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Lin W, Chu L, Su Y, Xie R, Yao X, Zan X, Xu P, Liu W. Limit and screen sequences with high degree of secondary structures in DNA storage by deep learning method. Comput Biol Med 2023; 166:107548. [PMID: 37801922 DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2023.107548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2023] [Revised: 08/24/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND In single-stranded DNAs/RNAs, secondary structures are very common especially in long sequences. It has been recognized that the high degree of secondary structures in DNA sequences could interfere with the correct writing and reading of information in DNA storage. However, how to circumvent its side-effect is seldom studied. METHOD As the degree of secondary structures of DNA sequences is closely related to the magnitude of the free energy released in the complicated folding process, we first investigate the free-energy distribution at different encoding lengths based on randomly generated DNA sequences. Then, we construct a bidirectional long short-term (BiLSTM)-attention deep learning model to predict the free energy of sequences. RESULTS Our simulation results indicate that the free energy of DNA sequences at a specific length follows a right skewed distribution and the mean increases as the length increases. Given a tolerable free energy threshold of 20 kcal/mol, we could control the ratio of serious secondary structures in the encoding sequences to within 1% of the significant level through selecting a feasible encoding length of 100 nt. Compared with traditional deep learning models, the proposed model could achieve a better prediction performance both in the mean relative error (MRE) and the coefficient of determination (R2). It achieved MRE = 0.109 and R2 = 0.918 respectively in the simulation experiment. The combination of the BiLSTM and attention module can handle the long-term dependencies and capture the feature of base pairing. Further, the prediction has a linear time complexity which is suitable for detecting sequences with severe secondary structures in future large-scale applications. Finally, 70 of 94 predicted free energy can be screened out on a real dataset. It demonstrates that the proposed model could screen out some highly suspicious sequences which are prone to produce more errors and low sequencing copies.
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- Wanmin Lin
- Institute of Computing Science and Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Computing Science and Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Computing Science and Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Computing Science and Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Computing Science and Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Computing Science and Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
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- Institute of Computing Science and Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; School of Computer Science of Information Technology, Qiannan Normal University for Nationalities, Duyun, Guizhou, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Image Analysis and Application, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
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- Institute of Computing Science and Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Image Analysis and Application, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
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Dangerfield TL, Paik I, Bhadra S, Johnson KA, Ellington A. Kinetics of elementary steps in loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) show that strand invasion during initiation is rate-limiting. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:488-499. [PMID: 36583345 PMCID: PMC9841402 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac1221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) has proven to be easier to implement than PCR for point-of-care diagnostic tests. However, the underlying mechanism of LAMP is complicated and the kinetics of the major steps in LAMP have not been fully elucidated, which prevents rational improvements in assay development. Here we present our work to characterize the kinetics of the elementary steps in LAMP and show that: (i) strand invasion / initiation is the rate-limiting step in the LAMP reaction; (ii) the loop primer plays an important role in accelerating the rate of initiation and does not function solely during the exponential amplification phase and (iii) strand displacement synthesis by Bst-LF polymerase is relatively fast (125 nt/s) and processive on both linear and hairpin templates, although with some interruptions on high GC content templates. Building on these data, we were able to develop a kinetic model that relates the individual kinetic experiments to the bulk LAMP reaction. The assays developed here provide important insights into the mechanism of LAMP, and the overall model should be crucial in engineering more sensitive and faster LAMP reactions. The kinetic methods we employ should likely prove useful with other isothermal DNA amplification methods.
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- Tyler L Dangerfield
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
- Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Hreusova M, Brabec V, Novakova O. Processing and Bypass of a Site-Specific DNA Adduct of the Cytotoxic Platinum-Acridinylthiourea Conjugate by Polymerases Involved in DNA Repair: Biochemical and Thermodynamic Aspects. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221910838. [PMID: 34639179 PMCID: PMC8509567 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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DNA-dependent DNA and RNA polymerases are important modulators of biological functions such as replication, transcription, recombination, or repair. In this work performed in cell-free media, we studied the ability of selected DNA polymerases to overcome a monofunctional adduct of the cytotoxic/antitumor platinum–acridinylthiourea conjugate [PtCl(en)(L)](NO3)2 (en = ethane-1,2-diamine, L = 1-[2-(acridin-9-ylamino)ethyl]-1,3-dimethylthiourea) (ACR) in its favored 5′-CG sequence. We focused on how a single site-specific ACR adduct with intercalation potency affects the processivity and fidelity of DNA-dependent DNA polymerases involved in translesion synthesis (TLS) and repair. The ability of the G(N7) hybrid ACR adduct formed in the 5′-TCGT sequence of a 24-mer DNA template to inhibit the synthesis of a complementary DNA strand by the exonuclease-deficient Klenow fragment of DNA polymerase I (KFexo−) and human polymerases eta, kappa, and iota was supplemented by thermodynamic analysis of the polymerization process. Thermodynamic parameters of a simulated translesion synthesis across the ACR adduct were obtained by using microscale thermophoresis (MST). Our results show a strong inhibitory effect of an ACR adduct on enzymatic TLS: there was only small synthesis of a full-length product (less than 10%) except polymerase eta (~20%). Polymerase eta was able to most efficiently bypass the ACR hybrid adduct. Incorporation of a correct dCMP opposite the modified G residue is preferred by all the four polymerases tested. On the other hand, the frequency of misinsertions increased. The relative efficiency of misinsertions is higher than that of matched cytidine monophosphate but still lower than for the nonmodified control duplex. Thermodynamic inspection of the simulated TLS revealed a significant stabilization of successively extended primer/template duplexes containing an ACR adduct. Moreover, no significant decrease of dissociation enthalpy change behind the position of the modification can contribute to the enzymatic TLS observed with the DNA-dependent, repair-involved polymerases. This TLS could lead to a higher tolerance of cancer cells to the ACR conjugate compared to its enhanced analog, where thiourea is replaced by an amidine group: [PtCl(en)(L)](NO3)2 (complex AMD, en = ethane-1,2-diamine, L = N-[2-(acridin-9-ylamino)ethyl]-N-methylpropionamidine).
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- Monika Hreusova
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Kralovopolska 135, CZ 61265 Brno, Czech Republic; (M.H.); (V.B.)
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Kralovopolska 135, CZ 61265 Brno, Czech Republic; (M.H.); (V.B.)
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Slechtitelu 27, CZ 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Kralovopolska 135, CZ 61265 Brno, Czech Republic; (M.H.); (V.B.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +420-541-517-135
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Hreusova M, Novakova O, Brabec V. Thermodynamic Insights by Microscale Thermophoresis into Translesion DNA Synthesis Catalyzed by DNA Polymerases Across a Lesion of Antitumor Platinum-Acridine Complex. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21207806. [PMID: 33096927 PMCID: PMC7589001 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21207806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Translesion synthesis (TLS) through DNA adducts of antitumor platinum complexes has been an interesting aspect of DNA synthesis in cells treated with these metal-based drugs because of its correlation to drug sensitivity. We utilized model systems employing a DNA lesion derived from a site-specific monofunctional adduct formed by antitumor [PtCl(en)(L)](NO3)2 (complex AMD, en = ethane-1,2-diamine, L = N-[2-(acridin-9-ylamino)ethyl]-N-methylpropionamidine) at a unique G residue. The catalytic efficiency of TLS DNA polymerases, which differ in their processivity and fidelity for the insertion of correct dCTP, with respect to the other incorrect nucleotides, opposite the adduct of AMD, was investigated. For a deeper understanding of the factors that control the bypass of the site-specific adducts of AMD catalyzed by DNA polymerases, we also used microscale thermophoresis (MST) to measure the thermodynamic changes associated with TLS across a single, site-specific adduct formed in DNA by AMD. The relative catalytic efficiency of the investigated DNA polymerases for the insertion of correct dCTP, with respect to the other incorrect nucleotides, opposite the AMD adduct, was reduced. Nevertheless, incorporation of the correct C opposite the G modified by AMD of the template strand was promoted by an increasing thermodynamic stability of the resulting duplex. The reduced relative efficiency of the investigated DNA polymerases may be a consequence of the DNA intercalation of the acridine moiety of AMD and the size of the adduct. The products of the bypass of this monofunctional lesion produced by AMD and DNA polymerases also resulted from the misincorporation of dNTPs opposite the platinated G residues. The MST analysis suggested that thermodynamic factors may contribute to the forces that governed enhanced incorporation of the incorrect dNTPs by DNA polymerases.
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- Monika Hreusova
- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Kralovopolska 135, CZ-61265 Brno, Czech Republic; (M.H.); (O.N.)
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, Slechtitelu 27, CZ 78371 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Kralovopolska 135, CZ-61265 Brno, Czech Republic; (M.H.); (O.N.)
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- Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Kralovopolska 135, CZ-61265 Brno, Czech Republic; (M.H.); (O.N.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +420-541-517-148
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Ghodke PP, Guengerich FP. Impact of 1, N 6-ethenoadenosine, a damaged ribonucleotide in DNA, on translesion synthesis and repair. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:6092-6107. [PMID: 32213600 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra120.012829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Incorporation of ribonucleotides into DNA can severely diminish genome integrity. However, how ribonucleotides instigate DNA damage is poorly understood. In DNA, they can promote replication stress and genomic instability and have been implicated in several diseases. We report here the impact of the ribonucleotide rATP and of its naturally occurring damaged analog 1,N 6-ethenoadenosine (1,N 6-ϵrA) on translesion synthesis (TLS), mediated by human DNA polymerase η (hpol η), and on RNase H2-mediated incision. Mass spectral analysis revealed that 1,N 6-ϵrA in DNA generates extensive frameshifts during TLS, which can lead to genomic instability. Moreover, steady-state kinetic analysis of the TLS process indicated that deoxypurines (i.e. dATP and dGTP) are inserted predominantly opposite 1,N 6-ϵrA. We also show that hpol η acts as a reverse transcriptase in the presence of damaged ribonucleotide 1,N 6-ϵrA but has poor RNA primer extension activities. Steady-state kinetic analysis of reverse transcription and RNA primer extension showed that hpol η favors the addition of dATP and dGTP opposite 1,N 6-ϵrA. We also found that RNase H2 recognizes 1,N 6-ϵrA but has limited incision activity across from this lesion, which can lead to the persistence of this detrimental DNA adduct. We conclude that the damaged and unrepaired ribonucleotide 1,N 6-ϵrA in DNA exhibits mutagenic potential and can also alter the reading frame in an mRNA transcript because 1,N 6-ϵrA is incompletely incised by RNase H2.
