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Gay S, Foiani M. Nuclear envelope and chromatin, lock and key of genome integrity. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 317:267-330. [PMID: 26008788 DOI: 10.1016/bs.ircmb.2015.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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More than as an inert separation between the inside and outside of the nucleus, the nuclear envelope (NE) constitutes an active toll, which controls the import and export of molecules, and also a hub for a diversity of genomic processes, such as transcription, DNA repair, and chromatin dynamics. Proteins localized at the inner surface of the NE (such as lamins, nuclear pore proteins, lamin-associated proteins) interact with chromatin in a dynamic manner, contributing to the establishment of topological domains. In this review, we address the complex interplay between chromatin and NE. We discuss the divergence of this cross talk during evolution and comment both on the current established models and the most recent findings. In particular, we focus our attention on how the NE cooperates with chromatin in protecting the genome integrity.
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- Sophie Gay
- IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM, the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy; Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
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Kaykov A, Nurse P. The spatial and temporal organization of origin firing during the S-phase of fission yeast. Genome Res 2015; 25:391-401. [PMID: 25650245 PMCID: PMC4352884 DOI: 10.1101/gr.180372.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 12/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Eukaryotes duplicate their genomes using multiple replication origins, but the organization of origin firing along chromosomes and during S-phase is not well understood. Using fission yeast, we report the first genome-wide analysis of the spatial and temporal organization of replication origin firing, analyzed using single DNA molecules that can approach the full length of chromosomes. At S-phase onset, origins fire randomly and sparsely throughout the chromosomes. Later in S-phase, clusters of fired origins appear embedded in the sparser regions, which form the basis of nuclear replication foci. The formation of clusters requires proper histone methylation and acetylation, and their locations are not inherited between cell cycles. The rate of origin firing increases gradually, peaking just before mid S-phase. Toward the end of S-phase, nearly all the available origins within the unreplicated regions are fired, contributing to the timely completion of genome replication. We propose that the majority of origins do not fire as a part of a deterministic program. Instead, origin firing, both individually and as clusters, should be viewed as being mostly stochastic.
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- Atanas Kaykov
- The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA;
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- The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA; The Francis Crick Institute, Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories, London WC2A 3LY, United Kingdom
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Ma Y, Kanakousaki K, Buttitta L. How the cell cycle impacts chromatin architecture and influences cell fate. Front Genet 2015; 6:19. [PMID: 25691891 PMCID: PMC4315090 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Since the earliest observations of cells undergoing mitosis, it has been clear that there is an intimate relationship between the cell cycle and nuclear chromatin architecture. The nuclear envelope and chromatin undergo robust assembly and disassembly during the cell cycle, and transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of histone biogenesis and chromatin modification is controlled in a cell cycle-dependent manner. Chromatin binding proteins and chromatin modifications in turn influence the expression of critical cell cycle regulators, the accessibility of origins for DNA replication, DNA repair, and cell fate. In this review we aim to provide an integrated discussion of how the cell cycle machinery impacts nuclear architecture and vice-versa. We highlight recent advances in understanding cell cycle-dependent histone biogenesis and histone modification deposition, how cell cycle regulators control histone modifier activities, the contribution of chromatin modifications to origin firing for DNA replication, and newly identified roles for nucleoporins in regulating cell cycle gene expression, gene expression memory and differentiation. We close with a discussion of how cell cycle status may impact chromatin to influence cell fate decisions, under normal contexts of differentiation as well as in instances of cell fate reprogramming.
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- Yiqin Ma
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Meglicki M, Teperek-Tkacz M, Borsuk E. Appearance and heterochromatin localization of HP1α in early mouse embryos depends on cytoplasmic clock and H3S10 phosphorylation. Cell Cycle 2014; 11:2189-205. [DOI: 10.4161/cc.20705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Replication stress is a significant contributor to genome instability. Recent studies suggest that the centromere is particularly susceptible to replication stress and prone to rearrangements and genome damage, as well as chromosome loss. This effect is enhanced by loss of heterochromatin. The resulting changes in genetic organization, including chromosome loss, increased mutation and loss of heterozygosity, are important contributors to malignant growth.
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Hsk1 (homologue of Cdc7 kinase 1) of the fission yeast is a member of the conserved Cdc7 (cell division cycle 7) kinase family, and promotes initiation of chromosome replication by phosphorylating Mcm (minichromosome maintenance) subunits, essential components for the replicative helicase. Recent studies, however, indicate more diverse roles for Hsk1/Cdc7 in regulation of various chromosome dynamics, including initiation of meiotic recombination, meiotic chromosome segregation, DNA repair, replication checkpoints, centromeric heterochromatin formation and so forth. Hsk1/Cdc7, with its unique target specificity, can now be regarded as an important modulator of various chromosome transactions.
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Temporal and spatial regulation of eukaryotic DNA replication: From regulated initiation to genome-scale timing program. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2014; 30:110-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2014] [Accepted: 04/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Peace JM, Ter-Zakarian A, Aparicio OM. Rif1 regulates initiation timing of late replication origins throughout the S. cerevisiae genome. PLoS One 2014; 9:e98501. [PMID: 24879017 PMCID: PMC4039536 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/03/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Chromosomal DNA replication involves the coordinated activity of hundreds to thousands of replication origins. Individual replication origins are subject to epigenetic regulation of their activity during S-phase, resulting in differential efficiencies and timings of replication initiation during S-phase. This regulation is thought to involve chromatin structure and organization into timing domains with differential ability to recruit limiting replication factors. Rif1 has recently been identified as a genome-wide regulator of replication timing in fission yeast and in mammalian cells. However, previous studies in budding yeast have suggested that Rif1’s role in controlling replication timing may be limited to subtelomeric domains and derives from its established role in telomere length regulation. We have analyzed replication timing by analyzing BrdU incorporation genome-wide, and report that Rif1 regulates the timing of late/dormant replication origins throughout the S. cerevisiae genome. Analysis of pfa4Δ cells, which are defective in palmitoylation and membrane association of Rif1, suggests that replication timing regulation by Rif1 is independent of its role in localizing telomeres to the nuclear periphery. Intra-S checkpoint signaling is intact in rif1Δ cells, and checkpoint-defective mec1Δ cells do not comparably deregulate replication timing, together indicating that Rif1 regulates replication timing through a mechanism independent of this checkpoint. Our results indicate that the Rif1 mechanism regulates origin timing irrespective of proximity to a chromosome end, and suggest instead that telomere sequences merely provide abundant binding sites for proteins that recruit Rif1. Still, the abundance of Rif1 binding in telomeric domains may facilitate Rif1-mediated repression of non-telomeric origins that are more distal from centromeres.
