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Schreuder A, Wendel TJ, Dorresteijn CGV, Noordermeer SM. (Single-stranded DNA) gaps in understanding BRCAness. Trends Genet 2024:S0168-9525(24)00100-8. [PMID: 38789375 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2024.04.013] [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: 02/02/2024] [Revised: 04/22/2024] [Accepted: 04/23/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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The tumour-suppressive roles of BRCA1 and 2 have been attributed to three seemingly distinct functions - homologous recombination, replication fork protection, and single-stranded (ss)DNA gap suppression - and their relative importance is under debate. In this review, we examine the origin and resolution of ssDNA gaps and discuss the recent advances in understanding the role of BRCA1/2 in gap suppression. There are ample data showing that gap accumulation in BRCA1/2-deficient cells is linked to genomic instability and chemosensitivity. However, it remains unclear whether there is a causative role and the function of BRCA1/2 in gap suppression cannot unambiguously be dissected from their other functions. We therefore conclude that the three functions of BRCA1 and 2 are closely intertwined and not mutually exclusive.
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- Anne Schreuder
- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Human Genetics, Leiden, The Netherlands; Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Human Genetics, Leiden, The Netherlands; Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Human Genetics, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Human Genetics, Leiden, The Netherlands; Oncode Institute, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Bugallo A, Sánchez M, Fernández-García M, Segurado M. S-phase checkpoint prevents leading strand degradation from strand-associated nicks at stalled replication forks. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:5121-5137. [PMID: 38520409 PMCID: PMC11109941 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Revised: 03/01/2024] [Accepted: 03/07/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024] Open
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The S-phase checkpoint is involved in coupling DNA unwinding with nascent strand synthesis and is critical to maintain replication fork stability in conditions of replicative stress. However, its role in the specific regulation of leading and lagging strands at stalled forks is unclear. By conditionally depleting RNaseH2 and analyzing polymerase usage genome-wide, we examine the enzymology of DNA replication during a single S-phase in the presence of replicative stress and show that there is a differential regulation of lagging and leading strands. In checkpoint proficient cells, lagging strand replication is down-regulated through an Elg1-dependent mechanism. Nevertheless, when checkpoint function is impaired we observe a defect specifically at the leading strand, which was partially dependent on Exo1 activity. Further, our genome-wide mapping of DNA single-strand breaks reveals that strand discontinuities highly accumulate at the leading strand in HU-treated cells, whose dynamics are affected by checkpoint function and Exo1 activity. Our data reveal an unexpected role of Exo1 at the leading strand and support a model of fork stabilization through prevention of unrestrained Exo1-dependent resection of leading strand-associated nicks after fork stalling.
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- Alberto Bugallo
- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (CSIC/USAL), Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (CSIC/USAL), Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (CSIC/USAL), Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Funcional y Genómica (CSIC/USAL), Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Salamanca 37007, Spain
- Departamento de Microbiología y Genética (USAL), Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Salamanca 37007, Spain
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Yuan Z, Li H. Primase and polymerase α tango to make an RNA-DNA hybrid primer. FEBS J 2024; 291:1889-1891. [PMID: 38581152 PMCID: PMC11068480 DOI: 10.1111/febs.17129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/22/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024]
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Several recent cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) studies about the eukaryotic primosome, including the human primosome described by Yin et al. in this issue, have uncovered the structural intricacies between the RNA primase and the DNA polymerase. These studies show that these two partners tango on DNA to synthesize a hybrid primer composed of ~ 10 nucleotide (nt) RNA and ~ 10-nt DNA. They reveal key intermediate steps involved in this process; from the self-inhibited apo state to the initiation of RNA primer synthesis, RNA primer handover to the polymerase, primer elongation by polymerase, and finally, primer termination and release. Remarkably, the polymerase domain orchestrates all major steps during primer synthesis.
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- Zuanning Yuan
- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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Mullins EA, Salay LE, Durie CL, Bradley NP, Jackman JE, Ohi MD, Chazin WJ, Eichman BF. A mechanistic model of primer synthesis from catalytic structures of DNA polymerase α-primase. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2024; 31:777-790. [PMID: 38491139 PMCID: PMC11102853 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-024-01227-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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The mechanism by which polymerase α-primase (polα-primase) synthesizes chimeric RNA-DNA primers of defined length and composition, necessary for replication fidelity and genome stability, is unknown. Here, we report cryo-EM structures of Xenopus laevis polα-primase in complex with primed templates representing various stages of DNA synthesis. Our data show how interaction of the primase regulatory subunit with the primer 5' end facilitates handoff of the primer to polα and increases polα processivity, thereby regulating both RNA and DNA composition. The structures detail how flexibility within the heterotetramer enables synthesis across two active sites and provide evidence that termination of DNA synthesis is facilitated by reduction of polα and primase affinities for the varied conformations along the chimeric primer-template duplex. Together, these findings elucidate a critical catalytic step in replication initiation and provide a comprehensive model for primer synthesis by polα-primase.
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- Elwood A Mullins
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
- Center for RNA Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
- Life Sciences Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Yin Z, Kilkenny ML, Ker DS, Pellegrini L. CryoEM insights into RNA primer synthesis by the human primosome. FEBS J 2024; 291:1813-1829. [PMID: 38335062 DOI: 10.1111/febs.17082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2023] [Revised: 11/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/26/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Eukaryotic DNA replication depends on the primosome - a complex of DNA polymerase alpha (Pol α) and primase - to initiate DNA synthesis by polymerisation of an RNA-DNA primer. Primer synthesis requires the tight coordination of primase and polymerase activities. Recent cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM) analyses have elucidated the extensive conformational transitions required for RNA primer handover between primase and Pol α and primer elongation by Pol α. Because of the intrinsic flexibility of the primosome, however, structural information about the initiation of RNA primer synthesis is still lacking. Here, we capture cryoEM snapshots of the priming reaction to reveal the conformational trajectory of the human primosome that brings DNA primase subunits 1 and 2 (PRIM1 and PRIM2, respectively) together, poised for RNA synthesis. Furthermore, we provide experimental evidence for the continuous association of primase subunit PRIM2 with the RNA primer during primer synthesis, and for how both initiation and termination of RNA primer polymerisation are licenced by specific rearrangements of DNA polymerase alpha catalytic subunit (POLA1), the polymerase subunit of Pol α. Our findings fill a critical gap in our understanding of the conformational changes that underpin the synthesis of the RNA primer by the primosome. Together with existing evidence, they provide a complete description of the structural dynamics of the human primosome during DNA replication initiation.
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- Zhan Yin
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, UK
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Baranovskiy AG, Morstadt LM, Babayeva ND, Tahirov TH. Human primosome requires replication protein A when copying DNA with inverted repeats. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.03.11.584335. [PMID: 38559116 PMCID: PMC10979909 DOI: 10.1101/2024.03.11.584335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/04/2024]
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The human primosome, a four-subunit complex of primase and DNA polymerase alpha (Polα), initiates DNA synthesis on both chromosome strands by generating chimeric RNA-DNA primers for loading DNA polymerases delta and epsilon (Polε). Replication protein A (RPA) tightly binds to single-stranded DNA strands, protecting them from nucleolytic digestion and unauthorized transactions. We report here that RPA plays a critical role for the human primosome during DNA synthesis across inverted repeats prone to hairpin formation. On other alternatively structured DNA forming a G-quadruplex, RPA provides no assistance for primosome. A stimulatory effect of RPA on DNA synthesis across hairpins was also observed for the catalytic domain of Polα but not of Polε. The important factors for an efficient hairpin bypass by primosome are the high affinity of RPA to DNA based on four DNA-binding domains and the interaction of the winged-helix-turn-helix domain of RPA with Polα. Binding studies indicate that this interaction stabilizes the RPA/Polα complex on the primed template. This work provides insight into a cooperative action of RPA and primosome on DNA, which is critical for DNA synthesis across inverted repeats.
