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Marinho Righetto G, Alves Santos-Filho N, Oliveira Catarin Nunes L, André C, Souza JM, Andricopulo AD, Martins Bispo PJ, Cilli EM, Camargo ILBDC. Optimizing Bothropstoxin-I-Derived Peptides: Exploring the Antibacterial Potential of p-BthW. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:23662-23674. [PMID: 38854567 PMCID: PMC11154919 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c01303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Revised: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 06/11/2024]
Abstract
Antimicrobial peptides are an emerging class of antibiotics that present a series of advantageous characteristics such as wide structural variety, broad spectrum of activity, and low propensity to select for resistance. They are found in all classes of life as defense molecules. A group of peptides derived from the protein Bothropstoxin-I has been previously studied as an alternative treatment against multi-drug-resistant bacteria. The peptide p-BthTX-I (sequence: KKYRYHLKPFCKK) and its homodimer, linked by disulfide oxidation through the residues of Cys11 and the serum degradation product [sequence: (KKYRYHLKPFC)2], were evaluated and showed similar antimicrobial activity. In this study, we synthesized an analogue of p-BthTX-I that uses the strategy of Fmoc-Lys(Fmoc)-OH in the C-terminal region for dimerization and tryptophan for all aromatic amino acids to provide better membrane interactions. This analogue, named p-BthW, displayed potent antibacterial activity at lower concentrations and maintained the same hemolytic levels as the original molecule. Our assessment revealed that p-BthW has a quick in vitro bactericidal action and prolonged post-antibiotic effect, comparable to the action of polymyxin B. The mode of action of p-BthW seems to rely not only on membrane depolarization but also on necrosis-like effects, especially in Gram-negative bacteria. Overall, the remarkable results regarding the propensity to develop resistance reaffirmed the great potential of the developed molecule.
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- Gabriela Marinho Righetto
- Laboratory
of Molecular Epidemiology and Microbiology, Department of Physics
and Interdisciplinary Science, University
of Sao Paulo, 13563-120 São Carlos, Brazil
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, São Paulo State University, 14800-060 Araraquara, Brazil
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, São Paulo State University, 14800-060 Araraquara, Brazil
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- Infectious
Disease Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye
and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Laboratory
of Medicinal and Computational Chemistry, Department of Physics and
Interdisciplinary Science, University of
Sao Paulo, 13563-120 São Carlos, Brazil
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- Laboratory
of Medicinal and Computational Chemistry, Department of Physics and
Interdisciplinary Science, University of
Sao Paulo, 13563-120 São Carlos, Brazil
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- Infectious
Disease Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Massachusetts Eye
and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States
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- Department
of Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, São Paulo State University, 14800-060 Araraquara, Brazil
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- Laboratory
of Molecular Epidemiology and Microbiology, Department of Physics
and Interdisciplinary Science, University
of Sao Paulo, 13563-120 São Carlos, Brazil
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Siler J, Guo N, Liu Z, Qin Y, Bi X. γH2A/γH2AX Mediates DNA Damage-Specific Control of Checkpoint Signaling in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:2462. [PMID: 38473708 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25052462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/01/2024] [Revised: 02/13/2024] [Accepted: 02/16/2024] [Indexed: 03/14/2024] Open
Abstract
DNA lesions trigger DNA damage checkpoint (DDC) signaling which arrests cell cycle progression and promotes DNA damage repair. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, phosphorylation of histone H2A (γH2A, equivalent to γH2AX in mammals) is an early chromatin mark induced by DNA damage that is recognized by a group of DDC and DNA repair factors. We find that γH2A negatively regulates the G2/M checkpoint in response to the genotoxin camptothecin, which is a DNA topoisomerase I poison. γH2A also suppresses DDC signaling induced by the DNA alkylating agent methyl methanesulfonate. These results differ from prior findings, which demonstrate positive or no roles of γH2A in DDC in response to other DNA damaging agents such as phleomycin and ionizing radiation, which suggest that γH2A has DNA damage-specific effects on DDC signaling. We also find evidence supporting the notion that γH2A regulates DDC signaling by mediating the competitive recruitment of the DDC mediator Rad9 and the DNA repair factor Rtt107 to DNA lesions. We propose that γH2A/γH2AX serves to create a dynamic balance between DDC and DNA repair that is influenced by the nature of DNA damage.
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- Jasmine Siler
- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
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Goswami S, Gowrishankar J. Role for DNA double strand end-resection activity of RecBCD in control of aberrant chromosomal replication initiation in Escherichia coli. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:8643-8657. [PMID: 35929028 PMCID: PMC9410895 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2022] [Revised: 07/13/2022] [Accepted: 08/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Replication of the circular bacterial chromosome is initiated from a locus oriC with the aid of an essential protein DnaA. One approach to identify factors acting to prevent aberrant oriC-independent replication initiation in Escherichia coli has been that to obtain mutants which survive loss of DnaA. Here, we show that a ΔrecD mutation, associated with attenuation of RecBCD’s DNA double strand end-resection activity, provokes abnormal replication and rescues ΔdnaA lethality in two situations: (i) in absence of 5′-3′ single-strand DNA exonuclease RecJ, or (ii) when multiple two-ended DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) are generated either by I-SceI endonucleolytic cleavages or by radiomimetic agents phleomycin or bleomycin. One-ended DSBs in the ΔrecD mutant did not rescue ΔdnaA lethality. With two-ended DSBs in the ΔrecD strain, ΔdnaA viability was retained even after linearization of the chromosome. Data from genome-wide DNA copy number determinations in ΔdnaA-rescued cells lead us to propose a model that nuclease-mediated DNA resection activity of RecBCD is critical for prevention of a σ-mode of rolling-circle over-replication when convergent replication forks merge and fuse, as may be expected to occur during normal replication at the chromosomal terminus region or during repair of two-ended DSBs following ‘ends-in’ replication.
