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The correct duplication and transmission of genetic material to daughter cells is the primary objective of the cell division cycle. DNA replication and chromosome segregation present both challenges and opportunities for DNA repair pathways that safeguard genetic information. As a consequence, there is a profound, two-way connection between DNA repair and cell cycle control. Here, we review how DNA repair processes, and DNA double-strand break repair in particular, are regulated during the cell cycle to optimize genomic integrity.
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Tompitak M, de Bruin L, Eslami-Mossallam B, Schiessel H. Designing nucleosomal force sensors. Phys Rev E 2017; 95:052402. [PMID: 28618598 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.95.052402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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About three quarters of our DNA is wrapped into nucleosomes: DNA spools with a protein core. It is well known that the affinity of a given DNA stretch to be incorporated into a nucleosome depends on the geometry and elasticity of the basepair sequence involved, causing the positioning of nucleosomes. Here we show that DNA elasticity can have a much deeper effect on nucleosomes than just their positioning: it affects their "identities". Employing a recently developed computational algorithm, the mutation Monte Carlo method, we design nucleosomes with surprising physical characteristics. Unlike any other nucleosomes studied so far, these nucleosomes are short-lived when put under mechanical tension whereas other physical properties are largely unaffected. This suggests that the nucleosome, the most abundant DNA-protein complex in our cells, might more properly be considered a class of complexes with a wide array of physical properties, and raises the possibility that evolution has shaped various nucleosome species according to their genomic context.
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- M Tompitak
- Instituut-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9506, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Section de Mathématiques, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Bionanoscience, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands
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- Instituut-Lorentz for Theoretical Physics, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9506, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Genomic instability is a hallmark of cancer and a common feature of human disorders, characterized by growth defects, neurodegeneration, cancer predisposition, and aging. Recent evidence has shown that DNA replication stress is a major driver of genomic instability and tumorigenesis. Cells can undergo mitosis with under-replicated DNA or unresolved DNA structures, and specific pathways are dedicated to resolving these structures during mitosis, suggesting that mitotic rescue from replication stress (MRRS) is a key process influencing genome stability and cellular homeostasis. Deregulation of MRRS following oncogene activation or loss-of-function of caretaker genes may be the cause of chromosomal aberrations that promote cancer initiation and progression. In this review, we discuss the causes and consequences of replication stress, focusing on its persistence in mitosis as well as the mechanisms and factors involved in its resolution, and the potential impact of incomplete replication or aberrant MRRS on tumorigenesis, aging and disease.
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- Michalis Fragkos
- a CNRS UMR8200 , University Paris-Saclay , Gustave Roussy, Villejuif , France
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- a CNRS UMR8200 , University Paris-Saclay , Gustave Roussy, Villejuif , France
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Hashemi Shabestari M, Meijering AEC, Roos WH, Wuite GJL, Peterman EJG. Recent Advances in Biological Single-Molecule Applications of Optical Tweezers and Fluorescence Microscopy. Methods Enzymol 2016; 582:85-119. [PMID: 28062046 DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2016.09.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Over the past two decades, single-molecule techniques have evolved into robust tools to study many fundamental biological processes. The combination of optical tweezers with fluorescence microscopy and microfluidics provides a powerful single-molecule manipulation and visualization technique that has found widespread application in biology. In this combined approach, the spatial (~nm) and temporal (~ms) resolution, as well as the force scale (~pN) accessible to optical tweezers is complemented with the power of fluorescence microscopy. Thereby, it provides information on the local presence, identity, spatial dynamics, and conformational dynamics of single biomolecules. Together, these techniques allow comprehensive studies of, among others, molecular motors, protein-protein and protein-DNA interactions, biomolecular conformational changes, and mechanotransduction pathways. In this chapter, recent applications of fluorescence microscopy in combination with optical trapping are discussed. After an introductory section, we provide a description of instrumentation together with the current capabilities and limitations of the approaches. Next we summarize recent studies that applied this combination of techniques in biological systems and highlight some representative biological assays to mark the exquisite opportunities that optical tweezers combined with fluorescence microscopy provide.
