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Incorporation of a nucleoside analog maps genome repair sites in postmitotic human neurons
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Neurons are the longest-lived cells in our bodies and lack DNA replication, which makes them reliant on a limited repertoire of DNA repair mechanisms to maintain genome fidelity. These repair mechanisms decline with age, but we have limited knowledge of how genome instability emerges and what strategies neurons and other long-lived cells may have evolved to protect their genomes over the human life span. A targeted sequencing approach in human embryonic stem cell-induced neurons shows that, in neurons, DNA repair is enriched at well-defined hotspots that protect essential genes. These hotspots are enriched with histone H2A isoforms and RNA binding proteins and are associated with evolutionarily conserved elements of the human genome. These findings provide a basis for understanding genome integrity as it relates to aging and disease in the nervous system.
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“This process promotes extensive endogenous DNA damage in neuronal enhancers, safeguards cell identities but could also lead to base mutations12–15.”
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“This process promotes extensive endogenous DNA damage in neuronal enhancers, safeguards cell identities but could also lead to base mutations12–15.”
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“This process promotes extensive endogenous DNA damage in neuronal enhancers, safeguards cell identities but could also lead to base mutations12–15.”
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“Recent studies revealed that DNA repair hotspots are enriched in a subset of regulatory regions including enhancers, to protect the identities and functions of postmitotic cells (such as neurons)12,13,15.”
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“Moreover, the observed DNA damage hotspots are combined results from DNA damage formation and repair12,13.”
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“neurons also actively induce both DSBs and single-stranded breaks as part of their normal physiology”
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“we are just beginning to appreciate the significance of a lesion’s genomic location in relation to its effect on neuronal activity and, ultimately, degeneration”
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“DNA repair mapping reveals that postmitotic neurons do indeed accumulate breaks in regulatory elements associated with neuronal function”
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“To this end, genome‐wide profiling of DNA breaks in post‐mitotic neurons have revealed that their locations are likely major mediators of their toxicity.”
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“As described earlier, the use of nucleoside analog incorporation to map DNA repair has led to the observation that postmitotic neurons harbor SSBs and other forms of breaks in the regulatory regions of genes that modulate synaptic plasticity and neuronal function (Reid et al, 2021; Wu et al, 2021).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Reid, D. A., Reed, P. J., Schlachetzki, J. C. M., Nitulescu, I. I., Chou, G., Tsui, E. C., Jones, J. R., Chandran, S., Lu, A. T., McClain, C. A., Ooi, J. H., Wang, T.-W., Lana, A. J., Linker, S. B., Ricciardulli, A. S., Lau, S., Schafer, S. T., Horvath, S., Dixon, J. R., Hah, N., Glass, C. K., & Gage, F. H.
- Affiliations
- Salk Institute for Biological Studies (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- Corresponding author
- Reid, Dylan A.
- Reed, Patrick J.
- Schlachetzki, Johannes C. M.
- Nitulescu, Ioana I.
- Chou, Grace
- Tsui, Enoch C.
- Jones, Jeffrey R.
- Gage, Fred H.
- ORCID
- Reid, Dylan A.
- Reed, Patrick J.
- Schlachetzki, Johannes C. M.
- Nitulescu, Ioana I.
- Chou, Grace
- Tsui, Enoch C.
- Jones, Jeffrey R.
- Chandran, Sahaana
- Lu, Ake T.
- McClain, Claire A.
- Ooi, Jean H.
- Wang, Tzu-Wen
- Lana, Addison J.
- Linker, Sara B.
- Ricciardulli, Anthony S.
- Lau, Shong
- Schafer, Simon T.
- Horvath, Steve
- Dixon, Jesse R.
- Hah, Nasun
- Glass, Christopher K.
- Gage, Fred H.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2021-04-02
- Volume
- 372
- Issue
- 6537
- Pages
- 91-94
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- PMC
- PMC9179101
- OpenAlex
- W3151212872
- Cited by
- 121
- References
- 81
- Citations by year
- 2026: 18 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 26 · 2022: 27 · 2021: 7
- FWCI
- 6.59
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- NIH Office of the Director (AG056306, DP5OD023071-03)
- Alzheimer’s Association (AARF-17-504089)
- Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust
- JPB Foundation
- NIH (R01AG056411-02)
- American Heart Association/Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group Brain Health & Cognitive Impairment Initiative (19PABHI34610000)
- Dolby Charitable Trust
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Keywords
- DNA repair, genomic instability, postmitotic neurons, RNA-binding proteins, embryonic stem cell-derived neurons, aging, genome stability, essential genes
- MeSH terms
- Aging, Deoxyuridine, DNA Damage, DNA Repair, Histones, Humans, Mitosis, Mutation, Nervous System Diseases, Neurons, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Transcription, Genetic, Genome, Human, RNA-Binding Proteins, Sequence Analysis, DNA, DNA, Intergenic, Genomic Instability, Embryonic Stem Cells
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