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Association Between the LIG1 Polymorphisms and Lung Cancer Risk: A Meta-analysis of Case–Control Studies. Cell Biochem Biophys 2015; 73:381-387. [DOI: 10.1007/s12013-015-0619-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Singh DK, Krishna S, Chandra S, Shameem M, Deshmukh AL, Banerjee D. Human DNA Ligases: A Comprehensive New Look for Cancer Therapy. Med Res Rev 2013; 34:567-95. [DOI: 10.1002/med.21298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Deependra Kumar Singh
- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; B.S. 10/1, Janakipuram Extension, Sitapur Road Lucknow 226021 Uttar Pradesh India
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- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; B.S. 10/1, Janakipuram Extension, Sitapur Road Lucknow 226021 Uttar Pradesh India
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- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; B.S. 10/1, Janakipuram Extension, Sitapur Road Lucknow 226021 Uttar Pradesh India
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- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; B.S. 10/1, Janakipuram Extension, Sitapur Road Lucknow 226021 Uttar Pradesh India
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- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; B.S. 10/1, Janakipuram Extension, Sitapur Road Lucknow 226021 Uttar Pradesh India
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- CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute; B.S. 10/1, Janakipuram Extension, Sitapur Road Lucknow 226021 Uttar Pradesh India
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Singh AA, Sivakumar D, Somvanshi P. Cataloguing functionally relevant polymorphisms in gene DNA ligase I: a computational approach. 3 Biotech 2011; 1:47-56. [PMID: 22558535 PMCID: PMC3339591 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-011-0006-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2011] [Accepted: 04/01/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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A computational approach for identifying functionally relevant SNPs in gene LIG1 has been proposed. LIG1 is a crucial gene which is involved in excision repair pathways and mutations in this gene may lead to increase sensitivity towards DNA damaging agents. A total of 792 SNPs were reported to be associated with gene LIG1 in dbSNP. Different web server namely SIFT, PolyPhen, CUPSAT, FASTSNP, MAPPER and dbSMR were used to identify potentially functional SNPs in gene LIG1. SIFT, PolyPhen and CUPSAT servers predicted eleven nsSNPs to be intolerant, thirteen nsSNP to be damaging and two nsSNPs have the potential to destabilize protein structure. The nsSNP rs11666150 was predicted to be damaging by all three servers and its mutant structure showed significant increase in overall energy. FASTSNP predicted twenty SNPs to be present in splicing modifier binding sites while rSNP module from MAPPER server predicted nine SNPs to influence the binding of transcription factors. The results from the study may provide vital clues in establishing affect of polymorphism on phenotype and in elucidating drug response.
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- Abhishek A. Singh
- Department of Bioinformatics-BiGCaT, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu India
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- Bioinformatics Centre, Biotech Park, Sector-G, Jankipuram, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh India
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Lee YCA, Morgenstern H, Greenland S, Tashkin DP, Papp J, Sinsheimer J, Cao W, Hashibe M, You NCY, Mao JT, Cozen W, Mack TM, Zhang ZF. A case-control study of the association of the polymorphisms and haplotypes of DNA ligase I with lung and upper-aerodigestive-tract cancers. Int J Cancer 2008; 122:1630-8. [PMID: 18059021 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Tobacco smoking is a major risk factor for lung and upper-aerodigestive-tract (UADT) cancers. One possible mechanism for the associations may be through DNA damage pathways. DNA Ligase I (LIG1) is a DNA repair gene involved in both the nucleotide excision repair (NER) and the base excision repair (BER) pathways. We examined the association of 4 LIG1 polymorphisms with lung and UADT cancers, and their potential interactions with smoking in a population-based case-control study in Los Angeles County. We performed genotyping using the SNPlex method from Applied Biosystems. Logistic regression analyses of 551 lung cancer cases, 489 UADT cancer cases and 948 controls showed the expected associations of tobacco smoking with lung and UADT cancers and new associations between the LIG1 haplotypes and these cancers. For lung cancer, when compared to the most common haplotype (rs20581-rs20580-rs20579-rs439132 = T-C-C-A), the adjusted odds ratio (OR) is 1.2 (95% confidence limits (CL) = 0.95, 1.5) for the CACA haplotype, 1.4 (1.0, 1.9) for the CATA haplotype and 1.8 (1.1, 2.8) for the CCCG haplotype, after controlling for age, gender, race/ethnicity, education and tobacco smoking. We observed weaker associations between the LIG1 haplotypes and UADT cancers. Our findings suggest the LIG1 haplotypes may affect the risk of lung and UADT cancers.
