SAMHD1 acts at stalled replication forks to prevent interferon
induction

J 2020

SAMHD1 acts at stalled replication forks to prevent interferon induction

COQUEL, Flavie, Maria-Joao SILVA, Hervé TECHER, Karina ZADOROZHNY, Sushma SHARMA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

SAMHD1 acts at stalled replication forks to prevent interferon induction

Authors

COQUEL, Flavie (guarantor), Maria-Joao SILVA, Hervé TECHER, Karina ZADOROZHNY (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Sushma SHARMA, Jadwiga NIEMINUSZCZY, Clément METTLING, Elodie DARDILLAC, Antoine BARTHE, Anne-Lyne SCHMITZ, Alexy PROMONET, Alexandra CRIBIER, Amélie SARRAZIN, Wojciech NIEDZWIEDZ, Bernard LOPEZ, Vincenzo COSTANZO, Lumír KREJČÍ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Andrei CHABES, Monsef BENKIRANE, Lin YEA-LIH and Philippe PASERO

Edition

Comptes Rendus - Biologies, Académie des sciences, 2020, 1631-0691

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10608 Biochemistry and molecular biology

Country of publisher

France

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 1.583

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/20:00114692

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.5802/crbiol.10

UT WoS

000573960100004

Keywords in English

Chronic inflammation; Stalled forks

Abstract

V originále

DNA replication is an extremely complex process, involving thousands of replication forks progressing along chromosomes. These forks are frequently slowed down or stopped by various obstacles, such as secondary DNA structures, chromatin-acting proteins or a lack of nucleotides. This slowing down, known as replicative stress, plays a central role in tumour development. Complex processes, which are not yet fully understood, are set up to respond to this stress. Certain nucleases, such as MRE11 and DNA2, degrade the neo-replicated DNA at the level of blocked forks, allowing the replication to restart. The interferon pathway is a defense mechanism against pathogens that detects the presence of foreign nucleic acids in the cytoplasm and activates the innate immune response. DNA fragments resulting from genomic DNA metabolism (repair, retrotransposition) can diffuse into the cytoplasm and activate this pathway. A pathological manifestation of this process is the Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome, a rare disease characterized by chronic inflammation leading to neurodegenerative and developmental problems. In this encephalopathy, it has been suggested that DNA replication may generate cytosolic DNA fragments, but the mechanisms involved have not been characterized. SAMHD1 is frequently mutated in the Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome as well as in some cancers, but its role in the etiology of these diseases was largely unknown. We show that cytosolic DNA accumulates in SAMHD1-deficient cells, particularly in the presence of replicative stress, activating the interferon response. SAMHD1 is important for DNA replication under normal conditions and for the processing of stopped forks, independent of its dNTPase activity. In addition, SAMHD1 stimulates the exonuclease activity of MRE11 in vitro. When SAMHD1 is absent, degradation of neosynthesized DNA is inhibited, which prevents activation of the replication checkpoint and leads to failure to restart the replication forks. Resection of the replication forks is performed by an alternative mechanism which releases DNA fragments into the cytosol, activating the interferon response. The results obtained show, for the first time, a direct link between the response to replication stress and the production of interferons. These results have important implications for our understanding of the Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome and cancers related to SAMHD1. For example, we have shown that MRE11 and RECQ1 are responsible for the production of DNA fragments that trigger the inflammatory response in cells deficient for SAMHD1. We can therefore imagine that blocking the activity of these enzymes could decrease the production of DNA fragments and, ultimately, the activation of innate immunity in these cells. In addition, the interferon pathway plays an essential role in the therapeutic efficacy of irradiation and certain chemotherapeutic agents such as oxaliplatin. Modulating this response could therefore be of much wider interest in anti-tumour therapy.