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- Sayantan Goswami
- Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad 500039, India.,Graduate Studies, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal 576104, India.,Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, SAS Nagar 140306, India
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- Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad 500039, India.,Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, SAS Nagar 140306, India
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James Sanford E, Bustamante Smolka M. A field guide to the proteomics of post-translational modifications in DNA repair. Proteomics 2022; 22:e2200064. [PMID: 35695711 PMCID: PMC9950963 DOI: 10.1002/pmic.202200064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2022] [Revised: 05/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
All cells incur DNA damage from exogenous and endogenous sources and possess pathways to detect and repair DNA damage. Post-translational modifications (PTMs), in the past 20 years, have risen to ineluctable importance in the study of the regulation of DNA repair mechanisms. For example, DNA damage response kinases are critical in both the initial sensing of DNA damage as well as in orchestrating downstream activities of DNA repair factors. Mass spectrometry-based proteomics revolutionized the study of the role of PTMs in the DNA damage response and has canonized PTMs as central modulators of nearly all aspects of DNA damage signaling and repair. This review provides a biologist-friendly guide for the mass spectrometry analysis of PTMs in the context of DNA repair and DNA damage responses. We reflect on the current state of proteomics for exploring new mechanisms of PTM-based regulation and outline a roadmap for designing PTM mapping experiments that focus on the DNA repair and DNA damage responses.
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Key Words
- LC-MS/MS, technology, bottom-up proteomics, technology, signal transduction, cell biology
- phosphoproteomics, technology, post-translational modification analysis, technology, post-translational modifications, cell biology, mass spectrometry
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- Ethan James Sanford
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853,Corresponding author:
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Bacteria are continuously exposed to numerous endogenous and exogenous DNA-damaging agents. To maintain genome integrity and ensure cell survival, bacteria have evolved several DNA repair pathways to correct different types of DNA damage and non-canonical bases, including strand breaks, nucleotide modifications, cross-links, mismatches and ribonucleotide incorporations. Recent advances in genome-wide screens, the availability of thousands of whole-genome sequences and advances in structural biology have enabled the rapid discovery and characterization of novel bacterial DNA repair pathways and new enzymatic activities. In this Review, we discuss recent advances in our understanding of base excision repair and nucleotide excision repair, and we discuss several new repair processes including the EndoMS mismatch correction pathway and the MrfAB excision repair system.
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- Katherine J Wozniak
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Essential Role for an Isoform of Escherichia coli Translation Initiation Factor IF2 in Repair of Two-Ended DNA Double-Strand Breaks. J Bacteriol 2022; 204:e0057121. [PMID: 35343794 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00571-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
In Escherichia coli, three isoforms of the essential translation initiation factor IF2 (IF2-1, IF2-2, and IF2-3) are generated from separate in-frame initiation codons in infB. The isoforms have earlier been suggested to additionally participate in DNA damage repair and replication restart. It is also known that the proteins RecA and RecBCD are needed for repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) in E. coli. Here, we show that strains lacking IF2-1 are profoundly sensitive to two-ended DSBs in DNA generated by radiomimetic agents phleomycin or bleomycin, or by endonuclease I-SceI. However, these strains remained tolerant to other DSB-generating genotoxic agents or perturbations to which recA and recBC mutants remained sensitive, such as to mitomycin C, type-2 DNA topoisomerase inhibitors, or DSB caused by palindrome cleavage behind a replication fork. Data from genome-wide copy number analyses following I-SceI cleavage at a single chromosomal locus suggested that, in a strain lacking IF2-1, the magnitude of recombination-dependent replication through replication restart mechanisms is largely preserved but the extent of DNA resection around the DSB site is reduced. We propose that in the absence of IF2-1 it is the synapsis of a RecA nucleoprotein filament to its homologous target that is weakened, which in turn leads to a specific failure in assembly of Ter-to-oriC directed replisomes needed for consummation of two-ended DSB repair. IMPORTANCE Double-strand breaks (DSBs) in DNA are major threats to genome integrity. In Escherichia coli, DSBs are repaired by RecA- and RecBCD-mediated homologous recombination (HR). This study demonstrates a critical role for an isoform (IF2-1) of the translation initiation factor IF2 in the repair of two-ended DSBs in E. coli (that can be generated by ionizing radiation, certain DNA-damaging chemicals, or endonuclease action). It is proposed that IF2-1 acts to facilitate the function of RecA in the synapsis between a pair of DNA molecules during HR.
