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Schmitt A, Feldmann G, Zander T, Reinhardt HC. Targeting Defects in the Cellular DNA Damage Response for the Treatment of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Oncol Res Treat 2018; 41:619-625. [DOI: 10.1159/000493401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2018] [Accepted: 08/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Whelan DR, Lee WTC, Yin Y, Ofri DM, Bermudez-Hernandez K, Keegan S, Fenyo D, Rothenberg E. Spatiotemporal dynamics of homologous recombination repair at single collapsed replication forks. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3882. [PMID: 30250272 PMCID: PMC6155164 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06435-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Homologous recombination (HR) is a crucial pathway for the repair of DNA double-strand breaks. BRCA1/2 breast cancer proteins are key players in HR via their mediation of RAD51 nucleofilament formation and function; however, their individual roles and crosstalk in vivo are unknown. Here we use super-resolution (SR) imaging to map the spatiotemporal kinetics of HR proteins, revealing the interdependent relationships that govern the dynamic interplay and progression of repair events. We show that initial single-stranded DNA/RAD51 nucleofilament formation is mediated by RAD52 or, in the absence of RAD52, by BRCA2. In contrast, only BRCA2 can orchestrate later RAD51 recombinase activity during homology search and resolution. Furthermore, we establish that upstream BRCA1 activity is critical for BRCA2 function. Our analyses reveal the underlying epistatic landscape of RAD51 functional dependence on RAD52, BRCA1, and BRCA2 during HR and explain the phenotypic similarity of diseases associated with mutations in these proteins.
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- Donna R Whelan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA.,Department of Pharmacy and Applied Science, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Bendigo, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
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Vattulainen-Collanus S, Southwood M, Yang XD, Moore S, Ghatpande P, Morrell NW, Lagna G, Hata A. Bone morphogenetic protein signaling is required for RAD51-mediated maintenance of genome integrity in vascular endothelial cells. Commun Biol 2018; 1:149. [PMID: 30272025 PMCID: PMC6155317 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-018-0152-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The integrity of blood vessels is fundamental to vascular homeostasis. Inactivating mutations in the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) receptor type II (BMPR2) gene cause hereditary vascular disorders, including pulmonary arterial hypertension and hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, suggesting that BMPR2 and its downstream signaling pathway are pivotal to the maintenance of vascular integrity through an unknown molecular mechanism. Here we report that inactivation of BMPR2 in pulmonary vascular endothelial cells results in a deficit of RAD51, an enzyme essential for DNA repair and replication. Loss of RAD51, which causes DNA damage and cell death, is also detected in animal models and human patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Restoration of BMPR2 or activation of the BMP signaling pathway rescues RAD51 and prevents DNA damage. This is an unexpected role of BMP signaling in preventing the accumulation of DNA damage and the concomitant loss of endothelial integrity and vascular remodeling associated with vascular disorders. Sanna Vattulainen-Collanus et al. report that mutations in the BMPR2 gene, which is associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension, result in a deficit of RAD51 and altered DNA repair and replication. They were able to rescue the RAD51-deficient phenotype by restoring BMPR2 activity in cell culture.
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- Sanna Vattulainen-Collanus
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, 94143, CA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Papworth Hospital, Papworth Everad, Cambridge, CB23 3RE, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrook's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrook's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, 94143, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrook's Hospital, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, 94143, CA, USA
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- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, 94143, CA, USA. .,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, 94143, CA, USA.
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Timely recruitment of DNA damage response proteins to sites of genomic structural lesions is very important for signaling mechanisms to activate appropriate cell cycle checkpoints but also repair the altered DNA sequence to suppress mutagenesis. The eukaryotic cell is characterized by a complex cadre of players and pathways to ensure genomic stability in the face of replication stress or outright genomic insult by endogenous metabolites or environmental agents. Among the key performers are molecular motor DNA unwinding enzymes known as helicases that sense genomic perturbations and separate structured DNA strands so that replacement of a damaged base or sugar-phosphate backbone lesion can occur efficiently. Mutations in the BLM gene encoding the DNA helicase BLM leads to a rare chromosomal instability disorder known as Bloom's syndrome. In a recent paper by the Sengupta lab, BLM's role in the correction of double-strand breaks (DSB), a particularly dangerous form of DNA damage, was investigated. Adding to the complexity, BLM appears to be a key ringmaster of DSB repair as it acts both positively and negatively to regulate correction pathways of high or low fidelity. The FANCJ DNA helicase, mutated in another chromosomal instability disorder known as Fanconi Anemia, is an important player that likely coordinates with BLM in the balancing act. Further studies to dissect the roles of DNA helicases like FANCJ and BLM in DSB repair are warranted.
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- Srijita Dhar
- a Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health , NIH Biomedical Research Center , Baltimore , MD , USA
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- a Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health , NIH Biomedical Research Center , Baltimore , MD , USA
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Jab1/Cops5 contributes to chemoresistance in breast cancer by regulating Rad51. Cell Signal 2018; 53:39-48. [PMID: 30244171 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2018.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2018] [Revised: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Jab1 overexpression correlates with poor prognosis in breast cancer patients, suggestting that targeting the aberrant Jab1 signaling in breast cancer could be a promising strategy. In the current study, we investigate the hypothesis that Jab1 positively regulates the DNA repair protein Rad51 and, in turn, the cellular response of breast cancer to chemotherapy with adriamycin and cisplatin. High-throughput mRNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) data from 113 normal and 1109 tumor tissues (obtained from TCGA) were integrated to our analysis to give further support to our findings. We found that Jab1 was overexpressed in adriamycin-resistant breast cancer cell MCF-7R compared with parental MCF-7 cells, and that knockdown of Jab1 expression conferred cellular sensitivity to adriamycin and cisplatin both in vivo and in vitro. By contrast, exogenous Jab1 expression enhanced the resistance of breast cancer cells to adriamycin and cisplatin. Moreover, we discovered that Jab1 positively regulated Rad51 in p53-dependent manner and that overexpression of Rad51 conferred cellular resistance to adriamycin and cisplatin in Jab1-deficient cells. Data from TCGA further validated an correlation between Jab1 and Rad51 in breast cancer, and elevated Jab1 and Rad51 associated with poor survival in breast cancer patients. Our findings indicate that Jab1 association with Rad51 plays an important role in cellular response to chemotherapy in breast cancer.
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Melatonin Sensitizes Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells to Chemotherapy Through Long Non-Coding RNA RAD51-AS1-Mediated Suppression of DNA Repair. Cancers (Basel) 2018; 10:cancers10090320. [PMID: 30201872 PMCID: PMC6162454 DOI: 10.3390/cancers10090320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Revised: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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DNA repair systems are abnormally active in most hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cells due to accumulated mutations, resulting in elevated DNA repair capacity and resistance to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Thus, targeting DNA repair mechanisms is a common treatment approach in HCC to sensitize cancer cells to DNA damage. In this study, we examined the anti-HCC effects of melatonin and elucidated the regulatory mechanisms. The results of functional assays showed that in addition to inhibiting the proliferation, migration, and invasion abilities of HCC cells, melatonin suppressed their DNA repair capacity, thereby promoting the cytotoxicity of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Whole-transcriptome and gain- and loss-of-function analyses revealed that melatonin induces expression of the long noncoding RNA RAD51-AS1, which binds to RAD51 mRNA to inhibit its translation, effectively decreasing the DNA repair capacity of HCC cells and increasing their sensitivity to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Animal models further demonstrated that a combination of melatonin and the chemotherapeutic agent etoposide (VP16) can significantly enhance tumor growth inhibition compared with monotherapy. Our results show that melatonin is a potential adjuvant treatment for chemotherapy and radiotherapy in HCC.
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Reconstitution of anaphase DNA bridge recognition and disjunction. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2018; 25:868-876. [PMID: 30177760 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-018-0123-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Faithful chromosome segregation requires that the sister chromatids be disjoined completely. Defective disjunction can lead to the persistence of histone-free threads of DNA known as ultra-fine bridges (UFBs) that connect the separating sister DNA molecules during anaphase. UFBs arise at specific genomic loci and can only be visualized by detection of associated proteins such as PICH, BLM, topoisomerase IIIα, and RPA. However, it remains unknown how these proteins work together to promote UFB processing. We used a combination of ensemble biochemistry and new single-molecule assays to reconstitute key steps of UFB recognition and processing by these human proteins in vitro. We discovered characteristic patterns of hierarchical recruitment and coordinated biochemical activities that were specific for DNA structures modeling UFBs arising at either centromeres or common fragile sites. Our results describe a mechanistic model for how unresolved DNA replication structures are processed by DNA-structure-specific binding factors in mitosis to prevent pathological chromosome nondisjunction.
