Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK.
Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK.
Nat Commun. 2023 Aug 17;14(1):5003. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40779-9.
While the toxicity of PARP inhibitors to cells with defects in homologous recombination (HR) is well established, other synthetic lethal interactions with PARP1/PARP2 disruption are poorly defined. To inform on these mechanisms we conducted a genome-wide screen for genes that are synthetic lethal with PARP1/2 gene disruption and identified C16orf72/HAPSTR1/TAPR1 as a novel modulator of replication-associated R-loops. C16orf72 is critical to facilitate replication fork restart, suppress DNA damage and maintain genome stability in response to replication stress. Importantly, C16orf72 and PARP1/2 function in parallel pathways to suppress DNA:RNA hybrids that accumulate at stalled replication forks. Mechanistically, this is achieved through an interaction of C16orf72 with BRCA1 and the RNA/DNA helicase Senataxin to facilitate their recruitment to RNA:DNA hybrids and confer resistance to PARP inhibitors. Together, this identifies a C16orf72/Senataxin/BRCA1-dependent pathway to suppress replication-associated R-loop accumulation, maintain genome stability and confer resistance to PARP inhibitors.
虽然聚腺苷二磷酸核糖聚合酶(PARP)抑制剂对同源重组(HR)缺陷细胞的毒性已得到充分证实,但与 PARP1/PARP2 破坏的其他合成致死相互作用仍未得到明确界定。为了阐明这些机制,我们进行了全基因组筛选,以寻找与 PARP1/2 基因缺失具有合成致死性的基因,并发现 C16orf72/HAPSTR1/TAPR1 是一种新的复制相关 R-环的调节剂。C16orf72 对于促进复制叉重新启动、抑制 DNA 损伤以及维持复制应激下的基因组稳定性至关重要。重要的是,C16orf72 和 PARP1/2 以平行途径发挥作用,抑制在停滞复制叉处积累的 DNA:RNA 杂交体。从机制上讲,这是通过 C16orf72 与 BRCA1 和 RNA/DNA 解旋酶 Senataxin 的相互作用实现的,这有助于它们被招募到 RNA:DNA 杂交体上,并赋予对 PARP 抑制剂的抗性。总之,这确定了一种 C16orf72/Senataxin/BRCA1 依赖性途径,可抑制复制相关 R-环的积累,维持基因组稳定性并赋予对 PARP 抑制剂的抗性。