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Crosstalk among hormones and signaling networks during stomatal development in Arabidopsis hypocotyls

  • Received: 14 July 2016 Accepted: 23 September 2016 Published: 25 January 2016
  • During development, signaling networks specify stomatal cell fate and patterning in response to phytohormones. A number of studies in the past few years have revealed that brassinosteroids repress the signaling pathway that inactivates SPEECHLESS (SPCH), promoting stomatal cell fate determination in the hypocotyl. These plant hormones also control stomatal patterning specification by regulating genes in the TTG/BHLHs/MYBs/GL2 network. Gibberellins, like brassinosteroids, promote stomatal formation in the embryonic stem, which suggests that their signaling pathways may converge. These phytohormones also regulate LLM-domain B-GATA factors. The involvement of these factors as positive regulators of stomatal formation, which function upstream of SPCH, suggests that the brassinosteroid and gibberellin signaling pathways may converge to control stomatal cell fate specification. In addition, the leucine-rich repeat-containing receptor-like protein TOO MANY MOUTHS acts later than these hormones in the cell division sequence that triggers stomatal formation, and it also appears to control stomatal initiation in response to brassinosteroids. The emerging picture suggests that crosstalk among hormones and signaling networks guides stomatal cell fate determination and patterning in the hypocotyl.

    Citation: Laura Serna. Crosstalk among hormones and signaling networks during stomatal development in Arabidopsis hypocotyls[J]. AIMS Molecular Science, 2016, 3(4): 550-559. doi: 10.3934/molsci.2016.4.550

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    1. Introduction

    Sister chromatids are ideal templates for recombinational repair since they are essentially identical copies generated by DNA replication [1]. Higher levels of sister chromatid exchanges occur after cells are exposed to diverse DNA damaging agents [2] or in cell lines that are mutated for DNA metabolism genes, such as BLM, the gene mutated in Bloom's Syndrome [3]. Multiple genetic pathways, including those in recombinational repair [4], DNA damage-induced checkpoints [5,6,7], and nucleotide excision repair [8], are involved in promoting recombination between sister chromatids. While both recombinational repair and G2 checkpoint genes are required for double-strand break (DSB)-associated SCE [8,9] and have been extensively studied (for review, see [10]), mechanisms that promote DNA damage-associated SCE after cells are exposed to DNA damaging agents that stall or impede DNA replication are still unclear.

    Many potent recombinagens, which stimulate SCE, do not directly induce DSBs, but instead create DNA bulky adducts or intrastrand cross-links. Such agents include UV radiation [11], 4-nitroquinoline oxide (4NQO, [11]), and methyl methanesulfonate (MMS, [11,12]). Specific types of bulky adducts can indirectly be a source of single-strand and DSBs by causing oxidative damage, by impeding DNA replication, or by being substrates for base excision (BER, [13]) or nucleotide excision repair enzymes (NER, [14,15]). For example, MMS generates 3-methyl adenine adducts, which impedes DNA replication by blocking polymerases in the minor grove (for review, see [16]), and 4NQO generates stable quinoline monoadducts such as 3-(deoxyadenosin-N6-yl)-4AQO and N4-(guanosin-7-yl-4AQO) [17], which also stall DNA polymerase progression [18]. Whereas the 3-methyl adenine adducts are substrates for BER [19], 4-NQO-associated adducts are substrates for NER [14,20]. However, additional studies support the notion that replication-associated SCE does not require NER [21], suggesting that bulky adducts may stimulate SCE by alternative mechanisms.

    Such alternative mechanisms for stimulating SCE may involve DNA damage tolerance mechanisms, which allow DNA polymerases to bypass DNA adducts so that replication can be completed [22,23,24]. While polymerase-switch pathways, in which high fidelity polymerases are switched to low fidelity polymerases, are often error-prone, template switch mechanisms, in which the DNA polymerase switches from the damaged DNA template to the undamaged template, is error-free [25,26,27]. An intermediate in the template switch pathway is the Holliday structure, which can be resolved by Sgs1 (BLM) so that cross-over events are minimized [28,29].

    In eukaryotic cells, the RAD18/RAD6 pathway confers DNA damage tolerance and catalyzes post-translational modifications in PCNA (for reviews, see [30,31]). Rad6/Rad18 is required for monoubiquitination of PCNA, whereas Rad5, a ring finger protein that contains both a ATPase and an E3 ubiquitin domain, is required for subsequent PCNA polyubiquitination (for review, see [32]). The ATPase domain is required for Rad5's helicase activity, which is necessary to reverse collapsed replication forks so that template switch mechanisms can allow polymerases to proceed [33]. To add polyubiquitin to PCNA, the Rad5 E3 Ub ligase requires the Ubc13/Mms2 heterodimer, which functions as a E2 Ub-conjugating enzyme [30,31]. Since neither ubc13 nor mms2 mutants are as UV sensitive as rad5 mutants, other Rad5 functions, such as Rad5-helicase, are critical for UV resistance [34]. Nonetheless, the role of many RAD5-associated functions in DNA damage-associated or spontaneous SCE events is unclear.