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- Jared M. Peace
- Molecular and Computational Biology Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Program in Global Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Molecular and Computational Biology Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Singh J. Role of DNA replication in establishment and propagation of epigenetic states of chromatin. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2014; 30:131-43. [PMID: 24794003 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.04.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2014] [Accepted: 04/03/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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DNA replication is the fundamental process of duplication of the genetic information that is vital for survival of all living cells. The basic mechanistic steps of replication initiation, elongation and termination are conserved among bacteria, lower eukaryotes, like yeast and metazoans. However, the details of the mechanisms are different. Furthermore, there is a close coordination between chromatin assembly pathways and various components of replication machinery whereby DNA replication is coupled to "chromatin replication" during cell cycle. Thereby, various epigenetic modifications associated with different states of gene expression in differentiated cells and the related chromatin structures are faithfully propagated during the cell division through tight coupling with the DNA replication machinery. Several examples are found in lower eukaryotes like budding yeast and fission yeast with close parallels in metazoans.
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- Jagmohan Singh
- CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector 39A, Chandigarh, India.
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Mitra S, Gómez-Raja J, Larriba G, Dubey DD, Sanyal K. Rad51-Rad52 mediated maintenance of centromeric chromatin in Candida albicans. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004344. [PMID: 24762765 PMCID: PMC3998917 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2013] [Accepted: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Specification of the centromere location in most eukaryotes is not solely dependent on the DNA sequence. However, the non-genetic determinants of centromere identity are not clearly defined. While multiple mechanisms, individually or in concert, may specify centromeres epigenetically, most studies in this area are focused on a universal factor, a centromere-specific histone H3 variant CENP-A, often considered as the epigenetic determinant of centromere identity. In spite of variable timing of its loading at centromeres across species, a replication coupled early S phase deposition of CENP-A is found in most yeast centromeres. Centromeres are the earliest replicating chromosomal regions in a pathogenic budding yeast Candida albicans. Using a 2-dimensional agarose gel electrophoresis assay, we identify replication origins (ORI7-LI and ORI7-RI) proximal to an early replicating centromere (CEN7) in C. albicans. We show that the replication forks stall at CEN7 in a kinetochore dependent manner and fork stalling is reduced in the absence of the homologous recombination (HR) proteins Rad51 and Rad52. Deletion of ORI7-RI causes a significant reduction in the stalled fork signal and an increased loss rate of the altered chromosome 7. The HR proteins, Rad51 and Rad52, have been shown to play a role in fork restart. Confocal microscopy shows declustered kinetochores in rad51 and rad52 mutants, which are evidence of kinetochore disintegrity. CENP-ACaCse4 levels at centromeres, as determined by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) experiments, are reduced in absence of Rad51/Rad52 resulting in disruption of the kinetochore structure. Moreover, western blot analysis reveals that delocalized CENP-A molecules in HR mutants degrade in a similar fashion as in other kinetochore mutants described before. Finally, co-immunoprecipitation assays indicate that Rad51 and Rad52 physically interact with CENP-ACaCse4in vivo. Thus, the HR proteins Rad51 and Rad52 epigenetically maintain centromere functioning by regulating CENP-ACaCse4 levels at the programmed stall sites of early replicating centromeres. The epigenetic mark of centromeres, CENP-A, is deposited in S phase in most yeasts by a mechanism that is not completely understood. Here, we identify two CEN7 flanking replication origins, ORI7-L1 and ORI7-RI, proximal to an early replicating centromere (CEN7) in a budding yeast Candida albicans. Replication forks starting from these origins stall randomly at CEN7 by the kinetochore that serves as a barrier to fork progression. We observe that centromeric fork stalling is reduced in absence of the HR proteins, Rad51 and Rad52, known to play a role in restarting stalled forks. Further, we demonstrate that Rad51 and Rad52 physically interact with CENP-ACaCse4in vivo. CENP-ACaCse4 levels are reduced in absence of Rad51 or Rad52, which results in disruption of the kinetochore structure. Here we propose a novel DNA replication-coupled mechanism mediated by HR proteins which epigenetically maintains centromere identity by regulating CENP-A deposition. A direct role of DNA repair proteins in centromere function offers insights into the mechanisms of centromere mis-regulation that leads to widespread aneuploidy in cancer cells.
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- Sreyoshi Mitra
- Molecular Mycology Laboratory, Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India
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- Departamento Ciencias Biomédicas Área de Microbiología, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
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- Departamento Ciencias Biomédicas Área de Microbiología, Universidad de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain
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- Molecular Mycology Laboratory, Molecular Biology and Genetics Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur, Bangalore, India
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HP1 knockdown is associated with abnormal condensation of almost all chromatin types in a grasshopper (Eyprepocnemis plorans). Chromosome Res 2014; 22:253-66. [PMID: 24398928 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-013-9399-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2013] [Revised: 12/11/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) is a highly conserved family of eukaryotic proteins required for heterochromatic gene silencing and euchromatic gene transcription regulation. In addition, HP1 is involved in chromatin organization and protection of chromosome integrity during cell division. Here, we present a cytological and molecular analysis of the effects of HP1 knockdown in Eyprepocnemis plorans, a grasshopper species polymorphic for supernumerary heterochromatic chromosomes. Our results revealed contrasting effects of HP1 knockdown on gene activity. While the Bub1 gene decreased in expression level in HP1 knockdown animals, NOR activity, rRNA and, contrarily to previous reports in Drosophila, Hsp70 gene expression remained unchanged. Furthermore, HP1 knockdown resulted in abnormal chromatin condensation, chromosomal bridges, higher frequency of macrospermatids, loss of muscle mass and hemolymph amount as well as a low number of dividing cells and survival reduction. All these phenotypes are very likely due to the chromatin condensation disruption observed for almost all kinds of chromatin.
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Choi JD, Lee JS. Interplay between Epigenetics and Genetics in Cancer. Genomics Inform 2013; 11:164-73. [PMID: 24465226 PMCID: PMC3897842 DOI: 10.5808/gi.2013.11.4.164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2013] [Revised: 11/12/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Genomic instability, which occurs through both genetic mechanisms (underlying inheritable phenotypic variations caused by DNA sequence-dependent alterations, such as mutation, deletion, insertion, inversion, translocation, and chromosomal aneuploidy) and epigenomic aberrations (underlying inheritable phenotypic variations caused by DNA sequence-independent alterations caused by a change of chromatin structure, such as DNA methylation and histone modifications), is known to promote tumorigenesis and tumor progression. Mechanisms involve both genomic instability and epigenomic aberrations that lose or gain the function of genes that impinge on tumor suppression/prevention or oncogenesis. Growing evidence points to an epigenome-wide disruption that involves large-scale DNA hypomethylation but specific hypermethylation of tumor suppressor genes, large blocks of aberrant histone modifications, and abnormal miRNA expression profile. Emerging molecular details regarding the modulation of these epigenetic events in cancer are used to illustrate the alterations of epigenetic molecules, and their consequent malfunctions could contribute to cancer biology. More recently, intriguing evidence supporting that genetic and epigenetic mechanisms are not separate events in cancer has been emerging; they intertwine and take advantage of each other during tumorigenesis. In addition, we discuss the collusion between epigenetics and genetics mediated by heterochromatin protein 1, a major component of heterochromatin, in order to maintain genome integrity.