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- Moleculaire Biofysica, Zernike Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Nielsen CF, Hickson ID. PICH promotes mitotic chromosome segregation: Identification of a novel role in rDNA disjunction. Cell Cycle 2016; 15:2704-11. [PMID: 27565185 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2016.1222336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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PICH is an SNF2-family DNA translocase that appears to play a role specifically in mitosis. Characterization of PICH in human cells led to the initial discovery of "ultra-fine DNA bridges" (UFBs) that connect the 2 segregating DNA masses in the anaphase of mitosis. These bridge structures, which arise from specific regions of the genome, are a normal feature of anaphase but had escaped detection previously because they do not stain with commonly used DNA dyes. Nevertheless, UFBs are important for genome maintenance because defects in UFB resolution can lead to cytokinesis failure. We reported recently that PICH stimulates the unlinking (decatenation) of entangled DNA by Topoisomerase IIα (Topo IIα), and is important for the resolution of UFBs. We also demonstrated that PICH and Topo IIα co-localize at the rDNA (rDNA). In this Extra View article, we discuss the mitotic roles of PICH and explore further the role of PICH in the timely segregation of the rDNA locus.
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- Christian F Nielsen
- a Center for Chromosome Stability , Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark.,b Chromosome Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital , Parkville , VIC , Australia
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- a Center for Chromosome Stability , Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine , University of Copenhagen , Copenhagen , Denmark
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Unreplicated DNA remaining from unperturbed S phases passes through mitosis for resolution in daughter cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:E5757-64. [PMID: 27516545 PMCID: PMC5047195 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1603252113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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To prevent rereplication of genomic segments, the eukaryotic cell cycle is divided into two nonoverlapping phases. During late mitosis and G1 replication origins are "licensed" by loading MCM2-7 double hexamers and during S phase licensed replication origins activate to initiate bidirectional replication forks. Replication forks can stall irreversibly, and if two converging forks stall with no intervening licensed origin-a "double fork stall" (DFS)-replication cannot be completed by conventional means. We previously showed how the distribution of replication origins in yeasts promotes complete genome replication even in the presence of irreversible fork stalling. This analysis predicts that DFSs are rare in yeasts but highly likely in large mammalian genomes. Here we show that complementary strand synthesis in early mitosis, ultrafine anaphase bridges, and G1-specific p53-binding protein 1 (53BP1) nuclear bodies provide a mechanism for resolving unreplicated DNA at DFSs in human cells. When origin number was experimentally altered, the number of these structures closely agreed with theoretical predictions of DFSs. The 53BP1 is preferentially bound to larger replicons, where the probability of DFSs is higher. Loss of 53BP1 caused hypersensitivity to licensing inhibition when replication origins were removed. These results provide a striking convergence of experimental and theoretical evidence that unreplicated DNA can pass through mitosis for resolution in the following cell cycle.
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Pitchai GP, Hickson ID, Streicher W, Montoya G, Mesa P. Characterization of the NTPR and BD1 interacting domains of the human PICH-BEND3 complex. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun 2016; 72:646-51. [PMID: 27487930 PMCID: PMC4973307 DOI: 10.1107/s2053230x16010724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 07/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Chromosome integrity depends on DNA structure-specific processing complexes that resolve DNA entanglement between sister chromatids. If left unresolved, these entanglements can generate either chromatin bridging or ultrafine DNA bridging in the anaphase of mitosis. These bridge structures are defined by the presence of the PICH protein, which interacts with the BEND3 protein in mitosis. To obtain structural insights into PICH-BEND3 complex formation at the atomic level, their respective NTPR and BD1 domains were cloned, overexpressed and crystallized using 1.56 M ammonium sulfate as a precipitant at pH 7.0. The protein complex readily formed large hexagonal crystals belonging to space group P6122, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 47.28, c = 431.58 Å and with one heterodimer in the asymmetric unit. A complete multiwavelength anomalous dispersion (MAD) data set extending to 2.2 Å resolution was collected from a selenomethionine-labelled crystal at the Swiss Light Source.