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Chen X, Gonçalves MAFV. DNA, RNA, and Protein Tools for Editing the Genetic Information in Human Cells. iScience 2018; 6:247-263. [PMID: 30240615 PMCID: PMC6137403 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2018.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2018] [Revised: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Solving the structure of DNA in 1953 has unleashed a tour de force in molecular biology that has illuminated how the genetic information stored in DNA is copied and flows downstream into RNA and proteins. Currently, increasingly powerful technologies permit not only reading and writing DNA in vitro but also editing the genetic instructions in cells from virtually any organism. Editing specific genomic sequences in living cells has been particularly accelerated with the introduction of programmable RNA-guided nucleases (RGNs) based on prokaryotic CRISPR adaptive immune systems. The repair of chromosomal breaks made by RGNs with donor DNA patches results in targeted genome editing involving the introduction of specific genetic changes at predefined genomic positions. Hence, donor DNAs, guide RNAs, and nuclease proteins, each representing the molecular entities underlying the storage, transmission, and expression of genetic information, are, once delivered into cells, put to work as agents of change of that very same genetic text. Here, after providing an outline of the programmable nuclease-assisted genome editing field, we review the increasingly diverse range of DNA, RNA, and protein components (e.g., nucleases and "nickases") that, when brought together, underlie RGN-based genome editing in eukaryotic cells.
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- Xiaoyu Chen
- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg 20, Leiden 2333 ZC, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Einthovenweg 20, Leiden 2333 ZC, the Netherlands.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Although asthma is a common disease worldwide, its pathogenesis remains to be fully elucidated. There is increasing evidence of the interaction between epigenetics, DNA-damage, and environmental allergens in the development of asthma. In this review, we will focus on the role of epigenetics and DNA-damage in asthma. RECENT FINDINGS There is growing evidence of environmental allergens, particularly house dust mite, stimulating oxidative DNA damage in airway epithelial cells. The repair of this DNA damage has been implicated in the secretion of Th2 cytokines and the induction of allergic inflammation. SUMMARY Studies of the role of epigenetics, DNA-damage, and environmental allergens have begun to reveal the their complex interactions and their roles in the development of asthma. Further study in these areas may lead to novel prevention and treatment approaches.
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Sanyal S, Molnarova L, Richterova J, Huraiova B, Benko Z, Polakova S, Cipakova I, Sevcovicova A, Gaplovska-Kysela K, Mechtler K, Cipak L, Gregan J. Mutations that prevent methylation of cohesin render sensitivity to DNA damage in S. pombe. J Cell Sci 2018; 131:jcs214924. [PMID: 29898918 PMCID: PMC6051343 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.214924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The canonical role of cohesin is to mediate sister chromatid cohesion. In addition, cohesin plays important roles in processes such as DNA repair and regulation of gene expression. Mounting evidence suggests that various post-translational modifications, including phosphorylation, acetylation and sumoylation regulate cohesin functions. Our mass spectrometry analysis of cohesin purified from Schizosaccharomyces pombe cells revealed that the cohesin subunit Psm1 is methylated on two evolutionarily conserved lysine residues, K536 and K1200. We found that mutations that prevent methylation of Psm1 K536 and K1200 render sensitivity to DNA-damaging agents and show positive genetic interactions with mutations in genes encoding the Mus81-Eme1 endonuclease. Yeast two-hybrid and co-immunoprecipitation assays showed that there were interactions between subunits of the cohesin and Mus81-Eme1 complexes. We conclude that cohesin is methylated and that mutations that prevent methylation of Psm1 K536 and K1200 show synthetic phenotypes with mutants defective in the homologous recombination DNA repair pathway.
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- Swastika Sanyal
- Department of Chromosome Biology, MFPL, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Centre of Biosciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 84505 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Membrane Biochemistry, Institute of Animal Biochemistry and Genetics, Centre of Biosciences, Slovak Academy of Sciences, 84505 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, 84505 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Research Institute of Molecular Pathology, Campus-Vienna-Biocenter 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Biomedical Research Center, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dubravska cesta 9, 84505 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Chromosome Biology, MFPL, University of Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 9, 1030 Vienna, Austria
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Ilkovicova 6, 842 15 Bratislava, Slovakia
- Advanced Microscopy Facility, Vienna Biocenter Core Facilities, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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Fanconi-Anemia-Associated Mutations Destabilize RAD51 Filaments and Impair Replication Fork Protection. Cell Rep 2018; 21:333-340. [PMID: 29020621 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.09.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2017] [Revised: 08/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Fanconi anemia (FA) is a genetic disorder characterized by a defect in DNA interstrand crosslink (ICL) repair, chromosomal instability, and a predisposition to cancer. Recently, two RAD51 mutations were reported to cause an FA-like phenotype. Despite the tight association of FA/HR proteins with replication fork (RF) stabilization during normal replication, it remains unknown how FA-associated RAD51 mutations affect replication beyond ICL lesions. Here, we report that these mutations fail to protect nascent DNA from MRE11-mediated degradation during RF stalling in Xenopus laevis egg extracts. Reconstitution of DNA protection in vitro revealed that the defect arises directly due to altered RAD51 properties. Both mutations induce pronounced structural changes and RAD51 filament destabilization that is not rescued by prevention of ATP hydrolysis due to aberrant ATP binding. Our results further interconnect the FA pathway with DNA replication and provide mechanistic insight into the role of RAD51 in recombination-independent mechanisms of genome maintenance.
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Ranjbaran R, Nikogoftar Zarif M, Sharifzadeh S, Golafshan H, Pourfathollah AA. Prevention of Transcriptional γ-globin Gene Silencing by Inducing The Hereditary Persistence of Fetal Hemoglobin Point Mutation Using Chimeraplast-Mediated Gene Targeting. CELL JOURNAL 2018; 20:318-325. [PMID: 29845784 PMCID: PMC6004989 DOI: 10.22074/cellj.2018.5181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Objective Hemoglobin F (HbF) augmentation is considered a clinically beneficial phenomenon in β-hemoglobinopathies. Prevention of γ-globin gene silencing, inspired by the hereditary persistence of fetal hemoglobin, may be a suitable strategy to upregulate HbF expression in these patients. Therefore, our objective was to assess the potential feasibility of induced -117 G→A substitution in HBG promoter in prevention of transcriptional silencing of the γ-globin. Materials and Methods In this experimental study, human peripheral blood-derived hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and the K562 cell line were differentiated to erythroid cells. Erythroid maturation was examined using cell morphology parameters and flow cytometry analysis of CD235a expression. A synthesised chimeraplast was transfected to differentiating cells. The efficiency of chimeraplast delivery into target cells was assessed by flow cytometry. Restriction-fragment length polymorphism and DNA sequencing verified oligonucleotide-directed mutagenesis. Gene conversion frequency and globin genes expression was quantified through Allele specific-quantitaive polymerase chain reaction (AS-qPCR) and quantitative-PCR respectively. Results Increase in CD235a-expressing cells along with observations made for different stages of erythroid maturation confirmed erythroid differentiation in HSCs and K562 cells. γ to β-globin gene switching was estimated to be on days 18-21 of HSC differentiation. Flow cytometry analysis showed that more than 70% of erythroid progenitor cells (EPCs) were transfected with the chimeraplast. The highest gene conversion efficiency was 7.2 and 11.1% in EPCs and K562 cells respectively. The induced mutation led to a 1.97-fold decrease in β/γ-globin gene expression in transfected EPCs at the experimental end point (day 28) whereas, due to the absence of β-globin gene expression following K562 differentiation, this rate was not evaluable. Conclusion Our results suggest the effectiveness of chimeraplasty in induction of the mutation of interest in both EPCs and K562 cells. We also demonstrate that the single nucleotide promoter variant was able to significantly inhibit γ-globin gene silencing during erythroid differentiation.
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- Reza Ranjbaran
- Blood Transfusion Research Center, High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine, Tehran, Iran
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- Blood Transfusion Research Center, High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine, Tehran, Iran
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- Diagnostic Laboratory Sciences and Technology Research Center, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Diagnostic Laboratory Sciences and Technology Research Center, School of Paramedical Sciences, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
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- Blood Transfusion Research Center, High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine, Tehran, Iran.Electronic Address:
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Hutinet G, Besle A, Son O, McGovern S, Guerois R, Petit MA, Ochsenbein F, Lecointe F. Sak4 of Phage HK620 Is a RecA Remote Homolog With Single-Strand Annealing Activity Stimulated by Its Cognate SSB Protein. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:743. [PMID: 29740405 PMCID: PMC5928155 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Bacteriophages are remarkable for the wide diversity of proteins they encode to perform DNA replication and homologous recombination. Looking back at these ancestral forms of life may help understanding how similar proteins work in more sophisticated organisms. For instance, the Sak4 family is composed of proteins similar to the archaeal RadB protein, a Rad51 paralog. We have previously shown that Sak4 allowed single-strand annealing in vivo, but only weakly compared to the phage λ Redβ protein, highlighting putatively that Sak4 requires partners to be efficient. Here, we report that the purified Sak4 of phage HK620 infecting Escherichia coli is a poorly efficient annealase on its own. A distant homolog of SSB, which gene is usually next to the sak4 gene in various species of phages, highly stimulates its recombineering activity in vivo. In vitro, Sak4 binds single-stranded DNA and performs single-strand annealing in an ATP-dependent way. Remarkably, the single-strand annealing activity of Sak4 is stimulated by its cognate SSB. The last six C-terminal amino acids of this SSB are essential for the binding of Sak4 to SSB-covered single-stranded DNA, as well as for the stimulation of its annealase activity. Finally, expression of sak4 and ssb from HK620 can promote low-level of recombination in vivo, though Sak4 and its SSB are unable to promote strand exchange in vitro. Regarding its homology with RecA, Sak4 could represent a link between two previously distinct types of recombinases, i.e., annealases that help strand exchange proteins and strand exchange proteins themselves.