    While both in vivo and in vitro studies clearly support RAD5's function in template switch mechanisms, it is unclear which types of DNA damage-associated SCE are actually mediated by RAD5. Previous experiments indicate that all DNA damage-associated unequal SCE (uSCE) require RAD52, RAD55, RAD57 and RAD51, genes which are also required for DSB repair [4,8]. Herein, we demonstrate that RAD5 is required for DNA damage-associated SCE after exposure to potent recombinagens that do not directly cause DSBs, while RAD5 is not required for DNA damage-associated uSCE after exposure to DSBs. While both UBC13 and MMS2 are required for MMS and 4NQO-associated uSCE, UV-associated uSCE is both UBC13 and MMS2-independent. These studies indicate that there are multiple RAD5-dependent mechanisms for DNA damage-associated uSCE events, but that DSB-associated uSCE is RAD5-independent.


    2. Materials and methods


    2.1. Media and yeast strains

    Standard media for the culture of yeast, SC (synthetic complete, dextrose), SC-HIS (SC lacking histidine), SC-LEU (SC lacking leucine), SC-TRP (SC lacking tryptophan), SC-URA (SC lacking uracil), YP (yeast extract, peptone), and YPD (YP, dextrose), are described by Burke et al. [35]. YPL medium contains YP with 2% lactate (pH 5.8); YPGlu medium contains YP medium with 2% glucose; YPGal medium contains YP medium with 2% ultra-pure galactose (Sigma, St Louis, MO).


    2.2. Relevant yeast strains and recombination assays

    The recombination assays are shown in Figure 1, and the strains are listed in Table 1. Haploid strains used to measure SCE contain two overlapping his3 fragments [12], positioned in tandem at trp1, and were derived from YB163. The assay consists of two truncated fragments of the his3 gene that placed in tandem so that their wild-type ends are in juxtaposition. The 117 MATa sequence containing the HO endonuclease recognition sequence was placed within one of the fragments, his3-Δ3'::HOcs, so that DSB-associated SCE could be directly measured, as previously described [5,8]. The assay to measure translocation formation consists of two fragments of his3 positioned on chromosomes Ⅳ and Ⅱ, respectively [12].