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- Ganesha P. Pitchai
- Protein Structure and Function Programme, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Center for Chromosome Stability and Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Center for Chromosome Stability and Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Protein Structure and Function Programme, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Protein Structure and Function Programme, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Protein Structure and Function Programme, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3b, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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Sridharan V, Azuma Y. SUMO-interacting motifs (SIMs) in Polo-like kinase 1-interacting checkpoint helicase (PICH) ensure proper chromosome segregation during mitosis. Cell Cycle 2016; 15:2135-2144. [PMID: 27230136 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2016.1191713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1)-interacting checkpoint helicase (PICH) localizes at the centromere and is critical for proper chromosome segregation during mitosis. However, the precise molecular mechanism of PICH's centromeric localization and function at the centromere is not yet fully understood. Recently, using Xenopus egg extract assays, we showed that PICH is a promiscuous SUMO binding protein. To further determine the molecular consequence of PICH/SUMO interaction on PICH function, we identified 3 SUMO-interacting motifs (SIMs) on PICH and generated a SIM-deficient PICH mutant. Using the conditional expression of PICH in cells, we found distinct roles of PICH SIMs during mitosis. Although all SIMs are dispensable for PICH's localization on ultrafine anaphase DNA bridges, only SIM3 (third SIM, close to the C-terminus end of PICH) is critical for its centromeric localization. Intriguingly, the other 2 SIMs function in chromatin bridge prevention. With these results, we propose a novel SUMO-dependent regulation of PICH's function on mitotic centromeres.
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- Vinidhra Sridharan
- a Department of Molecular Biosciences , University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS , USA
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- a Department of Molecular Biosciences , University of Kansas , Lawrence , KS , USA
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Mangeol P, Prevo B, Peterman EJG. KymographClear and KymographDirect: two tools for the automated quantitative analysis of molecular and cellular dynamics using kymographs. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:1948-57. [PMID: 27099372 PMCID: PMC4907728 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e15-06-0404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2015] [Accepted: 04/11/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Dynamic processes are ubiquitous and essential in living cells. To properly understand these processes, it is imperative to measure them in a time-dependent way and analyze the resulting data quantitatively, preferably with automated tools. Kymographs are single images that represent the motion of dynamic processes and are widely used in live-cell imaging. Although they contain the full range of dynamics, it is not straightforward to extract this quantitative information in a reliable way. Here we present two complementary, publicly available software tools, KymographClear and KymographDirect, that have the power to reveal detailed insight in dynamic processes. KymographClear is a macro toolset for ImageJ to generate kymographs that provides automatic color coding of the different directions of movement. KymographDirect is a stand-alone tool to extract quantitative information from kymographs obtained from a wide range of dynamic processes in an automated way, with high accuracy and reliability. We discuss the concepts behind these software tools, validate them using simulated data, and test them on experimental data. We show that these tools can be used to extract motility parameters from a diverse set of cell-biological experiments in an automated and user-friendly way.
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- Pierre Mangeol
- Department of Physics and Astronomy and LaserLaB Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam NH 1081HV, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and LaserLaB Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam NH 1081HV, Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy and LaserLaB Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam NH 1081HV, Netherlands
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Kemmerich FE, Daldrop P, Pinto C, Levikova M, Cejka P, Seidel R. Force regulated dynamics of RPA on a DNA fork. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:5837-48. [PMID: 27016742 PMCID: PMC4937307 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2016] [Accepted: 03/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Replication protein A (RPA) is a single-stranded DNA binding protein, involved in most aspects of eukaryotic DNA metabolism. Here, we study the behavior of RPA on a DNA substrate that mimics a replication fork. Using magnetic tweezers we show that both yeast and human RPA can open forked DNA when sufficient external tension is applied. In contrast, at low force, RPA becomes rapidly displaced by the rehybridization of the DNA fork. This process appears to be governed by the binding or the release of an RPA microdomain (toehold) of only few base-pairs length. This gives rise to an extremely rapid exchange dynamics of RPA at the fork. Fork rezipping rates reach up to hundreds of base-pairs per second, being orders of magnitude faster than RPA dissociation from ssDNA alone. Additionally, we show that RPA undergoes diffusive motion on ssDNA, such that it can be pushed over long distances by a rezipping fork. Generally the behavior of both human and yeast RPA homologs is very similar. However, in contrast to yeast RPA, the dissociation of human RPA from ssDNA is greatly reduced at low Mg2+ concentrations, such that human RPA can melt DNA in absence of force.
