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- Title
Human HDAC1 and HDAC2 function in the DNA-damage response to promote DNA nonhomologous end-joining.
- Authors
Miller, Kyle M; Tjeertes, Jorrit V; Coates, Julia; Legube, Gaëlle; Polo, Sophie E; Britton, Sébastien; Jackson, Stephen P
- Abstract
DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair occurs within chromatin and can be modulated by chromatin-modifying enzymes. Here we identify the related human histone deacetylases HDAC1 and HDAC2 as two participants in the DNA-damage response. We show that acetylation of histone H3 Lys56 (H3K56) was regulated by HDAC1 and HDAC2 and that HDAC1 and HDAC2 were rapidly recruited to DNA-damage sites to promote hypoacetylation of H3K56. Furthermore, HDAC1- and 2-depleted cells were hypersensitive to DNA-damaging agents and showed sustained DNA-damage signaling, phenotypes that reflect defective DSB repair, particularly by nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ). Collectively, these results show that HDAC1 and HDAC2 function in the DNA-damage response by promoting DSB repair and thus provide important insights into the radio-sensitizing effects of HDAC inhibitors that are being developed as cancer therapies.
- Subjects
DNA; HISTONES; CHROMATIN; PHENOTYPES; ACETYLTRANSFERASES; DNA damage
- Publication
Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, 2010, Vol 17, Issue 9, p1144
- ISSN
1545-9993
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nsmb.1899