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Vigneux G, Laframboise T, Tharmalingam S, Thome C. Phenotypic and transcriptional changes in lens epithelial cells following acute and fractionated ionizing radiation exposure. Int J Radiat Biol 2024; 100:573-583. [PMID: 38289679 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2023.2295965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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PURPOSE Exposure to ionizing radiation is one of the known risk factors for the development of lens opacities. It is believed that radiation interactions with lens epithelial cells (LEC) are the underlying cause of cataract development, however, the exact mechanisms have yet to be identified. The aim of this study was to investigate how different radiation dose and fractionation impact normal LEC function. MATERIALS AND METHODS A human derived LEC cell line (HLE-B3) was exposed to a single acute x-ray dose (0.25 Gy) and 6 fractionated doses (total dose of 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, and 2 Gy divided over 5 equal fractions). LEC were examined for proliferation using a 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay and migration using a Boyden chamber assay at various time points (0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 7, 9, 11, and 14 d) post-irradiation. Transcriptomic analysis through RNA sequencing was also performed to identify differentially expressed genes and regulatory networks in cells following 4 different acute exposures and 1 fractionated exposure. RESULTS Exposure to an acute dose of 0.25 Gy significantly increased proliferation and migration rates, peaking at 7 d post irradiation (20% and 240% greater than controls, respectively), before returning to baseline levels by day 14. Fractionated exposures had minimal effects up to a dose of 0.5 Gy, but significantly reduced proliferation and migration after 1 and 2 Gy by up to 50%. The largest transcriptional response occurred 12 h after an acute 0.25 Gy dose, with 362 genes up-regulated and 288 genes down-regulated. A unique panel of differentially expressed genes was observed between moderate versus high dose exposures, suggesting a dose-dependent transcriptional response in LEC that is more pronounced at lower doses. Gene ontology and upstream regulator analysis identified multiple biological processes and molecular functions implicated in the radiation response, in particular differentiation, motility, receptor/ligand binding, cell signaling and epithelial-mesenchymal cell transition. CONCLUSIONS Overall, this research provides novel insights into the dose and fractionation effects on functional changes and transcriptional regulatory networks in LEC, furthering our understanding of the mechanisms behind radiation induced cataracts.
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- Graysen Vigneux
- Biomolecular Sciences Program, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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- Biomolecular Sciences Program, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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- Biomolecular Sciences Program, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- School of Natural Sciences, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) University, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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Lim CJ. Telomere C-Strand Fill-In Machinery: New Insights into the Human CST-DNA Polymerase Alpha-Primase Structures and Functions. Subcell Biochem 2024; 104:73-100. [PMID: 38963484 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-58843-3_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Telomeres at the end of eukaryotic chromosomes are extended by a specialized set of enzymes and telomere-associated proteins, collectively termed here the telomere "replisome." The telomere replisome acts on a unique replicon at each chromosomal end of the telomeres, the 3' DNA overhang. This telomere replication process is distinct from the replisome mechanism deployed to duplicate the human genome. The G-rich overhang is first extended before the complementary C-strand is filled in. This overhang is extended by telomerase, a specialized ribonucleoprotein and reverse transcriptase. The overhang extension process is terminated when telomerase is displaced by CTC1-STN1-TEN1 (CST), a single-stranded DNA-binding protein complex. CST then recruits DNA polymerase α-primase to complete the telomere replication process by filling in the complementary C-strand. In this chapter, the recent structure-function insights into the human telomere C-strand fill-in machinery (DNA polymerase α-primase and CST) will be discussed.
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- Ci Ji Lim
- Department of Biochemistry, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Cordoba JJ, Mullins EA, Salay LE, Eichman BF, Chazin WJ. Flexibility and Distributive Synthesis Regulate RNA Priming and Handoff in Human DNA Polymerase α-Primase. J Mol Biol 2023; 435:168330. [PMID: 37884206 PMCID: PMC10872500 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2023.168330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/18/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023]
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DNA replication in eukaryotes relies on the synthesis of a ∼30-nucleotide RNA/DNA primer strand through the dual action of the heterotetrameric polymerase α-primase (pol-prim) enzyme. Synthesis of the 7-10-nucleotide RNA primer is regulated by the C-terminal domain of the primase regulatory subunit (PRIM2C) and is followed by intramolecular handoff of the primer to pol α for extension by ∼20 nucleotides of DNA. Here, we provide evidence that RNA primer synthesis is governed by a combination of the high affinity and flexible linkage of the PRIM2C domain and the surprisingly low affinity of the primase catalytic domain (PRIM1) for substrate. Using a combination of small angle X-ray scattering and electron microscopy, we found significant variability in the organization of PRIM2C and PRIM1 in the absence and presence of substrate, and that the population of structures with both PRIM2C and PRIM1 in a configuration aligned for synthesis is low. Crosslinking was used to visualize the orientation of PRIM2C and PRIM1 when engaged by substrate as observed by electron microscopy. Microscale thermophoresis was used to measure substrate affinities for a series of pol-prim constructs, which showed that the PRIM1 catalytic domain does not bind the template or emergent RNA-primed templates with appreciable affinity. Together, these findings support a model of RNA primer synthesis in which generation of the nascent RNA strand and handoff of the RNA-primed template from primase to polymerase α is mediated by the high degree of inter-domain flexibility of pol-prim, the ready dissociation of PRIM1 from its substrate, and the much higher affinity of the POLA1cat domain of polymerase α for full-length RNA-primed templates.
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- John J Cordoba
- Chemical and Physical Biology Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Chemical and Physical Biology Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Chemical and Physical Biology Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Chemical and Physical Biology Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.
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He Q, Lim CJ. Models for human telomere C-strand fill-in by CST-Polα-primase. Trends Biochem Sci 2023; 48:860-872. [PMID: 37586999 PMCID: PMC10528720 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2023.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 07/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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Telomere maintenance is essential for the genome integrity of eukaryotes, and this function is underpinned by the two-step telomeric DNA synthesis process: telomere G-overhang extension by telomerase and complementary strand fill-in by DNA polymerase alpha-primase (polα-primase). Compared to the telomerase step, the telomere C-strand fill-in mechanism is less understood. Recent studies have provided new insights into how telomeric single-stranded DNA-binding protein CTC1-STN1-TEN1 (CST) and polα-primase coordinate to synthesize the telomeric C-strand for telomere overhang fill-in. Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of CST-polα-primase complexes have provided additional insights into how they assemble at telomeric templates and de novo synthesize the telomere C-strand. In this review, we discuss how these latest findings coalesce with existing understanding to develop a human telomere C-strand fill-in mechanism model.
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- Qixiang He
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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Mullins EA, Salay LE, Durie CL, Bradley NP, Jackman JE, Ohi MD, Chazin WJ, Eichman BF. A mechanistic model of primer synthesis from catalytic structures of DNA polymerase α-primase. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.03.16.533013. [PMID: 36993335 PMCID: PMC10055150 DOI: 10.1101/2023.03.16.533013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
Abstract
The mechanism by which polymerase α-primase (polα-primase) synthesizes chimeric RNA-DNA primers of defined length and composition, necessary for replication fidelity and genome stability, is unknown. Here, we report cryo-EM structures of polα-primase in complex with primed templates representing various stages of DNA synthesis. Our data show how interaction of the primase regulatory subunit with the primer 5'-end facilitates handoff of the primer to polα and increases polα processivity, thereby regulating both RNA and DNA composition. The structures detail how flexibility within the heterotetramer enables synthesis across two active sites and provide evidence that termination of DNA synthesis is facilitated by reduction of polα and primase affinities for the varied conformations along the chimeric primer/template duplex. Together, these findings elucidate a critical catalytic step in replication initiation and provide a comprehensive model for primer synthesis by polα-primase.
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Dmowski M, Makiela-Dzbenska K, Sharma S, Chabes A, Fijalkowska IJ. Impairment of the non-catalytic subunit Dpb2 of DNA Pol ɛ results in increased involvement of Pol δ on the leading strand. DNA Repair (Amst) 2023; 129:103541. [PMID: 37481989 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2023.103541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 05/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
Abstract
The generally accepted model assumes that leading strand synthesis is performed by Pol ε, while lagging-strand synthesis is catalyzed by Pol δ. Pol ε has been shown to target the leading strand by interacting with the CMG helicase [Cdc45 Mcm2-7 GINS(Psf1-3, Sld5)]. Proper functioning of the CMG-Pol ɛ, the helicase-polymerase complex is essential for its progression and the fidelity of DNA replication. Dpb2p, the essential non-catalytic subunit of Pol ε plays a key role in maintaining the correct architecture of the replisome by acting as a link between Pol ε and the CMG complex. Using a temperature-sensitive dpb2-100 mutant previously isolated in our laboratory, and a genetic system which takes advantage of a distinct mutational signature of the Pol δ-L612M variant which allows detection of the involvement of Pol δ in the replication of particular DNA strands we show that in yeast cells with an impaired Dpb2 subunit, the contribution of Pol δ to the replication of the leading strand is significantly increased.