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- Felix E Kemmerich
- Institute of Experimental Physics I, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstr. 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Institute for Molecular Cell Biology, University of Münster, Schlossplatz 5, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute for Molecular Cell Biology, University of Münster, Schlossplatz 5, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Experimental Physics I, Universität Leipzig, Linnéstr. 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany Institute for Molecular Cell Biology, University of Münster, Schlossplatz 5, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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Derive N, Landmann C, Montembault E, Claverie MC, Pierre-Elies P, Goutte-Gattat D, Founounou N, McCusker D, Royou A. Bub3-BubR1-dependent sequestration of Cdc20Fizzy at DNA breaks facilitates the correct segregation of broken chromosomes. J Cell Biol 2016; 211:517-32. [PMID: 26553926 PMCID: PMC4639866 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201504059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BubR1 depends on its association with Bub3 to localize on DNA breaks during mitosis, where it sequesters Cdc20Fizzy and induces the inhibition of the APC/C locally, promoting the faithful segregation of broken chromatids. The presence of DNA double-strand breaks during mitosis is particularly challenging for the cell, as it produces broken chromosomes lacking a centromere. This situation can cause genomic instability resulting from improper segregation of the broken fragments into daughter cells. We recently uncovered a process by which broken chromosomes are faithfully transmitted via the BubR1-dependent tethering of the two broken chromosome ends. However, the mechanisms underlying BubR1 recruitment and function on broken chromosomes were largely unknown. We show that BubR1 requires interaction with Bub3 to localize on the broken chromosome fragments and to mediate their proper segregation. We also find that Cdc20, a cofactor of the E3 ubiquitin ligase anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome (APC/C), accumulates on DNA breaks in a BubR1 KEN box–dependent manner. A biosensor for APC/C activity demonstrates a BubR1-dependent local inhibition of APC/C around the segregating broken chromosome. We therefore propose that the Bub3–BubR1 complex on broken DNA inhibits the APC/C locally via the sequestration of Cdc20, thus promoting proper transmission of broken chromosomes.
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- Nicolas Derive
- Université de Bordeaux, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, Institut de Biochimie et Génétique Cellulaires, Unité Mixte de Recherche 5095, 33607 Pessac, France
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PICH promotes sister chromatid disjunction and co-operates with topoisomerase II in mitosis. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8962. [PMID: 26643143 PMCID: PMC4686863 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2015] [Accepted: 10/21/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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PICH is a SNF2 family DNA translocase that binds to ultra-fine DNA bridges (UFBs) in mitosis. Numerous roles for PICH have been proposed from protein depletion experiments, but a consensus has failed to emerge. Here, we report that deletion of PICH in avian cells causes chromosome structural abnormalities, and hypersensitivity to an inhibitor of Topoisomerase II (Topo II), ICRF-193. ICRF-193-treated PICH−/− cells undergo sister chromatid non-disjunction in anaphase, and frequently abort cytokinesis. PICH co-localizes with Topo IIα on UFBs and at the ribosomal DNA locus, and the timely resolution of both structures depends on the ATPase activity of PICH. Purified PICH protein strongly stimulates the catalytic activity of Topo II in vitro. Consistent with this, a human PICH−/− cell line exhibits chromosome instability and chromosome condensation and decatenation defects similar to those of ICRF-193-treated cells. We propose that PICH and Topo II cooperate to prevent chromosome missegregation events in mitosis. During mitosis the translocase PICH binds to ultrafine bridges formed from DNA catenanes that are unresolved by topoisomerase II. In this study, the authors show that PICH stimulates toposiomerase II activity and that they cooperate to resolve these structures.
