Cell cycle control of telomere protection and NHEJ revealed by a ts mutation in the DNA-binding domain of TRF2
Open Access
- 1 May 2008
- journal article
- Published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Genes & Development
- Vol. 22 (9), 1221-1230
- https://doi.org/10.1101/gad.1634008
Abstract
TRF2 is a component of shelterin, the telomere-specific protein complex that prevents DNA damage signaling and inappropriate repair at the natural ends of mammalian chromosomes. We describe a temperature-sensitive (ts) mutation in the Myb/SANT DNA-binding domain of TRF2 that allows controlled and reversible telomere deprotection. At 32°C, TRF2ts was functional and rescued the lethality of TRF2 deletion from conditional TRF2F/− mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). When shifted to the nonpermissive temperature (37°C), TRF2ts cells showed extensive telomere damage resulting in activation of the ATM kinase and nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) of chromosome ends. The inactivation of TRF2ts at 37°C was rapid and reversible, permitting induction of short periods (3–6 h) of telomere dysfunction in the G0, G1, and S/G2 phases of the cell cycle. The results indicate that both the induction of telomere dysfunction and the re-establishment of the protected state can take place throughout interphase. In contrast, the processing of dysfunctional telomeres by NHEJ occurred primarily in G1, being repressed in S/G2 in a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)-dependent manner.Keywords
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