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- Pratibha P Ghodke
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37323-0146
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37323-0146.
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Xu W, Zhao W, Morehouse N, Tree MO, Zhao L. Divalent Cations Alter the Rate-Limiting Step of PrimPol-Catalyzed DNA Elongation. J Mol Biol 2019; 431:673-686. [PMID: 30633872 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.01.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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PrimPol is the most recently discovered human DNA polymerase/primase and plays an emerging role in nuclear and mitochondrial genomic maintenance. As a member of archaeo-eukaryotic primase superfamily enzymes, PrimPol possesses DNA polymerase and primase activities that are important for replication fork progression in vitro and in cellulo. The enzymatic activities of PrimPol are critically dependent on the nucleotidyl-transfer reaction to incorporate deoxyribonucleotides successively; however, our knowledge concerning the kinetic mechanism of the reaction remains incomplete. Using enzyme kinetic analyses and computer simulations, we dissected the mechanism by which PrimPol transfers a nucleotide to a primer-template DNA, which comprises DNA binding, conformational transition, nucleotide binding, phosphoester bond formation, and dissociation steps. We obtained the rate constants of the steps by steady-state and pre-steady-state kinetic analyses and simulations. Our data demonstrate that the rate-limiting step of PrimPol-catalyzed DNA elongation depends on the metal cofactor involved. In the presence of Mn2+, a conformational transition step from non-productive to productive PrimPol:DNA complexes limits the enzymatic turnover, whereas in the presence of Mg2+, the chemical step becomes rate limiting. As evidenced from our kinetic and simulation data, PrimPol maintains the same kinetic mechanism under either millimolar or physiological micromolar Mn2+ concentration. Our study revealed the underlying mechanism by which PrimPol catalyzes nucleotide incorporation with two common metal cofactors and provides a kinetic basis for further understanding the regulatory mechanism of this functionally diverse primase-polymerase.
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- Wenyan Xu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA; Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA.
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Malik O, Khamis H, Rudnizky S, Marx A, Kaplan A. Pausing kinetics dominates strand-displacement polymerization by reverse transcriptase. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:10190-10205. [PMID: 28973474 PMCID: PMC5737391 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2017] [Accepted: 08/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Reverse transcriptase (RT) catalyzes the conversion of the viral RNA into an integration-competent double-stranded DNA, with a variety of enzymatic activities that include the ability to displace a non-template strand concomitantly with polymerization. Here, using high-resolution optical tweezers to follow the activity of the murine leukemia Virus RT, we show that strand-displacement polymerization is frequently interrupted. Abundant pauses are modulated by the strength of the DNA duplex ∼8 bp ahead, indicating the existence of uncharacterized RT/DNA interactions, and correspond to backtracking of the enzyme, whose recovery is also modulated by the duplex strength. Dissociation and reinitiation events, which induce long periods of inactivity and are likely the rate-limiting step in the synthesis of the genome in vivo, are modulated by the template structure and the viral nucleocapsid protein. Our results emphasize the potential regulatory role of conserved structural motifs, and may provide useful information for the development of potent and specific inhibitors.
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- Omri Malik
- Faculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.,Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.,Faculty of Physics, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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- Faculty of Biology, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel.,Russell Berrie Nanotechnology Institute, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 32000, Israel
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Guengerich FP, Zhao L, Pence MG, Egli M. Structure and function of the translesion DNA polymerases and interactions with damaged DNA. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pisc.2014.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Novakova O, Liskova B, Vystrcilova J, Suchankova T, Vrana O, Starha P, Travnicek Z, Brabec V. Conformation and recognition of DNA damaged by antitumor cis-dichlorido platinum(II) complex of CDK inhibitor bohemine. Eur J Med Chem 2014; 78:54-64. [PMID: 24675180 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.03.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2013] [Revised: 02/20/2014] [Accepted: 03/14/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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A substitution of the ammine ligands of cisplatin, cis-[Pt(NH3)2Cl2], for cyclin dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor bohemine (boh), [2-(3-hydroxypropylamino)-6-benzylamino-9-isopropylpurine], results in a compound, cis-[Pt(boh)2Cl2] (C1), with the unique anticancer profile which may be associated with some features of the damaged DNA and/or its cellular processing (Travnicek Z et al. (2003) J Inorg Biochem94, 307-316; Liskova B (2012) Chem Res Toxicol25, 500-509). A combination of biochemical and molecular biology techniques was used to establish mechanistic differences between cisplatin and C1 with respect to the DNA damage they produce and their interactions with critical DNA-binding proteins, DNA-processing enzymes and glutathione. The results show that replacement of the NH3 groups in cisplatin by bohemine modulates some aspects of the mechanism of action of C1. More specifically, the results of the present work are consistent with the thesis that, in comparison with cisplatin, effects of other factors, such as: (i) slower rate of initial binding of C1 to DNA; (ii) the lower efficiency of C1 to form bifunctional adducts; (iii) the reduced bend of longitudinal DNA axis induced by the major 1,2-GG intrastrand cross-link of C1; (iv) the reduced affinity of HMG domain proteins to the major adduct of C1; (v) the enhanced efficiency of the DNA adducts of C1 to block DNA polymerization and to inhibit transcription activity of human RNA pol II and RNA transcription; (vi) slower rate of the reaction of C1 with glutathione, may partially contribute to the unique activity of C1.
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- Olga Novakova
- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of The Czech Republic, v.v.i., CZ-61265 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of The Czech Republic, v.v.i., CZ-61265 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of The Czech Republic, v.v.i., CZ-61265 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of The Czech Republic, v.v.i., CZ-61265 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of The Czech Republic, v.v.i., CZ-61265 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 12, CZ-77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 12, CZ-77146 Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of The Czech Republic, v.v.i., CZ-61265 Brno, Czech Republic.
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Vilfan ID, Tsai YC, Clark TA, Wegener J, Dai Q, Yi C, Pan T, Turner SW, Korlach J. Analysis of RNA base modification and structural rearrangement by single-molecule real-time detection of reverse transcription. J Nanobiotechnology 2013; 11:8. [PMID: 23552456 PMCID: PMC3623877 DOI: 10.1186/1477-3155-11-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2012] [Accepted: 01/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Background Zero-mode waveguides (ZMWs) are photonic nanostructures that create highly confined optical observation volumes, thereby allowing single-molecule-resolved biophysical studies at relatively high concentrations of fluorescent molecules. This principle has been successfully applied in single-molecule, real-time (SMRT®) DNA sequencing for the detection of DNA sequences and DNA base modifications. In contrast, RNA sequencing methods cannot provide sequence and RNA base modifications concurrently as they rely on complementary DNA (cDNA) synthesis by reverse transcription followed by sequencing of cDNA. Thus, information on RNA modifications is lost during the process of cDNA synthesis. Results Here we describe an application of SMRT technology to follow the activity of reverse transcriptase enzymes synthesizing cDNA on thousands of single RNA templates simultaneously in real time with single nucleotide turnover resolution using arrays of ZMWs. This method thereby obtains information from the RNA template directly. The analysis of the kinetics of the reverse transcriptase can be used to identify RNA base modifications, shown by example for N6-methyladenine (m6A) in oligonucleotides and in a specific mRNA extracted from total cellular mRNA. Furthermore, the real-time reverse transcriptase dynamics informs about RNA secondary structure and its rearrangements, as demonstrated on a ribosomal RNA and an mRNA template. Conclusions Our results highlight the feasibility of studying RNA modifications and RNA structural rearrangements in ZMWs in real time. In addition, they suggest that technology can be developed for direct RNA sequencing provided that the reverse transcriptase is optimized to resolve homonucleotide stretches in RNA.
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Mlcouskova J, Malina J, Novohradsky V, Kasparkova J, Komeda S, Brabec V. Energetics, conformation, and recognition of DNA duplexes containing a major adduct of an anticancer azolato-bridged dinuclear PtII complex. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2012; 1820:1502-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2012.05.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2012] [Revised: 05/25/2012] [Accepted: 05/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Baranauskas A, Paliksa S, Alzbutas G, Vaitkevicius M, Lubiene J, Letukiene V, Burinskas S, Sasnauskas G, Skirgaila R. Generation and characterization of new highly thermostable and processive M-MuLV reverse transcriptase variants. Protein Eng Des Sel 2012; 25:657-68. [PMID: 22691702 DOI: 10.1093/protein/gzs034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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In vitro synthesis of cDNA is one of the most important techniques in present molecular biology. Faithful synthesis of long cDNA on highly structured RNA templates requires thermostable and processive reverse transcriptases. In a recent attempt to increase the thermostability of the wt Moloney Murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase (M-MuLV RT), we have employed the compartmentalized ribosome display (CRD) evolution in vitro technique and identified a large set of previously unknown mutations that enabled cDNA synthesis at elevated temperatures. In this study, we have characterized a group of the M-MuLV RT variants (28 novel amino acid positions, 84 point mutants) carrying the individual mutations. The performance of point mutants (thermal inactivation rate, substrate-binding affinity and processivity) correlated remarkably well with the mutation selection frequency in the CRD experiment. By combining the best-performing mutations D200N, L603W, T330P, L139P and E607K, we have generated highly processive and thermostable multiply-mutated M-MuLV RT variants. The processivity of the best-performing multiple mutant increased to 1500 nt (65-fold improvement in comparison to the wt enzyme), and the maximum temperature of the full-length 7.5-kb cDNA synthesis was raised to 62°C (17° higher in comparison with the wt enzyme).
