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Borgognone A, Casadellà M, Martínez de Lagrán M, Paredes R, Clotet B, Dierssen M, Elizalde-Torrent A. Lamivudine modulates the expression of neurological impairment-related genes and LINE-1 retrotransposons in brain tissues of a Down syndrome mouse model. Front Aging Neurosci 2024; 16:1386944. [PMID: 39100749 PMCID: PMC11294114 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2024.1386944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2024] [Accepted: 07/05/2024] [Indexed: 08/06/2024] Open
Abstract
Elevated activity of retrotransposons is increasingly recognized to be implicated in a wide range of neurodegenerative and neurodevelopmental diseases, including Down syndrome (DS), which is the most common chromosomal condition causing intellectual disability globally. Previous research by our group has revealed that treatment with lamivudine, a reverse transcriptase inhibitor, improved neurobehavioral phenotypes and completely rescued hippocampal-dependent recognition memory in a DS mouse model, Ts65Dn. We hypothesized that retrotransposition rates would increase in the Ts65Dn mouse model, and lamivudine could block retrotransposons. We analyzed the differentially expressed long interspersed element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) mapping on MMU16 and 17, and showed for the first time that retrotransposition could be associated with Ts65Dn's pathology, as misregulation of L1 was found in brain tissues associated with trisomy. In the cerebral cortex, 6 out of 26 upregulated L1s in trisomic treated mice were located in the telomeric region of MMU16 near Ttc3, Kcnj6, and Dscam genes. In the hippocampus, one upregulated L1 element in trisomic treated mice was located near the Fgd4 gene on MMU16. Moreover, two downregulated L1s rescued after treatment with lamivudine were located in the intronic region of Nrxn1 (MMU17) and Snhg14 (MMU7), implicated in a variety of neurodegenerative disorders. To gain further insight into the mechanism of this improvement, we here analyzed the gene expression profile in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex of trisomic mice treated and no-treated with lamivudine compared to their wild-type littermates. We found that treatment with lamivudine rescued the expression of 24% of trisomic genes in the cortex (located on mouse chromosome (MMU) 16 and 17) and 15% in the hippocampus (located in the human chromosome 21 orthologous regions), with important DS candidate genes such as App and Ets2, rescued in both regions.
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- Center for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
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- IrsiCaixa, Badalona, Spain
- Department of Infeccious Diseases and Immunity, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), Vic, Spain
- CIBERINFEC, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Pathology, Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
- Department of Infectious Diseases Service, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona, Spain
- Fundació Lluita contra les Infeccions, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- IrsiCaixa, Badalona, Spain
- Department of Infeccious Diseases and Immunity, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC), Vic, Spain
- CIBERINFEC, ISCIII, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Infectious Diseases Service, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona, Spain
- Fundació Lluita contra les Infeccions, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Center for Genomic Regulation, The Barcelona Institute for Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Medicine and Life Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
- Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Barcelona, Spain
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D'Ordine AM, Jogl G, Sedivy JM. Identification and characterization of small molecule inhibitors of the LINE-1 retrotransposon endonuclease. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3883. [PMID: 38719805 PMCID: PMC11078990 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-48066-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
Abstract
The long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) retrotransposon is the only active autonomously replicating retrotransposon in the human genome. L1 harms the cell by inserting new copies, generating DNA damage, and triggering inflammation. Therefore, L1 inhibition could be used to treat many diseases associated with these processes. Previous research has focused on inhibition of the L1 reverse transcriptase due to the prevalence of well-characterized inhibitors of related viral enzymes. Here we present the L1 endonuclease as another target for reducing L1 activity. We characterize structurally diverse small molecule endonuclease inhibitors using computational, biochemical, and biophysical methods. We also show that these inhibitors reduce L1 retrotransposition, L1-induced DNA damage, and inflammation reinforced by L1 in senescent cells. These inhibitors could be used for further pharmacological development and as tools to better understand the life cycle of this element and its impact on disease processes.
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- Alexandra M D'Ordine
- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
- Center on the Biology of Aging, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
- Center on the Biology of Aging, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
- Center on the Biology of Aging, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
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Kines KJ, Sokolowski M, DeFreece C, Shareef A, deHaro DL, Belancio VP. Large Deletions, Cleavage of the Telomeric Repeat Sequence, and Reverse Transcriptase-Mediated DNA Damage Response Associated with Long Interspersed Element-1 ORF2p Enzymatic Activities. Genes (Basel) 2024; 15:143. [PMID: 38397133 PMCID: PMC10887698 DOI: 10.3390/genes15020143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/18/2024] [Indexed: 02/25/2024] Open
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L1 elements can cause DNA damage and genomic variation via retrotransposition and the generation of endonuclease-dependent DNA breaks. These processes require L1 ORF2p protein that contains an endonuclease domain, which cuts genomic DNA, and a reverse transcriptase domain, which synthesizes cDNA. The complete impact of L1 enzymatic activities on genome stability and cellular function remains understudied, and the spectrum of L1-induced mutations, other than L1 insertions, is mostly unknown. Using an inducible system, we demonstrate that an ORF2p containing functional reverse transcriptase is sufficient to elicit DNA damage response even in the absence of the functional endonuclease. Using a TK/Neo reporter system that captures misrepaired DNA breaks, we demonstrate that L1 expression results in large genomic deletions that lack any signatures of L1 involvement. Using an in vitro cleavage assay, we demonstrate that L1 endonuclease efficiently cuts telomeric repeat sequences. These findings support that L1 could be an unrecognized source of disease-promoting genomic deletions, telomere dysfunction, and an underappreciated source of chronic RT-mediated DNA damage response in mammalian cells. Our findings expand the spectrum of biological processes that can be triggered by functional and nonfunctional L1s, which have impactful evolutionary- and health-relevant consequences.
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- Kristine J. Kines
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Biology, Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA 70125, USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Achiro JM, Tao Y, Gao F, Lin CH, Watanabe M, Neumann S, Coppola G, Black DL, Martin KC. Aging differentially alters the transcriptome and landscape of chromatin accessibility in the male and female mouse hippocampus. Front Mol Neurosci 2024; 17:1334862. [PMID: 38318533 PMCID: PMC10839115 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2024.1334862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/07/2024] Open
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Aging-related memory impairment and pathological memory disorders such as Alzheimer's disease differ between males and females, and yet little is known about how aging-related changes in the transcriptome and chromatin environment differ between sexes in the hippocampus. To investigate this question, we compared the chromatin accessibility landscape and gene expression/alternative splicing pattern of young adult and aged mouse hippocampus in both males and females using ATAC-seq and RNA-seq. We detected significant aging-dependent changes in the expression of genes involved in immune response and synaptic function and aging-dependent changes in the alternative splicing of myelin sheath genes. We found significant sex-bias in the expression and alternative splicing of hundreds of genes, including aging-dependent female-biased expression of myelin sheath genes and aging-dependent male-biased expression of genes involved in synaptic function. Aging was associated with increased chromatin accessibility in both male and female hippocampus, especially in repetitive elements, and with an increase in LINE-1 transcription. We detected significant sex-bias in chromatin accessibility in both autosomes and the X chromosome, with male-biased accessibility enriched at promoters and CpG-rich regions. Sex differences in gene expression and chromatin accessibility were amplified with aging, findings that may shed light on sex differences in aging-related and pathological memory loss.
