The BRCA1 RING and BRCT domains cooperate in targeting BRCA1 to ionizing radiation-induced nuclear foci

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The BRCA1 RING and BRCT domains cooperate in targeting BRCA1 to ionizing radiation-induced nuclear foci

Wendy W. Y. Au and Beric R. Henderson

Westmead Institute for Cancer Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2145

Corresponding Author: beric_henderson{at}wmi.usyd.edu.au

BRCA1 accumulates in nuclear foci during S-phase, and reassembles into DNA repair-associated foci after DNA damage, reflecting its role in genome maintenance. BRCA1 comprises a RING domain at the amino terminus and a BRCT domain at the carboxyl terminus, through which it associates with DNA repair proteins. The key sequences that target BRCA1 to DNA damage-induced foci have not been identified. Here, we mapped the BRCA1 foci-targeting domains of YFP-tagged BRCA1 in MCF-7 breast cancer cells exposed to ionizing radiation (IR). Cancer mutations specific to the BRCT domain, but not the RING domain, abolished BRCA1 recruitment to IR-induced foci. The YFP-BRCT domain itself, however, localized poorly at IR-induced foci, and the RING domain and other sequences were negative. We discovered that only when the RING and BRCT domains were combined, was foci targeting restored to levels observed for wild-type BRCA1. The RING-BRCT fusion co-localized at foci with the MDC1 DNA damage response factor, and inhibited entry of endogenous BRCA1 into nuclear foci. Our results explain why exon 11-deficient BRCA1 splice variants are targeted to IR-induced foci, even though they are incapable of repairing DNA damage. We propose that both RING and BRCT domains together target BRCA1 to large focal assemblies at DNA double-strand breaks.

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