RRC ID 59371
著者 Li Q, Saito TT, Martinez-Garcia M, Deshong AJ, Nadarajan S, Lawrence KS, Checchi PM, Colaiacovo MP, Engebrecht J.
タイトル The tumor suppressor BRCA1-BARD1 complex localizes to the synaptonemal complex and regulates recombination under meiotic dysfunction in Caenorhabditis elegans.
ジャーナル PLoS Genet
Abstract Breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1) and binding partner BRCA1-associated RING domain protein 1 (BARD1) form an essential E3 ubiquitin ligase important for DNA damage repair and homologous recombination. The Caenorhabditis elegans orthologs, BRC-1 and BRD-1, also function in DNA damage repair, homologous recombination, as well as in meiosis. Using functional GFP fusions we show that in mitotically-dividing germ cells BRC-1 and BRD-1 are nucleoplasmic with enrichment at foci that partially overlap with the recombinase RAD-51. Co-localization with RAD-51 is enhanced under replication stress. As cells enter meiosis, BRC-1-BRD-1 remains nucleoplasmic and in foci, and beginning in mid-pachytene the complex co-localizes with the synaptonemal complex. Following establishment of the single asymmetrically positioned crossover on each chromosome pair, BRC-1-BRD-1 concentrates to the short arm of the bivalent. Localization dependencies reveal that BRC-1 and BRD-1 are interdependent and the complex fails to properly localize in both meiotic recombination and chromosome synapsis mutants. Consistent with a role for BRC-1-BRD-1 in meiotic recombination in the context of the synaptonemal complex, inactivation of BRC-1 or BRD-1 enhances the embryonic lethality of mutants defective in chromosome synapsis. Our data suggest that under meiotic dysfunction, BRC-1-BRD-1 stabilizes the RAD-51 filament and alters the recombination landscape; these two functions can be genetically separated from BRC-1-BRD-1's role in the DNA damage response. Together, we propose that BRC-1-BRD-1 serves a checkpoint function at the synaptonemal complex where it monitors and modulates meiotic recombination.
巻・号 14(11)
ページ e1007701
公開日 2018-11-1
DOI 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007701
PII PGENETICS-D-18-00486
PMID 30383767
PMC PMC6211623
MeSH Alleles Animals BRCA1 Protein / genetics BRCA1 Protein / metabolism* Caenorhabditis elegans / genetics* Caenorhabditis elegans / metabolism* Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / genetics Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins / metabolism DNA Replication Embryo, Nonmammalian Genes, Reporter Germ Cells Meiosis / genetics* Protein Transport Rad51 Recombinase / genetics Rad51 Recombinase / metabolism Recombinant Fusion Proteins / genetics Recombinant Fusion Proteins / metabolism Recombination, Genetic* Synaptonemal Complex / metabolism* Tumor Suppressor Proteins / genetics Tumor Suppressor Proteins / metabolism* Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / genetics Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases / metabolism*
IF 5.224
引用数 5
リソース情報
線虫 tm1145 tm1813