    Figure 1. Recombination assays used in this study. Ovals represent centromeres and lines represent chromosomes. For simplicity, the left arms of the chromosomes are not included. The position and orientation of the his3 recombinational substrates, which are present in strains used to measure (A) unequal SCE and (B) reciprocal translocations, are shown. An X designates potential sites of crossovers, and the resulting chromosomal rearrangement is presented. An arrow and feathers denote HIS3. As indicated on the bottom right of the figure, the 5' deletion, his3-Δ5', lacks the feathers and the 3' deletion, his3-Δ3', lacks the arrow. The two regions of sequence identity shared by the his3 fragments are indicated by decorated boxes; broadly spaced diagonal lines indicate a region of 300 bp, and tightly spaced diagonal lines indicate a region of 167 bp. The 117-bp HO cut site (HOcs), as indicated by an arrow, is located between these sequences within the his3-Δ3'::HOcs fragment. In strains measuring SCE, the his3-truncated fragments are integrated into the trp1 locus on chromosome Ⅳ. In strains measuring ectopic recombination, the his3-Δ3' is located within the TRP1 gene. The products of the recombination event (right) are two chromosomal translocations; in one translocation, CEN2 is linked to the long arm of chromosome Ⅳ and in the other, CEN4 is linked to the long arm of chromosome Ⅱ.
    Table 1. Yeast Strains.
    Strain (Synonym) Genotype Autonomous plasmid Reference (Source)
    BY4741 MATa ura3Δ0 leu2Δ0 his3Δ1 lys2Δ0 met15Δ0 [36]
    YA201 See BY4741 rad5::KanMX [36]
    YA284 See BY4741 ubc13::KanMX [36]
    YA285 See BY4741 mms2::KanMX [36]
    YA286 See BY4741 sgs1::KanMX [36]
    YA287 See BY4741 srs2::KanMX [36]
    YB163 MATa-inc ura3-52 his3-Δ200 ade2-101 lys2-801 trp1-Δ1 gal3 trp1::[his3-Δ3'::HOcs, his3-Δ5'] [8]
    YB204 MATα ura3-52 his3-Δ200 ade2-101 lys2-801 trp1-Δ1 gal3 trp1::[his3-Δ3'::HOcs, his3-Δ5'] leu2-Δ1 [8]
    YB441 MATα ura3-52 his3-Δ200 ade2-101 trp1-Δ1 gal3 trp1::[his3-Δ3'::HOcs, his3-Δ5'] leu2-Δ1 rad5::KanMX, Meiotic segregant from YB204 × YA201
    YB442 MATα ura3-52 his3-Δ200 ade2-101 trp1-Δ1 gal3 trp1::[his3-Δ3'::HOcs, his3-Δ5'] leu2-Δ1 rad5::KanMX, PR-30 Leu+ transformant of YB441
    YB443 MATα ura3-52 his3-Δ200 ade2-101 trp1-Δ1 gal3 trp1::[his3-Δ3'::HOcs, his3-Δ5'] leu2-Δ1 rad5::KanMX, PR-28 Leu+ transformant of YB441
    YB444 MATα ura3-52 his3-Δ200 ade2-101 trp1-Δ1 gal3 trp1::[his3-Δ3'::HOcs, his3-Δ5'] leu2-Δ1 rad5::KanMX, PR-19 Leu+ transformant of YB441
    YB445 MATa-inc ura3-52 his3-Δ200 ade2-101 trp1-Δ1 gal3 trp1::[his3-Δ3'::HOcs, his3-Δ5'] leu2-Δ1 rad5::KanMX, PGHOT GAL3 Meiotic segregant of YB441 × YB163, Trp+ transformant
    YB446 MATa ura3-52 his3-Δ200 ade2-101 trp1-Δ1 gal3 trp1::[his3-Δ3'::HOcs, his3-Δ5'] leu2-Δ1 sgs1::KanMX Meiotic segregant from YB445 × YA286
    YB447 MATa ura3-52 his3-Δ200 ade2-101 trp1-Δ1 gal3 trp1::[his3-Δ3'::HOcs, his3-Δ5'] leu2-Δ1 srs2::KanMX Meiotic segregant from YB204 × YA287
    YB448 MATα ura3-52 his3-Δ200 ade2-101 trp1-Δ1 gal3 trp1::[his3-Δ3'::HOcs, his3-Δ5'] leu2-Δ1 srs2::KanMX, rad5::KanMX Meiotic segregant from YB441 and YB447
    YB449 MATα ura3-52 his3-Δ200 ade2-101 trp1-Δ1 gal3 trp1::[his3-Δ3'::HOcs, his3-Δ5'] leu2-Δ1 ubc13:::KanMX Meiotic segregant from YB204 × YA284
    YB550 MATα ura3-52 his3-Δ200 ade2-101 trp1-Δ1 gal3 trp1::[his3-Δ3'::HOcs, his3-Δ5'] leu2-Δ1 mms2:::KanMX Meiotic segregant from YB204 × YA285
    YB551 MATα ura3-52 his3-Δ200 ade2-101 trp1-Δ1 gal3 trp1::[his3-Δ3'::HOcs, his3-Δ5'] leu2-Δ1 rad5:::KanMX, sgs1::KanMX Meiotic segregant from YB441 × Y446
    YB348 MAT a/MATα ura3-52/-his3-200/-ade2-n/ade2-a trp1-1/-gal3- leu2-3, 112/-GAL1::his3-5' trp1::his3-3'::HOcs- This laboratory
    YB554 MAT a/MATα ura3-52/-his3-200/-ade2-n/ade2-a trp1-1/-gal3- leu2-3, 112/-GAL1::his3-5' trp1::his3-3'::HOcs rad5::KanMX/- This laboratory
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    The rad5, sgs1, ubc13, srs2, and mms2 mutants were made by the appropriate genetic crosses; the original knock-out strains were derived from BY4741 [36] (Table 1). Strains used to determine the frequency of recombination events stimulated by HO endonuclease-induced DSBs contained the MATa-inc allele, so that the only DSB occurred at the recombination substrate. The his3-Δ200 allele was confirmed by PCR, using oligonucleotides previously published [8]; the rad5 disruption allele was confirmed by PCR using 5'AAATCAAAATGAAGTAAAACCCCTC3' and 5'TGGC-TGGAAAACTTTCATCTACTAC3', which flank the 5' side and 3' side of the gene, respectively.

    The double rad5 sgs1 and rad5 srs2 mutants were made by genetic crosses and meiotic segregants were obtained after tetrad dissections. Two meiotic segregants were obtained that were rad5 sgs1 and confirmed by PCR. The rad5 sgs1 double mutant was also confirmed by hydroxyurea and UV sensitivity.


    2.3. Measuring rates of spontaneous recombination

    The rates (events per cell division) of spontaneous, mitotic events that generate either SCE or translocations were determined by the method of the median [37] as performed by Esposito et al. [38], using nine independent colonies for each rate calculation. At least two independent rate calculations were done for each strain, and statistical significance was determined by the Mann-Whitney U-test [39].


