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Petrachkova T, Soldatkina O, Leduy L, Nepveu A. The BCL11A transcription factor stimulates the enzymatic activities of the OGG1 DNA glycosylase. Biol Chem 2024:hsz-2024-0088. [PMID: 39272221 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2024-0088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2024] [Accepted: 08/26/2024] [Indexed: 09/15/2024]
Abstract
The BCL11A transcription factor has previously been shown to interact with and stimulate the enzymatic activities of the NTHL1 DNA glycosylase and Pol β polymerase. Here we show that BCL11A and a smaller peptide encompassing amino acids 160 to 520 can interact with the 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase, OGG1, increase the binding of OGG1 to DNA that contains an 8-oxoguanine base and stimulate the glycosylase activity of OGG1. Following BCL11A knockdown, we observed an increase in oxidized purines in the genome using comet assays, while immunoassays reveal an increase in 8-oxoG bases. Structure-function analysis indicates that the stimulation of OGG1 by BCL11A requires the zinc fingers 1, 2 and 3 as well as the proline-rich region between the first and second zing finger, but a glutamate-rich region downstream of zinc finger 3 is dispensable. Ectopic expression of a small peptide that contains the three zinc fingers can rescue the increase in 8-oxoguanine caused by BCL11A knockdown. These findings, together with previous results showing that BCL11A stimulates the enzymatic activities of NTHL1 and the Pol β polymerase, suggest that high expression of BCL11A is important to protect cancer cells against oxidative DNA damage.
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- Tetiana Petrachkova
- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, H3A 1A3, Canada
- Departments of Biochemistry, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, H3A 1A3, Canada
- Departments of Medicine, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, H3A 1A3, Canada
- Departments of Oncology, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, QC, H3A 1A3, Canada
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Bora A, Pal R, Mandi CS, Dutta S. DNA abasic sites act as rational therapeutic targets to synergize temozolomide response in both MMR-proficient and deficient cancer. NAR Cancer 2024; 6:zcae034. [PMID: 39055333 PMCID: PMC11270466 DOI: 10.1093/narcan/zcae034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2024] [Accepted: 07/11/2024] [Indexed: 07/27/2024] Open
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Temozolomide (TMZ) is widely used in cancer treatment, yet resistance to this agent limits its therapeutic effectiveness, particularly in mismatch-repair (MMR) deficient cancer. Concurrently, the Base Excision Repair (BER) pathway exerts a mitigating role. Our results demonstrated that the increasing TMZ concentrations correlate with an elevated accumulation of DNA abasic sites via the BER pathway in both MMR-proficient and deficient cancer cells, implicating abasic sites as promising targets to enhance the TMZ response. Amino-quinoxaline small molecules (RA-1) have been developed, whose hydrophobic core facilitates selective binding to apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites, particularly adenine as the complementary nucleobase opposite to the AP-sites via base stacking. RA-1 effectively cleaves TMZ-induced DNA abasic sites in-vitro at minimal concentrations through Schiff-base formation. Remarkably, the combination of TMZ and RA-1 exerts a notable synergistic effect on both types of cells. The underlying mechanism of this synergy is rooted in the cleavage of TMZ-induced DNA abasic sites, which impairs the BER pathway, leading to the formation of DNA double-strand breaks. Consequently, the ATM-Chk2/ATR-Chk1 signalling pathways are activated, prompting S-phase arrest and ultimately driving apoptosis. These findings provide a compelling rationale for targeting DNA abasic sites to synergistically augment TMZ responses in both MMR-proficient and deficient cancer cells.
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- Achyut Bora
- Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory, Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory, Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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- Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory, Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
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- Nucleic Acids Research Laboratory, Organic and Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology 4, Raja S.C. Mullick Road, Kolkata 700032, West Bengal, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad 201002, India
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Vickridge E, Faraco CCF, Lo F, Rahimian H, Liu Z, Tehrani P, Djerir B, Ramdzan ZM, Leduy L, Maréchal A, Gingras AC, Nepveu A. The function of BCL11B in base excision repair contributes to its dual role as an oncogene and a haplo-insufficient tumor suppressor gene. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:223-242. [PMID: 37956270 PMCID: PMC10783527 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad1037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/23/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Genetic studies in mice and human cancers established BCL11B as a haploinsufficient tumor suppressor gene. Paradoxically, BCL11B is overexpressed in some human cancers where its knockdown is synthetic lethal. We identified the BCL11B protein in a proximity-dependent biotinylation screen performed with the DNA glycosylase NTHL1. In vitro DNA repair assays demonstrated that both BCL11B and a small recombinant BCL11B213-560 protein lacking transcription regulation potential can stimulate the enzymatic activities of two base excision repair (BER) enzymes: NTHL1 and Pol β. In cells, BCL11B is rapidly recruited to sites of DNA damage caused by laser microirradiation. BCL11B knockdown delays, whereas ectopic expression of BCL11B213-560 accelerates, the repair of oxidative DNA damage. Inactivation of one BCL11B allele in TK6 lymphoblastoid cells causes an increase in spontaneous and radiation-induced mutation rates. In turn, ectopic expression of BCL11B213-560 cooperates with the RAS oncogene in cell transformation by reducing DNA damage and cellular senescence. These findings indicate that BCL11B functions as a BER accessory factor, safeguarding normal cells from acquiring mutations. Paradoxically, it also enables the survival of cancer cells that would otherwise undergo senescence or apoptosis due to oxidative DNA damage resulting from the elevated production of reactive oxygen species.
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- Elise Vickridge
- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario Canada
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- Department of Biology and Cancer Research Institute, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Department of Biology and Cancer Research Institute, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System, Toronto, Ontario Canada
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
- Department of Medicine, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
- Department of Oncology, McGill University, 1160 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
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Herrmann GK, Yin YW. The Role of Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase 1 in Nuclear and Mitochondrial Base Excision Repair. Biomolecules 2023; 13:1195. [PMID: 37627260 PMCID: PMC10452840 DOI: 10.3390/biom13081195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/26/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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Poly(ADP-ribose) (PAR) Polymerase 1 (PARP-1), also known as ADP-ribosyl transferase with diphtheria toxin homology 1 (ARTD-1), is a critical player in DNA damage repair, during which it catalyzes the ADP ribosylation of self and target enzymes. While the nuclear localization of PARP-1 has been well established, recent studies also suggest its mitochondrial localization. In this review, we summarize the differences between mitochondrial and nuclear Base Excision Repair (BER) pathways, the involvement of PARP-1 in mitochondrial and nuclear BER, and its functional interplay with other BER enzymes.
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- Geoffrey K. Herrmann
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA;
- Sealy Center for Structural Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA;
- Sealy Center for Structural Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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Szymanski MR, Karlowicz A, Herrmann GK, Cen Y, Yin YW. Human EXOG Possesses Strong AP Hydrolysis Activity: Implication on Mitochondrial DNA Base Excision Repair. J Am Chem Soc 2022; 144:23543-23550. [PMID: 36516439 PMCID: PMC10920074 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c10558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Most oxidative damage on mitochondrial DNA is corrected by the base excision repair (BER) pathway. However, the enzyme that catalyzes the rate-limiting reaction─deoxyribose phosphate (dRP) removal─in the multienzymatic reaction pathway has not been completely determined in mitochondria. Also unclear is how a logical order of enzymatic reactions is ensured. Here, we present structural and enzymatic studies showing that human mitochondrial EXOG (hEXOG) exhibits strong 5'-dRP removal ability. We show that, unlike the canonical dRP lyases that act on a single substrate, hEXOG functions on a variety of abasic sites, including 5'-dRP, its oxidized product deoxyribonolactone (dL), and the stable synthetic analogue tetrahydrofuran (THF). We determined crystal structures of hEXOG complexed with a THF-containing DNA and with a partial gapped DNA to 2.9 and 2.1 Å resolutions, respectively. The structures illustrate that hEXOG uses a controlled 5'-exonuclease activity to cleave the third phosphodiester bond away from the 5'-abasic site. This study provides a structural basis for hEXOG's broad spectrum of substrates. Further, we show that hEXOG can set the order of BER reactions by generating an ideal substrate for the subsequent reaction in BER and inhibit off-pathway reactions.
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- Michal R Szymanski
- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland
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- Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk, Abrahama 58, 80-307 Gdansk, Poland
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298, United States
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Vickridge E, Faraco CCF, Nepveu A. Base excision repair accessory factors in senescence avoidance and resistance to treatments. CANCER DRUG RESISTANCE (ALHAMBRA, CALIF.) 2022; 5:703-720. [PMID: 36176767 PMCID: PMC9511810 DOI: 10.20517/cdr.2022.36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/26/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Cancer cells, in which the RAS and PI3K pathways are activated, produce high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which cause oxidative DNA damage and ultimately cellular senescence. This process has been documented in tissue culture, mouse models, and human pre-cancerous lesions. In this context, cellular senescence functions as a tumour suppressor mechanism. Some rare cancer cells, however, manage to adapt to avoid senescence and continue to proliferate. One well-documented mode of adaptation involves increased production of antioxidants often associated with inactivation of the KEAP1 tumour suppressor gene and the resulting upregulation of the NRF2 transcription factor. In this review, we detail an alternative mode of adaptation to oxidative DNA damage induced by ROS: the increased activity of the base excision repair (BER) pathway, achieved through the enhanced expression of BER enzymes and DNA repair accessory factors. These proteins, exemplified here by the CUT domain proteins CUX1, CUX2, and SATB1, stimulate the activity of BER enzymes. The ensued accelerated repair of oxidative DNA damage enables cancer cells to avoid senescence despite high ROS levels. As a by-product of this adaptation, these cancer cells exhibit increased resistance to genotoxic treatments including ionizing radiation, temozolomide, and cisplatin. Moreover, considering the intrinsic error rate associated with DNA repair and translesion synthesis, the elevated number of oxidative DNA lesions caused by high ROS leads to the accumulation of mutations in the cancer cell population, thereby contributing to tumour heterogeneity and eventually to the acquisition of resistance, a major obstacle to clinical treatment.
