Fenofibrate triggers apoptosis of glioblastoma cells in vitro
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The rapid accumulation of signaling and repair factors in the vicinity of DNA lesions is an integral part of the cellular DNA damage response (DDR) to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs).1,2 This is initiated by posttranslational modifications of core histones, to which various effector proteins bind. The priming modification is ATM-mediated phosphorylation of histone H2AX at Ser-139 (γ-H2AX), a mark that exclusively decorates nuclear sites of DNA damage.2,3 Subsequently, accumulation of repair factors such as 53BP1 and the BRCA1 A complex impinges on the formation of K63-linked ubiquitin chains on histones H2A and H2AX, catalyzed in a sequential manner by the DNA damage-responsive E3 ubiquitin ligases RNF8 and RNF168. First, recruitment of RNF8 to DSB sites triggers initial Ubc13-dependent K63linked ubiquitylation of H2A-type histones, generating landing pads for another E3 ligase, RNF168, which also acts in conjunction with Ubc13 to amplify and spread polyubiquitylation of H2A-type histones to levels sufficient to allow sustained retention of repair factors at the damaged chromatin.1,4,5 These insights have given rise to the exciting concept of a DNA damage-specific “histone code,” a series of sequential histone modifications that uniquely demarcate sites of DNA damage, distinguishing them from other chromatin landscapes. Such a concept is widely accepted for many transcriptional processes, where propagation of several inter-dependent histone marks are required to activate transcription at specific gene promoters.6 Despite impressive advances in our understanding of the molecular underpinnings of DSB-associated chromatin ubiquitylation, one fundamental aspect of the DSB-specific histone code that has remained elusive is the actual site(s) of RNF8/RNF168-mediated ubiquitylation on H2A-type histones. in a previous issue of Cell Cycle, Penengo and coworkers provide important new insight into this Cell Cycle News & Views
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