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- Michal Dmowski
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
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Jones ML, Aria V, Baris Y, Yeeles JTP. How Pol α-primase is targeted to replisomes to prime eukaryotic DNA replication. Mol Cell 2023; 83:2911-2924.e16. [PMID: 37506699 PMCID: PMC10501992 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023]
Abstract
During eukaryotic DNA replication, Pol α-primase generates primers at replication origins to start leading-strand synthesis and every few hundred nucleotides during discontinuous lagging-strand replication. How Pol α-primase is targeted to replication forks to prime DNA synthesis is not fully understood. Here, by determining cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of budding yeast and human replisomes containing Pol α-primase, we reveal a conserved mechanism for the coordination of priming by the replisome. Pol α-primase binds directly to the leading edge of the CMG (CDC45-MCM-GINS) replicative helicase via a complex interaction network. The non-catalytic PRIM2/Pri2 subunit forms two interfaces with CMG that are critical for in vitro DNA replication and yeast cell growth. These interactions position the primase catalytic subunit PRIM1/Pri1 directly above the exit channel for lagging-strand template single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), revealing why priming occurs efficiently only on the lagging-strand template and elucidating a mechanism for Pol α-primase to overcome competition from RPA to initiate primer synthesis.
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- Morgan L Jones
- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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Cordoba JJ, Mullins EA, Salay LE, Eichman BF, Chazin WJ. Flexibility and distributive synthesis regulate RNA priming and handoff in human DNA polymerase α-primase. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.08.01.551538. [PMID: 37577606 PMCID: PMC10418221 DOI: 10.1101/2023.08.01.551538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/15/2023]
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DNA replication in eukaryotes relies on the synthesis of a ~30-nucleotide RNA/DNA primer strand through the dual action of the heterotetrameric polymerase α-primase (pol-prim) enzyme. Synthesis of the 7-10-nucleotide RNA primer is regulated by the C-terminal domain of the primase regulatory subunit (PRIM2C) and is followed by intramolecular handoff of the primer to pol α for extension by ~20 nucleotides of DNA. Here we provide evidence that RNA primer synthesis is governed by a combination of the high affinity and flexible linkage of the PRIM2C domain and the low affinity of the primase catalytic domain (PRIM1) for substrate. Using a combination of small angle X-ray scattering and electron microscopy, we found significant variability in the organization of PRIM2C and PRIM1 in the absence and presence of substrate, and that the population of structures with both PRIM2C and PRIM1 in a configuration aligned for synthesis is low. Crosslinking was used to visualize the orientation of PRIM2C and PRIM1 when engaged by substrate as observed by electron microscopy. Microscale thermophoresis was used to measure substrate affinities for a series of pol-prim constructs, which showed that the PRIM1 catalytic domain does not bind the template or emergent RNA-primed templates with appreciable affinity. Together, these findings support a model of RNA primer synthesis in which generation of the nascent RNA strand and handoff of the RNA-primed template from primase to polymerase α is mediated by the high degree of inter-domain flexibility of pol-prim, the ready dissociation of PRIM1 from its substrate, and the much higher affinity of the POLA1cat domain of polymerase α for full-length RNA-primed templates.
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- John J. Cordoba
- Chemical and Physical Biology Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Chemical and Physical Biology Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Chemical and Physical Biology Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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- Chemical and Physical Biology Program, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
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Feng X, Spiering MM, de Luna Almeida Santos R, Benkovic SJ, Li H. Structural basis of the T4 bacteriophage primosome assembly and primer synthesis. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4396. [PMID: 37474605 PMCID: PMC10359460 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40106-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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The T4 bacteriophage gp41 helicase and gp61 primase assemble into a primosome to couple DNA unwinding with RNA primer synthesis for DNA replication. How the primosome is assembled and how the primer length is defined are unclear. Here we report a series of cryo-EM structures of T4 primosome assembly intermediates. We show that gp41 alone is an open spiral, and ssDNA binding triggers a large-scale scissor-like conformational change that drives the ring closure and activates the helicase. Helicase activation exposes a cryptic hydrophobic surface to recruit the gp61 primase. The primase binds the helicase in a bipartite mode in which the N-terminal Zn-binding domain and the C-terminal RNA polymerase domain each contain a helicase-interacting motif that bind to separate gp41 N-terminal hairpin dimers, leading to the assembly of one primase on the helicase hexamer. Our study reveals the T4 primosome assembly process and sheds light on the RNA primer synthesis mechanism.
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- Xiang Feng
- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.
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- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
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Yuan Z, Georgescu R, Li H, O'Donnell ME. Molecular choreography of primer synthesis by the eukaryotic Pol α-primase. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3697. [PMID: 37344454 PMCID: PMC10284912 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39441-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023] Open
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The eukaryotic polymerase α (Pol α) synthesizes an RNA-DNA hybrid primer of 20-30 nucleotides. Pol α is composed of Pol1, Pol12, Primase 1 (Pri1), and Pri2. Pol1 and Pri1 contain the DNA polymerase and RNA primase activities, respectively. It has been unclear how Pol α hands over an RNA primer from Pri1 to Pol1 for DNA primer extension, and how the primer length is defined. Here we report the cryo-EM analysis of yeast Pol α in the apo, primer initiation, primer elongation, RNA primer hand-off from Pri1 to Pol1, and DNA extension states, revealing a series of very large movements. We reveal a critical point at which Pol1-core moves to take over the 3'-end of the RNA from Pri1. DNA extension is limited by a spiral motion of Pol1-core. Since both Pri1 and Pol1-core are flexibly attached to a stable platform, primer growth produces stress that limits the primer length.
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- Zuanning Yuan
- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA
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- DNA Replication Laboratory and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
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- DNA Replication Laboratory and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
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Schneider A, Bergsch J, Lipps G. The monomeric archaeal primase from Nanoarchaeum equitans harbours the features of heterodimeric archaeoeukaryotic primases and primes sequence-specifically. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:5087-5105. [PMID: 37099378 PMCID: PMC10250227 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/29/2023] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
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The marine thermophilic archaeon Nanoarchaeum equitans possesses a monomeric primase encompassing the conserved domains of the small catalytic and the large regulatory subunits of archaeoeukaryotic heterodimeric primases in one protein chain. The recombinant protein primes on templates containing a triplet with a central thymidine, thus displaying a pronounced sequence specificity typically observed with bacterial type primases only. The N. equitans primase (NEQ395) is a highly active primase enzyme synthesizing short RNA primers. Termination occurs preferentially at about nine nucleotides, as determined by HPLC analysis and confirmed with mass spectrometry. Possibly, the compact monomeric primase NEQ395 represents the minimal archaeoeukaryotic primase and could serve as a functional and structural model of the heterodimeric archaeoeukaryotic primases, whose study is hindered by engagement in protein assemblies and rather low activity.
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- Andy Schneider
- Institute of Chemistry and Bioanalytics, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemistry and Bioanalytics, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
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- Institute of Chemistry and Bioanalytics, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, 4132 Muttenz, Switzerland
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Yuan Z, Georgescu R, Li H, O'Donnell ME. Molecular choreography of primer synthesis by the eukaryotic Pol α-primase. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.05.03.539257. [PMID: 37205351 PMCID: PMC10187153 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.03.539257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The eukaryotic polymerase α (Pol α) is a dual-function DNA polymerase/primase complex that synthesizes an RNA-DNA hybrid primer of 20-30 nucleotides for DNA replication. Pol α is composed of Pol1, Pol12, Primase 1 (Pri1), and Pri2, with Pol1 and Pri1 containing the DNA polymerase activity and RNA primase activity, respectively, whereas Pol12 and Pri2 serve a structural role. It has been unclear how Pol α hands over an RNA primer made by Pri1 to Pol1 for DNA primer extension, and how the primer length is defined, perhaps due to the difficulty in studying the highly mobile structure. Here we report a comprehensive cryo-EM analysis of the intact 4-subunit yeast Pol α in the apo, primer initiation, primer elongation, RNA primer hand-off from Pri1 to Pol1, and DNA extension states in a 3.5 Å - 5.6 Å resolution range. We found that Pol α is a three-lobed flexible structure. Pri2 functions as a flexible hinge that holds together the catalytic Pol1-core, and the noncatalytic Pol1 CTD that binds to Pol 12 to form a stable platform upon which the other components are organized. In the apo state, Pol1-core is sequestered on the Pol12-Pol1-CTD platform, and Pri1 is mobile perhaps in search of a template. Upon binding a ssDNA template, a large conformation change is induced that enables Pri1 to perform RNA synthesis, and positions Pol1-core to accept the future RNA primed site 50 Å upstream of where Pri1 binds. We reveal in detail the critical point at which Pol1-core takes over the 3'-end of the RNA from Pri1. DNA primer extension appears limited by the spiral motion of Pol1-core while Pri2-CTD stably holds onto the 5' end of the RNA primer. Since both Pri1 and Pol1-core are attached via two linkers to the platform, primer growth will produce stress within this "two-point" attachment that may limit the length of the RNA-DNA hybrid primer. Hence, this study reveals the large and dynamic series of movements that Pol α undergoes to synthesize a primer for DNA replication.