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- Elise Vickridge
- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine avenue West, Montreal, Québec H3A 1A3, Canada
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine avenue West, Montreal, Québec H3A 1A3, Canada
- Departments of Biochemistry, McGill University, 1160 Pine avenue West, Montreal, Québec H3A 1A3, Canada
- These authors contributed equally to this work
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- Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, 1160 Pine avenue West, Montreal, Québec H3A 1A3, Canada
- Departments of Biochemistry, McGill University, 1160 Pine avenue West, Montreal, Québec H3A 1A3, Canada
- Medicine, McGill University, 1160 Pine avenue West, Montreal, Québec H3A 1A3, Canada
- Oncology, McGill University, 1160 Pine avenue West, Montreal, Québec H3A 1A3, Canada
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Carvajal-Maldonado D, Drogalis Beckham L, Wood RD, Doublié S. When DNA Polymerases Multitask: Functions Beyond Nucleotidyl Transfer. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 8:815845. [PMID: 35071329 PMCID: PMC8782244 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2021.815845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 12/13/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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DNA polymerases catalyze nucleotidyl transfer, the central reaction in synthesis of DNA polynucleotide chains. They function not only in DNA replication, but also in diverse aspects of DNA repair and recombination. Some DNA polymerases can perform translesion DNA synthesis, facilitating damage tolerance and leading to mutagenesis. In addition to these functions, many DNA polymerases conduct biochemically distinct reactions. This review presents examples of DNA polymerases that carry out nuclease (3'-5' exonuclease, 5' nuclease, or end-trimming nuclease) or lyase (5' dRP lyase) extracurricular activities. The discussion underscores how DNA polymerases have a remarkable ability to manipulate DNA strands, sometimes involving relatively large intramolecular movement.
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- Denisse Carvajal-Maldonado
- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States
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- Department of Epigenetics and Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Center, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, United States
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Fugger K, Hewitt G, West SC, Boulton SJ. Tackling PARP inhibitor resistance. Trends Cancer 2021; 7:1102-1118. [PMID: 34563478 DOI: 10.1016/j.trecan.2021.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Revised: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Homologous recombination-deficient (HRD) tumours, including those harbouring mutations in the BRCA genes, are hypersensitive to treatment with inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARPis). Despite high response rates, most HRD cancers ultimately develop resistance to PARPi treatment through reversion mutations or genetic/epigenetic alterations to DNA repair pathways. Counteracting these resistance pathways, thereby increasing the potency of PARPi therapy, represents a potential strategy to improve the treatment of HRD cancers. In this review, we discuss recent insights derived from genetic screens that have identified a number of novel genes that can be targeted to improve PARPi treatment of HRD cancers and may provide a means to overcome PARPi resistance.
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- Kasper Fugger
- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
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- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK; Artios Pharma Ltd. B940, Babraham Research Campus, Cambridge, CB22 3FH, UK.
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Khade PM, Scaramozzino D, Kumar A, Lacidogna G, Carpinteri A, Jernigan RL. hdANM: a new comprehensive dynamics model for protein hinges. Biophys J 2021; 120:4955-4965. [PMID: 34687719 PMCID: PMC8633836 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2021.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Hinge motions are essential for many protein functions, and their dynamics are important to understand underlying biological mechanisms. The ways that these motions are represented by various computational methods differ significantly. By focusing on a specific class of motion, we have developed a new hinge-domain anisotropic network model (hdANM) that is based on the prior identification of flexible hinges and rigid domains in the protein structure and the subsequent generation of global hinge motions. This yields a set of motions in which the relative translations and rotations of the rigid domains are modulated and controlled by the deformation of the flexible hinges, leading to a more restricted, specific view of these motions. hdANM is the first model, to our knowledge, that combines information about protein hinges and domains to model the characteristic hinge motions of a protein. The motions predicted with this new elastic network model provide important conceptual advantages for understanding the underlying biological mechanisms. As a matter of fact, the generated hinge movements are found to resemble the expected mechanisms required for the biological functions of diverse proteins. Another advantage of this model is that the domain-level coarse graining makes it significantly more computationally efficient, enabling the generation of hinge motions within even the largest molecular assemblies, such as those from cryo-electron microscopy. hdANM is also comprehensive as it can perform in the same way as the well-known protein dynamics models (anisotropic network model, rotations-translations of blocks, and nonlinear rigid block normal mode analysis), depending on the definition of flexible and rigid parts in the protein structure and on whether the motions are extrapolated in a linear or nonlinear fashion. Furthermore, our results indicate that hdANM produces more realistic motions as compared to the anisotropic network model. hdANM is an open-source software, freely available, and hosted on a user-friendly website.
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- Pranav M Khade
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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- Department of Structural, Geotechnical, and Building Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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- Department of Structural, Geotechnical, and Building Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Department of Structural, Geotechnical, and Building Engineering, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa.
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Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Endonuclease 2 (APE2): An ancillary enzyme for contextual base excision repair mechanisms to preserve genome stability. Biochimie 2021; 190:70-90. [PMID: 34302888 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Revised: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
The genome of living organisms frequently undergoes various types of modifications which are recognized and repaired by the relevant repair mechanisms. These repair pathways are increasingly being deciphered to understand the mechanisms. Base excision repair (BER) is indispensable to maintain genome stability. One of the enigmatic repair proteins of BER, Apurinic/Apyrimidinic Endonuclease 2 (APE2), like APE1, is truly multifunctional and demonstrates the independent and non-redundant function in maintaining the genome integrity. APE2 is involved in ATR-Chk1 mediated DNA damage response. It also resolves topoisomerase1 mediated cleavage complex intermediate which is formed while repairing misincorporated ribonucleotides in the absence of functional RNase H2 mediated excision repair pathway. BER participates in the demethylation pathway and the role of Arabidopsis thaliana APE2 is demonstrated in this process. Moreover, APE2 is synthetically lethal to BRCA1, BRCA2, and RNase H2, and its homolog, APE1 fails to complement the function. Hence, the role of APE2 is not just an alternate to the repair mechanisms but has implications in diverse functional pathways related to the maintenance of genome integrity. This review analyses genomic features of APE2 and delineates its enzyme function as error-prone as well as efficient and accurate repair protein based on the studies on mammalian or its homolog proteins from model systems such as Arabidopsis thaliana, Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Trypanosoma curzi, Xenopus laevis, Danio rerio, Mus musculus, and Homo sapiens.
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Ren M, Shang M, Wang H, Xi Z, Zhou C. Histones participate in base excision repair of 8-oxodGuo by transiently cross-linking with active repair intermediates in nucleosome core particles. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:257-268. [PMID: 33290564 PMCID: PMC7797075 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2020] [Revised: 11/04/2020] [Accepted: 11/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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8-Oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodGuo) is a biomarker of oxidative DNA damage and can be repaired by hOGG1 and APE1 via the base excision repair (BER) pathway. In this work, we studied coordinated BER of 8-oxodGuo by hOGG1 and APE1 in nucleosome core particles and found that histones transiently formed DNA-protein cross-links (DPCs) with active repair intermediates such as 3'-phospho-α,β-unsaturated aldehyde (PUA) and 5'-deoxyribosephosphate (dRP). The effects of histone participation could be beneficial or deleterious to the BER process, depending on the circumstances. In the absence of APE1, histones enhanced the AP lyase activity of hOGG1 by cross-linking with 3'-PUA. However, the formed histone-PUA DPCs hampered the subsequent repair process. In the presence of APE1, both the AP lyase activity of hOGG1 and the formation of histone-PUA DPCs were suppressed. In this case, histones could catalyse removal of the 5'-dRP by transiently cross-linking with the active intermediate. That is, histones promoted the repair by acting as 5'-dRP lyases. Our findings demonstrate that histones participate in multiple steps of 8-oxodGuo repair in nucleosome core particles, highlighting the diverse roles that histones may play during DNA repair in eukaryotic cells.
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- Mengtian Ren
- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry and Department of Chemical Biology, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China
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The Dark Side of UV-Induced DNA Lesion Repair. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11121450. [PMID: 33276692 PMCID: PMC7761550 DOI: 10.3390/genes11121450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/29/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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In their life cycle, plants are exposed to various unfavorable environmental factors including ultraviolet (UV) radiation emitted by the Sun. UV-A and UV-B, which are partially absorbed by the ozone layer, reach the surface of the Earth causing harmful effects among the others on plant genetic material. The energy of UV light is sufficient to induce mutations in DNA. Some examples of DNA damage induced by UV are pyrimidine dimers, oxidized nucleotides as well as single and double-strand breaks. When exposed to light, plants can repair major UV-induced DNA lesions, i.e., pyrimidine dimers using photoreactivation. However, this highly efficient light-dependent DNA repair system is ineffective in dim light or at night. Moreover, it is helpless when it comes to the repair of DNA lesions other than pyrimidine dimers. In this review, we have focused on how plants cope with deleterious DNA damage that cannot be repaired by photoreactivation. The current understanding of light-independent mechanisms, classified as dark DNA repair, indispensable for the maintenance of plant genetic material integrity has been presented.
