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TDP1 facilitates repair of ionizing radiation-induced DNA single-strand breaks

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posted on 2023-06-08, 07:01 authored by Sherif F El-Khamisy, Edgar Hartsuiker, Keith CaldecottKeith Caldecott
Tyrosyl DNA phosphodiesterase-1 (TDP1) is the gene product mutated in spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy1 (SCAN1). SCAN1 is a hereditary ataxia that lacks extra-neurological phenotype, pointing to a critical role for TDP1 in the nervous system. Recently, we showed that TDP1 is associated with the DNA single-strand break (SSBR) repair machinery through an interaction with DNA ligase 3a (Lig3a) and that SCAN1 cells are defective in the repair of chromosomal DNA single-strand breaks (SSBs) arising from abortive Topoisomerase 1 (Top1)¿DNA intermediates. Here we demonstrate that TDP1 is also required for the repair of SSBs induced by ionizing radiation (IR), though not measurably for IR-induced DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). In addition, we provide evidence that abortive Top1 cleavage complexes are processed by the proteasome prior to the action of TDP1 in vivo, and we exploit this observation to show that the SSBR defect in SCAN1 following IR reflects, in part at least, the presence of IR-induced protein¿DNA cross-links. Finally we show that TDP1 activity at abortive Top1-SSBs is stimulated by XRCC1/Lig3a in vitro. These data expand the type of SSBs processed by TDP1 to include those induced by ionizing radiation, and raise the possibility that TDP1 inhibitors may improve radiotherapy.

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Publication status

  • Published

Journal

DNA Repair

ISSN

1568-7864

Issue

10

Volume

6

Page range

1485-1495

Pages

11.0

Department affiliated with

  • Sussex Centre for Genome Damage Stability Publications

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Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2012-02-06

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