Efficient rejoining of radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks in centromeric DNA of human cells.

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Nicole Rief, Markus Löbrich

Abstract

Although major efforts in elucidating different DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair pathways and their contribution to accurate repair or misrepair have been made, little is known about the influence of chromatin structure on the fidelity of DSB repair. Here, the repair of ionizing radiation-induced DSBs was investigated in heterochromatic centromeric regions of human cells in comparison with other genomic locations. A hybridization assay was applied that allows the quantification of correct DSB rejoining events in specific genomic regions by measuring reconstitution of large restriction fragments. We show for two primary fibroblast lines (MRC-5 and 180BR) and an epithelial tumor cell line that restriction fragment reconstitution is considerably more efficient in the centromere than in average genomic locations. Importantly, however, DNA ligase IV-deficient 180BR cells show, compared with repair-proficient MRC-5 cells, impaired restriction fragment reconstitution both in average DNA and in the centromere. Thus, the efficient repair of DSBs in centromeric DNA is dependent on functional non-homologous end joining. It is proposed that the condensed chromatin state in the centromere limits the mobility of break ends and leads to e...Continue Reading

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