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Eshaghi A, Duvvuri VR, Lai R, Nadarajah JT, Li A, Patel SN, Low DE, Gubbay JB. Genetic variability of human respiratory syncytial virus A strains circulating in Ontario: a novel genotype with a 72 nucleotide G gene duplication. PLoS One 2012; 7:e32807. [PMID: 22470426 PMCID: PMC3314658 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2011] [Accepted: 02/06/2012] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Human respiratory syncytial virus (HRSV) is the main cause of acute lower respiratory infections in children under 2 years of age and causes repeated infections throughout life. We investigated the genetic variability of RSV-A circulating in Ontario during 2010–2011 winter season by sequencing and phylogenetic analysis of the G glycoprotein gene. Among the 201 consecutive RSV isolates studied, RSV-A (55.7%) was more commonly observed than RSV-B (42.3%). 59.8% and 90.1% of RSV-A infections were among children ≤12 months and ≤5 years old, respectively. On phylogenetic analysis of the second hypervariable region of the 112 RSV-A strains, 110 (98.2%) clustered within or adjacent to the NA1 genotype; two isolates were GA5 genotype. Eleven (10%) NA1-related isolates clustered together phylogenetically as a novel RSV-A genotype, named ON1, containing a 72 nucleotide duplication in the C-terminal region of the attachment (G) glycoprotein. The predicted polypeptide is lengthened by 24 amino acids and includes a23 amino acid duplication. Using RNA secondary structural software, a possible mechanism of duplication occurrence was derived. The 23 amino acid ON1 G gene duplication results in a repeat of 7 potential O-glycosylation sites including three O-linked sugar acceptors at residues 270, 275, and 283. Using Phylogenetic Analysis by Maximum Likelihood analysis, a total of 19 positively selected sites were observed among Ontario NA1 isolates; six were found to be codons which reverted to the previous state observed in the prototype RSV-A2 strain. The tendency of codon regression in the G-ectodomain may infer a decreased avidity of antibody to the current circulating strains. Further work is needed to document and further understand the emergence, virulence, pathogenicity and transmissibility of this novel RSV-A genotype with a72 nucleotide G gene duplication.
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- AliReza Eshaghi
- Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Duvvuri B, Duvvuri VR, Wu J, Wu GE. Stabilised DNA secondary structures with increasing transcription localise hypermutable bases for somatic hypermutation in IGHV3-23. Immunogenetics 2012; 64:481-96. [PMID: 22391874 DOI: 10.1007/s00251-012-0607-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2011] [Accepted: 02/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Somatic hypermutation (SHM) mediated by activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) is a transcription-coupled mechanism most responsible for generating high affinity antibodies. An issue remaining enigmatic in SHM is how AID is preferentially targeted during transcription to hypermutable bases in its substrates (WRC motifs) on both DNA strands. AID targets only single stranded DNA. By modelling the dynamical behaviour of IGHV3-23 DNA, a commonly used human variable gene segment, we observed that hypermutable bases on the non-transcribed strand are paired whereas those on transcribed strand are mostly unpaired. Hypermutable bases (both paired and unpaired) are made accessible to AID in stabilised secondary structures formed with increasing transcription levels. This observation provides a rationale for the hypermutable bases on both the strands of DNA being targeted to a similar extent despite having differences in unpairedness. We propose that increasing transcription and RNAP II stalling resulting in the formation and stabilisation of stem-loop structures with AID hotspots in negatively supercoiled region can localise the hypermutable bases of both strands of DNA, to AID-mediated SHM.
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- Bhargavi Duvvuri
- School of Kinesiology & Health Science, Faculty of Health, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, ON M3J 1P3, Canada.
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Sherrer SM, Sanman LE, Xia CX, Bolin ER, Malik CK, Efthimiopoulos G, Basu AK, Suo Z. Kinetic analysis of the bypass of a bulky DNA lesion catalyzed by human Y-family DNA polymerases. Chem Res Toxicol 2012; 25:730-40. [PMID: 22324639 DOI: 10.1021/tx200531y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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1-Nitropyrene (1-NP), a mutagen and potential carcinogen, is the most abundant nitro polyaromatic hydrocarbon in diesel exhaust, which reacts with DNA to form predominantly N-(deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-1-aminopyrene (dG(AP)). If not repaired, this DNA lesion is presumably bypassed in vivo by any of human Y-family DNA polymerases kappa (hPolκ), iota (hPolι), eta (hPolη), and Rev1 (hRev1). Our running start assays demonstrated that each of these enzymes was indeed capable of traversing a site-specifically placed dG(AP) on a synthetic DNA template but that hRev1 was stopped after lesion bypass. The time required to bypass 50% of the dG(AP) sites (t(50)(bypass)) encountered by hPolη, hPolκ, and hPolι was determined to be 2.5 s, 4.1 s, and 106.5 s, respectively. The efficiency order of catalyzing translesion synthesis of dG(AP) (hPolη > hPolκ > hPolι ≫ hRev1) is the same as the order for these human Y-family enzymes to elongate undamaged DNA. Although hPolη bypassed dG(AP) efficiently, replication by both hPolκ and hPolι was strongly stalled at the lesion site and at a site immediately downstream from dG(AP). By employing presteady state kinetic methods, a kinetic basis was established for polymerase pausing at these DNA template sites. Besides efficiency of bypass, the fidelity of those low-fidelity polymerases at these pause sites was also significantly decreased. Thus, if the translesion DNA synthesis of dG(AP)in vivo is catalyzed by a human Y-family DNA polymerase, e.g., hPolη, the process is certainly mutagenic.
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- Shanen M Sherrer
- Departments of Biochemistry and Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Pryor JM, Washington MT. Pre-steady state kinetic studies show that an abasic site is a cognate lesion for the yeast Rev1 protein. DNA Repair (Amst) 2011; 10:1138-44. [PMID: 21975119 PMCID: PMC3197757 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2011] [Revised: 08/16/2011] [Accepted: 08/30/2011] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Rev1 is a eukaryotic DNA polymerase that rescues replication forks stalled at sites of DNA damage by inserting nucleotides opposite the damaged template bases. Yeast genetic studies suggest that Rev1 plays an important role in rescuing replication forks stalled at one of the most common forms of DNA damage, an abasic site; however, steady state kinetic studies suggest that an abasic site acts as a significant block to nucleotide incorporation by Rev1. Here we examined the pre-steady state kinetics of nucleotide incorporation by yeast Rev1 with damaged and non-damaged DNA substrates. We found that yeast Rev1 is capable of rapid nucleotide incorporation, but only a small fraction of the protein molecules possessed this robust activity. We characterized the nucleotide incorporation by the catalytically robust fraction of yeast Rev1 and found that it efficiently incorporated dCTP opposite a template abasic site under pre-steady state conditions. We conclude from these studies that the abasic site is a cognate lesion for Rev1.
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- John M. Pryor
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242-1109
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA 52242-1109
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Evolution of coordinated mutagenesis and somatic hypermutation in VH5. Mol Immunol 2011; 49:537-48. [PMID: 22056943 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2011.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2011] [Accepted: 10/06/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The VH5 human antibody gene was analyzed using a computer program (mfg) which simulates transcription, to better understand transcription-driven mutagenesis events that occur during "phase 1" of somatic hypermutation. Results show that the great majority of mutations in the non-transcribed strand occur within loops of two predicted high-stability stem-loop structures, termed SLSs 14.9 and 13.9. In fact, 89% of the 2505 mutations reported are within the encoded complementarity-determining region (CDR) and occur in loops of these high-stability structures. In vitro studies were also done and verified the existence of SLS 14.9. Following the formation of SLSs 14.9 and 13.9, a sustained period of transcriptional activity occurs within a window size of 60-70 nucleotides. During this period, the stability of these two SLSs does not change, and may provide the substrate for base exchanges and mutagenesis. The data suggest that many mutable bases are exposed simultaneously at pause sites, allowing for coordinated mutagenesis.
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Giraut A, Herdewijn P. Influence of the linkage between leaving group and nucleoside on substrate efficiency for incorporation in DNA catalyzed by reverse transcriptase. Chembiochem 2010; 11:1399-403. [PMID: 20533494 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201000128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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An amino acid deoxyadenosine phosphoramidate and the corresponding phosphodiester congener have been synthesized and tested for primer extension by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. Replacement of the phosphoramidate linkage of L-histidine-dAMP by a phosphodiester linkage was found to have a beneficial influence on the affinity of this substrate towards HIV-1 reverse transcriptase and on the velocity of the nucleotide incorporation reaction. Modifications of the nature of the P--X bond can be useful to fine-tune the substrate properties of nucleoside triphosphate analogues. Our results also demonstrate that polymerization pausing observed during the incorporation of leaving group modified dNTPs is not caused by the nature of the linkage.
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- Anne Giraut
- Rega Institute Laboratory for Medicinal Chemistry, Catholic University Leuven, Minderborederstraat 10, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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cis-Acting sequences that contribute to synthesis of minus-strand DNA are not conserved between hepadnaviruses. J Virol 2010; 84:12824-31. [PMID: 20926578 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01487-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Hepadnaviruses are DNA viruses that are found in several mammalian and avian species. These viruses replicate their genome through reverse transcription of an RNA intermediate termed pregenomic RNA (pgRNA). pgRNA is reverse transcribed by the viral polymerase into a minus-strand DNA, followed by synthesis of the plus-strand DNA. There are multiple cis-acting sequences that contribute to the synthesis of minus-strand DNA for human hepatitis B virus (HBV). Less is known about the cis-acting sequences of avian hepadnaviruses that contribute to synthesis of minus-strand DNA. To identify cis-acting sequences of duck hepatitis B virus (DHBV) and heron hepatitis B virus (HHBV), we analyzed variants containing 200-nucleotide (nt) deletions. Most variants of DHBV synthesized minus-strand DNA to 50 to 100% of the wild-type (WT) level, while two variants synthesized less than 50%. For HHBV, most variants synthesized minus-strand DNA to less than 50% the WT level. These results differ from those for HBV, where most of the genome can be removed with little consequence. HBV contains a sequence, φ, that contributes to the synthesis of minus-strand DNA. It has been proposed that DHBV has an analogous sequence. We determined that the proposed φ sequence of DHBV does not contribute to the synthesis of minus-strand DNA. Finally, we found that the DR2 sequence present in all hepadnaviruses is important for synthesis of minus-strand DNA in both DHBV and HHBV but not in HBV. These differences in cis-acting sequences suggest that the individual hepadnaviruses have evolved differences in their mechanisms for synthesizing minus-strand DNA, more so than for other steps in replication.