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- Yuan-Chin Amy Lee
- Department of Epidemiology, University of California at Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772, USA
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Sobti RC, Kaur P, Kaur S, Janmeja AK, Jindal SK, Kishan J, Raimondi S. No association of DNA ligase-I polymorphism with the risk of lung cancer in north-Indian population. DNA Cell Biol 2006; 25:484-9. [PMID: 16907646 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2006.25.484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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DNA ligases play an essential role in repair, replication, and recombination of DNA, and catalyzes the formation of a phosphodiester bond at a nick junction on single- and double-strand breaks. We have conducted a hospital-based case-control study to examine the role of polymorphism of DNA repair gene ligase I (LIGI) in the context of lung cancer risk for north Indian population. One hundred, fifty-one primary lung cancer cases and an equal number of matching hospital controls were collected. The LIGI polymorphism was determined by using the PCR-RFLP method. The association between polymorphisms in the LIGI gene with the risk of lung cancer was estimated by computing odds ratios (ORs) and a 95% confidence interval (CI) using a Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis. The risk for lung cancer was not associated for individuals featuring LIGI (AC) (OR -0.8, 95% CI = 0.44-1.40) and (AA) (OR -0.8, 95% CI = 0.41-1.80) genotypes. The DNA repair gene (LIGI) may not be playing an important role in modulating the risk of lung cancer in the north Indian population.
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Shen H, Spitz MR, Qiao Y, Zheng Y, Hong WK, Wei Q. Polymorphism of DNA ligase I and risk of lung cancer--a case-control analysis. Lung Cancer 2002; 36:243-7. [PMID: 12009232 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5002(01)00485-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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DNA ligases catalyze the joining of single and double-strand DNA breaks, which is an essential step in DNA replication, recombination and repair. Recently, a common single nucleotide polymorphism (A-->C) in exon 6 of DNA ligase I (LIG1) was identified, but its functional relevance remains to be determined. Because LIG1 participates in DNA repair and reduced DNA repair capacity is associated with risk of lung cancer, we evaluated in a non-population-based case-control study of 530 lung cancer cases and 570 cancer-free controls the role of this polymorphism in susceptibility to lung cancer. All of the subjects were non-Hispanic whites and the controls were frequency-matched to cases on age, sex and smoking status. Using the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism method, we found that this LIGI A-->C substitution was very common in healthy controls and that the A and C allele frequencies were close to 0.5. However, there was no significant difference in the frequency distributions of LIGI genotypes between lung cancer cases and controls (25.7, 49.8 and 24.5% in cases and 26.1, 49.7 and 24.2% in controls for the AA, AC and CC genotypes, respectively). Therefore, there was no evidence to support an association between this polymorphism and the risk of lung cancer (adjusted odds ratio (OR)=1.06, 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.76-1.49 for AC versus CC and OR=0.93, 95% CI=0.64-1.36 for AA versus CC) neither in all cases nor in different histopathologic types. The results of this large case-control study suggest that this LIG1 polymorphism may not play an important role in susceptibility to lung cancer.
