The MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex both starts and extends DNA end resection in mouse meiosis

Author:

Kim SoonjoungORCID,Yamada ShintaroORCID,Li TaoORCID,Canasto-Chibuque ClaudiaORCID,Kim Jun HyunORCID,Marcet-Ortega MarinaORCID,Xu JiaqiORCID,Eng Diana Y.,Feeney LauraORCID,Petrini John H. J.ORCID,Keeney ScottORCID

Abstract

ABSTRACTNucleolytic resection of DNA ends is critical for homologous recombination, but its mechanism is not fully understood, particularly in mammalian meiosis. Here we examine roles of the conserved MRN complex (MRE11, RAD50, and NBS1) through genome-wide analysis of meiotic resection in mice with various MRN mutations, including several that cause chromosomal instability in humans. Meiotic DSBs form at elevated levels but remain unresected ifMre11is conditionally deleted, thus MRN is required for both resection initiation and regulation of DSB numbers. Resection lengths are reduced to varying degrees in MRN hypomorphs or if MRE11 nuclease activity is attenuated in a conditional nuclease-deadMre11model. These findings unexpectedly establish that MRN is needed for longer-range extension of resection, not just resection initiation. Finally, resection defects are additively worsened by combining MRN andExo1mutations, and mice that are unable to initiate resection or have greatly curtailed resection lengths experience catastrophic spermatogenic failure. Our results elucidate multiple functions of MRN in meiotic recombination, uncover unanticipated relationships between short- and long-range resection, and establish the importance of resection for mammalian meiosis.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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