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Novakova O, Malina J, Suchankova T, Kasparkova J, Bugarcic T, Sadler PJ, Brabec V. Energetics, conformation, and recognition of DNA duplexes modified by monodentate Ru(II) complexes containing terphenyl arenes. Chemistry 2010; 16:5744-54. [PMID: 20376825 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200903078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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We studied the thermodynamic properties, conformation, and recognition of DNA duplexes site-specifically modified by monofunctional adducts of Ru(II) complexes of the type [Ru(II)(eta(6)-arene)(Cl)(en)](+), in which arene=para-, meta-, or ortho-terphenyl (complexes 1, 2, and 3, respectively) and en=1,2-diaminoethane. It has been shown (J. Med. Chem. 2008, 51, 5310) that 1 exhibits promising cytotoxic effects in human tumor cells, whereas 2 and 3 are much less cytotoxic; concomitantly with the high cytotoxicity of 1, its DNA binding mode involves combined intercalative and monofunctional (coordination) binding modes, whereas less cytotoxic compounds 2 and 3 bind to DNA only through a monofunctional coordination to DNA bases. An analysis of conformational distortions induced in DNA by adducts of 1 and 2 revealed more extensive and stronger distortion and concomitantly greater thermodynamic destabilization of DNA by the adducts of nonintercalating 2. Moreover, affinity of replication protein A to the DNA duplex containing adduct of 1 was pronouncedly lower than to the adduct of 2. On the other hand, another damaged-DNA-binding protein, xeroderma pigmentosum protein A, did not recognize the DNA adduct of 1 or 2. Importantly, the adducts of 1 induced a considerably lower level of repair synthesis than the adducts of 2, which suggests enhanced persistence of the adducts of the more potent and intercalating 1 in comparison with the adducts of the less potent and nonintercalating 2. Also interestingly, the adducts of 1 inhibited DNA polymerization more efficiently than the adducts of 2, and they could also be bypassed by DNA polymerases with greater difficulty. Results of the present work along with those previously published support the view that monodentate Ru(II) arene complexes belong to a class of anticancer agents for which structure-pharmacological relationships might be correlated with their DNA-binding modes.
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- Olga Novakova
- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i., Kralovopolska 135, 61265 Brno, Czech Republic
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Cytotoxicity, cellular uptake, glutathione and DNA interactions of an antitumor large-ring Pt II chelate complex incorporating the cis-1,4-diaminocyclohexane carrier ligand. Biochem Pharmacol 2010; 79:552-64. [PMID: 19782655 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2009.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2009] [Revised: 08/28/2009] [Accepted: 09/18/2009] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Earlier studies have described promising antitumor activity of a large-ring chelate complex [PtCl(2)(cis-1,4-DACH)] (DACH=diaminocyclohexane). Encouraging antitumor activity of this analogue of cisplatin prompted us to perform studies focused on the mechanistic basis of pharmacological effects of this complex. Four early steps in the mechanism of biological activity of cisplatin have been delineated: cell entry, reactions with sulfur-containing compounds, platinum-DNA binding along with processing platinated DNA by proteins (enzymes) and DNA repair. Here, we describe comparative experiments (involving also cisplatin) revealing: (i) improved cytotoxicity (3.4-5.4-fold) of [PtCl(2)(cis-1,4-DACH)] in human tumor ovarian cell lines; (ii) enhanced cellular uptake (approximately 1.5-fold) of [PtCl(2)(cis-1,4-DACH)]; (iii) somewhat enhanced rate of reactions of [PtCl(2)(cis-1,4-DACH)] with glutathione (approximately 1.5-fold), but a similar rate of reactions with metallothionenin-2; (iv) enhanced rate of DNA binding of [PtCl(2)(cis-1,4-DACH)] in cell-free media (approximately 2-fold); (v) similar sequence preference of DNA binding of [PtCl(2)(cis-1,4-DACH)] in cell-free media; (vi) identical DNA interstrand cross-linking efficiency (6%); (vii) similar bending (32 degrees) and enhanced local unwinding (approximately 1.5-fold) induced in DNA by the major 1,2-GG-intrastrand cross-link; (viii) markedly enhanced inhibiting effects of DNA adducts of [PtCl(2)(cis-1,4-DACH)] on processivity of DNA polymerase; and (ix) a slightly lower efficiency of DNA repair systems to remove the adducts of [PtCl(2)(cis-1,4-DACH)] from DNA.
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Single-molecule study of DNA polymerization activity of HIV-1 reverse transcriptase on DNA templates. J Mol Biol 2009; 395:995-1006. [PMID: 19968999 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.11.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2009] [Revised: 11/12/2009] [Accepted: 11/30/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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HIV-1 RT (human immunodeficiency virus-1 reverse transcriptase) is a multifunctional polymerase responsible for reverse transcription of the HIV genome, including DNA replication on both RNA and DNA templates. During reverse transcription in vivo, HIV-1 RT replicates through various secondary structures on RNA and single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) templates without the need for a nucleic acid unwinding protein, such as a helicase. In order to understand the mechanism of polymerization through secondary structures, we investigated the DNA polymerization activity of HIV-1 RT on long ssDNA templates using a multiplexed single-molecule DNA flow-stretching assay. We observed that HIV-1 RT performs fast primer extension DNA synthesis on single-stranded regions of DNA (18.7 nt/s) and switches its activity to slow strand displacement synthesis at DNA hairpin locations (2.3 nt/s). Furthermore, we found that the rate of strand displacement synthesis is dependent on the GC content in hairpin stems and template stretching force. This indicates that the strand displacement synthesis occurs through a mechanism that is neither completely active nor passive: that is, the opening of the DNA hairpin is driven by a combination of free energy released during dNTP (deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate) hydrolysis and thermal fraying of base pairs. Our experimental observations provide new insight into the interchanging modes of DNA replication by HIV-1 RT on long ssDNA templates.
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Nováková O, Malina J, Kaspárková J, Halámiková A, Bernard V, Intini F, Natile G, Brabec V. Energetics, conformation, and recognition of DNA duplexes modified by methylated analogues of [PtCl(dien)]+. Chemistry 2009; 15:6211-21. [PMID: 19449361 DOI: 10.1002/chem.200900388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In early studies of empirical structure-activity relationships, monodentate Pt(II) complexes were considered to be biologically inactive. Examples of such inactive monodentate Pt(II) compounds are [PtCl(dien)]+ (dien=diethylenetriamine) and [PtCl(NH3)3]+. DNA is considered the major biological target of platinum compounds. Thus, monodentate DNA binding of Pt(II) compounds was previously expected to display insignificant biological effects because it was assumed to affect DNA conformation and downstream cellular processes markedly less than the cross-links of bifunctional Pt(II) complexes. More recently it was shown that some monodentate Pt(II) complexes do exhibit biological effects; the active monodentate Pt(II) complexes commonly feature bulkier amine ligands than the hitherto used dien or NH(3) groups. We were therefore interested in determining whether a simple but marked enhancement of the bulkiness of the dien ligand in monodentate [Pt(NO3)(dien)]+ by multiple methylation of this ligand affects the early phases in which platinum compounds exert their biological activity. More specifically, the goals of this study, performed in cell-free media, were to determine how the modification of DNA duplexes by methylated analogues of [Pt(NO3)(dien)]+ affects their energetics and how the alterations of this biophysical parameter are reflected by the recognition of these duplexes by DNA polymerases and the DNA repair system. We have found that the impact of the methylation of [Pt(NO3)(dien)]+ on the biophysical properties of DNA (thermodynamic, thermal, and conformational properties) and its biochemical processes (DNA polymerization and the repair of DNA adducts) is remarkable. Hence, we conclude that monodentate DNA binding of Pt(II) compounds may considerably affect the biophysical properties of DNA and consequently downstream cellular processes as a result of a large increase in the bulkiness of the nonleaving ligands in this class of metal complex.
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- Olga Nováková
- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v.v.i. Kralovopolska 135, CZ-61265 Brno, Czech Republic
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Zhang H, Eoff RL, Kozekov ID, Rizzo CJ, Egli M, Guengerich FP. Structure-function relationships in miscoding by Sulfolobus solfataricus DNA polymerase Dpo4: guanine N2,N2-dimethyl substitution produces inactive and miscoding polymerase complexes. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:17687-99. [PMID: 19542237 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109014274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Previous work has shown that Y-family DNA polymerases tolerate large DNA adducts, but a substantial decrease in catalytic efficiency and fidelity occurs during bypass of N2,N2-dimethyl (Me2)-substituted guanine (N2,N2-Me2G), in contrast to a single methyl substitution. Therefore, it is unclear why the addition of two methyl groups is so disruptive. The presence of N2,N2-Me2G lowered the catalytic efficiency of the model enzyme Sulfolobus solfataricus Dpo4 16,000-fold. Dpo4 inserted dNTPs almost at random during bypass of N2,N2-Me2G, and much of the enzyme was kinetically trapped by an inactive ternary complex when N2,N2-Me2G was present, as judged by a reduced burst amplitude (5% of total enzyme) and kinetic modeling. One crystal structure of Dpo4 with a primer having a 3'-terminal dideoxycytosine (Cdd) opposite template N2,N2-Me2G in a post-insertion position showed Cdd folded back into the minor groove, as a catalytically incompetent complex. A second crystal had two unique orientations for the primer terminal Cdd as follows: (i) flipped into the minor groove and (ii) a long pairing with N2,N2-Me2G in which one hydrogen bond exists between the O-2 atom of Cdd and the N-1 atom of N2,N2-Me2G, with a second water-mediated hydrogen bond between the N-3 atom of Cdd and the O-6 atom of N2,N2-Me2G. A crystal structure of Dpo4 with dTTP opposite template N2,N2-Me2G revealed a wobble orientation. Collectively, these results explain, in a detailed manner, the basis for the reduced efficiency and fidelity of Dpo4-catalyzed bypass of N2,N2-Me2G compared with mono-substituted N2-alkyl G adducts.