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Structural biology of DNA abasic site protection by SRAP proteins. DNA Repair (Amst) 2020; 94:102903. [PMID: 32663791 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2020.102903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2020] [Revised: 06/24/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Abasic (AP) sites are one of the most frequently occurring types of DNA damage. They lead to DNA strand breaks, interstrand DNA crosslinks, and block transcription and replication. Mutagenicity of AP sites arises from translesion synthesis (TLS) by error-prone bypass polymerases. Recently, a new cellular response to AP sites was discovered, in which the protein HMCES (5-hydroxymethlycytosine (5hmC) binding, embryonic stem cell-specific) forms a stable, covalent DNA-protein crosslink (DPC) to AP sites at stalled replication forks. The stability of the HMCES-DPC prevents strand cleavage by endonucleases and mutagenic bypass by TLS polymerases. Crosslinking is carried out by a unique SRAP (SOS Response Associated Peptidase) domain conserved across all domains of life. Here, we review the collection of recently reported SRAP crystal structures from human HMCES and E. coli YedK, which provide a unified basis for SRAP specificity and a putative chemical mechanism of AP site crosslinking. We discuss the structural and chemical basis for the stability of the SRAP DPC and how it differs from covalent protein-DNA intermediates in DNA lyase catalysis of strand scission.
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Khodyreva S, Lavrik O. Non-canonical interaction of DNA repair proteins with intact and cleaved AP sites. DNA Repair (Amst) 2020; 90:102847. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2020.102847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2020] [Accepted: 03/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Stratigopoulou M, van Dam TP, Guikema JEJ. Base Excision Repair in the Immune System: Small DNA Lesions With Big Consequences. Front Immunol 2020; 11:1084. [PMID: 32547565 PMCID: PMC7272602 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.01084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The integrity of the genome is under constant threat of environmental and endogenous agents that cause DNA damage. Endogenous damage is particularly pervasive, occurring at an estimated rate of 10,000–30,000 per cell/per day, and mostly involves chemical DNA base lesions caused by oxidation, depurination, alkylation, and deamination. The base excision repair (BER) pathway is primary responsible for removing and repairing these small base lesions that would otherwise lead to mutations or DNA breaks during replication. Next to preventing DNA mutations and damage, the BER pathway is also involved in mutagenic processes in B cells during immunoglobulin (Ig) class switch recombination (CSR) and somatic hypermutation (SHM), which are instigated by uracil (U) lesions derived from activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) activity. BER is required for the processing of AID-induced lesions into DNA double strand breaks (DSB) that are required for CSR, and is of pivotal importance for determining the mutagenic outcome of uracil lesions during SHM. Although uracils are generally efficiently repaired by error-free BER, this process is surprisingly error-prone at the Ig loci in proliferating B cells. Breakdown of this high-fidelity process outside of the Ig loci has been linked to mutations observed in B-cell tumors and DNA breaks and chromosomal translocations in activated B cells. Next to its role in preventing cancer, BER has also been implicated in immune tolerance. Several defects in BER components have been associated with autoimmune diseases, and animal models have shown that BER defects can cause autoimmunity in a B-cell intrinsic and extrinsic fashion. In this review we discuss the contribution of BER to genomic integrity in the context of immune receptor diversification, cancer and autoimmune diseases.
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- Maria Stratigopoulou
- Department of Pathology, Lymphoma and Myeloma Center Amsterdam (LYMMCARE), Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Lymphoma and Myeloma Center Amsterdam (LYMMCARE), Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Lymphoma and Myeloma Center Amsterdam (LYMMCARE), Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Repolês BM, Machado CR, Florentino PTV. DNA lesions and repair in trypanosomatids infection. Genet Mol Biol 2020; 43:e20190163. [PMID: 32236391 PMCID: PMC7197992 DOI: 10.1590/1678-4685-gmb-2019-0163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Pathological processes such as bacterial, viral and parasitic infections can generate a plethora of responses such as, but not restricted to, oxidative stress that can be harmful to the host and the pathogen. This stress occurs when there is an imbalance between reactive oxygen species produced and antioxidant factors produced in response to the infection. This imbalance can lead to DNA lesions in both infected cells as well as in the pathogen. The effects of the host response on the parasite lead to several kinds of DNA damage, causing alterations in the parasite's metabolism; the reaction and sensitivity of the parasite to these responses are related to the DNA metabolism and life cycle of each parasite. The present review will discuss the survival strategies developed by host cells and Trypanosoma cruzi, focusing on the DNA repair mechanisms of these organisms throughout infection including the relationship between DNA damage, stress response features, and the unique characteristics of these diseases.
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- Bruno M Repolês
- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Belo Horizonte MG, Brazil
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Xia W, Ci S, Li M, Wang M, Dianov GL, Ma Z, Li L, Hua K, Alagamuthu KK, Qing L, Luo L, Edick AM, Liu L, Hu Z, He L, Pan F, Guo Z. Two-way crosstalk between BER and c-NHEJ repair pathway is mediated by Pol-β and Ku70. FASEB J 2019; 33:11668-11681. [PMID: 31348687 PMCID: PMC6902736 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201900308r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2019] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Multiple DNA repair pathways may be involved in the removal of the same DNA lesion caused by endogenous or exogenous agents. Although distinct DNA repair machinery fulfill overlapping roles in the repair of DNA lesions, the mechanisms coordinating different pathways have not been investigated in detail. Here, we show that Ku70, a core protein of nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) repair pathway, can directly interact with DNA polymerase-β (Pol-β), a central player in the DNA base excision repair (BER), and this physical complex not only promotes the polymerase activity of Pol-β and BER efficiency but also enhances the classic NHEJ repair. Moreover, we find that DNA damages caused by methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) or etoposide promote the formation of Ku70-Pol-β complexes at the repair foci. Furthermore, suppression of endogenous Ku70 expression by small interfering RNA reduces BER efficiency and leads to higher sensitivity to MMS and accumulation of the DNA strand breaks. Similarly, Pol-β knockdown impairs total-NHEJ capacity but only has a slight influence on alternative NHEJ. These results suggest that Pol-β and Ku70 coordinate 2-way crosstalk between the BER and NHEJ pathways.-Xia, W., Ci, S., Li, M., Wang, M., Dianov, G. L., Ma, Z., Li, L., Hua, K., Alagamuthu, K. K., Qing, L., Luo, L., Edick, A. M., Liu, L., Hu, Z., He, L., Pan, F., Guo, Z. Two-way crosstalk between BER and c-NHEJ repair pathway is mediated by Pol-β and Ku70.
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- Wen Xia
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
- Department of Oncology, Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- The Seventh People’s Hospital, Changzhou, China
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- The Seventh People’s Hospital, Changzhou, China
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- Department of Animal Science, McGill University, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada; and
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- College of Life Science, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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The Pol β variant containing exon α is deficient in DNA polymerase but has full dRP lyase activity. Sci Rep 2019; 9:9928. [PMID: 31289286 PMCID: PMC6616571 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-45846-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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DNA polymerase (Pol) β is a key enzyme in base excision repair (BER), an important repair system for maintaining genomic integrity. We previously reported the presence of a Pol β transcript containing exon α (105-nucleotide) in normal and colon cancer cell lines. The transcript carried an insertion between exons VI and VII and was predicted to encode a ~42 kDa variant of the wild-type 39 kDa enzyme. However, little is known about the biochemical properties of the exon α-containing Pol β (exon α Pol β) variant. Here, we first obtained evidence indicating expression of the 42 kDa exon α Pol β variant in mouse embryonic fibroblasts. The exon α Pol β variant was then overexpressed in E. coli, purified, and characterized for its biochemical properties. Kinetic studies of exon α Pol β revealed that it is deficient in DNA binding to gapped DNA, has strongly reduced polymerase activity and higher Km for dNTP during gap-filling. On the other hand, the 5'-dRP lyase activity of the exon α Pol β variant is similar to that of wild-type Pol β. These results indicate the exon α Pol β variant is base excision repair deficient, but does conduct 5'-trimming of a dRP group at the gap margin. Understanding the biological implications of this Pol β variant warrants further investigation.
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Gruber DR, Toner JJ, Miears HL, Shernyukov AV, Kiryutin AS, Lomzov AA, Endutkin AV, Grin IR, Petrova DV, Kupryushkin MS, Yurkovskaya AV, Johnson EC, Okon M, Bagryanskaya EG, Zharkov DO, Smirnov SL. Oxidative damage to epigenetically methylated sites affects DNA stability, dynamics and enzymatic demethylation. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:10827-10839. [PMID: 30289469 PMCID: PMC6237784 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky893] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 09/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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DNA damage can affect various regulatory elements of the genome, with the consequences for DNA structure, dynamics, and interaction with proteins remaining largely unexplored. We used solution NMR spectroscopy, restrained and free molecular dynamics to obtain the structures and investigate dominant motions for a set of DNA duplexes containing CpG sites permuted with combinations of 5-methylcytosine (mC), the primary epigenetic base, and 8-oxoguanine (oxoG), an abundant DNA lesion. Guanine oxidation significantly changed the motion in both hemimethylated and fully methylated DNA, increased base pair breathing, induced BI→BII transition in the backbone 3′ to the oxoG and reduced the variability of shift and tilt helical parameters. UV melting experiments corroborated the NMR and molecular dynamics results, showing significant destabilization of all methylated contexts by oxoG. Notably, some dynamic and thermodynamic effects were not additive in the fully methylated oxidized CpG, indicating that the introduced modifications interact with each other. Finally, we show that the presence of oxoG biases the recognition of methylated CpG dinucleotides by ROS1, a plant enzyme involved in epigenetic DNA demethylation, in favor of the oxidized DNA strand. Thus, the conformational and dynamic effects of spurious DNA oxidation in the regulatory CpG dinucleotide can have far-reaching biological consequences.
