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Mascarenhas Dos Santos AC, Julian AT, Liang P, Juárez O, Pombert JF. Telomere-to-Telomere genome assemblies of human-infecting Encephalitozoon species. BMC Genomics 2023; 24:237. [PMID: 37142951 PMCID: PMC10158259 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-023-09331-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2023] [Indexed: 05/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Microsporidia are diverse spore forming, fungal-related obligate intracellular pathogens infecting a wide range of hosts. This diversity is reflected at the genome level with sizes varying by an order of magnitude, ranging from less than 3 Mb in Encephalitozoon species (the smallest known in eukaryotes) to more than 50 Mb in Edhazardia spp. As a paradigm of genome reduction in eukaryotes, the small Encephalitozoon genomes have attracted much attention with investigations revealing gene dense, repeat- and intron-poor genomes characterized by a thorough pruning of molecular functions no longer relevant to their obligate intracellular lifestyle. However, because no Encephalitozoon genome has been sequenced from telomere-to-telomere and since no methylation data is available for these species, our understanding of their overall genetic and epigenetic architectures is incomplete. METHODS In this study, we sequenced the complete genomes from telomere-to-telomere of three human-infecting Encephalitozoon spp. -E. intestinalis ATCC 50506, E. hellem ATCC 50604 and E. cuniculi ATCC 50602- using short and long read platforms and leveraged the data generated as part of the sequencing process to investigate the presence of epigenetic markers in these genomes. We also used a mixture of sequence- and structure-based computational approaches, including protein structure prediction, to help identify which Encephalitozoon proteins are involved in telomere maintenance, epigenetic regulation, and heterochromatin formation. RESULTS The Encephalitozoon chromosomes were found capped by TTAGG 5-mer telomeric repeats followed by telomere associated repeat elements (TAREs) flanking hypermethylated ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene loci featuring 5-methylcytosines (5mC) and 5-hemimethylcytosines (5hmC), themselves followed by lesser methylated subtelomeres and hypomethylated chromosome cores. Strong nucleotide biases were identified between the telomeres/subtelomeres and chromosome cores with significant changes in GC/AT, GT/AC and GA/CT contents. The presence of several genes coding for proteins essential to telomere maintenance, epigenetic regulation, and heterochromatin formation was further confirmed in the Encephalitozoon genomes. CONCLUSION Altogether, our results strongly support the subtelomeres as sites of heterochromatin formation in Encephalitozoon genomes and further suggest that these species might shutdown their energy-consuming ribosomal machinery while dormant as spores by silencing of the rRNA genes using both 5mC/5hmC methylation and facultative heterochromatin formation at these loci.
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- Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
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Karpov DS, Spasskaya DS, Tutyaeva VV, Karpov VL. Rpn4p without the DNA-Binding Domain Provides Saccharomyces cerevisiae Resistance to Oxidative Stress and Cycloheximide. Mol Biol 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s0026893322040057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Casamayor A, Ariño J. When Phosphatases Go Mad: The Molecular Basis for Toxicity of Yeast Ppz1. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23084304. [PMID: 35457140 PMCID: PMC9029398 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23084304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The fact that overexpression of the yeast Ser/Thr protein phosphatase Ppz1 induces a dramatic halt in cell proliferation was known long ago, but only work in the last few years has provided insight into the molecular basis for this toxicity. Overexpression of Ppz1 causes abundant changes in gene expression and modifies the phosphorylation state of more than 150 proteins, including key signaling protein kinases such as Hog1 or Snf1. Diverse cellular processes are altered: halt in translation, failure to properly adapt to low glucose supply, acidification of the cytosol, or depletion of intracellular potassium content are a few examples. Therefore, the toxicity derived from an excess of Ppz1 appears to be multifactorial, the characteristic cell growth blockage thus arising from the combination of various altered processes. Notably, overexpression of the Ppz1 regulatory subunit Hal3 fully counteracts the toxic effects of the phosphatase, and this process involves intracellular relocation of the phosphatase to internal membranes.