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- Huidong Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA
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Variations on a theme: eukaryotic Y-family DNA polymerases. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2009; 1804:1113-23. [PMID: 19616647 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2009.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2009] [Revised: 06/23/2009] [Accepted: 07/03/2009] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Most classical DNA polymerases, which function in normal DNA replication and repair, are unable to synthesize DNA opposite damage in the template strand. Thus in order to replicate through sites of DNA damage, cells are equipped with a variety of nonclassical DNA polymerases. These nonclassical polymerases differ from their classical counterparts in at least two important respects. First, nonclassical polymerases are able to efficiently incorporate nucleotides opposite DNA lesions while classical polymerases are generally not. Second, nonclassical polymerases synthesize DNA with a substantially lower fidelity than do classical polymerases. Many nonclassical polymerases are members of the Y-family of DNA polymerases, and this article focuses on the mechanisms of the four eukaryotic members of this family: polymerase eta, polymerase kappa, polymerase iota, and the Rev1 protein. We discuss the mechanisms of these enzymes at the kinetic and structural levels with a particular emphasis on how they accommodate damaged DNA substrates. Work over the last decade has shown that the mechanisms of these nonclassical polymerases are fascinating variations of the mechanism of the classical polymerases. The mechanisms of polymerases eta and kappa represent rather minor variations, while the mechanisms of polymerase iota and the Rev1 protein represent rather major variations. These minor and major variations all accomplish the same goal: they allow the nonclassical polymerases to circumvent the problems posed by the template DNA lesion.
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Zhang H, Eoff RL, Kozekov ID, Rizzo CJ, Egli M, Guengerich FP. Structure-Function Relationships in Miscoding by Sulfolobus solfataricus DNA Polymerase Dpo4. J Biol Chem 2009. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.014274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Burnouf DY, Wagner JE. Kinetics of deoxy-CTP incorporation opposite a dG-C8-N-2-aminofluorene adduct by a high-fidelity DNA polymerase. J Mol Biol 2009; 386:951-61. [PMID: 19150355 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.12.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2008] [Revised: 12/18/2008] [Accepted: 12/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The model carcinogen N-2-acetylaminofluorene covalently binds to the C8 position of guanine to form two adducts, the N-(2'-deoxyguanosine-8-yl)-aminofluorene (G-AF) and the N-2-(2'-deoxyguanosine-8-yl)-acetylaminofluorene (G-AAF). Although they are chemically closely related, their biological effects are strongly different and they are processed by different damage tolerance pathways. G-AF is bypassed by replicative and high-fidelity polymerases, while specialized polymerases ensure synthesis past of G-AAF. We used the DNA polymerase I fragment of a Bacillus stearothermophilus strain as a model for a high-fidelity polymerase to study the kinetics of incorporation of deoxy-CTP (dCTP) opposite a single G-AF. Pre-steady-state kinetic experiments revealed a drastic reduction in dCTP incorporation performed by the G-AF-modified ternary complex. Two populations of these ternary complexes were identified: (i) a minor productive fraction (20%) that readily incorporates dCTP opposite the G-AF adduct with a rate similar to that measured for the adduct-free ternary complexes and (ii) a major fraction of unproductive complexes (80%) that slowly evolve into productive ones. In the light of structural data, we suggest that this slow rate reflects the translocation of the modified base within the active site, from the pre-insertion site into the insertion site. By making this translocation rate limiting, the G-AF lesion reveals a novel kinetic step occurring after dNTP binding and before chemistry.
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- Dominique Y Burnouf
- Architecture et Réactivité de l'ARN, Université de Strasbourg, IBMC du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 15 rue René Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg, France.
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Grohmann D, Godet J, Mély Y, Darlix JL, Restle T. HIV-1 nucleocapsid traps reverse transcriptase on nucleic acid substrates. Biochemistry 2008; 47:12230-40. [PMID: 18947237 DOI: 10.1021/bi801386r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Conversion of the genomic RNA of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into full-length viral DNA is a complex multistep reaction catalyzed by the reverse transcriptase (RT). Numerous studies have shown that the viral nucleocapsid (NC) protein has a vital impact on various steps during reverse transcription, which is crucial for virus infection. However, the exact molecular details are poorly defined. Here, we analyzed the effect of NC on RT-catalyzed single-turnover, single-nucleotide incorporation using different nucleic acid substrates. In the presence of NC, we observed an increase in the amplitude of primer extension of up to 3-fold, whereas the transient rate of nucleotide incorporation ( k pol) dropped by up to 50-fold. To unravel the underlying molecular mechanism, we carefully analyzed the effect of NC on RT-nucleic acid substrate dissociation. The studies revealed that NC considerably enhances the stability of RT-substrate complexes by reducing the observed dissociation rate constants, which more than compensates for the observed drop in k pol. In conclusion, our data strongly support the concept that NC not only indirectly assists the reverse transcription process by its nucleic acid chaperoning activity but also positively affects the RT-catalyzed nucleotide incorporation reaction by increasing polymerase processivity presumably via a physical interaction of the two viral proteins.
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- Dina Grohmann
- Institut Gilbert Laustriat, Photophysique des interactions moleculaires, UMR 7175 CNRS, Faculte de Pharmacie, Universite Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg 1, 74, Route du Rhin, 67401 Illkirch, France
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Wright BE, Schmidt KH, Minnick MF, Davis N. I. VH gene transcription creates stabilized secondary structures for coordinated mutagenesis during somatic hypermutation. Mol Immunol 2008; 45:3589-99. [PMID: 18585784 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2008.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2008] [Accepted: 02/29/2008] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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During the adaptive immune response, antigen challenge triggers a million-fold increase in mutation rates in the variable-region antibody genes. The frequency of mutation is causally and directly linked to transcription, which provides ssDNA and drives supercoiling that stabilizes secondary structures containing unpaired, intrinsically mutable bases. Simulation analysis of transcription in VH5 reveals a dominant 65nt secondary structure in the non-transcribed strand containing six sites of mutable ssDNA that have also been identified independently in human B cell lines and in primary mouse B cells. This dominant structure inter-converts briefly with less stable structures and is formed repeatedly during transcription, due to periodic pauses and backtracking. In effect, this creates a stable yet dynamic "mutability platform" consisting of ever-changing patterns of unpaired bases that are simultaneously exposed and therefore able to coordinate mutagenesis. Such a complex of secondary structures may be the source of ssDNA for enzyme-based diversification, which ultimately results in high affinity antibodies.
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- Barbara E Wright
- Division of Biological Sciences, The University of Montana, Missoula, MT 59812, USA.
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Jamburuthugoda VK, Santos-Velazquez JM, Skasko M, Operario DJ, Purohit V, Chugh P, Szymanski EA, Wedekind JE, Bambara RA, Kim B. Reduced dNTP binding affinity of 3TC-resistant M184I HIV-1 reverse transcriptase variants responsible for viral infection failure in macrophage. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:9206-16. [PMID: 18218633 PMCID: PMC2431026 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m710149200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2007] [Revised: 01/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We characterized HIV-1 reverse transcriptase (RT) variants either with or without the (-)-2',3'-deoxy-3'-thiacytidine-resistant M184I mutation isolated from a single HIV-1 infected patient. First, unlike variants with wild-type M184, M184I RT variants displayed significantly reduced DNA polymerase activity at low dNTP concentrations, which is indicative of reduced dNTP binding affinity. Second, the M184I variant displayed a approximately 10- to 13-fold reduction in dNTP binding affinity, compared with the Met-184 variant. However, the k(pol) values of these two RTs were similar. Third, unlike HIV-1 vectors with wild-type RT, the HIV-1 vector harboring M184I RT failed to transduce cell types containing low dNTP concentrations, such as human macrophage, likely due to the reduced DNA polymerization activity of the M184I RT under low cellular dNTP concentration conditions. Finally, we compared the binary complex structures of wild-type and M184I RTs. The Ile mutation at position 184 with a longer and more rigid beta-branched side chain, which was previously known to alter the RT-template interaction, also appears to deform the shape of the dNTP binding pocket. This can restrict ground state dNTP binding and lead to inefficient DNA synthesis particularly at low dNTP concentrations, ultimately contributing to viral replication failure in macrophage and instability in vivo of the M184I mutation.
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- Varuni K Jamburuthugoda
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Chválová K, Brabec V, Kašpárková J. Mechanism of the formation of DNA-protein cross-links by antitumor cisplatin. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:1812-21. [PMID: 17329374 PMCID: PMC1874601 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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DNA–protein cross-links are formed by various DNA-damaging agents including antitumor platinum drugs. The natures of these ternary DNA–Pt–protein complexes (DPCLs) can be inferred, yet much remains to be learned about their structures and mechanisms of formation. We investigated the origin of these DPCLs and their cellular processing on molecular level using gel electrophoresis shift assay. We show that in cell-free media cisplatin [cis-diamminedichloridoplatinum(II)] forms DPCLs more effectively than ineffective transplatin [trans-diamminedichloridoplatinum(II)]. Mechanisms of transformation of individual types of plain DNA adducts of the platinum complexes into the DPCLs in the presence of several DNA-binding proteins have been also investigated. The DPCLs are formed by the transformation of DNA monofunctional and intrastrand cross-links of cisplatin. In contrast, interstrand cross-links of cisplatin and monofunctional adducts of transplatin are stable in presence of the proteins. The DPCLs formed by cisplatin inhibit DNA polymerization or removal of these ternary lesions from DNA by nucleotide excision repair system more effectively than plain DNA intrastrand or monofunctional adducts. Thus, the bulky DNA–protein cross-links formed by cisplatin represent a more distinct and persisting structural motif recognized by the components of downstream cellular systems processing DNA damage considerably differently than the plain DNA adducts of this metallodrug.
