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Gidhi A, Jha SK, Kumar M, Mukhopadhyay K. The F-box protein encoding genes of the leaf-rust fungi Puccinia triticina: genome-wide identification, characterization and expression dynamics during pathogenesis. Arch Microbiol 2024; 206:209. [PMID: 38587657 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-024-03936-2] [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: 12/15/2023] [Revised: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/09/2024]
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The F-box proteins in fungi perform diverse functions including regulation of cell cycle, circadian clock, development, signal transduction and nutrient sensing. Genome-wide analysis revealed 10 F-box genes in Puccinia triticina, the causal organism for the leaf rust disease in wheat and were characterized using in silico approaches for revealing phylogenetic relationships, gene structures, gene ontology, protein properties, sequence analysis and gene expression studies. Domain analysis predicted functional domains like WD40 and LRR at C-terminus along with the obvious presence of F-box motif in N-terminus. MSA showed amino acid replacements, which might be due to nucleotide substitution during replication. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the F-box proteins with similar domains to be clustered together while some sequences were spread out in different clades, which might be due to functional diversity. The clustering of Puccinia triticina GG705409 with Triticum aestivum TaAFB4/TaAFB5 in a single clade suggested the possibilities of horizontal gene transfer during the coevolution of P. triticina and wheat. Gene ontological annotation categorized them into three classes and were functionally involved in protein degradation through the protein ubiquitination pathway. Protein-protein interaction network revealed F-box proteins to interact with other components of the SCF complex involved in protein ubiquitination. Relative expression analysis of five F-box genes in a time course experiment denoted their involvement in leaf rust susceptible wheat plants. This study provides information on structure elucidation of F-box proteins of a basidiomycetes plant pathogenic fungi and their role during pathogenesis.
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- Anupama Gidhi
- School of Genomics and Molecular Breeding, ICAR-Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Garhkhatanga, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 834003, India
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- Division of Genetics, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, 110012, India
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- Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 835215, India
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- Department of Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, Jharkhand, 835215, India.
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Kanhai AA, Sánchez-López E, Kuipers TB, van Klinken JB, Dijkstra KL, van der Veen I, Baelde HJ, Song X, Pei Y, Mei H, Leonhard WN, Mayboroda OA, Peters DJ. Short salsalate administration affects cell proliferation, metabolism, and inflammation in polycystic kidney disease. iScience 2023; 26:108278. [PMID: 38026227 PMCID: PMC10665819 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.108278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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Metabolic reprogramming is a driver of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) progression and a potential therapeutic intervention route. We showed before that the AMP-associated protein kinase (AMPK) activator salsalate attenuates cystic disease progression. Here, we aim to study the early, direct effects of short salsalate treatment in adult-onset conditional Pkd1 deletion mice. Cystic mice were treated with salsalate for two weeks, after which NMR metabolomics and RNA sequencing analyses were performed. Pkd1 deletion resulted in clear metabolomic dysregulation. Short salsalate treatment has small, but significant, effects, reverting acetylcarnitine and phosphocholine concentrations back to wildtype levels, and showing associations with altered purine metabolism. RNA sequencing revealed that short salsalate treatment, next to restoring energy metabolism toward wildtype levels, also affects cell proliferation and inflammation, in PKD. We show that salsalate positively affects major dysregulated processes in ADPKD: energy metabolism, cell proliferation, and inflammation, providing more insights into its working mechanisms.
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- Anish A. Kanhai
- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Sequencing Analysis Support Core, Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
- Laboratory Genetic Metabolic Diseases of Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Core Facility Metabolomics, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Division of Nephrology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Nephrology, University Health Network and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Sequencing Analysis Support Core, Department of Biomedical Data Sciences, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Zhang T, Guo Y, Fan X, Liu M, Xu J, Zeng X, Sun Y, Wu Z, Pan D. Protection Mechanism of Metal Ion Pre-Stress on Lactobacillus acidophilus CICC 6074 under Acid Tolerance. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2023; 71:13304-13315. [PMID: 37639527 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.3c01970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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The prerequisite for the probiotic effect of lactic acid bacteria is that they could survive the acid stress environment of production and application. In this experiment, the mechanism for the effect of different metal ion pre-stress on the acid-tolerant survival of Lactobacillus was investigated. Scanning electron microscopy, Fourier infrared spectroscopy, and flow cytometry were used to analyze the condition of bacteria after acid treatment, which revealed that different metal ion pre-stress could improve the survival ability of Lactobacillus acidophilus CICC 6074 under low acid conditions by improving cell morphology, mitigating cell membrane damage, and regulating surface protein expression. Furthermore, Tandem Mass Tags (TMT) proteomic analysis revealed that Mn2+ pre-stress showed relatively more superior protective effects on acid tolerance in L. acidophilus CICC 6074 through activation of DNA replication, RNA synthesis, S-layer protein secretion, H+-ATPase enzyme activity, etc. This study will provide new ideas and a theoretical basis for the development and application of lactic acid bacteria.
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- Tao Zhang
- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210023, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315211, China
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Li M, Wang R, Wang P. Galaxolide and Irgacure 369 are novel environmental androgens. CHEMOSPHERE 2023; 324:138329. [PMID: 36906002 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2023.138329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2023] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Endocrine disruptors are environmental chemicals that can interfere with the endocrine system. However, research on endocrine disruptors that interfere with androgen's actions is still limited. The purpose of this study is to use in silico computation, i.e., molecular docking to facilitate the identification of environmental androgens. Computational docking was used to study the binding interactions of environmental/industrial compounds with the three dimensional structure of human androgen receptor (AR). Then reporter assay and cell proliferation assay using AR-expressing LNCaP prostate cancer cells were used to determine their in vitro androgenic activity. Animal studies using immature male rats were also carried out to test their in vivo androgenic activity. Two novel environmental androgens were identified. As a photoinitiator, 2-benzyl-2-(dimethylamino)-4'-morpholinobutyrophenone (Irgacure 369, abbreviated as IC-369) is widely used in the packaging and electronics industries. Galaxolide (HHCB) is widely used in the production of perfume, fabric softeners and detergents. We found that both IC-369 and HHCB could activate AR transcriptional activity and promote cell proliferation in AR-sensitive LNCaP cells. Furthermore, IC-369 and HHCB could induce cell proliferation and histological changes of seminal vesicles in immature rats. RNA sequencing and qPCR analysis showed that androgen-related genes in seminal vesicle tissue were up-regulated by IC-369 and HHCB. In conclusion, IC-369 and HHCB are new environmental androgens that bind AR and induce AR transcriptional activity, thereby exerting toxicological effects on the development of male reproductive organs.
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- Mingzhao Li
- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Steroid Drug Discovery and Development, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518172, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Steroid Drug Discovery and Development, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518172, China
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- Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Steroid Drug Discovery and Development, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518172, China.
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Lakhia R, Ramalingam H, Chang CM, Cobo-Stark P, Biggers L, Flaten A, Alvarez J, Valencia T, Wallace DP, Lee EC, Patel V. PKD1 and PKD2 mRNA cis-inhibition drives polycystic kidney disease progression. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4765. [PMID: 35965273 PMCID: PMC9376183 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32543-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 08/04/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), among the most common human genetic conditions and a frequent etiology of kidney failure, is primarily caused by heterozygous PKD1 mutations. Kidney cyst formation occurs when PKD1 dosage falls below a critical threshold. However, no framework exists to harness the remaining allele or reverse PKD1 decline. Here, we show that mRNAs produced by the noninactivated PKD1 allele are repressed via their 3'-UTR miR-17 binding element. Eliminating this motif (Pkd1∆17) improves mRNA stability, raises Polycystin-1 levels, and alleviates cyst growth in cellular, ex vivo, and mouse PKD models. Remarkably, Pkd2 is also inhibited via its 3'-UTR miR-17 motif, and Pkd2∆17-induced Polycystin-2 derepression retards cyst growth in Pkd1-mutant models. Moreover, acutely blocking Pkd1/2 cis-inhibition, including after cyst onset, attenuates murine PKD. Finally, modeling PKD1∆17 or PKD2∆17 alleles in patient-derived primary ADPKD cultures leads to smaller cysts, reduced proliferation, lower pCreb1 expression, and improved mitochondrial membrane potential. Thus, evading 3'-UTR cis-interference and enhancing PKD1/2 mRNA translation is a potentially mutation-agnostic ADPKD-arresting approach.
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- Ronak Lakhia
- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine and the Jared Grantham Kidney Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA
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- Regulus Therapeutics Inc., San Diego, CA, 92121, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA.
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Structural basis for Ca 2+ activation of the heteromeric PKD1L3/PKD2L1 channel. Nat Commun 2021; 12:4871. [PMID: 34381056 PMCID: PMC8357825 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25216-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The heteromeric complex between PKD1L3, a member of the polycystic kidney disease (PKD) protein family, and PKD2L1, also known as TRPP2 or TRPP3, has been a prototype for mechanistic characterization of heterotetrametric TRP-like channels. Here we show that a truncated PKD1L3/PKD2L1 complex with the C-terminal TRP-fold fragment of PKD1L3 retains both Ca2+ and acid-induced channel activities. Cryo-EM structures of this core heterocomplex with or without supplemented Ca2+ were determined at resolutions of 3.1 Å and 3.4 Å, respectively. The heterotetramer, with a pseudo-symmetric TRP architecture of 1:3 stoichiometry, has an asymmetric selectivity filter (SF) guarded by Lys2069 from PKD1L3 and Asp523 from the three PKD2L1 subunits. Ca2+-entrance to the SF vestibule is accompanied by a swing motion of Lys2069 on PKD1L3. The S6 of PKD1L3 is pushed inward by the S4-S5 linker of the nearby PKD2L1 (PKD2L1-III), resulting in an elongated intracellular gate which seals the pore domain. Comparison of the apo and Ca2+-loaded complexes unveils an unprecedented Ca2+ binding site in the extracellular cleft of the voltage-sensing domain (VSD) of PKD2L1-III, but not the other three VSDs. Structure-guided mutagenic studies support this unconventional site to be responsible for Ca2+-induced channel activation through an allosteric mechanism.
