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Wunderlich K, van der Helm E, Spek D, Vermeulen M, Gecgel A, Pau MG, Vellinga J, Custers J. An alternative to the adenovirus inverted terminal repeat sequence increases the viral genome replication rate and provides a selective advantage in vitro. J Gen Virol 2014; 95:1574-1584. [PMID: 24764357 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.064840-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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During the development of human adenovirus 35-derived replication-incompetent (rAd35) vaccine vectors for prevention of infectious diseases, we detected mutations in the terminal 8 nt of the inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) of rAd35. The switch from the plasmid-encoded sequence 5'-CATCATCA-3' to the alternative sequence 5'-CTATCTAT-3' in the ITRs was found to be a general in vitro propagation phenomenon, as shown for several vectors carrying different transgenes or being derived from different adenovirus serotypes. In each tested case, the plasmid-encoded ITR sequence changed to exactly the same alternative ITR sequence, 5'-CTATCTAT-3'. The outgrowth of this alternative ITR version should result from a growth advantage conferred by the alternative ITR sequence. Indeed, replication kinetics studies of rAd35 harbouring either the original or alternative ITR sequence confirmed an increase in replication speed for rAd35 vectors with the alternative ITR sequence. These findings can be applied to generate recombinant adenoviral vectors harbouring the alternative ITR sequence, which will facilitate the generation of genetically homogeneous seed virus batches. Moreover, vector production may be accelerated by taking advantage of the observed improved replication kinetics associated with the alternative ITR sequence.
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- Crucell Holland BV, PO Box 2048, 2301 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Crucell Holland BV, PO Box 2048, 2301 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Crucell Holland BV, PO Box 2048, 2301 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Crucell Holland BV, PO Box 2048, 2301 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Crucell Holland BV, PO Box 2048, 2301 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Crucell Holland BV, PO Box 2048, 2301 CA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Dehghan S, Seto J, Liu EB, Walsh MP, Dyer DW, Chodosh J, Seto D. Computational analysis of four human adenovirus type 4 genomes reveals molecular evolution through two interspecies recombination events. Virology 2013; 443:197-207. [PMID: 23763770 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2013.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2013] [Revised: 05/03/2013] [Accepted: 05/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Computational analysis of human adenovirus type 4 (HAdV-E4), a pathogen that is the only HAdV member of species E, provides insights into its zoonotic origin and molecular adaptation. Its genome encodes a domain of the major capsid protein, hexon, from HAdV-B16 recombined into the genome chassis of a simian adenovirus. Genomes of two recent field strains provide a clue to its adaptation to the new host: recombination of a NF-I binding site motif, which is required for efficient viral replication, from another HAdV genome. This motif is absent in the chimpanzee adenoviruses and the HAdV-E4 prototype, but is conserved amongst other HAdVs. This is the first report of an interspecies recombination event for HAdVs, and the first documentation of a lateral partial gene transfer from a chimpanzee AdV. The potential for such recombination events are important when considering chimpanzee adenoviruses as candidate gene delivery vectors for human patients.
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- Shoaleh Dehghan
- Chemistry Department, American University, Washington, D.C. 20016, USA; Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program, School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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Rademaker HJ, Fallaux FJ, Van den Wollenberg DJM, De Jong RN, Van der Vliet PC, Hoeben RC. Relaxed template specificity in fowl adenovirus 1 DNA replication initiation. J Gen Virol 2006; 87:553-562. [PMID: 16476976 DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.81328-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The fowl adenovirus 1 (FAdV-1) isolates PHELPS and OTE are highly similar, but have striking differences in the repeat region of the inverted terminal repeat (ITR). Whilst the repeat region in OTE conforms to the conventional human adenovirus repeat region (5'-CATCATC), that of PHELPS contains guanidine residues at positions 1, 4 and 7 (5'-GATGATG). This implies that the FAdV-1 isolates PHELPS and OTE have either distinct template specificity at replication initiation or, alternatively, a relaxed specificity for replication initiation. In this study, the distinct sequence variation at the origin of DNA replication in the ITRs of the FAdV-1 PHELPS and OTE isolates was confirmed. Sequence analyses of the pTP and Pol genes of both PHELPS and OTE did not reveal differences that could explain the distinct template specificity. Replication assays demonstrated that linear DNA fragments flanked by either 5'-CATCATC or 5'-GATGATG termini replicated in cells upon infection with FAdV-1 OTE and FAdV-1 PHELPS. This was evident from the appearance of DpnI-resistant fragments in a minireplicon assay. From these data, it is concluded that FAdV-1 has relaxed, rather than changed, its template specificity at replication initiation.
