Journal
EMBO REPORTS
Volume 21, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.15252/embr.201949495
Keywords
alternative lengthening of telomeres; break-induced replication; RAD54; telomeres
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Funding
- Edward Mallinckrodt Junior Foundation Award
- Peter Paul Professorship
- NIGMS [T32GM008541]
- PhRMA Foundation Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Pharmacology
- Boston University Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
- [1R01CA201446]
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Cancer cells can activate the alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway to promote replicative immortality. The ALT pathway promotes telomere elongation through a homologous recombination pathway known as break-induced replication (BIR), which is often engaged to repair single-ended double-stranded breaks (DSBs). Single-ended DSBs are resected to promote strand invasion and facilitate the formation of a local displacement loop (D-loop), which can trigger DNA synthesis, and ultimately promote telomere elongation. However, the exact proteins involved in the maturation, migration, and resolution of D-loops at ALT telomeres are unclear. In vitro, the DNA translocase RAD54 both binds D-loops and promotes branch migration suggesting that RAD54 may function to promote ALT activity. Here, we demonstrate that RAD54 is enriched at ALT telomeres and promotes telomeric DNA synthesis through its ATPase-dependent branch migration activity. Loss of RAD54 leads to the formation of unresolved recombination intermediates at telomeres that form ultra-fine anaphase bridges in mitosis. These data demonstrate an important role for RAD54 in promoting ALT-mediated telomere synthesis.
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