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- Geoffrey Hutinet
- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), IBITECS, CEA, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), IBITECS, CEA, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), IBITECS, CEA, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Micalis Institute, INRA, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Strategies for In Vivo Genome Editing in Nondividing Cells. Trends Biotechnol 2018; 36:770-786. [PMID: 29685818 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2017] [Revised: 03/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Programmable nucleases, including zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated 9 (Cas9), have enhanced our ability to edit genomes by the sequence-specific generation of double-strand breaks (DSBs) with subsequent homology-directed repair (HDR) of the DSB. However, the efficiency of the HDR pathway is limited in nondividing cells, which encompass most of the cells in the body. Therefore, the HDR-mediated genome-editing approach has limited in vivo applicability. Here, we discuss a mutation type-oriented viewpoint of strategies devised over the past few years to circumvent this problem, along with their possible applications and limitations.
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Tvedte ES, Forbes AA, Logsdon JM. Retention of Core Meiotic Genes Across Diverse Hymenoptera. J Hered 2018; 108:791-806. [PMID: 28992199 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esx062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The cellular mechanisms of meiosis are critical for proper gamete formation in sexual organisms. Functional studies in model organisms have identified genes essential for meiosis, yet the extent to which this core meiotic machinery is conserved across non-model systems is not fully understood. Moreover, it is unclear whether deviation from canonical modes of sexual reproduction is accompanied by modifications in the genetic components involved in meiosis. We used a robust approach to identify and catalogue meiosis genes in Hymenoptera, an insect order typically characterized by haplodiploid reproduction. Using newly available genome data, we searched for 43 genes involved in meiosis in 18 diverse hymenopterans. Seven of eight genes with roles specific to meiosis were found across a majority of surveyed species, suggesting the preservation of core meiotic machinery in haplodiploid hymenopterans. Phylogenomic analyses of the inventory of meiosis genes and the identification of shared gene duplications and losses provided support for the grouping of species within Proctotrupomorpha, Ichneumonomorpha, and Aculeata clades, along with a paraphyletic Symphyta. The conservation of meiosis genes across Hymenoptera provides a framework for studying transitions between reproductive modes in this insect group.
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- Eric S Tvedte
- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
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- Department of Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242
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Zhao H, Zhu M, Limbo O, Russell P. RNase H eliminates R-loops that disrupt DNA replication but is nonessential for efficient DSB repair. EMBO Rep 2018; 19:embr.201745335. [PMID: 29622660 DOI: 10.15252/embr.201745335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Revised: 03/02/2018] [Accepted: 03/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, genome stability depends on RNases H1 and H2, which remove ribonucleotides from DNA and eliminate RNA-DNA hybrids (R-loops). In Schizosaccharomyces pombe, RNase H enzymes were reported to process RNA-DNA hybrids produced at a double-strand break (DSB) generated by I-PpoI meganuclease. However, it is unclear if RNase H is generally required for efficient DSB repair in fission yeast, or whether it has other genome protection roles. Here, we show that S. pombe rnh1∆ rnh201∆ cells, which lack the RNase H enzymes, accumulate R-loops and activate DNA damage checkpoints. Their viability requires critical DSB repair proteins and Mus81, which resolves DNA junctions formed during repair of broken replication forks. "Dirty" DSBs generated by ionizing radiation, as well as a "clean" DSB at a broken replication fork, are efficiently repaired in the absence of RNase H. RNA-DNA hybrids are not detected at a reparable DSB formed by fork collapse. We conclude that unprocessed R-loops collapse replication forks in rnh1∆ rnh201∆ cells, but RNase H is not generally required for efficient DSB repair.
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- Hongchang Zhao
- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Recombinase polymerase amplification applied to plant virus detection and potential implications. Anal Biochem 2018; 546:72-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2018.01.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2017] [Revised: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Choi EH, Yoon S, Kim KP. Combined Ectopic Expression of Homologous Recombination Factors Promotes Embryonic Stem Cell Differentiation. Mol Ther 2018; 26:1154-1165. [PMID: 29503196 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2018.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2018] [Revised: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 02/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Homologous recombination (HR), which ensures accurate DNA replication and strand-break repair, is necessary to preserve embryonic stem cell (ESC) self-renewal. However, little is known about how HR factors modulate ESC differentiation and replication stress-associated DNA breaks caused by unique cell-cycle progression. Here, we report that ESCs utilize Rad51-dependent HR to enhance viability and induce rapid proliferation through a replication-coupled pathway. In addition, ESC differentiation was shown to be enhanced by ectopic expression of a subset of recombinases. Abundant expression of HR proteins throughout the ESC cycle, but not during differentiation, facilitated immediate HR-mediated repair of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) gaps incurred during S-phase, via a mechanism that does not perturb cellular progression. Intriguingly, combined ectopic expression of two recombinases, Rad51 and Rad52, resulted in efficient ESC differentiation and diminished cell death, indicating that HR factors promote cellular differentiation by repairing global DNA breaks induced by chromatin remodeling signals. Collectively, these findings provide insight into the role of key HR factors in rapid DNA break repair following chromosome duplication during self-renewal and differentiation of ESCs.
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- Eui-Hwan Choi
- Department of Life Sciences, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, South Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, South Korea.
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A comprehensive analysis of BRCA2 gene: focus on mechanistic aspects of its functions, spectrum of deleterious mutations, and therapeutic strategies targeting BRCA2-deficient tumors. Med Oncol 2018; 35:18. [PMID: 29387975 DOI: 10.1007/s12032-018-1085-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BRCA2is the main susceptibility gene known to be involved in the pathogenesis of breast cancer. It plays an important role in maintaining the genome stability by homologous recombination through DNA double-strand breaks repairing, by interacting with various other proteins including RAD51, DSS1, RPA, MRE11, PALB2, and p53. BRCA2-deficient cells show the abnormalities of chromosome number. BRCA2 is also found to be involved in centrosome duplication specifically in the metaphase to anaphase transition. Inactivation or depletion of BRCA2 leads to centrosome amplification that results in unequal separation of chromosomes. BRCA2 localizes with central spindle and midbody during telophase and cytokinesis. Inactivation or depletion of BRCA2 leads to multinucleation of cell. Around 2000 mutations have been reported in BRCA2 gene. BRCA2-deficient tumors are being taking into consideration for targeted cancer therapy by using different inhibitors like poly ADP-ribose polymerase and thymidylate synthase. The present review focusses on the role of BRCA2 in various critical cellular processes based on the mechanistic approaches. Mutations reported in the BRCA2 gene in various ethnic groups till date have also been compiled with an insight into the functional aspects of these alterations. The therapeutic strategies for targeting BRCA2-deficient tumors have also been targeted.
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Mayboroda O, Katakis I, O'Sullivan CK. Multiplexed isothermal nucleic acid amplification. Anal Biochem 2018; 545:20-30. [PMID: 29353064 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2018.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2017] [Revised: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Multiplexed isothermal amplification and detection of nucleic acid sequences and biomarkers is of increasing importance in diverse areas including advanced diagnostics, food quality control and environmental monitoring. Whilst there are several very elegant isothermal amplification approaches, multiplexed amplification remains a challenge, requiring careful experimental design and optimisation, from judicious primer design in order to avoid the formation of primer dimers and non-specific amplification, applied temperature as well as the ratio and concentration of primers. In this review, we describe the various approaches that have been reported to date for multiplexed isothermal amplification, for both "one-pot" multiplexing as well as parallelised multiplexing using loop-mediated isothermal amplification, strand-displacement amplification, helicase-dependent amplification, rolling circle amplification, nucleic acid sequence-based amplification, with a particular focus on recombinase polymerase amplification.
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- Olena Mayboroda
- Interfibio Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
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- Interfibio Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain.
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- Interfibio Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Avinguda Països Catalans 26, 43007 Tarragona, Spain; ICREA, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08010 Barcelona, Spain.
