerase 1 (PARPi) are highly effective in killing cells deficient in homologous recombination (HR); thus, PARPi have been clinically utilized to successfully treat BRCA2-mutant tumors. However, positive response to PARPi is not universal, even among patients with HR-deficiency. Here, we present the results of genome-wide CRISPR knockout and activation screens which reveal genetic determinants of PARPi response in wildtype or BRCA2-knockout cells. Strikingly, we report that depletion of the ubiquitin ligase HUWE1, or the histone acetyltransferase KAT5, top hits from our screens, robustly reverses the PARPi sensitivity caused by BRCA2-deficiency. We identify distinct mechanisms of resistance, in which HUWE1 loss increases RAD51 levels to partially restore HR, whereas KAT5 depletion rewires double strand break repair by promoting 53BP1 binding to double-strand breaks. Our work provides a comprehensive set of putative biomarkers that advance understanding of PARPi response, and identifies novel pathways of PARPi resistance in BRCA2-deficient cells.