Dynamique de réplication du génome et réponses cellulaires au stress réplicatif
A fluctuating environment is a powerful mean of selection for living organisms, which evolved complex signaling networks to integrate these variations and direct swift and efficient cellular responses. The aim of my work is the identification and characterization of molecular mechanisms involved in the tolerance of replicative stress and DNA damage. First, we show that changes in dNTP pools affect several aspects of replication dynamics in budding yeast. dNTP levels are limiting for normal S-phase progression and determine the temporal program of replication during a replicative stress. Interestingly, we also observed that chromosomal instability (CIN) mutants display expanded dNTP pools due to the constitutive activation of the DNA damage checkpoint. Since increased dNTP levels promote forks progression in the presence of DNA lesions, we propose that CIN mutants adapt to chronic replicative stress by upregulating dNTP pools. Secondly, we bring new lights on the role of Crt10 in vivo, which has been initially identified as a negative regulator of Ribonucleotide Reductase (RNR) genes expression. Deletion of CRT10 neither leads to expanded dNTP pools, nor to a massive deregulation of RNR genes, although crt10Δ cells exhibit faster fork progression. The crt10Δ mutant accumulates at the G1/S transition and exhibits a strong defect of origin firing that could account for its replication phenotype. Moreover, we observed a global decrease in ribosome biogenesis in crt10Δ. The physical interaction of Crt10 with several members of the ribosome biogenesis pathway and its role in the Rtt101-Mms1 complex suggest that Crt10 may regulate ribosome levels in vivo. At last, we identified MRX (Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2) as a bona fide member of the transcription termination of non-coding RNA (ncRNA). ChIP-seq reveals that MRX localized at the same loci than the Nrd1-Nab3-Sen1 complex in vegetative growth. rad50Δ cells exhibit transcriptional read-through and upregulation of unstable cryptic transcripts (CUTs) leading to a misregulation of their associated gene. Finally, MRX seems to be involved in the resolution of branched structures emanating from collision between transcription and replication machineries, as it is the case for Sen1.
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A Tribute to Angelos Constantinou
from
10/03/2025
until 13/03/2025
Village Club de Carry-Le-Rouet, France
