MND1 and PSMC3IP control PARP inhibitor sensitivity in mitotic cells

Anabel Zelceski, Paola Francica, Lea Lingg, Merve Mutlu, Colin Stok, Martin Liptay, John Alexander, Joseph S Baxter, Rachel Brough, Aditi Gulati, Syed Haider, Maya Raghunandan, Feifei Song, Sandhya Sridhar, Josep V Forment, Mark J O'Connor, Barry R Davies, Marcel A T M van Vugt, Dragomir B Krastev, Stephen J PettittAndrew N J Tutt, Sven Rottenberg, Christopher J Lord*

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    Abstract

    The PSMC3IP-MND1 heterodimer promotes meiotic D loop formation before DNA strand exchange. In genome-scale CRISPR-Cas9 mutagenesis and interference screens in mitotic cells, depletion of PSMC3IP or MND1 causes sensitivity to poly (ADP-Ribose) polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) used in cancer treatment. PSMC3IP or MND1 depletion also causes ionizing radiation sensitivity. These effects are independent of PSMC3IP/MND1's role in mitotic alternative lengthening of telomeres. PSMC3IP- or MND1-depleted cells accumulate toxic RAD51 foci in response to DNA damage, show impaired homology-directed DNA repair, and become PARPi sensitive, even in cells lacking both BRCA1 and TP53BP1. Epistasis between PSMC3IP-MND1 and BRCA1/BRCA2 defects suggest that abrogated D loop formation is the cause of PARPi sensitivity. Wild-type PSMC3IP reverses PARPi sensitivity, whereas a PSMC3IP p.Glu201del mutant associated with D loop defects and ovarian dysgenesis does not. These observations suggest that meiotic proteins such as MND1 and PSMC3IP have a greater role in mitotic DNA repair.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number112484
    Number of pages27
    JournalCell reports
    Volume42
    Issue number5
    Early online date9-May-2023
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May-2023

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