Differential roles for DNA polymerases eta, zeta, and REV1 in lesion bypass of intrastrand versus interstrand DNA cross-links

Mol Cell Biol. 2010 Mar;30(5):1217-30. doi: 10.1128/MCB.00993-09. Epub 2009 Dec 22.

Abstract

Translesion DNA synthesis (TLS) is a process whereby specialized DNA polymerases are recruited to bypass DNA lesions that would otherwise stall high-fidelity polymerases. We provide evidence that TLS across cisplatin intrastrand cross-links is performed by multiple translesion DNA polymerases. First, we determined that PCNA monoubiquitination by RAD18 is necessary for efficient bypass of cisplatin adducts by the TLS polymerases eta (Poleta), REV1, and zeta (Polzeta) based on the observations that depletion of these proteins individually leads to decreased cell survival, cell cycle arrest in S phase, and activation of the DNA damage response. Second, we showed that in addition to PCNA monoubiquitination by RAD18, the Fanconi anemia core complex is also important for recruitment of REV1 to stalled replication forks in cisplatin treated cells. Third, we present evidence that REV1 and Polzeta are uniquely associated with protection against cisplatin and mitomycin C-induced chromosomal aberrations, and both are necessary for the timely resolution of DNA double-strand breaks associated with repair of DNA interstrand cross-links. Together, our findings indicate that REV1 and Polzeta facilitate repair of interstrand cross-links independently of PCNA monoubiquitination and Poleta, whereas RAD18 plus Poleta, REV1, and Polzeta are all necessary for replicative bypass of cisplatin intrastrand DNA cross-links.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Cell Cycle
  • Cell Line
  • Chromosome Aberrations
  • Cisplatin / toxicity
  • Cross-Linking Reagents / toxicity
  • DNA / chemistry
  • DNA / metabolism
  • DNA Damage
  • DNA Repair / physiology*
  • DNA Replication
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / genetics
  • DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / metabolism*
  • HeLa Cells
  • Humans
  • Mad2 Proteins
  • Mitomycin / toxicity
  • Models, Biological
  • Nuclear Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Nuclear Proteins / genetics
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism*
  • Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
  • Nucleotidyltransferases / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Nucleotidyltransferases / genetics
  • Nucleotidyltransferases / metabolism*
  • Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen / metabolism
  • Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors
  • Proteins / genetics
  • Proteins / metabolism
  • RNA Interference
  • RNA, Small Interfering / genetics
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases

Substances

  • Cross-Linking Reagents
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • MAD2L2 protein, human
  • Mad2 Proteins
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
  • Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen
  • Proteins
  • RAD18 protein, human
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Mitomycin
  • DNA
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
  • DNA polymerase zeta
  • Nucleotidyltransferases
  • REV1 protein, human
  • DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
  • REV3L protein, human
  • Rad30 protein
  • Cisplatin