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- Jae Duk Choi
- Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, College of Natural Sciences, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Korea
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Sherstyuk VV, Shevchenko AI, Zakian SM. Epigenetic landscape for initiation of DNA replication. Chromosoma 2013; 123:183-99. [PMID: 24337246 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-013-0448-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Revised: 11/27/2013] [Accepted: 12/02/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The key genetic process of DNA replication is initiated at specific sites referred to as replication origins. In eukaryotes, origins of DNA replication are not specified by a defined nucleotide sequence. Recent studies have shown that the structural context and topology of DNA sequence, chromatin features, and its transcriptional activity play an important role in origin choice. During differentiation and development, significant changes in chromatin organization and transcription occur, influencing origin activity and choice. In the last few years, a number of different genome-wide studies have broadened the understanding of replication origin regulation. In this review, we discuss the epigenetic factors and mechanisms that modulate origin choice and firing.
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- Vladimir V Sherstyuk
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, pr. Akad. Lavrentieva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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Scott KC, Sullivan BA. Neocentromeres: a place for everything and everything in its place. Trends Genet 2013; 30:66-74. [PMID: 24342629 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2013.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Revised: 11/15/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Centromeres are essential for chromosome inheritance and genome stability. Centromeric proteins, including the centromeric histone centromere protein A (CENP-A), define the site of centromeric chromatin and kinetochore assembly. In many organisms, centromeres are located in or near regions of repetitive DNA. However, some atypical centromeres spontaneously form on unique sequences. These neocentromeres, or new centromeres, were first identified in humans, but have since been described in other organisms. Neocentromeres are functionally and structurally similar to endogenous centromeres, but lack the added complication of underlying repetitive sequences. Here, we discuss recent studies in chicken and fungal systems where genomic engineering can promote neocentromere formation. These studies reveal key genomic and epigenetic factors that support de novo centromere formation in eukaryotes.
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- Kristin C Scott
- Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy, Duke University, DUMC 3382, Durham, NC 27708, USA; Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Division of Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA; Division of Human Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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Tanaka TU, Clayton L, Natsume T. Three wise centromere functions: see no error, hear no break, speak no delay. EMBO Rep 2013; 14:1073-83. [PMID: 24232185 PMCID: PMC3849490 DOI: 10.1038/embor.2013.181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2013] [Accepted: 10/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The main function of the centromere is to promote kinetochore assembly for spindle microtubule attachment. Two additional functions of the centromere, however, are becoming increasingly clear: facilitation of robust sister-chromatid cohesion at pericentromeres and advancement of replication of centromeric regions. The combination of these three centromere functions ensures correct chromosome segregation during mitosis. Here, we review the mechanisms of the kinetochore-microtubule interaction, focusing on sister-kinetochore bi-orientation (or chromosome bi-orientation). We also discuss the biological importance of robust pericentromeric cohesion and early centromere replication, as well as the mechanisms orchestrating these two functions at the microtubule attachment site.
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- Tomoyuki U Tanaka
- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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Specification of DNA replication origins and genomic base composition in fission yeasts. J Mol Biol 2013; 425:4706-13. [PMID: 24095860 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Revised: 09/17/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In the "Replicon Theory", Jacob, Brenner and Cuzin proposed the existence of replicators and initiators as the two major actors in DNA replication. Over the years, many protein components of initiators have been shown to be conserved in different organisms during evolution. By contrast, replicator DNA sequences (often referred to as replication origins) have diverged beyond possible comparison between eukaryotic genomes. Replication origins in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe are made up of A+T-rich sequences that do not share any consensus elements. The information encoded in these replicators is interpreted by the Orc4 subunit of the ORC (origin recognition complex), which is unique among eukaryotes in that it contains a large domain harboring nine AT-hook subdomains that target ORC to a great variety of A+T-rich sequences along the chromosomes. Recently, the genomes of other Schizosaccharomyces species have been sequenced and the regions encompassing their replication origins have been identified. DNA sequence analysis and comparison of the organization of their Orc4 proteins have revealed species-specific differences that contribute to our understanding of how the specification of replication origins has evolved during the phylogenetic divergence of fission yeasts.
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Hyrien O, Rappailles A, Guilbaud G, Baker A, Chen CL, Goldar A, Petryk N, Kahli M, Ma E, d'Aubenton-Carafa Y, Audit B, Thermes C, Arneodo A. From simple bacterial and archaeal replicons to replication N/U-domains. J Mol Biol 2013; 425:4673-89. [PMID: 24095859 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2013.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2013] [Revised: 09/15/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The Replicon Theory proposed 50 years ago has proven to apply for replicons of the three domains of life. Here, we review our knowledge of genome organization into single and multiple replicons in bacteria, archaea and eukarya. Bacterial and archaeal replicator/initiator systems are quite specific and efficient, whereas eukaryotic replicons show degenerate specificity and efficiency, allowing for complex regulation of origin firing time. We expand on recent evidence that ~50% of the human genome is organized as ~1,500 megabase-sized replication domains with a characteristic parabolic (U-shaped) replication timing profile and linear (N-shaped) gradient of replication fork polarity. These N/U-domains correspond to self-interacting segments of the chromatin fiber bordered by open chromatin zones and replicate by cascades of origin firing initiating at their borders and propagating to their center, possibly by fork-stimulated initiation. The conserved occurrence of this replication pattern in the germline of mammals has resulted over evolutionary times in the formation of megabase-sized domains with an N-shaped nucleotide compositional skew profile due to replication-associated mutational asymmetries. Overall, these results reveal an evolutionarily conserved but developmentally plastic organization of replication that is driving mammalian genome evolution.
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- Olivier Hyrien
- Ecole Normale Supérieure, IBENS UMR8197 U1024, Paris 75005, France.
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Replication timing regulation of eukaryotic replicons: Rif1 as a global regulator of replication timing. Trends Genet 2013; 29:449-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2013.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2013] [Revised: 04/27/2013] [Accepted: 05/01/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Patterns of replication within eukaryotic genomes correlate with gene expression, chromatin structure, and genome evolution. Recent advances in genome-scale mapping of replication kinetics have allowed these correlations to be explored in many species, cell types, and growth conditions, and these large data sets have allowed quantitative and computational analyses. One striking new correlation to emerge from these analyses is between replication timing and the three-dimensional structure of chromosomes. This correlation, which is significantly stronger than with any single histone modification or chromosome-binding protein, suggests that replication timing is controlled at the level of chromosomal domains. This conclusion dovetails with parallel work on the heterogeneity of origin firing and the competition between origins for limiting activators to suggest a model in which the stochastic probability of individual origin firing is modulated by chromosomal domain structure to produce patterns of replication. Whether these patterns have inherent biological functions or simply reflect higher-order genome structure is an open question.