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Shah P, Hobson CM, Cheng S, Colville MJ, Paszek MJ, Superfine R, Lammerding J. Nuclear Deformation Causes DNA Damage by Increasing Replication Stress. Curr Biol 2021; 31:753-765.e6. [PMID: 33326770 PMCID: PMC7904640 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.11.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Cancer metastasis, i.e., the spreading of tumor cells from the primary tumor to distant organs, is responsible for the vast majority of cancer deaths. In the process, cancer cells migrate through narrow interstitial spaces substantially smaller in cross-section than the cell. During such confined migration, cancer cells experience extensive nuclear deformation, nuclear envelope rupture, and DNA damage. The molecular mechanisms responsible for the confined migration-induced DNA damage remain incompletely understood. Although in some cell lines, DNA damage is closely associated with nuclear envelope rupture, we show that, in others, mechanical deformation of the nucleus is sufficient to cause DNA damage, even in the absence of nuclear envelope rupture. This deformation-induced DNA damage, unlike nuclear-envelope-rupture-induced DNA damage, occurs primarily in S/G2 phase of the cell cycle and is associated with replication forks. Nuclear deformation, resulting from either confined migration or external cell compression, increases replication stress, possibly by increasing replication fork stalling, providing a molecular mechanism for the deformation-induced DNA damage. Thus, we have uncovered a new mechanism for mechanically induced DNA damage, linking mechanical deformation of the nucleus to DNA replication stress. This mechanically induced DNA damage could not only increase genomic instability in metastasizing cancer cells but could also cause DNA damage in non-migrating cells and tissues that experience mechanical compression during development, thereby contributing to tumorigenesis and DNA damage response activation.
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- Pragya Shah
- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Graduate Field of Biophysics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Graduate Field of Biophysics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Applied Physical Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
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- Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA; Nancy E. and Peter C. Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Vítor AC, Huertas P, Legube G, de Almeida SF. Studying DNA Double-Strand Break Repair: An Ever-Growing Toolbox. Front Mol Biosci 2020; 7:24. [PMID: 32154266 PMCID: PMC7047327 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2020.00024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
Abstract
To ward off against the catastrophic consequences of persistent DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), eukaryotic cells have developed a set of complex signaling networks that detect these DNA lesions, orchestrate cell cycle checkpoints and ultimately lead to their repair. Collectively, these signaling networks comprise the DNA damage response (DDR). The current knowledge of the molecular determinants and mechanistic details of the DDR owes greatly to the continuous development of ground-breaking experimental tools that couple the controlled induction of DSBs at distinct genomic positions with assays and reporters to investigate DNA repair pathways, their impact on other DNA-templated processes and the specific contribution of the chromatin environment. In this review, we present these tools, discuss their pros and cons and illustrate their contribution to our current understanding of the DDR.
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- Alexandra C Vítor
- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Genetics, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.,Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Universidad de Sevilla-CSIC-Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville, Spain
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- LBCMCP, Centre de Biologie Integrative (CBI), CNRS, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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- Instituto de Medicina Molecular João Lobo Antunes, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Myka KK, Gottesman ME. DksA and DNA double-strand break repair. Curr Genet 2019; 65:1297-1300. [PMID: 31076845 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-019-00983-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 04/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
We use genetic assays to suggest that transcription-coupled repair or new origin formation in Escherichia coli involves removal of RNAP to create an RNA primer for DNA synthesis. Transcription factor DksA was shown to play a role in numerous reactions involving RNA polymerase. Some, but not all, of the activities of DksA at promoters or during transcription elongation require (p)ppGpp. In addition to its role during transcription, DksA is also involved in maintaining genome integrity. Cells lacking DksA are sensitive to multiple DNA damaging agents including UV light, ionizing radiation, mitomycin C, and nalidixic acid. Here, we focus on two recent studies addressing the importance of DksA in the repair of double-strand breaks (DSBs), one by Sivaramakrishnan et al. (Nature 550:214-218, 2017) and one originating in our laboratory, Myka et al. (Mol Microbiol 111:1382-1397. https://doi.org/10.1111/mmi.14227 , 2019). It appears that depending on the type and possibly location of DNA damage, DksA can play either a passive or an active role in DSB repair. The passive role relies on exclusion of anti-backtracking factors from the RNAP secondary channel. The exact mechanism of active DksA-mediated DNA repair is unknown. However, DksA was proposed to destabilize transcription complexes, thus clearing the way for recombination and DNA repair. Based on the requirement for DksA, both in repair of DSBs and the R-loop-dependent formation of new origins of DNA replication, we propose that DksA may allow for removal of RNAP without unwinding of the RNA:DNA hybrid, which can then be extended by a DNA polymerase. This mechanism obviates the need for RNAP backtracking to repair damaged DNA.
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- Kamila K Myka
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.,Molecular Biology Program, Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
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Myka KK, Küsters K, Washburn R, Gottesman ME. DksA-RNA polymerase interactions support new origin formation and DNA repair in Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 2019; 111:1382-1397. [PMID: 30779388 PMCID: PMC6488371 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
The formation of new replication origins (cSDR) and repair of DNA double‐strand breaks (DSBs) in E. coli share a commonality. We find that the two processes require the RNAP‐associated factor, DksA. However, whereas cSDR also relies on (p)ppGpp, the alarmone molecule is dispensable for the repair of topoisomerase type II (Top II) DNA adducts and associated DSBs. The requirement for DksA in repair of nalidixic acid (Nal)‐induced DSBs or for the formation of new origins is not suppressed by a greA deletion mutation, indicating an active role of DksA rather than competition with GreA for insertion into the RNAP secondary channel. Like dksA mutations, transcription termination factor Rho mutations also confer sensitivity to Nal. The rho and dksA mutations are not epistatic, suggesting they involve different repair pathways. The roles of DksA in DSB repair and cSDR differ; certain DksA and RNAP mutants are able to support the first process, but not the latter. We suggest that new origin formation and DNA repair of protein adducts with DSBs may both involve the removal of RNAP without destruction of the RNA:DNA hybrid.