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Muthye V, Mackereth CD, Stewart JB, Lavrov DV. Large dataset of octocoral mitochondrial genomes provides new insights into mt-mutS evolution and function. DNA Repair (Amst) 2022; 110:103273. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2022.103273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Revised: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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DNA repair is an important component of genome integrity and organisms with reduced repair capabilities tend to accumulate mutations at elevated rates. Microsporidia are intracellular parasites exhibiting high levels of genetic divergence postulated to originate from the lack of several proteins, including the heterotrimeric Rad9–Rad1–Hus1 DNA repair clamp. Microsporidian species from the Encephalitozoonidae have undergone severe streamlining with small genomes coding for about 2,000 proteins. The highly divergent sequences found in Microsporidia render functional inferences difficult such that roughly half of these 2,000 proteins have no known function. Using a structural homology-based annotation approach combining protein structure prediction and tridimensional similarity searches, we found that the Rad9–Rad1–Hus1 DNA clamp is present in Microsporidia, together with many other components of the DNA repair machinery previously thought to be missing from these organisms. Altogether, our results indicate that the DNA repair machinery is present and likely functional in Microsporidia.
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Muthye V, Lavrov DV. Multiple Losses of MSH1, Gain of mtMutS, and Other Changes in the MutS Family of DNA Repair Proteins in Animals. Genome Biol Evol 2021; 13:evab191. [PMID: 34402879 PMCID: PMC8438181 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evab191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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MutS is a key component of the mismatch repair (MMR) pathway. Members of the MutS protein family are present in prokaryotes, eukaryotes, and viruses. Six MutS homologs (MSH1-6) have been identified in yeast, of which three function in nuclear MMR, while MSH1 functions in mitochondrial DNA repair. MSH proteins are believed to be well conserved in animals, except for MSH1-which is thought to be lost. Two intriguing exceptions to this general picture have been found, both in the class Anthozoa within the phylum Cnidaria. First, an ortholog of the yeast-MSH1 was reported in one hexacoral species. Second, a MutS homolog (mtMutS) has been found in the mitochondrial genome of all octocorals. To understand the origin and potential functional implications of these exceptions, we investigated the evolution of the MutS family both in Cnidaria and in animals in general. Our study confirmed the acquisition of octocoral mtMutS by horizontal gene transfer from a giant virus. Surprisingly, we identified MSH1 in all hexacorals and several sponges and placozoans. By contrast, MSH1 orthologs were lacking in other cnidarians, ctenophores, and bilaterian animals. Furthermore, while we identified MSH2 and MSH6 in nearly all animals, MSH4, MSH5, and, especially, MSH3 were missing in multiple species. Overall, our analysis revealed a dynamic evolution of the MutS family in animals, with multiple losses of MSH1, MSH3, some losses of MSH4 and MSH5, and a gain of the octocoral mtMutS. We propose that octocoral mtMutS functionally replaced MSH1 that was present in the common ancestor of Anthozoa.
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- Viraj Muthye
- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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- Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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Araújo LBNDE, Cal BBF, Nunes BM, Cruz LODA, Silva CRDA, Castro TCDE, Leitão ÁC, Pádula MDE, Albarello N, Dantas FJS. Nuclear and mitochondrial genome instability induced by fractions of ethanolic extract from Hovenia dulcis Thunberg in Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains. AN ACAD BRAS CIENC 2021; 93:e20191436. [PMID: 34378640 DOI: 10.1590/0001-3765202120191436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Hovenia dulcis is a plant commonly used as a pharmaceutical supplement, having displayed important pharmacological properties such antigiardic, antineoplastic and hepatoprotective. The purpose of this work was investigate the cytotoxic, genotoxic and mutagenic potential from fractions of Hovenia dulcis ethanolic extract on Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains FF18733 (wild type) and CD138 (ogg1). Ethanolic extract from Hovenia dulcis leaves was fractioned using organic solvents according to increasing polarity: Hexane (1:1), dichlorometane (1:1), ethyl acetate (1:1) and butanol (1:1). Three experimental assays were performed, such as (i) inactivation of cultures; (ii) mutagenesis (canavanine resistance system) and (iii) loss of mitochondrial function (petites colonies). The findings shown a decrease in cell viability in FF18733 and CD138 strains; all fractions of the extract were mutagenic in CD138 strain; only ethyl acetate and butanol fractions increased the rate of petites colonies for CD138 strains. Ethyl acetate and n-butanol fractions induces mutagenicity, at the evaluated concentrations, in mitochondrial and genomic DNA in CD138 strain, mediated by oxidative lesions. In conclusion, it is possible to infer that the lesions caused by the extract fractions could be mediated by reactive oxygen species and might reach multiple molecular targets to cause cellular damage.