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- Hendrik J Rademaker
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Wassenaarseweg 72, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Wassenaarseweg 72, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Wassenaarseweg 72, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry and Center for Biomedical Genetics, University Medical Center, Universiteitsweg 100, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiological Chemistry and Center for Biomedical Genetics, University Medical Center, Universiteitsweg 100, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, Wassenaarseweg 72, 2333 AL Leiden, The Netherlands
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Purkayastha A, Su J, McGraw J, Ditty SE, Hadfield TL, Seto J, Russell KL, Tibbetts C, Seto D. Genomic and bioinformatics analyses of HAdV-4vac and HAdV-7vac, two human adenovirus (HAdV) strains that constituted original prophylaxis against HAdV-related acute respiratory disease, a reemerging epidemic disease. J Clin Microbiol 2005; 43:3083-94. [PMID: 16000418 PMCID: PMC1169186 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.43.7.3083-3094.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2004] [Revised: 03/21/2005] [Accepted: 04/06/2005] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Vaccine strains of human adenovirus serotypes 4 and 7 (HAdV-4vac and HAdV-7vac) have been used successfully to prevent adenovirus-related acute respiratory disease outbreaks. The genomes of these two vaccine strains have been sequenced, annotated, and compared with their prototype equivalents with the goals of understanding their genomes for molecular diagnostics applications, vaccine redevelopment, and HAdV pathoepidemiology. These reference genomes are archived in GenBank as HAdV-4vac (35,994 bp; AY594254) and HAdV-7vac (35,240 bp; AY594256). Bioinformatics and comparative whole-genome analyses with their recently reported and archived prototype genomes reveal six mismatches and four insertions-deletions (indels) between the HAdV-4 prototype and vaccine strains, in contrast to the 611 mismatches and 130 indels between the HAdV-7 prototype and vaccine strains. Annotation reveals that the HAdV-4vac and HAdV-7vac genomes contain 51 and 50 coding units, respectively. Neither vaccine strain appears to be attenuated for virulence based on bioinformatics analyses. There is evidence of genome recombination, as the inverted terminal repeat of HAdV-4vac is initially identical to that of species C whereas the prototype is identical to species B1. These vaccine reference sequences yield unique genome signatures for molecular diagnostics. As a molecular forensics application, these references identify the circulating and problematic 1950s era field strains as the original HAdV-4 prototype and the Greider prototype, from which the vaccines are derived. Thus, they are useful for genomic comparisons to current epidemic and reemerging field strains, as well as leading to an understanding of pathoepidemiology among the human adenoviruses.
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- Anjan Purkayastha
- Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Program, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University, 10900 University Boulevard, MSN 5B3, Manassas, Virginia 20110, USA
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Purkayastha A, Ditty SE, Su J, McGraw J, Hadfield TL, Tibbetts C, Seto D. Genomic and bioinformatics analysis of HAdV-4, a human adenovirus causing acute respiratory disease: implications for gene therapy and vaccine vector development. J Virol 2005; 79:2559-72. [PMID: 15681456 PMCID: PMC546560 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.79.4.2559-2572.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2004] [Accepted: 10/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human adenovirus serotype 4 (HAdV-4) is a reemerging viral pathogenic agent implicated in epidemic outbreaks of acute respiratory disease (ARD). This report presents a genomic and bioinformatics analysis of the prototype 35,990-nucleotide genome (GenBank accession no. AY594253). Intriguingly, the genome analysis suggests a closer phylogenetic relationship with the chimpanzee adenoviruses (simian adenoviruses) rather than with other human adenoviruses, suggesting a recent origin of HAdV-4, and therefore species E, through a zoonotic event from chimpanzees to humans. Bioinformatics analysis also suggests a pre-zoonotic recombination event, as well, between species B-like and species C-like simian adenoviruses. These observations may have implications for the current interest in using chimpanzee adenoviruses in the development of vectors for human gene therapy and for DNA-based vaccines. Also, the reemergence, surveillance, and treatment of HAdV-4 as an ARD pathogen is an opportunity to demonstrate the use of genome determination as a tool for viral infectious disease characterization and epidemic outbreak surveillance: for example, rapid and accurate low-pass sequencing and analysis of the genome. In particular, this approach allows the rapid identification and development of unique probes for the differentiation of family, species, serotype, and strain (e.g., pathogen genome signatures) for monitoring epidemic outbreaks of ARD.
