Gloria Jansen, Daniel Gebert, Tharini Ravindra Kumar, Emily Simmons, Sarah Murphy, Felipe Karam Teixeira
{"title":"Tolerance thresholds underlie responses to DNA damage during germline development.","authors":"Gloria Jansen, Daniel Gebert, Tharini Ravindra Kumar, Emily Simmons, Sarah Murphy, Felipe Karam Teixeira","doi":"10.1101/gad.351701.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.351701.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Selfish DNA modules like transposable elements (TEs) are particularly active in the germline, the lineage that passes genetic information across generations. New TE insertions can disrupt genes and impair the functionality and viability of germ cells. However, we found that in <i>P</i>-<i>M</i> hybrid dysgenesis in <i>Drosophila</i>, a sterility syndrome triggered by the <i>P</i>-element DNA transposon, germ cells harbor unexpectedly few new TE insertions despite accumulating DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and inducing cell cycle arrest. Using an engineered CRISPR-Cas9 system, we show that generating DSBs at silenced <i>P</i>-elements or other noncoding sequences is sufficient to induce germ cell loss independently of gene disruption. Indeed, we demonstrate that both developing and adult mitotic germ cells are sensitive to DSBs in a dosage-dependent manner. Following the mitotic-to-meiotic transition, however, germ cells become more tolerant to DSBs, completing oogenesis regardless of the accumulated genome damage. Our findings establish DNA damage tolerance thresholds as crucial safeguards of genome integrity during germline development.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"631-654"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11368186/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141758199","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Claudio Hetz, Peter Thielen, Soledad Matus, Melissa Nassif, Felipe Court, Roberta Kiffin, Gabriela Martinez, Ana Maria Cuervo, Robert H Brown, Laurie H Glimcher
{"title":"Corrigendum: XBP-1 deficiency in the nervous system protects against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by increasing autophagy.","authors":"Claudio Hetz, Peter Thielen, Soledad Matus, Melissa Nassif, Felipe Court, Roberta Kiffin, Gabriela Martinez, Ana Maria Cuervo, Robert H Brown, Laurie H Glimcher","doi":"10.1101/gad.352249.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.352249.124","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":"38 15-16","pages":"785"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11444174/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142283949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ellen Lavorando, Michael C. Owens, Kathy Fange Liu
{"title":"Comparing the roles of sex chromosome-encoded protein homologs in gene regulation","authors":"Ellen Lavorando, Michael C. Owens, Kathy Fange Liu","doi":"10.1101/gad.351890.124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.351890.124","url":null,"abstract":"The X and Y chromosomes play important roles outside of human reproduction; namely, their potential contribution to human sex biases in physiology and disease. While sex biases are often thought to be an effect of hormones and environmental exposures, genes encoded on the sex chromosomes also play a role. Seventeen homologous gene pairs exist on the X and Y chromosomes whose proteins have critical functions in biology, from direct regulation of transcription and translation to intercellular signaling and formation of extracellular structures. In this review, we cover the current understanding of several of these sex chromosome-encoded protein homologs that are involved in transcription and chromatin regulation: SRY/SOX3, ZFX/ZFY, KDM5C/KDM5D, UTX/UTY, and TBL1X/TBL1Y. Their mechanisms of gene regulation are discussed, including any redundancies or divergent roles of the X- and Y-chromosome homologs. Additionally, we discuss associated diseases related to these proteins and any sex biases that exist therein in an effort to drive further research into how these pairs contribute to sexually dimorphic gene regulation in health and disease.","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141754752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rongwei Zhao, Meng Xu, Xiaoyang Yu, Anne R. Wondisford, Rachel M. Lackner, Jayme Salsman, Graham Dellaire, David M. Chenoweth, Roderick J. O'Sullivan, Xiaolan Zhao, Huaiying Zhang