    2.4. Determining frequencies of DNA damage-associated recombinants

    Protocols used to measure the recombinogenicity of UV, X-rays, MMS, and 4-NQO were previously described [8,11]. To measure radiation-associated recombination, we used an X-ray radiation source purchased from Faxitron, Inc. (Wheeling, IL), and the dose rate was 100 rad/min. A 254 nM germicidal lamp (2 J/M2/s) was used for UV irradiation. MMS and 4-NQO were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich Co.

    At least three independent experiments were done for each DNA-damaging agent. We reported the spontaneous recombination frequencies [number of His+ recombinants per colony forming unit (CFU)] and recombination frequencies obtained after exposure to DNA-damaging agents (stimulated frequency). The average net frequency of His+ recombinants was determined by first subtracting the spontaneous frequency from the stimulated frequency f or each experiment and then taking the average. Statistical significance was determined by the Student's t-test [39].


    2.5. Induction of HO endonuclease

    pGHOT-GAL3 [5], containing the HO gene under GAL control, was introduced into wild type and rad5 mutant strains by selecting for Trp+ transformants. After growth in SC-TRP medium, cells were diluted 1:10 in YP Lactate and incubated for a minimum of 12 h. At a density of 107cells/mL, glucose or galactose was added to a final concentration of 2%, to either repress or induce the expression of HO endonuclease, respectively. After 2 h, cells were plated directly on YPD medium for viability and on SC-HIS to measure recombination. Colonies appearing on YPD medium were replica plated on SC-TRP to measure the number of Trp+ colonies containing the pGHOT-GAL3 plasmid.


    3. Results


    3.1. Spontaneous rates of unequal sister chromatid recombination do not change in mutants defective in posttranslational PCNA modifications but are increased in sgs1 and srs2 mutants, compared to wild type

    Genes involved in the post-translational modification of PCNA include, RAD5, UBC13, and MMS2, while genes involved in the resolution of recombinational intermediates include SGS1. We tested the model whether DNA damage-associated recombination between sister chromatids essentially occurred by a template switch mechanism followed by resolution by SGS1, as suggested in Putnam et al. [40]. We first determined whether the rates of spontaneous unequal SCE were affected by deleting RAD5, SRS2, SGS1, UBC13, and MMS2 (Table 2). The rate of spontaneous SCE observed in wild-type was similar to rates observed in previous publications. The rates of spontaneous SCE in rad5, ubc13, and mms2 mutants were similar to wild type (Table 2), suggesting that another mechanism, besides template switching, was required for spontaneous recombination events. Rates of spontaneous recombination in the srs2 and the sgs1 mutants were elevated two-fold and six-fold, respectively, consistent with results that SRS2 represses recombination between direct repeats [41,42,43] and that SGS1 resolves recombination intermediates so that cross-overs do not occur [28,43]. Interestingly, sgs1 rad5 double mutant still exhibited a hyper-recombination phenotype (Table 2), suggesting that some recombination events observed in the sgs1 mutant did not proceed by a template-switch mechanism. These results indicate that rates of spontaneous uSCE are not affected by mutations in genes that function in PCNA ubiquitination.

    Table 2. Rates of spontaneous, mitotic recombination in rad5, sgs1, srs2, mms2, ubc13 mutants.
    Genotype (Strain) Ratec Ratiod
    Strains to measure uSCEa ×10-6
    Wild type (YB163) 0.81 ± 0.06 1
    rad5 (YB441) 1.4 ± 0.08 1.8
    sgs1 (YB446) 4.7 ± 0.7 5.9
    srs2 (YB447) 2.0 ± 0.03 2.5
    ubc13 (YB449) 0.73 ± 0.2 0.9
    mms2 (YB550) 0.95 ± 0.05 1.2
    rad5 sgs1 (YB551) 3.5 ± 0.04 4.4
    Strains to measure translocations b ×10-8
    Wild Type (YB348) 3.0 ± 0.8 1
    rad5 (YB554) 10.5 ± 8.1 3
    aAll strains contain his3-5' his3-3'::HOcs and are isogenic to S288C, see Table 1 for full genotype.
    bAll strains contain trp1:: his3-3'::HOcs and GAL1:: his3-5', see Table 1 for complete genotype.
    cNumber of recombinants per cell division, N > 2.
    dRate in mutant/wild type. Bold print indicates significant difference compared to wild type (P < 0.05).
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    3.2. DNA damage-associated uSCE events are decreased in rad5 mutants after exposure to UV, the UV-mimetic agent 4-NQO, and the X-ray mimetic agent MMS

    Stimulation of unequal SCE events after exposure to chemical DNA damaging agents can be observed using a halo assay, in which cells are exposed to a DNA damaging agent that diffuses from the center of the plate (Figure 2). As in previous studies [8], we observed a dense halo of chemically-induced His+ recombinants after wild-type cells were plated on SC-HIS and exposed to either MMS, a X-ray mimetic agent, or 4NQO, a UV-mimetic agent. However, we did not observe a strong ring of stimulated colonies in the rad5 mutant after cells were exposed to either MMS or 4-NQO. A similar result was observed in a rad5 diploid mutant to monitor uSCE (data not shown). These data indicate that DNA damage-associated SCE resulting from continual exposure to chemical agents is dependent on RAD5.