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MESH Headings
- Adenovirus Infections, Human/epidemiology
- Adenovirus Infections, Human/prevention & control
- Adenovirus Infections, Human/therapy
- Adenoviruses, Human/classification
- Adenoviruses, Human/genetics
- Adenoviruses, Human/pathogenicity
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Computational Biology
- DNA, Viral/chemistry
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- Genetic Therapy
- Genome, Viral
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Respiratory Tract Infections/epidemiology
- Respiratory Tract Infections/prevention & control
- Respiratory Tract Infections/transmission
- Respiratory Tract Infections/virology
- Viral Vaccines/administration & dosage
- Viral Vaccines/genetics
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- Anjan Purkayastha
- School of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, School of Computational Sciences, George Mason University, 10900 University Blvd., Manassas, VA 20110, USA
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Replication of the adenovirus genome is catalysed by adenovirus DNA polymerase in which the adenovirus preterminal protein acts as a protein primer. DNA polymerase and preterminal protein form a heterodimer which, in the presence of the cellular transcription factors NFI/CTFI and NFIII/Oct-1, binds to the origin of DNA replication. DNA replication is initiated by DNA polymerase mediated transfer of dCMP onto preterminal protein. Further DNA synthesis is catalysed by DNA polymerase in a strand displacement mechanism which also requires adenovirus DNA binding protein. Here, we discuss the role of individual proteins in this process as revealed by biochemical analysis, mutagenesis and molecular modelling.
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- H Liu
- Centre for Biomolecular Science, Biomolecular Science Building, The University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK
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Zhang W, Low JA, Christensen JB, Imperiale MJ. Role for the adenovirus IVa2 protein in packaging of viral DNA. J Virol 2001; 75:10446-54. [PMID: 11581412 PMCID: PMC114618 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.75.21.10446-10454.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Although it has been demonstrated that the adenovirus IVa2 protein binds to the packaging domains on the viral chromosome and interacts with the viral L1 52/55-kDa protein, which is required for viral DNA packaging, there has been no direct evidence demonstrating that the IVa2 protein is involved in DNA packaging. To understand in greater detail the DNA packaging mechanisms of adenovirus, we have asked whether DNA packaging is serotype or subgroup specific. We found that Ad7 (subgroup B), Ad12 (subgroup A), and Ad17 (subgroup D) cannot complement the defect of an Ad5 (subgroup C) mutant, pm8001, which does not package its DNA due to a mutation in the L1 52/55-kDa gene. This indicates that the DNA packaging systems of different serotypes cannot interact productively with Ad5 DNA. Based on this, a chimeric virus containing the Ad7 genome except for the inverted terminal repeats and packaging sequence from Ad5 was constructed. This chimeric virus replicates its DNA and synthesizes Ad7 proteins, but it cannot package its DNA in 293 cells or 293 cells expressing the Ad5 L1 52/55-kDa protein. However, this chimeric virus packages its DNA in 293 cells expressing the Ad5 IVa2 protein. These results indicate that the IVa2 protein plays a role in viral DNA packaging and that its function is serotype specific. Since this chimeric virus cannot package its own DNA, but produces all the components for packaging Ad7 DNA, it may be a more suitable helper virus for the growth of Ad7 gutted vectors for gene transfer.