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- Nicholas Rhind
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA.
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Although distinct chromatin types have been long known to replicate at different timepoints of S phase, fine replication control has only recently become considered as an epigenetic phenomenon. It is now clear that in course of differentiation significant changes in genome replication timing occur, and these changes are intimately linked with the changes in transcriptional activity and nuclear architecture. Temporally coordinate replication is organized spatially into discrete units having specific chromosomal organization and function. Even though the functional aspects of such tight control of replication timing remain to be explored, one can confidently consider the replication program as yet another fundamental feature characteristic of the given differentiation state. The present review touches upon the molecular mechanisms of spatial and temporal control of replication timing, involving individual replication origins as well as large chromatin domains.
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Le AH, Mastro TL, Forsburg SL. The C-terminus of S. pombe DDK subunit Dfp1 is required for meiosis-specific transcription and cohesin cleavage. Biol Open 2013; 2:728-38. [PMID: 23862021 PMCID: PMC3711041 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20135173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2013] [Accepted: 05/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The DDK complex is a conserved kinase complex, consisting of a catalytic subunit, Hsk1 (Cdc7), and its regulatory subunit Dfp1 (Dbf4). This kinase is essential for DNA replication. In this work, we show that dfp1-r35, which truncates the Dfp1 C-terminus zinc finger, causes severe meiotic defects, including reduced spore viability, reduced formation of programmed double strand breaks, altered expression of meiotic genes, and disrupted chromosome segregation. There is a high frequency of dyad formation. Mutants are also defective in the phosphorylation and degradation of the meiotic cohesion, Rec8, resulting in a failure to proceed through the MII division. These defects are more pronounced in a haploid meiosis model than in a normal diploid meiosis. Thus, several critical meiotic functions are linked specifically to the C-terminus of Dfp1, which may target specific substrates for phosphorylation by Hsk1.
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- Anh-Huy Le
- Program in Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, CA 90089-2910 , USA
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Natsume T, Müller C, Katou Y, Retkute R, Gierliński M, Araki H, Blow J, Shirahige K, Nieduszynski C, Tanaka T. Kinetochores coordinate pericentromeric cohesion and early DNA replication by Cdc7-Dbf4 kinase recruitment. Mol Cell 2013; 50:661-74. [PMID: 23746350 PMCID: PMC3679449 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.05.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2012] [Revised: 03/26/2013] [Accepted: 05/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Centromeres play several important roles in ensuring proper chromosome segregation. Not only do they promote kinetochore assembly for microtubule attachment, but they also support robust sister chromatid cohesion at pericentromeres and facilitate replication of centromeric DNA early in S phase. However, it is still elusive how centromeres orchestrate all these functions at the same site. Here, we show that the budding yeast Dbf4-dependent kinase (DDK) accumulates at kinetochores in telophase, facilitated by the Ctf19 kinetochore complex. This promptly recruits Sld3-Sld7 replication initiator proteins to pericentromeric replication origins so that they initiate replication early in S phase. Furthermore, DDK at kinetochores independently recruits the Scc2-Scc4 cohesin loader to centromeres in G1 phase. This enhances cohesin loading and facilitates robust pericentromeric cohesion in S phase. Thus, we have found the central mechanism by which kinetochores orchestrate early S phase DNA replication and robust sister chromatid cohesion at microtubule attachment sites.
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- Toyoaki Natsume
- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Centre for Genetics and Genomics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Centre for Genetics and Genomics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
- Data Analysis Group, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Division of Microbial Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan
- Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI, Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Centre for Genetics and Genomics, School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK
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- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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Li PC, Green MD, Forsburg SL. Mutations disrupting histone methylation have different effects on replication timing in S. pombe centromere. PLoS One 2013; 8:e61464. [PMID: 23658693 PMCID: PMC3641051 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2012] [Accepted: 03/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The fission yeast pericentromere comprises repetitive sequence elements packaged into heterchromatin marked by histone H3K9 methylation and Swi6 binding. Transient disruption of Swi6 during S phase allows a period of RNA synthesis which programs the RNAi machinery to maintain histone methylation. However, Swi6 is also required for early replication timing. We show that not only Swi6 but also the chromodomain protein Chp1 are delocalized during S phase. Different from loss of swi6, mutations that disrupt histone methylation in the centromere, chp1Δ and clr4Δ, undergo early DNA replication. However, timing is modestly delayed in RNAi mutants dcr1Δ or rdp1Δ, while hrr1Δ mutants resemble swi6Δ in their replication delay. Finally, we show that recruitment of RNA polymerase II in the centromere occurs independently of replication. These different effects indicate that replication timing is not simply linked to histone methylation.
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- Pao-Chen Li
- Molecular & Computational Biology Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Molecular & Computational Biology Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Molecular & Computational Biology Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Aparicio OM. Location, location, location: it's all in the timing for replication origins. Genes Dev 2013; 27:117-28. [PMID: 23348837 DOI: 10.1101/gad.209999.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The differential replication timing of eukaryotic replication origins has long been linked with epigenetic regulation of gene expression and more recently with genome stability and mutation rates; however, the mechanism has remained obscure. Recent studies have shed new light by identifying novel factors that determine origin timing in yeasts and mammalian cells and implicate the spatial organization of origins within nuclear territories in the mechanism. These new insights, along with recent findings that several initiation factors are limiting relative to licensed origins, support and shape an emerging model for replication timing control. The mechanisms that control the spatial organization of replication origins have potential impacts for genome regulation beyond replication.
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- Oscar M Aparicio
- Molecular and Computational Biology Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, USA.
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Li PC, Petreaca RC, Jensen A, Yuan JP, Green MD, Forsburg SL. Replication fork stability is essential for the maintenance of centromere integrity in the absence of heterochromatin. Cell Rep 2013; 3:638-45. [PMID: 23478021 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2012] [Revised: 01/06/2013] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The centromere of many eukaryotes contains highly repetitive sequences marked by methylation of histone H3K9 by Clr4(KMT1). This recruits multiple heterochromatin proteins, including Swi6 and Chp1, to form a rigid centromere and ensure accurate chromosome segregation. In the absence of heterochromatin, cells show an increased rate of recombination in the centromere, as well as chromosome loss. These defects are severely aggravated by loss of replication fork stability. Thus, heterochromatin proteins and replication fork protection mechanisms work in concert to prevent abnormal recombination, preserve centromere integrity, and ensure faithful chromosome segregation.