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- Kamila K Myka
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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Krol K, Antoniuk-Majchrzak J, Skoneczny M, Sienko M, Jendrysek J, Rumienczyk I, Halas A, Kurlandzka A, Skoneczna A. Lack of G1/S control destabilizes the yeast genome via replication stress-induced DSBs and illegitimate recombination. J Cell Sci 2018; 131:jcs.226480. [PMID: 30463853 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.226480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 11/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The protein Swi6 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a cofactor in two complexes that regulate the transcription of the genes controlling the G1/S transition. It also ensures proper oxidative and cell wall stress responses. Previously, we found that Swi6 was crucial for the survival of genotoxic stress. Here, we show that a lack of Swi6 causes replication stress leading to double-strand break (DSB) formation, inefficient DNA repair and DNA content alterations, resulting in high cell mortality. Comparative genome hybridization experiments revealed that there was a random genome rearrangement in swi6Δ cells, whereas in diploid swi6Δ/swi6Δ cells, chromosome V is duplicated. SWI4 and PAB1, which are located on chromosome V and are known multicopy suppressors of swi6Δ phenotypes, partially reverse swi6Δ genome instability when overexpressed. Another gene on chromosome V, RAD51, also supports swi6Δ survival, but at a high cost; Rad51-dependent illegitimate recombination in swi6Δ cells appears to connect DSBs, leading to genome rearrangement and preventing cell death.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Kamil Krol
- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
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Wang LL, Lee KT, Jung KW, Lee DG, Bahn YS. The novel microtubule-associated CAP-glycine protein Cgp1 governs growth, differentiation, and virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans. Virulence 2018; 9:566-584. [PMID: 29338542 PMCID: PMC5955475 DOI: 10.1080/21505594.2017.1423189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Microtubules are involved in mechanical support, cytoplasmic organization, and several cellular processes by interacting with diverse microtubule-associated proteins such as plus-end tracking proteins, motor proteins, and tubulin-folding cofactors. A number of the cytoskeleton-associated proteins (CAPs) contain the CAP-glycine-rich (CAP-Gly) domain, which is evolutionarily conserved and generally considered to bind to α-tubulin to regulate the function of microtubules. However, there has been a dearth of research on CAP-Gly proteins in fungal pathogens, including Cryptococcus neoformans, which is a global cause of fatal meningoencephalitis in immunocompromised patients. In this study, we identified five CAP-Gly protein-encoding genes in C. neoformans. Among these, Cgp1 encoded by CNAG_06352 has a unique domain structure containing CAP-Gly, SPEC, and Spc7 domains that is not orthologous to CAPs in other eukaryotes. Supporting the role of Cgp1 in microtubule-related function, we demonstrate that deletion or overexpression of CGP1 alters cellular susceptibility to thiabendazole, a microtubule destabilizer and that Cgp1 is co-localized with cytoplasmic microtubules. Related to the cellular function of microtubules, Cgp1 governs the maintenance of membrane stability and genotoxic stress responses. Deletion of CGP1 also reduces production of melanin pigment and attenuates the virulence of C. neoformans. Furthermore, we demonstrate that Cgp1 uniquely regulates the sexual differentiation of C. neoformans with distinct roles in the early and late stage of mating. Domain analysis revealed that the CAP-Gly domain plays a major role in all Cgp1 functions examined. In conclusion, this novel CAP-Gly protein, Cgp1, has pleotropic roles in regulating growth, stress responses, differentiation, and virulence in C. neoformans.
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- Li Li Wang
- a Department of Biotechnology , College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University , Seoul , Republic of Korea
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- a Department of Biotechnology , College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University , Seoul , Republic of Korea
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- b Research Division for Biotechnology, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute , Jeongeup , Republic of Korea
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- a Department of Biotechnology , College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University , Seoul , Republic of Korea
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- a Department of Biotechnology , College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University , Seoul , Republic of Korea
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Skamagki M, Zhang C, Ross CA, Ananthanarayanan A, Liu Z, Mu Q, Basu U, Wang J, Zhao R, Li H, Kim K. RNA Exosome Complex-Mediated Control of Redox Status in Pluripotent Stem Cells. Stem Cell Reports 2018; 9:1053-1061. [PMID: 29020613 PMCID: PMC5639470 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2017.08.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Revised: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The RNA exosome complex targets AU-rich element (ARE)-containing mRNAs in eukaryotic cells. We identified a transcription factor, ZSCAN10, which binds to the promoters of multiple RNA exosome complex subunits in pluripotent stem cells to maintain subunit gene expression. We discovered that induced pluripotent stem cell clones generated from aged tissue donors (A-iPSC) show poor expression of ZSCAN10, leading to poor RNA exosome complex expression, and a subsequent elevation in ARE-containing RNAs, including glutathione peroxidase 2 (Gpx2). Excess GPX2 leads to excess glutathione-mediated reactive oxygen species scavenging activity that blunts the DNA damage response and apoptosis. Expression of ZSCAN10 in A-iPSC recovers RNA exosome gene expression, the DNA damage response, and apoptosis. These findings reveal the central role of ZSCAN10 and the RNA exosome complex in maintaining pluripotent stem cell redox status to support a normal DNA damage response.