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Sadat MA, Ullah MW, Bashar KK, Hossen QMM, Tareq MZ, Islam MS. Genome-wide identification of F-box proteins in Macrophomina phaseolina and comparison with other fungus. J Genet Eng Biotechnol 2021; 19:46. [PMID: 33761027 PMCID: PMC7991009 DOI: 10.1186/s43141-021-00143-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Background In fungi, like other eukaryotes, protein turnover is an important cellular process for the controlling of various cellular functions. The ubiquitin-proteasome pathway degrades some selected intracellular proteins and F-box proteins are one of the important components controlling protein degradation. F-box proteins are well studied in different model plants however, their functions in the fungi are not clear yet. This study aimed to identify the genes involved in protein degradation for disease development in the Macrophomina phaseolina fungus. Results In this research, in silico studies were done to understand the distribution of F-box proteins in pathogenic fungi including Macrophomina phaseolina fungus. Genome-wide analysis indicates that M. phaseolina fungus contained thirty-one F-box proteins throughout its chromosomes. In addition, there are 17, 37, 16, and 21 F-box proteins have been identified from Puccinia graminis, Colletotrichum graminicola, Ustilago maydis, and Phytophthora infestans, respectively. Analyses revealed that selective fungal genomes contain several additional functional domains along with F-box domain. Sequence alignment showed the substitution of amino acid in several F-box proteins; however, gene duplication was not found among these proteins. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that F-box proteins having similar functional domain was highly diverse form each other showing the possibility of various function. Analysis also found that MPH_00568 and MPH_05531 were closely related to rice blast fungus F-box protein MGG_00768 and MGG_13065, respectively, may play an important role for blast disease development. Conclusion This genome-wide analysis of F-box proteins will be useful for characterization of candidate F-box proteins to understand the molecular mechanisms leading to disease development of M. phaseolina in the host plants. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s43141-021-00143-0.
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- Md Abu Sadat
- Basic and Applied Research on Jute Project, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh.
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- Basic and Applied Research on Jute Project, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
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- Basic and Applied Research on Jute Project, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
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- Basic and Applied Research on Jute Project, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
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- Basic and Applied Research on Jute Project, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
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- Basic and Applied Research on Jute Project, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka, 1207, Bangladesh
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High Risk α-HPV E6 Impairs Translesion Synthesis by Blocking POLη Induction. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 13:cancers13010028. [PMID: 33374731 PMCID: PMC7793514 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13010028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 12/07/2020] [Accepted: 12/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Simple Summary Cervical cancers (CaCx) are caused by the expression of human papillomavirus oncogenes (HPV E6 and E7). Here, in vitro assays, computational approaches and immunohistochemical analysis of cervical biopsies show that HPV oncogenes impair translesion synthesis (TLS). This limits the pathway’s ability to prevent replication stress from causing fork collapse and DNA damage. As a result, HPV oncogenes make cells more sensitive to replication stressing agents, such as Cisplatin. Mechanistically, HPV E6 prevents replication stress from triggering the accumulation of a TLS-specific polymerase (POLη). Supplying exogenous POLη to CaCx cells rescues TLS and lowers Cisplatin toxicity. Abstract High risk genus α human papillomaviruses (α-HPVs) express two versatile oncogenes (α-HPV E6 and E7) that cause cervical cancer (CaCx) by degrading tumor suppressor proteins (p53 and RB). α-HPV E7 also promotes replication stress and alters DNA damage responses (DDR). The translesion synthesis pathway (TLS) mitigates DNA damage by preventing replication stress from causing replication fork collapse. Computational analysis of gene expression in CaCx transcriptomic datasets identified a frequent increased expression of TLS genes. However, the essential TLS polymerases did not follow this pattern. These data were confirmed with in vitro and ex vivo systems. Further interrogation of TLS, using POLη as a representative TLS polymerase, demonstrated that α-HPV16 E6 blocks TLS polymerase induction by degrading p53. This doomed the pathway, leading to increased replication fork collapse and sensitivity to treatments that cause replication stress (e.g., UV and Cisplatin). This sensitivity could be overcome by the addition of exogenous POLη.
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Chen X, Guo Y, Chen X. iGMDR: Integrated Pharmacogenetic Resource Guide to Cancer Therapy and Research. GENOMICS PROTEOMICS & BIOINFORMATICS 2020; 18:150-160. [PMID: 32916316 PMCID: PMC7646137 DOI: 10.1016/j.gpb.2019.11.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Revised: 09/27/2019] [Accepted: 11/29/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Current pharmacogenetic studies have obtained many genetic models that can predict the therapeutic efficacy of anticancer drugs. Although some of these models are of crucial importance and have been used in clinical practice, these very valuable models have not been well adopted into cancer research to promote the development of cancer therapies due to the lack of integration and standards for the existing data of the pharmacogenetic studies. For this purpose, we built a resource investigating genetic model of drug response (iGMDR), which integrates the models from in vitro and in vivo pharmacogenetic studies with different omics data from a variety of technical systems. In this study, we introduced a standardized process for all integrations, and described how users can utilize these models to gain insights into cancer. iGMDR is freely accessible at https://igmdr.modellab.cn.
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- Xiang Chen
- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and the First Affiliated Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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- Department of Polymer Science and Engineering and Key Laboratory of Adsorption and Separation Materials and Technologies of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and the First Affiliated Hospital Department of Radiation Oncology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China; Joint Institute for Genetics and Genome Medicine between Zhejiang University and University of Toronto, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Côté G, Asselin-Thompstone L, Mac-Way F, René de Cotret P, Lacroix C, Desmeules S, Agharazii M. Sodium and urea excretion as determinants of urine output in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease patients on V2 receptor antagonists: impact of dietary intervention. Int Urol Nephrol 2020; 52:343-349. [PMID: 32008201 DOI: 10.1007/s11255-020-02384-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PURPOSE Tolvaptan, a vasopressin V2 receptor antagonist, slows the decline in renal function in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). However, it increases urine output such that patient adherence could be compromised. In a cohort of patients with ADPKD on tolvaptan, we aimed to identify the contribution of sodium and urea excretion rate to daily urine output, and to evaluate the effectiveness of dietary counseling on sodium and urea excretion rates. METHODS Retrospective analysis of 30 ADPKD patients who underwent a single session of personalized dietary counseling to reduce sodium and protein intake before initiation of tolvaptan. Creatinine and 24-h urine were obtained regularly on treatment. Generalized estimation equations were used. RESULTS Mean age and median eGFR were 44 ± 11 years and 52 (43-74) ml/min/1.73 m2. Tolvaptan increased diuresis from 2.5 to 5.2 l/day. After adjusting for the dose of tolvaptan, an increase in sodium and urea excretion rate by 50 mmol/day was associated with an estimated additional urine volume of 0.6 l/day (95% CI 0.4-0.8 l/day; P < 0.001) and 0.25 l/day (95% CI 0.11-0.39 l/day; P < 0.001), respectively. Dietary counseling resulted in a transient reduction of sodium excretion by 19 mmol/day during the first 4 months (P = 0.016) but resulted in a more sustained reduction in urea excretion by 69 mmol/day (P = 0.008). CONCLUSION Both sodium and urea excretion rates contribute significantly to daily urine volume in patients treated with tolvaptan, and a single session of dietary counseling was transiently effective in reducing sodium intake but achieved a more sustained reduction in protein intake. Dietary counseling should be considered in the management of ADPKD patients treated by tolvaptan.
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- Gabrielle Côté
- Service de Néphrologie, CHU de Québec Research Center, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Hospital, 11, Côte du Palais, Quebec, QC, G1R 2J6, Canada.,Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
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- Service de Néphrologie, CHU de Québec Research Center, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Hospital, 11, Côte du Palais, Quebec, QC, G1R 2J6, Canada.,Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
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- Service de Néphrologie, CHU de Québec Research Center, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Hospital, 11, Côte du Palais, Quebec, QC, G1R 2J6, Canada.,Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
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- Service de Néphrologie, CHU de Québec Research Center, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Hospital, 11, Côte du Palais, Quebec, QC, G1R 2J6, Canada.,Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
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- Service de Néphrologie, CHU de Québec Research Center, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Hospital, 11, Côte du Palais, Quebec, QC, G1R 2J6, Canada
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- Service de Néphrologie, CHU de Québec Research Center, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Hospital, 11, Côte du Palais, Quebec, QC, G1R 2J6, Canada.,Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada
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- Service de Néphrologie, CHU de Québec Research Center, L'Hôtel-Dieu de Québec Hospital, 11, Côte du Palais, Quebec, QC, G1R 2J6, Canada. .,Division of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Quebec, QC, Canada.
