A cooperative activation loop among SWI/SNF, γ-H2AX and H3 acetylation for DNA double-strand break repair
Open Access
- 11 March 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in The EMBO Journal
- Vol. 29 (8), 1434-1445
- https://doi.org/10.1038/emboj.2010.27
Abstract
Although recent studies highlight the importance of histone modifications and ATP‐dependent chromatin remodelling in DNA double‐strand break (DSB) repair, how these mechanisms cooperate has remained largely unexplored. Here, we show that the SWI/SNF chromatin remodelling complex, earlier known to facilitate the phosphorylation of histone H2AX at Ser‐139 (S139ph) after DNA damage, binds to γ‐H2AX (the phosphorylated form of H2AX)‐containing nucleosomes in S139ph‐dependent manner. Unexpectedly, BRG1, the catalytic subunit of SWI/SNF, binds to γ‐H2AX nucleosomes by interacting with acetylated H3, not with S139ph itself, through its bromodomain. Blocking the BRG1 interaction with γ‐H2AX nucleosomes either by deletion or overexpression of the BRG1 bromodomain leads to defect of S139ph and DSB repair. H3 acetylation is required for the binding of BRG1 to γ‐H2AX nucleosomes. S139ph stimulates the H3 acetylation on γ‐H2AX nucleosomes, and the histone acetyltransferase Gcn5 is responsible for this novel crosstalk. The H3 acetylation on γ‐H2AX nucleosomes is induced by DNA damage. These results collectively suggest that SWI/SNF, γ‐H2AX and H3 acetylation cooperatively act in a feedback activation loop to facilitate DSB repair.Keywords
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