PMID- 33453991 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210401 LR - 20211219 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 295 IP - 51 DP - 2020 Dec 18 TI - Genetic evidence for the involvement of mismatch repair proteins, PMS2 and MLH3, in a late step of homologous recombination. PG - 17460-17475 LID - S0021-9258(17)50633-X [pii] LID - 10.1074/jbc.RA120.013521 [doi] AB - Homologous recombination (HR) repairs DNA double-strand breaks using intact homologous sequences as template DNA. Broken DNA and intact homologous sequences form joint molecules (JMs), including Holliday junctions (HJs), as HR intermediates. HJs are resolved to form crossover and noncrossover products. A mismatch repair factor, MLH3 endonuclease, produces the majority of crossovers during meiotic HR, but it remains elusive whether mismatch repair factors promote HR in nonmeiotic cells. We disrupted genes encoding the MLH3 and PMS2 endonucleases in the human B cell line, TK6, generating null MLH3(-/-) and PMS2(-/-) mutant cells. We also inserted point mutations into the endonuclease motif of MLH3 and PMS2 genes, generating endonuclease death MLH3(DN/DN) and PMS2(EK/EK) cells. MLH3(-/-) and MLH3(DN/DN) cells showed a very similar phenotype, a 2.5-fold decrease in the frequency of heteroallelic HR-dependent repair of restriction enzyme-induced double-strand breaks. PMS2(-/-) and PMS2(EK/EK) cells showed a phenotype very similar to that of the MLH3 mutants. These data indicate that MLH3 and PMS2 promote HR as an endonuclease. The MLH3(DN/DN) and PMS2(EK/EK) mutations had an additive effect on the heteroallelic HR. MLH3(DN/DN)/PMS2(EK/EK) cells showed normal kinetics of gamma-irradiation-induced Rad51 foci but a significant delay in the resolution of Rad51 foci and a 3-fold decrease in the number of cisplatin-induced sister chromatid exchanges. The ectopic expression of the Gen1 HJ re-solvase partially reversed the defective heteroallelic HR of MLH3(DN/DN)/PMS2(EK/EK) cells. Taken together, we propose that MLH3 and PMS2 promote HR as endonucleases, most likely by processing JMs in mammalian somatic cells. CI - Copyright (c) 2020 (c) 2020 Rahman et al. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Rahman, Md Maminur AU - Rahman MM AD - Department of Radiation Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Mohiuddin, Mohiuddin AU - Mohiuddin M AD - Department of Radiation Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Shamima Keka, Islam AU - Shamima Keka I AD - Department of Radiation Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Yamada, Kousei AU - Yamada K AD - Department of Radiation Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Tsuda, Masataka AU - Tsuda M AD - Department of Radiation Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Sasanuma, Hiroyuki AU - Sasanuma H AD - Department of Radiation Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Andreani, Jessica AU - Andreani J AD - Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA), CNRS, Universite Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. FAU - Guerois, Raphael AU - Guerois R AD - Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA), CNRS, Universite Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. FAU - Borde, Valerie AU - Borde V AD - Institut Curie, CNRS, UMR3244, PSL Research University, Paris, France. FAU - Charbonnier, Jean-Baptiste AU - Charbonnier JB AD - Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA), CNRS, Universite Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. FAU - Takeda, Shunichi AU - Takeda S AD - Department of Radiation Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan. Electronic address: stakeda@rg.med.kyoto-u.ac.jp. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (DNA, Cruciform) RN - 0 (MLH3 protein, human) RN - 0 (Phthalazines) RN - 0 (Piperazines) RN - EC 3.6.1.- (PMS2 protein, human) RN - EC 3.6.1.3 (Mismatch Repair Endonuclease PMS2) RN - EC 3.6.1.3 (MutL Proteins) RN - WOH1JD9AR8 (olaparib) RN - XT3Z54Z28A (Camptothecin) SB - IM MH - Camptothecin/pharmacology MH - Cell Line MH - DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded MH - DNA Repair MH - DNA, Cruciform MH - G2 Phase MH - Gamma Rays MH - *Homologous Recombination MH - Humans MH - Mismatch Repair Endonuclease PMS2/genetics/*metabolism MH - MutL Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Mutation MH - Phthalazines/pharmacology MH - Piperazines/pharmacology PMC - PMC7762965 OTO - NOTNLM OT - GEN1 OT - Holliday junction OT - MLH1 OT - MLH3 OT - MUS81 OT - PMS2 OT - endonuclease OT - homologous recombination OT - joint molecules OT - mutL homolog 1 (MLH1) OT - mutL homolog 3 (MLH3) OT - resolvase COIS- Conflict of interest-The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest with the contents of this article. The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest with the contents of this article EDAT- 2021/01/18 06:00 MHDA- 2021/04/02 06:00 PMCR- 2021/12/18 CRDT- 2021/01/17 20:21 PHST- 2020/03/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/09/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2021/01/17 20:21 [entrez] PHST- 2021/01/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/04/02 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/12/18 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(17)50633-X [pii] AID - RA120.013521 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.RA120.013521 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2020 Dec 18;295(51):17460-17475. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA120.013521.