The Distinctive Cellular Responses to DNA Strand Breaks Caused by a DNA Topoisomerase I Poison in Conjunction with DNA Replication and RNA Transcription
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Genes Genet. Syst. (2015) 90, p. 187–194 The distinctive cellular responses to DNA strand breaks caused by a DNA topoisomerase I poison in conjunction with DNA replication and RNA transcription Ryo Sakasai* and Kuniyoshi Iwabuchi Department of Biochemistry I, Kanazawa Medical University, 1-1 Daigaku, Uchinada, Kahoku, Ishikawa 920-0293, Japan (Received 26 February 2015, accepted 9 September 2015; J-STAGE Advance published date: 25 November 2015) Camptothecin (CPT) inhibits DNA topoisomerase I (Top1) through a non- catalytic mechanism that stabilizes the Top1-DNA cleavage complex (Top1cc) and blocks the DNA re-ligation step, resulting in the accumulation in the genome of DNA single-strand breaks (SSBs), which are converted to secondary strand breaks when they collide with the DNA replication and RNA transcription machinery. DNA strand breaks mediated by replication, which have one DNA end, are distinct in repair from the DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) that have two ends and are caused by ionizing radiation and other agents. In contrast to two-ended DSBs, such one-ended DSBs are preferentially repaired through the homologous recom- bination pathway. Conversely, the repair of one-ended DSBs by the non- homologous end-joining pathway is harmful for cells and leads to cell death. The choice of repair pathway has a crucial impact on cell fate and influences the effi- cacy of anticancer drugs such as CPT derivatives. In addition to replication- mediated one-ended DSBs, transcription also generates DNA strand breaks upon collision with the Top1cc. Some reports suggest that transcription-mediated DNA strand breaks correlate with neurodegenerative diseases. However, the details of the repair mechanisms of, and cellular responses to, transcription-mediated DNA strand breaks still remain unclear. In this review, combining our recent results and those of previous reports, we introduce and discuss the responses to CPT- induced DNA damage mediated by DNA replication and RNA transcription. Key words: camptothecin, DNA double-strand break, DNA replication, RNA transcription CELLULAR RESPONSES TO DNA DOUBLE- has been a mainstay of cancer therapy for decades. Most STRAND BREAKS of these cytotoxic agents kill cancer cells by causing DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), and, as a consequence, Cells are equipped with sophisticated surveillance and there has been a major effort toward understanding how repair systems to guard against the deleterious effects of DSBs are recognized and repaired. DNA damage. Central to this paradigm is a conserved The two major DSB repair pathways are homologous network of proteins that transduces DNA damage signals recombination (HR) and non-homologous end joining to coordinate the processes of cell cycle arrest and DNA (NHEJ) (O’Driscoll and Jeggo, 2006; Shibata and Jeggo, repair. The collapse of these systems renders cells vul- 2014) (Fig. 1), which are active in different stages of the nerable to genotoxic stresses and subsequently leads to cell cycle. HR is an error-free DSB repair mechanism genomic instability and an elevated susceptibility to that requires a sister chromatid and is therefore restricted cancer. Thus, many of the genes associated with the to the S and G2 phases of the cell cycle. NHEJ is a fun- DNA damage response are tumor suppressor genes. On damental mechanism to rejoin two DSB ends, and can the other hand, the introduction of DNA damage into can- occur throughout the cell cycle. Unlike HR, the NHEJ cer cells via radiotherapy and/or cytotoxic chemotherapy process is error-prone, often resulting in the introduction of mutations at the joining site (McVey and Lee, 2008; Edited by Hiroshi Iwasaki Shibata and Jeggo, 2014). * Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] The molecular choreographies of HR and NHEJ have DOI: http://doi.org/10.1266/ggs.15-00023 been elucidated and the following consensual model has 188 R. SAKASAI and K. IWABUCHI Fig. 1. Two distinct types of DSBs leading to two distinct cell fates. DSBs induced by ionizing radiation are repaired through two pathways, HR and NHEJ, the latter being regulated and catalyzed by DNA-PKcs, Ku and DNA ligase IV (Lig4). Both HR and NHEJ are important for cells to survive DSBs. Replication-mediated one-ended DSBs induced by CPT are preferentially repaired through the HR pathway, resulting in cell survival; by contrast, NHEJ is toxic and results in cell death. been proposed. In NHEJ, the Ku complex, composed of tin remodeling and the DNA end resection required for Ku70 and Ku86 proteins, binds to the DNA end and subsequent strand exchange (Goodarzi et al., 2008; You et recruits DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit al., 2009), whereas DNA-PKcs senses DSBs as a complex (DNA-PKcs), X-ray repair cross-complementation group 4 with Ku proteins and promotes synapsis of two DNA ends (XRCC4) and DNA