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Feng X, Spiering MM, de Luna Almeida Santos R, Benkovic SJ, Li H. Structural basis of the T4 bacteriophage primosome assembly and primer synthesis. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.05.03.539249. [PMID: 37205424 PMCID: PMC10187150 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.03.539249] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The T4 bacteriophage gp41 helicase and gp61 primase assemble into a primosome complex to couple DNA unwinding with RNA primer synthesis for DNA replication. How a primosome is assembled and how the length of the RNA primer is defined in the T4 bacteriophage, or in any model system, are unclear. Here we report a series of cryo-EM structures of T4 primosome assembly intermediates at resolutions up to 2.7 Å. We show that the gp41 helicase is an open spiral in the absence of ssDNA, and ssDNA binding triggers a large-scale scissor-like conformational change that drives the open spiral to a closed ring that activates the helicase. We found that the activation of the gp41 helicase exposes a cryptic hydrophobic primase-binding surface allowing for the recruitment of the gp61 primase. The primase binds the gp41 helicase in a bipartite mode in which the N-terminal Zn-binding domain (ZBD) and the C-terminal RNA polymerase domain (RPD) each contain a helicase-interacting motif (HIM1 and HIM2, respectively) that bind to separate gp41 N-terminal hairpin dimers, leading to the assembly of one primase on the helicase hexamer. Based on two observed primosome conformations - one in a DNA-scanning mode and the other in a post RNA primer-synthesis mode - we suggest that the linker loop between the gp61 ZBD and RPD contributes to the T4 pentaribonucleotide primer. Our study reveals T4 primosome assembly process and sheds light on RNA primer synthesis mechanism.
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Cui X, Liu R, Duan L, Zhang Q, Cao D, Zhang A. Exogenous hydrogen sulfide (H2S) exerts therapeutic potential in triple-negative breast cancer by affecting cell cycle and DNA replication pathway. Biomed Pharmacother 2023; 161:114488. [PMID: 37002576 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2023.114488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 02/24/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2023] Open
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Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) is a highly aggressive subtype with a poor prognosis due to its high rates of proliferation and metastasis. Recently, hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has been recognized as a novel gasotransmitter that plays a significant role in various pathological processes, including cancer. Here, we show that exogenous H2S inhibited TNBC cancer cell proliferation, migration and invasion in vitro, and also decreased cancer malignances in the mouse model of TNBC. To investigate the underlying mechanisms of H2S's anti-cancer effects in TNBC, we performed transcriptome sequencing and bioinformatic analyses. 2121 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were revealed, and mainly enriched in cell cycle and DNA replication pathways. Further analysis revealed changes in alternative splicing after exogenous H2S treatment. Protein-protein interaction (PPI) network analysis was performed, which identified 458 interactions among 276 DEGs enriched in cell cycle and DNA replication pathways.We identified seven hub genes (MCM3, MCM4, MCM5, MCM6, CDC6, CDC45, and GINS2) through PPI network analysis, which were up-regulated in clinical human breast cancer but down-regulated after H2S treatment. Based on the hub genes selected, we developed a model predicting that exogenous H2S mainly exerts its anti-TNBC role by delaying DNA replication. Our findings suggest that exogenous H2S has potential as a therapeutic agent in TNBC and may exert its therapeutic potential through DNA replication and the cell cycle pathway.
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He Q, Baranovskiy AG, Morstadt LM, Lisova AE, Babayeva ND, Lusk BL, Lim CJ, Tahirov TH. Structures of human primosome elongation complexes. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2023; 30:579-583. [PMID: 37069376 PMCID: PMC10268227 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-023-00971-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 03/20/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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The synthesis of RNA-DNA primer by primosome requires coordination between primase and DNA polymerase α subunits, which is accompanied by unknown architectural rearrangements of multiple domains. Using cryogenic electron microscopy, we solved a 3.6 Å human primosome structure caught at an early stage of RNA primer elongation with deoxynucleotides. The structure confirms a long-standing role of primase large subunit and reveals new insights into how primosome is limited to synthesizing short RNA-DNA primers.
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- Qixiang He
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA.
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Wei H, Lozano-Durán R. The primase subunits of DNA polymerase α, PRIM1 and PRIM2, are required for the replication of the geminivirus tomato yellow leaf curl virus in the host plant. MICROPUBLICATION BIOLOGY 2023; 2023:10.17912/micropub.biology.000735. [PMID: 36685730 PMCID: PMC9853271 DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2022] [Revised: 01/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Geminiviruses are causal agents of devastating diseases in crops. Geminiviral genomes are single-stranded (ss) circular DNA molecules that replicate in the nucleus of the infected cell through double-stranded (ds) intermediates by co-opting the plant DNA replication machinery. However, the identity of the plant DNA polymerases enabling geminiviral replication has remained largely elusive. Recently, we showed that DNA polymerase α mediates the ss-to-ds conversion of tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), and is therefore essential for the infection. Here, we provide data indicating that the primase subunits of DNA polymerase α, PRIM1 and PRIM2, are also required for TYLCV replication.
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- Hua Wei
- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Eberhard Karls University, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China
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- Department of Plant Biochemistry, Centre for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), Eberhard Karls University, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology, CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201602, China.
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Mann A, Ramirez-Otero MA, De Antoni A, Hanthi YW, Sannino V, Baldi G, Falbo L, Schrempf A, Bernardo S, Loizou J, Costanzo V. POLθ prevents MRE11-NBS1-CtIP-dependent fork breakage in the absence of BRCA2/RAD51 by filling lagging-strand gaps. Mol Cell 2022; 82:4218-4231.e8. [PMID: 36400008 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2022] [Revised: 07/16/2022] [Accepted: 09/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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POLθ promotes repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) resulting from collapsed forks in homologous recombination (HR) defective tumors. Inactivation of POLθ results in synthetic lethality with the loss of HR genes BRCA1/2, which induces under-replicated DNA accumulation. However, it is unclear whether POLθ-dependent DNA replication prevents HR-deficiency-associated lethality. Here, we isolated Xenopus laevis POLθ and showed that it processes stalled Okazaki fragments, directly visualized by electron microscopy, thereby suppressing ssDNA gaps accumulating on lagging strands in the absence of RAD51 and preventing fork reversal. Inhibition of POLθ DNA polymerase activity leaves fork gaps unprotected, enabling their cleavage by the MRE11-NBS1-CtIP endonuclease, which produces broken forks with asymmetric single-ended DSBs, hampering BRCA2-defective cell survival. These results reveal a POLθ-dependent genome protection function preventing stalled forks rupture and highlight possible resistance mechanisms to POLθ inhibitors.
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- Anjali Mann
- IFOM ETS, The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Hematology-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM ETS, The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Hematology-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM ETS, The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM ETS, The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Hematology-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM ETS, The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Hematology-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM ETS, The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Hematology-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM ETS, The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Hematology-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- IFOM ETS, The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy; Department of Oncology and Hematology-Oncology, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
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Lupatov AY, Yarygin KN. Telomeres and Telomerase in the Control of Stem Cells. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10102335. [PMID: 36289597 PMCID: PMC9598777 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10102335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Stem cells serve as a source of cellular material in embryogenesis and postnatal growth and regeneration. This requires significant proliferative potential ensured by sufficient telomere length. Telomere attrition in the stem cells and their niche cells can result in the exhaustion of the regenerative potential of high-turnover organs, causing or contributing to the onset of age-related diseases. In this review, stem cells are examined in the context of the current telomere-centric theory of cell aging, which assumes that telomere shortening depends not just on the number of cell doublings (mitotic clock) but also on the influence of various internal and external factors. The influence of the telomerase and telomere length on the functional activity of different stem cell types, as well as on their aging and prospects of use in cell therapy applications, is discussed.