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Hengeveld RCC, de Boer HR, Schoonen PM, de Vries EGE, Lens SMA, van Vugt MATM. Rif1 Is Required for Resolution of Ultrafine DNA Bridges in Anaphase to Ensure Genomic Stability. Dev Cell 2015; 34:466-74. [PMID: 26256213 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.06.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2014] [Revised: 05/21/2015] [Accepted: 06/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Sister-chromatid disjunction in anaphase requires the resolution of DNA catenanes by topoisomerase II together with Plk1-interacting checkpoint helicase (PICH) and Bloom's helicase (BLM). We here identify Rif1 as a factor involved in the resolution of DNA catenanes that are visible as ultrafine DNA bridges (UFBs) in anaphase to which PICH and BLM localize. Rif1, which during interphase functions downstream of 53BP1 in DNA repair, is recruited to UFBs in a PICH-dependent fashion, but independently of 53BP1 or BLM. Similar to PICH and BLM, Rif1 promotes the resolution of UFBs: its depletion increases the frequency of nucleoplasmic bridges and RPA70-positive UFBs in late anaphase. Moreover, in the absence of Rif1, PICH, or BLM, more nuclear bodies with damaged DNA arise in ensuing G1 cells, when chromosome decatenation is impaired. Our data reveal a thus far unrecognized function for Rif1 in the resolution of UFBs during anaphase to protect genomic integrity.
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- Rutger C C Hengeveld
- Department of Molecular Cancer Research, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9723 GZ Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9723 GZ Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9723 GZ Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cancer Research, University Medical Center Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9723 GZ Groningen, the Netherlands
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Briggs K, Fischer CJ. All motors have to decide is what to do with the DNA that is given them. Biomol Concepts 2015; 5:383-95. [PMID: 25367619 DOI: 10.1515/bmc-2014-0017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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DNA translocases are a diverse group of molecular motors responsible for a wide variety of cellular functions. The goal of this review is to identify common aspects in the mechanisms for how these enzymes couple the binding and hydrolysis of ATP to their movement along DNA. Not surprisingly, the shared structural components contained within the catalytic domains of several of these motors appear to give rise to common aspects of DNA translocation. Perhaps more interesting, however, are the differences between the families of translocases and the potential associated implications both for the functions of the members of these families and for the evolution of these families. However, as there are few translocases for which complete characterizations of the mechanisms of DNA binding, DNA translocation, and DNA-stimulated ATPase have been completed, it is difficult to form many inferences. We therefore hope that this review motivates the necessary further experimentation required for broader comparisons and conclusions.
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Biebricher AS, Heller I, Roijmans RFH, Hoekstra TP, Peterman EJG, Wuite GJL. The impact of DNA intercalators on DNA and DNA-processing enzymes elucidated through force-dependent binding kinetics. Nat Commun 2015; 6:7304. [PMID: 26084388 PMCID: PMC4557362 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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DNA intercalators are widely used as fluorescent probes to visualize DNA and DNA transactions in vivo and in vitro. It is well known that they perturb DNA structure and stability, which can in turn influence DNA-processing by proteins. Here we elucidate this perturbation by combining single-dye fluorescence microscopy with force spectroscopy and measuring the kinetics of DNA intercalation by the mono- and bis-intercalating cyanine dyes SYTOX Orange, SYTOX Green, SYBR Gold, YO-PRO-1, YOYO-1 and POPO-3. We show that their DNA-binding affinity is mainly governed by a strongly tension-dependent dissociation rate. These rates can be tuned over a range of seven orders of magnitude by changing DNA tension, intercalating species and ionic strength. We show that optimizing these rates minimizes the impact of intercalators on strand separation and enzymatic activity. These new insights provide handles for the improved use of intercalators as DNA probes with minimal perturbation and maximal efficacy. DNA intercalators, a type of fluorescent probes widely used to visualize DNA, can perturb DNA structure and stability. Here, the authors show how DNA-binding affinity can be tuned using DNA tension, ionic strength and dye species, and how this can be used to minimize DNA structural perturbations.
