OTUD5 promotes end-joining of deprotected telomeres by promoting ATM-dependent phosphorylation of KAP1S824

Shiu Yeung Lam, Ruben Lugt, Aurora Cerutti, Zeliha Yalçin, Alexander M. Thouin, Marco Simonetta and Jacqueline J. L. Jacobs ()
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Shiu Yeung Lam: The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Ruben Lugt: The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Aurora Cerutti: The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Zeliha Yalçin: The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Alexander M. Thouin: The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Marco Simonetta: The Netherlands Cancer Institute
Jacqueline J. L. Jacobs: The Netherlands Cancer Institute

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Abstract Appropriate repair of damaged DNA and the suppression of DNA damage responses at telomeres are essential to preserve genome stability. DNA damage response (DDR) signaling consists of cascades of kinase-driven phosphorylation events, fine-tuned by proteolytic and regulatory ubiquitination. It is not fully understood how crosstalk between these two major classes of post-translational modifications impact DNA repair at deprotected telomeres. Hence, we performed a functional genetic screen to search for ubiquitin system factors that promote KAP1S824 phosphorylation, a robust DDR marker at deprotected telomeres. We identified that the OTU family deubiquitinase (DUB) OTUD5 promotes KAP1S824 phosphorylation by facilitating ATM activation, through stabilization of the ubiquitin ligase UBR5 that is required for DNA damage-induced ATM activity. Loss of OTUD5 impairs KAP1S824 phosphorylation, which suppresses end-joining mediated DNA repair at deprotected telomeres and at DNA breaks in heterochromatin. Moreover, we identified an unexpected role for the heterochromatin factor KAP1 in suppressing DNA repair at telomeres. Altogether our work reveals an important role for OTUD5 and KAP1 in relaying DDR-dependent kinase signaling to the control of DNA repair at telomeres and heterochromatin.

Date: 2024
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