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- David R Gruber
- Chemistry Department, Western Washington University, 516 High St., Bellingham, WA 98225-9150, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Western Washington University, 516 High St., Bellingham, WA 98225-9150, USA
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- Chemistry Department, Western Washington University, 516 High St., Bellingham, WA 98225-9150, USA
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS, 9 Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,SB RAS International Tomography Center, 3a Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, 8 Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, 8 Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, 8 Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, 8 Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, 8 Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,SB RAS International Tomography Center, 3a Institutskaya St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry, and Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada
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- N. N. Vorozhtsov Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry SB RAS, 9 Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia.,SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, 8 Lavrentieva Ave., Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Western Washington University, 516 High St., Bellingham, WA 98225-9150, USA
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A rapid, safe, and quantitative in vitro assay for measurement of uracil-DNA glycosylase activity. J Mol Med (Berl) 2019; 97:991-1001. [DOI: 10.1007/s00109-019-01788-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2018] [Revised: 04/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Laverty DJ, Greenberg MM. Expanded Substrate Scope of DNA Polymerase θ and DNA Polymerase β: Lyase Activity on 5'-Overhangs and Clustered Lesions. Biochemistry 2018; 57:6119-6127. [PMID: 30299084 PMCID: PMC6200648 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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DNA polymerase θ (Pol θ) is a multifunctional enzyme with double-strand break (DSB) repair, translesion synthesis, and lyase activities. Pol θ lyase activity on ternary substrates containing a 5'-dRP that are produced during base excision repair of abasic sites (AP) is weak compared to that of DNA polymerase β (Pol β), a polymerase integrally involved in base excision repair. This led us to explore whether Pol θ utilizes its lyase activity to remove 5'-dRP and incise abasic sites from alternative substrates that might be produced during DNA damage and repair. We found that Pol θ exhibited lyase activity on abasic lesions near DSB termini and on clustered lesions. To calibrate the Pol θ activity, Pol β reactivity was examined with the same substrates. Pol β excised 5'-dRP from within a 5'-overhang 80 times faster than did Pol θ. Pol θ and Pol β also incised AP within clustered lesions but showed opposite preferences with respect to the polarity of the lesions. AP lesions in 5'-overhangs were typically excised by Pol β 35-50 times faster than those in a duplex substrate but 15-20-fold more slowly than 5'-dRP in a ternary complex. This is the first report of Pol θ exhibiting lyase activity within an unincised strand. These results suggest that bifunctional polymerases may exhibit lyase activity on a greater variety of substrates than previously recognized. A role in DSB repair could potentially be beneficial, while the aberrant activity exhibited on clustered lesions may be deleterious because of their conversion to DSBs.
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- Daniel J. Laverty
- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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Ramdzan ZM, Ginjala V, Pinder JB, Chung D, Donovan CM, Kaur S, Leduy L, Dellaire G, Ganesan S, Nepveu A. The DNA repair function of CUX1 contributes to radioresistance. Oncotarget 2017; 8:19021-19038. [PMID: 28147323 PMCID: PMC5386666 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.14875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Ionizing radiation generates a broad spectrum of oxidative DNA lesions, including oxidized base products, abasic sites, single-strand breaks and double-strand breaks. The CUX1 protein was recently shown to function as an auxiliary factor that stimulates enzymatic activities of OGG1 through its CUT domains. In the present study, we investigated the requirement for CUX1 and OGG1 in the resistance to radiation. Cancer cell survival following ionizing radiation is reduced by CUX1 knockdown and increased by higher CUX1 expression. However, CUX1 knockdown is sufficient by itself to reduce viability in many cancer cell lines that exhibit high levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Consequently, clonogenic results expressed relative to that of non-irradiated cells indicate that CUX1 knockdown confers no or modest radiosensitivity to cancer cells with high ROS. A recombinant protein containing only two CUT domains is sufficient for rapid recruitment to DNA damage, acceleration of DNA repair and increased survival following radiation. In agreement with these findings, OGG1 knockdown and treatment of cells with OGG1 inhibitors sensitize cancer cells to radiation. Together, these results validate CUX1 and more specifically the CUT domains as therapeutic targets.
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- Zubaidah M Ramdzan
- Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A3, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A3, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA
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- Goodman Cancer Research Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A3, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A3, Canada.,Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A3, Canada.,Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 1A3, Canada
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Goetze RW, Kim DH, Schinazi RF, Kim B. A CRISPR/Cas9 approach reveals that the polymerase activity of DNA polymerase β is dispensable for HIV-1 infection in dividing and nondividing cells. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:14016-14025. [PMID: 28684413 PMCID: PMC5572920 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.793661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2017] [Revised: 06/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Retrovirus integration into the host genome relies on several host enzymes, potentially including DNA polymerase β (Pol β). However, whether human Pol β is essential for lentivirus replication in human cells is unclear. Here, we abolished DNA polymerase β (Pol β) expression by targeting its DNA polymerase domain with CRISPR/Cas9 in human monocytic THP-1 cells to investigate the role of Pol β in HIV-1 transduction in both dividing and nondividing macrophage stages of THP-1 cells. Pol β-knock-out was confirmed by enhanced sensitivity to methyl methanesulfonate-induced DNA damage. Of note, nuclear extracts from Pol β-knock-out THP-1 cells prepared from both dividing and nondividing stages displayed significantly reduced capability to repair the gapped HIV-1 integration intermediate DNA substrate in a biochemical simulation. However, nuclear extract from both dividing and nondividing stages of the Pol β-KO cells had detectable gap repair activity, suggesting that other host DNA polymerases also repair gapped HIV-1 DNA, particularly in dividing cells. Next, when we compared transduction using HIV-1 and simian immunodeficiency virus in control and Pol β-KO cells, the loss of the Pol β expression did not affect transduction efficiency of these lentiviruses in both dividing and nondividing stages. Finally, the gap repair assay indicated that limited cellular dNTP pools, but not Pol β expression, are a primary factor for HIV-1 DNA gap repair, particularly in nondividing cells. These data support the idea that Pol β polymerase activity is dispensable for HIV-1 infection in both dividing and nondividing stages of human cells targeted by the virus.
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- Russell W Goetze
- From the Department of Pediatrics, Center for Drug Discovery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- School of Pharmacy, Kyung-Hee University, 2447 Seoul, South Korea
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- From the Department of Pediatrics, Center for Drug Discovery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322
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- From the Department of Pediatrics, Center for Drug Discovery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 30322,; School of Pharmacy, Kyung-Hee University, 2447 Seoul, South Korea; Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
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Zhou T, Pan F, Cao Y, Han Y, Zhao J, Sun H, Zhou X, Wu X, He L, Hu Z, Chen H, Shen B, Guo Z. R152C DNA Pol β mutation impairs base excision repair and induces cellular transformation. Oncotarget 2017; 7:6902-15. [PMID: 26760506 PMCID: PMC4872757 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.6849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2015] [Accepted: 01/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA polymerase β (Pol β) is a key enzyme in DNA base excision repair (BER), a pathway that maintains genome integrity and stability. Pol β mutations have been detected in various types of cancers, suggesting a possible linkage between Pol β mutations and cancer. However, it is not clear whether and how Pol β mutations cause cancer onset and progression. In the current work, we show that a substitution mutation, R152C, impairs Pol β polymerase activity and BER efficiency. Cells harboring Pol β R152C are sensitive to the DNA damaging agents methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) and H2O2. Moreover, the mutant cells display a high frequency of chromatid breakages and aneuploidy and also form foci. Taken together, our data indicate that Pol β R152C can drive cellular transformation.
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- Ting Zhou
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China 210023
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China 210023
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China 210023
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China 210023
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China 210023
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China 210023
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China 210023
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- The Second Hospital of Nanjing, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southeast University, Nanjing, China 210003
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China 210023
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China 210023
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, RenJi Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China 200001
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- Department of Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics, City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA, USA 91010
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China 210023
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Klvaňa M, Bren U, Florián J. Uniform Free-Energy Profiles of the P-O Bond Formation and Cleavage Reactions Catalyzed by DNA Polymerases β and λ. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:13017-13030. [PMID: 27992186 PMCID: PMC5217713 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b08581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Human
X-family DNA polymerases β (Polβ) and λ
(Polλ) catalyze the nucleotidyl-transfer reaction in the base
excision repair pathway of the cellular DNA damage response. Using
empirical valence bond and free-energy perturbation simulations, we
explore the feasibility of various mechanisms for the deprotonation
of the 3′-OH group of the primer DNA strand, and the subsequent
formation and cleavage of P–O bonds in four Polβ, two
truncated Polλ (tPolλ), and two tPolλ Loop1 mutant
(tPolλΔL1) systems differing in the initial X-ray crystal
structure and nascent base pair. The average calculated activation
free energies of 14, 18, and 22 kcal mol–1 for Polβ,
tPolλ, and tPolλΔL1, respectively, reproduce the
trend in the observed catalytic rate constants. The most feasible
reaction pathway consists of two successive steps: specific base (SB)
proton transfer followed by rate-limiting concerted formation and
cleavage of the P–O bonds. We identify linear free-energy relationships
(LFERs) which show that the differences in the overall activation
and reaction free energies among the eight studied systems are determined
by the reaction free energy of the SB proton transfer. We discuss
the implications of the LFERs and suggest pKa of the 3′-OH group as a predictor of the catalytic
rate of X-family DNA polymerases.
