5hmC Modification Regulates R-loop Accumulation in Response to Stress

Overview

Journal Front Psychiatry

Specialty Psychiatry

Date 2023 Jun 26

PMID 37363169

Authors

Xingyun Xu

Junjie Wang

Wenjuan Wang

Yutong Zhang

Bo Wan

Zhigang Miao

Xingshun Xu

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Abstract

R-loop, an RNA-DNA hybrid structure, arises as a transcriptional by-product and has been implicated in DNA damage and genomic instability when excessive R-loop is accumulated. Although previous study demonstrated that R-loop is associated with ten-eleven translocation (Tet) proteins, which oxidize 5-methylcytosine to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), the sixth base of DNA. However, the relationship between R-loop and DNA 5hmC modification remains unclear. In this study, we found that chronic restraint stress increased R-loop accumulation and decreased 5hmC modification in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) of the stressed mice. The increase of DNA 5hmC modification by vitamin C was accompanied with the decrease of R-loop levels; on the contrary, the decrease of DNA 5hmC modification by a small compound SC-1 increased the R-loop levels, indicating that 5hmC modification inversely regulates R-loop accumulation. Further, we showed that Tet deficiency-induced reduction of DNA 5hmC promoted R-loop accumulation. In addition, Tet proteins immunoprecipitated with Non-POU domain-containing octamer-binding (NONO) proteins. The deficiency of Tet proteins or NONO increased R-loop levels, but silencing Tet proteins and NONO did not further increase the increase accumulation, suggesting that NONO and Tet proteins formed a complex to inhibit R-loop formation. It was worth noting that NONO protein levels decreased in the PFC of stressed mice with R-loop accumulation. The administration of antidepressant fluoxetine to stressed mice increased NONO protein levels, and effectively decreased R-loop accumulation and DNA damage. In conclusion, we showed that DNA 5hmC modification negatively regulates R-loop accumulation by the NONO-Tet complex under stress. Our findings provide potential therapeutic targets for depression.

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