DNA damage response inhibition at dysfunctional telomeres by modulation of telomeric DNA damage response RNAs

Francesca Rossiello, Julio Aguado, Sara Sepe, Fabio Iannelli, Quan Nguyen, Sethuramasundaram Pitchiaya, Piero Carninci and Fabrizio d’Adda di Fagagna ()
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Francesca Rossiello: IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology
Julio Aguado: IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology
Sara Sepe: IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology
Fabio Iannelli: IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology
Quan Nguyen: RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies
Sethuramasundaram Pitchiaya: Michigan Center for Translational Pathology, University of Michigan Cancer Center
Piero Carninci: RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies
Fabrizio d’Adda di Fagagna: IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology

Nature Communications, 2017, vol. 8, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: Abstract The DNA damage response (DDR) is a set of cellular events that follows the generation of DNA damage. Recently, site-specific small non-coding RNAs, also termed DNA damage response RNAs (DDRNAs), have been shown to play a role in DDR signalling and DNA repair. Dysfunctional telomeres activate DDR in ageing, cancer and an increasing number of identified pathological conditions. Here we show that, in mammals, telomere dysfunction induces the transcription of telomeric DDRNAs (tDDRNAs) and their longer precursors from both DNA strands. DDR activation and maintenance at telomeres depend on the biogenesis and functions of tDDRNAs. Their functional inhibition by sequence-specific antisense oligonucleotides allows the unprecedented telomere-specific DDR inactivation in cultured cells and in vivo in mouse tissues. In summary, these results demonstrate that tDDRNAs are induced at dysfunctional telomeres and are necessary for DDR activation and they validate the viability of locus-specific DDR inhibition by targeting DDRNAs.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13980

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