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- Andreas S Biebricher
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, LaserLaB Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, Amsterdam 1081HV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, LaserLaB Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, Amsterdam 1081HV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, LaserLaB Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, Amsterdam 1081HV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, LaserLaB Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, Amsterdam 1081HV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, LaserLaB Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, Amsterdam 1081HV, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, LaserLaB Amsterdam, VU University Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081, Amsterdam 1081HV, The Netherlands
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Kurdzo EL, Dawson DS. Centromere pairing--tethering partner chromosomes in meiosis I. FEBS J 2015; 282:2458-70. [PMID: 25817724 PMCID: PMC4490064 DOI: 10.1111/febs.13280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Revised: 02/10/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In meiosis, homologous chromosomes face the obstacle of finding, holding onto and segregating away from their partner chromosome. There is increasing evidence, in a diverse range of organisms, that centromere–centromere interactions that occur in late prophase are an important mechanism in ensuring segregation fidelity. Centromere pairing appears to initiate when homologous chromosomes synapse in meiotic prophase. Structural proteins of the synaptonemal complex have been shown to help mediate centromere pairing, but how the structure that maintains centromere pairing differs from the structure of the synaptonemal complex along the chromosomal arms remains unknown. When the synaptonemal complex proteins disassemble from the chromosome arms in late prophase, some of these synaptonemal complex components persist at the centromeres. In yeast and Drosophila these centromere-pairing behaviors promote the proper segregation of chromosome partners that have failed to become linked by chiasmata. Recent studies of mouse spermatocytes have described centromere pairing behaviors that are similar in several respects to what has been described in the fly and yeast systems. In humans, chromosomes that fail to experience crossovers in meiosis are error-prone and are a major source of aneuploidy. The finding that centromere pairing is a conserved phenomenon raises the possibility that it may play a role in promoting the segregation fidelity of non-exchange chromosome pairs in humans.
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- Emily L Kurdzo
- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, and Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma, Health Science Center, OK, USA
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- Program in Cell Cycle and Cancer Biology, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, and Department of Cell Biology, University of Oklahoma, Health Science Center, OK, USA
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Lopez V, Barinova N, Onishi M, Pobiega S, Pringle JR, Dubrana K, Marcand S. Cytokinesis breaks dicentric chromosomes preferentially at pericentromeric regions and telomere fusions. Genes Dev 2015; 29:322-36. [PMID: 25644606 PMCID: PMC4318148 DOI: 10.1101/gad.254664.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Dicentric chromosomes are unstable products of erroneous DNA repair events that can lead to further genome rearrangements and extended gene copy number variations. Lopez et al. find that dicentrics without internal telomere sequences preferentially break at pericentromeric regions. In all cases, cleavage does not occur in anaphase but instead requires cytokinesis. Dicentrics cause the spindle pole bodies and centromeres to relocate to the bud neck during cytokinesis, explaining how cytokinesis can sever dicentrics near centromeres. Dicentric chromosomes are unstable products of erroneous DNA repair events that can lead to further genome rearrangements and extended gene copy number variations. During mitosis, they form anaphase bridges, resulting in chromosome breakage by an unknown mechanism. In budding yeast, dicentrics generated by telomere fusion break at the fusion, a process that restores the parental karyotype and protects cells from rare accidental telomere fusion. Here, we observed that dicentrics lacking telomere fusion preferentially break within a 25- to 30-kb-long region next to the centromeres. In all cases, dicentric breakage requires anaphase exit, ruling out stretching by the elongated mitotic spindle as the cause of breakage. Instead, breakage requires cytokinesis. In the presence of dicentrics, the cytokinetic septa pinch the nucleus, suggesting that dicentrics are severed after actomyosin ring contraction. At this time, centromeres and spindle pole bodies relocate to the bud neck, explaining how cytokinesis can sever dicentrics near centromeres.
