Drosophila FMRP participates in the DNA damage response by regulating G2/M cell cycle checkpoint and apoptosis
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Drosophila FMRP participates in the DNA damage response by regulating G2/M cell cycle checkpoint and apoptosis
Abstract
Fragile X syndrome, the most common form of inherited mental retardation, is caused by the loss of the fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP). FMRP is a ubiquitously expressed, multi-domain RNA-binding protein, but its in vivo function remains poorly understood. Recent studies have shown that FMRP participates in cell cycle control during development. Here, we used Drosophila mutants to test if FMRP plays a role in DNA damage response under genotoxic stress. We found significantly fewer dfmr1 mutants survived to adulthood than wild-types following irradiation or exposure to chemical mutagens, demonstrating that the loss of drosophila FMRP (dFMRP) results in hypersensitivity to genotoxic stress. Genotoxic stress significantly reduced mitotic cells in wild-type brains, indicating the activation of a DNA damage-induced G2/M checkpoint, while mitosis was only moderately suppressed in dfmr1 mutants. Elevated expression of cyclin B, a protein critical for the G2 to M transition, was observed in the larval brains of dfmr1 mutants. CycB mRNA transcripts were enriched in the dFMRP-containing complex, suggesting that dFMRP regulates DNA damage-induced G2/M checkpoint by repressing CycB mRNA translation. Reducing CycB dose by half in dfmr1 mutants rescued the defective G2/M checkpoint and reversed hypersensitivity to genotoxic stress. In addition, dfmr1 mutants exhibited more DNA breaks and elevated p53-dependent apoptosis following irradiation. Moreover, a loss-of-heterozygosity assay showed decreased irradiation-induced genome stability in dfmr1 mutants. Thus, dFMRP maintains genome stability under genotoxic stress and regulates the G2/M DNA damage checkpoint by suppressing CycB expression.
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