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- Maria Skamagki
- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, The Center for Cell Engineering, The Center for Stem Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY 10065, USA; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55902, USA
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, The Center for Cell Engineering, The Center for Stem Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY 10065, USA; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Stem Cell Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Divisions of Life Science, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Divisions of Life Science, Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Stem Cell Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55902, USA.
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, The Center for Cell Engineering, The Center for Stem Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY 10065, USA; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Linearmycins are lytic membrane-targeting antibiotics. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2018; 71:372-381. [PMID: 29348524 DOI: 10.1038/s41429-017-0005-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2017] [Revised: 10/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/24/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The linearmycin family of polyketides was originally classified as antifungal metabolites. However, in addition to antifungal activity, we previously found that linearmycins cause cellular lysis and colony degradation of the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis. We recently showed that Streptomyces sp. strain Mg1 incorporates linearmycins into extracellular vesicles, which are capable of lysing B. subtilis. However, the mechanism of linearmycin-induced lysis was hitherto unexplored. Therefore, we sought to determine how linearmycin-laden vesicles cause lysis. In this study, we found that linearmycins inhibited the growth of all Gram-positive bacteria that we tested, but lysis was limited to some Bacillus species. Next, we found that linearmycin-induced lysis occurred even when cellular metabolism and growth were inhibited, which suggested that linearmycins possess the intrinsic capacity to lyse cells, unlike cell-wall targeting antibiotics. We showed that linearmycin exposure caused changes consistent with rapid depolarization of the B. subtilis cytoplasmic membrane, which was correlated with a loss of viability. Finally, using liposomes as in vitro membrane models, we demonstrated that linearmycins are capable of disrupting lipid bilayers without any other cellular components. Taken together, our results strongly indicate that the cytoplasmic membrane is the direct antibacterial target of linearmycins.
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Skamagki M, Correia C, Yeung P, Baslan T, Beck S, Zhang C, Ross CA, Dang L, Liu Z, Giunta S, Chang TP, Wang J, Ananthanarayanan A, Bohndorf M, Bosbach B, Adjaye J, Funabiki H, Kim J, Lowe S, Collins JJ, Lu CW, Li H, Zhao R, Kim K. ZSCAN10 expression corrects the genomic instability of iPSCs from aged donors. Nat Cell Biol 2017; 19:1037-1048. [PMID: 28846095 PMCID: PMC5843481 DOI: 10.1038/ncb3598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs), which are used to produce transplantable tissues, may particularly benefit older patients, who are more likely to suffer from degenerative diseases. However, iPSCs generated from aged donors (A-iPSCs) exhibit higher genomic instability, defects in apoptosis and a blunted DNA damage response compared with iPSCs generated from younger donors. We demonstrated that A-iPSCs exhibit excessive glutathione-mediated reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging activity, which blocks the DNA damage response and apoptosis and permits survival of cells with genomic instability. We found that the pluripotency factor ZSCAN10 is poorly expressed in A-iPSCs and addition of ZSCAN10 to the four Yamanaka factors (OCT4, SOX2, KLF4 and c-MYC) during A-iPSC reprogramming normalizes ROS-glutathione homeostasis and the DNA damage response, and recovers genomic stability. Correcting the genomic instability of A-iPSCs will ultimately enhance our ability to produce histocompatible functional tissues from older patients' own cells that are safe for transplantation.
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- Maria Skamagki
- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55904, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Child Health Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55904, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55904, USA
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Stem Cell Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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- Laboratory of Chromosome and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf D-40225, Germany
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf D-40225, Germany
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- Laboratory of Chromosome and Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Child Health Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08901, USA
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- Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55904, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Stem Cell Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA
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- Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Center for Cell Engineering, Center for Stem Cell Biology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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Arras SDM, Fraser JA. Chemical Inhibitors of Non-Homologous End Joining Increase Targeted Construct Integration in Cryptococcus neoformans. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163049. [PMID: 27643854 PMCID: PMC5028063 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The development of a biolistic transformation protocol for Cryptococcus neoformans over 25 years ago ushered in a new era of molecular characterization of virulence in this previously intractable fungal pathogen. However, due to the low rate of homologous recombination in this species, the process of creating targeted gene deletions using biolistic transformation remains inefficient. To overcome the corresponding difficulty achieving molecular genetic modifications, members of the Cryptococcus community have investigated the use of specific genetic backgrounds or construct design strategies aimed at reducing ectopic construct integration via non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). One such approach involves deletion of components of the NHEJ-associated Ku heterodimer. While this strategy increases homologous recombination to nearly 100%, it also restricts strain generation to a ku80Δ genetic background and requires subsequent complex mating procedures to reestablish wild-type DNA repair. In this study, we have investigated the ability of known inhibitors of mammalian NHEJ to transiently phenocopy the C. neoformans Ku deletion strains. Testing of eight candidate inhibitors revealed a range of efficacies in C. neoformans, with the most promising compound (W7) routinely increasing the rate of gene deletion to over 50%. We have successfully employed multiple inhibitors to reproducibly enhance the deletion rate at multiple loci, demonstrating a new, easily applied methodology to expedite acquisition of precise genetic alterations in C. neoformans. Based on this success, we anticipate that the use of these inhibitors will not only become widespread in the Cryptococcus community, but may also find use in other fungal species as well.
