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LEM-3 is a midbody-tethered DNA nuclease that resolves chromatin bridges during late mitosis

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  • Ye Hong

    (University of Dundee
    University of Dundee)

  • Remi Sonneville

    (University of Dundee)

  • Bin Wang

    (University of Dundee)

  • Viktor Scheidt

    (University of Dundee)

  • Bettina Meier

    (University of Dundee)

  • Alexander Woglar

    (University of Vienna
    Stanford University School of Medicine)

  • Sarah Demetriou

    (University of Dundee)

  • Karim Labib

    (University of Dundee)

  • Verena Jantsch

    (University of Vienna)

  • Anton Gartner

    (University of Dundee)

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Faithful chromosome segregation and genome maintenance requires the removal of all DNA bridges that physically link chromosomes before cells divide. Using C. elegans embryos we show that the LEM-3/Ankle1 nuclease defines a previously undescribed genome integrity mechanism by processing DNA bridges right before cells divide. LEM-3 acts at the midbody, the structure where abscission occurs at the end of cytokinesis. LEM-3 localization depends on factors needed for midbody assembly, and LEM-3 accumulation is increased and prolonged when chromatin bridges are trapped at the cleavage plane. LEM-3 locally processes chromatin bridges that arise from incomplete DNA replication, unresolved recombination intermediates, or the perturbance of chromosome structure. Proper LEM-3 midbody localization and function is regulated by AIR-2/Aurora B kinase. Strikingly, LEM-3 acts cooperatively with the BRC-1/BRCA1 homologous recombination factor to promote genome integrity. These findings provide a molecular basis for the suspected role of the LEM-3 orthologue Ankle1 in human breast cancer.

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  • Ye Hong & Remi Sonneville & Bin Wang & Viktor Scheidt & Bettina Meier & Alexander Woglar & Sarah Demetriou & Karim Labib & Verena Jantsch & Anton Gartner, 2018. "LEM-3 is a midbody-tethered DNA nuclease that resolves chromatin bridges during late mitosis," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-11, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-03135-w
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03135-w
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