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- Virginia Lopez
- Laboratoire Télomères et Réparation du Chromosome, Service Instabilité Génétique Réparation et Recombinaison, Institut de Radiobiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France; UMR967, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Laboratoire Télomères et Réparation du Chromosome, Service Instabilité Génétique Réparation et Recombinaison, Institut de Radiobiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France; UMR967, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- Laboratoire Télomères et Réparation du Chromosome, Service Instabilité Génétique Réparation et Recombinaison, Institut de Radiobiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France; UMR967, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA
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- UMR967, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France; Laboratoire Instabilité Génétique et Organisation Nucléaire, Service Instabilité Génétique Réparation et Recombinaison, Institut de Radiobiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Laboratoire Télomères et Réparation du Chromosome, Service Instabilité Génétique Réparation et Recombinaison, Institut de Radiobiologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives, 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France; UMR967, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, 92265 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France;
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Broderick R, Nieminuszczy J, Blackford AN, Winczura A, Niedzwiedz W. TOPBP1 recruits TOP2A to ultra-fine anaphase bridges to aid in their resolution. Nat Commun 2015; 6:6572. [PMID: 25762097 PMCID: PMC4374157 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 02/09/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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During mitosis, sister chromatids must be faithfully segregated to ensure that daughter cells receive one copy of each chromosome. However, following replication they often remain entangled. Topoisomerase IIα (TOP2A) has been proposed to resolve such entanglements, but the mechanisms governing TOP2A recruitment to these structures remain poorly understood. Here, we identify TOPBP1 as a novel interactor of TOP2A, and reveal that it is required for TOP2A recruitment to ultra-fine anaphase bridges (UFBs) in mitosis. The C-terminal region of TOPBP1 interacts with TOP2A, and TOPBP1 recruitment to UFBs requires its BRCT domain 5. Depletion of TOPBP1 leads to accumulation of UFBs, the majority of which arise from centromeric loci. Accordingly, expression of a TOPBP1 mutant that is defective in TOP2A binding phenocopies TOP2A depletion. These findings provide new mechanistic insights into how TOP2A promotes resolution of UFBs during mitosis, and highlights a pivotal role for TOPBP1 in this process.
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- Ronan Broderick
- Department of Oncology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
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- 1] Department of Oncology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK [2] Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, PAS, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Oncology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DS, UK
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Owen N, Hejna J, Rennie S, Mitchell A, Newell AH, Ziaie N, Moses RE, Olson SB. Bloom syndrome radials are predominantly non-homologous and are suppressed by phosphorylated BLM. Cytogenet Genome Res 2015; 144:255-263. [PMID: 25766002 DOI: 10.1159/000375247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Biallelic mutations in BLM cause Bloom syndrome (BS), a genome instability disorder characterized by growth retardation, sun sensitivity and a predisposition to cancer. As evidence of decreased genome stability, BS cells demonstrate not only elevated levels of spontaneous sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs), but also exhibit chromosomal radial formation. The molecular nature and mechanism of radial formation is not known, but radials have been thought to be DNA recombination intermediates between homologs that failed to resolve. However, we find that radials in BS cells occur over 95% between non-homologous chromosomes, and occur non-randomly throughout the genome. BLM must be phosphorylated at T99 and T122 for certain cell cycle checkpoints, but it is not known whether these modifications are necessary to suppress radial formation. We find that exogenous BLM constructs preventing phosphorylation at T99 and T122 are not able to suppress radial formation in BS cells, but are able to inhibit SCE formation. These findings indicate that BLM functions in 2 distinct pathways requiring different modifications. In one pathway, for which the phosphorylation marks appear dispensable, BLM functions to suppress SCE formation. In a second pathway, T99 and T122 phosphorylations are essential for suppression of chromosomal radial formation, both those formed spontaneously and those formed following interstrand crosslink damage.
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- Nichole Owen
- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park, Portland, OR 97239
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- Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501 Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park, Portland, OR 97239
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park, Portland, OR 97239
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park, Portland, OR 97239
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park, Portland, OR 97239
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX 77030
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Genetics Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park, Portland, OR 97239
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Sridharan V, Park H, Ryu H, Azuma Y. SUMOylation regulates polo-like kinase 1-interacting checkpoint helicase (PICH) during mitosis. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:3269-76. [PMID: 25564610 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c114.601906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mitotic SUMOylation has an essential role in faithful chromosome segregation in eukaryotes, although its molecular consequences are not yet fully understood. In Xenopus egg extract assays, we showed that poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 1 (PARP1) is modified by SUMO2/3 at mitotic centromeres and that its enzymatic activity could be regulated by SUMOylation. To determine the molecular consequence of mitotic SUMOylation, we analyzed SUMOylated PARP1-specific binding proteins. We identified Polo-like kinase 1-interacting checkpoint helicase (PICH) as an interaction partner of SUMOylated PARP1 in Xenopus egg extract. Interestingly, PICH also bound to SUMOylated topoisomerase IIα (TopoIIα), a major centromeric small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO) substrate. Purified recombinant human PICH interacted with SUMOylated substrates, indicating that PICH directly interacts with SUMO, and this interaction is conserved among species. Further analysis of mitotic chromosomes revealed that PICH localized to the centromere independent of mitotic SUMOylation. Additionally, we found that PICH is modified by SUMO2/3 on mitotic chromosomes and in vitro. PICH SUMOylation is highly dependent on protein inhibitor of activated STAT, PIASy, consistent with other mitotic chromosomal SUMO substrates. Finally, the SUMOylation of PICH significantly reduced its DNA binding capability, indicating that SUMOylation might regulate its DNA-dependent ATPase activity. Collectively, our findings suggest a novel SUMO-mediated regulation of the function of PICH at mitotic centromeres.
