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ArticleNucleic acids research2021

The chromatin remodeler RSF1 coordinates epigenetic marks for transcriptional repression and DSB repair.

Sunwoo Min, Ho-Soo Lee, Jae-Hoon Ji, Yungyeong Heo, Yonghyeon Kim, Sunyoung Chae, Yong Won Choi, Ho-Chul Kang, Makoto Nakanishi, Hyeseong Cho

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. RSF1-Dependent PAR Turnover Promotes 53BP1 Liquid Condensate Formation at DNA Damage Sites.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  2. [Potential Mechanisms and Research Advances of HDAC1 in Lung Cancer].Zhongguo fei ai za zhi = Chinese journal of lung cancer · 2026
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  7. Nucleoporins cooperate with Polycomb silencers to promote transcriptional repression and repair at DNA double-strand breaks.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  13. The RPA-RNF20-SNF2H cascade promotes proper chromosome segregation and homologous recombination repair.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Sunwoo MinDepartment of Biochemistry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Korea.
Ho-Soo LeeDepartment of Biochemistry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Korea.
Jae-Hoon JiGenomic Instability Research Center, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Korea.
Yungyeong HeoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, the Graduate School of Ajou University, Suwon, Korea.
Yonghyeon KimDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, the Graduate School of Ajou University, Suwon, Korea.
Sunyoung ChaeInstitute of Medical Science, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Korea.
Yong Won ChoiDepartment of Hematology-Oncology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Ho-Chul KangDepartment of Physiology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-5237-095X
Makoto NakanishiDivision of Cancer Cell Biology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan.
Hyeseong ChoDepartment of Biochemistry, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon 16499, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-4672-8887
Ajou University · KRThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · USThe University of Tokyo · JP

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA lesions impact on local transcription and the damage-induced transcriptional repression facilitates efficient DNA repair. However, how chromatin dynamics cooperates with these two events remained largely unknown. We here show that histone H2A acetylation at K118 is enriched in transcriptionally active regions. Under DNA damage, the RSF1 chromatin remodeling factor recruits HDAC1 to DSB sites. The RSF1-HDAC1 complex induces the deacetylation of H2A(X)-K118 and its deacetylation is indispensable for the ubiquitination of histone H2A at K119. Accordingly, the acetylation mimetic H2A-K118Q suppressed the H2A-K119ub level, perturbing the transcriptional repression at DNA lesions. Intriguingly, deacetylation of H2AX at K118 also licenses the propagation of γH2AX and recruitment of MDC1. Consequently, the H2AX-K118Q limits DNA repair. Together, the RSF1-HDAC1 complex controls the traffic of the DNA damage response and transcription simultaneously in transcriptionally active chromatins. The interplay between chromatin remodelers and histone modifiers highlights the importance of chromatin versatility in the maintenance of genome integrity.

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Chromatin Assembly and DisassemblyDNA Breaks, Double-StrandedEpigenesis, GeneticGene Expression RegulationAcetylationAnimalsCell Line, TumorChromatinDNA RepairHEK293 CellsHistone Deacetylase 1HistonesHumansLysineMiceMicroscopy, ConfocalChromatinHDAC1 protein, humanHistone Deacetylase 1HistonesLysineNuclear ProteinsRSF1 protein, humanTrans-Activators

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PMID34850117
PMCPMC8643642
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