    Figure 2. Plate assay demonstrating the DNA damage inducibility of SCE in the wild type strain but not in rad5 strains. Each SC-HIS plate contains a lawn of 10e7 cells, and the chemical agent 4-NQO (0.5 μL 14 mM) was spotted in the center. The plates were incubated at 30 ℃ for three days. (A) Wild type (YB163), (B) sgs1 (YB446), (C) rad5 (YB441), (D) ubc13 (YB449). Complete genotypes are given in Table 1.

    To quantify DNA damage-associated recombination in rad5 mutants after acute exposures to chemical agents, we measured frequencies of DNA damage-associated frequencies of SCE in rad5 mutants. In wild type cells, we observed a 3-4 fold increase of SCE after chemical exposures that yield < 50% toxicity, while 14-fold increases were observed at higher exposure levels (Figure 3), consistent with previous studies [8,11]. However, frequencies of unequal SCE in rad5 mutants did not increase after exposure to either 4-NQO or MMS. Exposure to 10 M 4NQO conferred greater than 95% lethality, rendering it difficult to accurately assess DNA damage-associated recombination. These data indicate that rad5 mutants are defective in DNA damage associated SCE after exposure to DNA damaging agents that produce DNA bulky adducts. Considering that many potent chemical recombinagens, such as 4-NQO, are UV radiation mimetic agents, we next (Figure 4) determined whether UV exposure stimulated recombination in rad5 mutants. We observed a 3-4 fold increase in recombination in wild type but not in rad5 cells after exposure to 120 J/M2 of UV radiation. However, since the rad5 mutant is UV sensitive, we also exposed rad5 cells to lower doses of UV, after which the survival percentages were approximately 50%. Our data indicates that even at exposure to low UV doses, DNA damage-associated SCE requires RAD5 (Figure 4).

    Figure 3. uSCE frequencies in wild-type, srs2, rad5, ubc13, mms2, sgs1, rad5 srs2 strains after exposure to either MMS or 4-NQO. The recombination frequencies are shown in the left figure and the percent survival is shown in the right figure. Average spontaneous frequencies are represented by white bars, MMS (0.02%)-associated frequencies are under the gray bar, NQO (1 M)-associated frequencies are under the red bar, and NQO (10 M)-associated frequencies are under the red bar; N > 3. Complete genotypes of wild-type (YB163), srs2 (YB447), rad5 (YB441), ubc13 (YB449), mms2 YB450), sgs1 (YB446), rad5 srs2 (YB448) strains are given in Table 1. The percent survival is calculated as (Total CFU after exposure/Total CFU before exposure) × 100%. Significant increases are shown above the bars (DNA damage-associated frequency/spontaneous frequency), P < 0.05..
    Figure 4. SCE frequencies in wild-type and rad5 strains after exposure to UV and X-ray radiation. The panels on the left (A, E) plot the radiation-associated SCE frequencies against either the UV (A) or the X-ray (E) radiation dose. The net UV-associated SCE frequency was plotted against the UV dose in panel (C). The panels on the right (B, D, F) plot the percent survival against the dose. Triangles represent data points for wild type and diamond represent data points for the rad5 mutant..

    3.3. Rad5 mutants are not defective in X-ray or HO-endonuclease associated uSCE events

    Because some MMS-associated DNA damage is radiomimetic, we asked whether uSCE recombination was also stimulated by X rays in the rad5 mutant. After exposure to 4, 6, and 8 krads of X-rays we observed that X-ray-associated recombination occurred in both wild-type and rad5 mutants; the maximum increase was three-fold, compared to the frequency obtained after no exposure (Figure 4). Since X-rays also induce single-strand nicks in DNA, we directly generated a DSB at the site of the recombination substrate using a galactose-inducible HO endonuclease. Whereas we observed a 13-fold increase in wild type, we observed a 36-fold increase in the rad5 mutants; the viability after HO induction was the same (Table 3). Although the increase in HO endonuclease-induced SCE is not understood, previous reports have suggested that homologous recombination is enhanced in rad5 mutants if non-homologous recombination is not efficient [44]. Thus, both X rays and HO-endonuclease generated DSBs can stimulate SCE in both rad5 and wild type strains, indicating that DSB-associated uSCE recombination is RAD5-independent.

