DGCR8 Mediates Repair of UV-Induced DNA Damage Independently of RNA Processing

Publication date: 4 April 2017
Source:Cell Reports, Volume 19, Issue 1
Author(s): Philamer C. Calses, Kiranjit K. Dhillon, Nyka Tucker, Yong Chi, Jen-wei Huang, Masaoki Kawasumi, Paul Nghiem, Yemin Wang, Bruce E. Clurman, Celine Jacquemont, Philip R. Gafken, Kaoru Sugasawa, Masafumi Saijo, Toshiyasu Taniguchi
Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is a carcinogen that generates DNA lesions. Here, we demonstrate an unexpected role for DGCR8, an RNA binding protein that canonically functions with Drosha to mediate microRNA processing, in the repair of UV-induced DNA lesions. Treatment with UV induced phosphorylation on serine 153 (S153) of DGCR8 in both human and murine cells. S153 phosphorylation was critical for cellular resistance to UV, the removal of UV-induced DNA lesions, and the recovery of RNA synthesis after UV exposure but not for microRNA expression. The RNA-binding and Drosha-binding activities of DGCR8 were not critical for UV resistance. DGCR8 depletion was epistatic to defects in XPA, CSA, and CSB for UV sensitivity. DGCR8 physically interacted with CSB and RNA polymerase II. JNKs were involved in the UV-induced S153 phosphorylation. These findings suggest that UV-induced S153 phosphorylation mediates transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair of UV-induced DNA lesions in a manner independent of microRNA processing.

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Calses et al. find that UV-induced phosphorylation on serine 153 of DGCR8, an RNA binding protein involved in microRNA processing, is critical for cellular resistance to UV through DNA repair of UV-induced lesions.


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