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The HDAC6-RNF168 axis regulates H2A/H2A.X ubiquitination to enable double-strand break repair

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NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH
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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad631

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HDAC6 regulates DNA damage signaling by controlling the mismatch repair and nucleotide excision repair pathways. It negatively regulates DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair in an enzyme activity-independent manner. HDAC6 interacts with H2A/H2A.X to prevent its interaction with the E3 ligase RNF168, and DSBs lead to the degradation of HDAC6 and the restoration of the interaction between RNF168 and H2A/H2A.X, facilitating the recruitment of DSB repair factors to chromatin and subsequent DNA repair.
Histone deacetylase 6 (HDAC6) mediates DNA damage signaling by regulating the mismatch repair and nucleotide excision repair pathways. Whether HDAC6 also mediates DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair is unclear. Here, we report that HDAC6 negatively regulates DSB repair in an enzyme activity-independent manner. In unstressed cells, HDAC6 interacts with H2A/H2A.X to prevent its interaction with the E3 ligase RNF168. Upon sensing DSBs, RNF168 rapidly ubiquitinates HDAC6 at lysine 116, leading to HDAC6 proteasomal degradation and a restored interaction between RNF168 and H2A/H2A.X. H2A/H2A.X is ubiquitinated by RNF168, precipitating the recruitment of DSB repair factors (including 53BP1 and BRCA1) to chromatin and subsequent DNA repair. These findings reveal novel regulatory machinery based on an HDAC6-RNF168 axis that regulates the H2A/H2A.X ubiquitination status. Interfering with this axis might be leveraged to disrupt a key mechanism of cancer cell resistance to genotoxic damage and form a potential therapeutic strategy for cancer.

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