ligase IV. Other proteins, including and the subsequent end-joining reaction (DeFazio et al., Artemis and some polymerases, are also involved in 2002; Spagnolo et al., 2006). NHEJ, depending on the situation (McVey and Lee, 2008; How is the repair pathway for DSBs chosen? This is Lieber, 2010). On the other hand, in the initial steps of an open question, and many aspects of this process HR, the 5′ end is resected to expose the single-strand region remain to be discovered. HR is suppressed by p53 bind- for the strand exchange reaction; end resection is regulated ing protein 1 (53BP1), a large DNA damage response pro- by factors such as CtIP and the Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 com- tein that accumulates around the DSB site and blocks plex (Sartori et al., 2007; Takeda et al., 2007; Stracker and DNA end resection (Iwabuchi et al., 1998; Rappold et al., Petrini, 2011). The exposed single-stranded DNA is coated 2001; Bothmer et al., 2010; Bunting et al., 2010). 53BP1 with replication protein A (RPA), followed by loading of is recruited to the DSB site in response to the ubiquitina- Rad51, the protein responsible for strand exchange tion of histones and chromatin proteins by RING finger (O’Driscoll and Jeggo, 2006; San Filippo et al., 2008). protein 8 (RNF8) and RNF168, E3 ubiquitin ligases that Phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase-related protein kinases are involved in the DNA damage response; conversely, including ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM), ATM- 53BP1 is excluded from the DSB site in a breast cancer- and Rad3-related (ATR), and DNA-PKcs function as DNA associated gene 1 (BRCA1)-dependent manner (Huen et damage sensors. ATM and DNA-PKcs are primarily al., 2007; Kolas et al., 2007; Mailand et al., 2007; Doil et activated in response to DSBs, whereas ATR functions as al., 2009; Stewart et al., 2009; Chapman et al., 2012; a major sensing factor in response to DNA replication Kakarougkas et al., 2013). Thus, BRCA1-deficient cells stress (Cimprich and Cortez, 2008; Lovejoy and Cortez, cannot ensure DNA end resection, and end resection is 2009). ATM is immediately activated by DSB formation likely to be a key reaction to select HR at the pathway and contributes to the HR pathway by promoting chroma- choice step. Top1 poison-induced DNA damage response 189 MECHANISMS OF CPT-INDUCED DNA DAMAGE water-soluble derivative, irinotecan (CPT-11), is a prod- rug which is processed by carboxyesterase in vivo, and CPT is a natural alkaloid isolated from Camptotheca then becomes the active form SN-38 (Mathijssen et al., acuminata, and is known as a major DNA topoisomerase 2001; Pizzolato and Saltz, 2003; Pommier, 2006). 1 (Top1) poison because it specifically targets Top1 and CPT-trapped Top1ccs are processed and repaired by a compromises its function. Top1 resolves the torsional subset of the base excision repair (BER) system. In a stress accompanying DNA replication and RNA transcrip- proposed model, X-ray repair cross-complementation tion through a cycle of DNA nicking and re-ligation. group 1 (XRCC1) recruits tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase Top1 cleaves DNA by generating a covalent bond between 1 (TDP1) and polynucleotide kinase 3′-phosphatase the 3′ end of DNA and tyrosine 723 at the C terminus of (PNKP). TDP1 cuts the phospho-tyrosyl bond between Top1, and is immediately released from DNA by re- Top1 and the DNA, and PNKP converts the 3′-P to 3′-OH ligation of the nick after topoisomerization (Pommier, for subsequent repair by DNA polymerase and ligase 2006). CPT blocks the re-ligation step and stabilizes the (Dexheimer et al., 2008). Top1 is known to be ubiquit- Top1-DNA cleavage complex (Top1cc) with Top1 still inated by Cul3 or Cul4 E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes and bound to the 3′ end of the nick (also referred to as a sin- degraded by the proteasome (Zhang et al., 2004; gle-strand break [SSB]) (Fig. 2). Thus, CPT is a struc- Kerzendorfer et al., 2010). Previous studies have pro- tural inhibitor of Top1 but not a catalytic chemical vided a tentative model in which the residual peptide of inhibitor. Although CPT itself has low water solubility, Top1 is removed from DNA by TDP1 after degradation hydrosoluble derivatives have been developed for clinical (Debethune et al., 2002; Interthal and Champoux, 2011). use as anticancer drugs. One of these derivatives, topo- Interestingly, Top1 degradation is dependent on tran- tecan, directly binds to the Top1cc, whereas another scription (Desai et al., 2003); however, the molecular basis of how transcription contributes to Top1 degrada- tion has not yet been revealed. Early clues as to how CPT causes DSBs came from the finding that CPT-induced toxicity was blocked by inhibi- tors of DNA replication (Hsiang et al., 1985; Avemann et al., 1988). Subsequent studies showed that Top1ccs are barriers to DNA replication and that a collision between an active replication fork and a Top1cc leads to the pro- duction of DSBs that are responsible for CPT toxicity (Hsiang et al., 1989; Ryan et al., 1991).