Links

GA13-26629S, research and development project

Name: SUMO a stability genomu

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

GA17-17720S, research and development project

Name: Vnitřní vlastnosti RAD51 vlákna a jeho biologické regulace

Investor: Czech Science Foundation

Citovat

COQUEL, Flavie, Maria-Joao SILVA, Hervé TECHER, Karina ZADOROZHNY, Sushma SHARMA, Jadwiga NIEMINUSZCZY, Clément METTLING, Elodie DARDILLAC, Antoine BARTHE, Anne-Lyne SCHMITZ, Alexy PROMONET, Alexandra CRIBIER, Amélie SARRAZIN, Wojciech NIEDZWIEDZ, Bernard LOPEZ, Vincenzo COSTANZO, Lumír KREJČÍ, Andrei CHABES, Monsef BENKIRANE, Lin YEA-LIH and Philippe PASERO. SAMHD1 acts at stalled replication forks to prevent interferon induction. Comptes Rendus - Biologies. Académie des sciences, 2020, vol. 343, No 1, p. 9-21. ISSN 1631-0691. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5802/crbiol.10.

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N2  - DNA replication is an extremely complex process, involving thousands of replication forks progressing along chromosomes. These forks are frequently slowed down or stopped by various obstacles, such as secondary DNA structures, chromatin-acting proteins or a lack of nucleotides. This slowing down, known as replicative stress, plays a central role in tumour development. Complex processes, which are not yet fully understood, are set up to respond to this stress. Certain nucleases, such as MRE11 and DNA2, degrade the neo-replicated DNA at the level of blocked forks, allowing the replication to restart. The interferon pathway is a defense mechanism against pathogens that detects the presence of foreign nucleic acids in the cytoplasm and activates the innate immune response. DNA fragments resulting from genomic DNA metabolism (repair, retrotransposition) can diffuse into the cytoplasm and activate this pathway. A pathological manifestation of this process is the Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome, a rare disease characterized by chronic inflammation leading to neurodegenerative and developmental problems. In this encephalopathy, it has been suggested that DNA replication may generate cytosolic DNA fragments, but the mechanisms involved have not been characterized. SAMHD1 is frequently mutated in the Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome as well as in some cancers, but its role in the etiology of these diseases was largely unknown. We show that cytosolic DNA accumulates in SAMHD1-deficient cells, particularly in the presence of replicative stress, activating the interferon response. SAMHD1 is important for DNA replication under normal conditions and for the processing of stopped forks, independent of its dNTPase activity. In addition, SAMHD1 stimulates the exonuclease activity of MRE11 in vitro. When SAMHD1 is absent, degradation of neosynthesized DNA is inhibited, which prevents activation of the replication checkpoint and leads to failure to restart the replication forks. Resection of the replication forks is performed by an alternative mechanism which releases DNA fragments into the cytosol, activating the interferon response. The results obtained show, for the first time, a direct link between the response to replication stress and the production of interferons. These results have important implications for our understanding of the Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome and cancers related to SAMHD1. For example, we have shown that MRE11 and RECQ1 are responsible for the production of DNA fragments that trigger the inflammatory response in cells deficient for SAMHD1. We can therefore imagine that blocking the activity of these enzymes could decrease the production of DNA fragments and, ultimately, the activation of innate immunity in these cells. In addition, the interferon pathway plays an essential role in the therapeutic efficacy of irradiation and certain chemotherapeutic agents such as oxaliplatin. Modulating this response could therefore be of much wider interest in anti-tumour therapy.
ER  -

COQUEL, Flavie, Maria-Joao SILVA, Hervé TECHER, Karina ZADOROZHNY, Sushma SHARMA, Jadwiga NIEMINUSZCZY, Clément METTLING, Elodie DARDILLAC, Antoine BARTHE, Anne-Lyne SCHMITZ, Alexy PROMONET, Alexandra CRIBIER, Amélie SARRAZIN, Wojciech NIEDZWIEDZ, Bernard LOPEZ, Vincenzo COSTANZO, Lumír KREJČÍ, Andrei CHABES, Monsef BENKIRANE, Lin YEA-LIH and Philippe PASERO. SAMHD1 acts at stalled replication forks to prevent interferon induction. \textit{Comptes Rendus - Biologies}. Académie des sciences, 2020, vol.~343, No~1, p.~9-21. ISSN~1631-0691. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.5802/crbiol.10.

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