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- W Zhang
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Center for Gene Therapy and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0942, USA
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Brenkman AB, Heideman MR, Truniger V, Salas M, van der Vliet PC. The (I/Y)XGG motif of adenovirus DNA polymerase affects template DNA binding and the transition from initiation to elongation. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:29846-53. [PMID: 11390396 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m103159200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Adenovirus DNA polymerase (Ad pol) is a eukaryotic-type DNA polymerase involved in the catalysis of protein-primed initiation as well as DNA polymerization. The functional significance of the (I/Y)XGG motif, highly conserved among eukaryotic-type DNA polymerases, was analyzed in Ad pol by site-directed mutagenesis of four conserved amino acids. All mutant polymerases could bind primer-template DNA efficiently but were impaired in binding duplex DNA. Three mutant polymerases required higher nucleotide concentrations for effective polymerization and showed higher exonuclease activity on double-stranded DNA. These observations suggest a local destabilization of DNA substrate at the polymerase active site. In agreement with this, the mutant polymerases showed reduced initiation activity and increased K(m)(app) for the initiating nucleotide, dCMP. Interestingly, one mutant polymerase, while capable of elongating on the primer-template DNA, failed to elongate after protein priming. Further investigation of this mutant polymerase showed that polymerization activity decreased after each polymerization step and ceased completely after formation of the precursor terminal protein-trinucleotide (pTP-CAT) initiation intermediate. Our results suggest that residues in the conserved motif (I/Y)XGG in Ad pol are involved in binding the template strand in the polymerase active site and play an important role in the transition from initiation to elongation.
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- A B Brenkman
- University Medical Center, Department of Physiological Chemistry and Center for Biomedical Genetics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Dán A, Elo P, Harrach B, Zádori Z, Benko M. Four new inverted terminal repeat sequences from bovine adenoviruses reveal striking differences in the length and content of the ITRs. Virus Genes 2001; 22:175-9. [PMID: 11324754 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008125324346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The inverted terminal repeat (ITR) of the genome of four bovine adenovirus (BAdV) types have been sequenced, analysed and compared to the ITRs of other adenoviruses. The length of ITRs of the examined BAdVs ranged between 59 and 368 base pairs, thus the presently known longest adenovirus ITR sequence is from BAdV-10. The conserved motifs and characteristic sequence elements of the ITRs providing different binding sites for replicative proteins of viral and cellular origin seemed to be distributed according to the proposed genus classification of BAdVs. The ITRs of BAdV-10 share similarity with the members of the genus Mastadenovirus, while the ITRs of the other three sequenced serotypes (BAdV-4, 5 and strain Rus) which are candidate members of the genus Atadenovirus are very short and contain NFI and Sp1 binding sites only. The analysis of the new ITRs implied that the nucleotide sequence of the so-called core origin is highly preserved within the mastadenovirus genus only.
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- A Dán
- Veterinary Medical Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest.
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de Jong RN, van der Vliet PC. Mechanism of DNA replication in eukaryotic cells: cellular host factors stimulating adenovirus DNA replication. Gene 1999; 236:1-12. [PMID: 10433960 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(99)00249-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Replication of adenovirus (Ad) DNA depends on interactions between three viral and three cellular proteins. Human transcription factors NFI and Oct-1 recruit the Ad DNA polymerase to the origin of DNA replication as a complex with the Ad protein primer pTP. High affinity and specificity DNA binding to recognition sites in this origin by the transcription factors stimulate and stabilize pre-initiation complex formation to compensate for the low binding specificity of the pTP/pol complex. In this review, we discuss the properties of NFI and Oct-1 and the mechanism by which they enhance initiation of DNA replication. We propose a model that describes the dynamics of initiation and elongation as well as the assembly and disassembly of the pre-initiation complex.
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- R N de Jong
- Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry and Centre for Biomedical Genetics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Schiedner G, Doerfler W. Insufficient levels of NFIII and its low affinity for the origin of adenovirus type 12 (Ad12) DNA replication contribute to the abortive infection of BHK21 hamster cells by Ad12. J Virol 1996; 70:8003-9. [PMID: 8892924 PMCID: PMC190873 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.11.8003-8009.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Human adenovirus type 12 (Ad12) induces undifferentiated sarcomas in neonate Syrian hamsters and hence presents a suitable model for studies of the molecular mechanism of viral oncogenesis. Since we submit that an understanding of the early steps in the interaction between Ad12 and hamster cells might shed light on the initiation of malignant transformation, the abortive infection of BHK21 hamster cells with Ad12 has been investigated in detail. Ad12 replication in these cells is blocked in early stages, while Ad2 can replicate to moderate titers. Early Ad12 genes are expressed in BHK21 hamster cells, but there is a total block in Ad12 DNA replication and late gene transcription. The Ad5-transformed hamster cell line BHK297-C131, with the left terminus of Ad5 DNA chromosomally integrated and constitutively expressed, allows limited levels of Ad12 DNA replication and late transcription, probably through Ad5 E1 functions, but not the translation of late Ad12 gene products. We have now investigated the capacities of binding of nuclear proteins NFI and NFIII from permissive human KB cells, nonpermissive hamster BHK21 cells, and complementing BHK297-C131 cells to the origin of replication (ori) of Ad2 or Ad12 DNA. The electrophoretic mobility shift assay has been used to assess these binding reactions. The data support the notions that NFIII of BHK21 cells has a lower affinity for the ori of Ad12 DNA than for the ori of Ad2 DNA and that the levels of NFIII in BHK21 cells are markedly reduced compared with the levels in the permissive human KB cells or the complementing BHK297-C131 hamster cells. These deficiencies are contributing factors for the abortive infection of BHK21 hamster cells with Ad12. The lack of sufficient levels of NFIII in BHK21 cells is also consistent with the decreased replication capacity of Ad2 in hamster compared with human cell lines.