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- Martin Klvaňa
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Thermodynamics, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Maribor , Smetanova ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago , 1032 W. Sheridan Road, Chicago, Illinois 60660, United States
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- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Thermodynamics, Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Maribor , Smetanova ulica 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia.,Laboratory for Molecular Modeling, National Institute of Chemistry , Hajdrihova ulica 19, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago , 1032 W. Sheridan Road, Chicago, Illinois 60660, United States
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Hoppins JJ, Gruber DR, Miears HL, Kiryutin AS, Kasymov RD, Petrova DV, Endutkin AV, Popov AV, Yurkovskaya AV, Fedechkin SO, Brockerman JA, Zharkov DO, Smirnov SL. 8-Oxoguanine Affects DNA Backbone Conformation in the EcoRI Recognition Site and Inhibits Its Cleavage by the Enzyme. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0164424. [PMID: 27749894 PMCID: PMC5066940 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2016] [Accepted: 09/23/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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8-oxoguanine is one of the most abundant and impactful oxidative DNA lesions. However, the reasons underlying its effects, especially those not directly explained by the altered base pairing ability, are poorly understood. We report the effect of the lesion on the action of EcoRI, a widely used restriction endonuclease. Introduction of 8-oxoguanine inside, or adjacent to, the GAATTC recognition site embedded within the Drew—Dickerson dodecamer sequence notably reduced the EcoRI activity. Solution NMR revealed that 8-oxoguanine in the DNA duplex causes substantial alterations in the sugar—phosphate backbone conformation, inducing a BI→BII transition. Moreover, molecular dynamics of the complex suggested that 8-oxoguanine, although does not disrupt the sequence-specific contacts formed by the enzyme with DNA, shifts the distribution of BI/BII backbone conformers. Based on our data, we propose that the disruption of enzymatic cleavage can be linked with the altered backbone conformation and dynamics in the free oxidized DNA substrate and, possibly, at the protein—DNA interface.
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- Joanna J. Hoppins
- Chemistry Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, United States of America
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- Chemistry Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, United States of America
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- Chemistry Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, United States of America
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- SB RAS International Tomography Center, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Institute of Biochemistry, Stuttgart University, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- SB RAS International Tomography Center, Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Chemistry Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, United States of America
- University of California Santa Cruz, Program in Biomedical Science and Engineering, Santa Cruz, CA, United States of America
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- Chemistry Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, United States of America
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia
- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Novosibirsk, Russia
- * E-mail: (SLS); (DOZ)
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- Chemistry Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, United States of America
- * E-mail: (SLS); (DOZ)
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Kaur S, Coulombe Y, Ramdzan ZM, Leduy L, Masson JY, Nepveu A. Special AT-rich Sequence-binding Protein 1 (SATB1) Functions as an Accessory Factor in Base Excision Repair. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:22769-22780. [PMID: 27590341 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.735696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Revised: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Base excision repair is initiated by DNA glycosylases that recognize specific altered bases. DNA glycosylases for oxidized bases carry both a glycosylase activity that removes the faulty base and an apyrimidinic/apurinic lyase activity that introduces a single-strand DNA incision. In particular, the CUT domains within the CUX1 and CUX2 proteins were recently shown to interact with the 8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG) DNA glycosylase and stimulate its enzymatic activities. SATB1, which contains two CUT domains, was originally characterized as a T cell-specific genome organizer whose aberrant overexpression in breast cancer can promote tumor progression. Here we investigated the involvement of SATB1 in DNA repair. SATB1 knockdown caused a delay in DNA repair following exposure to H2O2, an increase in OGG1-sensitive oxidized bases within genomic DNA, and a decrease in 8-oxoG cleavage activity in cell extracts. In parallel, we observed an increase in phospho-CHK1 and γ-H2AX levels and a decrease in DNA synthesis. Conversely, ectopic expression of SATB1 accelerated DNA repair and reduced the levels of oxidized bases in genomic DNA. Moreover, an enhanced GFP-SATB1 fusion protein was rapidly recruited to laser microirradiation-induced DNA damage. Using purified proteins, we showed that SATB1 interacts directly with OGG1, increases its binding to 8-oxoG-containing DNA, promotes Schiff base formation, and stimulates its glycosylase and apyrimidinic/apurinic lyase enzymatic activities. Structure/function analysis demonstrated that CUT domains, but not the homeodomain, are responsible for the stimulation of OGG1. Together, these results identify another CUT domain protein that functions both as a transcription factor and an accessory factor in base excision repair.
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- Simran Kaur
- From the Goodman Cancer Research Centre and.,Departments of Biochemistry
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- the Genome Stability Laboratory, CHU de Québec Research Center, Québec City, Québec G1R 2J6, Canada, and.,the Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry, and Pathology, Laval University Cancer Research Center, Québec City, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
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- From the Goodman Cancer Research Centre and
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- the Genome Stability Laboratory, CHU de Québec Research Center, Québec City, Québec G1R 2J6, Canada, and.,the Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry, and Pathology, Laval University Cancer Research Center, Québec City, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
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- From the Goodman Cancer Research Centre and .,Departments of Biochemistry.,Oncology, and.,Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada
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Pan F, Zhao J, Zhou T, Kuang Z, Dai H, Wu H, Sun H, Zhou X, Wu X, Hu Z, He L, Shen B, Guo Z. Mutation of DNA Polymerase β R137Q Results in Retarded Embryo Development Due to Impaired DNA Base Excision Repair in Mice. Sci Rep 2016; 6:28614. [PMID: 27358192 PMCID: PMC4928080 DOI: 10.1038/srep28614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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DNA polymerase β (Pol β), a key enzyme in the DNA base excision repair (BER) pathway, is pivotal in maintaining the integrity and stability of genomes. One Pol β mutation that has been identified in tumors, R137Q (arginine to glutamine substitution), has been shown to lower polymerase activity, and impair its DNA repair capacity. However, the exact functional deficiency associated with this polymorphism in living organisms is still unknown. Here, we constructed Pol β R137Q knock-in mice, and found that homozygous knock-in mouse embryos were typically small in size and had a high mortality rate (21%). These embryonic abnormalities were caused by slow cell proliferation and increased apoptosis. In R137Q knock-in mouse embryos, the BER efficiency was severely impaired, which subsequently resulted in double-strand breaks (DSBs) and chromosomal aberrations. Furthermore, R137Q mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) were more sensitive to DNA-damaging reagents, such as methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) and H2O2. They displayed a higher percentage of DSBs, and were more likely to undergo apoptosis. Our results indicate that R137 is a key amino acid site that is essential for proper Pol β functioning in maintaining genomic stability and embryo development.
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- Feiyan Pan
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- The Second Hospital of Nanjing, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southeast University, 1-1 Zhongfu Road, Nanjing, 210003, China
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- Departments of Radiation Biology and Molecular Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA, 91010, USA
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- The Second Hospital of Nanjing, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Southeast University, 1-1 Zhongfu Road, Nanjing, 210003, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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- Departments of Radiation Biology and Molecular Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA, 91010, USA
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Molecular and Medical Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Normal University, 1 WenYuan Road, Nanjing, 210023, China
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Allgayer J, Kitsera N, Bartelt S, Epe B, Khobta A. Widespread transcriptional gene inactivation initiated by a repair intermediate of 8-oxoguanine. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:7267-80. [PMID: 27220469 PMCID: PMC5009734 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA damage can significantly modulate expression of the affected genes either by direct structural interference with transcription components or as a collateral outcome of cellular repair attempts. Thus, DNA glycosylases of the base excision repair (BER) pathway have been implicated in negative transcriptional response to several spontaneously generated DNA base modifications, including a common oxidative DNA base modification 8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG). Here, we report that single 8-oxoG situated in the non-transcribed DNA strand of a reporter gene has a pronounced negative effect on transcription, driven by promoters of various strength and with different structural properties, including viral, human, and artificial promoters. We further show that the magnitude of the negative effect on the gene expression correlates with excision of the modified base by OGG1 in all promoter constructs tested. Moreover, by using expression vectors with nuclease resistant backbone modifications, we demonstrate that OGG1 does not catalyse DNA strand cleavage in vivo. Rather, cleavage of the phosphate bond 5′ to 8-oxodG (catalysed by APE1) is essential and universally required for the onset of transcriptional silencing, regardless of the promoter structure. Hence, induction of transcriptional silencing emerges as a ubiquitous mode of biological response to 8-oxoG in DNA.
