Author:
Gall-Duncan Terence,Luo Jennifer,Jurkovic Carla-Marie,Fischer Laura A.,Fujita Kyota,Leib David E.,Li Vanessa,Harding Rachel J.,Tran Stephanie,Chen Ran,Tanaka Hikari,Deshmukh Amit L.,Mason Amanda G.,Lévesque Dominique,Khan Mahreen,Lanni Stella,Sato Nozomu,Caron Marie-Christine,Masson Jean-Yves,Panigrahi Gagan B.,Prasolava Tanya,Wang Peixiang,Lau Rachel,Tippett Lynette,Turner Clinton,La Spada Albert R.,Campos Eric I.,Curtis Maurice A.,Boisvert François-Michel,Faull Richard L.M.,Davidson Beverly L.,Okazawa Hitoshi,Wold Marc S.,Pearson Christopher E.
Abstract
ABSTRACTTandem CAG repeat expansion mutations cause >15 neurodegenerative diseases, where ongoing expansions in patients’ brains are thought to drive disease onset and progression. Repeat length mutations will involve single-stranded DNAs prone to form mutagenic DNA structures. However, the involvement of single-stranded DNA binding proteins (SSBs) in the prevention or formation of repeat instability is poorly understood. Here, we assessed the role of two SSBs, canonical RPA (RPA1-RPA2-RPA3) and the related Alternative-RPA (Alt-RPA, RPA1-RPA4-RPA3), where the primate-specific RPA4 replaces RPA2. RPA is essential for all forms of DNA metabolism, while Alt-RPA has undefined functions. RPA and Alt-RPA are upregulated 2- and 10-fold, respectively, in brains of Huntington disease (HD) and spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1) patients. Correct repair of slipped-CAG DNA structures, intermediates of expansion mutations, is enhanced by RPA, but blocked by Alt-RPA. Slipped-DNAs are bound and melted more efficiently by RPA than by Alt-RPA. Removal of excess slipped-DNAs by FAN1 nuclease is enhanced by RPA, but blocked by Alt-RPA. Protein-protein interactomes (BioID) reveal unique and shared partners of RPA and Alt-RPA, including proteins involved in CAG instability and known modifiers of HD and SCA1 disease. RPA overexpression inhibits rampant CAG expansions in SCA1 mouse brains, coinciding with improved neuron morphology and rescued motor phenotypes. Thus, SSBs are involved in repeat length mutations, where Alt-RPA antagonistically blocks RPA from suppressing CAG expansions and hence pathogenesis. The processing of repeat length mutations is one example by which an Alt-RPA↔RPA antagonistic interaction can affect outcomes, illuminating questions as to which of the many processes mediated by canonical RPA may also be modulated by Alt-RPA.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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