期刊
MOLECULAR CELL
卷 73, 期 2, 页码 212-+出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.11.001
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- Medical Research Council [MR/N02155X/1]
- Cancer Research UK [C7905/A16417]
- MRC [MR/N02155X/2, MR/N02155X/1] Funding Source: UKRI
Cohesin subunits are frequently mutated in cancer, but how they function as tumor suppressors is unknown. Cohesin mediates sister chromatid cohesion, but this is not always perturbed in cancer cells. Here, we identify a previously unknown role for cohesin. We find that cohesin is required to repress transcription at DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Notably, cohesin represses transcription at DSBs throughout interphase, indicating that this is distinct from its known role in mediating DNA repair through sister chromatid cohesion. We identified a cancer-associated SA2 mutation that supports sister chromatid cohesion but is unable to repress transcription at DSBs. We further show that failure to repress transcription at DSBs leads to large-scale genome rear-rangements. Cancer samples lacking SA2 display mutational patterns consistent with loss of this pathway. These findings uncover a new function for cohesin that provides insights into its frequent loss in cancer.
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