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- G Schiedner
- Institut für Genetik, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany
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Stanglmaier M, Winnacker EL. Cloning, sequence determination and functional expression of the genes encoding adenovirus type-4 polymerase and the terminal protein precursor. Gene 1996; 168:177-82. [PMID: 8654940 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00801-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Sequences of the open reading frames encoding adenovirus type 4 (Ad4) DNA polymerase and the terminal protein precursor were determined. Sequence comparisons with the corresponding genes and proteins from Ad2 and Ad5 show high overall identity, but significant differences in those portions of the two proteins thought to be essential for their biological activities. Both Ad4 proteins were functionally expressed in insect cells from the corresponding cDNAs.
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- M Stanglmaier
- Institut für Biochemie der Universität München, Germany
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Hay RT, Freeman A, Leith I, Monaghan A, Webster A. Molecular interactions during adenovirus DNA replication. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1995; 199 ( Pt 2):31-48. [PMID: 7555069 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-79499-5_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- R T Hay
- School of Biological and Medical Sciences, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK
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Caldentey J, Blanco L, Bamford DH, Salas M. In vitro replication of bacteriophage PRD1 DNA. Characterization of the protein-primed initiation site. Nucleic Acids Res 1993; 21:3725-30. [PMID: 8367287 PMCID: PMC309875 DOI: 10.1093/nar/21.16.3725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Bacteriophage PRD1 replicates its DNA by means of a protein-primed replication mechanism. Using single-stranded oligonucleotide templates carrying the sequence corresponding to the 25 first bases of the 3' end of PRD1 DNA, and Mg2+ as the activating metal ion of the phage DNA polymerase, we show that the fourth base from the 3' end of the template directs, by base complementarity, the dNMP to be linked to the phage terminal protein (TP) in the initiation reaction. This result suggests that phage PRD1 maintains its 3' end DNA sequences via a sliding-back mechanism. The single-stranded DNA templates could not be replicated by the PRD1 DNA polymerase, much in contrast to the natural TP-DNA. Nevertheless, the analysis of the transition products obtained with TP-DNA and origin-containing oligonucleotides suggests that sliding-back occurs stepwise, the fourth base being the directing position during the entire process.
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- J Caldentey
- Department of Genetics, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Méndez J, Blanco L, Esteban JA, Bernad A, Salas M. Initiation of phi 29 DNA replication occurs at the second 3' nucleotide of the linear template: a sliding-back mechanism for protein-primed DNA replication. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1992; 89:9579-83. [PMID: 1409668 PMCID: PMC50175 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.20.9579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Bacteriophage phi 29 DNA replication is initiated when a molecule of dAMP is covalently linked to a free molecule of the terminal protein, in a reaction catalyzed by the viral DNA polymerase. We demonstrate that single-stranded DNA molecules are active templates for the protein-primed initiation reaction and can be replicated by phi 29 DNA polymerase. Using synthetic oligonucleotides, we carried out a mutational analysis of the phi 29 DNA right end to evaluate the effect of nucleotide changes at the replication origin and to determine the precise initiation site. The results indicate that (i) there are no strict sequence requirements for protein-primed initiation on single-stranded DNA; (ii) initiation of replication occurs opposite the second nucleotide at the 3' end of the template; (iii) a terminal repetition of at least two nucleotides is required to efficiently elongate the initiation complex; and (iv) all the nucleotides of the template, including the 3' terminal one, are replicated. A sliding-back model is proposed in which a special transition step from initiation to elongation can account for these results. The possible implication of this mechanism for the fidelity of the initiation reaction is discussed. Since all the terminal protein-containing genomes have some sequence reiteration at the DNA ends, this proposed sliding-back model could be extrapolable to other systems that use proteins as primers.
