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Originally published In Press as doi:10.1074/jbc.M705486200 on August 22, 2007

J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 282, Issue 44, 32243-32255, November 2, 2007
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The Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 Complex Plays an Important Role in the Prevention of DNA Rereplication in Mammalian Cells*Formula

Alan Yueh-Luen Lee, Enbo Liu1, and Xiaohua Wu2

From the Department of Molecular Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037

The Mre11/Nbs1/Rad50 complex (MRN) plays multiple roles in the maintenance of genome stability, including repair of double-stranded breaks (DSBs) and activation of the S-phase checkpoint. Here we demonstrate that MRN is required for the prevention of DNA rereplication in mammalian cells. DNA replication is strictly regulated by licensing control so that the genome is replicated once and only once per cell cycle. Inactivation of Nbs1 or Mre11 leads to a substantial increase of DNA rereplication induced by overexpression of the licensing factor Cdt1. Our studies reveal that multiple mechanisms are likely involved in the MRN-mediated suppression of rereplication. First, both Mre11 and Nbs1 are required for facilitating ATR activation when Cdt1 is overexpressed, which in turn suppresses rereplication. Second, Cdt1 overexpression induces ATR-mediated phosphorylation of Nbs1 at Ser343 and this phosphorylation depends on the FHA and BRCT domains of Nbs1. Mutations at Ser343 or in the FHA and BRCT domains lead to more severe rereplication when Cdt1 is overexpressed. Third, the interaction of the Mre11 complex with RPA is important for the suppression of rereplication. This suggests that modulating RPA activity via a direct interaction of MRN is likely one of the effector mechanisms to suppress rereplication. Moreover, we demonstrate that MRN is also required for preventing the accumulation of DSBs when rereplication is induced. Therefore, our studies suggest new roles of MRN in the maintenance of genome stability through preventing rereplication and rereplication-associated DSBs when licensing control is compromised.


Received for publication, July 5, 2007 , and in revised form, August 21, 2007.

* This work was supported in part by National Institutes of Health Grant CA102361, Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar award (AG-NS-0251-04) (to X. W.). The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

Formula The on-line version of this article (available at http://www.jbc.org) contains supplemental Figs. S1 and S2.

1 Current address: Signal Transduction Program, Burnham Institute for Medical Research, La Jolla, CA 92037.

2 To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037. Tel.: 858-784-7910; Fax: 858-784-7978; E-mail: xiaohwu{at}scripps.edu.


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