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González-Fernández MJ, Fabrikov D, Ramos-Bueno RP, Guil-Guerrero JL, Ortea I. SWATH Differential Abundance Proteomics and Cellular Assays Show In Vitro Anticancer Activity of Arachidonic Acid- and Docosahexaenoic Acid-Based Monoacylglycerols in HT-29 Colorectal Cancer Cells. Nutrients 2019; 11:E2984. [PMID: 31817645 PMCID: PMC6950369 DOI: 10.3390/nu11122984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2019] [Revised: 12/02/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most common and mortal types of cancer. There is increasing evidence that some polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) exercise specific inhibitory actions on cancer cells through different mechanisms, as a previous study on CRC cells demonstrated for two very long-chain PUFA. These were docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, 22:6n3) and arachidonic acid (ARA, 20:4n6) in the free fatty acid (FFA) form. In this work, similar design and technology have been used to investigate the actions of both DHA and ARA as monoacylglycerol (MAG) molecules, and results have been compared with those obtained using the corresponding FFA. Cell assays revealed that ARA- and DHA-MAG exercised dose- and time-dependent antiproliferative actions, with DHA-MAG acting on cancer cells more efficiently than ARA-MAG. Sequential window acquisition of all theoretical mass spectra (SWATH) - mass spectrometry massive quantitative proteomics, validated by parallel reaction monitoring and followed by pathway analysis, revealed that DHA-MAG had a massive effect in the proteasome complex, while the ARA-MAG main effect was related to DNA replication. Prostaglandin synthesis also resulted as inhibited by DHA-MAG. Results clearly demonstrated the ability of both ARA- and DHA-MAG to induce cell death in colon cancer cells, which suggests a direct relationship between chemical structure and antitumoral actions.
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- María José González-Fernández
- Food Technology Division, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, ceiA3, University of Almería, 40120 Almería, Spain; (M.J.G.-F.); (D.F.); (R.P.R.-B.); (J.L.G.-G.)
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- Food Technology Division, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, ceiA3, University of Almería, 40120 Almería, Spain; (M.J.G.-F.); (D.F.); (R.P.R.-B.); (J.L.G.-G.)
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- Food Technology Division, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, ceiA3, University of Almería, 40120 Almería, Spain; (M.J.G.-F.); (D.F.); (R.P.R.-B.); (J.L.G.-G.)
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- Food Technology Division, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence, ceiA3, University of Almería, 40120 Almería, Spain; (M.J.G.-F.); (D.F.); (R.P.R.-B.); (J.L.G.-G.)
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- Proteomics Unit, IMIBIC, Reina Sofía University Hospital, University of Córdoba, 14004 Córdoba, Spain
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van der Wijst J, Belge H, Bindels RJM, Devuyst O. Learning Physiology From Inherited Kidney Disorders. Physiol Rev 2019; 99:1575-1653. [PMID: 31215303 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00008.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The identification of genes causing inherited kidney diseases yielded crucial insights in the molecular basis of disease and improved our understanding of physiological processes that operate in the kidney. Monogenic kidney disorders are caused by mutations in genes coding for a large variety of proteins including receptors, channels and transporters, enzymes, transcription factors, and structural components, operating in specialized cell types that perform highly regulated homeostatic functions. Common variants in some of these genes are also associated with complex traits, as evidenced by genome-wide association studies in the general population. In this review, we discuss how the molecular genetics of inherited disorders affecting different tubular segments of the nephron improved our understanding of various transport processes and of their involvement in homeostasis, while providing novel therapeutic targets. These include inherited disorders causing a dysfunction of the proximal tubule (renal Fanconi syndrome), with emphasis on epithelial differentiation and receptor-mediated endocytosis, or affecting the reabsorption of glucose, the handling of uric acid, and the reabsorption of sodium, calcium, and magnesium along the kidney tubule.
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- Jenny van der Wijst
- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , The Netherlands ; Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; and Division of Nephrology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Medical School, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , The Netherlands ; Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; and Division of Nephrology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Medical School, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , The Netherlands ; Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; and Division of Nephrology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Medical School, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Physiology, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Medical Center , Nijmegen , The Netherlands ; Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland ; and Division of Nephrology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Research (IREC), Medical School, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Ma M, Legué E, Tian X, Somlo S, Liem KF. Cell-Autonomous Hedgehog Signaling Is Not Required for Cyst Formation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. J Am Soc Nephrol 2019; 30:2103-2111. [PMID: 31451534 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2018121274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2018] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND PKD1 or PKD2, the two main causal genes for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), encode the multipass transmembrane proteins polycystin-1 (PC1) and polycystin-2 (PC2), respectively. Polycystins localize to the primary cilium, an organelle essential for cell signaling, including signal transduction of the Hedgehog pathway. Mutations in ciliary genes that build and maintain the cilium also cause renal cystic disease through unknown pathways. Although recent studies have found alterations in Hedgehog signaling in ADPKD-related models and tissues, the relationship between Hedgehog and polycystic kidney disease is not known. METHODS To examine the potential role of cell-autonomous Hedgehog signaling in regulating kidney cyst formation in vivo in both early- and adult-onset mouse models of ADPKD, we used conditional inactivation of Pkd1 combined with conditional modulation of Hedgehog signaling components in renal epithelial cells, where mutations in Pkd1 initiate cyst formation. After increasing or decreasing levels of Hedgehog signaling in cells that underwent inactivation of Pkd1, we evaluated the effects of these genetic manipulations on quantitative parameters of polycystic kidney disease severity. RESULTS We found that in Pkd1 conditional mutant mouse kidneys, neither downregulation nor activation of the Hedgehog pathway in epithelial cells along the nephron significantly influenced the severity of the polycystic kidney phenotype in mouse models of developmental or adult-onset of ADPKD. CONCLUSIONS These data suggest that loss of Pkd1 function results in kidney cysts through pathways that are not affected by the activity of the Hedgehog pathway.
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- Ming Ma
- Departments of Internal Medicine
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- Pediatrics, and.,Vertebrate Developmental Biology Program, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Departments of Internal Medicine
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- Pediatrics, and .,Vertebrate Developmental Biology Program, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
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Bhardwaj V, Purohit R. Computational investigation on effect of mutations in PCNA resulting in structural perturbations and inhibition of mismatch repair pathway. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2019; 38:1963-1974. [PMID: 31138032 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2019.1621210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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From bacteria to mammals, DNA mismatch repair (MMR) pathway plays an essential role in eliminating mismatched nucleotides and insertion-deletion mismatches during the process of DNA replication. Among many of the proteins which participate in the mismatch repair process, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) remains the principal conductor at the replication fork. The pol30-201 and pol30-204 are the two mutated alleles which encode for C22Y and C81R mutant forms of PCNA proteins. We performed long term molecular dynamics (MD) simulations analysis (0.8 μs) to understand the dynamic behavior and alterations in the structure of wild type and mutated forms of PCNA at the atomic level. We observed changes in the structural characteristics like length, radius, rise per residue of alpha helices in both the mutated forms of PCNA. Apart from it, disfigurement of the charge distribution which effects binding with the dsDNA due to mutant C22Y and other structural perturbations were also seen in regions significant for the formation of a biologically active trimeric form of PCNA due to mutant C81R. Our analysis of native and mutated forms of PCNA provides an insight into the essential structural and functional features required for proper and well-coordinated DNA mismatch repair process and consequences of the mutation leading to an impaired process of MMR. These structural characteristics are fundamental for the MMR process and hence our analysis likely contributes to or presents the novel mechanism involved in the process of MMR.Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma.
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- Vijay Bhardwaj
- Structural Bioinformatics Lab, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur, India.,Biotechnology division, CSIR-IHBT, Palampur, India
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- Structural Bioinformatics Lab, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur, India.,Biotechnology division, CSIR-IHBT, Palampur, India.,Academy of Scientific & Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-IHBT Campus, Palampur, India
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The 2019 Gairdner Prize will be given to John F.X. Diffley and Bruce Stillman for their groundbreaking work on the mechanisms and control of the initiation of eukaryotic DNA replication. No two people have contributed more extensively, or over a longer period of time, to enlighten us on how our genomes replicate themselves once and only once per cell cycle.
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Lin C, Happé H, Veraar K, Scharpfenecker M, Peters DJ. The expression of somatostatin receptor 2 decreases during cyst growth in mice with polycystic kidney disease. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2018; 243:1092-1098. [PMID: 30261745 DOI: 10.1177/1535370218803893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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IMPACT STATEMENT Somatostatin (SST) analogs have been shown to halt cyst growth and progression of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease by several clinical trials. However, two studies suggest that the effect of the SST analog octreotide on kidney growth during the first year of treatment is reduced in the subsequent follow-ups and the kidney enlargement resumes. This biphasic change in kidney growth during octreotide treatment may be partially explained by alterations in SSTR2 expression. Here, we found that SSTR2 is mainly expressed in distal tubules and collecting ducts in murine kidneys, and the expression of SSTR2 decreases during cyst growth in two PKD mouse models. Our data may thus provide possible explanations for the lack of efficacy in long-term treatment with SST analogs.