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Zhang S, Wang L, Tao Y, Bai T, Lu R, Zhang T, Chen J, Ding J. Structural basis for the functional role of the Shu complex in homologous recombination. Nucleic Acids Res 2018; 45:13068-13079. [PMID: 29069504 PMCID: PMC5727457 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The Shu complex, a conserved regulator consisting of Csm2, Psy3, Shu1 and Shu2 in budding yeast, plays an important role in the assembly of the Rad51–ssDNA filament in homologous recombination. However, the molecular basis for the assembly of the Shu complex and its functional role in DNA repair is still elusive. Here, we report the crystal structure of the yeast Shu complex, revealing that Csm2, Psy3, Shu1 and Shu2 interact with each other in sequence to form a V-shape overall structure. Shu1 adopts a structure resembling the ATPase core domain of Rad51 and represents a new Rad51 paralog. Shu2 assumes a novel structural fold consisting of a conserved zinc-finger containing SWIM domain and a small insertion domain. The functional roles of the key residues are validated using mutagenesis and in vitro pull-down and in vivo yeast growth studies. Structural analysis together with available biological data identifies two potential DNA-binding sites, one of which might be responsible for binding the ssDNA region of the 3′-overhang DNA and the other for the dsDNA region. Collectively, these findings reveal the molecular basis for the assembly of the Shu complex and shed new insight on its functional role in homologous recombination.
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- Shicheng Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, Shanghai Science Research Center, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; 333 Haike Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Shanghai University, 333 Nanchen Road, Shanghai 200444, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, Shanghai Science Research Center, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; 333 Haike Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, Shanghai Science Research Center, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; 333 Haike Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, Shanghai Science Research Center, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; 333 Haike Road, Shanghai 201210, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, Shanghai Science Research Center, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; 333 Haike Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, Shanghai Science Research Center, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; 333 Haike Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology, National Center for Protein Science Shanghai, Shanghai Science Research Center, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science, Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences; 333 Haike Road, Shanghai 201210, China.,School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, 100 Haike Road, Shanghai 201210, China
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Goyal N, Rossi MJ, Mazina OM, Chi Y, Moritz RL, Clurman BE, Mazin AV. RAD54 N-terminal domain is a DNA sensor that couples ATP hydrolysis with branch migration of Holliday junctions. Nat Commun 2018; 9:34. [PMID: 29295984 PMCID: PMC5750232 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-02497-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 11/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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In eukaryotes, RAD54 catalyzes branch migration (BM) of Holliday junctions, a basic process during DNA repair, replication, and recombination. RAD54 also stimulates RAD51 recombinase and has other activities. Here, we investigate the structural determinants for different RAD54 activities. We find that the RAD54 N-terminal domain (NTD) is responsible for initiation of BM through two coupled, but distinct steps; specific binding to Holliday junctions and RAD54 oligomerization. Furthermore, we find that the RAD54 oligomeric state can be controlled by NTD phosphorylation at S49, a CDK2 consensus site, which inhibits RAD54 oligomerization and, consequently, BM. Importantly, the effect of phosphorylation on RAD54 oligomerization is specific for BM, as it does not affect stimulation of RAD51 recombinase by RAD54. Thus, the transition of the oligomeric states provides an important control of the biological functions of RAD54 and, likely, other multifunctional proteins.
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- Nadish Goyal
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA
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- Divisions of Clinical Research and Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Divisions of Clinical Research and Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA.
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Wu B, Hu W, Ayaad M, Liu H, Xing Y. Intragenic recombination between two non-functional semi-dwarf 1 alleles produced a functional SD1 allele in a tall recombinant inbred line in rice. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0190116. [PMID: 29281725 PMCID: PMC5744974 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 12/10/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Intragenic recombination is one of the most important sources of genetic variability. In our previous study, RI92 a tall line (160 cm of plant height) was observed in the cross progeny between two semi-dwarf indica cultivars Zhenshan 97 and Minghui 63. Genome-wide genotyping and sequencing indicated that the genome constitution of RI92 was completely from both parents. Bulk segregant analysis in a BC3F2 population revealed that “green revolution gene” semi-dwarf 1 (sd1) was most likely the gene controlling the tall plant height in RI92. Sequencing analysis of SD1 revealed that an intragenic recombination occurred between two parental non-functional sd1 alleles and generated a functional SD1 in RI92. Four-fold high recombination rate in SD1 located bins to the genome-wide average was observed in two RIL populations, indicating recombination hotspot in the SD1 region. Intragenic recombination creates new alleles in the progeny distinct from parental alleles and diversifies natural variation.
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- Bi Wu
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
- Nuclear Research Center, Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, Egypt
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Alves I, Houle AA, Hussin JG, Awadalla P. The impact of recombination on human mutation load and disease. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2017; 372:20160465. [PMID: 29109227 PMCID: PMC5698626 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Recombination promotes genomic integrity among cells and tissues through double-strand break repair, and is critical for gamete formation and fertility through a strict regulation of the molecular mechanisms associated with proper chromosomal disjunction. In humans, congenital defects and recurrent structural abnormalities can be attributed to aberrant meiotic recombination. Moreover, mutations affecting genes involved in recombination pathways are directly linked to pathologies including infertility and cancer. Recombination is among the most prominent mechanism shaping genome variation, and is associated with not only the structuring of genomic variability, but is also tightly linked with the purging of deleterious mutations from populations. Together, these observations highlight the multiple roles of recombination in human genetics: its ability to act as a major force of evolution, its molecular potential to maintain genome repair and integrity in cell division and its mutagenic cost impacting disease evolution.This article is part of the themed issue 'Evolutionary causes and consequences of recombination rate variation in sexual organisms'.
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- Isabel Alves
- Ontario Institute of Cancer Research, 661 University Avenue, Suite 510, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 0A3
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- Ontario Institute of Cancer Research, 661 University Avenue, Suite 510, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 0A3
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Medical Science Building, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, 5000 Rue Bélanger, Montréal, Quebec, Canada H1T 1C8
- The Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Ontario Institute of Cancer Research, 661 University Avenue, Suite 510, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 0A3
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Medical Science Building, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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Mild Telomere Dysfunction as a Force for Altering the Adaptive Potential of Subtelomeric Genes. Genetics 2017; 208:537-548. [PMID: 29242289 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.117.300607] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Subtelomeric regions have several unusual characteristics, including complex repetitive structures, increased rates of evolution, and enrichment for genes involved in niche adaptation. The adaptive telomere failure hypothesis suggests that certain environmental stresses can induce a low level of telomere failure, potentially leading to elevated subtelomeric recombination that could result in adaptive mutational changes within subtelomeric genes. Here, we tested a key prediction of the adaptive telomere failure hypothesis-that telomere dysfunction mild enough to have little or no overall effect on cell fitness could still lead to substantial increases in the mutation rates of subtelomeric genes. Our results show that a mutant of Kluyveromyces lactis with stably short telomeres produced a large increase in the frequency of mutations affecting the native subtelomeric β-galactosidase (LAC4) gene. All lac4 mutants examined from strains with severe telomere dysfunction underwent terminal deletion/duplication events consistent with being due to break-induced replication. In contrast, although cells with mild telomere dysfunction also exhibited similar terminal deletion and duplication events, up to 50% of lac4 mutants from this background unexpectedly contained base changes within the LAC4 coding region. This mutational bias for producing base changes demonstrates that mild telomere dysfunction can be well suited as a force for altering the adaptive potential of subtelomeric genes.
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Lee AJ, Sharma R, Hobbs JK, Wälti C. Cooperative RecA clustering: the key to efficient homology searching. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:11743-11751. [PMID: 28977583 PMCID: PMC5714135 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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The mechanism by which pre-synaptic RecA nucleoprotein filaments efficiently locate sequence homology across genomic DNA remains unclear. Here, using atomic force microscopy, we directly investigate the intermediates of the RecA-mediated homologous recombination process and find it to be highly cooperative, involving multiple phases. Initially, the process is dominated by a rapid ‘association’ phase, where multiple filaments interact on the same dsDNA simultaneously. This cooperative nature is reconciled by the observation of localized dense clusters of pre-synaptic filaments interacting with the observed dsDNA molecules. This confinement of reactive species within the vicinity of the dsDNA, is likely to play an important role in ensuring that a high interaction rate between the nucleoprotein filaments and the dsDNA can be achieved. This is followed by a slower ‘resolution’ phase, where the synaptic joints either locate sequence homology and progress to a post-synaptic joint, or dissociate from the dsDNA. Surprisingly, the number of simultaneous synaptic joints decreases rapidly after saturation of the dsDNA population, suggesting a reduction in interaction activity of the RecA filaments. We find that the time-scale of this decay is in line with the time-scale of the dispersion of the RecA filament clusters, further emphasising the important role this cooperative phenomena may play in the RecA-facilitated homology search.