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- Pao-Chen Li
- Molecular & Computational Biology Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2910, USA
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Donley N, Thayer MJ. DNA replication timing, genome stability and cancer: late and/or delayed DNA replication timing is associated with increased genomic instability. Semin Cancer Biol 2013; 23:80-9. [PMID: 23327985 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2013.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2012] [Accepted: 01/04/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Normal cellular division requires that the genome be faithfully replicated to ensure that unaltered genomic information is passed from one generation to the next. DNA replication initiates from thousands of origins scattered throughout the genome every cell cycle; however, not all origins initiate replication at the same time. A vast amount of work over the years indicates that different origins along each eukaryotic chromosome are activated in early, middle or late S phase. This temporal control of DNA replication is referred to as the replication-timing program. The replication-timing program represents a very stable epigenetic feature of chromosomes. Recent evidence has indicated that the replication-timing program can influence the spatial distribution of mutagenic events such that certain regions of the genome experience increased spontaneous mutagenesis compared to surrounding regions. This influence has helped shape the genomes of humans and other multicellular organisms and can affect the distribution of mutations in somatic cells. It is also becoming clear that the replication-timing program is deregulated in many disease states, including cancer. Aberrant DNA replication timing is associated with changes in gene expression, changes in epigenetic modifications and an increased frequency of structural rearrangements. Furthermore, certain replication timing changes can directly lead to overt genomic instability and may explain unique mutational signatures that are present in cells that have undergone the recently described processes of "chromothripsis" and "kataegis". In this review, we will discuss how the normal replication timing program, as well as how alterations to this program, can contribute to the evolution of the genomic landscape in normal and cancerous cells.
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- Nathan Donley
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oregon Health & Science University, Knight Cancer Institute, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA
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Chaudari A, Huberman JA. Identification of two telomere-proximal fission yeast DNA replication origins constrained by nearby cis-acting sequences to replicate in late S phase. F1000Res 2012; 1:58. [PMID: 24358832 PMCID: PMC3790605 DOI: 10.12688/f1000research.1-58.v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/21/2012] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Telomeres of the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, are known to replicate in late S phase, but the reasons for this late replication are not fully understood. We have identified two closely-spaced DNA replication origins, 5.5 to 8 kb upstream from the telomere itself. These are the most telomere-proximal of all the replication origins in the fission yeast genome. When located by themselves in circular plasmids, these origins fired in early S phase, but if flanking sequences closer to the telomere were included in the circular plasmid, then replication was restrained to late S phase - except in cells lacking the replication-checkpoint kinase, Cds1. We conclude that checkpoint-dependent late replication of telomere-associated sequences is dependent on nearby cis-acting sequences, not on proximity to the physical end of a linear chromosome.
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- Amna Chaudari
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, 14263, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, 14263, USA
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Tazumi A, Fukuura M, Nakato R, Kishimoto A, Takenaka T, Ogawa S, Song JH, Takahashi TS, Nakagawa T, Shirahige K, Masukata H. Telomere-binding protein Taz1 controls global replication timing through its localization near late replication origins in fission yeast. Genes Dev 2012; 26:2050-62. [PMID: 22987637 DOI: 10.1101/gad.194282.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In eukaryotes, the replication of chromosome DNA is coordinated by a replication timing program that temporally regulates the firing of individual replication origins. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the program remains elusive. Here, we report that the telomere-binding protein Taz1 plays a crucial role in the control of replication timing in fission yeast. A DNA element located proximal to a late origin in the chromosome arm represses initiation from the origin in early S phase. Systematic deletion and substitution experiments demonstrated that two tandem telomeric repeats are essential for this repression. The telomeric repeats recruit Taz1, a counterpart of human TRF1 and TRF2, to the locus. Genome-wide analysis revealed that Taz1 regulates about half of chromosomal late origins, including those in subtelomeres. The Taz1-mediated mechanism prevents Dbf4-dependent kinase (DDK)-dependent Sld3 loading onto the origins. Our results demonstrate that the replication timing program in fission yeast uses the internal telomeric repeats and binding of Taz1.
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- Atsutoshi Tazumi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan
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Tazumi A, Masukata H. Telomere-binding proteins play roles in control of replication timing. Cell Cycle 2012; 11:4492-3. [PMID: 23165206 PMCID: PMC3562287 DOI: 10.4161/cc.22727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Comment on: Tazumi A, et al. Genes Dev 2012; 26:2050-62.
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Kolesnikova TD, Posukh OV, Andreyeva EN, Bebyakina DS, Ivankin AV, Zhimulev IF. Drosophila SUUR protein associates with PCNA and binds chromatin in a cell cycle-dependent manner. Chromosoma 2012; 122:55-66. [DOI: 10.1007/s00412-012-0390-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2012] [Revised: 09/25/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2012] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Symeonidou IE, Taraviras S, Lygerou Z. Control over DNA replication in time and space. FEBS Lett 2012; 586:2803-12. [PMID: 22841721 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.07.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2012] [Revised: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/18/2012] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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DNA replication is precisely regulated in time and space, thereby safeguarding genomic integrity. In eukaryotes, replication initiates from multiple sites along the genome, termed origins of replication, and propagates bidirectionally. Dynamic origin bound complexes dictate where and when replication should initiate. During late mitosis and G1 phase, putative origins are recognized and become "licensed" through the assembly of pre-replicative complexes (pre-RCs) that include the MCM2-7 helicases. Subsequently, at the G1/S phase transition, a fraction of pre-RCs are activated giving rise to the establishment of replication forks. Origin location is influenced by chromatin and nuclear organization and origin selection exhibits stochastic features. The regulatory mechanisms that govern these cell cycle events rely on the periodic fluctuation of cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) activity through the cell cycle.
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Di Rienzi SC, Lindstrom KC, Mann T, Noble WS, Raghuraman MK, Brewer BJ. Maintaining replication origins in the face of genomic change. Genome Res 2012; 22:1940-52. [PMID: 22665441 PMCID: PMC3460189 DOI: 10.1101/gr.138248.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Origins of replication present a paradox to evolutionary biologists. As a collection, they are absolutely essential genomic features, but individually are highly redundant and nonessential. It is therefore difficult to predict to what extent and in what regard origins are conserved over evolutionary time. Here, through a comparative genomic analysis of replication origins and chromosomal replication patterns in the budding yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lachancea waltii, we assess to what extent replication origins survived genomic change produced from 150 million years of evolution. We find that L. waltii origins exhibit a core consensus sequence and nucleosome occupancy pattern highly similar to those of S. cerevisiae origins. We further observe that the overall progression of chromosomal replication is similar between L. waltii and S. cerevisiae. Nevertheless, few origins show evidence of being conserved in location between the two species. Among the conserved origins are those surrounding centromeres and adjacent to histone genes, suggesting that proximity to an origin may be important for their regulation. We conclude that, over evolutionary time, origins maintain sequence, structure, and regulation, but are continually being created and destroyed, with the result that their locations are generally not conserved.