    Table 3. Stimulation of SCE by HO-induced DSBs in wild type and rad5 haploid strains.
    Genotypea (Strain) % Viability after HO inductionb His+recombinants/Trp+CFU × 105 Fold increasee Ratiof
    Before HO After HO
    inductionc inductiond
    Wild type (YB163) 84 ± 18 5.8 ± 1.0 76 ± 13 13 1
    rad5 (YB445) 76 ± 26 8.1 ± 2.6 304 ± 13 36 3.3
    aFor complete genotype, see Table 1.
    bTrp+CFU after HO induction/Trp+CFU before HO induction × 100%.
    cHis+recombinants before HO induction/Trp+CFU before HO induction.
    dHis+recombinants after HO induction/Trp+CFU after HO induction.
    eHis+frequency after HO induction/His+frequency before HO induction.
    fFold increase in mutant/Fold increase in wild type.
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    3.4. Both rad5 helicase function and ubiquitin ligase functions are required for 4NQO-associated SCE

    The Rad5 protein has multiple domains; it functions both as a helicase and an ubiquitin ligase [34]. We therefore asked whether a rad5 mutant that retained the helicase function or ubiquitin ligase function was still proficient at DNA damage-associated SCE. Pages et al. [34] had previous constructed a rad5 variant containing the D681, E682/AA mutations conferring a deficiency in the helicase function, and a rad5 variant containing C914, C917/AA in the C3HC4 ring-finger motif conferring a deficiency in the ubiquitin ligase function; the variants are present on plasmids pR-30 and pR-19, respectively, while RAD5 is present on pR-28. We introduced these three plasmids into rad5 mutants and measured DNA damage-associated recombination after exposure to 10 M 4NQO (Table 4). While we observed a nine-fold increase in 4NQO-associated recombination in either a rad5 strain containing pR28 (RAD5) or in a wild type strain, we only observed a four-fold and three-fold increase in 4NQO-associated SCE in rad5 deletion mutants containing pR-19 (rad5 C914, C917/AA) or pR-30 (rad5 D681, E682/AA), respectively. Although this would suggest that both ubiquitin ligase and helicase functions are required for 4NQO-associated recombination, Choi et al. [45] suggest that the Rad5 helicase motif important for ATP binding is also required for PCNA polyubiquitination.

    Table 4. Requirement of ubiquitin-ligase and ATpase-associate Rad5 functions for DNA damage-associated SCE.
    Strain and plasmid, (RAD5 allele and alias)a Survivalb Spont Freq (×10-5)c 4NQO-associated Freq (×10-5)d Fold Inductione
    RAD5 (YB163) 47% 2.7 ± 0.9 24 ± 18 9
    rad5 + pR19 (rad5-C914, C917/AA, YB444) 43% 1.5 ± 0.5 6 ± 2.6 4
    rad5 + pR28 (RAD5, YB443) 39% 1.7 ± 0.4 19 ± 13 9
    rad5 + pR30 (rad5 D681, E682/AA, YB442) 34% 1.5 ± 0.7 4.1 ± 2 2.7
    rad5 (YB441) < 0.3% 1.3 ± 0.6 1.3 1
    aFor complete genotype, see Table 1.
    bSurvival = Total CFU after exposure/Total CFU before exposure ×100%.
    cHis+recombinants/Total CFU (×10-5), N ≥ 3.
    dHis+recombinants/Total CFU (×10-5), N ≥ 3.
    eSCE frequency after exposure/SCE frequency before exposure.
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    If PCNA modification is important in DNA damage-associated SCE, then either UBC13 or MMS2, which are also required for PCNA polyubiquitination and error-free DNA damage tolerance, should also be defective in DNA damage-associated SCE. Our data indicate that both ubc13 and mms2 mutants are defective for MMS and 4NQO-associated SCE recombination; however, unlike rad5 mutants, we still observed some DNA damage-associated SCE in the halo assay (Figure 2). Interestingly, we observed similar frequencies of UV-associated SCE recombination in ubc13, mms2, and wild type (Figure 5). These data indicate that PCNA polyubiquitination is still important for DNA damage-associated SCE after cells are exposed to either MMS or 4-NQO; however neither UBC13 nor MMS2 are required for UV-associated SCE recombination. Thus, the genetic requirements for UV-associated SCE and for MMS and 4NQO-associated SCE recombination are different.

    Figure 5. SCE frequencies in ubc13, mms2 and sgs1 mutants after exposure to UV. The panels on the left (A, C, D) plot the radiation-associated frequencies against the radiation dose. The panels on the right (B, E) plot the survival percentages against the dose. Triangles represent data points for wild type, diamond represent data points for the sgs1 mutant, solid circle represents ubc13 mutant, and square represents mms2 mutant. Symbols may obscure the error bars..

    3.5. Sgs1 and srs2 deletions have opposing effects on rad5-associated uSCE

    SGS1 has been suggested to function downstream of RAD5, converting Holliday intermediates into non-recombinant products. We would thus predict that more DNA damage-associated SCE events would occur in sgs1 mutants, compared to wild type. We observed that frequencies of UV-associated SCE peaked after 60 J/M2 exposures in the sgs1 mutant, while the survival was only slightly reduced, compared to wild type (Figure 5). However, we observed that SGS1 was required for both MMS and 4NQO-associated recombination (Figure 3). The data are consistent with a previous study that MMS-associated SCE recombination is SGS1-dependent [46] and suggest that SGS1 may also function early in DNA damage-associated recombination between sister chromatids.