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- Andrew J Lee
- Bioelectronics Group, School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK.,Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield, S3 7RH, UK
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- Bioelectronics Group, School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield, S3 7RH, UK.,The Krebs Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Bioelectronics Group, School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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Dihydrocoumarin, an HDAC Inhibitor, Increases DNA Damage Sensitivity by Inhibiting Rad52. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18122655. [PMID: 29215575 PMCID: PMC5751257 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18122655] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2017] [Revised: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Effective DNA repair enables cancer cells to survive DNA damage induced by chemotherapeutic or radiotherapeutic treatments. Therefore, inhibiting DNA repair pathways is a promising therapeutic strategy for increasing the efficacy of such treatments. In this study, we found that dihydrocoumarin (DHC), a flavoring agent, causes deficiencies in double-stand break (DSB) repair and prolonged DNA damage checkpoint recovery in yeast. Following DNA damage, Rad52 recombinase was revealed to be inhibited by DHC, which results in deficiencies in DSB repair and prolonged DNA damage checkpoint recovery. The deletion of RPD3, a class I histone deacetylase (HDAC), was found to mimic DHC-induced suppression of Rad52 expression, suggesting that the HDAC inhibitor activity of DHC is critical to DSB repair and DNA damage sensitivity. Overall, our findings delineate the regulatory mechanisms of DHC in DSB repair and suggest that it might potentially be used as an inhibitor of the DNA repair pathway in human cells.
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den Brok WD, Schrader KA, Sun S, Tinker AV, Zhao EY, Aparicio S, Gelmon KA. Homologous Recombination Deficiency in Breast Cancer: A Clinical Review. JCO Precis Oncol 2017; 1:1-13. [DOI: 10.1200/po.16.00031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BRCA1 and BRCA2 germline mutation–associated breast cancers are known to be deficient in the process of homologous recombination and often respond favorably to drugs targeting this important DNA repair pathway. There is emerging evidence that a significant proportion of patients with BRCA1/ BRCA2 wild-type breast cancer are also deficient in homologous recombination, and it is hypothesized that these patients may derive similar benefit from drugs targeting this pathway. Current research has focused on the development of a companion diagnostic to identify these sporadic BRCA-like tumors. This review outlines the various approaches that researchers have taken to predict homologous recombination deficiency as part of correlative biomarker work in various studies and clinical trials in breast cancer. As some of these tests of homologous recombination deficiency move closer to clinical use, understanding the approach and limitations of each is of relevance to clinicians who treat patients with breast cancer.
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- Wendie D. den Brok
- Wendie D. den Brok, Sophie Sun, Anna V. Tinker, Samuel Aparicio, and Karen A. Gelmon, BC Cancer Agency; and Kasmintan A. Schrader and Eric Yang Zhao, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Wendie D. den Brok, Sophie Sun, Anna V. Tinker, Samuel Aparicio, and Karen A. Gelmon, BC Cancer Agency; and Kasmintan A. Schrader and Eric Yang Zhao, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Wendie D. den Brok, Sophie Sun, Anna V. Tinker, Samuel Aparicio, and Karen A. Gelmon, BC Cancer Agency; and Kasmintan A. Schrader and Eric Yang Zhao, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Wendie D. den Brok, Sophie Sun, Anna V. Tinker, Samuel Aparicio, and Karen A. Gelmon, BC Cancer Agency; and Kasmintan A. Schrader and Eric Yang Zhao, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Wendie D. den Brok, Sophie Sun, Anna V. Tinker, Samuel Aparicio, and Karen A. Gelmon, BC Cancer Agency; and Kasmintan A. Schrader and Eric Yang Zhao, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Wendie D. den Brok, Sophie Sun, Anna V. Tinker, Samuel Aparicio, and Karen A. Gelmon, BC Cancer Agency; and Kasmintan A. Schrader and Eric Yang Zhao, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Wendie D. den Brok, Sophie Sun, Anna V. Tinker, Samuel Aparicio, and Karen A. Gelmon, BC Cancer Agency; and Kasmintan A. Schrader and Eric Yang Zhao, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Brill E, Yokoyama T, Nair J, Yu M, Ahn YR, Lee JM. Prexasertib, a cell cycle checkpoint kinases 1 and 2 inhibitor, increases in vitro toxicity of PARP inhibition by preventing Rad51 foci formation in BRCA wild type high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Oncotarget 2017; 8:111026-111040. [PMID: 29340034 PMCID: PMC5762302 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.22195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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PARP inhibitors (PARPi) have been effective in high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC), although clinical activity is limited against BRCA wild type HGSOC. The nearly universal loss of normal p53 regulation in HGSOCs causes dysfunction in the G1/S checkpoint, making tumor cells reliant on Chk1-mediated G2/M cell cycle arrest for DNA repair. Therefore, Chk1 is a reasonable target for a combination strategy with PARPi in treating BRCA wild type HGSOC. Here we investigated the combination of prexasertib mesylate monohydrate (LY2606368), a Chk1 and Chk2 inhibitor, and a PARP inhibitor, olaparib, in HGSOC cell lines (OVCAR3, OV90, PEO1 and PEO4) using clinically attainable concentrations. Our findings showed combination treatment synergistically decreased cell viability in all cell lines and induced greater DNA damage and apoptosis than the control and/or monotherapies (p<0.05). Treatment with olaparib in BRCA wild type HGSOC cells caused formation of Rad51 foci, whereas the combination treatment with prexasertib inhibited transnuclear localization of Rad51, a key protein in homologous recombination repair. Overall, our data provide evidence that prexasertib and olaparib combination resulted in synergistic cytotoxic effects against BRCA wild type HGSOC cells through reduced Rad51 foci formation and greater induction of apoptosis. This may be a novel therapeutic strategy for HGSOC.
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- Ethan Brill
- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Women's Malignancies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Weeden CE, Asselin-Labat ML. Mechanisms of DNA damage repair in adult stem cells and implications for cancer formation. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2017; 1864:89-101. [PMID: 29038050 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2017.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Revised: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Maintenance of genomic integrity in tissue-specific stem cells is critical for tissue homeostasis and the prevention of deleterious diseases such as cancer. Stem cells are subject to DNA damage induced by endogenous replication mishaps or exposure to exogenous agents. The type of DNA lesion and the cell cycle stage will invoke different DNA repair mechanisms depending on the intrinsic DNA repair machinery of a cell. Inappropriate DNA repair in stem cells can lead to cell death, or to the formation and accumulation of genetic alterations that can be transmitted to daughter cells and so is linked to cancer formation. DNA mutational signatures that are associated with DNA repair deficiencies or exposure to carcinogenic agents have been described in cancer. Here we review the most recent findings on DNA repair pathways activated in epithelial tissue stem and progenitor cells and their implications for cancer mutational signatures. We discuss how deep knowledge of early molecular events leading to carcinogenesis provides insights into DNA repair mechanisms operating in tumours and how these could be exploited therapeutically.
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- Clare E Weeden
- ACRF Stem Cells and Cancer Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- ACRF Stem Cells and Cancer Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Lenart P, Zlámal F, Machal J, Hlinomaz O, Groch L, Bienertová-Vašků J. Increased age-adjusted hazard of death associated with a common single nucleotide polymorphism of the human RAD52 gene in a cardiovascular cohort. Mech Ageing Dev 2017; 167:56-63. [PMID: 29024686 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2017.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2017] [Revised: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 10/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Aging may be characterized as the progressive increase of the risk of death caused by a decrease of almost all bodily functions. While a great number of model organism studies have established the role of DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) as one of the main causes of aging, few studies have examined whether common polymorphisms in human DSB repair genes influence aging and mortality. More importantly, to the best of our knowledge, no longitudinal study has thus far examined the link between polymorphisms in DSB repair and the risk of death. This longitudinal study thus analyses whether four common polymorphisms (rs2155209, rs7963551, rs17105278, rs2735383) in four selected DSB repair genes (MRE11A, RAD52, RAD51B, NBS1) influence the hazard of age-adjusted death in a cohort of patients with typical symptoms of ischemic heart disease. The results have shown that rs7963551 G/T heterozygotes exhibit a significantly increased hazard of death when compared with the combined GG and TT homozygotes (HR=1.42, 95% CI: 1.06-1.91, p=0.018). This study indicates that the SNP affecting efficiency of DSB repair may influence aging in humans.
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- Peter Lenart
- Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Building A18, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic; Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Building A29, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Building A18, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic; Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Building A29, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Building A18, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic; International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekařská 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekařská 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic; First Department of Internal Medicine-Cardioangiology, St. Anne's Hospital and Masaryk University, Pekařská 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Pekařská 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic; First Department of Internal Medicine-Cardioangiology, St. Anne's Hospital and Masaryk University, Pekařská 53, 656 91, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pathological Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Building A18, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic; Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice 5, Building A29, 625 00, Brno, Czech Republic
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Ruiz de Galarreta M, Lujambio A. Therapeutic editing of hepatocyte genome in vivo. J Hepatol 2017; 67:818-828. [PMID: 28527665 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2017.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2017] [Revised: 04/21/2017] [Accepted: 05/08/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The recent development of gene editing platforms enables making precise changes in the genome of eukaryotic cells. Programmable nucleases, such as meganucleases, zinc finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALENs), and clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)-associated nucleases have revolutionized the way research is conducted as they facilitate the rapid production of mutant or knockout cellular and animal models. These same genetic tools can potentially be applied to cure or alleviate a variety of diseases, including genetic diseases that lack an efficient therapy. Thus, gene editing platforms could be used for correcting mutations that cause a disease, restoration of the expression of genes that are missing, or be used for the removal of deleterious genes or viral genomes. In the context of liver diseases, genome editing could be developed to treat not only hereditary monogenic liver diseases but also hepatitis B infection and diseases that have both genetic and non-genetic components. While the prospect of translating these therapeutic strategies to a clinical setting is highly appealing, there are numerous challenges that need to be addressed first. Safety, efficiency, specificity, and delivery are some of the obstacles that will need to be addressed before each specific gene treatment is safely used in patients. Here, we discuss the most used gene editing platforms, their mechanisms of action, their potential for liver disease treatment, the most pressing challenges, and future prospects.