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- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. +420 541517174+420 541240499
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Carlson KD, Johnson RE, Prakash L, Prakash S, Washington MT. Human DNA polymerase kappa forms nonproductive complexes with matched primer termini but not with mismatched primer termini. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2006; 103:15776-81. [PMID: 17043239 PMCID: PMC1635079 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0605785103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Human DNA polymerase kappa (pol kappa) is a member of the Y family of DNA polymerases that function in translesion synthesis. It synthesizes DNA with moderate fidelity and does not efficiently incorporate nucleotides opposite DNA lesions. Pol kappa has the unusual ability to efficiently extend from mismatched primer termini, and it extends readily from nucleotides inserted by other DNA polymerases opposite a variety of DNA lesions. All of this has suggested that pol kappa functions during the extension step of translesion synthesis. Here, we have carried out pre-steady-state kinetic studies of pol kappa using DNA with matched and mismatched primer termini. Interestingly, we find that mismatches present only a modest kinetic barrier to nucleotide incorporation by pol kappa. Moreover, and quite surprisingly, active-site titrations revealed that the concentration of active pol kappa is very low with matched DNA, and from DNA trapping experiments we determined that this was due to the formation of nonproductive protein.DNA complexes. In marked contrast, we found that the concentration of active pol kappa was six-fold greater with mismatched DNA than with matched DNA. Thus, pol kappa forms nonproductive complexes with matched but not with mismatched DNA. From these observations, we conclude that pol kappa has evolved to specifically function on DNA substrates with aberrant primer-terminal base pairs, such as the ones it would encounter during the extension step of translesion synthesis.
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- Karissa D. Carlson
- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 51 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242-1109; and
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- Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, 6.104 Blocker Medical Research Building, 11th and Mechanic Streets, Galveston, TX 77555-1061
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- Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, 6.104 Blocker Medical Research Building, 11th and Mechanic Streets, Galveston, TX 77555-1061
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- Sealy Center for Molecular Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, 6.104 Blocker Medical Research Building, 11th and Mechanic Streets, Galveston, TX 77555-1061
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- *Department of Biochemistry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, 51 Newton Road, Iowa City, IA 52242-1109; and
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Reiter B, Faschinger A, Glieder A, Schwab H. Random strand transfer recombination (RSTR) for homology-independent nucleic acid recombination. J Biotechnol 2006; 129:39-49. [PMID: 17175057 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2006.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2006] [Revised: 08/16/2006] [Accepted: 10/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Random strand transfer recombination (RSTR) relies on the ability of viral reverse transcriptases to undergo homology-independent template switches during DNA synthesis. To facilitate strand transfer events single stranded template DNA was hybridized via noncoding complementary sequence stretches which flank the genes. The resulting bulb shaped heteroduplex was used as template for the reverse transcriptase driven DNA polymerization in which template switch events occur spontaneously. Switches were promoted by induced pausing of the viral polymerase at digoxygenin labeled nucleotides. RSTR of homologous genes was demonstrated by the recombination of two genes encoding (R)-hydroxynitrilase isoenzymes from Prunus amygdolus. For non-homologous RSTR we recombined the genes of the Havea brasiliensis (S)-hydroxynitrilase and the estC gene from Burkholderia gladioli. Base-pairing dependent recombination took place spontaneously and at high frequency between genes with low and high sequence homology.
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- Birgit Reiter
- Research Centre Applied Biocatalysis, Petersgasse 14, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Operario DJ, Balakrishnan M, Bambara RA, Kim B. Reduced dNTP interaction of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase promotes strand transfer. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:32113-21. [PMID: 16926150 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m604665200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have recently demonstrated that HIV-1 RT mutants characterized by low dNTP binding affinity display significantly reduced dNTP incorporation kinetics in comparison to wild-type RT. This defect is particularly emphasized at low dNTP concentrations where WT RT remains capable of efficient synthesis. Kinetic interference in DNA synthesis can induce RT pausing and slow down the synthesis rate. RT stalling and slow synthesis rate can enhance RNA template cleavage by RT-RNase H, facilitating transfer of the primer to a homologous template. We therefore hypothesized that reduced dNTP binding RT mutants can promote template switching during minus strand synthesis more efficiently than WT HIV-1 RT at low dNTP concentrations. To test this hypothesis, we employed two dNTP binding HIV-1 RT mutants, Q151N and V148I. Indeed, as the dNTP concentration was decreased, the template switching frequency progressively increased for both WT and mutant RTs. However, as predicted, the RT mutants promoted more transfers compared with WT RT. The WT and mutant RTs were similar in their intrinsic RNase H activity, supporting that the elevated template switching efficiency of the mutants was not the result of the mutations enhancing RNase H activity. Rather, kinetic interference leading to stalled DNA synthesis likely enhanced transfers. These results suggest that the RT-dNTP substrate interaction mechanistically influences strand transfer and recombination of HIV-1 RT.
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- Darwin J Operario
- Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, 601 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14642, USA
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Choi JY, Angel KC, Guengerich FP. Translesion synthesis across bulky N2-alkyl guanine DNA adducts by human DNA polymerase kappa. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:21062-21072. [PMID: 16751196 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m602246200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [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 polymerase (pol) kappa is one of the so-called translesion polymerases involved in replication past DNA lesions. Bypass events have been studied with a number of chemical modifications with human pol kappa, and the conclusion has been presented, based on limited quantitative data, that the enzyme is ineffective at incorporating opposite DNA damage but proficient at extending beyond bases paired with the damage. Purified recombinant full-length human pol kappa was studied with a series of eight N(2)-guanyl adducts (in oligonucleotides) ranging in size from methyl- to -CH(2)(6-benzo[a]pyrenyl) (BP). Steady-state kinetic parameters (catalytic specificity, k(cat)/K(m)) were similar for insertion of dCTP opposite the lesions and for extension beyond the N(2)-adduct G:C pairs. Mispairing of dGTP and dTTP was similar and occurred with k(cat)/K(m) values approximately 10(-3) less than for dCTP with all adducts; a similar differential was found for extension beyond a paired adduct. Pre-steady-state kinetic analysis showed moderately rapid burst kinetics for dCTP incorporations, even opposite the bulky methyl(9-anthracenyl)- and BPG adducts (k(p) 5.9-10.3 s(-1)). The rapid bursts were abolished opposite BPG when alpha-thio-dCTP was used instead of dCTP, implying rate-limiting phosphodiester bond formation. Comparisons are made with similar studies done with human pols eta and iota; pol kappa is the most resistant to N(2)-bulk and the most quantitatively efficient of these in catalyzing dCTP incorporation opposite bulky guanine N(2)-adducts, particularly the largest (N(2)-BPG).
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- Jeong-Yun Choi
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146; Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, 911-1 Mok-6-Dong, Yangcheon-Gu, Seoul 158-710, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146.
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- F Peter Guengerich
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA.
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Zang H, Harris TM, Guengerich FP. Kinetics of nucleotide incorporation opposite DNA bulky guanine N2 adducts by processive bacteriophage T7 DNA polymerase (exonuclease-) and HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. J Biol Chem 2004; 280:1165-78. [PMID: 15533946 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m405996200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Six oligonucleotides with carcinogen derivatives bound at the N2 atom of deoxyguanosine were prepared, including adducts derived from butadiene, acrolein, crotonaldehyde, and styrene, and examined for effects on the replicative enzymes bacteriophage DNA polymerase T7- (T7-) and HIV-1 reverse transcriptase for comparison with previous work on smaller DNA adducts. All of these adducts strongly blocked dCTP incorporation opposite the adducts. dATP was preferentially incorporated opposite the acrolein and crotonaldehyde adducts, and dTTP incorporation was preferred at the butadiene- and styrene-derived adducts. Steady-state kinetic analysis indicated that the reduced catalytic efficiency with adducted DNA involved both an increased Km and attenuated kcat. Fluorescence estimates of Kd and pre-steady-state kinetic measurements of koff showed no significantly decreased affinity of T7- with the adducted oligonucleotides or the dNTP. Pre-steady-state kinetics showed no burst phase kinetics for dNTP incorporation with any of the modified oligonucleotides. These results indicate that phosphodiester bond formation or a conformational change of the enzyme.DNA complex is rate-limiting instead of the step involving release of the oligonucleotide. Thio elemental effects for dNTP incorporation were generally relatively small but variable, indicating that the presence of adducts may sometimes make phosphodiester bond formation rate-limiting but not always.
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- Hong Zang
- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA
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Novakova O, Kasparkova J, Malina J, Natile G, Brabec V. DNA-protein cross-linking by trans-[PtCl(2)(E-iminoether)(2)]. A concept for activation of the trans geometry in platinum antitumor complexes. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 31:6450-60. [PMID: 14602903 PMCID: PMC275558 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The structure-pharmacological activity relationships generally accepted for antitumor platinum compounds stressed the necessity for the cis-[PtX(2)(amine)(2)] structure while the trans-[PtX(2)(amine)(2)] structure was considered inactive. However, more recently, several trans-platinum complexes have been identified which are potently toxic, antitumor-active and demonstrate activity distinct from that of conventional cisplatin (cis-[PtCl(2)(NH(3))(2)]). We have shown in the previous report that the replacement of ammine ligands by iminoether in transplatin (trans-[PtCl(2)(NH(3))(2)]) results in a marked enhancement of its cytotoxicity so that it is more cytotoxic than its cis congener and exhibits significant antitumor activity, including activity in cisplatin-resistant tumor cells. In addition, we have also shown previously that this new trans compound (trans-[PtCl(2)(E-iminoether)(2)]) forms mainly monofunctional adducts at guanine residues on DNA, which is generally accepted to be the cellular target of platinum drugs. In order to shed light on the mechanism underlying the antitumor activity of trans-[PtCl(2)(E-iminoether)(2)] we examined oligodeoxyribonucleotide duplexes containing a single, site-specific, monofunctional adduct of this transplatin analog by the methods of molecular biophysics. The results indicate that major monofunctional adducts of trans-[PtCl(2)(E-iminoether)(2)] locally distort DNA, bend the DNA axis by 21 degrees toward the minor groove, are not recognized by HMGB1 proteins and are readily removed from DNA by nucleotide excision repair (NER). In addition, the monofunctional adducts of trans-[PtCl(2)(E-iminoether)(2)] readily cross-link proteins, which markedly enhances the efficiency of this adduct to terminate DNA polymerization by DNA polymerases in vitro and to inhibit removal of this adduct from DNA by NER. It is suggested that DNA-protein ternary cross-links produced by trans-[PtCl(2)(E-iminoether)(2)] could persist considerably longer than the non-cross-linked monofunctional adducts, which would potentiate toxicity of this antitumor platinum compound toward tumor cells sensitive to this drug. Thus, trans-[PtCl(2)(E-iminoether)(2)] represents a quite new class of platinum antitumor drugs in which activation of trans geometry is associated with an increased efficiency to form DNA-protein ternary cross-links thereby acting by a different mechanism from 'classical' cisplatin and its analogs.
