Journal article
Impaired resection of meiotic double-strand breaks channels repair to nonhomologous end joining in Caenorhabditis elegans
Molecular and cellular biology, Vol.33(14), pp.2732-2747
07/2013
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00055-13
PMCID: PMC3700128
PMID: 23671188
Abstract
Repair of double-strand DNA breaks (DSBs) by the homologous recombination (HR) pathway results in crossovers (COs) required for a successful first meiotic division. Mre11 is one member of the MRX/N (Mre11, Rad50, and Xrs2/Nbs1) complex required for meiotic DSB formation and for resection in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In Caenorhabditis elegans, evidence for the MRX/N role in DSB resection is limited. We report the first separation-of-function allele, mre-11(iow1) in C. elegans, which is specifically defective in meiotic DSB resection but not in formation. The mre-11(iow1) mutants displayed chromosomal fragmentation and aggregation in late prophase I. Recombination intermediates and crossover formation was greatly reduced in mre-11(iow1) mutants. Irradiation-induced DSBs during meiosis failed to be repaired from early to middle prophase I in mre-11(iow1) mutants. In the absence of a functional HR, our data suggest that some DSBs in mre-11(iow1) mutants are repaired by the nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) pathway, as removing NHEJ partially suppressed the meiotic defects shown by mre-11(iow1). In the absence of NHEJ and a functional MRX/N, meiotic DSBs are channeled to EXO-1-dependent HR repair. Overall, our analysis supports a role for MRE-11 in the resection of DSBs in middle meiotic prophase I and in blocking NHEJ.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Impaired resection of meiotic double-strand breaks channels repair to nonhomologous end joining in Caenorhabditis elegans
- Creators
- Yizhi Yin - Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USASarit Smolikove
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Molecular and cellular biology, Vol.33(14), pp.2732-2747
- DOI
- 10.1128/MCB.00055-13
- PMID
- 23671188
- PMCID
- PMC3700128
- NLM abbreviation
- Mol Cell Biol
- ISSN
- 0270-7306
- eISSN
- 1098-5549
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- P40 OD010440 / NIH HHS
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2013
- Academic Unit
- Biology
- Record Identifier
- 9983992054202771
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