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- Hongbing Shen
- Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Smith JS, Tachibana I, Pohl U, Lee HK, Thanarajasingam U, Portier BP, Ueki K, Ramaswamy S, Billings SJ, Mohrenweiser HW, Louis DN, Jenkins RB. A transcript map of the chromosome 19q-arm glioma tumor suppressor region. Genomics 2000; 64:44-50. [PMID: 10708517 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1999.6101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Allelic loss of the chromosome 19q arm is a frequent event in human diffuse gliomas, suggesting that it contains a tumor suppressor gene. Recent deletion mapping studies have broadly implicated a 1.6-Mb interval between D19S241E and D19S596, with a limited subset of tumors, suggesting that the region may be as narrow as 150 kb. Focusing on this smaller interval, we have used cDNA selection, exon amplification, and genomic sequencing to identify three novel transcripts (EHD2, GLTSCR1, and GLTSCR2) and to map two known genes (SEPW1 and CRX). A partial transcript map of 19 transcripts and two EST markers has been constructed for the 1.6-Mb interval D19S241E-D19S596. Ten of these transcripts, including the 5 mapped to the 150-kb deletion interval, have been examined for alterations in a panel of gliomas with allelic loss of 19q. Tumor-specific alterations have not been identified in the transcripts examined thus far. Collectively, these data should facilitate subsequent efforts to identify and characterize the remaining transcripts in the 1.6-Mb interval.
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- J S Smith
- Division of Laboratory Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA
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Barnes DE, Stamp G, Rosewell I, Denzel A, Lindahl T. Targeted disruption of the gene encoding DNA ligase IV leads to lethality in embryonic mice. Curr Biol 1998; 8:1395-8. [PMID: 9889105 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)00021-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 345] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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DNA ligase IV is the most recently identified member of a family of enzymes joining DNA strand breaks in mammalian cell nuclei [1] [2]. The enzyme occurs in a complex with the XRCC4 gene product [3], an interaction mediated via its unique carboxyl terminus [4] [5]. Cells lacking XRCC4 are hypersensitive to ionising radiation and defective in V(D)J recombination [3] [6], implicating DNA ligase IV in the pathway of nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) of DNA double-strand breaks mediated by XRCC4, the Ku70/80 heterodimer and the catalytic subunit of DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PKcs) in mammalian cells (reviewed in [7]). The phenotype of a null mutant of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA ligase IV homologue indicates that the enzyme is non-essential and functions in yeast NHEJ [8] [9] [10]. Unlike other mammalian DNA ligases for which cDNAs have been characterised, DNA ligase IV is encoded by an intronless gene (LIG4). Here, we show that targeted disruption of LIG4 in the mouse leads to lethality associated with extensive apoptotic cell death in the embryonic central nervous system. Thus, unlike Ku70/80 and DNA-PKcs [11] [12] [13] [14], DNA ligase IV has an essential function in early mammalian development.
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- D E Barnes
- Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Clare Hall Laboratories, South Mimms, Hertfordshire EN6 3LD, UK
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Livak KJ, Little WA, Stack SL, Patterson TA. Polymorphisms in the human DNA ligase I gene (LIG1) including a complex GT repeat. Mutat Res 1998; 406:1-8. [PMID: 9920050 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5726(98)00005-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Sequencing of a human DNA ligase I cDNA clone derived from HeLa cells revealed two unreported differences with the published sequence: a single base change and a three-base deletion. Both differences are in exon 6, and were analyzed by amplifying a segment containing exon 5, intron 6, and exon 6. The first finding was that intron 6 is approximately 2.6 kb in size, not the 1 kb reported in the literature. By sequence analysis of amplified segments, the single-base difference in exon 6 was shown to be polymorphic, with HeLa cells heterozygous for the A/C difference. Analysis of 60 unrelated individuals found a frequency of 0.5 for each allele. Primer extension reactions across the exon 5/exon 6 boundary were performed on cDNA obtained from HeLa cells and human thymus. The results show that the three-base deletion is due to a variation in splicing. For both HeLa and thymus, two-thirds of the transcripts are like the published cDNA sequence and one-third have the three-base deletion. Finally, sequencing of part of intron 6 revealed the presence of a complex GT repeat consisting of a 48-50 nucleotide polypurine tract followed by a variable number of GT residues. This entire unit of polypurine tract plus GTs is repeated three times. Detection of the repeated sequences required the development of specialized cloning and PCR conditions. Analysis of a pedigree showed that this complex repeat is polymorphic.