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- Cong Lin
- 1 Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands
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- 1 Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands
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- 2 Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands
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- 2 Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands
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- 1 Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden 2300 RC, The Netherlands
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Ortea I, González-Fernández MJ, Ramos-Bueno RP, Guil-Guerrero JL. Proteomics Study Reveals That Docosahexaenoic and Arachidonic Acids Exert Different In Vitro Anticancer Activities in Colorectal Cancer Cells. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2018; 66:6003-6012. [PMID: 29804451 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.8b00915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Two polyunsaturated fatty acids, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and arachidonic acid (ARA), as well as derivatives, such as eicosanoids, regulate different activities, affecting transcription factors and, therefore, DNA transcription, being a critical step for the functioning of fatty-acid-derived signaling. This work has attempted to determine the in vitro anticancer activities of these molecules linked to the gene transcription regulation of HT-29 colorectal cancer cells. We applied the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide test along with lactate dehydrogenase and caspase-3 assays; proteome changes were assessed by "sequential windowed acquisition of all theoretical mass spectra" quantitative proteomics, followed by pathway analysis, to determine the affected molecular mechanisms. In all assays, DHA inhibited cell proliferation of HT-29 cells to a higher extent than ARA and acted primarily by downregulating proteasome particles, while ARA presented a dramatic effect on all six DNA replication helicase particles. The results indicated that both DHA and ARA are potential chemopreventive agent candidates.
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- Ignacio Ortea
- Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía , Universidad de Córdoba , E14004 Córdoba , Spain
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- Food Technology Division, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence (ceiA3) , University of Almería , E40120 Almería , Spain
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- Food Technology Division, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence (ceiA3) , University of Almería , E40120 Almería , Spain
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- Food Technology Division, Agrifood Campus of International Excellence (ceiA3) , University of Almería , E40120 Almería , Spain
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Ma M, Gallagher AR, Somlo S. Ciliary Mechanisms of Cyst Formation in Polycystic Kidney Disease. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2017; 9:a028209. [PMID: 28320755 PMCID: PMC5666631 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a028209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a disease of defective tissue homeostasis resulting in active remodeling of nephrons and bile ducts to form fluid-filled sacs called cysts. The causal genes PKD1 and PKD2 encode transmembrane proteins polycystin 1 (PC1) and polycystin 2 (PC2), respectively. Together, the polycystins localize to the solitary primary cilium that protrudes from the apical surface of most kidney tubule cells and is thought to function as a privileged compartment that the cell uses for signal integration of sensory inputs. It has been proposed that PC1 and PC2 form a receptor-channel complex that detects external stimuli and transmit a local calcium-mediated signal, which may control a multitude of cellular processes by an as-yet unknown mechanism. Genetic studies using mouse models of cilia and polycystin dysfunction have shown that polycystins regulate an unknown cilia-dependent signal that is normally part of the homeostatic maintenance of nephron structure. ADPKD ensues when this pathway is dysregulated by absence of polycystins from intact cilia, but disruption of cilia also disrupts this signaling mechanism and ameliorates ADPKD even in the absence of polycystins. Understanding the role of cilia and ciliary signaling in ADPKD is challenging, but success will provide saltatory advances in our understanding of how tubule structure is maintained in healthy kidneys and how disruption of polycystin or cilia function leads to the pathological tissue remodeling process underlying ADPKD.
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- Ming Ma
- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8029
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8029
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8029
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8029
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Błażej P, Mackiewicz D, Grabińska M, Wnętrzak M, Mackiewicz P. Optimization of amino acid replacement costs by mutational pressure in bacterial genomes. Sci Rep 2017; 7:1061. [PMID: 28432324 PMCID: PMC5430830 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01130-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2016] [Accepted: 03/27/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Mutations are considered a spontaneous and random process, which is important component of evolution because it generates genetic variation. On the other hand, mutations are deleterious leading to non-functional genes and energetically costly repairs. Therefore, one can expect that the mutational pressure is optimized to simultaneously generate genetic diversity and preserve genetic information. To check if empirical mutational pressures are optimized in these ways, we compared matrices of nucleotide mutation rates derived from bacterial genomes with their best possible alternatives that minimized or maximized costs of amino acid replacements associated with differences in their physicochemical properties (e.g. hydropathy and polarity). It should be noted that the studied empirical nucleotide substitution matrices and the costs of amino acid replacements are independent because these matrices were derived from sites free of selection on amino acid properties and the amino acid costs assumed only amino acid physicochemical properties without any information about mutation at the nucleotide level. Obtained results indicate that the empirical mutational matrices show a tendency to minimize costs of amino acid replacements. It implies that bacterial mutational pressures can evolve to decrease consequences of amino acid substitutions. However, the optimization is not full, which enables generation of some genetic variability.
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- Paweł Błażej
- Department of Genomics, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, ul. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Genomics, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, ul. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Genomics, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, ul. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Genomics, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, ul. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland
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- Department of Genomics, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Wrocław, ul. Joliot-Curie 14a, 50-383, Wrocław, Poland.
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Tondnevis F, Gillilan RE, Bloom LB, McKenna R. Solution study of the Escherichia coli DNA polymerase III clamp loader reveals the location of the dynamic ψχ heterodimer. STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS (MELVILLE, N.Y.) 2015; 2:054701. [PMID: 26798827 PMCID: PMC4711647 DOI: 10.1063/1.4927407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2015] [Accepted: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Several X-ray crystal structures of the E. coli core clamp loader containing the five core (δ', δ, and three truncated γ) subunits have been determined, but they lack the ψ and χ subunits. We report the first solution structure of the complete seven-subunit clamp loader complex using small angle X-ray scattering. This structure not only provides information about the location of the χ and ψ subunits but also provides a model of the dynamic nature of the clamp loader complex.
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- Farzaneh Tondnevis
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida , P.O. BOX 100245, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
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- Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), Cornell University , 161 Synchrotron Drive, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida , P.O. BOX 100245, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida , P.O. BOX 100245, Gainesville, Florida 32610, USA
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Audrézet MP, Corbiere C, Lebbah S, Morinière V, Broux F, Louillet F, Fischbach M, Zaloszyc A, Cloarec S, Merieau E, Baudouin V, Deschênes G, Roussey G, Maestri S, Visconti C, Boyer O, Abel C, Lahoche A, Randrianaivo H, Bessenay L, Mekahli D, Ouertani I, Decramer S, Ryckenwaert A, Cornec-Le Gall E, Salomon R, Ferec C, Heidet L. Comprehensive PKD1 and PKD2 Mutation Analysis in Prenatal Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease. J Am Soc Nephrol 2015; 27:722-9. [PMID: 26139440 DOI: 10.1681/asn.2014101051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2014] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Prenatal forms of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) are rare but can be recurrent in some families, suggesting a common genetic modifying background. Few patients have been reported carrying, in addition to the familial mutation, variation(s) in polycystic kidney disease 1 (PKD1) or HNF1 homeobox B (HNF1B), inherited from the unaffected parent, or biallelic polycystic kidney and hepatic disease 1 (PKHD1) mutations. To assess the frequency of additional variations in PKD1, PKD2, HNF1B, and PKHD1 associated with the familial PKD mutation in early ADPKD, these four genes were screened in 42 patients with early ADPKD in 41 families. Two patients were associated with de novo PKD1 mutations. Forty patients occurred in 39 families with known ADPKD and were associated with PKD1 mutation in 36 families and with PKD2 mutation in two families (no mutation identified in one family). Additional PKD variation(s) (inherited from the unaffected parent when tested) were identified in 15 of 42 patients (37.2%), whereas these variations were observed in 25 of 174 (14.4%, P=0.001) patients with adult ADPKD. No HNF1B variations or PKHD1 biallelic mutations were identified. These results suggest that, at least in some patients, the severity of the cystic disease is inversely correlated with the level of polycystin 1 function.
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- Marie-Pierre Audrézet
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Histocompatibility, University Hospital of Brest, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1078, Brest, France
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- Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre de référence des Maladies Rénales Héréditaires de l'Enfant et de l'Adulte (MARHEA), Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades Paris, France
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- Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre de référence des Maladies Rénales Héréditaires de l'Enfant et de l'Adulte (MARHEA), Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades Paris, France
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- Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre de référence des Maladies Rénales Héréditaires de l'Enfant et de l'Adulte (MARHEA), Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology and Hemodialysis Unit, University Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France
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- Department of Medical Pediatrics, Pediatric Nephrology and Hemodialysis Unit, University Hospital Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France
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- Department of Pediatrics 1, University Hospital of Strasbourg Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Pediatrics 1, University Hospital of Strasbourg Strasbourg, France
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Hemodialysis, Clocheville Hospital, University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Hemodialysis, Clocheville Hospital, University Hospital of Tours, Tours, France
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- Assistance publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Robert Debré, Paris, France
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- Assistance publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Robert Debré, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Histocompatibility, University Hospital of Brest, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1078, Brest, France
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- Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre de référence des Maladies Rénales Héréditaires de l'Enfant et de l'Adulte (MARHEA), Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades Paris, France
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- Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre de référence des Maladies Rénales Héréditaires de l'Enfant et de l'Adulte (MARHEA), Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades Paris, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1163, Laboratory of Hereditary Kidney Diseases, Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Hospices Civils de Lyon, De la Croix Rousse Hospital Lyon, France
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- Pediatric Nephrology Unit Jeanne de Flandre Hospital, Regional University Hospital of Lille, Lille, France
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- Medical Genetics Unit, University Hospital St Pierre La Réunion, La Réunion, France
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- Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology University Hospital Estaing, Clermont Ferrand, France
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Congenital and Inherited Diseases Charles Nicolle Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Children Hospital Toulouse, France; and
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Histocompatibility, University Hospital of Brest, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1078, Brest, France
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- Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre de référence des Maladies Rénales Héréditaires de l'Enfant et de l'Adulte (MARHEA), Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades Paris, France; Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1163, Laboratory of Hereditary Kidney Diseases, Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics and Histocompatibility, University Hospital of Brest, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U1078, Brest, France
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- Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Centre de référence des Maladies Rénales Héréditaires de l'Enfant et de l'Adulte (MARHEA), Department of Pediatric Nephrology, University Hospital Necker-Enfants Malades Paris, France;
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Yu XJ, Greenleaf WB, Shi YS, Chen XS. Mechanism of subunit coordination of an AAA+ hexameric molecular nanomachine. NANOMEDICINE-NANOTECHNOLOGY BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 2014; 11:531-41. [PMID: 25555349 DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2014.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2014] [Revised: 10/15/2014] [Accepted: 11/11/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Simian virus 40 large tumor antigen (LT) is both a potent oncogenic protein and an efficient hexameric nanomachine that harnesses the energy from ATP binding/hydrolysis to melt origin DNA and unwind replication forks. However, how the six subunits of the helicase motor coordinate during ATP hydrolysis and DNA unwinding/translocation is unresolved. Here we investigated the subunit coordination mechanisms "binomial distribution mutant doping" experiments in the presence of various DNA substrates. For ATP hydrolysis, we observed multiple coordination modes, ranging from random and semi-random, and semi-coordinated modes, depending on which type of DNA is present. For DNA unwinding, however, the results indicated a fully-coordinated mode for the natural origin-containing duplex DNA, but a semi-coordinated mode for a pre-existing fork-DNA, providing direct evidence for LT to use potentially different mechanisms to unwind the two types of substrates. The results of this study provide insights into DNA translocation and unwinding mechanisms for LT hexameric biomotor. From the clinical editor: The study describes the subunit coordination of simian virus 40 large tumor antigen (LT) showing that multiple mechanisms exist that handle the specific needs of different stages of DNA replication.