{"title":"SUMO promotes DNA repair protein collaboration to support alternative telomere lengthening in the absence of PML","authors":"Rongwei Zhao, Meng Xu, Xiaoyang Yu, Anne R. Wondisford, Rachel M. Lackner, Jayme Salsman, Graham Dellaire, David M. Chenoweth, Roderick J. O'Sullivan, Xiaolan Zhao, Huaiying Zhang","doi":"10.1101/gad.351667.124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.351667.124","url":null,"abstract":"The alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway maintains telomere length in a significant fraction of cancers that are associated with poor clinical outcomes. A better understanding of ALT mechanisms is therefore necessary for developing new treatment strategies for ALT cancers. SUMO modification of telomere proteins contributes to the formation of ALT telomere-associated PML bodies (APBs), in which telomeres are clustered and DNA repair proteins are enriched to promote homology-directed telomere DNA synthesis in ALT. However, it is still unknown whether—and if so, how—SUMO supports ALT beyond APB formation. Here, we show that SUMO condensates that contain DNA repair proteins enable telomere maintenance in the absence of APBs. In PML knockout ALT cell lines that lack APBs, we found that SUMOylation is required for manifesting ALT features independent of PML and APBs. Chemically induced telomere targeting of SUMO produces condensate formation and ALT features in PML-null cells. This effect requires both SUMOylation and interactions between SUMO and SUMO interaction motifs (SIMs). Mechanistically, SUMO-induced effects are associated with the accumulation of DNA repair proteins, including Rad52, Rad51AP1, RPA, and BLM, at telomeres. Furthermore, Rad52 can undergo phase separation, enrich SUMO at telomeres, and promote telomere DNA synthesis in collaboration with the BLM helicase in a SUMO-dependent manner. Collectively, our findings suggest that SUMO condensate formation promotes collaboration among DNA repair factors to support ALT telomere maintenance without PML. Given the promising effects of SUMOylation inhibitors in cancer treatment, our findings suggest their potential use in perturbing telomere maintenance in ALT cancer cells.","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":10.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141736867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Norman Zhu, W Eric Rogers, David K Heidary, Tom Huxford
{"title":"Structural and biochemical analyses of the nuclear IκBζ protein in complex with the NF-κB p50 homodimer.","authors":"Norman Zhu, W Eric Rogers, David K Heidary, Tom Huxford","doi":"10.1101/gad.351892.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.351892.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As part of the efforts to understand nuclear IκB function in NF-κB-dependent gene expression, we report an X-ray crystal structure of the IκBζ ankyrin repeat domain in complex with the dimerization domain of the NF-κB p50 homodimer. IκBζ possesses an N-terminal α helix that conveys domain folding stability. Affinity and specificity of the complex depend on a small portion of p50 at the nuclear localization signal. The model suggests that only one p50 subunit supports binding with IκBζ, and biochemical experiments confirm that IκBζ associates with DNA-bound NF-κB p50:RelA heterodimers. Comparisons of IκBζ:p50 and p50:κB DNA complex crystallographic models indicate that structural rearrangement is necessary for ternary complex formation of IκBζ and p50 with DNA.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"528-535"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11293385/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141497799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Madison A Honer, Benjamin I Ferman, Zach H Gray, Elena A Bondarenko, Johnathan R Whetstine
{"title":"Epigenetic modulators provide a path to understanding disease and therapeutic opportunity.","authors":"Madison A Honer, Benjamin I Ferman, Zach H Gray, Elena A Bondarenko, Johnathan R Whetstine","doi":"10.1101/gad.351444.123","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.351444.123","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The discovery of epigenetic modulators (writers, erasers, readers, and remodelers) has shed light on previously underappreciated biological mechanisms that promote diseases. With these insights, novel biomarkers and innovative combination therapies can be used to address challenging and difficult to treat disease states. This review highlights key mechanisms that epigenetic writers, erasers, readers, and remodelers control, as well as their connection with disease states and recent advances in associated epigenetic therapies.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"473-503"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11293403/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141446043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Allison E Daly, George Yeh, Sofia Soltero, Stephen T Smale
{"title":"Selective regulation of a defined subset of inflammatory and immunoregulatory genes by an NF-κB p50-IκBζ pathway.","authors":"Allison E Daly, George Yeh, Sofia Soltero, Stephen T Smale","doi":"10.1101/gad.351630.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.351630.