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Institute of Cancer Biology and Centre for Genotoxic Stress Research, Danish Cancer Society, DK-2100, Copenhagen, Denmark

Correspondence to J. Lukas: jil{at}cancer.dk

53BP1 is a key component of the genome surveillance network activated by DNA double strand breaks (DSBs). Despite its known accumulation at the DSB sites, the spatiotemporal aspects of 53BP1 interaction with DSBs and the role of other DSB regulators in this process remain unclear. Here, we used real-time microscopy to study the DSB-induced redistribution of 53BP1 in living cells. We show that within minutes after DNA damage, 53BP1 becomes progressively, yet transiently, immobilized around the DSB-flanking chromatin. Quantitative imaging of single cells revealed that the assembly of 53BP1 at DSBs significantly lagged behind Mdc1/NFBD1, another DSB-interacting checkpoint mediator. Furthermore, short interfering RNA-mediated ablation of Mdc1/NFBD1 drastically impaired 53BP1 redistribution to DSBs and triggered premature dissociation of 53BP1 from these regions. Collectively, these in vivo measurements identify Mdc1/NFBD1 as a key upstream determinant of 53BP1's interaction with DSBs from its dynamic assembly at the DSB sites through sustained retention within the DSB-flanking chromatin up to the recovery from the checkpoint.

S. Bekker-Jensen and C. Lukas contributed equally to this paper.

Abbreviations used in this paper: ATM, ataxia-telangiectasia mutated; DSB, DNA double strand break; H3-dmK79, dimethylated lysine 79 of histone H3; IR, ionizing radiation; MRN, Mre11–Rad50–Nbs1; siRNA, short interfering RNA.

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