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- Xian Jessica Yu
- Molecular and Computational Biology Program, Department of Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Molecular and Computational Biology Program, Department of Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Molecular and Computational Biology Program, Department of Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Molecular and Computational Biology Program, Department of Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Norris Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Ars E, Bernis C, Fraga G, Martínez V, Martins J, Ortiz A, Rodríguez-Pérez JC, Sans L, Torra R. Spanish guidelines for the management of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2014; 29 Suppl 4:iv95-105. [PMID: 25165191 DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfu186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is the most frequent cause of genetic renal disease and accounts for 6-10% of patients on renal replacement therapy (RRT). Very few prospective, randomized trials or clinical studies address the diagnosis and management of this relatively frequent disorder. No clinical guidelines are available to date. This is a consensus statement presenting the recommendations of the Spanish Working Group on Inherited Kidney Diseases, which were agreed to following a literature search and discussions. Levels of evidence found were C and D according to the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine (University of Oxford). The recommendations relate to, among other topics, the use of imaging and genetic diagnosis, management of hypertension, pain, cyst infections and bleeding, extra-renal involvement including polycystic liver disease and cranial aneurysms, management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and RRT and management of children with ADPKD. Recommendations on specific ADPKD therapies are not provided since no drug has regulatory approval for this indication.
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- Elisabet Ars
- Molecular Biology Laboratory, Fundació Puigvert, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, REDinREN, Instituto de Investigación Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, Hospital de la Princesa, REDinREN, Madrid, Spain
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- Paediatric Nephrology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, IIS-Fundacion Jiménez Diaz, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, IRSIN, REDinREN, Madrid, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, Hospital Universitario de Gran Canaria Dr. Negrín, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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- Nephrology Department, REDinREN, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain
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- Inherited Kidney Diseases, Nephrology Department, Fundació Puigvert, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas Sant Pau (IIB-Sant Pau), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, REDinREN, Instituto de Investigación Carlos III, Barcelona, Spain
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Cho WK, Jergic S, Kim D, Dixon NE, Lee JB. Loading dynamics of a sliding DNA clamp. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:6768-71. [PMID: 24854225 PMCID: PMC4320747 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201403063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sliding DNA clamps are loaded at a ss/dsDNA junction by a clamp loader that depends on ATP binding for clamp opening. Sequential ATP hydrolysis results in closure of the clamp so that it completely encircles and diffuses on dsDNA. We followed events during loading of an E. coli β clamp in real time by using single-molecule FRET (smFRET). Three successive FRET states were retained for 0.3 s, 0.7 s, and 9 min: Hydrolysis of the first ATP molecule by the γ clamp loader resulted in closure of the clamp in 0.3 s, and after 0.7 s in the closed conformation, the clamp was released to diffuse on the dsDNA for at least 9 min. An additional single-molecule polarization study revealed that the interfacial domain of the clamp rotated in plane by approximately 8° during clamp closure. The single-molecule polarization and FRET studies thus revealed the real-time dynamics of the ATP-hydrolysis-dependent 3D conformational change of the β clamp during loading at a ss/dsDNA junction.
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- Won-Ki Cho
- Department of Physics, School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)Pohang (Korea)
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- Centre for Medical and Molecular Bioscience, School of Chemistry, University of WollongongWollongong, N.S.W. 2522 (Australia)
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- Department of Physics, School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)Pohang (Korea)
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- Centre for Medical and Molecular Bioscience, School of Chemistry, University of WollongongWollongong, N.S.W. 2522 (Australia)
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- Department of Physics, School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)Pohang (Korea)
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Cho WK, Jergic S, Kim D, Dixon NE, Lee JB. Loading Dynamics of a Sliding DNA Clamp. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201403063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cell type and transfection reagent-dependent effects on viability, cell content, cell cycle and inflammation of RNAi in human primary mesenchymal cells. Eur J Pharm Sci 2014; 53:35-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2013.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2013] [Revised: 11/09/2013] [Accepted: 12/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Comparative analysis of proteomes and functionomes provides insights into origins of cellular diversification. ARCHAEA-AN INTERNATIONAL MICROBIOLOGICAL JOURNAL 2013; 2013:648746. [PMID: 24492748 PMCID: PMC3892558 DOI: 10.1155/2013/648746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2013] [Revised: 11/22/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Reconstructing the evolutionary history of modern species is a difficult problem complicated by the conceptual and technical limitations of phylogenetic tree building methods. Here, we propose a comparative proteomic and functionomic inferential framework for genome evolution that allows resolving the tripartite division of cells and sketching their history. Evolutionary inferences were derived from the spread of conserved molecular features, such as molecular structures and functions, in the proteomes and functionomes of contemporary organisms. Patterns of use and reuse of these traits yielded significant insights into the origins of cellular diversification. Results uncovered an unprecedented strong evolutionary association between Bacteria and Eukarya while revealing marked evolutionary reductive tendencies in the archaeal genomic repertoires. The effects of nonvertical evolutionary processes (e.g., HGT, convergent evolution) were found to be limited while reductive evolution and molecular innovation appeared to be prevalent during the evolution of cells. Our study revealed a strong vertical trace in the history of proteins and associated molecular functions, which was reliably recovered using the comparative genomics approach. The trace supported the existence of a stem line of descent and the very early appearance of Archaea as a diversified superkingdom, but failed to uncover a hidden canonical pattern in which Bacteria was the first superkingdom to deploy superkingdom-specific structures and functions.
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van Dongen SFM, Clerx J, Nørgaard K, Bloemberg TG, Cornelissen JJLM, Trakselis MA, Nelson SW, Benkovic SJ, Rowan AE, Nolte RJM. A clamp-like biohybrid catalyst for DNA oxidation. Nat Chem 2013; 5:945-51. [DOI: 10.1038/nchem.1752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2012] [Accepted: 08/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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JC virus agnoprotein enhances large T antigen binding to the origin of viral DNA replication: evidence for its involvement in viral DNA replication. Virology 2012; 433:12-26. [PMID: 22840425 DOI: 10.1016/j.virol.2012.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2012] [Revised: 05/25/2012] [Accepted: 06/11/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Agnoprotein is required for the successful completion of the JC virus (JCV) life cycle and was previously shown to interact with JCV large T-antigen (LT-Ag). Here, we further characterized agnoprotein's involvement in viral DNA replication. Agnoprotein enhances the DNA binding activity of LT-Ag to the viral origin (Ori) without directly interacting with DNA. The predicted amphipathic α-helix of agnoprotein plays a major role in this enhancement. All three phenylalanine (Phe) residues of agnoprotein localize to this α-helix and Phe residues in general are known to play critical roles in protein-protein interaction, protein folding and stability. The functional relevance of all Phe residues was investigated by mutagenesis. When all were mutated to alanine (Ala), the mutant virus (F31AF35AF39A) replicated significantly less efficiently than each individual Phe mutant virus alone, indicating the importance of Phe residues for agnoprotein function. Collectively, these studies indicate a close involvement of agnoprotein in viral DNA replication.