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- Luana B N DE Araújo
- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Laboratório de Radio e Fotobiologia, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Boulevard 28 de Setembro, 87, 20551-030 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Laboratório de Radio e Fotobiologia, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Boulevard 28 de Setembro, 87, 20551-030 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Laboratório de Radio e Fotobiologia, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Boulevard 28 de Setembro, 87, 20551-030 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Laboratório de Radio e Fotobiologia, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Boulevard 28 de Setembro, 87, 20551-030 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Laboratório de Radio e Fotobiologia, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Boulevard 28 de Setembro, 87, 20551-030 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Laboratório de Biotecnologia de Plantas, Núcleo de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho, Laboratório de Radiobiologia Molecular, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, 21941-902 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Laboratório de Microbiologia e Avaliação Genotóxica, Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, 21941-902 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Laboratório de Biotecnologia de Plantas, Núcleo de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Rua São Francisco Xavier, 524, 20550-013 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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- Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Laboratório de Radio e Fotobiologia, Departamento de Biofísica e Biometria, Boulevard 28 de Setembro, 87, 20551-030 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Pedezzi R, de Biagi Junior CAO, de Freitas MCC, da Rosa-Garzon NG, Cabral H. Transcriptomic studies on Purpureocillium lilacinum reveal molecular mechanisms of response to fluconazole and itraconazole. Braz J Microbiol 2021; 52:491-501. [PMID: 33651333 PMCID: PMC8105456 DOI: 10.1007/s42770-021-00459-6] [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: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Filamentous fungus Purpureocillium lilacinum is an emerging pathogen that infects immunocompromised and immunocompetent individuals and is resistant to several azole molecules. Although azole resistance mechanisms are well studied in Aspergillus sp. and Candida sp., there are no studies to date reporting P. lilacinum molecular response to these molecules. The aim of this study was to describe P. lilacinum molecular mechanisms involved in antifungal response against fluconazole and itraconazole. Transcriptomic analyses showed that gene expression modulation takes place when P. lilacinum is challenged for 12 h with fluconazole (64 μg/mL) or itraconazole (16 μg/mL). The antifungals acted on the ergosterol biosynthesis pathway, and two homologous genes coding for cytochrome P450 51 enzymes were upregulated. Genes coding for efflux pumps, such as the major facilitator superfamily transporter, also displayed increased expression in the treated samples. We propose that P. lilacinum develops antifungal responses by raising the expression levels of cytochrome P450 enzymes and efflux pumps. Such modulation could confer P. lilacinum high levels of target enzymes and could lead to the constant withdrawal of antifungals, which would force an increase in the administration of antifungal medications to achieve fungal morbidity or mortality. The findings in this work could aid in the decision-making for treatment strategies in cases of P. lilacinum infection.
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- Rafael Pedezzi
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14040-903, Brazil
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- Department of Genetics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, National Institute of Science and Technology in Stem Cell and Cell Therapy, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14049-900, Brazil
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- Department of Medical Clinic, Blood Center of Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14049-900, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14040-903, Brazil
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, 14040-903, Brazil.
