ArticleNucleic acids research2020
Interstitial telomere sequences disrupt break-induced replication and drive formation of ectopic telomeres.
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- Mechanisms and genomic implications of break-induced replication.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2025Review
- Stressed? Break-induced replication comes to the rescue!DNA repair · 2024Review
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- Chromosomal conservatism vs chromosomal megaevolution: enigma of karyotypic evolution in Lepidoptera.Chromosome research : an international journal on the molecular, supramolecular and evolutionary aspects of chromosome biology · 2023Article
- NPCs and APBs: two HUBs of non-canonical homology-based recombination at telomeres?Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) · 2023Article
- Break-induced replication: unraveling each step.Trends in genetics : TIG · 2022Review
- Comprehensive analysis of cis- and trans-acting factors affecting ectopic Break-Induced Replication.PLoS genetics · 2022Article
- DNA replication: the recombination connection.Trends in cell biology · 2022Review
- Break-induced replication mechanisms in yeast and mammals.Current opinion in genetics & development · 2021Review
- Homologous recombination within repetitive DNA.Current opinion in genetics & development · 2021Review
- Mechanisms restraining break-induced replication at two-ended DNA double-strand breaks.The EMBO journal · 2021Article
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Abstract
Break-induced replication (BIR) is a mechanism used to heal one-ended DNA double-strand breaks, such as those formed at collapsed replication forks or eroded telomeres. Instead of utilizing a canonical replication fork, BIR is driven by a migrating D-loop and is associated with a high frequency of mutagenesis. Here we show that when BIR encounters an interstitial telomere sequence (ITS), the machinery frequently terminates, resulting in the formation of an ectopic telomere. The primary mechanism to convert the ITS to a functional telomere is by telomerase-catalyzed addition of telomeric repeats with homology-directed repair serving as a back-up mechanism. Termination of BIR and creation of an ectopic telomere is promoted by Mph1/FANCM helicase, which has the capacity to disassemble D-loops. Other sequences that have the potential to seed new telomeres but lack the unique features of a natural telomere sequence, do not terminate BIR at a significant frequency in wild-type cells. However, these sequences can form ectopic telomeres if BIR is made less processive. Our results support a model in which features of the ITS itself, such as the propensity to form secondary structures and telomeric protein binding, pose a challenge to BIR and increase the vulnerability of the D-loop to dissociation by helicases, thereby promoting ectopic telomere formation.
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