    SRS2 functions to channel potential recombinogenic lesions into DNA damage tolerance pathways that do not involve recombination [47]. We observed that srs2 deletion could also suppress the rad5 deficiency in DNA damage-associated SCE after exposure to low concentrations of MMS and 4NQO, and the recombination frequencies observed after DNA damage exposure for both wild type and the rad5 srs2 double mutant were similar (P > 0.05). However, the DNA damage sensitivities of the rad5 srs2 mutant were only partially suppressed (Figure 3), indicating that SRS2 may also promote recombination [48]. These results indicate that RAD5 is not required for DNA damage-associated SCE after exposures to low concentrations of the DNA damaging agent in srs2 mutants.


    3.6. DNA damage-associated homologous recombination is enhanced between ectopic sequences

    One explanation for the RAD5-dependence for DNA damage-associated recombination between his3 fragments is that RAD5 is required for DNA damage-associated recombination between the his3 fragments, regardless of their position in the genome. To test this explanation, we measured both spontaneous and DNA damage-associated recombination in a strain where the his3 recombination substrates were positioned on non-homologous chromosomes (Figure 1). The rate of spontaneous recombination that generates translocations was not different in the rad5 strain, compared to wild-type (Table 2). We then measured DNA damage-associated recombination between his3 recombination substrates on non-homologous chromosomes after exposure to MMS (0.02%), 4-NQO (10 M), and UV (30 J/M2). Compared to wild type strains, we observed a three-fold difference in UV-associated translocation frequencies in rad5 diploids after 30 J/M2 exposure (Figure 6) and a significant increase (P < 0.05) in the translocation frequencies in the rad5 diploid after exposure to MMS, compared to the MMS-associated translocation frequencies in wild type. These data indicate that RAD5 requirement for recombination between his3 recombination substrates depends on their position in the genome.

    Figure 6. Translocation frequencies in wild-type and rad5 diploid strains after exposure to either MMS (0.02%), UV (30 J/M2) or 4-NQO (10 M). The recombination frequencies are shown in the left and the percent survival is shown in the right panel. Black bars represent recombination frequencies and survival percentages obtained from the wild type strain (YB348) and red bars represent those obtained from the rad5 strains (YB554); N > 3. Complete genotypes of wild-type (YB348), rad5 (YB554) strains are given in Table 1. The percent survival is calculated as (Total CFU after exposure/Total CFU before exposure) × 100%. Spontaneous frequencies were (1.3 ± 0.7) × 10-7 for the wild type and (4.3 ± 0.7) × 10-7 for the rad5 diploid..

    4. Conclusion

    Exposure to potent recombinagens, such as MMS, 4NQO, and UV, can increase frequencies of homologous recombination events occurring between sister chromatids, homologs, and repeated sequences on non-homologous chromosomes (ectopic recombination). However, it is unclear whether the major mechanism by which many bulky DNA adducts stimulate recombination at different sites in the genome is the same. For example, DNA-damage-associated SCE could occur by template switching, recombination initiated by collapsed DNA replication forks, or DSB-initiated gap repair. Multiple studies support the idea that RAD5-mediated template switch mechanisms are involved in the generation of recombination intermediates and that such intermediates are suppressed by SGS1 [18,25]. RAD5-associated functions include PCNA polyubiquitination and ATPase activity [34]. Here, we measured frequencies of spontaneous and DNA damage-associated uSCE in wild type and template switch mutants of budding yeast after exposure to X-rays, HO-induced DSBs, UV, MMS, and 4-NQO. We derived three major conclusions from our results. First, RAD5 is required for UV, MMS, or 4-NQO-associated uSCE but is not required for uSCE stimulated by ionizing radiation or HO endonuclease-induced DSBs. Second, MMS and 4NQO-associated uSCE but not UV-associated SCE required SGS1, UBC13, or MMS2, suggesting that genetic requirements for template switching depend on the type of DNA adduct. Third, RAD5 is not required for spontaneous SCE nor for the hyper-recombination between SCE observed in sgs1 mutants. This is the first study to show that template switch mechanisms are involved in suppressing DNA damage-associated homologous recombination between repeated sequences present on non-homologous chromosomes.

    These conclusions were based on assays using tandem his3 recombinational substrates or his3 fragments located on non-homologous chromosomes. The results may appear to contradict observations derived from recombination assays using non-tandem or inverted repeats, or plasmid-based recombination assays [40,48,49]. However, our previous studies have indicated that the RAD gene and checkpoint requirements for spontaneous or DNA damage-associated recombination differ depending on both the arrangement and the location of the his3 fragments [4]. Thus, further studies are necessary to determine whether similar results would be obtained using alternative assays to monitor sister chromatid recombination.