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- Julia Allgayer
- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz 55128, Germany Institute of Toxicology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz 55131, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz 55128, Germany
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- Institute of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz 55128, Germany Institute of Toxicology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz 55131, Germany
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Wang Y, Zang W, Du Y, Chen X, Zhao G. The K167I variant of DNA polymerase β that is found in Esophageal Carcinoma patients impairs polymerase activity and BER. Sci Rep 2015; 5:15986. [PMID: 26527528 PMCID: PMC4630582 DOI: 10.1038/srep15986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA polymerase β (pol β) is a key enzyme in DNA base excision repair, and an important factor for maintaining genomic integrity and stability. Esophageal carcinoma (EC) patients who have been identified as carrying the K167I variant of pol β have been shown to have decreased life expectancy. However, it is unknown if the variant affects pol β’s functions and/or how it contributes to the initiation and progression of cancer. In this study, we expressed and purified the K167I variant. Moreover, we found that K167I significantly reduced polymerase activity. As a result, the K167I substitution reduced base excision repair (BER) efficiency when assayed in a reconstitution assay or when using cellular extracts. Finally, we observed EC cells expressing the K167I variant to be sensitive to DNA damaging agents. These results suggest the K167I variant affected pol β biochemical activity resulting in impaired BER function, which might subsequently contribute to genomic instability and cancer development.
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- Yuanyuan Wang
- College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- College of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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Chantre-Justino M, Alves G, Britto C, Cardoso A, Scherrer L, Moreira ADS, Quirino R, Ornellas A, Leitão A, Lage C. Impact of reduced levels of APE1 transcripts on the survival of patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Oncol Rep 2015; 34:1667-74. [PMID: 26238022 PMCID: PMC4564093 DOI: 10.3892/or.2015.4151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Molecular evidence indicates that alterations in genes involved in the maintenance of genome stability may be related to susceptibility to bladder carcinoma. Our goal was to evaluate the prognostic role of base excision repair (BER) genes in a cohort of patients diagnosed with primary urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB). The levels of all APE1, XRCC1 and POLB transcripts were detected by quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) technique in tumor samples from 52 patients undergoing transurethral resection (TUR) for primary UCB at the Department of Urology, Brazilian National Cancer Institute, Rio de Janeiro. Increased levels of APE1, XRCC1 and POLB transcripts were significantly associated with high-grade tumors when compared to these levels in low-grade tumors (p<0.01) and could be attributed to different mechanisms of transcriptional regulation as a response to tumorigenesis and oxidative stress. By analyzing the collected data in the present study, regardless of pathological grade or stage, univariate analysis revealed that the reduced levels of APE1 transcripts were significantly associated with cancer-specific mortality (p=0.032). Furthermore, the variant genotype (TG/GG) of the APE1 T1349G polymorphism was observed in 75% of a subset of patients who concomitantly experienced reduced levels of the APE1 transcript and death and/or recurrence events. Taken together, our data reinforce the idea that human DNA repair mechanisms must be finely regulated in order to avoid instability leading to tumorigenesis and poor clinical outcomes in UCB patients.
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- Mariana Chantre-Justino
- Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Research Coordination, National Institute of Cancer (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Molecular Biology and Endemic Diseases Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Molecular Biology and Endemic Diseases Laboratory, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Brazilian Society of Clinical Oncology, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Department of Urology, National Institute of Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Urology, National Institute of Cancer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Carlos Chagas Filho Institute of Biophysics, Rio de Janeiro Federal University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Smith CG, West H, Harris R, Idziaszczyk S, Maughan TS, Kaplan R, Richman S, Quirke P, Seymour M, Moskvina V, Steinke V, Propping P, Hes FJ, Wijnen J, Cheadle JP. Role of the Oxidative DNA Damage Repair Gene OGG1 in Colorectal Tumorigenesis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; 105:1249-53. [DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djt183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Parsons JL, Nicolay NH, Sharma RA. Biological and therapeutic relevance of nonreplicative DNA polymerases to cancer. Antioxid Redox Signal 2013; 18:851-73. [PMID: 22794079 PMCID: PMC3557440 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2011.4203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Apart from surgical approaches, the treatment of cancer remains largely underpinned by radiotherapy and pharmacological agents that cause damage to cellular DNA, which ultimately causes cancer cell death. DNA polymerases, which are involved in the repair of cellular DNA damage, are therefore potential targets for inhibitors for improving the efficacy of cancer therapy. They can be divided, according to their main function, into two groups, namely replicative and nonreplicative enzymes. At least 15 different DNA polymerases, including their homologs, have been discovered to date, which vary considerably in processivity and fidelity. Many of the nonreplicative (specialized) DNA polymerases replicate DNA in an error-prone fashion, and they have been shown to participate in multiple DNA damage repair and tolerance pathways, which are often aberrant in cancer cells. Alterations in DNA repair pathways involving DNA polymerases have been linked with cancer survival and with treatment response to radiotherapy or to classes of cytotoxic drugs routinely used for cancer treatment, particularly cisplatin, oxaliplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin. Indeed, there are extensive preclinical data to suggest that DNA polymerase inhibition may prove to be a useful approach for increasing the effectiveness of therapies in patients with cancer. Furthermore, specialized DNA polymerases warrant examination of their potential use as clinical biomarkers to select for particular cancer therapies, to individualize treatment for patients.
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- Jason L Parsons
- Cancer Research UK-Medical Research Council, Oncology Department, Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Parsons JL, Dianov GL. Co-ordination of base excision repair and genome stability. DNA Repair (Amst) 2013; 12:326-33. [PMID: 23473643 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2013.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2013] [Accepted: 02/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
Abstract
Base excision repair (BER) is a major DNA repair pathway employed in mammalian cells that is required to maintain genome stability, thus preventing several human diseases, such as ageing, neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. This is achieved through the repair of damaged DNA bases, sites of base loss and single strand breaks of varying complexity that are continuously induced endogenously or via exogenous mutagens. Whilst the enzymes involved in BER are now well known and characterised, the role of the co-ordination of BER enzymatic activities in the cellular response to DNA damage and the mechanisms regulating this process are only now being revealed. Post-translational modifications of BER proteins, including ubiquitylation and phosphorylation, are increasingly being identified as key processes that regulate BER. In this review we will summarise recent evidence discovering novel mechanisms that are involved in maintaining genome stability by regulation of the key BER proteins in response to DNA damage.
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- Jason L Parsons
- Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Cancer Research Centre, University of Liverpool, 200 London Road, Liverpool, L3 9TA, UK
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Kothandapani A, Patrick SM. Evidence for base excision repair processing of DNA interstrand crosslinks. Mutat Res 2012; 743-744:44-52. [PMID: 23219605 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2012.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Revised: 11/19/2012] [Accepted: 11/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Many bifunctional alkylating agents and anticancer drugs exert their cytotoxicity by producing cross links between the two complementary strands of DNA, termed interstrand crosslinks (ICLs). This blocks the strand separating processes during DNA replication and transcription, which can lead to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Cells use multiple DNA repair systems to eliminate the ICLs. Concerted action of repair proteins involved in Nucleotide Excision Repair and Homologous Recombination pathways are suggested to play a key role in the ICL repair. However, recent studies indicate a possible role for Base Excision Repair (BER) in mediating the cytotoxicity of ICL inducing agents in mammalian cells. Elucidating the mechanism of BER mediated modulation of ICL repair would help in understanding the recognition and removal of ICLs and aid in the development of potential therapeutic agents. In this review, the influence of BER proteins on ICL DNA repair and the possible mechanisms of action are discussed.
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- Anbarasi Kothandapani
- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, University of Toledo - Health Science Campus, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, University of Toledo - Health Science Campus, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
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Faucher F, Doublié S, Jia Z. 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylases: one lesion, three subfamilies. Int J Mol Sci 2012; 13:6711-6729. [PMID: 22837659 PMCID: PMC3397491 DOI: 10.3390/ijms13066711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2012] [Revised: 05/14/2012] [Accepted: 05/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Amongst the four bases that form DNA, guanine is the most susceptible to oxidation, and its oxidation product, 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG) is the most prevalent base lesion found in DNA. Fortunately, throughout evolution cells have developed repair mechanisms, such as the 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylases (OGG), which recognize and excise 8-oxoG from DNA thereby preventing the accumulation of deleterious mutations. OGG are divided into three subfamilies, OGG1, OGG2 and AGOG, which are all involved in the base excision repair (BER) pathway. The published structures of OGG1 and AGOG, as well as the recent availability of OGG2 structures in both apo- and liganded forms, provide an excellent opportunity to compare the structural and functional properties of the three OGG subfamilies. Among the observed differences, the three-dimensional fold varies considerably between OGG1 and OGG2 members, as the latter lack the A-domain involved in 8-oxoG binding. In addition, all three OGG subfamilies bind 8-oxoG in a different manner even though the crucial interaction between the enzyme and the protonated N7 of 8-oxoG is conserved. Finally, the three OGG subfamilies differ with respect to DNA binding properties, helix-hairpin-helix motifs, and specificity for the opposite base.
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- Frédérick Faucher
- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, 18 Stuart Street, Kingston, K7L 3N6, Canada
- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: (F.F.); (Z.J.); Tel.: +613-533-6277 (Z.J.); Fax: +613-533-2497 (Z.J.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, E314A Given Building, 89 Beaumont Avenue, Burlington, VT 05405, USA; E-Mail:
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- Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences, Queen’s University, 18 Stuart Street, Kingston, K7L 3N6, Canada
- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: (F.F.); (Z.J.); Tel.: +613-533-6277 (Z.J.); Fax: +613-533-2497 (Z.J.)