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He Q, Lin X, Chavez BL, Agrawal S, Lusk BL, Lim CJ. Structures of the human CST-Polα-primase complex bound to telomere templates. Nature 2022; 608:826-832. [PMID: 35830881 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-05040-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The mammalian DNA polymerase-α-primase (Polα-primase) complex is essential for DNA metabolism, providing the de novo RNA-DNA primer for several DNA replication pathways1-4 such as lagging-strand synthesis and telomere C-strand fill-in. The physical mechanism underlying how Polα-primase, alone or in partnership with accessory proteins, performs its complicated multistep primer synthesis function is unknown. Here we show that CST, a single-stranded DNA-binding accessory protein complex for Polα-primase, physically organizes the enzyme for efficient primer synthesis. Cryogenic electron microscopy structures of the CST-Polα-primase preinitiation complex (PIC) bound to various types of telomere overhang reveal that template-bound CST partitions the DNA and RNA catalytic centres of Polα-primase into two separate domains and effectively arranges them in RNA-DNA synthesis order. The architecture of the PIC provides a single solution for the multiple structural requirements for the synthesis of RNA-DNA primers by Polα-primase. Several insights into the template-binding specificity of CST, template requirement for assembly of the CST-Polα-primase PIC and activation are also revealed in this study.
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- Qixiang He
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA.
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A DNA Replication Fork-centric View of the Budding Yeast DNA Damage Response. DNA Repair (Amst) 2022; 119:103393. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2022.103393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Structure of Tetrahymena telomerase-bound CST with polymerase α-primase. Nature 2022; 608:813-818. [PMID: 35831498 PMCID: PMC9728385 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04931-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Telomeres are the physical ends of linear chromosomes. They are composed of short repeating sequences (such as TTGGGG in the G-strand for Tetrahymena thermophila) of double-stranded DNA with a single-strand 3' overhang of the G-strand and, in humans, the six shelterin proteins: TPP1, POT1, TRF1, TRF2, RAP1 and TIN21,2. TPP1 and POT1 associate with the 3' overhang, with POT1 binding the G-strand3 and TPP1 (in complex with TIN24) recruiting telomerase via interaction with telomerase reverse transcriptase5 (TERT). The telomere DNA ends are replicated and maintained by telomerase6, for the G-strand, and subsequently DNA polymerase α-primase7,8 (PolαPrim), for the C-strand9. PolαPrim activity is stimulated by the heterotrimeric complex CTC1-STN1-TEN110-12 (CST), but the structural basis of the recruitment of PolαPrim and CST to telomere ends remains unknown. Here we report cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) structures of Tetrahymena CST in the context of the telomerase holoenzyme, in both the absence and the presence of PolαPrim, and of PolαPrim alone. Tetrahymena Ctc1 binds telomerase subunit p50, a TPP1 orthologue, on a flexible Ctc1 binding motif revealed by cryo-EM and NMR spectroscopy. The PolαPrim polymerase subunit POLA1 binds Ctc1 and Stn1, and its interface with Ctc1 forms an entry port for G-strand DNA to the POLA1 active site. We thus provide a snapshot of four key components that are required for telomeric DNA synthesis in a single active complex-telomerase-core ribonucleoprotein, p50, CST and PolαPrim-that provides insights into the recruitment of CST and PolαPrim and the handoff between G-strand and C-strand synthesis.
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Baranovskiy AG, Lisova AE, Morstadt LM, Babayeva ND, Tahirov TH. Insight into RNA-DNA primer length counting by human primosome. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:6264-6270. [PMID: 35689638 PMCID: PMC9226528 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 06/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The human primosome, a four-subunit complex of primase and DNA polymerase alpha (Polα), synthesizes chimeric RNA–DNA primers of a limited length for DNA polymerases delta and epsilon to initiate DNA replication on both chromosome strands. Despite recent structural insights into the action of its two catalytic centers, the mechanism of DNA synthesis termination is still unclear. Here we report results of functional and structural studies revealing how the human primosome counts RNA–DNA primer length and timely terminates DNA elongation. Using a single-turnover primer extension assay, we defined two factors that determine a mature primer length (∼35-mer): (i) a tight interaction of the C-terminal domain of the DNA primase large subunit (p58C) with the primer 5′-end, and (ii) flexible tethering of p58C and the DNA polymerase alpha catalytic core domain (p180core) to the primosome platform domain by extended linkers. The obtained data allow us to conclude that p58C is a key regulator of all steps of RNA–DNA primer synthesis. The above-described findings provide a notable insight into the mechanism of DNA synthesis termination by a eukaryotic primosome, an important process for ensuring successful primer handover to replication DNA polymerases and for maintaining genome integrity.
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- Andrey G Baranovskiy
- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, Fred & Pamela Buffett Cancer Center. University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, USA
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Structural and Molecular Kinetic Features of Activities of DNA Polymerases. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23126373. [PMID: 35742812 PMCID: PMC9224347 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23126373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 06/01/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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DNA polymerases catalyze DNA synthesis during the replication, repair, and recombination of DNA. Based on phylogenetic analysis and primary protein sequences, DNA polymerases have been categorized into seven families: A, B, C, D, X, Y, and RT. This review presents generalized data on the catalytic mechanism of action of DNA polymerases. The structural features of different DNA polymerase families are described in detail. The discussion highlights the kinetics and conformational dynamics of DNA polymerases from all known polymerase families during DNA synthesis.
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Lei T, Du S, Peng Z, Chen L. Multifaceted regulation and functions of 53BP1 in NHEJ‑mediated DSB repair (Review). Int J Mol Med 2022; 50:90. [PMID: 35583003 PMCID: PMC9162042 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2022.5145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) is crucial for the preservation of genomic integrity and the maintenance of cellular homeostasis. Non-homologous DNA end joining (NHEJ) is the predominant repair mechanism for any type of DNA DSB during the majority of the cell cycle. NHEJ defects regulate tumor sensitivity to ionizing radiation and anti-neoplastic agents, resulting in immunodeficiencies and developmental abnormalities in malignant cells. p53-binding protein 1 (53BP1) is a key mediator involved in DSB repair, which functions to maintain a balance in the repair pathway choices and in preserving genomic stability. 53BP1 promotes DSB repair via NHEJ and antagonizes DNA end overhang resection. At present, novel lines of evidence have revealed the molecular mechanisms underlying the recruitment of 53BP1 and DNA break-responsive effectors to DSB sites, and the promotion of NHEJ-mediated DSB repair via 53BP1, while preventing homologous recombination. In the present review article, recent advances made in the elucidation of the structural and functional characteristics of 53BP1, the mechanisms of 53BP1 recruitment and interaction with the reshaping of the chromatin architecture around DSB sites, the post-transcriptional modifications of 53BP1, and the up- and downstream pathways of 53BP1 are discussed. The present review article also focuses on the application perspectives, current challenges and future directions of 53BP1 research.
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- Tiantian Lei
- Department of Pharmacy, Women and Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, P.R. China
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Women and Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, P.R. China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Women and Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 401147, P.R. China
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Lu R, Pickett HA. Telomeric replication stress: the beginning and the end for alternative lengthening of telomeres cancers. Open Biol 2022; 12:220011. [PMID: 35259951 PMCID: PMC8905155 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.220011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Telomeres are nucleoprotein structures that cap the ends of linear chromosomes. Telomeric DNA comprises terminal tracts of G-rich tandem repeats, which are inherently difficult for the replication machinery to navigate. Structural aberrations that promote activation of the alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway of telomere maintenance exacerbate replication stress at ALT telomeres, driving fork stalling and fork collapse. This form of telomeric DNA damage perpetuates recombination-mediated repair pathways and break-induced telomere synthesis. The relationship between replication stress and DNA repair is tightly coordinated for the purpose of regulating telomere length in ALT cells, but has been shown to be experimentally manipulatable. This raises the intriguing possibility that induction of replication stress can be used as a means to cause toxic levels of DNA damage at ALT telomeres, thereby selectively disrupting the viability of ALT cancers.
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- Robert Lu
- Telomere Length Regulation Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
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- Telomere Length Regulation Unit, Children's Medical Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
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Multiple roles of Pol epsilon in eukaryotic chromosome replication. Biochem Soc Trans 2022; 50:309-320. [PMID: 35129614 PMCID: PMC9022971 DOI: 10.1042/bst20210082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pol epsilon is a tetrameric assembly that plays distinct roles during eukaryotic chromosome replication. It catalyses leading strand DNA synthesis; yet this function is dispensable for viability. Its non-catalytic domains instead play an essential role in the assembly of the active replicative helicase and origin activation, while non-essential histone-fold subunits serve a critical function in parental histone redeposition onto newly synthesised DNA. Furthermore, Pol epsilon plays a structural role in linking the RFC–Ctf18 clamp loader to the replisome, supporting processive DNA synthesis, DNA damage response signalling as well as sister chromatid cohesion. In this minireview, we discuss recent biochemical and structural work that begins to explain various aspects of eukaryotic chromosome replication, with a focus on the multiple roles of Pol epsilon in this process.