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Sahoo S, Raghavan A, Kumar A, Nandi D, Chakravarty AR. Biotin‐Appended Iron(III) Complexes of Curcumin for Targeted Photo‐Chemotherapy. Eur J Inorg Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ejic.202001174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Somarupa Sahoo
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 Karnataka India
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- Department of Biochemistry Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 Karnataka India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 Karnataka India
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- Department of Biochemistry Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 Karnataka India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Indian Institute of Science Bangalore 560012 Karnataka India
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Complex Mechanisms of Antimony Genotoxicity in Budding Yeast Involves Replication and Topoisomerase I-Associated DNA Lesions, Telomere Dysfunction and Inhibition of DNA Repair. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22094510. [PMID: 33925940 PMCID: PMC8123508 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22094510] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2021] [Revised: 04/22/2021] [Accepted: 04/23/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Antimony is a toxic metalloid with poorly understood mechanisms of toxicity and uncertain carcinogenic properties. By using a combination of genetic, biochemical and DNA damage assays, we investigated the genotoxic potential of trivalent antimony in the model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We found that low doses of Sb(III) generate various forms of DNA damage including replication and topoisomerase I-dependent DNA lesions as well as oxidative stress and replication-independent DNA breaks accompanied by activation of DNA damage checkpoints and formation of recombination repair centers. At higher concentrations of Sb(III), moderately increased oxidative DNA damage is also observed. Consistently, base excision, DNA damage tolerance and homologous recombination repair pathways contribute to Sb(III) tolerance. In addition, we provided evidence suggesting that Sb(III) causes telomere dysfunction. Finally, we showed that Sb(III) negatively effects repair of double-strand DNA breaks and distorts actin and microtubule cytoskeleton. In sum, our results indicate that Sb(III) exhibits a significant genotoxic activity in budding yeast.
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Zhao D, Yang J, Liu T, Lu D, Zhang S, Yan L, Ni Y. Complete Genome Sequence Analysis of Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans XJFY6S-08 Reveals Environmental Adaptation to Alpine Acid Mine Drainage. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:1488-1498. [PMID: 33660044 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-021-02423-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The present work reported the complete genome sequence analysis of Acidithiobacillus ferrivorans strain XJFY6S-08 isolated from acid mine drainage in Fuyun copper mine in Xinjiang, China, revealing the potential for extreme environmental adaptation. The strain XJFY6S-08 possesses 3,161,380 bp in length and 56.55% GC content. Genomic analysis revealed that this strain harbors metal-tolerant genes coding for the mer operon, arsRBC operon and a variety of metal assimilation and efflux proteins. Genes coding for K+/H+ transporting ATPase and the Na+/H+ antiporter gene nhaA for pH adaptation were identified. The presence of genes associated with various DNA repair enzymes and the synthesis of mycosporine-like amino acids precursor support the UVR resistance mechanisms. The genes related to membrane modifications (ppiBCD, slyD, surA, cfa and fabF) and resistance-nodulation-division (RND) family can play a crucial role in organic solvents tolerance. The strain XJFY6S-08 resists low-temperature conditions by a set of mechanisms such as changes of RNA metabolism, transmembrane transport, compatible solutes and transport, biofilm and EPS formation, chemotaxis and motility and ROS scavenging. These findings can provide important information for further studying the comparative genome and environmental adaptation mechanism of A. ferrivorans.
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- Dan Zhao
- Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Recycling of Argo-Waste in Cold Region, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, 163319, People's Republic of China
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- Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Recycling of Argo-Waste in Cold Region, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, 163319, People's Republic of China
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- Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Recycling of Argo-Waste in Cold Region, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, 163319, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, People's Republic of China
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- Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Recycling of Argo-Waste in Cold Region, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, 163319, People's Republic of China
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- Heilongjiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Microbiology and Recycling of Argo-Waste in Cold Region, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Heilongjiang Bayi Agricultural University, Daqing, 163319, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Food Science, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang, 832003, People's Republic of China.
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Velázquez D, Albacar M, Zhang C, Calafí C, López-Malo M, Torres-Torronteras J, Martí R, Kovalchuk SI, Pinson B, Jensen ON, Daignan-Fornier B, Casamayor A, Ariño J. Yeast Ppz1 protein phosphatase toxicity involves the alteration of multiple cellular targets. Sci Rep 2020; 10:15613. [PMID: 32973189 PMCID: PMC7519054 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-72391-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Control of the protein phosphorylation status is a major mechanism for regulation of cellular processes, and its alteration often lead to functional disorders. Ppz1, a protein phosphatase only found in fungi, is the most toxic protein when overexpressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. To investigate the molecular basis of this phenomenon, we carried out combined genome-wide transcriptomic and phosphoproteomic analyses. We have found that Ppz1 overexpression causes major changes in gene expression, affecting ~ 20% of the genome, together with oxidative stress and increase in total adenylate pools. Concurrently, we observe changes in the phosphorylation pattern of near 400 proteins (mainly dephosphorylated), including many proteins involved in mitotic cell cycle and bud emergence, rapid dephosphorylation of Snf1 and its downstream transcription factor Mig1, and phosphorylation of Hog1 and its downstream transcription factor Sko1. Deletion of HOG1 attenuates the growth defect of Ppz1-overexpressing cells, while that of SKO1 aggravates it. Our results demonstrate that Ppz1 overexpression has a widespread impact in the yeast cells and reveals new aspects of the regulation of the cell cycle.