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- Marina Ruiz de Galarreta
- Department of Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA; Liver Cancer Program, Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA; Liver Cancer Program, Division of Liver Diseases, Department of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA; Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.
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Trakselis MA, Cranford MT, Chu AM. Coordination and Substitution of DNA Polymerases in Response to Genomic Obstacles. Chem Res Toxicol 2017; 30:1956-1971. [PMID: 28881136 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.7b00190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The ability for DNA polymerases (Pols) to overcome a variety of obstacles in its path to maintain genomic stability during replication is a complex endeavor. It requires the coordination of multiple Pols with differing specificities through molecular control and access to the replisome. Although a number of contacts directly between Pols and accessory proteins have been identified, forming the basis of a variety of holoenzyme complexes, the dynamics of Pol active site substitutions remain uncharacterized. Substitutions can occur externally by recruiting new Pols to replisome complexes through an "exchange" of enzyme binding or internally through a "switch" in the engagement of DNA from preformed associated enzymes contained within supraholoenzyme complexes. Models for how high fidelity (HiFi) replication Pols can be substituted by translesion synthesis (TLS) Pols at sites of damage during active replication will be discussed. These substitution mechanisms may be as diverse as the number of Pol families and types of damage; however, common themes can be recognized across species. Overall, Pol substitutions will be controlled by explicit protein contacts, complex multiequilibrium processes, and specific kinetic activities. Insight into how these dynamic processes take place and are regulated will be of utmost importance for our greater understanding of the specifics of TLS as well as providing for future novel chemotherapeutic and antimicrobial strategies.
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- Michael A Trakselis
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University , Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University , Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University , Waco, Texas 76798, United States
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RecA-SSB Interaction Modulates RecA Nucleoprotein Filament Formation on SSB-Wrapped DNA. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11876. [PMID: 28928411 PMCID: PMC5605508 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12213-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 09/05/2017] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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E. coli RecA recombinase catalyzes the homology pairing and strand exchange reactions in homologous recombinational repair. RecA must compete with single-stranded DNA binding proteins (SSB) for single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) substrates to form RecA nucleoprotein filaments, as the first step of this repair process. It has been suggested that RecA filaments assemble mainly by binding and extending onto the free ssDNA region not covered by SSB, or are assisted by mediators. Using the tethered particle motion (TPM) technique, we monitored individual RecA filament assembly on SSB-wrapped ssDNA in real-time. Nucleation times of the RecA E38K nucleoprotein filament assembly showed no apparent dependence among DNA substrates with various ssDNA gap lengths (from 60 to 100 nucleotides) wrapped by one SSB in the (SSB)65 binding mode. Our data have shown an unexpected RecA filament assembly mechanism in which a RecA-SSB-ssDNA interaction exists. Four additional pieces of evidence support our claim: the nucleation times of the RecA assembly varied (1) when DNA substrates contained different numbers of bound SSB tetramers; (2) when the SSB wrapping mode conversion is induced; (3) when SSB C-terminus truncation mutants are used; and (4) when an excess of C-terminal peptide of SSB is present. Thus, a RecA-SSB interaction should be included in discussing RecA regulatory mechanism.
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Feeney L, Muñoz IM, Lachaud C, Toth R, Appleton PL, Schindler D, Rouse J. RPA-Mediated Recruitment of the E3 Ligase RFWD3 Is Vital for Interstrand Crosslink Repair and Human Health. Mol Cell 2017; 66:610-621.e4. [PMID: 28575657 PMCID: PMC5459755 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2016] [Revised: 01/25/2017] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Defects in the repair of DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are associated with the genome instability syndrome Fanconi anemia (FA). Here we report that cells with mutations in RFWD3, an E3 ubiquitin ligase that interacts with and ubiquitylates replication protein A (RPA), show profound defects in ICL repair. An amino acid substitution in the WD40 repeats of RFWD3 (I639K) found in a new FA subtype abolishes interaction of RFWD3 with RPA, thereby preventing RFWD3 recruitment to sites of ICL-induced replication fork stalling. Moreover, single point mutations in the RPA32 subunit of RPA that abolish interaction with RFWD3 also inhibit ICL repair, demonstrating that RPA-mediated RFWD3 recruitment to stalled replication forks is important for ICL repair. We also report that unloading of RPA from sites of ICL induction is perturbed in RFWD3-deficient cells. These data reveal important roles for RFWD3 localization in protecting genome stability and preserving human health. RFWD3-deficient human cells show profound defects in ICL repair RFWD3 regulates RPA dynamics to promote homologous recombination The FA-associated I639K mutation prevents RPA-dependent recruitment of RFWD3 to ICLs RPA32 mutations that abolish interaction with RFWD3 also inhibit ICL repair
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- Laura Feeney
- MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland
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- Dundee Imaging Facility, School of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Würzburg Biozentrum, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland.
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Cytosine deamination and base excision repair cause R-loop-induced CAG repeat fragility and instability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E8392-E8401. [PMID: 28923949 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1711283114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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CAG/CTG repeats are structure-forming repetitive DNA sequences, and expansion beyond a threshold of ∼35 CAG repeats is the cause of several human diseases. Expanded CAG repeats are prone to breakage, and repair of the breaks can cause repeat contractions and expansions. In this study, we found that cotranscriptional R-loops formed at a CAG-70 repeat inserted into a yeast chromosome. R-loops were further elevated upon deletion of yeast RNaseH genes and caused repeat fragility. A significant increase in CAG repeat contractions was also observed, consistent with previous human cell studies. Deletion of yeast cytosine deaminase Fcy1 significantly decreased the rate of CAG repeat fragility and contractions in the rnh1Δrnh201Δ background, indicating that Fcy1-mediated deamination is one cause of breakage and contractions in the presence of R-loops. Furthermore, base excision repair (BER) is responsible for causing CAG repeat contractions downstream of Fcy1, but not fragility. The Rad1/XPF and Rad2/XPG nucleases were also important in protecting against contractions, but through BER rather than nucleotide excision repair. Surprisingly, the MutLγ (Mlh1/Mlh3) endonuclease caused R-loop-dependent CAG fragility, defining an alternative function for this complex. These findings provide evidence that breakage at expanded CAG repeats occurs due to R-loop formation and reveal two mechanisms for CAG repeat instability: one mediated by cytosine deamination of DNA engaged in R-loops and the other by MutLγ cleavage. Since disease-causing CAG repeats occur in transcribed regions, our results suggest that R-loop-mediated fragility is a mechanism that could cause DNA damage and repeat-length changes in human cells.
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Choi EH, Yoon S, Park KS, Kim KP. The Homologous Recombination Machinery Orchestrates Post-replication DNA Repair During Self-renewal of Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11610. [PMID: 28912486 PMCID: PMC5599617 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11951-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Embryonic stem (ES) cells require homologous recombination (HR) to cope with genomic instability caused during self-renewal. Here, we report expression dynamics and localization of endogenous HR factors in DNA break repair of ES cells. In addition, we analyzed gene expression patterns of HR-related factors at the transcript level with RNA-sequencing experiments. We showed that ES cells constitutively expressed diverse HR proteins throughout the cell cycle and that HR protein expression was not significantly changed even in the DNA damaging conditions. We further analyzed that depleting Rad51 resulted in the accumulation of larger single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) gaps, but did not perturb DNA replication, indicating that ES cells were able to enter the G2-phase in the presence of unrepaired DNA gaps, consistent with the possibility that post-replication repair helps avoid stalling at the G2/M checkpoint. Interestingly, caffeine treatment inhibited the formation of Rad51 or Rad54 foci, but not the formation of γH2AX and Exo1 foci, which led to incomplete HR in ssDNA, thus increasing DNA damage sensitivity. Our results suggested that ES cells possess conserved HR-promoting machinery to ensure effective recruitment of the HR proteins to DNA breaks, thereby driving proper chromosome duplication and cell cycle progression in ES cells.
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- Eui-Hwan Choi
- Department of Life Sciences, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 156-756, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 156-756, Korea
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- Department of Biomedical Science, CHA University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, 156-756, Korea.