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- Jennifer M. Achiro
- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Luqman-Fatah A, Miyoshi T. Human LINE-1 retrotransposons: impacts on the genome and regulation by host factors. Genes Genet Syst 2023; 98:121-154. [PMID: 36436935 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.22-00038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Genome sequencing revealed that nearly half of the human genome is comprised of transposable elements. Although most of these elements have been rendered inactive due to mutations, full-length intact long interspersed element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) copies retain the ability to mobilize through RNA intermediates by a so-called "copy-and-paste" mechanism, termed retrotransposition. L1 is the only known autonomous mobile genetic element in the genome, and its retrotransposition contributes to inter- or intra-individual genetic variation within the human population. However, L1 retrotransposition also poses a threat to genome integrity due to gene disruption and chromosomal instability. Moreover, recent studies suggest that aberrant L1 expression can impact human health by causing diseases such as cancer and chronic inflammation that might lead to autoimmune disorders. To counteract these adverse effects, the host cells have evolved multiple layers of defense mechanisms at the epigenetic, RNA and protein levels. Intriguingly, several host factors have also been reported to facilitate L1 retrotransposition, suggesting that there is competition between negative and positive regulation of L1 by host factors. Here, we summarize the known host proteins that regulate L1 activity at different stages of the replication cycle and discuss how these factors modulate disease-associated phenotypes caused by L1.
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- Ahmad Luqman-Fatah
- Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
- Department of Stress Response, Radiation Biology Center, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
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- Department of Gene Mechanisms, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
- Department of Stress Response, Radiation Biology Center, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
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Mauro M, Wei S, Breborowicz A, Li X, Bognanni C, Fuller Z, Philipp T, McDonald T, Lattin MT, Williams Z. Endogenous retrotransposons cause catastrophic deoxyribonucleic acid damage in human trophoblasts. F&S SCIENCE 2023; 4:200-210. [PMID: 37225003 DOI: 10.1016/j.xfss.2023.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2022] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the mechanistic role of mobile genetic elements in causing widespread DNA damage in primary human trophoblasts. DESIGN Experimental ex vivo study. SETTING Hospital-affiliated University. PATIENT(S) Trophoblasts from a patient with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss and patients with spontaneous and elective abortions (n = 10). INTERVENTION(S) Biochemical and genetic analysis and modification of primary human trophoblasts. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S) To phenotype and systematically evaluate the underlying pathogenic mechanism for elevated DNA damage observed in trophoblasts derived from a patient with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss, transcervical embryoscopy, G-band karyotyping, RNA sequencing, quantitative polymerase chain reaction, immunoblotting, biochemical and siRNA assays, and whole-genome sequencing were performed. RESULT(S) Transcervical embryoscopy revealed a severely dysmorphic embryo that was euploid on G-band karyotyping. RNA sequencing was notable for markedly elevated LINE-1 expression, confirmed with quantitative polymerase chain reaction, and that resulted in elevated expression of LINE-1-encoded proteins, as shown by immunoblotting. Immunofluorescence, biochemical and genetic approaches demonstrated that overexpression of LINE-1 caused reversible widespread genomic damage and apoptosis. CONCLUSION(S) Derepression of LINE-1 elements in early trophoblasts results in reversible but widespread DNA damage.
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- Maurizio Mauro
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Fertility Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Fertility Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Women's Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York
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- The Rockefeller University, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and Laboratory of RNA Molecular Biology, New York, New York
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Institute of Clinical Gynecology and Obstetrics, Danube Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Fertility Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Fertility Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Fertility Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York.
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Du Q, Stow EC, LaCoste D, Freeman B, Baddoo M, Shareef A, Miller KM, Belancio VP. A novel role of TRIM28 B box domain in L1 retrotransposition and ORF2p-mediated cDNA synthesis. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:4429-4450. [PMID: 37070200 PMCID: PMC10201437 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Revised: 03/22/2023] [Accepted: 03/25/2023] [Indexed: 04/19/2023] Open
Abstract
The long interspersed element 1 (LINE-1 or L1) integration is affected by many cellular factors through various mechanisms. Some of these factors are required for L1 amplification, while others either suppress or enhance specific steps during L1 propagation. Previously, TRIM28 has been identified to suppress transposable elements, including L1 expression via its canonical role in chromatin remodeling. Here, we report that TRIM28 through its B box domain increases L1 retrotransposition and facilitates shorter cDNA and L1 insert generation in cultured cells. Consistent with the latter, we observe that tumor specific L1 inserts are shorter in endometrial, ovarian, and prostate tumors with higher TRIM28 mRNA expression than in those with lower TRIM28 expression. We determine that three amino acids in the B box domain that are involved in TRIM28 multimerization are critical for its effect on both L1 retrotransposition and cDNA synthesis. We provide evidence that B boxes from the other two members in the Class VI TRIM proteins, TRIM24 and TRIM33, also increase L1 retrotransposition. Our findings could lead to a better understanding of the host/L1 evolutionary arms race in the germline and their interplay during tumorigenesis.
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- Qianhui Du
- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans 70112, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, 100 E 24th Street, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans 70112, USA
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Our defenses against infection rely on the ability of the immune system to distinguish invading pathogens from self. This task is exceptionally challenging, if not seemingly impossible, in the case of retroviruses that have integrated almost seamlessly into the host. This review examines the limits of innate and adaptive immune responses elicited by endogenous retroviruses and other retroelements, the targets of immune recognition, and the consequences for host health and disease. Contrary to theoretical expectation, endogenous retroelements retain substantial immunogenicity, which manifests most profoundly when their epigenetic repression is compromised, contributing to autoinflammatory and autoimmune disease and age-related inflammation. Nevertheless, recent evidence suggests that regulated immune reactivity to endogenous retroelements is integral to immune system development and function, underpinning cancer immunosurveillance, resistance to infection, and responses to the microbiota. Elucidation of the interaction points with endogenous retroelements will therefore deepen our understanding of immune system function and contribution to disease.
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- George Kassiotis
- Retroviral Immunology Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom;
- Department of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Stow EC, Baddoo M, LaRosa AJ, LaCoste D, Deininger P, Belancio V. SCIFER: approach for analysis of LINE-1 mRNA expression in single cells at a single locus resolution. Mob DNA 2022; 13:21. [PMID: 36028901 PMCID: PMC9413895 DOI: 10.1186/s13100-022-00276-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Endogenous expression of L1 mRNA is the first step in an L1-initiated mutagenesis event. However, the contribution of individual cell types to patterns of organ-specific L1 mRNA expression remains poorly understood, especially at single-locus resolution. We introduce a method to quantify expression of mobile elements at the single-locus resolution in scRNA-Seq datasets called Single Cell Implementation to Find Expressed Retrotransposons (SCIFER). SCIFER aligns scRNA-Seq reads uniquely to the genome and extracts alignments from single cells by cell-specific barcodes. In contrast to the alignment performed using default parameters, this alignment strategy increases accuracy of L1 locus identification by retaining only reads that are uniquely mapped to individual L1 loci. L1 loci expressed in single cells are unambiguously identified using a list of L1 loci manually validated to be expressed in bulk RNA-Seq datasets generated from the same cell line or organ. RESULTS Validation of SCIFER using MCF7 cells determined technical parameters needed for optimal detection of L1 expression in single cells. We show that unsupervised analysis of L1 expression in single cells exponentially inflates both the levels of L1 expression and the number of expressed L1 loci. Application of SCIFER to analysis of scRNA-Seq datasets generated from mouse and human testes identified that mouse Round Spermatids and human Spermatogonia, Spermatocytes, and Round Spermatids express the highest levels of L1 mRNA. Our analysis also determined that similar to mice, human testes from unrelated individuals share as much as 80% of expressed L1 loci. Additionally, SCIFER determined that individual mouse cells co-express different L1 sub-families and different families of transposable elements, experimentally validating their co-existence in the same cell. CONCLUSIONS SCIFER detects mRNA expression of individual L1 loci in single cells. It is compatible with scRNA-Seq datasets prepared using traditional sequencing methods. Validated using a human cancer cell line, SCIFER analysis of mouse and human testes identified key cell types supporting L1 expression in these species. This will further our understanding of differences and similarities in endogenous L1 mRNA expression patterns in mice and humans.