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- Olga Novakova
- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-61265 Brno
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Choi JY, Guengerich FP. Analysis of the Effect of Bulk at N2-Alkylguanine DNA Adducts on Catalytic Efficiency and Fidelity of the Processive DNA Polymerases Bacteriophage T7 Exonuclease- and HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:19217-29. [PMID: 14985330 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313759200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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 N-2 atom of guanine (G) is susceptible to modification by various carcinogens. Oligonucleotides with increasing bulk at this position were analyzed for fidelity and catalytic efficiency with the processive DNA polymerases human immunodeficiency virus, type 1, reverse transcriptase (RT), and bacteriophage T7 exonuclease(-) (T7(-)). RT and T7(-) effectively bypassed N(2)-methyl(Me)G and readily extended primers but were strongly blocked by N(2)-ethyl(Et)G, N(2)-isobutylG, N(2)-benzylG, and N(2)-methyl(9-anthracenyl)G. Steady-state kinetics of single nucleotide incorporation by RT and T7(-) showed a decrease of 10(3) in k(cat)/K(m) for dCTP incorporation opposite N(2)-MeG and a further large decrease opposite N(2)-EtG. Misincorporation frequency was increased 10(2)-10(3)-fold by a Me group and another approximately 10(3)-fold by an Et group. dATP was preferentially incorporated opposite bulky N(2)-alkylG molecules. N(2)-MeG attenuated the pre-steady-state kinetic bursts with RT and T7(-), and N(2)-EtG eliminated the bursts. Large elemental effects with thio-dCTP(alphaS) were observed with N(2)-EtG (6- and 72-fold decreases) but were much less with N(2)-MeG, indicating that the N(2)-Et group may affect the rate of the chemistry step (phosphodiester bond formation). Similar values of K(d(dCTP)) and K(d(DNA)) and k(off) rates of DNA substrates from RT and T7(-) indicate that ground-state binding and dissociation rates are not considerably affected by the bulk. We conclude that even a Me group at the guanine N-2 atom can cause a profound interfering effect on the fidelity and efficiency; an Et or larger group causes preferential misincorporation and strong blockage of replicative polymerases, probably at and before the chemistry step, demonstrating the role of bulk in DNA lesions.
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- Jeong-Yun Choi
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA
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Valadez JG, Guengerich FP. S-(2-chloroethyl)glutathione-generated p53 mutation spectra are influenced by differential repair rates more than sites of initial dna damage. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:13435-46. [PMID: 14715658 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m312358200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Several steps occur between the reaction of a chemical with DNA and a mutation, and each may influence the resulting mutation spectrum, i.e. nucleotides at which the mutations occur. The half-mustard S-(2-bro-moethyl)glutathione is the reactive conjugate implicated in ethylene dibromide-induced mutagenesis attributed to the glutathione-dependent pathway. A human p53-driven Ade reporter system in yeast was used to study the factors involved in producing mutations. The synthetic analog S-(2-chloroethyl)glutathione was used to produce DNA damage; the damage to the p53 exons was analyzed using a new fluorescence-based modification of ligation-mediated polymerase chain reaction and an automated sequencer. The mutation spectrum was strongly dominated by the G to A transition mutations seen in other organisms with S-(2-chloroethyl)glutathione or ethylene dibromide. The mutation spectrum clearly differed from the spontaneous spectrum or that derived from N-ethyl,N-nitrosourea. Distinct differences were seen between patterns of modification of p53 DNA exposed to the mutagen in vitro versus in vivo. In the four p53 exons in which mutants were analyzed, the major sites of mutation matched the sites with long half-lives of repair much better than the sites of initial damage. However, not all slowly repaired sites yielded mutations in part because of the lack of effect of mutations on phenotype. We conclude that the rate of DNA repair at individual nucleotides is a major factor in influencing the mutation spectra in this system. The results are consistent with a role of N(7)-guanyl adducts in mutagenesis.
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- J Gerardo Valadez
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA
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Kasparkova J, Novakova O, Marini V, Najajreh Y, Gibson D, Perez JM, Brabec V. Activation of trans geometry in bifunctional mononuclear platinum complexes by a piperidine ligand. Mechanistic studies on antitumor action. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:47516-25. [PMID: 12970368 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m304720200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A paradigm for the structure-pharmacological activity relationship of bifunctional platinum antitumor drugs is that the trans isomer of antitumor cisplatin (transplatin) is clinically ineffective. To this end, however, several new complexes of the trans structure have been identified that exhibit cytotoxicity in tumor cells that is even better than that of the analogous cis isomers. We reported recently (Kasparkova, J., Marini, V., Najajreh, Y., Gibson, D., and Brabec, V. (2003) Biochemistry 42, 6321-6332) that the replacement of one ammine ligand by the heterocyclic ligand, such as piperidine, piperazine, or 4-picoline in the molecule of transplatin resulted in a radical enhancement of its cytotoxicity. We examined oligodeoxyribonucleotide duplexes bearing a site-specific cross-link of the transplatin analogue containing the piperidine ligand by biochemical methods. The results indicate that in contrast to transplatin, trans-(PtCl2(NH3)(piperidine)) forms stable 1,3-intrastrand cross-links in double-helical DNA that distort DNA and are not readily removed from DNA by nucleotide excision repair system. Hence, the intrastrand cross-links of trans-(PtCl2(NH3)(piperidine)) could persist for a sufficiently long time, potentiating its toxicity toward tumor cells. trans-(PtCl2(NH3)(piperidine)) also forms in DNA minor interstrand cross-links that are similar to those of transplatin so that these adducts appear less likely candidates for genotoxic lesion responsible for antitumor effects of trans-(PtCl2(NH3)(piperidine)). Hence, the role of structurally unique intrastrand cross-links in the anti-tumor effects of transplatin analogues in which one ammine group is replaced by a heterocyclic ligand may predominate.
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- Jana Kasparkova
- Institute of Biophysics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, CZ-61265 Brno, Czech Republic.
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Wei S, To SST. Influence of RNA secondary structure on HEV gene amplification using reverse-transcription and nested polymerase chain reaction. J Clin Virol 2003; 27:152-61. [PMID: 12829037 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-6532(02)00170-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Single-stranded RNA has the potential to form secondary structures that may result in intrastrand misalignment of repeats and may be responsible for DNA mutation. Two amplicons obtained from amplification of hepatitis E virus (HEV) gene by reverse transcription and nested polymerase chain reaction (RT-nPCR) were of unexpected size and had the same misalignment. They did not contain the target region between the internal priming sites but contained two fragments flanking the target region joined by a 12-base sequence instead. OBJECTIVES To determine whether the unexpected amplicons obtained were due to secondary structures present in the HEV RNA. STUDY DESIGN HEV RNA sequences were obtained from the GenBank database and the software DNASIS was used to predict the presence of secondary structures within the amplification target regions. The free energy barriers of the secondary structures, which indicate their stability, were also calculated. Conventional RT-nPCR protocol was subsequently modified to eliminate RNA secondary structures. RESULTS An extensive stem-loop structure was predicted to exist between the two internal priming sites of the HEV RNA by the DNASIS software. Its free energy barrier was found to be significant and might have resulted in the deletion of the target region located between the internal priming sites. Increased temperature and addition of dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO) in the reverse transcription step gave the expected amplicon after the nested polymerase chain reaction. CONCLUSION Spontaneous secondary structure formation can influence the outcome of RNA gene amplification and should be considered an important factor when designing primers and adopting protocols for RNA gene amplification.
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- Shaojing Wei
- Biomedical Science Section, School of Nursing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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Lavigne M, Polomack L, Buc H. DNA synthesis by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase at the central termination site: a kinetic study. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:31429-38. [PMID: 11402036 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m102974200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human immunodeficiency virus, type 1 (HIV-1) reverse transcriptase (RT) terminates plus-strand DNA synthesis at the center of the HIV-1 genome, a process important for HIV-1 infectivity. The central termination sequence contains two termination sites (Ter1 and Ter2) located at the 3'-end of A(n)T(m) motifs, and the narrowing of the DNA minor groove generated by these motifs is responsible for termination. Kinetic data associated with the binding of RT and its ability to elongate in vitro various DNA duplexes and triplexes surrounding the Ter2 terminator were analyzed using a simple kinetic scheme. At Ter2, RT still displays a reasonable affinity for the corresponding DNA, but the binding of the next nucleotide and above all its incorporation rate are markedly hampered. Features affecting the width of the minor groove act directly at this last step. The constraint exerted against elongation by the A(n)T(m) tract persists at two positions downstream of the terminator.
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- M Lavigne
- Unité de Physicochimie des Macromolécules Biologiques, Institut Pasteur, URA1773 du CNRS, 75724 Paris Cedex 15, France.