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- Diego Velázquez
- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
- Institute of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Research Group on Neuromuscular and Mitochondrial Diseases, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
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- Research Group on Neuromuscular and Mitochondrial Diseases, Vall d'Hebron Research Institute, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, and Biomedical Network Research Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Laboratory of Bioinformatic Approaches in Combinatorial Chemistry and Biology, Department of Functioning of Living Systems, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia
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- Bordeaux University, IBGC CNRS UMR 5095, Bordeaux, France
- Service Analyses Metaboliques TBMcore CNRS UMS3427/INSERM US05, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and VILLUM Center for Bioanalytical Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain
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- Institut de Biotecnologia i Biomedicina & Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain.
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Gupta SV, Schmidt KH. Maintenance of Yeast Genome Integrity by RecQ Family DNA Helicases. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E205. [PMID: 32085395 PMCID: PMC7074392 DOI: 10.3390/genes11020205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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With roles in DNA repair, recombination, replication and transcription, members of the RecQ DNA helicase family maintain genome integrity from bacteria to mammals. Mutations in human RecQ helicases BLM, WRN and RecQL4 cause incurable disorders characterized by genome instability, increased cancer predisposition and premature adult-onset aging. Yeast cells lacking the RecQ helicase Sgs1 share many of the cellular defects of human cells lacking BLM, including hypersensitivity to DNA damaging agents and replication stress, shortened lifespan, genome instability and mitotic hyper-recombination, making them invaluable model systems for elucidating eukaryotic RecQ helicase function. Yeast and human RecQ helicases have common DNA substrates and domain structures and share similar physical interaction partners. Here, we review the major cellular functions of the yeast RecQ helicases Sgs1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Rqh1 of Schizosaccharomyces pombe and provide an outlook on some of the outstanding questions in the field.
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- Sonia Vidushi Gupta
- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South, Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA;
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- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South, Florida, Tampa, FL 33620, USA;
- Cancer Biology and Evolution Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research, Institute, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
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Poetsch AR, Boulton SJ, Luscombe NM. Genomic landscape of oxidative DNA damage and repair reveals regioselective protection from mutagenesis. Genome Biol 2018; 19:215. [PMID: 30526646 PMCID: PMC6284305 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-018-1582-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2018] [Accepted: 11/08/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND DNA is subject to constant chemical modification and damage, which eventually results in variable mutation rates throughout the genome. Although detailed molecular mechanisms of DNA damage and repair are well understood, damage impact and execution of repair across a genome remain poorly defined. RESULTS To bridge the gap between our understanding of DNA repair and mutation distributions, we developed a novel method, AP-seq, capable of mapping apurinic sites and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine bases at approximately 250-bp resolution on a genome-wide scale. We directly demonstrate that the accumulation rate of apurinic sites varies widely across the genome, with hot spots acquiring many times more damage than cold spots. Unlike single nucleotide variants (SNVs) in cancers, damage burden correlates with marks for open chromatin notably H3K9ac and H3K4me2. Apurinic sites and oxidative damage are also highly enriched in transposable elements and other repetitive sequences. In contrast, we observe a reduction at chromatin loop anchors with increased damage load towards inactive compartments. Less damage is found at promoters, exons, and termination sites, but not introns, in a seemingly transcription-independent but GC content-dependent manner. Leveraging cancer genomic data, we also find locally reduced SNV rates in promoters, coding sequence, and other functional elements. CONCLUSIONS Our study reveals that oxidative DNA damage accumulation and repair differ strongly across the genome, but culminate in a previously unappreciated mechanism that safeguards the regulatory and coding regions of genes from mutations.
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- Anna R Poetsch
- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London, NW1 1AT, UK.
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan.
- UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London, NW1 1AT, UK
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London, NW1 1AT, UK
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, 904-0495, Japan
- UCL Genetics Institute, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK
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Li Q, Yan L, Ye L, Zhou J, Zhang B, Peng W, Zhang X, Li X. Chinese Black Truffle ( Tuber indicum) Alters the Ectomycorrhizosphere and Endoectomycosphere Microbiome and Metabolic Profiles of the Host Tree Quercus aliena. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2202. [PMID: 30283422 PMCID: PMC6156548 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2018] [Accepted: 08/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Truffles are one group of the most famous ectomycorrhizal fungi in the world. There is little information on the ecological mechanisms of truffle ectomycorrhizal synthesis in vitro. In this study, we investigated the ecological effects of Tuber indicum – Quercus aliena ectomycorrhizal synthesis on microbial communities in the host plant roots and the surrounding soil using high-throughput sequencing and on the metabolic profiles of host plant roots using metabolomics approaches. We observed an increase in the diversity and richness of prokaryotic communities and a decrease in richness of fungal communities in the presence of T. indicum. The microbial community structures in the host roots and the surrounding soil were altered by ectomycorrhizal synthesis in the greenhouse. Bacterial genera Pedomicrobium, Variibacter, and Woodsholea and fungal genera Aspergillus, Phaeoacremonium, and Pochonia were significantly more abundant in ectomycorhizae and the ectomycorrhizosphere soil compared with the corresponding T. indicum-free controls (P < 0.05). Truffle-colonization reduced the abundance of some fungal genera surrounding the host tree, such as Acremonium, Aspergillus, and Penicillium. Putative prokaryotic metabolic functions and fungal functional groups (guilds) were also differentiated by ectomycorrhizal synthesis. The ectomycorrhizal synthesis had great impact on the measured soil physicochemical properties. Metabolic profiling analysis uncovered 55 named differentially abundant metabolites between the ectomycorhizae and the control roots, including 44 upregulated and 11 downregulated metabolites. Organic acids and carbohydrates were two major upregulated metabolites in ectomycorhizae, which were found formed dense interactions with other metabolites, suggesting their crucial roles in sustaining the metabolic functions in the truffle ectomycorrhization system. This study revealed the effects of truffle-colonization on the metabolites of ectomycorrhiza and illustrates an interactive network between truffles, the host plant, soil and associated microbial communities, shedding light on understanding the ecological effects of truffles.
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- Qiang Li
- Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China.,Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Aquatic Geomicrobiology, Institute of Biodiversity, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany
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- Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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- Soil and Fertilizer Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Chengdu, China
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Szwajczak E, Fijalkowska IJ, Suski C. The importance of an interaction network for proper DNA polymerase ζ heterotetramer activity. Curr Genet 2018; 64:575-580. [PMID: 29189894 PMCID: PMC5948306 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-017-0789-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2017] [Revised: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Precisely controlled mechanisms have been evolved to rescue impeded DNA replication resulting from encountered obstacles and involve a set of low-fidelity translesion synthesis (TLS) DNA polymerases. Studies in recent years have brought new insights into those TLS polymerases, especially concerning the structure and subunit composition of DNA polymerase zeta (Pol ζ). Pol ζ is predominantly involved in induced mutagenesis as well as the bypass of noncanonical DNA structures, and it is proficient in extending from terminal mismatched nucleotides incorporated by major replicative DNA polymerases. Two active forms of Pol ζ, heterodimeric (Pol ζ2) and heterotetrameric (Pol ζ4) ones, have been identified and studied. Here, in the light of recent publications regarding induced and spontaneous mutagenesis and diverse interactions within Pol ζ holoenzyme, combined with Pol ζ binding to the TLS polymerase Rev1p, we discuss the subunit composition of Pol ζ in various cellular physiological conditions. Available data show that it is the heterotetrameric form of Pol ζ that is involved both during spontaneous and induced mutagenesis, and underline the importance of interactions within Pol ζ when an increased Pol ζ recruitment occurs. Understanding Pol ζ function in the bypass of DNA obstacles would give a significant insight into cellular tolerance of DNA damage, genetic instability and the onset of cancer progression.
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- Ewa Szwajczak
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106, Warszawa, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106, Warszawa, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5a, 02-106, Warszawa, Poland.