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Schamber-Reis BLF, Nardelli S, Régis-Silva CG, Campos PC, Cerqueira PG, Lima SA, Franco GR, Macedo AM, Pena SDJ, Cazaux C, Hoffmann JS, Motta MCM, Schenkman S, Teixeira SMR, Machado CR. DNA polymerase beta from Trypanosoma cruzi is involved in kinetoplast DNA replication and repair of oxidative lesions. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2012; 183:122-31. [PMID: 22369885 DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2012.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2011] [Revised: 02/09/2012] [Accepted: 02/14/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Specific DNA repair pathways from Trypanosoma cruzi are believed to protect genomic DNA and kinetoplast DNA (kDNA) from mutations. Particular pathways are supposed to operate in order to repair nucleotides oxidized by reactive oxygen species (ROS) during parasite infection, being 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8oxoG) a frequent and highly mutagenic base alteration. If unrepaired, 8oxoG can lead to cytotoxic base transversions during DNA replication. In mammals, DNA polymerase beta (Polβ) is mainly involved in base excision repair (BER) of oxidative damage. However its biological role in T. cruzi is still unknown. We show, by immunofluorescence localization, that T. cruzi DNA polymerase beta (Tcpolβ) is restricted to the antipodal sites of kDNA in replicative epimastigote and amastigote developmental stages, being strictly localized to kDNA antipodal sites between G1/S and early G2 phase in replicative epimastigotes. Nevertheless, this polymerase was detected inside the mitochondrial matrix of trypomastigote forms, which are not able to replicate in culture. Parasites over expressing Tcpolβ showed reduced levels of 8oxoG in kDNA and an increased survival after treatment with hydrogen peroxide when compared to control cells. However, this resistance was lost after treating Tcpolβ overexpressors with methoxiamine, a potent BER inhibitor. Curiously, a presumed DNA repair focus containing Tcpolβ was identified in the vicinity of kDNA of cultured wild type epimastigotes after treatment with hydrogen peroxide. Taken together our data suggest participation of Tcpolβ during kDNA replication and repair of oxidative DNA damage induced by genotoxic stress in this organelle.
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- Bruno Luiz Fonseca Schamber-Reis
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Strande N, Roberts SA, Oh S, Hendrickson EA, Ramsden DA. Specificity of the dRP/AP lyase of Ku promotes nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) fidelity at damaged ends. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:13686-93. [PMID: 22362780 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.329730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) is essential for efficient repair of chromosome breaks. However, the NHEJ ligation step is often obstructed by break-associated nucleotide damage, including base loss (abasic site or 5'-dRP/AP sites). Ku, a 5'-dRP/AP lyase, can excise such damage at ends in preparation for the ligation step. We show here that this activity is greatest if the abasic site is within a short 5' overhang, when this activity is necessary and sufficient to prepare such termini for ligation. In contrast, Ku is less active near 3' strand termini, where excision would leave a ligation-blocking α,β-unsaturated aldehyde. The Ku AP lyase activity is also strongly suppressed by as little as two paired bases 5' of the abasic site. Importantly, in vitro end joining experiments show that abasic sites significantly embedded in double-stranded DNA do not block the NHEJ ligation step. Suppression of the excision activity of Ku in this context therefore is not essential for ligation and further helps NHEJ retain terminal sequence in junctions. We show that the DNA between the 5' terminus and the abasic site can also be retained in junctions formed by cellular NHEJ, indicating that these sites are at least partly resistant to other abasic site-cleaving activities as well. High levels of the 5'-dRP/AP lyase activity of Ku are thus restricted to substrates where excision of an abasic site is required for ligation, a degree of specificity that promotes more accurate joining.
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- Natasha Strande
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA
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Base excision repair (BER) is an essential cellular mechanism that maintains genome stability by repairing DNA damage, such as DNA base lesions, base loss (AP sites) and single strand breaks, generated through endogenous metabolism or via exogenous mutagens. Therefore, in vitro BER assays are important for our understanding of the mechanism of cellular response to mutagens and may also reveal important information about the development of several DNA repair-related human diseases, such as cancer, and aging. Here, we describe the preparation and use of mammalian cell extracts in in vitro BER assays using both oligonucleotide and closed circular DNA substrates containing site-specific DNA lesions, in combination with denaturing acrylamide gel electrophoresis and phosphor imaging analysis.
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- Jason L Parsons
- Gray Institute for Radiation, Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Goellner EM, Svilar D, Almeida KH, Sobol RW. Targeting DNA polymerase ß for therapeutic intervention. Curr Mol Pharmacol 2012; 5:68-87. [PMID: 22122465 PMCID: PMC3894524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2010] [Revised: 01/10/2011] [Accepted: 01/15/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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DNA damage plays a causal role in numerous disease processes. Hence, it is suggested that DNA repair proteins, which maintain the integrity of the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes, play a critical role in reducing the onset of multiple diseases, including cancer, diabetes and neurodegeneration. As the primary DNA polymerase involved in base excision repair, DNA polymerase ß (Polß) has been implicated in multiple cellular processes, including genome maintenance and telomere processing and is suggested to play a role in oncogenic transformation, cell viability following stress and the cellular response to radiation, chemotherapy and environmental genotoxicants. Therefore, Polß inhibitors may prove to be effective in cancer treatment. However, Polß has a complex and highly regulated role in DNA metabolism. This complicates the development of effective Polß-specific inhibitors useful for improving chemotherapy and radiation response without impacting normal cellular function. With multiple enzymatic activities, numerous binding partners and complex modes of regulation from post-translational modifications, there are many opportunities for Polß inhibition that have yet to be resolved. To shed light on the varying possibilities and approaches of targeting Polß for potential therapeutic intervention, we summarize the reported small molecule inhibitors of Polß and discuss the genetic, biochemical and chemical studies that implicate additional options for Polß inhibition. Further, we offer suggestions on possible inhibitor combinatorial approaches and the potential for tumor specificity for Polß-inhibitors.
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- Eva M. Goellner
- Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Physical Sciences, Rhode Island College, 600 Mt. Pleasant Ave, Providence, RI 02908-1991, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Chemical Biology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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Parsons JL, Dianova II, Khoronenkova SV, Edelmann MJ, Kessler BM, Dianov GL. USP47 is a deubiquitylating enzyme that regulates base excision repair by controlling steady-state levels of DNA polymerase β. Mol Cell 2011; 41:609-15. [PMID: 21362556 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2011.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2009] [Revised: 06/23/2010] [Accepted: 12/22/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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DNA base excision repair (BER) is an essential cellular process required for genome stability, and misregulation of BER is linked to premature aging, increased rate of mutagenesis, and cancer. We have now identified the cytoplasmic ubiquitin-specific protease USP47 as the major enzyme involved in deubiquitylation of the key BER DNA polymerase (Pol β) and demonstrate that USP47 is required for stability of newly synthesized cytoplasmic Pol β that is used as a source for nuclear Pol β involved in DNA repair. We further show that knockdown of USP47 causes an increased level of ubiquitylated Pol β, decreased levels of Pol β, and a subsequent deficiency in BER, leading to accumulation of DNA strand breaks and decreased cell viability in response to DNA damage. Taken together, these data demonstrate an important role for USP47 in regulating DNA repair and maintaining genome integrity.
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- Jason L Parsons
- Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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Dalhus B, Forsbring M, Helle IH, Vik ES, Forstrøm RJ, Backe PH, Alseth I, Bjørås M. Separation-of-function mutants unravel the dual-reaction mode of human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase. Structure 2011; 19:117-27. [PMID: 21220122 DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2010.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2010] [Revised: 08/31/2010] [Accepted: 09/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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7,8-Dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8oxoG) is a major mutagenic base lesion formed when reactive oxygen species react with guanine in DNA. The human 8oxoG DNA glycosylase (hOgg1) recognizes and initiates repair of 8oxoG. hOgg1 is acknowledged as a bifunctional DNA glycosylase catalyzing removal of the damaged base followed by cleavage of the backbone of the intermediate abasic DNA (AP lyase/β-elimination). When acting on 8oxoG-containing DNA, these two steps in the hOgg1 catalysis are considered coupled, with Lys249 implicated as a key residue. However, several lines of evidence point to a concurrent and independent monofunctional hydrolysis of the N-glycosylic bond being the in vivo relevant reaction mode of hOgg1. Here, we present biochemical and structural evidence for the monofunctional mode of hOgg1 by design of separation-of-function mutants. Asp268 is identified as the catalytic residue, while Lys249 appears critical for the specific recognition and final alignment of 8oxoG during the hydrolysis reaction.
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- Bjørn Dalhus
- Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience and Institute of Medical Microbiology, Rikshospitalet, Oslo University Hospital, N-0027 Oslo, Norway.