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Kilkenny ML, Veale CE, Guppy A, Hardwick SW, Chirgadze DY, Rzechorzek NJ, Maman JD, Pellegrini L. Structural basis for the interaction of SARS-CoV-2 virulence factor nsp1 with DNA polymerase α-primase. Protein Sci 2022; 31:333-344. [PMID: 34719824 PMCID: PMC8661717 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Revised: 10/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The molecular mechanisms that drive the infection by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-the causative agent of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-are under intense current scrutiny to understand how the virus operates and to uncover ways in which the disease can be prevented or alleviated. Recent proteomic screens of the interactions between viral and host proteins have identified the human proteins targeted by SARS-CoV-2. The DNA polymerase α (Pol α)-primase complex or primosome-responsible for initiating DNA synthesis during genomic duplication-was identified as a target of nonstructural protein 1 (nsp1), a major virulence factor in the SARS-CoV-2 infection. Here, we validate the published reports of the interaction of nsp1 with the primosome by demonstrating direct binding with purified recombinant components and providing a biochemical characterization of their interaction. Furthermore, we provide a structural basis for the interaction by elucidating the cryo-electron microscopy structure of nsp1 bound to the primosome. Our findings provide biochemical evidence for the reported targeting of Pol α by the virulence factor nsp1 and suggest that SARS-CoV-2 interferes with Pol α's putative role in the immune response during the viral infection.
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeCB2 1GAUK
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeCB2 1GAUK
- Present address:
The Francis Crick InstituteLondonNW1 1ATUK
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeCB2 1GAUK
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- Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeCambridgeCB2 1GAUK
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The combined DNA and RNA synthetic capabilities of archaeal DNA primase facilitate primer hand-off to the replicative DNA polymerase. Nat Commun 2022; 13:433. [PMID: 35064114 PMCID: PMC8782868 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28093-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Replicative DNA polymerases cannot initiate DNA synthesis de novo and rely on dedicated RNA polymerases, primases, to generate a short primer. This primer is then extended by the DNA polymerase. In diverse archaeal species, the primase has long been known to have the ability to synthesize both RNA and DNA. However, the relevance of these dual nucleic acid synthetic modes for productive primer synthesis has remained enigmatic. In the current work, we reveal that the ability of primase to polymerize DNA serves dual roles in promoting the hand-off of the primer to the replicative DNA polymerase holoenzyme. First, it creates a 5′-RNA-DNA-3′ hybrid primer which serves as an optimal substrate for elongation by the replicative DNA polymerase. Second, it promotes primer release by primase. Furthermore, modeling and experimental data indicate that primase incorporates a deoxyribonucleotide stochastically during elongation and that this switches the primase into a dedicated DNA synthetic mode polymerase. DNA primases initiate a short primer before handing off to DNA polymerases to continue replication. Here the authors reveal a unique ability of archaeal primases to first synthesize RNA before stochastically incorporating a deoxyribonucleotide and further extending the primer as DNA.
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Xu P, Storici F. Frequency and patterns of ribonucleotide incorporation around autonomously replicating sequences in yeast reveal the division of labor of replicative DNA polymerases. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:10542-10557. [PMID: 34551434 PMCID: PMC8501979 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Ribonucleoside triphosphate (rNTP) incorporation in DNA by DNA polymerases is a frequent phenomenon that results in DNA structural change and genome instability. However, it is unclear whether the rNTP incorporation into DNA follows any specific sequence patterns. We analyzed multiple datasets of ribonucleoside monophosphates (rNMPs) embedded in DNA, generated from three rNMP-sequencing techniques. These rNMP libraries were obtained from Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells expressing wild-type or mutant replicative DNA polymerase and ribonuclease H2 genes. We performed computational analyses of rNMP sites around early and late-firing autonomously replicating sequences (ARSs) of the yeast genome, where leading and lagging DNA synthesis starts bidirectionally. We found the preference of rNTP incorporation on the leading strand in wild-type DNA polymerase yeast cells. The leading/lagging-strand ratio of rNTP incorporation changes dramatically within the first 1,000 nucleotides from ARSs, highlighting the Pol δ - Pol ϵ handoff during early leading-strand synthesis. Furthermore, the pattern of rNTP incorporation is markedly distinct between the leading and lagging strands not only in mutant but also in wild-type polymerase cells. Such specific signatures of Pol δ and Pol ϵ provide a new approach to track the labor of these polymerases.
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- Penghao Xu
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA
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Eekhout T, Pedroza-Garcia JA, Kalhorzadeh P, De Jaeger G, De Veylder L. A Mutation in DNA Polymerase α Rescues WEE1KO Sensitivity to HU. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:9409. [PMID: 34502313 PMCID: PMC8430855 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22179409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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During DNA replication, the WEE1 kinase is responsible for safeguarding genomic integrity by phosphorylating and thus inhibiting cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), which are the driving force of the cell cycle. Consequentially, wee1 mutant plants fail to respond properly to problems arising during DNA replication and are hypersensitive to replication stress. Here, we report the identification of the polα-2 mutant, mutated in the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase α, as a suppressor mutant of wee1. The mutated protein appears to be less stable, causing a loss of interaction with its subunits and resulting in a prolonged S-phase.
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- Thomas Eekhout
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium; (T.E.); (J.A.P.-G.); (P.K.); (G.D.J.)
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium; (T.E.); (J.A.P.-G.); (P.K.); (G.D.J.)
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium; (T.E.); (J.A.P.-G.); (P.K.); (G.D.J.)
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium; (T.E.); (J.A.P.-G.); (P.K.); (G.D.J.)
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, 9052 Gent, Belgium; (T.E.); (J.A.P.-G.); (P.K.); (G.D.J.)
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, 9052 Gent, Belgium
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Bainbridge LJ, Teague R, Doherty AJ. Repriming DNA synthesis: an intrinsic restart pathway that maintains efficient genome replication. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:4831-4847. [PMID: 33744934 PMCID: PMC8136793 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2021] [Revised: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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To bypass a diverse range of fork stalling impediments encountered during genome replication, cells possess a variety of DNA damage tolerance (DDT) mechanisms including translesion synthesis, template switching, and fork reversal. These pathways function to bypass obstacles and allow efficient DNA synthesis to be maintained. In addition, lagging strand obstacles can also be circumvented by downstream priming during Okazaki fragment generation, leaving gaps to be filled post-replication. Whether repriming occurs on the leading strand has been intensely debated over the past half-century. Early studies indicated that both DNA strands were synthesised discontinuously. Although later studies suggested that leading strand synthesis was continuous, leading to the preferred semi-discontinuous replication model. However, more recently it has been established that replicative primases can perform leading strand repriming in prokaryotes. An analogous fork restart mechanism has also been identified in most eukaryotes, which possess a specialist primase called PrimPol that conducts repriming downstream of stalling lesions and structures. PrimPol also plays a more general role in maintaining efficient fork progression. Here, we review and discuss the historical evidence and recent discoveries that substantiate repriming as an intrinsic replication restart pathway for maintaining efficient genome duplication across all domains of life.
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- Lewis J Bainbridge
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RQ, UK
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A patient with POLA1 splice variant expands the yet evolving phenotype of Van Esch O'Driscoll syndrome. Eur J Med Genet 2021; 64:104261. [PMID: 34119699 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmg.2021.104261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2021] [Revised: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Van Esch-O'Driscoll syndrome (VEODS) is a rare cause of syndromic X-linked intellectual disability characterised by short stature, microcephaly, variable degree of intellectual disability, and hypogonadotropic hypogonadism. To date, heterozygous hypomorphic variants in the gene encoding the DNA Polymerase α subunit, POLA1, have been observed in nine patients from five unrelated families with VEODS. We report a three-year-old child with VEODS having borderline intellectual disability due to a novel splice site variant causing exon 6 skipping and reduced POLA1 expression.