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Al Abo M, Sasanuma H, Liu X, Rajapakse VN, Huang SY, Kiselev E, Takeda S, Plunkett W, Pommier Y. TDP1 is Critical for the Repair of DNA Breaks Induced by Sapacitabine, a Nucleoside also Targeting ATM- and BRCA-Deficient Tumors. Mol Cancer Ther 2017; 16:2543-2551. [PMID: 28802254 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-17-0110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2017] [Revised: 05/24/2017] [Accepted: 07/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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2'-C-cyano-2'-deoxy-1-β-d-arabino-pentofuranosylcytosine (CNDAC) is the active metabolite of the anticancer drug, sapacitabine. CNDAC is incorporated into the genome during DNA replication and subsequently undergoes β-elimination that generates single-strand breaks with abnormal 3'-ends. Because tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (TDP1) selectively hydrolyzes nonphosphorylated 3'-blocking ends, we tested its role in the repair of CNDAC-induced DNA damage. We show that cells lacking TDP1 (avian TDP1-/- DT40 cells and human TDP1 KO TSCER2 and HCT116 cells) exhibit marked hypersensitivity to CNDAC. We also identified BRCA1, FANCD2, and PCNA in the DNA repair pathways to CNDAC. Comparing CNDAC with the chemically related arabinosyl nucleoside analog, cytosine arabinoside (cytarabine, AraC) and the topoisomerase I inhibitor camptothecin (CPT), which both generate 3'-end blocking DNA lesions that are also repaired by TDP1, we found that inactivation of BRCA2 renders cells hypersensitive to CNDAC and CPT but not to AraC. By contrast, cells lacking PARP1 were only hypersensitive to CPT but not to CNDAC or AraC. Examination of TDP1 expression in the cancer cell line databases (CCLE, GDSC, NCI-60) and human cancers (TCGA) revealed a broad range of expression of TDP1, which was correlated with PARP1 expression, TDP1 gene copy number and promoter methylation. Thus, this study identifies the importance of TDP1 as a novel determinant of response to CNDAC across various cancer types (especially non-small cell lung cancers), and demonstrates the differential involvement of BRCA2, PARP1, and TDP1 in the cellular responses to CNDAC, AraC, and CPT. Mol Cancer Ther; 16(11); 2543-51. ©2017 AACR.
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- Muthana Al Abo
- Developmental Therapeutics Branch and Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Genetics, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshida Konoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch and Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch and Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch and Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Radiation Genetics, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshida Konoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch and Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland.
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Zhao M, Geng R, Guo X, Yuan R, Zhou X, Zhong Y, Huo Y, Zhou M, Shen Q, Li Y, Zhu W, Wang J. PCAF/GCN5-Mediated Acetylation of RPA1 Promotes Nucleotide Excision Repair. Cell Rep 2017; 20:1997-2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2017] [Revised: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 07/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Diao LT, Chen CC, Dennehey B, Pal S, Wang P, Shen ZJ, Deem A, Tyler JK. Delineation of the role of chromatin assembly and the Rtt101Mms1 E3 ubiquitin ligase in DNA damage checkpoint recovery in budding yeast. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0180556. [PMID: 28749957 PMCID: PMC5531559 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0180556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2017] [Accepted: 06/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The DNA damage checkpoint is activated in response to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). We had previously shown that chromatin assembly mediated by the histone chaperone Asf1 triggers inactivation of the DNA damage checkpoint in yeast after DSB repair, also called checkpoint recovery. Here we show that chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1) also contributes to chromatin reassembly after DSB repair, explaining its role in checkpoint recovery. Towards understanding how chromatin assembly promotes checkpoint recovery, we find persistent presence of the damage sensors Ddc1 and Ddc2 after DSB repair in asf1 mutants. The genes encoding the E3 ubiquitin ligase complex Rtt101Mms1 are epistatic to ASF1 for survival following induction of a DSB, and Rtt101Mms1 are required for checkpoint recovery after DSB repair but not for chromatin assembly. By contrast, the Mms22 substrate adaptor that is degraded by Rtt101Mms1 is required for DSB repair per se. Deletion of MMS22 blocks loading of Rad51 at the DSB, while deletion of ASF1 or RTT101 leads to persistent Rad51 loading. We propose that checkpoint recovery is promoted by Rtt101Mms1-mediated ubiquitylation of Mms22 in order to halt Mms22-dependent loading of Rad51 onto double-stranded DNA after DSB repair, in concert with the chromatin assembly-mediated displacement of Rad51 and checkpoint sensors from the site of repair.
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- Li-Ting Diao
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
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Paths from DNA damage and signaling to genome rearrangements via homologous recombination. Mutat Res 2017; 806:64-74. [PMID: 28779875 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2017.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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DNA damage is a constant threat to genome integrity. DNA repair and damage signaling networks play a central role maintaining genome stability, suppressing tumorigenesis, and determining tumor response to common cancer chemotherapeutic agents and radiotherapy. DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are critical lesions induced by ionizing radiation and when replication forks encounter damage. DSBs can result in mutations and large-scale genome rearrangements reflecting mis-repair by non-homologous end joining or homologous recombination. Ionizing radiation induces genetic change immediately, and it also triggers delayed events weeks or even years after exposure, long after the initial damage has been repaired or diluted through cell division. This review covers DNA damage signaling and repair pathways and cell fate following genotoxic insult, including immediate and delayed genome instability and cell survival/cell death pathways.
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Kochugaeva MP, Shvets AA, Kolomeisky AB. On the Mechanism of Homology Search by RecA Protein Filaments. Biophys J 2017; 112:859-867. [PMID: 28297645 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Revised: 01/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/24/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Genetic stability is a key factor in maintaining, survival, and reproduction of biological cells. It relies on many processes, but one of the most important is a homologous recombination, in which the repair of breaks in double-stranded DNA molecules is taking place with a help of several specific proteins. In bacteria, this task is accomplished by RecA proteins that are active as nucleoprotein filaments formed on single-stranded segments of DNA. A critical step in the homologous recombination is a search for a corresponding homologous region on DNA, which is called a homology search. Recent single-molecule experiments clarified some aspects of this process, but its molecular mechanisms remain not well understood. We developed a quantitative theoretical approach to analyze the homology search. It is based on a discrete-state stochastic model that takes into account the most relevant physical-chemical processes in the system. Using a method of first-passage processes, a full dynamic description of the homology search is presented. It is found that the search dynamics depends on the degree of extension of DNA molecules and on the size of RecA nucleoprotein filaments, in agreement with experimental single-molecule measurements of DNA pairing by RecA proteins. Our theoretical calculations, supported by extensive Monte Carlo computer simulations, provide a molecular description of the mechanisms of the homology search.
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- Maria P Kochugaeva
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas; Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas; Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, Texas; Center for Theoretical Biological Physics, Rice University, Houston, Texas.
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Jalal D, Chalissery J, Hassan AH. Genome maintenance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: the role of SUMO and SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligases. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:2242-2261. [PMID: 28115630 PMCID: PMC5389695 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw1369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 01/02/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The genome of the cell is often exposed to DNA damaging agents and therefore requires an intricate well-regulated DNA damage response (DDR) to overcome its deleterious effects. The DDR needs proper regulation for its timely activation, repression, as well as appropriate choice of repair pathway. Studies in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have advanced our understanding of the DNA damage response, as well as the mechanisms the cell employs to maintain genome stability and how these mechanisms are regulated. Eukaryotic cells utilize post-translational modifications as a means for fine-tuning protein functions. Ubiquitylation and SUMOylation involve the attachment of small protein molecules onto proteins to modulate function or protein–protein interactions. SUMO in particular, was shown to act as a molecular glue when DNA damage occurs, facilitating the assembly of large protein complexes in repair foci. In other instances, SUMOylation alters a protein's biochemical activities, and interactions. SUMO-targeted ubiquitin ligases (STUbLs) are enzymes that target SUMOylated proteins for ubiquitylation and subsequent degradation, providing a function for the SUMO modification in the regulation and disassembly of repair complexes. Here, we discuss the major contributions of SUMO and STUbLs in the regulation of DNA damage repair pathways as well as in the maintenance of critical regions of the genome, namely rDNA regions, telomeres and the 2 μm circle in budding yeast.