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- K J Livak
- Research and Development Division, The Du Pont Merck Pharmaceutical, Wilmington, DE 19880-0328, USA.
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Hu Y, Su L, Snow ET. Arsenic toxicity is enzyme specific and its affects on ligation are not caused by the direct inhibition of DNA repair enzymes. Mutat Res 1998; 408:203-18. [PMID: 9806419 DOI: 10.1016/s0921-8777(98)00035-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The molecular mechanism of arsenic toxicity is believed to be due to the ability of arsenite [As(III)] to bind protein thiols. Numerous studies have shown that arsenic is cytotoxic at micromolar concentrations. Micromolar As can also induce chromosomal damage and inhibit DNA repair. The mechanism of arsenic-induced genotoxicity is very important because arsenic is a human carcinogen, but not a mutagen, and there is a need to establish recommendations for safe levels of As in the environment. We have measured the dose-response for arsenic inhibition of several purified human DNA repair enzymes, including DNA polymerase beta, DNA ligase I and DNA ligase III and have found that most enzymes, even those with critical SH groups, are very insensitive to As. Many repair enzymes are activated by millimolar concentrations of As(III) and/or As(V). Only pyruvate dehydrogenase, one of eight purified enzymes examined so far, is inhibited by micromolar arsenic. In contrast to the purified enzymes, treatment of human cells in culture with micromolar arsenic produces a significant dose-dependent decrease in DNA ligase activity in nuclear extracts from the treated cells. However, the ligase activity in extracts from untreated cells is no more sensitive to arsenic than the purified enzymes. Our results show that direct enzyme inhibition is not a common toxic effect of As and that only a few sensitive enzymes are responsible for arsenic-induced cellular toxicity. Thus, arsenic-induced co-mutagenesis and inhibition of DNA repair is probably not the result of direct enzyme inhibition, but may be an indirect effect caused by As-induced changes in cellular redox levels or alterations in signal transduction pathways and consequent changes in gene expression.
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- Y Hu
- Nelson Institute of Environmental Medicine and Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University Medical Center, Tuxedo 10987, USA
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Eukaryotic DNA Ligases and DNA Repair. DNA Repair (Amst) 1998. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-48770-5_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Bentley D, Selfridge J, Millar JK, Samuel K, Hole N, Ansell JD, Melton DW. DNA ligase I is required for fetal liver erythropoiesis but is not essential for mammalian cell viability. Nat Genet 1996; 13:489-91. [PMID: 8696349 DOI: 10.1038/ng0896-489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Four distinct DNA ligase activities (I-IV) have been identified within mammalian cells. Evidence has indicated that DNA ligase I is central to DNA replication, as well as being involved in DNA repair processes. A patient with altered DNA ligase I displayed a phenotype similar to Bloom's syndrome, being immunodeficient, growth retarded and predisposed to cancer. Fibroblasts isolated from this patient (46BR) exhibited abnormal lagging strand synthesis and repair deficiency. It has been reported that DNA ligase I is essential for cell viability, but here we show that cells lacking DNA ligase I are in fact viable. Using gene targeting in embryonic stem (ES) cells, we have produced DNA ligase I-deficient mice. Embryos develop normally to mid-term when haematopoiesis usually switches to the fetal liver. Thereupon acute anaemia develops, despite the presence of erythroid-committed progenitor cells in the liver. Thus DNA ligase I is required for normal development, but is not essential for replication. Hence a previously unsuspected redundancy must exist between mammalian DNA ligases.
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- D Bentley
- Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, UK
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Lepetit D, Thiebaud P, Aoufouchi S, Prigent C, Guesné R, Thézé N. The cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding Xenopus laevis DNA ligase I. Gene 1996; 172:273-7. [PMID: 8682316 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00175-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A cDNA clone coding for DNA ligase I (LigI) was isolated from a Xenopus laevis oocyte cDNA library. The 3766-bp sequence showed a putative ORF capable of encoding a 1070-amino-acid protein whose overall identity with two mammalian sequences is 63%. This identity, however, rises to 72.5% in the C-terminal portion of the protein that contains the active site. Expression of the cDNA in a prokaryotic system produces a protein that is immunologically identical to LigI and can be adenylated. The 180-kDa size of the recombinant protein is similar to the LigI detected in oocyte. Northern blot analysis of ovary and embryo RNAs revealed the expression of two (4.1 and 6 kb) LigI transcripts.