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Oki K, Yamagami T, Nagata M, Mayanagi K, Shirai T, Adachi N, Numata T, Ishino S, Ishino Y. DNA polymerase D temporarily connects primase to the CMG-like helicase before interacting with proliferating cell nuclear antigen. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:4599-4612. [PMID: 33849056 PMCID: PMC8096248 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The eukaryotic replisome is comprised of three family-B DNA polymerases (Polα, δ and ϵ). Polα forms a stable complex with primase to synthesize short RNA-DNA primers, which are subsequently elongated by Polδ and Polϵ in concert with proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). In some species of archaea, family-D DNA polymerase (PolD) is the only DNA polymerase essential for cell viability, raising the question of how it alone conducts the bulk of DNA synthesis. We used a hyperthermophilic archaeon, Thermococcus kodakarensis, to demonstrate that PolD connects primase to the archaeal replisome before interacting with PCNA. Whereas PolD stably connects primase to GINS, a component of CMG helicase, cryo-EM analysis indicated a highly flexible PolD-primase complex. A conserved hydrophobic motif at the C-terminus of the DP2 subunit of PolD, a PIP (PCNA-Interacting Peptide) motif, was critical for the interaction with primase. The dissociation of primase was induced by DNA-dependent binding of PCNA to PolD. Point mutations in the alternative PIP-motif of DP2 abrogated the molecular switching that converts the archaeal replicase from de novo to processive synthesis mode.
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- Keisuke Oki
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology, Tamura 1266, Nagahama, Shiga 526-0829, Japan
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- Structure Biology Research Center, Institute of Materials Structural Science, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0801, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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Tirman S, Cybulla E, Quinet A, Meroni A, Vindigni A. PRIMPOL ready, set, reprime! Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2021; 56:17-30. [PMID: 33179522 PMCID: PMC7906090 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2020.1841089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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DNA replication forks are constantly challenged by DNA lesions induced by endogenous and exogenous sources. DNA damage tolerance mechanisms ensure that DNA replication continues with minimal effects on replication fork elongation either by using specialized DNA polymerases, which have the ability to replicate through the damaged template, or by skipping the damaged DNA, leaving it to be repaired after replication. These mechanisms are evolutionarily conserved in bacteria, yeast, and higher eukaryotes, and are paramount to ensure timely and faithful duplication of the genome. The Primase and DNA-directed Polymerase (PRIMPOL) is a recently discovered enzyme that possesses both primase and polymerase activities. PRIMPOL is emerging as a key player in DNA damage tolerance, particularly in vertebrate and human cells. Here, we review our current understanding of the function of PRIMPOL in DNA damage tolerance by focusing on the structural aspects that define its dual enzymatic activity, as well as on the mechanisms that control its chromatin recruitment and expression levels. We also focus on the latest findings on the mitochondrial and nuclear functions of PRIMPOL and on the impact of loss of these functions on genome stability and cell survival. Defining the function of PRIMPOL in DNA damage tolerance is becoming increasingly important in the context of human disease. In particular, we discuss recent evidence pointing at the PRIMPOL pathway as a novel molecular target to improve cancer cell response to DNA-damaging chemotherapy and as a predictive parameter to stratify patients in personalized cancer therapy.
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- Stephanie Tirman
- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO, 63110, USA
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO, 63110, USA
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO, 63110, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO, 63110, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis MO, 63110, USA
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Zahurancik WJ, Suo Z. Kinetic investigation of the polymerase and exonuclease activities of human DNA polymerase ε holoenzyme. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:17251-17264. [PMID: 33051204 PMCID: PMC7863874 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.013903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Revised: 10/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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In eukaryotic DNA replication, DNA polymerase ε (Polε) is responsible for leading strand synthesis, whereas DNA polymerases α and δ synthesize the lagging strand. The human Polε (hPolε) holoenzyme is comprised of the catalytic p261 subunit and the noncatalytic p59, p17, and p12 small subunits. So far, the contribution of the noncatalytic subunits to hPolε function is not well understood. Using pre-steady-state kinetic methods, we established a minimal kinetic mechanism for DNA polymerization and editing catalyzed by the hPolε holoenzyme. Compared with the 140-kDa N-terminal catalytic fragment of p261 (p261N), which we kinetically characterized in our earlier studies, the presence of the p261 C-terminal domain (p261C) and the three small subunits increased the DNA binding affinity and the base substitution fidelity. Although the small subunits enhanced correct nucleotide incorporation efficiency, there was a wide range of rate constants when incorporating a correct nucleotide over a single-base mismatch. Surprisingly, the 3'→5' exonuclease activity of the hPolε holoenzyme was significantly slower than that of p261N when editing both matched and mismatched DNA substrates. This suggests that the presence of p261C and the three small subunits regulates the 3'→5' exonuclease activity of the hPolε holoenzyme. Together, the 3'→5' exonuclease activity and the variable mismatch extension activity modulate the overall fidelity of the hPolε holoenzyme by up to 3 orders of magnitude. Thus, the presence of p261C and the three noncatalytic subunits optimizes the dual enzymatic activities of the catalytic p261 subunit and makes the hPolε holoenzyme an efficient and faithful replicative DNA polymerase.
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- Walter J Zahurancik
- The Ohio State Biochemistry Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- The Ohio State Biochemistry Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA; Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.
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Pavlov YI, Zhuk AS, Stepchenkova EI. DNA Polymerases at the Eukaryotic Replication Fork Thirty Years after: Connection to Cancer. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:E3489. [PMID: 33255191 PMCID: PMC7760166 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12123489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Recent studies on tumor genomes revealed that mutations in genes of replicative DNA polymerases cause a predisposition for cancer by increasing genome instability. The past 10 years have uncovered exciting details about the structure and function of replicative DNA polymerases and the replication fork organization. The principal idea of participation of different polymerases in specific transactions at the fork proposed by Morrison and coauthors 30 years ago and later named "division of labor," remains standing, with an amendment of the broader role of polymerase δ in the replication of both the lagging and leading DNA strands. However, cancer-associated mutations predominantly affect the catalytic subunit of polymerase ε that participates in leading strand DNA synthesis. We analyze how new findings in the DNA replication field help elucidate the polymerase variants' effects on cancer.
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- Youri I. Pavlov
- Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases and Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198, USA
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Saint-Petersburg State University, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia;
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- International Laboratory of Computer Technologies, ITMO University, 197101 Saint Petersburg, Russia;
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- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, Saint-Petersburg State University, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia;
- Laboratory of Mutagenesis and Genetic Toxicology, Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Saint-Petersburg Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 199034 Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Yuan Z, Li H. Molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic origin initiation, replication fork progression, and chromatin maintenance. Biochem J 2020; 477:3499-3525. [PMID: 32970141 PMCID: PMC7574821 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20200065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Eukaryotic DNA replication is a highly dynamic and tightly regulated process. Replication involves several dozens of replication proteins, including the initiators ORC and Cdc6, replicative CMG helicase, DNA polymerase α-primase, leading-strand DNA polymerase ε, and lagging-strand DNA polymerase δ. These proteins work together in a spatially and temporally controlled manner to synthesize new DNA from the parental DNA templates. During DNA replication, epigenetic information imprinted on DNA and histone proteins is also copied to the daughter DNA to maintain the chromatin status. DNA methyltransferase 1 is primarily responsible for copying the parental DNA methylation pattern into the nascent DNA. Epigenetic information encoded in histones is transferred via a more complex and less well-understood process termed replication-couple nucleosome assembly. Here, we summarize the most recent structural and biochemical insights into DNA replication initiation, replication fork elongation, chromatin assembly and maintenance, and related regulatory mechanisms.
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- Zuanning Yuan
- Structural Biology Program, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A
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- Structural Biology Program, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A
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Guilliam TA, Yeeles JTP. An updated perspective on the polymerase division of labor during eukaryotic DNA replication. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2020; 55:469-481. [PMID: 32883112 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2020.1811630] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In eukaryotes three DNA polymerases (Pols), α, δ, and ε, are tasked with bulk DNA synthesis of nascent strands during genome duplication. Most evidence supports a model where Pol α initiates DNA synthesis before Pol ε and Pol δ replicate the leading and lagging strands, respectively. However, a number of recent reports, enabled by advances in biochemical and genetic techniques, have highlighted emerging roles for Pol δ in all stages of leading-strand synthesis; initiation, elongation, and termination, as well as fork restart. By focusing on these studies, this review provides an updated perspective on the division of labor between the replicative polymerases during DNA replication.