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- J Méndez
- Centro de Biología Molecular (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas-Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Spain
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Bosher J, Dawson A, Hay RT. Nuclear factor I is specifically targeted to discrete subnuclear sites in adenovirus type 2-infected cells. J Virol 1992; 66:3140-50. [PMID: 1560540 PMCID: PMC241077 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.66.5.3140-3150.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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During the S phase of the eukaryotic cell cycle and in virus-infected cells, DNA replication takes place at discrete sites in the nucleus, although it is not clear how the proteins involved in the replicative process are directed to these sites. Nuclear factor I is a cellular, sequence-specific DNA-binding protein utilized by adenovirus type 2 to facilitate the assembly of a nucleoprotein complex at the viral origin of DNA replication. Immunofluorescence experiments reveal that in uninfected cells, nuclear factor I is distributed evenly throughout the nucleus. However, after a cell is infected with adenovirus type 2, the distribution of nuclear factor I is dramatically altered, being colocalized with the viral DNA-binding protein in a limited number of subnuclear sites which bromodeoxyuridine pulse-labeling experiments have identified as sites of viral DNA replication. Experiments with adenovirus type 4, which does not require nuclear factor I for viral DNA replication, indicate that although the adenovirus type 4 DNA-binding protein is localized to discrete nuclear sites, this does not result in the redistribution of nuclear factor I. Localization of nuclear factor I to discrete subnuclear sites is therefore likely to represent a specific targeting event that reflects the requirement for nuclear factor I in adenovirus type 2 DNA replication.
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- J Bosher
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
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Temperley SM, Burrow CR, Kelly TJ, Hay RT. Identification of two distinct regions within the adenovirus minimal origin of replication that are required for adenovirus type 4 DNA replication in vitro. J Virol 1991; 65:5037-44. [PMID: 1870210 PMCID: PMC248967 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.65.9.5037-5044.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The adenovirus type 4 origins of replication are located at each end of the linear, protein-linked viral DNA molecule and consist of the terminal 18 bp of the viral genome. The sequence of the first 8 bp of the viral genome varies among different adenovirus serotypes, but the sequence from bp 9 to 18 is conserved in all human serotypes, suggesting that it may be of critical importance to origin function. Using an in vitro system in which purified fractions or crude extracts of adenovirus type 4-infected HeLa cells can support initiation and elongation on linearized plasmid templates containing cloned origin sequences, we examined the effect of single base changes in positions 9 to 18 of the adenovirus origin on DNA replication in vitro. Changes in positions 12 to 16 have little effect, whereas alterations at positions 9, 10, 11, 17, and 18 all reduce the efficiency of initiation of DNA replication by between 50 and 90%. Our results show that the region from bp 9 to 18 contains two sets of bases essential for DNA replication which are separated by 5 bp in which single base changes can be accommodated. The likely role of the region from bp 9 to 18 as containing the recognition sequence for a DNA-protein interaction essential for viral DNA replication is discussed.
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- S M Temperley
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland
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Temperley SM, Hay RT. Replication of adenovirus type 4 DNA by a purified fraction from infected cells. Nucleic Acids Res 1991; 19:3243-9. [PMID: 1829516 PMCID: PMC328317 DOI: 10.1093/nar/19.12.3243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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An extract from Adenovirus type 4 infected HeLa cells was fractionated by ion-exchange and DNA affinity chromatography. One fraction, which bound tightly to single stranded DNA, contained predominantly a protein of apparent molecular weight 65,000 and three less abundant proteins. Immunological cross-reactivity with adenovirus type 2 proteins confirmed the presence of preterminal protein and indicated that the abundant species was the virus coded DNA binding protein. This fraction contained an aphidicolin resistant DNA polymerase activity and in the presence of a linearised plasmid containing the adenovirus type 4 origin of DNA replication efficient transfer of dCMP onto preterminal protein, indicative of initiation, was observed. Furthermore, addition of all four deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates and an ATP regenerating system resulted in the elongation of initiated molecules to generate plasmid molecules covalently attached to preterminal protein. Adenovirus type 4 DNA binding protein was extensively purified from crude adenovirus-4 infected HeLa extract by immunoaffinity chromatography using a monoclonal antibody raised against adenovirus type 2 DNA binding protein. A low level of initiation of DNA replication was detected in the fraction depleted of DNA binding protein but activity was restored by addition of purified DNA binding protein. DNA binding protein therefore plays an important role in the initiation of Ad4 DNA replication.