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Kilbey BJ. The DNA Replisome of the Malaria Parasite: Progress Towards a Useful Drug Target. J Pharm Pharmacol 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.1997.tb06164.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Brian J Kilbey
- Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK
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Gelosa P, Sevin G, Pignieri A, Budelli S, Castiglioni L, Blanc-Guillemaud V, Lerond L, Tremoli E, Sironi L. Terutroban, a thromboxane/prostaglandin endoperoxide receptor antagonist, prevents hypertensive vascular hypertrophy and fibrosis. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2011; 300:H762-8. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00880.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Thromboxane A2 and other eicosanoids such as isoprostanes contribute to vascular proliferation and atherosclerosis by binding to the thromboxane/prostaglandin endoperoxide receptors. The effects of terutroban, a thromboxane/prostaglandin endoperoxide receptor antagonist, on aorta remodeling were evaluated in spontaneously hypertensive stroke-prone rats (SHRSPs), a model of severe hypertension, endothelial dysfunction, vascular inflammation, and cerebrovascular diseases. Male SHRSPs were allocated to three groups receiving a standard diet ( n = 5) or a high-sodium permissive diet plus vehicle ( n = 6) or plus terutroban (30 mg·kg−1·day−1; n = 6). After 6 wk of dietary treatment, all of the animals were injected with bromodeoxyuridine and simultaneously euthanized for aorta collection. The aortic media thickness-to-lumen ratio significantly ( P < 0.0001) increased in the salt-loaded rats compared with the rats fed a standard diet, whereas terutroban treatment completely prevented media thickening ( P < 0.001). When compared with vehicle, terutroban was also effective in preventing cell proliferation in the media, as indicated by the reduced number of bromodeoxyuridine-positive ( P < 0.0001) and proliferating cell nuclear antigen-positive cells ( P < 0.0001). Severe fibrosis characterized by a significant accumulation of collagen and fibronectin in the vascular wall was observed in the vehicle-treated rats ( P < 0.01) but was completely prevented by terutroban ( P < 0.001). The latter also inhibited heat shock protein-47 ( P < 0.01) and TGF-1β expression ( P < 0.001), which were significantly increased by the high-salt diet. In conclusion, terutroban prevents the development of aorta hyperplasia and has beneficial effects on fibrotic processes by affecting TGF-β and heat shock protein-47 expression in SHRSPs. These findings provide mechanistic data supporting the beneficial effects of terutroban in preventing or retarding atherogenesis.
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- Paolo Gelosa
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, and
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, and
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, and
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, and
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, and
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- Institut de Recherches Internationales Servier, Courbevoie Cedex, France
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, and
- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy; and
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, and
- Centro Cardiologico Monzino, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy; and
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Torres VE, Boletta A, Chapman A, Gattone V, Pei Y, Qian Q, Wallace DP, Weimbs T, Wüthrich RP. Prospects for mTOR inhibitor use in patients with polycystic kidney disease and hamartomatous diseases. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2010; 5:1312-29. [PMID: 20498248 DOI: 10.2215/cjn.01360210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is the core component of two complexes, mTORC1 and mTORC2. mTORC1 is inhibited by rapamycin and analogues. mTORC2 is impeded only in some cell types by prolonged exposure to these compounds. mTOR activation is linked to tubular cell proliferation in animal models and human autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD). mTOR inhibitors impede cell proliferation and cyst growth in polycystic kidney disease (PKD) models. After renal transplantation, two small retrospective studies suggested that mTOR was more effective than calcineurin inhibitor-based immunosuppression in limiting kidney and/or liver enlargement. By inhibiting vascular remodeling, angiogenesis, and fibrogenesis, mTOR inhibitors may attenuate nephroangiosclerosis, cyst growth, and interstitial fibrosis. Thus, they may benefit ADPKD at multiple levels. However, mTOR inhibition is not without risks and side effects, mostly dose-dependent. Under certain conditions, mTOR inhibition interferes with adaptive increases in renal proliferation necessary for recovery from injury. They restrict Akt activation, nitric oxide synthesis, and endothelial cell survival (downstream from mTORC2) and potentially increase the risk for glomerular and peritubular capillary loss, vasospasm, and hypertension. They impair podocyte integrity pathways and may predispose to glomerular injury. Administration of mTOR inhibitors is discontinued because of side effects in up to 40% of transplant recipients. Currently, treatment with mTOR inhibitors should not be recommended to treat ADPKD. Results of ongoing studies must be awaited and patients informed accordingly. If effective, lower dosages than those used to prevent rejection would minimize side effects. Combination therapy with other effective drugs could improve tolerability and results.
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- Vicente E Torres
- Division of Nephrology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
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DNA replication is fundamental to cellular life on earth, and replication initiation provides the primary point of control over this process. Replication initiation in all organisms involves the interaction of initiator proteins with one or more origins of replication in the DNA, with subsequent regulated assembly of two replisome complexes at each origin, melting of the DNA, and primed initiation of DNA synthesis on leading and lagging strands. Archaea and Eukarya share homologous systems for DNA replication initiation, but differ in the complexity of these; Bacteria appear to have analogous, rather than homologous, mechanisms for replication initiation. This chapter provides an overview of current knowledge of initiation of chromosomal DNA replication in the three domains of life.
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Atkin SJ, Griffin BE, Dilworth SM. Polyoma virus and simian virus 40 as cancer models: History and perspectives. Semin Cancer Biol 2009; 19:211-7. [DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2009.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2008] [Revised: 02/16/2009] [Accepted: 03/06/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Charron T, Nili N, Strauss BH. The cell cycle: a critical therapeutic target to prevent vascular proliferative disease. Can J Cardiol 2007; 22 Suppl B:41B-55B. [PMID: 16498512 PMCID: PMC2780832 DOI: 10.1016/s0828-282x(06)70986-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Percutaneous coronary intervention is the preferred revascularization approach for most patients with coronary artery disease. However, this strategy is limited by renarrowing of the vessel by neointimal hyperplasia within the stent lumen (in-stent restenosis). Vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation is a major component in this healing process. This process is mediated by multiple cytokines and growth factors, which share a common pathway in inducing cell proliferation: the cell cycle. The cell cycle is highly regulated by numerous mechanisms ensuring orderly and coordinated cell division. The present review discusses current concepts related to regulation of the cell cycle and new therapeutic options that target aspects of the cell cycle.
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- Correspondence: Dr Bradley H Strauss, St Michael’s Hospital, 30 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario M5B IW8. Telephone 416-864-5913, fax 416-864-5978, e-mail
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Song W, Levin DS, Varkey J, Post S, Bermudez VP, Hurwitz J, Tomkinson AE. A Conserved Physical and Functional Interaction between the Cell Cycle Checkpoint Clamp Loader and DNA Ligase I of Eukaryotes. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:22721-30. [PMID: 17561505 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m703774200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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DNA ligase I joins Okazaki fragments during DNA replication and completes certain excision repair pathways. The participation of DNA ligase I in these transactions is directed by physical and functional interactions with proliferating cell nuclear antigen, a DNA sliding clamp, and, replication factor C (RFC), the clamp loader. Here we show that DNA ligase I also interacts with the hRad17 subunit of the hRad17-RFC cell cycle checkpoint clamp loader, and with each of the subunits of its DNA sliding clamp, the heterotrimeric hRad9-hRad1-hHus1 complex. In contrast to the inhibitory effect of RFC, hRad17-RFC stimulates joining by DNA ligase I. Similar results were obtained with the homologous Saccharomyces cerevisiae proteins indicating that the interaction between the replicative DNA ligase and checkpoint clamp is conserved in eukaryotes. Notably, we show that hRad17 preferentially interacts with and specifically stimulates dephosphorylated DNA ligase I. Moreover, there is an increased association between DNA ligase I and hRad17 in S phase following DNA damage and replication blockage that occurs concomitantly with DNA damage-induced dephosphorylation of chromatin-associated DNA ligase I. Thus, our results suggest that the in vivo interaction between DNA ligase I and the checkpoint clamp loader is regulated by post-translational modification of DNA ligase I.
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- Wei Song
- Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
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Tsuchiya A, Inoue YH, Ida H, Kawase Y, Okudaira K, Ohno K, Yoshida H, Yamaguchi M. Transcriptional regulation of the Drosophila rfc1 gene by the DRE-DREF pathway. FEBS J 2007; 274:1818-32. [PMID: 17381512 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05730.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The DNA replication-related element (DRE) is a common 8-bp sequence (5'-TATCGATA) found in the promoters of many DNA replication-related genes, to which DRE-binding factor (DREF) specifically binds to activate transcription. Replication factor C (RFC) is an essential five-subunit complex in DNA replication, the largest subunit being RFC140. We first identified the gene (rfc1) encoding the Drosophila RFC140 (dRFC140) protein and then isolated a mutant. The phenotypes suggested that the gene is essential for cell-cycle progression, and immunocytochemical studies also indicated a relation between its expression and the cell cycle. The rfc1 gene contains three DRE-like sequences in its 5'-flanking region, one of them perfectly matching DRE and the other two demonstrating a match in seven of eight nucleotides. These sequences were named DRE1 (-63 to -69), DRE2 (-378 to -385), and DRE3 (-1127 to -1134), respectively. Immunostaining of polytene chromosomes in third-instar larvae using anti-DREF sera detected a specific band in 82E2 of 3R chromosome, containing the rfc1 gene region. Band-mobility shift assays using Drosophila Kc cell nuclear extracts revealed that DREF binds to DRE1, -2, and -3 in vitro, and chromatin immunoprecipitation using anti-DREF IgG confirmed that this occurs in vivo. Luciferase transient expression assays in S2 cells further suggested that DREs in the rfc1 promoter are involved in transcriptional regulation of the gene. Moreover, rfc1 promoter activity was reduced by 38% in DREF double-stranded RNA-treated S2 cells. These results indicate that DREF positively regulates the rfc1 promoter.
