Deng Zhong, Norseen Julie, Wiedmer Andreas, Riethman Harold, Lieberman Paul M
The Wistar Institute, 3601 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Mol Cell. 2009 Aug 28;35(4):403-13. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2009.06.025.
Telomere-repeat-encoding RNA (referred to as TERRA) has been identified as a potential component of yeast and mammalian telomeres. We show here that TERRA RNA interacts with several telomere-associated proteins, including telomere repeat factors 1 (TRF1) and 2 (TRF2), subunits of the origin recognition complex (ORC), heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1), histone H3 trimethyl K9 (H3 K9me3), and members of the DNA-damage-sensing pathway. siRNA depletion of TERRA caused an increase in telomere dysfunction-induced foci, aberrations in metaphase telomeres, and a loss of histone H3 K9me3 and ORC at telomere repeat DNA. Previous studies found that TRF2 amino-terminal GAR domain recruited ORC to telomeres. We now show that TERRA RNA can interact directly with the TRF2 GAR and ORC1 to form a stable ternary complex. We conclude that TERRA facilitates TRF2 interaction with ORC and plays a central role in telomere structural maintenance and heterochromatin formation.
端粒重复序列编码RNA(简称为TERRA)已被确定为酵母和哺乳动物端粒的一个潜在组成部分。我们在此表明,TERRA RNA与几种端粒相关蛋白相互作用,包括端粒重复因子1(TRF1)和2(TRF2)、起源识别复合物(ORC)的亚基、异染色质蛋白1(HP1)、组蛋白H3三甲基化赖氨酸9(H3 K9me3)以及DNA损伤感应途径的成员。通过小干扰RNA(siRNA)消耗TERRA会导致端粒功能障碍诱导灶增加、中期端粒畸变,以及端粒重复DNA处组蛋白H3 K9me3和ORC缺失。先前的研究发现,TRF2氨基末端的GAR结构域将ORC招募到端粒。我们现在表明,TERRA RNA可直接与TRF2的GAR和ORC1相互作用,形成稳定的三元复合物。我们得出结论,TERRA促进TRF2与ORC的相互作用,并在端粒结构维持和异染色质形成中发挥核心作用。