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van Loon B, Markkanen E, Hübscher U. Oxygen as a friend and enemy: How to combat the mutational potential of 8-oxo-guanine. DNA Repair (Amst) 2010; 9:604-16. [PMID: 20399712 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2010.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The maintenance of genetic stability is of crucial importance for any form of life. Prior to cell division in each mammalian cell, the process of DNA replication must faithfully duplicate the three billion bases with an absolute minimum of mistakes. Various environmental and endogenous agents, such as reactive oxygen species (ROS), can modify the structural properties of DNA bases and thus damage the DNA. Upon exposure of cells to oxidative stress, an often generated and highly mutagenic DNA damage is 7,8-dihydro-8-oxo-guanine (8-oxo-G). The estimated steady-state level of 8-oxo-G lesions is about 10(3) per cell/per day in normal tissues and up to 10(5) lesions per cell/per day in cancer tissues. The presence of 8-oxo-G on the replicating strand leads to frequent (10-75%) misincorporations of adenine opposite the lesion (formation of A:8-oxo-G mispairs), subsequently resulting in C:G to A:T transversion mutations. These mutations are among the most predominant somatic mutations in lung, breast, ovarian, gastric and colorectal cancers. Thus, in order to reduce the mutational burden of ROS, human cells have evolved base excision repair (BER) pathways ensuring (i) the correct and efficient repair of A:8-oxo-G mispairs and (ii) the removal of 8-oxo-G lesions from the genome. Very recently it was shown that MutY glycosylase homologue (MUTYH) and DNA polymerase lambda play a crucial role in the accurate repair of A:8-oxo-G mispairs. Here we review the importance of accurate BER of 8-oxo-G damage and its regulation in prevention of cancer.
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- Barbara van Loon
- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Allinson SL. DNA end-processing enzyme polynucleotide kinase as a potential target in the treatment of cancer. Future Oncol 2010; 6:1031-42. [PMID: 20528239 DOI: 10.2217/fon.10.40] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Pharmacological inhibition of DNA-repair pathways as an approach for the potentiation of chemo- and radio-therapeutic cancer treatments has attracted increasing levels of interest in recent years. Inhibitors of several enzymes involved in the repair of DNA strand breaks are currently at various stages of the drug development process. Polynucleotide kinase (PNK), a bifunctional DNA-repair enzyme that possesses both 3'-phosphatase and 5'-kinase activities, plays an important role in the repair of both single strand and double strand breaks and as a result, RNAi-mediated knockdown of PNK sensitizes cells to a range of DNA-damaging agents. Recently, a small molecule inhibitor of PNK has been developed that is able to sensitize cells to ionizing radiation and the topoisomerase I poison, camptothecin. Although still in the early stages of development, PNK inhibition represents a promising means of enhancing the efficacy of existing cancer treatments.
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- Sarah L Allinson
- School of Health & Medicine, Division of Biomedical & Life Sciences, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA14YQ, UK.
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Ku is a 5'-dRP/AP lyase that excises nucleotide damage near broken ends. Nature 2010; 464:1214-7. [PMID: 20383123 PMCID: PMC2859099 DOI: 10.1038/nature08926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2008] [Accepted: 02/11/2010] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Mammalian cells require Nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) for efficient repair of chromosomal DNA double-strand breaks1. A key feature of biological sources of strand breaks is associated nucleotide damage, including base loss (abasic or AP sites)2. At single strand breaks, 5' terminal abasic sites are excised by pol β's 5'dRP lyase activity3,4,5,6: we show here in vitro and in cells that accurate and efficient repair by NHEJ of double-strand breaks with such damage similarly requires 5'dRP/AP lyase activity (Figure 1a). Classically defined NHEJ is moreover uniquely effective at coupling this end-cleaning step to joining in cells, helping distinguish this pathway from otherwise robust alternate NHEJ pathways. Surprisingly, the NHEJ factor Ku can be identified as an effective 5'dRP/AP lyase. Similar to other lyases7, Ku nicks DNA 3' of an abasic site by a mechanism involving a Schiff base covalent intermediate with the abasic site. We demonstrate using cell extracts that Ku is essential for efficient removal of AP sites near double-strand breaks and, consistent with this result, joining of such breaks is specifically reduced in cells complemented with a lyase-attenuated Ku mutant. Ku had previously been presumed only to recognize ends and recruit other factors that processed ends; our data supports an unexpected direct role for Ku in end processing steps as well.
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An 8-oxo-guanine repair pathway coordinated by MUTYH glycosylase and DNA polymerase lambda. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:18201-6. [PMID: 19820168 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0907280106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) interact with DNA, frequently generating highly mutagenic 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxo-G) lesions. Replicative DNA polymerases (pols) often misincorporate adenine opposite 8-oxo-G. The subsequent repair mechanism allowing the removal of adenine and formation of C:8-oxo-G base pair is essential to prevent C:G to A:T transversion mutations. Here, we show by immunofluorescence experiments, in cells exposed to ROS, the involvement of MutY glycosylase homologue (MUTYH) and DNA pol lambda in the repair of A:8-oxo-G mispairs. We observe specific recruitment of MUTYH, DNA pol lambda, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA), flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) and DNA ligases I and III from human cell extracts to A:8-oxo-G DNA, but not to undamaged DNA. Using purified human proteins and a DNA template, we reconstitute the full pathway for the faithful repair of A:8-oxo-G mispairs involving MUTYH, DNA pol lambda, FEN1, and DNA ligase I. These results reveal a cellular response pathway to ROS, important to sustain genomic stability and modulate carcinogenesis.
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Ubiquitin ligase ARF-BP1/Mule modulates base excision repair. EMBO J 2009; 28:3207-15. [PMID: 19713937 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2009] [Accepted: 07/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Base excision repair (BER) is the major cellular pathway involved in removal of endogenous/spontaneous DNA lesions. Here, we study the mechanism that controls the steady-state levels of BER enzymes in human cells. By fractionating human cell extract, we purified the E3 ubiquitin ligase Mule (ARF-BP1/HectH9) as an enzyme that can ubiquitylate DNA polymerase beta (Pol beta), the major BER DNA polymerase. We identified lysines 41, 61 and 81 as the major sites of modification and show that replacement of these lysines to arginines leads to increased protein stability. We further show that the cellular levels of Pol beta and its ubiquitylated derivative are modulated by Mule and ARF and siRNA knockdown of Mule leads to accumulation of Pol beta and increased DNA repair. Our findings provide a novel mechanism regulating steady-state levels of BER proteins.
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Dalhus B, Laerdahl JK, Backe PH, Bjørås M. DNA base repair--recognition and initiation of catalysis. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2009; 33:1044-78. [PMID: 19659577 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00188.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Endogenous DNA damage induced by hydrolysis, reactive oxygen species and alkylation modifies DNA bases and the structure of the DNA duplex. Numerous mechanisms have evolved to protect cells from these deleterious effects. Base excision repair is the major pathway for removing base lesions. However, several mechanisms of direct base damage reversal, involving enzymes such as transferases, photolyases and oxidative demethylases, are specialized to remove certain types of photoproducts and alkylated bases. Mismatch excision repair corrects for misincorporation of bases by replicative DNA polymerases. The determination of the 3D structure and visualization of DNA repair proteins and their interactions with damaged DNA have considerably aided our understanding of the molecular basis for DNA base lesion repair and genome stability. Here, we review the structural biochemistry of base lesion recognition and initiation of one-step direct reversal (DR) of damage as well as the multistep pathways of base excision repair (BER), nucleotide incision repair (NIR) and mismatch repair (MMR).
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- Bjørn Dalhus
- Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience (CMBN), Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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Guo Z, Zheng L, Dai H, Zhou M, Xu H, Shen B. Human DNA polymerase beta polymorphism, Arg137Gln, impairs its polymerase activity and interaction with PCNA and the cellular base excision repair capacity. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:3431-41. [PMID: 19336415 PMCID: PMC2691839 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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DNA polymerase beta (Pol beta) is a key enzyme in DNA base excision repair, and an important factor for maintaining genome integrity and stability. More than 30% of human tumors characterized to date express DNA Pol beta variants, many of which result from a single nucleotide residue substitution. However, in most cases, their precise functional deficiency and relationship to cancer susceptibility are still unknown. In the current work, we show that a polymorphism encoding an arginine to glutamine substitution, R137Q, has lower polymerase activity. The substitution also affects the interaction between Pol beta and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). These defects impair the DNA repair capacity of Pol beta in reconstitution assays, as well as in cellular extracts. Expression of wild-type Pol beta in pol beta(-/-) mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) cells restored cellular resistance to DNA damaging reagents such as methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) and N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU), while expression of R137Q in pol beta(-/-) MEF cells failed to do so. These data indicate that polymorphisms in base excision repair genes may contribute to the onset and development of cancers.
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- Zhigang Guo
- Department of Radiation Biology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Beckman Research Institute, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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Inhibition of human DNA polymerase beta activity by the anticancer prodrug Cloretazine. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2008; 378:419-23. [PMID: 19026985 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2008.11.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2008] [Accepted: 11/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The antineoplastic prodrug Cloretazine exerts its cytotoxicity via a synergism between 2-chloroethylating and carbamoylating activities that are cogenerated upon activation in situ. Cloretazine is reported here to inhibit the nucleotidyl-transferase activity of purified human DNA polymerase beta (Pol beta), a principal enzyme of DNA base excision repair (BER). The 2-chloroethylating activity of Cloretazine alkylates DNA at the O(6) position of guanine bases resulting in 2-chloroethoxyguanine monoadducts, which further react to form cytotoxic interstrand DNA crosslinks. Alkylated DNA is often repaired via BER in vivo. Inhibition of the polymerase activity of Pol beta may account for some of the synergism between Cloretazine's two reactive subspecies in cytotoxicity assays. This inhibition was only observed using agents with carbamoylating activity. Furthermore, while therapeutically relevant concentrations of Cloretazine inhibited the polymerase activity of Pol beta, the enzyme's lyase activity, which may also participate in BER, was not significantly inhibited.
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