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- S M Temperley
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of St Andrews, Fife, UK
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In vitro studies have demonstrated that linear duplex, protein-free DNA molecules containing an inverted terminal repeat (ITR) sequence of the PRD1 genome at one end can undergo replication by a protein-primed mechanism. No DNA replication was observed when the ITR sequence was deleted or was not exposed at the terminus of the template DNA. We have determined the minimal origin of replication by analyzing the template activity of various deletion derivatives. Our results showed that the terminal 20 base-pairs of ITR are required for efficient in vitro DNA replication. We have found that, within the minimal replication origin region, there are complementary sequences. A site-specific mutagenesis analysis showed that most of the point mutations in the complementary sequences markedly reduced the template activity. The analyses of the results obtained with synthetic oligonucleotides have revealed that the specificity of the replication origin is strand specific and even on a single-stranded template a particular DNA sequence including a 3'-terminal C residue is required for the initiation of PRD1 DNA replication in vitro.
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- S K Yoo
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson 85724
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Dobbs L, Zhao LJ, Sripad G, Padmanabhan R. Mutational analysis of single-stranded DNA templates active in the in vitro initiation assay for adenovirus DNA replication. Virology 1990; 178:43-51. [PMID: 2389559 DOI: 10.1016/0042-6822(90)90377-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Three distinct domains, A, the minimal origin, as well as B and C, the binding sites for the host nuclear factors, are required for efficient initiation of adenovirus (Ad) DNA replication at the termini. The initiation reaction was examined using partially purified nuclear extracts and various single-stranded oligomers as DNA templates. We observed that single-stranded oligomers containing Ad2 minimal origin (Ori) sequences (bp 1-18) from the I-strand of the Ad2 genome supported preterminal protein-dCMP complex formation in vitro. Using oligomers containing point mutations in the Ad2 minimal Ori sequence, six positions were identified as important to the function of the Ad2 minimal Ori sequence. Point mutations at position 7, 8, or 11 virtually abolished the ability of the oligomer to support the initiation reaction. Point mutations at position 4, 9, or 17 were found to decrease the ability of the oligomers to support the initiation reaction to 33, 67, and 58% of control, respectively. An oligomer complementary to the I-strand of the Ad2 minimal Ori was found to block initiation on minimal Ori template. A number of randomly selected nonspecific oligomers did not, in general, serve as templates for initiation with the exception of two oligomers, one of which was found to be about threefold more active than the control minimal Ori template. The biological significance of the in vitro initiation of Ad2 DNA replication on single-stranded DNA templates is discussed.
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- L Dobbs
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66103
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Sakaguchi K. Invertrons, a class of structurally and functionally related genetic elements that includes linear DNA plasmids, transposable elements, and genomes of adeno-type viruses. Microbiol Rev 1990; 54:66-74. [PMID: 2157134 PMCID: PMC372759 DOI: 10.1128/mr.54.1.66-74.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Invertrons are genetic elements composed of DNA with inverted terminal repeats at both ends, covalently bonded to terminal proteins involved in the initiation of DNA replication at both their 5' termini when they exist in the cytoplasm of their host in free form. They function as viruses, linear DNA plasmids, transposable elements, and sometimes combinations of two of these properties. They differ from retroviruses and related retro-type transposons which have direct repeats on both their genomic ends and exploit RNA intermediates for replication of their DNA. A model for replication and integration of invertrons is presented, as well as a model for transposition of transposable elements.
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- K Sakaguchi
- Nihon Shokuhin Kako Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
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Affiliation(s)
- R T Hay
- Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of St. Andrews, Fife, U.K
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