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- Emily C Stow
- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, 70112, USA.
- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
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Freeman B, White T, Kaul T, Stow EC, Baddoo M, Ungerleider N, Morales M, Yang H, Deharo D, Deininger P, Belancio V. Analysis of epigenetic features characteristic of L1 loci expressed in human cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:1888-1907. [PMID: 35100410 PMCID: PMC8887483 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 01/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Only a select few L1 loci in the human genome are expressed in any given cell line or organ, likely to minimize damage done to the genome. The epigenetic features and requirements of expressed L1 loci are currently unknown. Using human cells and comprehensive epigenetic analysis of individual expressed and unexpressed L1 loci, we determined that endogenous L1 transcription depends on a combination of epigenetic factors, including open chromatin, activating histone modifications, and hypomethylation at the L1 promoter. We demonstrate that the L1 promoter seems to require interaction with enhancer elements for optimal function. We utilize epigenetic context to predict the expression status of L1Hs loci that are poorly mappable with RNA-Seq. Our analysis identified a population of ‘transitional’ L1 loci that likely have greater potential to be activated during the epigenetic dysregulation seen in tumors and during aging because they are the most responsive to targeted CRISPR-mediated delivery of trans-activating domains. We demonstrate that an engineered increase in endogenous L1 mRNA expression increases Alu mobilization. Overall, our findings present the first global and comprehensive analysis of epigenetic status of individual L1 loci based on their expression status and demonstrate the importance of epigenetic context for L1 expression heterogeneity.
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- Benjamin Freeman
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, NY, NY 10065, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 504 988 4506; Fax: +1 504 988 1687;
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OUP accepted manuscript. Clin Chem 2022; 68:872-876. [DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/hvac023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Miller I, Totrov M, Korotchkina L, Kazyulkin DN, Gudkov AV, Korolev S. Structural dissection of sequence recognition and catalytic mechanism of human LINE-1 endonuclease. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:11350-11366. [PMID: 34554261 PMCID: PMC8565326 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 09/03/2021] [Accepted: 09/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (L1) is an autonomous non-LTR retrotransposon comprising ∼20% of the human genome. L1 self-propagation causes genomic instability and is strongly associated with aging, cancer and other diseases. The endonuclease domain of L1’s ORFp2 protein (L1-EN) initiates de novo L1 integration by nicking the consensus sequence 5′-TTTTT/AA-3′. In contrast, related nucleases including structurally conserved apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) are non-sequence specific. To investigate mechanisms underlying sequence recognition and catalysis by L1-EN, we solved crystal structures of L1-EN complexed with DNA substrates. This showed that conformational properties of the preferred sequence drive L1-EN’s sequence-specificity and catalysis. Unlike APE1, L1-EN does not bend the DNA helix, but rather causes ‘compression’ near the cleavage site. This provides multiple advantages for L1-EN’s role in retrotransposition including facilitating use of the nicked poly-T DNA strand as a primer for reverse transcription. We also observed two alternative conformations of the scissile bond phosphate, which allowed us to model distinct conformations for a nucleophilic attack and a transition state that are likely applicable to the entire family of nucleases. This work adds to our mechanistic understanding of L1-EN and related nucleases and should facilitate development of L1-EN inhibitors as potential anticancer and antiaging therapeutics.
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- Ian Miller
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA
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- Genome Protection, Inc., Buffalo, NY 14203, USA.,Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA
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Costantino I, Nicodemus J, Chun J. Genomic Mosaicism Formed by Somatic Variation in the Aging and Diseased Brain. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:1071. [PMID: 34356087 PMCID: PMC8305509 DOI: 10.3390/genes12071071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Over the past 20 years, analyses of single brain cell genomes have revealed that the brain is composed of cells with myriad distinct genomes: the brain is a genomic mosaic, generated by a host of DNA sequence-altering processes that occur somatically and do not affect the germline. As such, these sequence changes are not heritable. Some processes appear to occur during neurogenesis, when cells are mitotic, whereas others may also function in post-mitotic cells. Here, we review multiple forms of DNA sequence alterations that have now been documented: aneuploidies and aneusomies, smaller copy number variations (CNVs), somatic repeat expansions, retrotransposons, genomic cDNAs (gencDNAs) associated with somatic gene recombination (SGR), and single nucleotide variations (SNVs). A catch-all term of DNA content variation (DCV) has also been used to describe the overall phenomenon, which can include multiple forms within a single cell's genome. A requisite step in the analyses of genomic mosaicism is ongoing technology development, which is also discussed. Genomic mosaicism alters one of the most stable biological molecules, DNA, which may have many repercussions, ranging from normal functions including effects of aging, to creating dysfunction that occurs in neurodegenerative and other brain diseases, most of which show sporadic presentation, unlinked to causal, heritable genes.
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- Isabel Costantino
- Translational Neuroscience Initiative, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; (I.C.); (J.N.)
- Neurosciences Graduate Program, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Translational Neuroscience Initiative, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; (I.C.); (J.N.)
- Neurosciences Graduate Program, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Translational Neuroscience Initiative, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; (I.C.); (J.N.)
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Stow EC, Kaul T, deHaro DL, Dem MR, Beletsky AG, Morales ME, Du Q, LaRosa AJ, Yang H, Smither E, Baddoo M, Ungerleider N, Deininger P, Belancio VP. Organ-, sex- and age-dependent patterns of endogenous L1 mRNA expression at a single locus resolution. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:5813-5831. [PMID: 34023901 PMCID: PMC8191783 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 04/21/2021] [Accepted: 04/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Expression of L1 mRNA, the first step in the L1 copy-and-paste amplification cycle, is a prerequisite for L1-associated genomic instability. We used a reported stringent bioinformatics method to parse L1 mRNA transcripts and measure the level of L1 mRNA expressed in mouse and rat organs at a locus-specific resolution. This analysis determined that mRNA expression of L1 loci in rodents exhibits striking organ specificity with less than 0.8% of loci shared between organs of the same organism. This organ specificity in L1 mRNA expression is preserved in male and female mice and across age groups. We discovered notable differences in L1 mRNA expression between sexes with only 5% of expressed L1 loci shared between male and female mice. Moreover, we report that the levels of total L1 mRNA expression and the number and spectrum of expressed L1 loci fluctuate with age as independent variables, demonstrating different patterns in different organs and sexes. Overall, our comparisons between organs and sexes and across ages ranging from 2 to 22 months establish previously unforeseen dynamic changes in L1 mRNA expression in vivo. These findings establish the beginning of an atlas of endogenous L1 mRNA expression across a broad range of biological variables that will guide future studies.
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- Emily C Stow
- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.,Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.,Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.,Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.,Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.,Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Health Sciences Center, 1700 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.,Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, 1430 Tulane Ave, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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Evans TA, Erwin JA. Retroelement-derived RNA and its role in the brain. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2020; 114:68-80. [PMID: 33229216 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2020.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 10/20/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Comprising ~40% of the human genome, retroelements are mobile genetic elements which are transcribed into RNA, then reverse-transcribed into DNA and inserted into a new site in the genome. Retroelements are referred to as "genetic parasites", residing among host genes and relying on host machinery for transcription and evolutionary propagation. The healthy brain has the highest expression of retroelement-derived sequences compared to other somatic tissue, which leads to the question: how does retroelement-derived RNA influence human traits and cellular states? While the functional importance of upregulating retroelement expression in the brain is an active area of research, RNA species derived from retroelements influence both self- and host gene expression by contributing to chromatin remodeling, alternative splicing, somatic mosaicism and translational repression. Here, we review the emerging evidence that the functional importance of RNA derived from retroelements is multifaceted. Retroelements can influence organismal states through the seeding of epigenetic states in chromatin, the production of structured RNA and even catalytically active ribozymes, the generation of cytoplasmic ssDNA and RNA/DNA hybrids, the production of viral-like proteins, and the generation of somatic mutations. Comparative sequencing suggests that retroelements can contribute to intraspecies variation through these mechanisms to alter transcript identity and abundance. In humans, an increasing number of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative conditions are associated with dysregulated retroelements, including Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome (AGS), Rett syndrome (RTT), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease (AD), multiple sclerosis (MS), schizophrenia (SZ), and aging. Taken together, these concepts suggest a larger functional role for RNA derived from retroelements. This review aims to define retroelement-derived RNA, discuss how it impacts the mammalian genome, as well as summarize data supporting phenotypic consequences of this unique RNA subset in the brain.