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- Akihiro Tsuchiya
- Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
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Nievera C, Torgue JJC, Grimwade JE, Leonard AC. SeqA blocking of DnaA-oriC interactions ensures staged assembly of the E. coli pre-RC. Mol Cell 2007; 24:581-92. [PMID: 17114060 PMCID: PMC1939805 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2006.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2006] [Revised: 08/02/2006] [Accepted: 09/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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DnaA occupies only the three highest-affinity binding sites in E. coli oriC throughout most of the cell cycle. Immediately prior to initiation of chromosome replication, DnaA interacts with additional recognition sites, resulting in localized DNA-strand separation. These two DnaA-oriC complexes formed during the cell cycle are functionally and temporally analogous to yeast ORC and pre-RC. After initiation, SeqA binds to hemimethylated oriC, sequestering oriC while levels of active DnaA are reduced, preventing reinitiation. In this paper, we investigate how resetting of oriC to the ORC-like complex is coordinated with SeqA-mediated sequestration. We report that oriC resets to ORC during sequestration. This was possible because SeqA blocked DnaA binding to hemimethylated oriC only at low-affinity recognition sites associated with GATC but did not interfere with occupation of higher-affinity sites. Thus, during the sequestration period, SeqA repressed pre-RC assembly while ensuring resetting of E. coli ORC.
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- Corresponding author: Alan C. Leonard, Email , Tel. (321) 674 8577, Fax (321) 674 7990
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Grebneva HA. A model for targeted substitution mutagenesis during SOS replication of double-stranded DNA containing cis-syn cyclobutane thymine dimers. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2006; 47:733-45. [PMID: 17111422 DOI: 10.1002/em.20256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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A model for ultraviolet mutagenesis is described that is based on the formation of rare tautomeric bases in pyrimidine dimers. It is shown that during SOS synthesis the modified DNA-polymerase inserts canonical bases opposite the dimers; the inserted bases are capable of forming hydrogen bonds with bases in the template DNA. SOS-replication of double-stranded DNA having thymine dimers, with one or both bases in a rare tautomeric conformation, results in targeted transitions, transversions, or one-nucleotide gaps. Structural analysis indicates that one type of dimer containing a single tautomeric base (TT*(1), with the "*" indicating a rare tautomeric base and the subscript referring to the particular conformation) can cause A:T --> G:C transition or homologous A:T --> T:A transversion, while another dimer (TT*(2)) can cause a one-nucleotide gap. The dimers containing T*(4) result in A:T --> C:G transversion, while TT*(5) dimers can cause A:T --> C:G transversion or homologous A:T --> T:A transversion. If both bases in the dimer are in a rare tautomeric form, then tandem mutations or double-nucleotide gaps can be formed. The dimers containing the rare tautomeric forms T*'(1) , T*'(2), T*'(3), T*'(4), and T*'(5) may not result in mutations. The question of whether dimers containing T*'(4) and T*'(5) result in mutations requires further investigation.
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- Helen A Grebneva
- Donetsk Physical and Technical Institute, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Donetsk, Ukraine.
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Takemura M, Yoshida S, Akiyama T, Kitagawa M, Yamada Y. Role of the second-largest subunit of DNA polymerase alpha in the interaction between the catalytic subunit and hyperphosphorylated retinoblastoma protein in late S phase. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2006; 1764:1447-53. [PMID: 16935576 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2006.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2005] [Revised: 06/02/2006] [Accepted: 06/09/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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DNA polymerase alpha (pol-alpha) is a heterotetrameric enzyme (p180-p68-p58-p48 in mouse) that is essential for the initiation of chain elongation during DNA replication. The catalytic (p180) and p68 subunits of pol-alpha are phosphorylated by Cdk-cyclin complexes, with p68 being hyperphosphorylated by cyclin-dependent kinases in G(2) phase of the cell cycle. The activity of Cdk2-cyclin A increases during late S phase and peaks in G(2) phase. We have now examined the role of p68 in the interaction between the catalytic subunit of pol-alpha and hyperphosphorylated retinoblastoma protein (ppRb) and in the stimulation of the polymerase activity of pol-alpha by ppRb. With the use of recombinant proteins, we found that nonphosphorylated p68 inhibited the stimulation of pol-alpha activity by ppRb, suggesting that p68 might impede the association of ppRb with p180. Phosphorylation of p68 by Cdk2-cyclin A greatly reduced its inhibitory effect. Immunofluorescence analysis also revealed that ppRb localized at sites of DNA replication specifically in late S phase. These results suggest that Cdk-cyclin A can phosphorylate pol-alpha which may result in a conformational change in pol-alpha facilitating its interaction with and activation by ppRb.
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- Masaharu Takemura
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Science, RIKADAI, Kagurazaka 1-3, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan.
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Dinić S, Bogojević D, Petrović M, Poznanović G, Ivanovic-Matić S, Mihailović M. C/EBP alpha and C/EBP beta regulate haptoglobin gene expression during rat liver development and the acute-phase response. Mol Biol Rep 2006; 32:141-7. [PMID: 16172914 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-005-0750-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/05/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The participation of C/EBP alpha and C/EBP beta in the transcriptional regulation of the haptoglobin (Hp) gene throughout liver development and the acute-phase (AP) response was examined. Western immunoblot analysis revealed that the relative concentrations of C/EBP alpha and C/EBP beta increased during differentiation in two nuclear protein fractions - the nuclear extract and nuclear matrix. The AP reaction was accompanied by a decrease of the relative concentration of C/EBP alpha and an increase of C/EBP beta during development in both protein fractions. Using Western analysis after DNA-affinity chromatography it was observed that a 45 kDa C/EBP alpha isoform displayed a binding affinity towards the Hp gene hormone responsive element (HRE) in both pre- and postnatal livers. In the course of the AP response DNA binding of the 45 kDa isoform was detected only in the adult, when its binding affinity decreased. The 35 kDa C/EBP beta isoform exhibited a binding affinity towards the Hp HRE after the second week from birth, whereas the AP response promoted an enhanced binding of 35 kDa isoform after the first postnatal week. These results indicate that Hp gene transcription is regulated by C/EBP alpha during normal liver development, whereas C/EBP beta is involved in the AP regulation during the later phase of differentiation and in the adult.
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- Svetlana Dinić
- Department of Molecular Biology, Institute for Biological Research, Despot Stefan Blvd 142, Belgrade 11060, Serbia and Montenegro
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Kim JH, Kang YH, Kang HJ, Kim DH, Ryu GH, Kang MJ, Seo YS. In vivo and in vitro studies of Mgs1 suggest a link between genome instability and Okazaki fragment processing. Nucleic Acids Res 2005; 33:6137-50. [PMID: 16251400 PMCID: PMC1275582 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gki900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The non-essential MGS1 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is highly conserved in eukaryotes and encodes an enzyme containing both DNA-dependent ATPase and DNA annealing activities. MGS1 appears to function in post-replicational repair processes that contribute to genome stability. In this study, we identified MGS1 as a multicopy suppressor of the temperature-sensitive dna2Delta405N mutation, a DNA2 allele lacking the N-terminal 405 amino acid residues. Mgs1 stimulates the structure-specific nuclease activity of Rad27 (yeast Fen1 or yFen1) in an ATP-dependent manner. ATP binding but not hydrolysis was sufficient for the stimulatory effect of Mgs1, since non-hydrolyzable ATP analogs are as effective as ATP. Suppression of the temperature-sensitive growth defect of dna2Delta405N required the presence of a functional copy of RAD27, indicating that Mgs1 suppressed the dna2Delta405N mutation by increasing the activity of yFen1 (Rad27) in vivo. Our results provide in vivo and in vitro evidence that Mgs1 is involved in Okazaki fragment processing by modulating Fen1 activity. The data presented raise the possibility that the absence of MGS1 may impair the processing of Okazaki fragments, leading to genomic instability.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +82 42 869 2637; Fax: +82 42 869 2610;
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Kazmirski SL, Zhao Y, Bowman GD, O'donnell M, Kuriyan J. Out-of-plane motions in open sliding clamps: molecular dynamics simulations of eukaryotic and archaeal proliferating cell nuclear antigen. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:13801-6. [PMID: 16169903 PMCID: PMC1215310 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0506430102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sliding clamps are ring-like multimeric proteins that encircle duplex DNA and serve as mobile DNA-bound platforms that are essential for efficient DNA replication and repair. Sliding clamps are placed on DNA by clamp loader complexes, in which the clamp-interacting elements are organized in a right-handed spiral assembly. To understand how the flat, ring-like clamps might interact with the spiral interaction surface of the clamp loader complex, we have performed molecular dynamics simulations of sliding clamps (proliferating cell nuclear antigen from the budding yeast, humans, and an archaeal species) in which we have removed one of the three subunits so as to release the constraint of ring closure. The simulations reveal significant structural fluctuations corresponding to lateral opening and out-of-plane distortions of the clamp, which result principally from bending and twisting of the beta-sheets that span the intermolecular interfaces, with smaller but similar contributions from beta-sheets that span the intramolecular interfaces within each subunit. With the integrity of these beta-sheets intact, the predominant fluctuations seen in the simulations are oscillations between lateral openings and right-handed spirals. The tendency for clamps to adopt a right-handed spiral conformation implies that once opened, the conformation of the clamp can easily match the spiraling of clamp loader subunits, a feature that is intrinsic to the recognition of DNA and subsequent hydrolysis of ATP by the clamp-bound clamp loader complex.