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- Deena Jalal
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 17666, Al-Ain, UAE
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 17666, Al-Ain, UAE
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- Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, United Arab Emirates University, P.O. Box 17666, Al-Ain, UAE
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Ma CJ, Kwon Y, Sung P, Greene EC. Human RAD52 interactions with replication protein A and the RAD51 presynaptic complex. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:11702-11713. [PMID: 28551686 PMCID: PMC5512066 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.794545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2017] [Revised: 05/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Rad52 is a highly conserved protein involved in the repair of DNA damage. Human RAD52 has been shown to mediate single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and is synthetic lethal with mutations in other key recombination proteins. For this study, we used single-molecule imaging and ssDNA curtains to examine the binding interactions of human RAD52 with replication protein A (RPA)-coated ssDNA, and we monitored the fate of RAD52 during assembly of the presynaptic complex. We show that RAD52 binds tightly to the RPA-ssDNA complex and imparts an inhibitory effect on RPA turnover. We also found that during presynaptic complex assembly, most of the RPA and RAD52 was displaced from the ssDNA, but some RAD52-RPA-ssDNA complexes persisted as interspersed clusters surrounded by RAD51 filaments. Once assembled, the presence of RAD51 restricted formation of new RAD52-binding events, but additional RAD52 could bind once RAD51 dissociated from the ssDNA. Together, these results provide new insights into the behavior and dynamics of human RAD52 during presynaptic complex assembly and disassembly.
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- Chu Jian Ma
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032.
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Saito S, Kurosawa A, Adachi N. Mechanistic basis for increased human gene targeting by promoterless vectors-roles of homology arms and Rad54 paralogs. FEBS J 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/febs.14137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Shinta Saito
- Graduate School of Nanobioscience; Yokohama City University; Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience; Yokohama City University; Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience; Yokohama City University; Japan
- Advanced Medical Research Center; Yokohama City University; Japan
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So similar yet so different: The two ends of a double strand break. Mutat Res 2017; 809:70-80. [PMID: 28693746 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2017.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Revised: 06/21/2017] [Accepted: 06/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Homologous recombination (HR) is essential for ensuring proper segregation of chromosomes in the first round of meiotic division. HR is also crucial for preserving genomic integrity of somatic cells due to its ability to rescue collapsed replication forks and eliminate deleterious DNA lesions, such as double-strand breaks (DSBs), interstrand crosslinks, and single-strand DNA gaps. Here, we review the early steps of HR (homology search and strand exchange), focusing on the roles of the two ends of a DSB. A detailed overview of the basic HR machinery and its mechanism for template selection and capture of duplex DNA via strand exchange is provided. Roles of proteins involved in these steps are discussed in both mitotic and meiotic HR. Central to this review is the hypothesis, which suggests that in meiosis, HR begins with a symmetrical DSB, but the symmetry is quickly lost with the two ends assuming different roles; it argues that this disparity of the two ends is essential for regulation of HR in meiosis and successful production of haploid gametes. We also propose a possible evolutionary reason for the asymmetry of the ends in HR.
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Koch B, Maser E, Hartwig A. Low concentrations of antimony impair DNA damage signaling and the repair of radiation-induced DSB in HeLa S3 cells. Arch Toxicol 2017; 91:3823-3833. [PMID: 28612261 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-017-2004-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2016] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Antimony is utilized in a large variety of industrial applications, leading to significant environmental and occupational exposure. Mainly based on animal experiments, the IARC and MAK Commission have classified antimony and its inorganic compounds as Group 2B or 2 carcinogens, respectively. However, the underlying mode(s) of action are still largely unknown. In the present study, we investigated the impact of non-cytotoxic up to cytotoxic concentrations of SbCl3 on DNA DSB repair and cell cycle control in HeLa S3 cells. We induced DSB by γ-irradiation and analyzed inhibitory actions of antimony on potential molecular targets of the DSB repair machinery. Antimony disturbed cell cycle control, affecting phosphorylation of Chk1. Furthermore, the repair of DSB was impaired in the presence of antimony, as monitored by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and γH2AX foci formation of cells in G1 and G2 phase. Specifically, BRCA1 and RAD51 were identified as molecular targets. Our results point towards an interference with both non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) and homologous recombination (HR), and inhibitory effects may be explained by interactions with critical cysteine groups; this needs to be further investigated. Altogether, the results provide further evidence for the impairment of DNA repair processes as one underlying mechanism in antimony-induced carcinogenicity.
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- Barbara Koch
- Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstraße 12, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstraße 12, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany
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- Food Chemistry and Toxicology, Institute for Applied Biosciences, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Kaiserstraße 12, 76131, Karlsruhe, Germany.
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Double-strand breaks (DSBs) are among the most lethal DNA lesions, and a variety of pathways have evolved to manage their repair in a timely fashion. One such pathway is homologous recombination (HR), in which information from an undamaged donor site is used as a template for repair. Although many of the biochemical steps of HR are known, the physical movements of chromosomes that must underlie the pairing of homologous sequence during mitotic DSB repair have remained mysterious. Recently, several groups have begun to use a variety of genetic and cell biological tools to study this important question. These studies reveal that both damaged and undamaged loci increase the volume of the nuclear space that they explore after the formation of DSBs. This DSB-induced increase in chromosomal mobility is regulated by many of the same factors that are important during HR, such as ATR-dependent checkpoint activation and the recombinase Rad51, suggesting that this phenomenon may facilitate the search for homology. In this perspective, we review current research into the mobility of chromosomal loci during HR, as well as possible underlying mechanisms, and discuss the critical questions that remain to be answered. Although we focus primarily on recent studies in the budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, examples of experiments performed in higher eukaryotes are also included, which reveal that increased mobility of damaged loci is a process conserved throughout evolution.
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- Michael J Smith
- Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Genetics and Development, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Genetics and Development, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Interactive Roles of DNA Helicases and Translocases with the Single-Stranded DNA Binding Protein RPA in Nucleic Acid Metabolism. Int J Mol Sci 2017; 18:ijms18061233. [PMID: 28594346 PMCID: PMC5486056 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18061233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Revised: 05/30/2017] [Accepted: 06/01/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Helicases and translocases use the energy of nucleoside triphosphate binding and hydrolysis to unwind/resolve structured nucleic acids or move along a single-stranded or double-stranded polynucleotide chain, respectively. These molecular motors facilitate a variety of transactions including replication, DNA repair, recombination, and transcription. A key partner of eukaryotic DNA helicases/translocases is the single-stranded DNA binding protein Replication Protein A (RPA). Biochemical, genetic, and cell biological assays have demonstrated that RPA interacts with these human molecular motors physically and functionally, and their association is enriched in cells undergoing replication stress. The roles of DNA helicases/translocases are orchestrated with RPA in pathways of nucleic acid metabolism. RPA stimulates helicase-catalyzed DNA unwinding, enlists translocases to sites of action, and modulates their activities in DNA repair, fork remodeling, checkpoint activation, and telomere maintenance. The dynamic interplay between DNA helicases/translocases and RPA is just beginning to be understood at the molecular and cellular levels, and there is still much to be learned, which may inform potential therapeutic strategies.
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Babu B, Washburn BK, Ertek TS, Miller SH, Riddle CB, Knox GW, Ochoa-Corona FM, Olson J, Katırcıoğlu YZ, Paret ML. A field based detection method for Rose rosette virus using isothermal probe-based Reverse transcription-recombinase polymerase amplification assay. J Virol Methods 2017; 247:81-90. [PMID: 28583856 DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2017.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2016] [Revised: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Rose rosette disease, caused by Rose rosette virus (RRV; genus Emaravirus) is a major threat to the rose industry in the U.S. The only strategy currently available for disease management is early detection and eradication of the infected plants, thereby limiting its potential spread. Current RT-PCR based diagnostic methods for RRV are time consuming and are inconsistent in detecting the virus from symptomatic plants. Real-time RT-qPCR assay is highly sensitive for detection of RRV, but it is expensive and requires well-equipped laboratories. Both the RT-PCR and RT-qPCR cannot be used in a field-based testing for RRV. Hence a novel probe based, isothermal reverse transcription-recombinase polymerase amplification (RT-exoRPA) assay, using primer/probe designed based on the nucleocapsid gene of the RRV has been developed. The assay is highly specific and did not give a positive reaction to other viruses infecting roses belonging to both inclusive and exclusive genus. Dilution assays using the in vitro transcript showed that the primer/probe set is highly sensitive, with a detection limit of 1 fg/μl. In addition, a rapid technique for the extraction of viral RNA (<5min) has been standardized from RRV infected tissue sources, using PBS-T buffer (pH 7.4), which facilitates the virus adsorption onto the PCR tubes at 4°C for 2min, followed by denaturation to release the RNA. RT-exoRPA analysis of the infected plants using the primer/probe indicated that the virus could be detected from leaves, stems, petals, pollen, primary roots and secondary roots. In addition, the assay was efficiently used in the diagnosis of RRV from different rose varieties, collected from different states in the U.S. The entire process, including the extraction can be completed in 25min, with less sophisticated equipments. The developed assay can be used with high efficiency in large scale field testing for rapid detection of RRV in commercial nurseries and landscapes.
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- Binoy Babu
- North Florida Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Quincy, FL 32351, USA.
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- Directorate of Plant Protection Central Institute, Yenimahalle, Ankara 06172, Turkey
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA
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- North Florida Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Quincy, FL 32351, USA
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- North Florida Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Quincy, FL 32351, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA
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- North Florida Research and Education Center, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Quincy, FL 32351, USA; Department of Plant Pathology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
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