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Kue CS, Ng SY, Voon SH, Kamkaew A, Chung LY, Kiew LV, Lee HB. Recent strategies to improve boron dipyrromethene (BODIPY) for photodynamic cancer therapy: an updated review. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2018; 17:1691-1708. [PMID: 29845993 DOI: 10.1039/c8pp00113h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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BODIPYs are photosensitizers activatable by light to generate highly reactive singlet oxygen (1O2) from molecular oxygen, leading to tissue damage in the photoirradiated region. Despite their extraordinary photophysical characteristics, they are not featured in clinical photodynamic therapy. This review discusses the recent advances in the design and/or modifications of BODIPYs since 2013, to improve their potential in photodynamic cancer therapy and related areas.
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- Chin Siang Kue
- Department of Diagnostic and Allied Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Management & Science University, 40100 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia.
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Project Leadership, Clinical Operations, R&D Solutions, IQVIA, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- School of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Contribution of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Model to Understand the Mechanisms of Selenium Toxicity. MOLECULAR AND INTEGRATIVE TOXICOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95390-8_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Mukherjee N, Podder S, Mitra K, Majumdar S, Nandi D, Chakravarty AR. Targeted photodynamic therapy in visible light using BODIPY-appended copper(ii) complexes of a vitamin B6Schiff base. Dalton Trans 2018; 47:823-835. [DOI: 10.1039/c7dt03976j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BODIPY-appended copper(ii) complexes of vitamin B6derivatives localize in mitochondria and exhibit cancer cell selective photocytotoxicity by1O2mediated apoptosis.
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- Nandini Mukherjee
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Science
- Bangalore 560012
- India
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- Department of Biochemistry
- Indian Institute of Science
- Bangalore 560 012
- India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Science
- Bangalore 560012
- India
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- Department of Biochemistry
- Indian Institute of Science
- Bangalore 560 012
- India
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- Department of Biochemistry
- Indian Institute of Science
- Bangalore 560 012
- India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Science
- Bangalore 560012
- India
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Negritto MC, Valdez C, Sharma J, Rosenberg C, Selassie CR. Growth Inhibition and DNA Damage Induced by X-Phenols in Yeast: A Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship Study. ACS OMEGA 2017; 2:8568-8579. [PMID: 29302629 PMCID: PMC5748281 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.7b01200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/14/2017] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Phenolic compounds and their derivatives are ubiquitous constituents of numerous synthetic and natural chemicals that exist in the environment. Their toxicity is mostly attributed to their hydrophobicity and/or the formation of free radicals. In a continuation of the study of phenolic toxicity in a systematic manner, we have examined the biological responses of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to a series of mostly monosubstituted phenols utilizing a quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) approach. The biological end points included a growth assay that determines the levels of growth inhibition induced by the phenols as well as a yeast deletion (DEL) assay that assesses the ability of X-phenols to induce DNA damage or DNA breaks. The QSAR analysis of cell growth patterns determined by IC50 and IC80 values indicates that toxicity is delineated by a hydrophobic, parabolic model. The DEL assay was then utilized to detect genomic deletions in yeast. The increase in the genotoxicity was enhanced by the electrophilicity of the phenolic substituents that were strong electron donors as well as by minimal hydrophobicity. The electrophilicities are represented by Brown's sigma plus values that are a variant of the Hammett sigma constants. A few mutant strains of genes involved in DNA repair were separately exposed to 2,6-di-tert-butyl-4-methyl-phenol (BHT) and butylated hydroxy anisole (BHA). They were subsequently screened for growth phenotypes. BHA-induced growth defects in most of the DNA repair null mutant strains, whereas BHT was unresponsive.
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- M. Cristina Negritto
- Molecular
Biology Program, Department of Biology/Department of Chemistry, Pomona College, 175 West 6th Street, Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- Molecular
Biology Program, Department of Biology/Department of Chemistry, Pomona College, 175 West 6th Street, Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- Molecular
Biology Program, Department of Biology/Department of Chemistry, Pomona College, 175 West 6th Street, Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, Pomona College, 645 North College Avenue, Claremont, California 91711, United States
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- Chemistry
Department, Pomona College, 645 North College Avenue, Claremont, California 91711, United States
- E-mail: (C.R.S.)
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