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- Sara C Di Rienzi
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Dehé PM, Rog O, Ferreira M, Greenwood J, Cooper J. Taz1 Enforces Cell-Cycle Regulation of Telomere Synthesis. Mol Cell 2012; 46:797-808. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2011] [Revised: 02/21/2012] [Accepted: 04/13/2012] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Xu J, Yanagisawa Y, Tsankov AM, Hart C, Aoki K, Kommajosyula N, Steinmann KE, Bochicchio J, Russ C, Regev A, Rando OJ, Nusbaum C, Niki H, Milos P, Weng Z, Rhind N. Genome-wide identification and characterization of replication origins by deep sequencing. Genome Biol 2012; 13:R27. [PMID: 22531001 PMCID: PMC3446301 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2012-13-4-r27] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2011] [Revised: 03/27/2012] [Accepted: 04/24/2012] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Background DNA replication initiates at distinct origins in eukaryotic genomes, but the genomic features that define these sites are not well understood. Results We have taken a combined experimental and bioinformatic approach to identify and characterize origins of replication in three distantly related fission yeasts: Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Schizosaccharomyces octosporus and Schizosaccharomyces japonicus. Using single-molecule deep sequencing to construct amplification-free high-resolution replication profiles, we located origins and identified sequence motifs that predict origin function. We then mapped nucleosome occupancy by deep sequencing of mononucleosomal DNA from the corresponding species, finding that origins tend to occupy nucleosome-depleted regions. Conclusions The sequences that specify origins are evolutionarily plastic, with low complexity nucleosome-excluding sequences functioning in S. pombe and S. octosporus, and binding sites for trans-acting nucleosome-excluding proteins functioning in S. japonicus. Furthermore, chromosome-scale variation in replication timing is conserved independently of origin location and via a mechanism distinct from known heterochromatic effects on origin function. These results are consistent with a model in which origins are simply the nucleosome-depleted regions of the genome with the highest affinity for the origin recognition complex. This approach provides a general strategy for understanding the mechanisms that define DNA replication origins in eukaryotes.
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- Jia Xu
- Bioinformatics and Integrative Biology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA
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Rapid progress in our understanding of chromatin regulation has fueled considerable interest in epigenetic mechanisms governing the stable inheritance of chromatin states. Findings from several systems reveal small RNAs of the RNAi pathway as critical determinants of epigenetic gene silencing. Notably, recent investigations into the mechanisms of RNAi-mediated heterochromatin assembly in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe have yielded new insights regarding the roles of RNAi in chromatin regulation and epigenetic inheritance.
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- Hugh P Cam
- Boston College, Biology Department, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA.
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The chromatin backdrop of DNA replication: lessons from genetics and genome-scale analyses. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENE REGULATORY MECHANISMS 2012; 1819:794-801. [PMID: 22342530 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2011] [Revised: 01/27/2012] [Accepted: 01/31/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The entire cellular genome must replicate during each cell cycle, but it is yet unclear how replication proceeds along with chromatin condensation and remodeling while ensuring the fidelity of the replicated genome. Mapping replication initiation sites can provide clues for the coordination of DNA replication and transcription on a whole-genome scale. Here we discuss recent insights obtained from genome-scale analyses of replication initiation sites and transcription in mammalian cells and ask how transcription and chromatin modifications affect the frequency of replication initiation events. We also discuss DNA sequences, such as insulators and replicators, which modulate replication and transcription of target genes, and use genome-wide maps of replication initiation sites to evaluate possible commonalities between replicators and chromatin insulators. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Chromatin in time and space.
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Hayano M, Kanoh Y, Matsumoto S, Renard-Guillet C, Shirahige K, Masai H. Rif1 is a global regulator of timing of replication origin firing in fission yeast. Genes Dev 2012; 26:137-50. [PMID: 22279046 PMCID: PMC3273838 DOI: 10.1101/gad.178491.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 186] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2011] [Accepted: 12/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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One of the long-standing questions in eukaryotic DNA replication is the mechanisms that determine where and when a particular segment of the genome is replicated. Cdc7/Hsk1 is a conserved kinase required for initiation of DNA replication and may affect the site selection and timing of origin firing. We identified rif1Δ, a null mutant of rif1(+), a conserved telomere-binding factor, as an efficient bypass mutant of fission yeast hsk1. Extensive deregulation of dormant origins over a wide range of the chromosomes occurs in rif1Δ in the presence or absence of hydroxyurea (HU). At the same time, many early-firing, efficient origins are suppressed or delayed in firing timing in rif1Δ. Rif1 binds not only to telomeres, but also to many specific locations on the arm segments that only partially overlap with the prereplicative complex assembly sites, although Rif1 tends to bind in the vicinity of the late/dormant origins activated in rif1Δ. The binding to the arm segments occurs through M to G1 phase in a manner independent of Taz1 and appears to be essential for the replication timing program during the normal cell cycle. Our data demonstrate that Rif1 is a critical determinant of the origin activation program on the fission yeast chromosomes.
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- Motoshi Hayano
- Genome Dynamics, Department of Genome Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8613, Japan
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- Genome Dynamics, Department of Genome Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8613, Japan
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- Genome Dynamics, Department of Genome Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8613, Japan
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- Laboratory of Genome Structure and Function, Research Center for Epigenetic Disease, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Laboratory of Genome Structure and Function, Research Center for Epigenetic Disease, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Genome Dynamics, Department of Genome Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8613, Japan
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Post-translational modifications of histones are critical not only for local regulation of gene expression, but also for higher-order structure of the chromosome and genome organization in general. These modifications enable a preset state to be maintained over subsequent generations and thus provide an epigenetic level of regulation. Heterochromatic regions of the genome are epigenetically regulated to maintain a “silent state” and protein coding genes inserted into these regions are subject to the same epigenetic silencing. The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe has well characterized regions of heterochromatin and has proven to be a powerful model for elucidation of epigenetic silencing mechanisms. Research in S. pombe led to the breakthrough discovery that epigenetic silencing is not solely a chromatin-driven transcriptional repression and that RNA interference of nascent transcripts can guide epigenetic silencing and associated histone modifications. Over the last 10 years, an eloquent integration of genetic and biochemical studies have greatly propelled our understanding of major players and effector complexes for regulation of RNAi-mediated epigenetic silencing in S. pombe. Here, we review recent research related to regulation of the epigenetic state in S. pombe heterochromatin, focusing specifically on the mechanisms by which transcription and RNA processing interact with the chromatin modification machinery to maintain the epigenetically silent state.