    The multiple RAD5-dependent pathways involved in DNA damage-associated SCE correlate with observations that recombinogenic agents that generate DNA replication blocks have different effects on replication fork progression in vivo. For example, UV slows DNA replication progression in vivo but does not stall replication at localized replication origins, while 4NQO-associated DNA damage stalls DNA replication at localized DNA replication origins [18]. We observed that UBC13 and MMS2 are required for 4NQO-associated SCE, while these genes are not required for UV-associated SCE. The mechanism by which UV stimulates recombination between sister chromatids involves cohesins [15,50] but little is known how 4NQO stimulates recombination. Thus, the correlation between the nature of the DNA block and the requirement for UBC13 and MMS2 merits further investigation.

    A previous model for template switching suggests that SGS1 functions downstream of RAD5 in resolving recombination intermediates so that cross-overs are avoided [40]. If recombination between tandem his3 fragments also followed this pathway, then we would also expect to see higher frequencies of DNA damage-associated SCE events in sgs1 mutants, compared to wild type. Interestingly, we only observed higher DNA damage-associated frequencies after exposure to 60 J/M2UV dose; at higher UV doses we observed similar DNA damage-associated frequencies of recombination. Both 4NQO and MMS-associated uSCE were SGS1 dependent, consistent with similar experiments [46]. Eukaryotic RecQ helicases, analogous to Sgs1, have been previously suggested to reverse collapsed DNA forks [51]; however, these helicases may generate single-stranded and not double-stranded DNAs from collapsed forks in the presence of single-strand binding proteins [52]. Alternatively, SGS1 is required for Rad53 activation [53,54]; at replication blocks, RAD53 is required for chemical damage-associated [55], but not UV-associated uSCE [6], and lower levels of Rad53 activation in mec1 hypomorphs does not reduce UV-associated uSCE [56]. One possibility is that activated Rad53 phosphorylates Rad55, enabling timely progression of S phase in the presence of DNA-blocking lesions [57], while UV-associated recombination may involve nucleases, such as Mus81, that cleave stalled replication forks [58,59]. These studies suggest a correlation between the SGS1 and RAD53 requirements for DNA damage-associated recombination.

    Our observation that spontaneous and sgs1-associated spontaneous hyper-recombination between tandem his3 fragments is RAD5-independent suggest that alternative mechanisms, besides template switching, are involved in recombination between tandem his3 fragments. These alternative mechanisms may include replication slippage and break-induced replication [43]. Interestingly, while DNA damage-associated uSCE is abolished in rad51 mutants, sgs1-associated hyper-recombination between his3 fragments is only partially suppressed by rad51 mutation [43]. These results are in agreement with observations that replication intermediates may accumulate by a RAD51-independent mechanisms [60]. The observations underscore differences between spontaneous and DNA damage-associated recombination pathways, as previously observed [8]. Thus, SGS1 may abort sister chromatid recombination intermediates that are generated by multiple mechanisms.

    The RAD5 function to promote template switching also suppresses DNA damage-associated homologous recombination between sequences located at ectopic sites. This result is consistent with observations that higher levels of gross chromosomal rearrangements are generated in rad5 mutants, compared to wild type [61,62]. Although the consequences of failed template switching have not been fully explored, one possibility is that more DSBs are generated when template switching fails [61,62]. In support of this notion, exposure to DNA damaging agents stimulate more homology-directed translocations in the rad5 diploid, compared to wild type (Figure 6). Interestingly, ionizing radiation but not 4NQO stimulates more homology-directed translocations in the rad9 mutant defective in G2 checkpoint control, compared to wild type [9]. These results suggest that DSBs are an indirect consequence of 4NQO-associated DNA damage and are generated at a higher frequency in rad5 strains.

    In conclusion, we have shown that the major pathway by which MMS, 4NQO, and UV stimulate uSCE is RAD5-dependent, while DSB-initiated uSCE occurs by RAD5-independent mechanisms. MMS and 4NQO-associated but not UV-associated uSCE are UBC13, MMS2, and SGS1-dependent, suggesting that there are multiple RAD5-dependent mechanisms involved in DNA damage-associated SCE. Considering that template switch mechanisms are important in tolerating low levels of DNA damage [63], it will be important to determine whether the human [64,65] and plant [66] homologs of RAD5 share similar functions.


    Acknowledgements

    This research was supported by grants R21 ES015954 and R15 ES023685-01 (MF) from the National Institutes of Health. We thank Li Zeng and Autumn Smith for their technical support, and Keqin Ren for initial experiments to characterize the genetic control of the radiation-associated stimulation of SCE. We thank L. Prakash for the pR19, pR30, and pR28 plasmids.


    Conflict of Interest

    All authors declare that there are no conflicts of interests in this paper.


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