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- Samantha D. M. Arras
- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072 Australia
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- Australian Infectious Diseases Research Centre, School of Chemistry & Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072 Australia
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DNA damage response pathways are crucial for protecting genome stability in all eukaryotes. Saccharomyces cerevisiaeDna2 has both helicase and nuclease activities that are essential for Okazaki fragment maturation, and Dna2 is involved in long-range DNA end resection at double-strand breaks. Dna2 forms nuclear foci in response to DNA replication stress and to double-strand breaks. We find that Dna2-GFP focus formation occurs mainly during S phase in unperturbed cells. Dna2 colocalizes in nuclear foci with 25 DNA repair proteins that define recombination repair centers in response to phleomycin-induced DNA damage. To systematically identify genes that affect Dna2 focus formation, we crossed Dna2-GFP into 4293 nonessential gene deletion mutants and assessed Dna2-GFP nuclear focus formation after phleomycin treatment. We identified 37 gene deletions that affect Dna2-GFP focus formation, 12 with fewer foci and 25 with increased foci. Together these data comprise a useful resource for understanding Dna2 regulation in response to DNA damage.
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Krol K, Brozda I, Skoneczny M, Bretne M, Skoneczna A. A genomic screen revealing the importance of vesicular trafficking pathways in genome maintenance and protection against genotoxic stress in diploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0120702. [PMID: 25756177 PMCID: PMC4355298 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 01/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The ability to survive stressful conditions is important for every living cell. Certain stresses not only affect the current well-being of cells but may also have far-reaching consequences. Uncurbed oxidative stress can cause DNA damage and decrease cell survival and/or increase mutation rates, and certain substances that generate oxidative damage in the cell mainly act on DNA. Radiomimetic zeocin causes oxidative damage in DNA, predominantly by inducing single- or double-strand breaks. Such lesions can lead to chromosomal rearrangements, especially in diploid cells, in which the two sets of chromosomes facilitate excessive and deleterious recombination. In a global screen for zeocin-oversensitive mutants, we selected 133 genes whose deletion reduces the survival of zeocin-treated diploid Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells. The screen revealed numerous genes associated with stress responses, DNA repair genes, cell cycle progression genes, and chromatin remodeling genes. Notably, the screen also demonstrated the involvement of the vesicular trafficking system in cellular protection against DNA damage. The analyses indicated the importance of vesicular system integrity in various pathways of cellular protection from zeocin-dependent damage, including detoxification and a direct or transitional role in genome maintenance processes that remains unclear. The data showed that deleting genes involved in vesicular trafficking may lead to Rad52 focus accumulation and changes in total DNA content or even cell ploidy alterations, and such deletions may preclude proper DNA repair after zeocin treatment. We postulate that functional vesicular transport is crucial for sustaining an integral genome. We believe that the identification of numerous new genes implicated in genome restoration after genotoxic oxidative stress combined with the detected link between vesicular trafficking and genome integrity will reveal novel molecular processes involved in genome stability in diploid cells.
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- Kamil Krol
- Laboratory of Mutagenesis and DNA Repair, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Mutagenesis and DNA Repair, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Mutagenesis and DNA Repair, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
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RecO and RecR are necessary for RecA loading in response to DNA damage and replication fork stress. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:2851-60. [PMID: 24891441 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01494-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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RecA is central to maintaining genome integrity in bacterial cells. Despite the near-ubiquitous conservation of RecA in eubacteria, the pathways that facilitate RecA loading and repair center assembly have remained poorly understood in Bacillus subtilis. Here, we show that RecA rapidly colocalizes with the DNA polymerase complex (replisome) immediately following DNA damage or damage-independent replication fork arrest. In Escherichia coli, the RecFOR and RecBCD pathways serve to load RecA and the choice between these two pathways depends on the type of damage under repair. We found in B. subtilis that the rapid localization of RecA to repair centers is strictly dependent on RecO and RecR in response to all types of damage examined, including a site-specific double-stranded break and damage-independent replication fork arrest. Furthermore, we provide evidence that, although RecF is not required for RecA repair center formation in vivo, RecF does increase the efficiency of repair center assembly, suggesting that RecF may influence the initial stages of RecA nucleation or filament extension. We further identify single-stranded DNA binding protein (SSB) as an additional component important for RecA repair center assembly. Truncation of the SSB C terminus impairs the ability of B. subtilis to form repair centers in response to damage and damage-independent fork arrest. With these results, we conclude that the SSB-dependent recruitment of RecOR to the replisome is necessary for loading and organizing RecA into repair centers in response to DNA damage and replication fork arrest.