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- Derek B Goto
- Creative Research Institution, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0021 Laboratory for Chromatin Dynamics, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan.
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Origin association of Sld3, Sld7, and Cdc45 proteins is a key step for determination of origin-firing timing. Curr Biol 2011; 21:2055-63. [PMID: 22169533 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.11.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 187] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2011] [Revised: 10/24/2011] [Accepted: 11/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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BACKGROUND Chromosomal DNA replication in eukaryotes initiates from multiple origins of replication, and because of this multiplicity, activation of replication origins is likely to be highly coordinated; origins fire at characteristic times, with some origins firing on average earlier (early-firing origins) and others later (late-firing origins) in the S phase of the budding yeast cell cycle. However, the molecular basis for such temporal regulation is poorly understood. RESULTS We show that origin association of the low-abundance replication proteins Sld3, Sld7, and Cdc45 is the key to determining the temporal order of origin firing. These proteins form a complex and associate with the early-firing origins in G1 phase in a manner that depends on Dbf4-dependent kinase (DDK), which is essential for the initiation of DNA replication. An increased dosage of Sld3, Sld7, and Cdc45 allows the late-firing origins to fire earlier in S phase. Additionally, an increased dosage of DDK also allows the late-firing origins to fire earlier. CONCLUSIONS The DDK-dependent limited association between origins and Sld3-Sld7-Cdc45 is a key step for determining the timing of origin firing.
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Matsumoto S, Hayano M, Kanoh Y, Masai H. Multiple pathways can bypass the essential role of fission yeast Hsk1 kinase in DNA replication initiation. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 195:387-401. [PMID: 22024164 PMCID: PMC3206344 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201107025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A number of different genetic backgrounds and growth conditions bypass DNA replication defects caused by the absence of yeast Hsk1 kinase, demonstrating the plasticity of the eukaryotic DNA replication program. Cdc7/Hsk1 is a conserved kinase required for initiation of DNA replication that potentially regulates timing and locations of replication origin firing. Here, we show that viability of fission yeast hsk1Δ cells can be restored by loss of mrc1, which is required for maintenance of replication fork integrity, by cds1Δ, or by a checkpoint-deficient mutant of mrc1. In these mutants, normally inactive origins are activated in the presence of hydroxyurea and binding of Cdc45 to MCM is stimulated. mrc1Δ bypasses hsk1Δ more efficiently because of its checkpoint-independent inhibitory functions. Unexpectedly, hsk1Δ is viable at 37°C. More DNA is synthesized, and some dormant origins fire in the presence of hydroxyurea at 37°C. Furthermore, hsk1Δ bypass strains grow poorly at 25°C compared with higher temperatures. Our results show that Hsk1 functions for DNA replication can be bypassed by different genetic backgrounds as well as under varied physiological conditions, providing additional evidence for plasticity of the replication program in eukaryotes.
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- Seiji Matsumoto
- Genome Dynamics Project, Department of Genome Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 156-8613, Japan
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Zaratiegui M, Castel SE, Irvine DV, Kloc A, Ren J, Li F, de Castro E, Marín L, Chang AY, Goto D, Cande WZ, Antequera F, Arcangioli B, Martienssen RA. RNAi promotes heterochromatic silencing through replication-coupled release of RNA Pol II. Nature 2011; 479:135-8. [PMID: 22002604 PMCID: PMC3391703 DOI: 10.1038/nature10501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2011] [Accepted: 08/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Heterochromatin comprises tightly compacted repetitive regions of eukaryotic chromosomes. The inheritance of heterochromatin through mitosis requires RNA interference (RNAi), which guides histone modification 1 during the DNA replication phase of the cell cycle2. Here, we show that the alternating arrangement of origins of replication and non-coding RNA in pericentromeric heterochromatin results in competition between transcription and replication. Co-transcriptional RNAi releases RNA polymerase II (PolII), allowing completion of DNA replication by the leading strand DNA polymerase, and associated histone modifying enzymes3 which spread heterochromatin with the replication fork. In the absence of RNAi, stalled forks are repaired by homologous recombination without histone modification.
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- Mikel Zaratiegui
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA
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Mutation rates vary significantly within the genome and across species. Recent studies revealed a long suspected replication-timing effect on mutation rate, but the mechanisms that regulate the increase in mutation rate as the genome is replicated remain unclear. Evidence is emerging, however, that DNA repair systems, in general, are less efficient in late replicating heterochromatic regions compared to early replicating euchromatic regions of the genome. At the same time, mutation rates in both vertebrates and invertebrates have been shown to vary with generation time (GT). GT is correlated with genome size, which suggests a possible nucleotypic effect on species-specific mutation rates. These and other observations all converge on a role for DNA replication checkpoints in modulating generation times and mutation rates during the DNA synthetic phase (S phase) of the cell cycle. The following will examine the potential role of the intra-S checkpoint in regulating cell cycle times (GT) and mutation rates in eukaryotes. This article was published online on August 5, 2011. An error was subsequently identified. This notice is included in the online and print versions to indicate that both have been corrected October 4, 2011.
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- John Herrick
- Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
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Cayrou C, Coulombe P, Vigneron A, Stanojcic S, Ganier O, Peiffer I, Rivals E, Puy A, Laurent-Chabalier S, Desprat R, Méchali M. Genome-scale analysis of metazoan replication origins reveals their organization in specific but flexible sites defined by conserved features. Genome Res 2011; 21:1438-49. [PMID: 21750104 DOI: 10.1101/gr.121830.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In metazoans, thousands of DNA replication origins (Oris) are activated at each cell cycle. Their genomic organization and their genetic nature remain elusive. Here, we characterized Oris by nascent strand (NS) purification and a genome-wide analysis in Drosophila and mouse cells. We show that in both species most CpG islands (CGI) contain Oris, although methylation is nearly absent in Drosophila, indicating that this epigenetic mark is not crucial for defining the activated origin. Initiation of DNA synthesis starts at the borders of CGI, resulting in a striking bimodal distribution of NS, suggestive of a dual initiation event. Oris contain a unique nucleotide skew around NS peaks, characterized by G/T and C/A overrepresentation at the 5' and 3' of Ori sites, respectively. Repeated GC-rich elements were detected, which are good predictors of Oris, suggesting that common sequence features are part of metazoan Oris. In the heterochromatic chromosome 4 of Drosophila, Oris correlated with HP1 binding sites. At the chromosome level, regions rich in Oris are early replicating, whereas Ori-poor regions are late replicating. The genome-wide analysis was coupled with a DNA combing analysis to unravel the organization of Oris. The results indicate that Oris are in a large excess, but their activation does not occur at random. They are organized in groups of site-specific but flexible origins that define replicons, where a single origin is activated in each replicon. This organization provides both site specificity and Ori firing flexibility in each replicon, allowing possible adaptation to environmental cues and cell fates.