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- Taylor A Evans
- Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Lieber Institute for Brain Development, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA; Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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Zhang X, Zhang R, Yu J. New Understanding of the Relevant Role of LINE-1 Retrotransposition in Human Disease and Immune Modulation. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:657. [PMID: 32850797 PMCID: PMC7426637 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1) retrotransposition is a major hallmark of cancer accompanied by global chromosomal instability, genomic instability, and genetic heterogeneity and has become one indicator for the occurrence, development, and poor prognosis of many diseases. LINE-1 also modulates the immune system and affects the immune microenvironment in a variety of ways. Aberrant expression of LINE-1 retrotransposon can provide strong stimuli for an innate immune response, activate the immune system, and induce autoimmunity and inflammation. Therefore, inhibition the activity of LINE-1 has become a potential treatment strategy for various diseases. In this review, we discussed the components and regulatory mechanisms involved with LINE-1, its correlations with disease and immunity, and multiple inhibitors of LINE-1, providing a new understanding of LINE-1.
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- Xiao Zhang
- Cancer Molecular Diagnostics Core, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Caner, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunology and Biotherapy, Tianjin, China.,Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China
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- Cancer Molecular Diagnostics Core, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Caner, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunology and Biotherapy, Tianjin, China.,Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China
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- Cancer Molecular Diagnostics Core, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute & Hospital, National Clinical Research Center of Caner, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Key Laboratory of Cancer Immunology and Biotherapy, Tianjin, China.,Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin, China
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Lanciano S, Cristofari G. Measuring and interpreting transposable element expression. Nat Rev Genet 2020; 21:721-736. [PMID: 32576954 DOI: 10.1038/s41576-020-0251-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Transposable elements (TEs) are insertional mutagens that contribute greatly to the plasticity of eukaryotic genomes, influencing the evolution and adaptation of species as well as physiology or disease in individuals. Measuring TE expression helps to understand not only when and where TE mobilization can occur but also how this process alters gene expression, chromatin accessibility or cellular signalling pathways. Although genome-wide gene expression assays such as RNA sequencing include transposon-derived transcripts, most computational analytical tools discard or misinterpret TE-derived reads. Emerging approaches are improving the identification of expressed TE loci and helping to discriminate TE transcripts that permit TE mobilization from chimeric gene-TE transcripts or pervasive transcription. Here we review the main challenges associated with the detection of TE expression, including mappability, insertional and internal sequence polymorphisms, and the diversity of the TE transcriptional landscape, as well as the different experimental and computational strategies to solve them.
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Terry DM, Devine SE. Aberrantly High Levels of Somatic LINE-1 Expression and Retrotransposition in Human Neurological Disorders. Front Genet 2020; 10:1244. [PMID: 31969897 PMCID: PMC6960195 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.01244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Accepted: 11/11/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Retrotransposable elements (RTEs) have actively multiplied over the past 80 million years of primate evolution, and as a consequence, such elements collectively occupy ∼ 40% of the human genome. As RTE activity can have detrimental effects on the human genome and transcriptome, silencing mechanisms have evolved to restrict retrotransposition. The brain is the only known somatic tissue where RTEs are de-repressed throughout the life of a healthy human and each neuron in specific brain regions accumulates up to ∼13.7 new somatic L1 insertions (and perhaps more). However, even higher levels of somatic RTE expression and retrotransposition have been found in a number of human neurological disorders. This review is focused on how RTE expression and retrotransposition in neuronal tissues might contribute to the initiation and progression of these disorders. These disorders are discussed in three broad and sometimes overlapping categories: 1) disorders such as Rett syndrome, Aicardi-Goutières syndrome, and ataxia–telangiectasia, where expression/retrotransposition is increased due to mutations in genes that play a role in regulating RTEs in healthy cells, 2) disorders such as autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, and substance abuse disorders, which are thought to be caused by a combination of genetic and environmental stress factors, and 3) disorders associated with age, such as frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and normal aging, where there is a time-dependent accumulation of neurological degeneration, RTE copy number, and phenotypes. Research has revealed increased levels of RTE activity in many neurological disorders, but in most cases, a clear causal link between RTE activity and these disorders has not been well established. At the same time, even if increased RTE activity is a passenger and not a driver of disease, a detrimental effect is more likely than a beneficial one. Thus, a better understanding of the role of RTEs in neuronal tissues likely is an important part of understanding, preventing, and treating these disorders.
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- Diane M Terry
- Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.,Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Molecular Medicine Graduate Program, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.,Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.,Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States.,Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Saleh A, Macia A, Muotri AR. Transposable Elements, Inflammation, and Neurological Disease. Front Neurol 2019; 10:894. [PMID: 31481926 PMCID: PMC6710400 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Transposable Elements (TE) are mobile DNA elements that can replicate and insert themselves into different locations within the host genome. Their propensity to self-propagate has a myriad of consequences and yet their biological significance is not well-understood. Indeed, retrotransposons have evaded evolutionary attempts at repression and may contribute to somatic mosaicism. Retrotransposons are emerging as potent regulatory elements within the human genome. In the diseased state, there is mounting evidence that endogenous retroelements play a role in etiopathogenesis of inflammatory diseases, with a disposition for both autoimmune and neurological disorders. We postulate that active mobile genetic elements contribute more to human disease pathogenesis than previously thought.
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- Aurian Saleh
- Department of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Pediatrics, Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States
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Kaul T, Morales ME, Smither E, Baddoo M, Belancio VP, Deininger P. RNA Next-Generation Sequencing and a Bioinformatics Pipeline to Identify Expressed LINE-1s at the Locus-Specific Level. J Vis Exp 2019. [PMID: 31157783 DOI: 10.3791/59771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Long INterspersed Elements-1 (LINEs/L1s) are repetitive elements that can copy and randomly insert in the genome resulting in genomic instability and mutagenesis. Understanding the expression patterns of L1 loci at the individual level will lend to the understanding of the biology of this mutagenic element. This autonomous element makes up a significant portion of the human genome with over 500,000 copies, though 99% are truncated and defective. However, their abundance and dominant number of defective copies make it challenging to identify authentically expressed L1s from L1-related sequences expressed as part of other genes. It is also challenging to identify which specific L1 locus is expressed due to the repetitive nature of the elements. Overcoming these challenges, we present an RNA-Seq bioinformatic approach to identify L1 expression at the locus specific level. In summary, we collect cytoplasmic RNA, select for polyadenylated transcripts, and utilize strand-specific RNA-Seq analyses to uniquely map reads to L1 loci in the human reference genome. We visually curate each L1 locus with uniquely mapped reads to confirm transcription from its own promoter and adjust mapped transcript reads to account for mappability of each individual L1 locus. This approach was applied to a prostate tumor cell line, DU145, to demonstrate the ability of this protocol to detect expression from a small number of the full-length L1 elements.