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- D Lepetit
- Département de Biologie et Génétique du Développement, URA 256 CNRS, Université de Rennes I, France
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Wei YF, Robins P, Carter K, Caldecott K, Pappin DJ, Yu GL, Wang RP, Shell BK, Nash RA, Schär P. Molecular cloning and expression of human cDNAs encoding a novel DNA ligase IV and DNA ligase III, an enzyme active in DNA repair and recombination. Mol Cell Biol 1995; 15:3206-16. [PMID: 7760816 PMCID: PMC230553 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.15.6.3206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Three distinct DNA ligases, I to III, have been found previously in mammalian cells, but a cloned cDNA has been identified only for DNA ligase I, an essential enzyme active in DNA replication. A short peptide sequence conserved close to the C terminus of all known eukaryotic DNA ligases was used to search for additional homologous sequences in human cDNA libraries. Two different incomplete cDNA clones that showed partial homology to the conserved peptide were identified. Full-length cDNAs were obtained and expressed by in vitro transcription and translation. The 103-kDa product of one cDNA clone formed a characteristic complex with the XRCC1 DNA repair protein and was identical with the previously described DNA ligase III. DNA ligase III appears closely related to the smaller DNA ligase II. The 96-kDa in vitro translation product of the second cDNA clone was also shown to be an ATP-dependent DNA ligase. A fourth DNA ligase (DNA ligase IV) has been purified from human cells and shown to be identical to the 96-kDa DNA ligase by unique agreement between mass spectrometry data on tryptic peptides from the purified enzyme and the predicted open reading frame of the cloned cDNA. The amino acid sequences of DNA ligases III and IV share a related active-site motif and several short regions of homology with DNA ligase I, other DNA ligases, and RNA capping enzymes. DNA ligases III and IV are encoded by distinct genes located on human chromosomes 17q11.2-12 and 13q33-34, respectively.
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- Y F Wei
- Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland 20850-3338, USA
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Thompson LH, Brookman KW, Weber CA, Salazar EP, Reardon JT, Sancar A, Deng Z, Siciliano MJ. Molecular cloning of the human nucleotide-excision-repair gene ERCC4. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:6855-9. [PMID: 8041709 PMCID: PMC44296 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.15.6855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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ERCC4 was previously identified in somatic cell hybrids as a human gene that corrects the nucleotide-excision-repair deficiency in mutant hamster cells. The cloning strategy for ERCC4 involved transfection of the repair-deficient hamster cell line UV41 with a human sCos-1 cosmid library derived from chromosome 16. Enhanced UV resistance was seen with one cosmid-library transformant and two secondary transformants of UV41. Cosmid clones carrying a functional ERCC4 gene were isolated from a library of a secondary transformant by selecting in Escherichia coli for expression of a linked neomycin-resistance gene that was present in the sCos-1 vector. The cosmids mapped to 16p13.13-p13.2, the location assigned to ERCC4 by using somatic cell hybrids. Upon transfection into UV41, six cosmid clones gave partial correction ranging from 30% to 64%, although all appeared to contain the complete gene. The capacity for in vitro excision of thymine dimers from a plasmid by transformant cell extracts correlated qualitatively with enhanced UV resistance.