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Dual gene expression cassette vectors with antibiotic selection markers for engineering in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Microb Cell Fact 2013; 12:96. [PMID: 24161108 PMCID: PMC4231455 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-12-96] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2013] [Accepted: 10/20/2013] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Background Manipulations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae classically depend on use of auxotrophy selection markers. There are several disadvantages to this in a microbial cell factory setting: (1) auxotrophies must first be engineered in prototrophic strains, and many industrial strains are polyploid/aneuploid prototrophs (2) available strain auxotrophies must be paired with available repair plasmids (3) remaining auxotrophies must be repaired prior to development of industrial bioprocesses. Use of dominant antibiotic resistance markers can circumvent these problems. However, there are relatively few yeast antibiotic resistance marker vectors available; furthermore, available vectors contain only one expression cassette, and it is often desirable to introduce more than one gene at a time. Results To overcome these problems, eight new shuttle vectors have been developed. The plasmids are maintained in yeast under a 2 μm ori and in E. coli by a pUC ori. They contain two yeast expression cassettes driven by either (1) the constitutive TEF1 and PGK1 promoters, or (2) the constitutive TEF1 promoter and the inducible GAL10 or HXT7 promoters. Expression strength of these promoters over a typical production time frame in glucose/galactose medium was examined, and identified the TEF1 and HXT7 promoters as preferred promoters over long term fermentations. Selection is provided by either aphA1 (conferring resistance to G418 in yeast and kanamycin/neomycin in E. coli) or ble (conferring resistance to phleomycin in both yeast and E. coli). Selection conditions for these plasmids/antibiotics in defined media were examined, and selection considerations are reviewed. In particular, medium pH has a strong effect on both G418 and phleomycin selection. Conclusions These vectors allow manipulations in prototrophic yeast strains with expression of two gene cassettes per plasmid, and will be particularly useful for metabolic engineering applications. The vector set expands the (currently limited) selection of antibiotic marker plasmids available for use in yeast, and in addition makes available dual gene expression cassettes on individual plasmids using antibiotic selection. The resistance gene cassettes are flanked by loxP recognition sites to allow CreA-mediated marker removal and recycling, providing the potential for genomic integration of multiple genes. Guidelines for selection using G418 and phleomycin are provided.
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Wei T, Zhang C, Xu X, Hanna M, Zhang X, Wang Y, Dai H, Xiao W. Construction and evaluation of two biosensors based on yeast transcriptional response to genotoxic chemicals. Biosens Bioelectron 2013; 44:138-45. [PMID: 23416315 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2013.01.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2012] [Revised: 01/13/2013] [Accepted: 01/15/2013] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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It has been well established that essentially all microbial mutagens are rodent carcinogens, yet current mutagen detection systems are limited by their detection sensitivity. Here we report the construction of a pair of hypersensitive biosensors by optimizing both reporters and the host strain. The resulting RNR3-yEGFP and HUG1-yEGFP reporters and the septuple yeast mutant in combination with the automated protocol not only remarkably enhance the detection sensitivity, but also allow a high throughput screen of environmental genotoxins. This system is deemed much more sensitive than similar yeast and bacterium-based tests for all selected chemicals examined in this study.
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- Ting Wei
- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei 430072, PR China
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Activation of protein kinase Tel1 through recognition of protein-bound DNA ends. Mol Cell Biol 2011; 31:1959-71. [PMID: 21402778 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.05157-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Double-strand breaks (DSBs) in chromosomal DNA elicit a rapid signaling response through the ATM protein kinase. ATM corresponds to Tel1 in budding yeast. Here we show that the catalytic activity of Tel1 is altered by protein binding at DNA ends via the Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2 (MRX) complex. Like ATM, Tel1 is activated through interaction with the MRX complex and DNA ends. In vivo, Tel1 activation is enhanced in sae2Δ or mre11-3 mutants after camptothecin treatment; both of these mutants are defective in the removal of topoisomerase I from DNA. In contrast, an sae2Δ mutation does not stimulate Tel1 activation after expression of the EcoRI endonuclease, which generates "clean" DNA ends. In an in vitro system, tethering of Fab fragments to DNA ends inhibits MRX-mediated DNA end processing but enhances Tel1 activation. The mre11-3 mutation abolishes DNA end-processing activity but does not affect the ability to enhance Tel1 activation. These results support a model in which MRX controls Tel1 activation by recognizing protein-bound DNA ends.
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Ochi Y, Sugawara H, Iwami M, Tanaka M, Eki T. Sensitive detection of chemical-induced genotoxicity by the Cypridina secretory luciferase reporter assay, using DNA repair-deficient strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Yeast 2011; 28:265-78. [DOI: 10.1002/yea.1837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2010] [Accepted: 11/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Enserink JM, Hombauer H, Huang ME, Kolodner RD. Cdc28/Cdk1 positively and negatively affects genome stability in S. cerevisiae. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 185:423-37. [PMID: 19398760 PMCID: PMC2700387 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200811083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We studied the function of the cyclin-dependent kinase Cdc28 (Cdk1) in the DNA damage response and maintenance of genome stability using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Reduced Cdc28 activity sensitizes cells to chronic DNA damage, but Cdc28 is not required for cell viability upon acute exposure to DNA-damaging agents. Cdc28 is also not required for activation of the DNA damage and replication checkpoints. Chemical–genetic analysis reveals that CDC28 functions in an extensive network of pathways involved in maintenance of genome stability, including homologous recombination, sister chromatid cohesion, the spindle checkpoint, postreplication repair, and telomere maintenance. In addition, Cdc28 and Mre11 appear to cooperate to prevent mitotic catastrophe after DNA replication arrest. We show that reduced Cdc28 activity results in suppression of gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs), indicating that Cdc28 is required for formation or recovery of GCRs. Thus, we conclude that Cdc28 functions in a genetic network that supports cell viability during DNA damage while promoting the formation of GCRs.