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University; Department of Pathology, Tulane University
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University; Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University; Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University;
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Freeman BT, Sokolowski M, Roy-Engel AM, Smither ME, Belancio VP. Identification of charged amino acids required for nuclear localization of human L1 ORF1 protein. Mob DNA 2019; 10:20. [PMID: 31080522 PMCID: PMC6501352 DOI: 10.1186/s13100-019-0159-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Long Interspersed Element 1 (LINE-1) is a retrotransposon that is present in 500,000 copies in the human genome. Along with Alu and SVA elements, these three retrotransposons account for more than a third of the human genome sequence. These mobile elements are able to copy themselves within the genome via an RNA intermediate, a process that can promote genome instability. LINE-1 encodes two proteins, ORF1p and ORF2p. Association of ORF1p, ORF2p and a full-length L1 mRNA in a ribonucleoprotein (RNP) particle, L1 RNP, is required for L1 retrotransposition. Previous studies have suggested that fusion of a tag to L1 proteins can interfere with L1 retrotransposition. Results Using antibodies detecting untagged human ORF1p, western blot analysis and manipulation of ORF1 sequence and length, we have identified a set of charged amino acids in the C-terminal region of ORF1p that are important in determining its subcellular localization. Mutation of 7 non-identical lysine residues is sufficient to make the resulting ORF1p to be predominantly cytoplasmic, demonstrating intrinsic redundancy of this requirement. These residues are also necessary for ORF1p to retain its association with KPNA2 nuclear pore protein. We demonstrate that this interaction is significantly reduced by RNase treatment. Using co-IP, we have also determined that human ORF1p associates with all members of the KPNA subfamily. Conclusions The prediction of NLS sequences suggested that specific sequences within ORF1p could be responsible for its subcellular localization by interacting with nuclear binding proteins. We have found that multiple charged amino acids in the C-terminus of ORF1p are involved in ORF1 subcellular localization and interaction with KPNA2 nuclear pore protein. Our data demonstrate that different amino acids can be mutated to have the same phenotypic effect on ORF1p subcellular localization, demonstrating that the net number of charged residues or protein structure, rather than their specific location, is important for the ORF1p nuclear localization. We also identified that human ORF1p interacts with all members of the KPNA family of proteins and that multiple KPNA family genes are expressed in human cell lines. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13100-019-0159-2) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- B T Freeman
- 1Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- 1Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- 2Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 USA
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- 1Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- 1Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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Simon M, Van Meter M, Ablaeva J, Ke Z, Gonzalez RS, Taguchi T, De Cecco M, Leonova KI, Kogan V, Helfand SL, Neretti N, Roichman A, Cohen HY, Meer MV, Gladyshev VN, Antoch MP, Gudkov AV, Sedivy JM, Seluanov A, Gorbunova V. LINE1 Derepression in Aged Wild-Type and SIRT6-Deficient Mice Drives Inflammation. Cell Metab 2019; 29:871-885.e5. [PMID: 30853213 PMCID: PMC6449196 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 52.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2018] [Revised: 11/02/2018] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
Mice deficient for SIRT6 exhibit a severely shortened lifespan, growth retardation, and highly elevated LINE1 (L1) activity. Here we report that SIRT6-deficient cells and tissues accumulate abundant cytoplasmic L1 cDNA, which triggers strong type I interferon response via activation of cGAS. Remarkably, nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), which inhibit L1 retrotransposition, significantly improved health and lifespan of SIRT6 knockout mice and completely rescued type I interferon response. In tissue culture, inhibition of L1 with siRNA or NRTIs abrogated type I interferon response, in addition to a significant reduction of DNA damage markers. These results indicate that L1 activation contributes to the pathologies of SIRT6 knockout mice. Similarly, L1 transcription, cytoplasmic cDNA copy number, and type I interferons were elevated in the wild-type aged mice. As sterile inflammation is a hallmark of aging, we propose that modulating L1 activity may be an important strategy for attenuating age-related pathologies.
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- Matthew Simon
- 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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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
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- Department of Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
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- Institute for Translational Research, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Cell Stress Biology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Institute for Translational Research, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Faculty of Life Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Department of Cell Stress Biology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY 14263, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, 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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Pisanic TR, Asaka S, Lin SF, Yen TT, Sun H, Bahadirli-Talbott A, Wang TH, Burns KH, Wang TL, Shih IM. Long Interspersed Nuclear Element 1 Retrotransposons Become Deregulated during the Development of Ovarian Cancer Precursor Lesions. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2019; 189:513-520. [PMID: 30553834 PMCID: PMC6412403 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2018.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2018] [Revised: 10/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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There is growing evidence that most high-grade serous ovarian carcinomas likely arise from local dissemination of precursor lesions of the fallopian tube. Evolution of these lesions from early p53 signatures to latter-stage, serous tubal intraepithelial carcinomas (STICs) is characterized by cytologic atypia, accumulation of somatic mutations, and genomic instability, the etiologies of which remain unclear. Long interspersed element 1 (LINE-1) retrotransposon is expressed in many carcinomas, including high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma, where it contributes to genomic instability; however, the timing of LINE-1 activation during this evolution has yet to be elucidated. In this study, we assessed LINE-1 open reading frame 1 protein expression in 12 p53 signature lesions, 32 STICs, and 112 various types of ovarian cancers via immunohistochemical staining and examined LINE-1 promoter methylation in representative cases. We found that 78% and 57% of STICs, with and without concurrent ovarian carcinomas, respectively, exhibited intense LINE-1 immunoreactivity compared with adjacent, normal-appearing fallopian tube epithelium. Hypomethylation of the LINE-1 promoter was found in all STICs exhibiting overexpression. None of the 12 p53 signatures demonstrated significant LINE-1 expression. In ovarian cancer, 84 (75%) of 112 ovarian carcinomas overexpressed LINE-1. Our results indicate that LINE-1 retrotransposons often become deregulated during progression of ovarian cancer precursor lesions from the p53 signature to STIC stages and remain highly expressed in carcinoma.
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- Thomas R Pisanic
- Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pathology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Johns Hopkins Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Pathology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland; McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Pathology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Pathology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Almiron Bonnin DA, Havrda MC, Israel MA. Glioma Cell Secretion: A Driver of Tumor Progression and a Potential Therapeutic Target. Cancer Res 2018; 78:6031-6039. [PMID: 30333116 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-0345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Revised: 05/30/2018] [Accepted: 08/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Cellular secretion is an important mediator of cancer progression. Secreted molecules in glioma are key components of complex autocrine and paracrine pathways that mediate multiple oncogenic pathologies. In this review, we describe tumor cell secretion in high-grade glioma and highlight potential novel therapeutic opportunities. Cancer Res; 78(21); 6031-9. ©2018 AACR.
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- Damian A Almiron Bonnin
- Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire.,Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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- Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire.,Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire
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- Department of Molecular and Systems Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire. .,Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire.,Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire
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Briggs EM, Ha S, Mita P, Brittingham G, Sciamanna I, Spadafora C, Logan SK. Long interspersed nuclear element-1 expression and retrotransposition in prostate cancer cells. Mob DNA 2018; 9:1. [PMID: 29308092 PMCID: PMC5753491 DOI: 10.1186/s13100-017-0106-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Long Interspersed Nuclear Element-1 (LINE-1) is an autonomous retrotransposon that generates new genomic insertions through the retrotransposition of a RNA intermediate. Expression of LINE-1 is tightly repressed in most somatic tissues to prevent DNA damage and ensure genomic integrity. However, the reactivation of LINE-1 has been documented in cancer and the role of LINE-1 protein expression and retrotransposition has become of interest in the development, progression, and adaptation of many epithelial neoplasms, including prostate cancer. RESULTS Here, we examined endogenous LINE-1 protein expression and localization in a panel of prostate cancer cells and observed a diverse range of LINE-1 expression patterns between cell lines. Subcellular localization of LINE-1 proteins, ORF1p and ORF2p, revealed distinct expression patterns. ORF1p, a nucleic acid chaperone that binds LINE-1 mRNA, was predominantly expressed in the cytoplasm, with minor localization in the nucleus. ORF2p, containing endonuclease and reverse transcriptase domains, exhibited punctate foci in the nucleus and also displayed co-localization with PCNA and γH2AX. Using a retrotransposition reporter assay, we found variations in LINE-1 retrotransposition between cell lines. CONCLUSIONS Overall, our findings reveal new insight into the expression and retrotransposition of LINE-1 in prostate cancer. The prostate cancer cells we investigated provide a unique model for investigating endogenous LINE-1 activity and provide a functional model for studying LINE-1 mechanisms in prostate cancer.