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Einolf HJ, Guengerich FP. Fidelity of nucleotide insertion at 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine by mammalian DNA polymerase delta. Steady-state and pre-steady-state kinetic analysis. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:3764-71. [PMID: 11110788 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m006696200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nucleotide insertion opposite 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-oxoG) by fetal calf thymus DNA polymerase delta (pol delta) was examined by steady-state and pre-steady-state rapid quench kinetic analyses. In steady-state reactions with the accessory protein proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), pol delta preferred to incorporate dCTP opposite 8-oxoG with an efficiency of incorporation an order of magnitude lower than incorporation into unmodified DNA (mainly due to an increased K(m)). Pre-steady-state kinetic analysis of incorporation opposite 8-oxoG showed biphasic kinetics for incorporation of either dCTP or dATP, with rates similar to dCTP incorporation opposite G, large phosphorothioate effects (>100), and oligonucleotide dissociation apparently rate-limiting in the steady-state. Although pol delta preferred to incorporate dCTP (14% misincorporation of dATP) the extension past the A:8-oxoG mispair predominated. The presence of PCNA was found to be a more essential factor for nucleotide incorporation opposite 8-oxoG adducts than unmodified DNA, increased pre-steady-state rates of nucleotide incorporation by >2 orders of magnitude, and was essential for nucleotide extension beyond 8-oxoG. pol delta replication fidelity at 8-oxoG depends upon contributions from K(m), K(d)(dNTP), and rates of phosphodiester bond formation, and PCNA is an important accessory protein for incorporation and extension at 8-oxoG adducts.
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- H J Einolf
- Department of Biochemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA
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Vande Berg BJ, Beard WA, Wilson SH. DNA structure and aspartate 276 influence nucleotide binding to human DNA polymerase beta. Implication for the identity of the rate-limiting conformational change. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:3408-16. [PMID: 11024043 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m002884200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Structures of DNA polymerase (pol) beta bound to single-nucleotide gapped DNA had revealed that the lyase and pol domains form a "doughnut-shaped" structure altering the dNTP binding pocket in a fashion that is not observed when bound to non-gapped DNA. We have investigated dNTP binding to pol beta-DNA complexes employing steady-state and pre-steady-state kinetics. Although pol beta has a kinetic scheme similar to other DNA polymerases, polymerization by pol beta is limited by at least two partially rate-limiting steps: a conformational change after dNTP ground-state binding and product release. The equilibrium binding constant, K(d)((dNTP)), decreased and the insertion efficiency increased with a one-nucleotide gapped DNA substrate, as compared with non-gapped DNA. Valine substitution for Asp(276), which interacts with the base of the incoming nucleotide, increased the binding affinity for the incoming nucleotide indicating that the negative charge contributed by Asp(276) weakens binding and that an interaction between residue 276 with the incoming nucleotide occurs during ground-state binding. Since the interaction between Asp(276) and the nascent base pair is observed only in the "closed" conformation of pol beta, the increased free energy in ground-state binding for the mutant suggests that the subsequent rate-limiting conformational change is not the "open" to "closed" structural transition, but instead is triggered in the closed pol conformation.
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- B J Vande Berg
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Svarovskaia ES, Delviks KA, Hwang CK, Pathak VK. Structural determinants of murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase that affect the frequency of template switching. J Virol 2000; 74:7171-8. [PMID: 10888659 PMCID: PMC112237 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.15.7171-7178.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Retroviral reverse transcriptases (RTs) frequently switch templates within the same RNA or between copackaged viral RNAs to generate mutations and recombination. To identify structural elements of murine leukemia virus RT important for template switching, we developed an in vivo assay in which RT template switching within direct repeats functionally reconstituted the green fluorescent protein gene. We quantified the effect of mutations in the YXDD motif, the deoxynucleoside triphosphate binding site, the thumb domain, and the RNase H domain of RT and hydroxyurea treatment on the frequencies of template switching. Hydroxyurea treatment and some mutations in RT increased the frequency of RT template switching up to fivefold, while all of the mutations tested in the RNase H domain decreased the frequency of template switching by twofold. Based on these results, we propose a dynamic copy choice model in which both the rate of DNA polymerization and the rate of RNA degradation influence the frequency of RT template switching.
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- E S Svarovskaia
- Department of Biochemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
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Lanchy JM, Isel C, Keith G, Le Grice SF, Ehresmann C, Ehresmann B, Marquet R. Dynamics of the HIV-1 reverse transcription complex during initiation of DNA synthesis. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:12306-12. [PMID: 10766870 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.16.12306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Initiation of human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) reverse transcription requires formation of a complex containing the viral RNA (vRNA), tRNA(3)(Lys) and reverse transcriptase (RT). The vRNA and the primer tRNA(3)(Lys) form several intermolecular interactions in addition to annealing of the primer 3' end to the primer binding site (PBS). These interactions are crucial for the efficiency and the specificity of the initiation of reverse transcription. However, as they are located upstream of the PBS, they must unwind as DNA synthesis proceeds. Here, the dynamics of the complex during initiation of reverse transcription was followed by enzymatic probing. Our data revealed reciprocal effects of the tertiary structure of the vRNA.tRNA(3)(Lys) complex and reverse transcriptase (RT) at a distance from the polymerization site. The structure of the initiation complex allowed RT to interact with the template strand up to 20 nucleotides upstream from the polymerization site. Conversely, nucleotide addition by RT modified the tertiary structure of the complex at 10-14 nucleotides from the catalytic site. The viral sequences became exposed at the surface of the complex as they dissociated from the tRNA following primer extension. However, the counterpart tRNA sequences became buried inside the complex. Surprisingly, they became exposed when mutations prevented the intermolecular interactions in the initial complex, indicating that the fate of the tRNA depended on the tertiary structure of the initial complex.
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- J M Lanchy
- UPR 9002 du CNRS, IBMC, 67084 Strasbourg cedex, France
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Fernandez-Saiz M, Henderson PT, Wilson WD, Schuster GB. Selective Photocleavage of DNA and RNA by Anthraquinone Derivatives: Targeting the Single-Strand Region of Hairpin Structures. Photochem Photobiol 1999. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1999.tb08292.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Delviks KA, Pathak VK. Effect of distance between homologous sequences and 3' homology on the frequency of retroviral reverse transcriptase template switching. J Virol 1999; 73:7923-32. [PMID: 10482539 PMCID: PMC112806 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.10.7923-7932.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Deletion of direct repeats in retroviral genomes provides an in vivo system for analysis of reverse transcriptase (RT) template switching. The effect of distance between direct repeats on the rate of deletion was determined for 16 murine leukemia virus (MLV)-based vectors containing a 701-bp direct repeat of overlapping fragments of the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene (HTK). The direct repeats were separated by spacer fragments of various lengths (0.1 to 3.5 kb). Southern analysis of infected cells after one replication cycle indicated that all vectors in which the distance between homologous sequences was >1,500 bp deleted at very high rates (>90%). In contrast, vectors containing <1,500 bp between homologous sequences exhibited lower frequencies of deletion (37 to 82%). To analyze the pattern of locations at which RT switched templates, restriction site markers were introduced to divide the downstream direct repeat into five regions. RT switched templates within all five regions of the 701-bp direct repeat and the frequency of template switching was greater within the 5' regions in comparison to the 3' regions. The probability of RT switching templates within the 5' regions doubled when the MLV packaging sequence (Psi) was placed between the 701-bp direct repeats. However, Psi did not increase the rate of template switching for shorter direct repeats. These results indicate that linear distance between homologous sequences increases the rate of template switching and suggest that duplex formation between nascent DNA and homologous template sequences 3' of RT promote template switching.
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- K A Delviks
- Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506, USA
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Wöhrl BM, Krebs R, Goody RS, Restle T. Refined model for primer/template binding by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase: pre-steady-state kinetic analyses of primer/template binding and nucleotide incorporation events distinguish between different binding modes depending on the nature of the nucleic acid substrate. J Mol Biol 1999; 292:333-44. [PMID: 10493879 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.3057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The kinetic mechanism of nucleic acid substrate binding and nucleotide incorporation by human immunodeficiency virus type 1 reverse transcriptase (HIV-1 RT) was analysed using synthetic DNA/DNA and DNA/RNA primer/templates (p/t) without predicted secondary structures in the single-stranded region. Determination of the pre-steady-state kinetics of p/t binding by a combination of stopped-flow and quench flow methods indicate a branched binding mechanism for the HIV-1 RT/nucleic acid interaction. Analysis of p/t-RT association by stopped-flow measurements suggest a three-step binding mode with an initial second-order step followed by two isomerisation steps with rates of about 6 s(-1)and 0.5 s(-1), respectively. Determination of the rate-limiting step of the association process via single turnover, single nucleotide incorporation analysis by quench flow measurements revealed two binding events (the initial second-order step cannot be detected with this experimental set-up) with rates of 4 - 7 s(-1)and 0.4 - 0. 7 s(-1), respectively, indicating that both binding events exist in parallel. Thorough pre-steady-state analysis of single turnover, single nucleotide incorporation kinetics showed that dNTP incorporation occurs with a biphasic exponential burst followed by a linear phase. The exponential burst consists of a fast phase with rates of 20 - 60 s(-1) and a slow phase with rates of 0.5 - 2 s(-1), respectively. The relative distribution of these two burst amplitudes differs significantly depending upon which substrate is used. The DNA/RNA-RT complex shows primarily fast incorporation (>80 %) whereas less than 45 % of the DNA/DNA-RT complex incorporate dNTP rapidly. The same relative distribution of amplitudes concerning the two substrates is also found for the association process of RT and p/t. Analysis of dNTP incorporation of the preformed RT-p/t complex in the presence of a nucleic acid competitor shows no effect on the biphasic burst amplitude, however the linear phase disappears. Here, a refined model of the mechanism of RT-p/t binding is presented which is based on the suggestion that two different RT-p/t complexes are formed, i.e. a productive enzyme/substrate complex which is capable of nucleotide incorporation and a non-productive complex which has to undergo an isomerisation before dNTP incorporation can occur. In addition, binding of RT to its substrate can lead to a dead end complex that is not capable of dNTP incorporation.
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- B M Wöhrl
- Abteilung Physikalische Biochemie, Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Physiologie, Otto-Hahn-Strasse 11, Dortmund, 44227, Germany.
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