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- L H Thompson
- Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551-0808
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Savini E, Biamonti G, Ciarrocchi G, Montecucco A. Cloning and sequence analysis of a cDNA coding for the murine DNA ligase I enzyme. Gene 1994; 144:253-7. [PMID: 8039710 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90386-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A complementary DNA (2961 bp) containing the complete coding sequence for murine DNA ligase I was isolated from a mouse fibroblast cDNA library using a cDNA encoding the human protein as a probe. An open reading frame of 2748 bp, encoding a protein of 916 amino acids (aa), was identified. Northern blot analysis of total RNA extracted from mouse fibroblasts showed a single band with a mobility corresponding to a size of 3.2 kb whose level increases upon serum stimulation of quiescent mouse NIH-3T3 cells. Alignment of the murine and human deduced aa sequences showed an overall 83% identity, that rises to 91% if only the sequence on the C-terminal portion of the protein containing the active site is considered.
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- E Savini
- Istituto di Genetica Biochimica ed Evoluzionistica, C.N.R., Pavia, Italy
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Roberts E, Nash R, Robins P, Lindahl T. Different active sites of mammalian DNA ligases I and II. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)41929-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Troelstra C, Hesen W, Bootsma D, Hoeijmakers JH. Structure and expression of the excision repair gene ERCC6, involved in the human disorder Cockayne's syndrome group B. Nucleic Acids Res 1993; 21:419-26. [PMID: 8382798 PMCID: PMC309134 DOI: 10.1093/nar/21.3.419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The human repair gene ERCC6--a presumed DNA (or RNA) helicase--has recently been found to function specifically in preferential nucleotide excision repair (NER). This NER subpathway is primarily directed towards repair of (the transcribed strand of) active genes. Mutations in the ERCC6 gene are responsible for the human hereditary repair disorder Cockayne's syndrome complementation group B, the most common form of the disease. In this report, the genomic organization and expression of this gene are described. It consists of at least 21 exons, together with the promoter covering a region of 82-90 kb on the genome. Postulated functional domains deduced from the predicted amino acid sequence, including 7 distinct helicase signatures, are--with one exception--encoded on separate exons. Consensus splice donor and acceptor sequences are present at all exon borders with the exception of the unusual splice donor at the end of exon VII. The 'invariable' GT dinucleotide in the consensus (C,A)AG/GTPuAGT is replaced by the exceptional GC. Based on 42 GC splice donor sequences identified by an extensive literature search we found a statistically highly significant better 'overall' match of the surrounding nucleotides to the consensus sequence compared to normal GT-sites. This confirms and extends the observation made recently by Jackson (Nucl. Acids Res., 19, 3795-3798 (1991)) derived from analysis of 26 cases. Analysis of ERCC6 cDNA clones revealed the occurrence of alternative polyadenylation, resulting in the (differential) expression of two mRNA molecules (which are barely detectable on Northern blots) of 5 and 7 kb in length.
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- C Troelstra
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Montecucco A, Biamonti G, Savini E, Focher F, Spadari S, Ciarrocchi G. DNA ligase I gene expression during differentiation and cell proliferation. Nucleic Acids Res 1992; 20:6209-14. [PMID: 1475182 PMCID: PMC334506 DOI: 10.1093/nar/20.23.6209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
We have studied the regulation of mammalian DNA ligase I gene by using a cDNA probe in Northern blot experiments with RNA extracted from several cell types in different growth conditions. DNA ligase I mRNA is detected in all analysed cell systems, regardless of their proliferation state, including mature rat neurons. A significant increase in DNA ligase I mRNA level is observed when cells are induced to proliferate, in agreement with the raise of DNA joining activity found in the same cell systems. The increase parallels the start of DNA synthesis, but the messenger remains at high level beyond the end of the S phase and is detected also in the presence of aphidicolin. A decrease in DNA ligase I mRNA is observed in HL-60 and NIH-3T3 cells after differentiation. The high stability of DNA ligase I mRNA in both resting and proliferating human fibroblasts suggests a cell proliferation dependent rate of transcription. On the other hand the presence of a basal level of DNA ligase I in nondividing cells, strongly suggests an involvement of this enzyme in DNA repair. This conclusion is supported by a threefold increase in DNA ligase I observed 24 h after UV irradiation of human confluent primary fibroblasts.
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Affiliation(s)
- A Montecucco
- Istituto di Genetica Biochimica ed Evoluzionistica, CNR, Pavia, Italy
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