title: Protein requirements for sister telomere association in human cells.
abstract: Previous studies in human cells indicate that sister telomeres have distinct requirements for their separation at mitosis. In cells depleted for tankyrase 1, a telomeric poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase, sister chromatid arms and centromeres separate normally, but telomeres remain associated and cells arrest in mitosis. Here, we use biochemical and genetic approaches to identify proteins that might mediate the persistent association at sister telomeres. We use immunoprecipitation analysis to show that the telomeric proteins, TRF1 (an acceptor of PARsylation by tankyrase 1) and TIN2 (a TRF1 binding partner) each bind to the SA1 ortholog of the cohesin Scc3 subunit. Sucrose gradient sedimentation shows that TRF1 cosediments with the SA1-cohesin complex. Depletion of the SA1 cohesin subunit or the telomeric proteins (TRF1 and TIN2) restores the normal resolution of sister telomeres in mitosis in tankyrase 1-depleted cells. Moreover, depletion of TRF1 and TIN2 or SA1 abrogates the requirement for tankyrase 1 in mitotic progression. Our studies indicate that sister telomere association in human cells is mediated by a novel association between a cohesin subunit and components of telomeric chromatin.
authors.affiliation: Program in Molecular Pathogenesis and Department of Pathology, The Kimmel Center for Biology and Medicine of the Skirball Institute, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Canudas
authors.forename: Benjamin R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Houghtaling
authors.forename: Ju Youn
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jasmin N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Dynek
authors.forename: William G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002499:Centrifugation, Density Gradient; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone / Q000378:metabolism; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D017404:In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence; D008938:Mitosis; D008954:Models, Biological; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D038501:Tankyrases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016615:Telomere / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D034501:Telomere-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D035321:Telomeric Repeat Binding Protein 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D000097722:Cohesins
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002868:Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011065:Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerases; D038501:Tankyrases; D034501:Telomere-Binding Proteins; D035321:Telomeric Repeat Binding Protein 1; D000097722:Cohesins; C440868:TINF2 protein, human; C418109:TNKS protein, human