摘要
O-GlcNAcylation is an important post-translational modification and has been implicated in many fundamental cellular processes. Recent studies showed that O-linked N-acetylglucosamine （GlcNAc） transferase （OGT） mediated O-GlcNAcylation of histone H2B Ser 112 （H2B S 112 GlcNAcylation） plays an important role in gene transcription. However, the role of this histone modification in DNA damage response has not been studied yet. In this study, we found that OGT and OGT mediated H2B S112 GlcNAcylation are involved in DNA damage response for maintaining genomic stability and are required for resistance to many DNA-damaging and replication stress- inducing agents. OGT mediated H2B Sl12 GlcNAcylation increased locally upon the induction of double-strand breaks （DSBs）, and depletion of OGT or overexpression of H2B S 112A mutant impaired homologous recombination （HR） and nonhomologous end-joining （NHEJ）. Mechanistically, H2B Sl12 GlcNAcylation could bind Nijmegen breakage syndrome 1 （NBS1） and regulate NBS1 foci for- mation. Taken together, our results demonstrate a new function of histone O-GlcNAcylation in DNA damage response （DDR）.
O-GlcNAcylation is an important post-translational modification and has been implicated in many fundamental cellular processes. Recent studies showed that O-linked N-acetylglucosamine （GlcNAc） transferase （OGT） mediated O-GlcNAcylation of histone H2B Ser 112 （H2B S 112 GlcNAcylation） plays an important role in gene transcription. However, the role of this histone modification in DNA damage response has not been studied yet. In this study, we found that OGT and OGT mediated H2B S112 GlcNAcylation are involved in DNA damage response for maintaining genomic stability and are required for resistance to many DNA-damaging and replication stress- inducing agents. OGT mediated H2B Sl12 GlcNAcylation increased locally upon the induction of double-strand breaks （DSBs）, and depletion of OGT or overexpression of H2B S 112A mutant impaired homologous recombination （HR） and nonhomologous end-joining （NHEJ）. Mechanistically, H2B Sl12 GlcNAcylation could bind Nijmegen breakage syndrome 1 （NBS1） and regulate NBS1 foci for- mation. Taken together, our results demonstrate a new function of histone O-GlcNAcylation in DNA damage response （DDR）.
基金
supported by the grants from the National Program on Key Basic Research Project (Nos. 2013CB910300 and 2012CB910300 to H.P.)
the International Science and Technology Cooperation Program of China (No. 2015DFA31680)
the One Thousand Young Talent Program (to H.P.)
the State Key Laboratory of Proteomics (No. SKLP-O201303 to C.Y.)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 31371433 to H.P.)
