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SIR2 suppresses replication gaps and genome instability by balancing replication between repetitive and unique sequences

Eric J. Foss, Uyen Lao, Emily Dalrymple, Robin L. Adrianse, Taylor Loe, and Antonio Bedalov
  1. aDivision of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109;
  2. bDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195;
  3. cDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

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PNAS January 17, 2017 114 (3) 552-557; first published January 3, 2017; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1614781114
Eric J. Foss
aDivision of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109;
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Uyen Lao
aDivision of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109;
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Emily Dalrymple
aDivision of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109;
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Robin L. Adrianse
aDivision of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109;
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Taylor Loe
aDivision of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109;
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Antonio Bedalov
aDivision of Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109;
bDepartment of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195;
cDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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  • For correspondence: abedalov@fredhutch.org
  1. Edited by Jasper Rine, University of California, Berkeley, CA, and approved December 13, 2016 (received for review September 2, 2016)

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Because the factors required to fire origins of DNA replication are less abundant than the origins themselves, during S phase, these factors are recycled from one area of the genome to another, and, consequently, genome replication occurs in waves. Unique DNA sequences, which contain protein-encoding genes, replicate before repetitive “junk” sequences. By modulating competition for replication resources between these types of sequences, we demonstrate that increased allocation of resources to repetitive sequences, which we previously showed to be associated with reduced lifespan, prevents completion of replication in unique portions of the genome. We suggest that, as cells age, repetitive sequences compete more effectively for replication initiation factors and that the resulting replication gaps form the basis of replicative senescence.

Abstract

Replication gaps that persist into mitosis likely represent important threats to genome stability, but experimental identification of these gaps has proved challenging. We have developed a technique that allows us to explore the dynamics by which genome replication is completed before mitosis. Using this approach, we demonstrate that excessive allocation of replication resources to origins within repetitive regions, induced by SIR2 deletion, leads to persistent replication gaps and genome instability. Conversely, the weakening of replication origins in repetitive regions suppresses these gaps. Given known age- and cancer-associated changes in chromatin accessibility at repetitive sequences, we suggest that replication gaps resulting from misallocation of replication resources underlie age- and disease-associated genome instability.

  • SIR2
  • DNA replication
  • repetitive sequences
  • replication gaps
  • ribosomal DNA

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  • ↵1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: abedalov{at}fredhutch.org.
  • Author contributions: E.J.F. and A.B. designed research; E.J.F., U.L., E.D., R.L.A., and T.L. performed research; E.J.F. analyzed data; and E.J.F. and A.B. wrote the paper.

  • The authors declare no conflict of interest.

  • This article is a PNAS Direct Submission.

  • Data deposition: The sequence reported in this paper has been deposited in the Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) database (accession no. GSE90151).

  • This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1073/pnas.1614781114/-/DCSupplemental.

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Eric J. Foss, Uyen Lao, Emily Dalrymple, Robin L. Adrianse, Taylor Loe, Antonio Bedalov
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jan 2017, 114 (3) 552-557; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1614781114

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