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The five NF-κB family members and three nuclear IκB proteins play important biological roles, but the mechanisms by which distinct members of these protein families contribute to selective gene transcription remain poorly understood, especially at a genome-wide scale. Using nascent transcript RNA-seq, we observed considerable overlap between p50-dependent and IκBζ-dependent genes in Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)-activated macrophages. Key immunoregulatory genes, including <i>Il6</i>, <i>Il1b</i>, <i>Nos2</i>, <i>Lcn2,</i> and <i>Batf,</i> are among the p50-IκBζ-codependent genes. IκBζ-bound genomic sites are occupied at earlier time points by NF-κB dimers. However, p50-IκBζ codependence does not coincide with preferential binding of either p50 or IκBζ, as RelA co-occupies hundreds of genomic sites with the two proteins. A common feature of p50-IκBζ-codependent genes is a nearby p50/RelA/IκBζ-cobound site exhibiting p50-dependent binding of both RelA and IκBζ. This and other results suggest that IκBζ acts in concert with RelA:p50 heterodimers. Notably, p50-IκBζ-codependent genes comprise a high percentage of genes exhibiting the greatest differential expression between TLR4-stimulated and tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR)-stimulated macrophages. Thus, our genome-centric analysis reveals a defined p50-IκBζ pathway that selectively activates a set of key immunoregulatory genes and serves as an important contributor to differential TNFR and TLR4 responses.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"536-553"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11293394/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141450276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Li Guan, Vignesh Viswanathan, Yuyan Jiang, Sivakamasundari Vijayakumar, Hongbin Cao, Junfei Zhao, Deana Rae Crystal Colburg, Patrick Neuhöfer, Yiru Zhang, Jinglong Wang, Yu Xu, Eyiwunmi E Laseinde, Rachel Hildebrand, Mobeen Rahman, Richard Frock, Christina Kong, Philip A Beachy, Steven Artandi, Quynh-Thu Le
{"title":"Tert-expressing cells contribute to salivary gland homeostasis and tissue regeneration after radiation therapy.","authors":"Li Guan, Vignesh Viswanathan, Yuyan Jiang, Sivakamasundari Vijayakumar, Hongbin Cao, Junfei Zhao, Deana Rae Crystal Colburg, Patrick Neuhöfer, Yiru Zhang, Jinglong Wang, Yu Xu, Eyiwunmi E Laseinde, Rachel Hildebrand, Mobeen Rahman, Richard Frock, Christina Kong, Philip A Beachy, Steven Artandi, Quynh-Thu Le","doi":"10.1101/gad.351577.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.351577.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Salivary gland homeostasis and regeneration after radiotherapy depend significantly on progenitor cells. However, the lineage of submandibular gland (SMG) progenitor cells remains less defined compared with other normal organs. Here, using a mouse strain expressing regulated CreERT2 recombinase from the endogenous Tert locus, we identify a distinct telomerase-expressing (Tert<sup>High</sup>) cell population located in the ductal region of the adult SMG. These Tert<sup>High</sup> cells contribute to ductal cell generation during SMG homeostasis and to both ductal and acinar cell renewal 1 year after radiotherapy. Tert<sup>High</sup> cells maintain self-renewal capacity during in vitro culture, exhibit resistance to radiation damage, and demonstrate enhanced proliferative activity after radiation exposure. Similarly, primary human SMG cells with high Tert expression display enhanced cell survival after radiotherapy, and CRISPR-activated Tert in human SMG spheres increases proliferation after radiation. RNA sequencing reveals upregulation of \"cell cycling\" and \"oxidative stress response\" pathways in Tert<sup>High</sup> cells following radiation. Mechanistically, Tert appears to modulate cell survival through ROS levels in SMG spheres following radiation damage. Our findings highlight the significance of Tert<sup>High</sup> cells in salivary gland biology, providing insights into their response to radiotherapy and into their use as a potential target for enhancing salivary gland regeneration after radiotherapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"569-582"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11293384/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141599100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"RNA biogenesis and RNA metabolism factors as R-loop suppressors: a hidden role in genome integrity.","authors":"Rosa Luna, Belén Gómez-González, Andrés Aguilera","doi":"10.1101/gad.351853.124","DOIUrl":"10.1101/gad.351853.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Genome integrity relies on the accuracy of DNA metabolism, but as appreciated for more than four decades, transcription enhances mutation and recombination frequencies. More recent research provided evidence for a previously unforeseen link between RNA and DNA metabolism, which is often related to the accumulation of DNA-RNA hybrids and R-loops. In addition to physiological roles, R-loops interfere with DNA replication and repair, providing a molecular scenario for the origin of genome instability. Here, we review current knowledge on the multiple RNA factors that prevent or resolve R-loops and consequent transcription-replication conflicts and thus act as modulators of genome dynamics.</p>","PeriodicalId":12591,"journal":{"name":"Genes & development","volume":" ","pages":"504-527"},"PeriodicalIF":7.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11293400/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141579409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}