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Kwon SH, Workman JL. The changing faces of HP1: From heterochromatin formation and gene silencing to euchromatic gene expression: HP1 acts as a positive regulator of transcription. Bioessays 2011; 33:280-9. [PMID: 21271610 DOI: 10.1002/bies.201000138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) is a positive regulator of active transcription in euchromatin. HP1 was first identified in Drosophila melanogaster as a major component of heterochromatin. Most eukaryotes have at least three isoforms of HP1, which are conserved in overall structure but localize differentially to heterochromatin and euchromatin. Although initial studies revealed a key role for HP1 in heterochromatin formation and gene silencing, recent progress has shed light on additional roles for HP1 in processes such as euchromatic gene expression. Recent studies have highlighted the importance of HP1-mediated gene regulation in euchromatin. Here, we focus on recent advances in understanding the role of HP1 in active transcription in euchromatin and how modification and localization of HP1 can regulate distinct functions for this protein in different contexts.
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- So Hee Kwon
- Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City, MO, USA
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Kanke M, Nishimura K, Kanemaki M, Kakimoto T, Takahashi TS, Nakagawa T, Masukata H. Auxin-inducible protein depletion system in fission yeast. BMC Cell Biol 2011; 12:8. [PMID: 21314938 PMCID: PMC3048574 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2121-12-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2010] [Accepted: 02/11/2011] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Background Inducible inactivation of a protein is a powerful approach for analysis of its function within cells. Fission yeast is a useful model for studying the fundamental mechanisms such as chromosome maintenance and cell cycle. However, previously published strategies for protein-depletion are successful only for some proteins in some specific conditions and still do not achieve efficient depletion to cause acute phenotypes such as immediate cell cycle arrest. The aim of this work was to construct a useful and powerful protein-depletion system in Shizosaccaromyces pombe. Results We constructed an auxin-inducible degron (AID) system, which utilizes auxin-dependent poly-ubiquitination of Aux/IAA proteins by SCFTIR1 in plants, in fission yeast. Although expression of a plant F-box protein, TIR1, decreased Mcm4-aid, a component of the MCM complex essential for DNA replication tagged with Aux/IAA peptide, depletion did not result in an evident growth defect. We successfully improved degradation efficiency of Mcm4-aid by fusion of TIR1 with fission yeast Skp1, a conserved F-box-interacting component of SCF (improved-AID system; i-AID), and the cells showed severe defect in growth. The i-AID system induced degradation of Mcm4-aid in the chromatin-bound MCM complex as well as those in soluble fractions. The i-AID system in conjunction with transcription repression (off-AID system), we achieved more efficient depletion of other proteins including Pol1 and Cdc45, causing early S phase arrest. Conclusion Improvement of the AID system allowed us to construct conditional null mutants of S. pombe. We propose that the off-AID system is the powerful method for in vivo protein-depletion in fission yeast.
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- Mai Kanke
- Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
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Black JC, Allen A, Van Rechem C, Forbes E, Longworth M, Tschöp K, Rinehart C, Quiton J, Walsh R, Smallwood A, Dyson NJ, Whetstine JR. Conserved antagonism between JMJD2A/KDM4A and HP1γ during cell cycle progression. Mol Cell 2011; 40:736-48. [PMID: 21145482 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2010] [Revised: 06/08/2010] [Accepted: 09/10/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The KDM4/JMJD2 family of histone demethylases is amplified in human cancers. However, little is known about their physiologic or tumorigenic roles. We have identified a conserved and unappreciated role for the JMJD2A/KDM4A H3K9/36 tridemethylase in cell cycle progression. We demonstrate that JMJD2A protein levels are regulated in a cell cycle-dependent manner and that JMJD2A overexpression increased chromatin accessibility, S phase progression, and altered replication timing of specific genomic loci. These phenotypes depended on JMJD2A enzymatic activity. Strikingly, depletion of the only C. elegans homolog, JMJD-2, slowed DNA replication and increased ATR/p53-dependent apoptosis. Importantly, overexpression of HP1γ antagonized JMJD2A-dependent progression through S phase, and depletion of HPL-2 rescued the DNA replication-related phenotypes in jmjd-2(-/-) animals. Our findings describe a highly conserved model whereby JMJD2A regulates DNA replication by antagonizing HP1γ and controlling chromatin accessibility.
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- Joshua C Black
- Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 13th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA
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It is well-established that silent regions of the genome replicate late during S phase. In this issue of Molecular Cell, Black et al. (2010) uncover a conserved role for the JMJD2 family of histone demethylases in promoting replication within silent chromatin regions that contain histone H3 lysine 9 methylation and HP1.
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- Erica L Gerace
- Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Li PC, Chretien L, Côté J, Kelly TJ, Forsburg SL. S. pombe replication protein Cdc18 (Cdc6) interacts with Swi6 (HP1) heterochromatin protein: region specific effects and replication timing in the centromere. Cell Cycle 2011; 10:323-36. [PMID: 21239883 DOI: 10.4161/cc.10.2.14552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Heterochromatin in S. pombe is associated with gene silencing at telomeres, the mating locus and centromeres. The compact heterochromatin structure raises the question how it unpacks and reforms during DNA replication. We show that the essential DNA replication factor Cdc18 (CDC6) associates with heterochromatin protein 1 (Swi6) in vivo and in vitro. Biochemical mapping and mutational analysis of the association domains show that the N-terminus of Cdc18 interacts with the chromoshadow domain of Swi6. Mutations in Swi6 that disrupt this interaction disrupt silencing and delay replication in the centromere. A mutation cdc18-I43A that reduces Cdc18 association with Swi6 has no silencing defect at the centromere, but changes Swi6 distribution and accelerates the timing of centromere replication. We suggest that fine tuning of Swi6 association at replication origins is important for negative as well as positive control of replication initiation.
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- Pao-Chen Li
- Program in Molecular and Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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The nucleus is organized and compartmentalized into a highly ordered structure that contains DNA, RNA, chromosomal and histone proteins. The dynamics associated with these various components are responsible for making sure that the DNA is properly duplicated, genes are properly transcribed, and the genome is stabilized. It is no surprise that alterations in these various components are directly associated with pathologies like cancer. This Point of View focuses on the role the chromatin modification landscape, especially histone 3 lysine 9 methylation (H3K9me), and heterochromatin proteins (HP1) play in regulating DNA-templated processes, with a particular focus on their role at non-genic regions and effects on chromatin structure. These observations will be further extended to the role that alterations in chromatin landscape will contribute to diseases. This Point of View emphasizes that alterations in histone modification landscapes are not only relevant to transcription but have broad range implications in chromatin structure, nuclear architecture, cell cycle, genome stability and disease progression.
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- Joshua C Black
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, MA, USA
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