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- Steven L Kazmirski
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology , Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Qian F, Noben-Trauth K. Cellular and molecular function of mucolipins (TRPML) and polycystin 2 (TRPP2). Pflugers Arch 2005; 451:277-85. [PMID: 15971078 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-005-1469-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2005] [Accepted: 05/01/2005] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Mucolipins (transient receptor potential mucolipin, TRPML) and polycystin-2 proteins (transient receptor potential polycystin, TRPP) constitute two small families of cation channels with motif and sequence similarities to the transient receptor potential (TRP) class of non-selective cation channels. Genetic defects in TRPML1 and TRPML3 in humans and in animal models cause the accumulation of large vacuoles, leading to a variety of cellular phenotypes including neurological and neurosensory deficiencies. TRPML1 is a Ca(2+)-, K(+)-, and Na(+)-permeable cation channel sensitive to pH changes, and regulates a critical step in the maturation of late endosomes to lysosomes. Mutations of TRPP2 in humans result in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Molecular studies have demonstrated that TRPP2 and TRPP3 proteins function as Ca(2+)-regulated, non-selective cation channels. During embryogenesis TRPP2 is active in node monocilia and plays a role in the establishment of left-right asymmetry. Recent results have indicated that TRPP2 interacts with polycystin-1 and that their interaction is important for their function as mechanosensitive channels at the primary cilium of renal epithelial cells. The interaction of polycystin family members appears to be conserved and is critical for fertilization and mating behavior. An emerging concept from the studies of the polycystin family is that they function as cation-influx based devices for sensing extracellular signals on ciliated structures. Here we review the function of TRPML1 and TRPP2 as representative members of these families, focusing on the genetics, physiology, and biochemistry.
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- Feng Qian
- Division of Nephrology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Saito M, Oyama T, Shirai T. Detection of subunit interfacial modifications by tracing the evolution of clamp–loader complex. Protein Eng Des Sel 2005; 18:139-45. [PMID: 15820979 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzi016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The archaeal and eukaryal clamp-loader and clamp proteins were investigated with the evolutionary trace method. The molecular phylogeny of the proteins suggested that the hetero-pentameric complex of the archaeal clamp-loader with two subunits (RFCL and RFCS) was not a preserved ancestral type, but a degenerated version of the eukaryal complex of five subunits (RFC1-5). The evolutionary trace of amino acid replacements during the course of subunit differentiation revealed that the replacements had accumulated preferentially at the subunit interface regions. Some of the interfacial modifications that might be responsible for the specific interaction between the subunits were conserved in the current complex.
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- Mihoko Saito
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan
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Gai D, Zhao R, Li D, Finkielstein CV, Chen XS. Mechanisms of conformational change for a replicative hexameric helicase of SV40 large tumor antigen. Cell 2004; 119:47-60. [PMID: 15454080 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2004.09.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2004] [Revised: 09/03/2004] [Accepted: 09/03/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The large tumor antigen (LTag) of simian virus 40, an AAA(+) protein, is a hexameric helicase essential for viral DNA replication in eukaryotic cells. LTag functions as an efficient molecular machine powered by ATP binding and hydrolysis for origin DNA melting and replication fork unwinding. To understand how ATP binding and hydrolysis are coupled to conformational changes, we have determined high-resolution structures ( approximately 1.9 A) of LTag hexamers in distinct nucleotide binding states. The structural differences of LTag in various nucleotide states detail the molecular mechanisms of conformational changes triggered by ATP binding/hydrolysis and reveal a potential mechanism of concerted nucleotide binding and hydrolysis. During these conformational changes, the angles and orientations between domains of a monomer alter, creating an "iris"-like motion in the hexamer. Additionally, six unique beta hairpins on the channel surface move longitudinally along the central channel, possibly serving as a motor for pulling DNA into the LTag double hexamer for unwinding.
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- Dahai Gai
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO 80262, USA
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Kazmirski SL, Podobnik M, Weitze TF, O'Donnell M, Kuriyan J. Structural analysis of the inactive state of the Escherichia coli DNA polymerase clamp-loader complex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:16750-5. [PMID: 15556993 PMCID: PMC529418 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0407904101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Clamp-loader complexes are heteropentameric AAA+ ATPases that load sliding clamps onto DNA. The structure of the nucleotide-free Escherichia coli clamp loader had been determined previously and led to the proposal that the clamp-loader cycles between an inactive state, in which the ATPase domains form a closed ring, and an active state that opens up to form a "C" shape. The crystal structure was interpreted as being closer to the active state than the inactive state. The crystal structure of a nucleotide-bound eukaryotic clamp loader [replication factor C (RFC)] revealed a different and more tightly packed spiral organization of the ATPase domains, raising questions about the significance of the conformation seen earlier for the bacterial clamp loader. We describe crystal structures of the E. coli clamp-loader complex bound to the ATP analog ATPgammaS (at a resolution of 3.5 A) and ADP (at a resolution of 4.1 A). These structures are similar to that of the nucleotide-free clamp-loader complex. Only two of the three functional ATP-binding sites are occupied by ATPgammaS or ADP in these structures, and the bound nucleotides make no interfacial contacts in the complex. These results, along with data from isothermal titration calorimetry, molecular dynamics simulations, and comparison with the RFC structure, suggest that the more open form of the E. coli clamp loader described earlier and in the present work corresponds to a stable inactive state of the clamp loader in which the ATPase domains are prevented from engaging the clamp in the highly cooperative manner seen in the fully ATP-loaded RFC-clamp structure.
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- Steven L Kazmirski
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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Menu dit Huart L, Lorentz O, Goureau O, Léveillard T, Sahel JA. DNA repair in the degenerating mouse retina. Mol Cell Neurosci 2004; 26:441-9. [PMID: 15234348 DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2004.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2003] [Revised: 04/02/2004] [Accepted: 04/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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In light of different recent results suggesting that the adult mammalian central nervous system can produce new neurons, possibly as an endogenous repair mechanism, we investigated whether neurogenesis occurs in response to photoreceptor degeneration in the rd1 mouse, a model of human-inherited retinal dystrophy. Bromodeoxy-Uridine (BrdU) incorporation and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression experiments detected cell proliferation in the extreme peripheral retina, in both wt and rd1 retina, independent of degeneration. BrdU incorporation and PCNA expression also occurred in rd1 photoreceptors. Our results strongly suggest that these photoreceptors undergo DNA repair: p53, PCNA, and DNA ligase IV are expressed before photoreceptor death, consistent with a model where photoreceptors expressing the rd1 mutation activate a process of DNA repair but which is overwhelmed by the disease mutation leading to apoptotic death. The existence of such a balance offers potential new targets for neuroprotective approaches.
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- L Menu dit Huart
- Laboratoire de Physiopathologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire de la Rétine, INSERM U 592 Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Bâtiment Kourilsky, 75571 Paris Cedex 12, France
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Toueille M, Hübscher U. Regulation of the DNA replication fork: a way to fight genomic instability. Chromosoma 2004; 113:113-25. [PMID: 15300444 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-004-0303-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2004] [Revised: 06/15/2004] [Accepted: 06/17/2004] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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DNA replication is a complex mechanism that functions due to the coordinated interplay of many factors. In the last few years, numerous studies have suggested that DNA replication factors are closely implicated in several DNA transaction events that maintain the integrity of the genome. Therefore, DNA replication fork factors have to be considered as part of a general process that aims to protect and replicate the genome in order to allow correct functioning of a cell and its eventual daughter cells. This is illustrated by the numerous factors that have a well-defined function at the DNA replication fork, but also play crucial roles in different DNA repair pathways such as base excision repair, nucleotide excision repair, double-strand break repair, and mismatch repair. Moreover, several of the replisome proteins have also been shown to be essential in sensing and transducing DNA damages through the checkpoint cascade pathways, including the recently characterised alternative clamps and clamp-loaders. In this review we present DNA replication factors that are involved in different DNA transaction and checkpoint regulation pathways, with emphasis on the link between DNA replication and maintenance of genomic stability.
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- Magali Toueille
- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Zürich-Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Munshi A, Cannella D, Brickner H, Salles-Passador I, Podust V, Fotedar R, Fotedar A. Cell cycle-dependent phosphorylation of the large subunit of replication factor C (RF-C) leads to its dissociation from the RF-C complex. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:48467-73. [PMID: 12947101 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309349200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The five subunit replication factor C (RF-C) complex plays a critical role in DNA elongation. We find that the large subunit of RF-C (RF-Cp145) is phosphorylated in vivo whereas the smaller RF-C subunits are not phosphorylated. The phosphorylation of endogenous RFCp145 is modulated in a cell cycle-dependent manner. Phosphorylation is maximal in G2/M and is inhibited by an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases. Phosphorylation of purified recombinant RF-C complex in vitro reveals that RF-Cp145 is preferentially phosphorylated by cdc2-cyclin B but not by cdk2-cyclin A or cdk2-cyclin E. In vitro phosphorylation of RF-C complex by cdc2-cyclin B kinases leads to dissociation of phosphorylated RFCp145 from the RF-C complex. Using different approaches we demonstrate that phosphorylated RFCp145 is indeed dissociated from RF-Cp40 and RF-Cp37 in vivo. These results suggest that destabilization of the RF-C complex by CDKs may inactivate the RF-C complex at the end of S phase.
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- Anil Munshi
- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, California 92121, USA
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