The existence of modified ribonucleotide monophosphates embedded in genomic DNA, as a consequence of oxidative stress conditions, including 8-oxo-guanosine and ribose monophosphate abasic site (rAP), has been recently highlighted by several works and associated with oxidative stress conditions. Although human apurinic-apyrimidinic endodeoxyribonuclease 1 (APE1), a key enzyme of the base-excision repair pathway, repairs rAP sites and canonical deoxyribose monophosphate abasic sites with similar efficiency, its incision-repairing activity on 8-oxo-guanosine is very weak. The aims of this work were to: (i) identify proteins able to specifically bind 8-oxo-guanosine embedded in DNA and promote APE1 endoribonuclease activity on this lesion, and (ii) characterize the molecular and biological relevance of this interaction using human cancer cell lines.
Results:
By using an unbiased proteomic approach, we discovered that the AU-rich element RNA-binding protein 1 (AUF1) actively recognizes 8-oxo-guanosine and stimulates the APE1 enzymatic activity on this DNA lesion. By using orthogonal approaches, we found that: (i) the interaction between AUF1 and APE1 is modulated by H2O2-treatment; (ii) depletion of APE1 and AUF1 causes the accumulation of single- and double- strand breaks; and (iii) both proteins are involved in modulating the formation of DNA:RNA hybrids.
Innovation:
These results establish unexpected functions of AUF1 in modulating genome stability and improve our knowledge of APE1 biology with respect to 8-oxo-guanosine embedded in DNA.
Conclusion:
By showing a novel function of AUF1, our findings shed new light on the process of genome stability in mammalian cells toward oxidative stress-related damages. Antioxid. Redox Signal. 39, 411–431.
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