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- Vinidhra Sridharan
- From the Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- From the Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- From the Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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- From the Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
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Lecona E, Fernández-Capetillo O. Replication stress and cancer: it takes two to tango. Exp Cell Res 2014; 329:26-34. [PMID: 25257608 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2014.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2014] [Revised: 09/05/2014] [Accepted: 09/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Problems arising during DNA replication require the activation of the ATR-CHK1 pathway to ensure the stabilization and repair of the forks, and to prevent the entry into mitosis with unreplicated genomes. Whereas the pathway is essential at the cellular level, limiting its activity is particularly detrimental for some cancer cells. Here we review the links between replication stress (RS) and cancer, which provide a rationale for the use of ATR and Chk1 inhibitors in chemotherapy. First, we describe how the activation of oncogene-induced RS promotes genome rearrangements and chromosome instability, both of which could potentially fuel carcinogenesis. Next, we review the various pathways that contribute to the suppression of RS, and how mutations in these components lead to increased cancer incidence and/or accelerated ageing. Finally, we summarize the evidence showing that tumors with high levels of RS are dependent on a proficient RS-response, and therefore vulnerable to ATR or Chk1 inhibitors.
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- Emilio Lecona
- Genomic Instability Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), C/ Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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- Genomic Instability Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), C/ Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid, Spain.
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The origins and processing of ultra fine anaphase DNA bridges. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2014; 26:1-5. [PMID: 24795279 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2014.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Revised: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Ultra-fine DNA bridges (UFBs) are a recently identified class of mitotic DNA structures that cannot be visualized using conventional DNA staining methods (e.g. using DAPI). Their existence can currently only be revealed by immuno-fluorescent staining for proteins that bind to them, including PICH and BLM. UFBs become visible in the anaphase of mitosis, and can persist into telophase in rare cases. There are at least three different types of UFBs that can be distinguished according to the chromosomal loci from which they originate. However, it remains largely unknown how these UFBs are generated or resolved in the cell. In this article, we will review our current understanding of different types of UFBs and the potential functional role of the proteins that have been shown to be associated with them.
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Minocherhomji S, Hickson ID. Structure-specific endonucleases: guardians of fragile site stability. Trends Cell Biol 2013; 24:321-7. [PMID: 24361091 DOI: 10.1016/j.tcb.2013.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2013] [Revised: 11/14/2013] [Accepted: 11/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Fragile sites are conserved loci predisposed to form breaks in metaphase chromosomes. The inherent instability of these loci is associated with chromosomal rearrangements in cancers and is a feature of cells from patients with chromosomal instability syndromes. One class of fragile sites, the common fragile sites (CFSs), have previously been shown to recruit several DNA repair proteins after the completion of bulk DNA synthesis in the cell, probably indicative of their inability to complete timely DNA replication. CFS loci are also prone to trigger mitotic non-disjunction of sister chromatids, leading to the formation of ultra-fine anaphase bridges (UFBs) and micronuclei. We discuss recent developments in the CFS field; in particular, the role of DNA structure-specific endonucleases in promoting cleavage at CFSs.
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- Sheroy Minocherhomji
- Nordea Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Nordea Center for Healthy Aging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Chromosome segregation requires the removal of cohesion and catenation between sister chromosomes, two physical linkages established during DNA replication. Two new studies reveal that, among other functions, the wings apart-like protein (Wapl) coordinates cohesin removal with decatenation of sister chromosomes during mitosis in mammalian cells.
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- Hongtao Yu
- Department of Pharmacology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 6001 Forest Park Road, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
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