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- Thomas A Guilliam
- Division of Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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- Division of Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK
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Hazeslip L, Zafar MK, Chauhan MZ, Byrd AK. Genome Maintenance by DNA Helicase B. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E578. [PMID: 32455610 PMCID: PMC7290933 DOI: 10.3390/genes11050578] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 05/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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DNA Helicase B (HELB) is a conserved helicase in higher eukaryotes with roles in the initiation of DNA replication and in the DNA damage and replication stress responses. HELB is a predominately nuclear protein in G1 phase where it is involved in initiation of DNA replication through interactions with DNA topoisomerase 2-binding protein 1 (TOPBP1), cell division control protein 45 (CDC45), and DNA polymerase α-primase. HELB also inhibits homologous recombination by reducing long-range end resection. After phosphorylation by cyclin-dependent kinase 2 (CDK2) at the G1 to S transition, HELB is predominately localized to the cytosol. However, this cytosolic localization in S phase is not exclusive. HELB has been reported to localize to chromatin in response to replication stress and to localize to the common fragile sites 16D (FRA16D) and 3B (FRA3B) and the rare fragile site XA (FRAXA) in S phase. In addition, HELB is phosphorylated in response to ionizing radiation and has been shown to localize to chromatin in response to various types of DNA damage, suggesting it has a role in the DNA damage response.
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- Lindsey Hazeslip
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA; (L.H.); (M.K.Z.); (M.Z.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA; (L.H.); (M.K.Z.); (M.Z.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA; (L.H.); (M.K.Z.); (M.Z.C.)
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA; (L.H.); (M.K.Z.); (M.Z.C.)
- Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA
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In this review, Mirman et al. summarize the current understanding of the role of 53BP1 in DSB repair at deprotected telomeres, in class switch recombination in the immune system, and in the context of PARPi-treated BRCA1-deficient cells. They argue that the primary function of 53BP1 is not to regulate the choice between c-NHEJ and HDR, but to ensure the fidelity of DSB repair, a function that is corrupted in diseases where DNA repair is rewired. 53BP1 is an enigmatic DNA damage response factor that gained prominence because it determines the efficacy of PARP1 inhibitory drugs (PARPi) in BRCA1-deficient cancers. Recent studies have elevated 53BP1 from its modest status of (yet another) DNA damage factor to master regulator of double-strand break (DSB) repair pathway choice. Our review of the literature suggests an alternative view. We propose that 53BP1 has evolved to avoid mutagenic repair outcomes and does so by controlling the processing of DNA ends and the dynamics of DSBs. The consequences of 53BP1 deficiency, such as diminished PARPi efficacy in BRCA1-deficient cells and altered repair of damaged telomeres, can be explained from this viewpoint. We further propose that some of the fidelity functions of 53BP1 coevolved with class switch recombination (CSR) in the immune system. We speculate that, rather than being deterministic in DSB repair pathway choice, 53BP1 functions as a DSB escort that guards against illegitimate and potentially tumorigenic recombination.
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- Zachary Mirman
- Laboratory for Cell Biology and Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Laboratory for Cell Biology and Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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Jozwiakowski SK, Kummer S, Gari K. Human DNA polymerase delta requires an iron-sulfur cluster for high-fidelity DNA synthesis. Life Sci Alliance 2019; 2:2/4/e201900321. [PMID: 31278166 PMCID: PMC6613617 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.201900321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The iron–sulfur cluster in human DNA polymerase delta has an impact on DNA polymerase and exonuclease activities and can hence influence the fidelity of DNA synthesis. Replication of eukaryotic genomes relies on the family B DNA polymerases Pol α, Pol δ, and Pol ε. All of these enzymes coordinate an iron–sulfur (FeS) cluster, but the function of this cofactor has remained largely unclear. Here, we show that the FeS cluster in the catalytic subunit of human Pol δ is coordinated by four invariant cysteines of the C-terminal CysB motif. FeS cluster loss causes a partial destabilisation of the four-subunit enzyme, a defect in double-stranded DNA binding, and compromised polymerase and exonuclease activities. Importantly, complex stability, DNA binding, and enzymatic activities are restored in the presence of proliferating cell nuclear antigen. We further show that also more subtle changes to the FeS cluster-binding pocket that do not abolish FeS cluster binding can have repercussions on the distant exonuclease domain and render the enzyme error-prone. Our data hence suggest that the FeS cluster in human Pol δ is an important co-factor that despite its C-terminal location has an impact on both DNA polymerase and exonuclease activities, and can influence the fidelity of DNA synthesis.
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- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Wanrooij PH, Chabes A. Ribonucleotides in mitochondrial DNA. FEBS Lett 2019; 593:1554-1565. [PMID: 31093968 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The incorporation of ribonucleotides (rNMPs) into DNA during genome replication has gained substantial attention in recent years and has been shown to be a significant source of genomic instability. Studies in yeast and mammals have shown that the two genomes, the nuclear DNA (nDNA) and the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), differ with regard to their rNMP content. This is largely due to differences in rNMP repair - whereas rNMPs are efficiently removed from the nuclear genome, mitochondria lack robust mechanisms for removal of single rNMPs incorporated during DNA replication. In this minireview, we describe the processes that determine the frequency of rNMPs in the mitochondrial genome and summarise recent findings regarding the effect of incorporated rNMPs on mtDNA stability and function.
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- Paulina H Wanrooij
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Sweden.,Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Umeå University, Sweden
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Initiating DNA replication: a matter of prime importance. Biochem Soc Trans 2019; 47:351-356. [PMID: 30647143 PMCID: PMC6393858 DOI: 10.1042/bst20180627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2018] [Revised: 11/30/2018] [Accepted: 12/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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It has been known for decades that the principal replicative DNA polymerases that effect genome replication are incapable of starting DNA synthesis de novo. Rather, they require a 3′-OH group from which to extend a DNA chain. Cellular DNA replication systems exploit a dedicated, limited processivity RNA polymerase, termed primase, that synthesizes a short oligoribonucleotide primer which is then extended by a DNA polymerase. Thus, primases can initiate synthesis, proceed with primer elongation for a short distance then transfer the primer to a DNA polymerase. Despite these well-established properties, the mechanistic basis of these dynamic behaviours has only recently been established. In the following, the author will describe recent insights from studies of the related eukaryotic and archaeal DNA primases. Significantly, the general conclusions from these studies likely extend to a broad class of extrachromosomal element-associated primases as well as the human primase-related DNA repair enzyme, PrimPol.
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Lee WH, Chen LC, Lee CJ, Huang CC, Ho YS, Yang PS, Ho CT, Chang HL, Lin IH, Chang HW, Liu YR, Wu CH, Tu SH. DNA primase polypeptide 1 (PRIM1) involves in estrogen-induced breast cancer formation through activation of the G2/M cell cycle checkpoint. Int J Cancer 2018; 144:615-630. [PMID: 30097999 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.31788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The DNA primase polypeptide 1 (PRIM1) is responsible for synthesizing small RNA primers for Okazaki fragments generated during discontinuous DNA replication. PRIM1 mRNA expression levels in breast tumor samples were detected by real-time PCR analysis. Xenografted tumor model was established to study the carcinogenic role of PRIM1 and its potential therapeutic applications. The average PRIM1 mRNA (copy number × 103 /μg) expression was 4.7-fold higher in tumors than in normal tissue (*p = 0.005, n = 254). PRIM1 was detected preferentially at a higher level (>40-fold) in poorly differentiated tumor tissues (n = 46) compared with more highly differentiated tumors tissues (n = 10) (*p = 0.005). Poor overall survival rate was correlated to the estrogen receptor positive (ER+, n = 20) patients with higher PRIM1 expression when compare to the ER- (n = 10) patients (Chi Square test, p = 0.03). Stable expression of PRIM1-siRNA in the ER+ BT-474 cells-xenograft tumors significantly reduced tumor volume in SCID mice (*p = 0.005). The anti-tumoral effects of inotilone isolated from Phellinus linteus was tested and had significant effects on the inhibition of PRIM1 protein expression in ER+ breast cancer cells. In vivo study was performed by administering inotilone (10 mg/kg, twice a week for 6 weeks), which resulted in significantly reduced BT-474-xenografted tumor growth volume compared with control (n =5 per group, *p < 0.05). This study provides evidences for the prognostic effects of PRIM1 with poor overall survival rate in the ER+ patients and will be valuable to test for therapeutic purpose.
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- Wei-Hwa Lee
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Pathology, Taipei Medical University-Shuang Ho Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Breast Medical Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Taipei Cancer Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,TMU Research Center of Cancer Translational Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Department of Surgery, Fu-Jen Catholic University Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- TMU Research Center of Cancer Translational Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,School of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Medicine, Mackay Medical College, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Department of Food Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, En Chu Kong Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- TMU Research Center of Cancer Translational Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- TMU Research Center of Cancer Translational Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Joint Biobank, Office of Human Research, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of General Surgery, En Chu Kong Hospital, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Breast Medical Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.,Taipei Cancer Center, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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