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- Erica M. Briggs
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016 USA
- Department of Urology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016 USA
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- Institute for Systems Genetics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016 USA
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- Institute for Systems Genetics, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016 USA
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- Institute of Translational Pharmacology, National Research Council, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016 USA
- Department of Urology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016 USA
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Suarez NA, Macia A, Muotri AR. LINE-1 retrotransposons in healthy and diseased human brain. Dev Neurobiol 2017; 78:434-455. [PMID: 29239145 DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Revised: 12/07/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Long interspersed element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) is a transposable element with the ability to self-mobilize throughout the human genome. The L1 elements found in the human brain is hypothesized to date back 56 million years ago and has survived evolution, currently accounting for 17% of the human genome. L1 retrotransposition has been theorized to contribute to somatic mosaicism. This review focuses on the presence of L1 in the healthy and diseased human brain, such as in autism spectrum disorders. Throughout this exploration, we will discuss the impact L1 has on neurological disorders that can occur throughout the human lifetime. With this, we hope to better understand the complex role of L1 in the human brain development and its implications to human cognition. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Develop Neurobiol 78: 434-455, 2018.
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- Nicole A Suarez
- Department of Pediatrics/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093
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- Department of Pediatrics/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093
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- Department of Pediatrics/Rady Children's Hospital San Diego, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, 92093
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Djeghloul D, Kuranda K, Kuzniak I, Barbieri D, Naguibneva I, Choisy C, Bories JC, Dosquet C, Pla M, Vanneaux V, Socié G, Porteu F, Garrick D, Goodhardt M. Age-Associated Decrease of the Histone Methyltransferase SUV39H1 in HSC Perturbs Heterochromatin and B Lymphoid Differentiation. Stem Cell Reports 2017; 6:970-984. [PMID: 27304919 PMCID: PMC4911502 DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2016.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2015] [Revised: 05/13/2016] [Accepted: 05/16/2016] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The capacity of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) to generate B lymphocytes declines with age, contributing to impaired immune function in the elderly. Here we show that the histone methyltransferase SUV39H1 plays an important role in human B lymphoid differentiation and that expression of SUV39H1 decreases with age in both human and mouse HSC, leading to a global reduction in H3K9 trimethylation and perturbed heterochromatin function. Further, we demonstrate that SUV39H1 is a target of microRNA miR-125b, a known regulator of HSC function, and that expression of miR-125b increases with age in human HSC. Overexpression of miR-125b and inhibition of SUV39H1 in young HSC induced loss of B cell potential. Conversely, both inhibition of miR-125 and enforced expression of SUV39H1 improved the capacity of HSC from elderly individuals to generate B cells. Our findings highlight the importance of heterochromatin regulation in HSC aging and B lymphopoiesis.
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- Dounia Djeghloul
- INSERM UMRS-1126, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS-1126, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS-1126, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS-1170, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Université Paris Sud - Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- INSERM UMRS-967, Institut de Radiobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- INSERM UMRS-1126, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS-1126, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS-1131, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS-1131, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- AP-HP Unité de Thérapie Cellulaire, Centre d'Investigation Clinique en Biothérapie Cellulaire and INSERM UMRS-1160, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- AP-HP Hematology Transplantation and INSERM UMRS-1160, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS-1170, Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus, Université Paris Sud - Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
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- INSERM UMRS-1126, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMRS-1126, Institut Universitaire d'Hématologie, Université Paris Diderot, Paris, France.
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Sokolowski M, Chynces M, deHaro D, Christian CM, Belancio VP. Truncated ORF1 proteins can suppress LINE-1 retrotransposition in trans. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:5294-5308. [PMID: 28431148 PMCID: PMC5605252 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 04/12/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Long interspersed element 1 (L1) is an autonomous non-LTR retroelement that is active in mammalian genomes. Although retrotranspositionally incompetent and functional L1 loci are present in the same genomes, it remains unknown whether non-functional L1s have any trans effect on mobilization of active elements. Using bioinformatic analysis, we identified over a thousand of human L1 loci containing at least one stop codon in their ORF1 sequence. RNAseq analysis confirmed that many of these loci are expressed. We demonstrate that introduction of equivalent stop codons in the full-length human L1 sequence leads to the expression of truncated ORF1 proteins. When supplied in trans some truncated human ORF1 proteins suppress human L1 retrotransposition. This effect requires the N-terminus and coiled-coil domain (C-C) as mutations within the ORF1p C-C domain abolish the suppressive effect of truncated proteins on L1 retrotransposition. We demonstrate that the expression levels and length of truncated ORF1 proteins influence their ability to suppress L1 retrotransposition. Taken together these findings suggest that L1 retrotransposition may be influenced by coexpression of defective L1 loci and that these L1 loci may reduce accumulation of de novo L1 integration events.
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- Mark Sokolowski
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Deininger P, Morales ME, White TB, Baddoo M, Hedges DJ, Servant G, Srivastav S, Smither ME, Concha M, DeHaro DL, Flemington EK, Belancio VP. A comprehensive approach to expression of L1 loci. Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:e31. [PMID: 27899577 PMCID: PMC5389711 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw1067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 11/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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L1 elements represent the only currently active, autonomous retrotransposon in the human genome, and they make major contributions to human genetic instability. The vast majority of the 500 000 L1 elements in the genome are defective, and only a relatively few can contribute to the retrotransposition process. However, there is currently no comprehensive approach to identify the specific loci that are actively transcribed separate from the excess of L1-related sequences that are co-transcribed within genes. We have developed RNA-Seq procedures, as well as a 1200 bp 5΄ RACE product coupled with PACBio sequencing that can identify the specific L1 loci that contribute most of the L1-related RNA reads. At least 99% of L1-related sequences found in RNA do not arise from the L1 promoter, instead representing pieces of L1 incorporated in other cellular RNAs. In any given cell type a relatively few active L1 loci contribute to the 'authentic' L1 transcripts that arise from the L1 promoter, with significantly different loci seen expressed in different tissues.
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- Prescott Deininger
- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.,Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.,Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.,Department of Pathology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.,Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA.,Department of Pathology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Involvement of Conserved Amino Acids in the C-Terminal Region of LINE-1 ORF2p in Retrotransposition. Genetics 2017; 205:1139-1149. [PMID: 28100588 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.116.191403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 12/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Long interspersed element 1 (L1) is the only currently active autonomous retroelement in the human genome. Along with the parasitic SVA and short interspersed element Alu, L1 is the source of DNA damage induced by retrotransposition: a copy-and-paste process that has the potential to disrupt gene function and cause human disease. The retrotransposition process is dependent upon the ORF2 protein (ORF2p). However, it is unknown whether most of the protein is important for retrotransposition. In particular, other than the Cys motif, the C terminus of the protein has not been intensely examined in the context of retrotransposition. Using evolutionary analysis and the Alu retrotransposition assay, we sought to identify additional amino acids in the C terminus important for retrotransposition. Here, we demonstrate that Gal4-tagged and untagged C-terminally truncated ORF2p fragments possess residual potential to drive Alu retrotransposition. Using sight-directed mutagenesis we identify that while the Y1180 amino acid is important for ORF2p- and L1-driven Alu retrotransposition, a mutation at this position improves L1 retrotransposition. Even though the mechanism of the contribution of Y1180 to Alu and L1 mobilization remains unknown, experimental evidence rules out its direct involvement in the ability of the ORF2p reverse transcriptase to generate complementary DNA. Additionally, our data support that ORF2p amino acids 1180 and 1250-1262 may be involved in the reported ORF1p-mediated increase in ORF2p-driven Alu retrotransposition.