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- Jorrit M Enserink
- Department of Medicine, Cancer Center, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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Zhang M, Liang Y, Zhang X, Xu Y, Dai H, Xiao W. Deletion of yeast CWP genes enhances cell permeability to genotoxic agents. Toxicol Sci 2008; 103:68-76. [PMID: 18281714 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfn034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We have previously reported the development of a novel genotoxic testing system based on the transcriptional response of the yeast RNR3-lacZ reporter gene to DNA damage. This system appears to be more sensitive than other similar tests in microorganisms, and is comparable with the Ames test. In an effort to further enhance detection sensitivity, we examined the effects of altering major cell wall components on cell permeability and subsequent RNR3-lacZ sensitivity to genotoxic agents. Although inactivation of single CWP genes encoding cell wall mannoproteins had little effect, the simultaneous inactivation of both CWP1 and CWP2 had profound effects on the cell wall structure and permeability. Consequently, the RNR3-lacZ detection sensitivity is markedly enhanced, especially to high molecular weight compounds such as 4-nitroquinoline-N-oxide (> sevenfold) and phleomycin (> 13-fold). In contrast, deletion of genes encoding representative membrane components or membrane transporters had minor effects on cell permeability. We conclude that the yeast cell wall mannoproteins constitute the major barrier to environmental genotoxic agents and that their removal will significantly enhance the sensitivity of RNR-lacZ as well as other yeast-based genotoxic tests.
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- Min Zhang
- Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, Hubei, 430072 China
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Claussen CA, Long EC. Nucleic Acid recognition by metal complexes of bleomycin. Chem Rev 1999; 99:2797-816. [PMID: 11749501 DOI: 10.1021/cr980449z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- C A Claussen
- Department of Chemistry, Purdue School of Science, Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202-3274
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- Richard M. Burger
- Public Health Research Institute, 455 First Avenue, New York, New York 10016
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The binding of phleomycin and bleomycin to DNA has been investigated by studying their effects on cleavage by DNAase I and micrococcal nuclease. In the presence of cobalt, cleavage of DNA by the antibiotics is suppressed, yet they still provide protection from nuclease attack in regions surrounding the drug cleavage sites. We conclude that cleavage by phleomycin occurs at bonds around which the antibiotic is already selectively bound.
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- K R Fox
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Cambridge, U.K
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Huang CH, Galvan L, Crooke ST. Quenching of fluorescence of bleomycins by ferrous ion and its correlation with DNA-breakage activity. Biochemistry 1979; 18:2880-7. [PMID: 89865 DOI: 10.1021/bi00580a032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Suter W, Rosselet A, Knüsel F. Mode of action of quindoxin and substituted quinoxaline-di-N-oxides on Escherichia coli. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1978; 13:770-83. [PMID: 352264 PMCID: PMC352330 DOI: 10.1128/aac.13.5.770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The effect of quindoxin on the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), ribonucleic acid, and protein in Escherichia coli KL 399 was examined under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. In the absence of oxygen the synthesis of DNA was completely inhibited by 10 ppm of quindoxin, whereas the syntheses of ribonucleic acid and protein were not affected. Quinoxalin-di-N-oxides (QdNO) induce degradation of DNA in both proliferating and non-proliferating cells. polA, recA, recB, recC, exrA, and uvrA mutants were more susceptible than the corresponding repair-proficient strains. All strains were more resistant in the presence of oxygen. Quindoxin was reduced to quinoxalin-N-oxide by intact E. coli cells or by a cell-free E. coli extract. Electron spin resonance measurements demonstrated the generation of free radicals during the reduction of quindoxin. Oxygen or deficiency of energy sources impaired the antibiotic activity and the reduction of QdNO. The QdNO reductase activity was demonstrated to be lower in QdNO-resistant mutants than in the susceptible parent strain. Based on these results it is concluded that an intermediate of reduction, probably a free radical, is responsible for the lethal effect of quindoxin. With three independent techniques no evidence has been found for binding of quindoxin to DNA.
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Mode of action of quindoxin and substituted quinoxaline-di-N-oxides on Escherichia coli. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 1978. [PMID: 352264 DOI: 10.1128/aac.13.5.770.] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The effect of quindoxin on the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), ribonucleic acid, and protein in Escherichia coli KL 399 was examined under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. In the absence of oxygen the synthesis of DNA was completely inhibited by 10 ppm of quindoxin, whereas the syntheses of ribonucleic acid and protein were not affected. Quinoxalin-di-N-oxides (QdNO) induce degradation of DNA in both proliferating and non-proliferating cells. polA, recA, recB, recC, exrA, and uvrA mutants were more susceptible than the corresponding repair-proficient strains. All strains were more resistant in the presence of oxygen. Quindoxin was reduced to quinoxalin-N-oxide by intact E. coli cells or by a cell-free E. coli extract. Electron spin resonance measurements demonstrated the generation of free radicals during the reduction of quindoxin. Oxygen or deficiency of energy sources impaired the antibiotic activity and the reduction of QdNO. The QdNO reductase activity was demonstrated to be lower in QdNO-resistant mutants than in the susceptible parent strain. Based on these results it is concluded that an intermediate of reduction, probably a free radical, is responsible for the lethal effect of quindoxin. With three independent techniques no evidence has been found for binding of quindoxin to DNA.
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