Altered levels of MOF and decreased levels of H4K16ac correlate with a defective DNA damage response (DDR).

ABSTRACT: Full title: Altered levels of MOF (member of MYST family histone acetyl transferase) and decreased levels of H4K16ac correlate with a defective DNA damage response (DDR). The human MOF gene encodes a protein that specifically acetylates histone H4 at lysine 16 (H4K16ac). Here we show that altered levels of H4K16ac correlate with a defective DNA damage response (DDR) to ionizing radiation (IR). The defect however is not due to altered expression of proteins involved in DDR. Specific inhibition of H4K16ac deacetylation in MOF-depleted cells rescued IR-induced abrogation of DDR. MOF was found associated with DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNAPKcs), a protein involved in non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) repair, whose ATMdependent IR-induced phosphorylation was abrogated in MOF-depleted cells. Our data indicate that MOF depletion greatly decreased the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by NHEJ and homologous recombination (HR). In addition, the MOF protein activity associates with chromatin upon DNA damage and colocalizes with the synaptonemal complex in male meiocytes. We propose that MOF, through H4K16ac, plays a critical role in the cellular DNA damage response. Keywords: Cell type comparison

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE20193 | GEO | 2010/03/15

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA125693

REPOSITORIES: GEO