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Christian CM, Kines KJ, Belancio VP. The importance of L1 ORF2p cryptic sequence to ORF2p fragment-mediated cytotoxicity. Mob Genet Elements 2016; 6:e1198300. [PMID: 27583184 PMCID: PMC4993571 DOI: 10.1080/2159256x.2016.1198300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Revised: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The Long Interspersed Element 1 (LINE1 or L1) ORF2 protein (ORF2p) can cause DNA damage through the activity of its endonuclease domain (EN). The DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) introduced by the ORF2p EN have the potential to be mutagenic. Previously, our lab has shown that ORF2p fragments containing the EN domain could be expressed in mammalian cells and have variable cytotoxicity. Inclusion of the ORF2p sequence C-terminal to the EN domain in these fragments both reduced the cytotoxicity of these fragments and increased their presence in the nucleus as detected by Western blot analysis. Here, we identify the amino acids (aa 270-274) in the newly-identified ORF2p Cryptic region (Cry) that may be important to the subcellular localization and cytotoxic potential of these EN-containing ORF2p fragments.
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- Claiborne M. Christian
- Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Ariumi Y. Guardian of the Human Genome: Host Defense Mechanisms against LINE-1 Retrotransposition. Front Chem 2016; 4:28. [PMID: 27446907 PMCID: PMC4924340 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2016.00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Long interspersed element type 1 (LINE-1, L1) is a mobile genetic element comprising about 17% of the human genome, encoding a newly identified ORF0 with unknown function, ORF1p with RNA-binding activity and ORF2p with endonuclease and reverse transcriptase activities required for L1 retrotransposition. L1 utilizes an endonuclease (EN) to insert L1 cDNA into target DNA, which induces DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). The ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) is activated by DSBs and subsequently the ATM-signaling pathway plays a role in regulating L1 retrotransposition. In addition, the host DNA repair machinery such as non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) repair pathway is also involved in L1 retrotransposition. On the other hand, L1 is an insertional mutagenic agent, which contributes to genetic change, genomic instability, and tumorigenesis. Indeed, high-throughput sequencing-based approaches identified numerous tumor-specific somatic L1 insertions in variety of cancers, such as colon cancer, breast cancer, and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). In fact, L1 retrotransposition seems to be a potential factor to reduce the tumor suppressive property in HCC. Furthermore, recent study demonstrated that a specific viral-human chimeric transcript, HBx-L1, contributes to hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated HCC. In contrast, host cells have evolved several defense mechanisms protecting cells against retrotransposition including epigenetic regulation through DNA methylation and host defense factors, such as APOBEC3, MOV10, and SAMHD1, which restrict L1 mobility as a guardian of the human genome. In this review, I focus on somatic L1 insertions into the human genome in cancers and host defense mechanisms against deleterious L1 insertions.
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- Yasuo Ariumi
- Ariumi Project Laboratory, Center for AIDS Research and International Research Center for Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University Kumamoto, Japan
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Kines KJ, Sokolowski M, deHaro DL, Christian CM, Baddoo M, Smither ME, Belancio VP. The endonuclease domain of the LINE-1 ORF2 protein can tolerate multiple mutations. Mob DNA 2016; 7:8. [PMID: 27099633 PMCID: PMC4837594 DOI: 10.1186/s13100-016-0064-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Approximately 17 % of the human genome is comprised of the Long INterspersed Element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) retrotransposon, the only currently active autonomous family of retroelements. Though L1 elements have helped to shape mammalian genome evolution over millions of years, L1 activity can also be mutagenic and result in human disease. L1 expression has the potential to contribute to genomic instability via retrotransposition and DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Additionally, L1 is responsible for structural genomic variations induced by other transposable elements such as Alu and SVA, which rely on the L1 ORF2 protein for their propagation. Most of the genomic damage associated with L1 activity originates with the endonuclease domain of the ORF2 protein, which nicks the DNA in preparation for target-primed reverse transcription. Results Bioinformatic analysis of full-length L1 loci residing in the human genome identified numerous mutations in the amino acid sequence of the ORF2 endonuclease domain. Some of these mutations were found in residues which were predicted to be phosphorylation sites for cellular kinases. We mutated several of these putative phosphorylation sites in the ORF2 endonuclease domain and investigated the effect of these mutations on the function of the full-length ORF2 protein and the endonuclease domain (ENp) alone. Most of the single and multiple point mutations that were tested did not significantly impact expression of the full-length ORF2p, or alter its ability to drive Alu retrotransposition. Similarly, most of those same mutations did not significantly alter expression of ENp, or impair its ability to induce DNA damage and cause toxicity. Conclusions Overall, our data demonstrate that the full-length ORF2p or the ENp alone can tolerate several specific single and multiple point mutations in the endonuclease domain without significant impairment of their ability to support Alu mobilization or induce DNA damage, respectively. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13100-016-0064-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Kristine J Kines
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center and Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center and Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center and Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center and Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center and Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center and Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center and Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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Christian CM, deHaro D, Kines KJ, Sokolowski M, Belancio VP. Identification of L1 ORF2p sequence important to retrotransposition using Bipartile Alu retrotransposition (BAR). Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:4818-34. [PMID: 27095191 PMCID: PMC4889948 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 04/06/2016] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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Long Interspersed Element 1 (LINE-1 or L1) is capable of causing genomic instability through the activity of the L1 ORF2 protein (ORF2p). This protein contains endonuclease (EN) and reverse transcriptase (RT) domains that are necessary for the retrotransposition of L1 and the Short Interspersed Element (SINE) Alu. The functional importance of approximately 50% of the ORF2p molecule remains unknown, but some of these sequences could play a role in retrotransposition, or be necessary for the enzymatic activities of the EN and/or RT domains. Conventional approaches using the full-length, contiguous ORF2p make it difficult to study the involvement of these unannotated sequences in the function of L1 ORF2p. Our lab has developed a Bipartile Alu Retrotransposition (BAR) assay that relies on separate truncated ORF2p fragments: an EN-containing and an RT-containing fragment. We validated the utility of this method for studying the ORF2p function in retrotransposition by assessing the effect of expression levels and previously characterized mutations on BAR. Using BAR, we identified two pairs of amino acids important for retrotransposition, an FF and a WD. The WD appears to play a role in cDNA synthesis by the ORF2p molecule, despite being outside the canonical RT domain.
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- Claiborne M Christian
- Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
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- Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
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- Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
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- Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
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- Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70130, USA
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Brečević L, Rinčić M, Krsnik Ž, Sedmak G, Hamid AB, Kosyakova N, Galić I, Liehr T, Borovečki F. Association of new deletion/duplication region at chromosome 1p21 with intellectual disability, severe speech deficit and autism spectrum disorder-like behavior: an all-in approach to solving the DPYD enigma. Transl Neurosci 2015; 6:59-86. [PMID: 28123791 PMCID: PMC4936614 DOI: 10.1515/tnsci-2015-0007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2014] [Accepted: 12/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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We describe an as yet unreported neocentric small supernumerary marker chromosome (sSMC) derived from chromosome 1p21.3p21.2. It was present in 80% of the lymphocytes in a male patient with intellectual disability, severe speech deficit, mild dysmorphic features, and hyperactivity with elements of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Several important neurodevelopmental genes are affected by the 3.56 Mb copy number gain of 1p21.3p21.2, which may be considered reciprocal in gene content to the recently recognized 1p21.3 microdeletion syndrome. Both 1p21.3 deletions and the presented duplication display overlapping symptoms, fitting the same disorder category. Contribution of coding and non-coding genes to the phenotype is discussed in the light of cellular and intercellular homeostasis disequilibrium. In line with this the presented 1p21.3p21.2 copy number gain correlated to 1p21.3 microdeletion syndrome verifies the hypothesis of a cumulative effect of the number of deregulated genes - homeostasis disequilibrium leading to overlapping phenotypes between microdeletion and microduplication syndromes. Although miR-137 appears to be the major player in the 1p21.3p21.2 region, deregulation of the DPYD (dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase) gene may potentially affect neighboring genes underlying the overlapping symptoms present in both the copy number loss and copy number gain of 1p21. Namely, the all-in approach revealed that DPYD is a complex gene whose expression is epigenetically regulated by long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) within the locus. Furthermore, the long interspersed nuclear element-1 (LINE-1) L1MC1 transposon inserted in DPYD intronic transcript 1 (DPYD-IT1) lncRNA with its parasites, TcMAR-Tigger5b and pair of Alu repeats appears to be the “weakest link” within the DPYD gene liable to break. Identification of the precise mechanism through which DPYD is epigenetically regulated, and underlying reasons why exactly the break (FRA1E) happens, will consequently pave the way toward preventing severe toxicity to the antineoplastic drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and development of the causative therapy for the dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency.
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- Lukrecija Brečević
- Croatian Institute for Brain Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, Šalata 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Department for Functional Genomics, Center for Translational and Clinical Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Šalata 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Croatian Institute for Brain Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, Šalata 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Department for Functional Genomics, Center for Translational and Clinical Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Šalata 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Croatian Institute for Brain Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, Šalata 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Croatian Institute for Brain Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, Šalata 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Center for Rehabilitation Stančić, Stančić bb, 10370 Stančić, Croatia
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- Jena University Hospital, Friedrich Schiller University, Institute of Human Genetics, Kollegiengasse 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
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- Department for Functional Genomics, Center for Translational and Clinical Research, University of Zagreb Medical School, University Hospital Center Zagreb, Šalata 2, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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Castro-Diaz N, Friedli M, Trono D. Drawing a fine line on endogenous retroelement activity. Mob Genet Elements 2015; 5:1-6. [PMID: 26442176 DOI: 10.1080/2159256x.2015.1006109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Revised: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 01/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Endogenous retroelements (EREs) are essential motors of evolution yet require careful control to prevent genomic catastrophes, notably during the vulnerable phases of epigenetic reprogramming that occur immediately after fertilization and in germ cells. Accordingly, a variety of mechanisms restrict these mobile genetic units. Previous studies have revealed the importance of KRAB-containing zinc finger proteins (KRAB-ZFPs) and their cofactor, KAP1, in the early embryonic silencing of endogenous retroviruses and so-called SVAs, but the implication of this transcriptional repression system in the control of LINE-1, the only known active autonomous retrotransposon in the human genome, was thought to be marginal. Two recent studies straighten the record by revealing that the KRAB/KAP system is key to the control of L1 in embryonic stem (ES) cells, and go further in demonstrating that DNA methylation and KRAB/KAP1-induced repression contribute to this process in an evolutionally dynamic fashion. These results shed light on the delicate equilibrium between higher vertebrates and endogenous retroelements, which are not just genetic invaders calling for strict control but rather a constantly renewed and nicely exploitable source of evolutionary potential.
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- Nathaly Castro-Diaz
- School of Life Sciences; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) ; Lausanne, Switzerland
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- School of Life Sciences; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) ; Lausanne, Switzerland
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- School of Life Sciences; École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) ; Lausanne, Switzerland
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Belancio VP, Blask DE, Deininger P, Hill SM, Jazwinski SM. The aging clock and circadian control of metabolism and genome stability. Front Genet 2015; 5:455. [PMID: 25642238 PMCID: PMC4294216 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2014.00455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Accepted: 12/11/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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It is widely accepted that aging is characterized by a gradual decline in the efficiency and accuracy of biological processes, leading to deterioration of physiological functions and development of age-associated diseases. Age-dependent accumulation of genomic instability and development of metabolic syndrome are well-recognized components of the aging phenotype, both of which have been extensively studied. Existing findings strongly support the view that the integrity of the cellular genome and metabolic function can be influenced by light at night (LAN) and associated suppression of circadian melatonin production. While LAN is reported to accelerate aging by promoting age-associated carcinogenesis in several animal models, the specific molecular mechanism(s) of its action are not fully understood. Here, we review literature supporting a connection between LAN-induced central circadian disruption of peripheral circadian rhythms and clock function, LINE-1 retrotransposon-associated genomic instability, metabolic deregulation, and aging. We propose that aging is a progressive decline in the stability, continuity, and synchronization of multi-frequency oscillations in biological processes to a temporally disorganized state. By extension, healthy aging is the ability to maintain the most consistent, stable, and entrainable rhythmicity and coordination of these oscillations, at the molecular, cellular, and systemic levels.
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- Victoria P Belancio
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane University New Orleans, LA, USA ; Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, and Tulane Center for Circadian Biology New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane University New Orleans, LA, USA ; Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, and Tulane Center for Circadian Biology New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, and Tulane Center for Circadian Biology New Orleans, LA, USA ; Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane University New Orleans, LA, USA ; Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, and Tulane Center for Circadian Biology New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane Center for Aging, and Tulane Center for Circadian Biology New Orleans, LA, USA ; Department of Medicine, Tulane University New Orleans, LA, USA
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Sokolowski M, DeFreece CB, Servant G, Kines KJ, deHaro DL, Belancio VP. Development of a monoclonal antibody specific to the endonuclease domain of the human LINE-1 ORF2 protein. Mob DNA 2014; 5:29. [PMID: 25606060 PMCID: PMC4279459 DOI: 10.1186/s13100-014-0029-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2014] [Accepted: 11/14/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background LINE-1 (L1) retrotransposons are common occupants of mammalian genomes representing about a fifth of the genetic content. Ongoing L1 retrotransposition in the germ line and somatic tissues has contributed to structural genomic variations and disease-causing mutations in the human genome. L1 mobilization relies on the function of two, self-encoded proteins, ORF1 and ORF2. The ORF2 protein contains two characterized domains: endonuclease and reverse transcriptase. Results Using a bacterially purified endonuclease domain of the human L1 ORF2 protein, we have generated a monoclonal antibody specific to the human ORF2 protein. We determined that the epitope recognized by this monoclonal antibody includes amino acid 205, which is required for the function of the L1 ORF2 protein endonuclease. Using an in vitro L1 cleavage assay, we demonstrate that the monoclonal anti-ORF2 protein antibody partially inhibits L1 endonuclease activity without having any effect on the in vitro activity of the human AP endonuclease. Conclusions Overall, our data demonstrate that this anti-ORF2 protein monoclonal antibody is a useful tool for human L1-related studies and that it provides a rationale for the development of antibody-based inhibitors of L1-induced damage. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13100-014-0029-x) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Mark Sokolowski
- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, and Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Department of Biology, Xavier University, 1 Drexel Drive, Box 85, New Orleans, LA 70125-7918 USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Tulane School of Public Health, Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, and Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, and Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, and Tulane Center for Aging, New Orleans, LA 70112 USA
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