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Wang Y, Liang J. Pioneer factors for DNA replication initiation in metazoans. Bioessays 2024; 46:e2400002. [PMID: 38881154 DOI: 10.1002/bies.202400002] [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: 01/08/2024] [Revised: 05/30/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
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Precise DNA replication is fundamental for genetic inheritance. In eukaryotes, replication initiates at multiple origins that are first "licensed" and subsequently "fired" to activate DNA synthesis. Despite the success in identifying origins with specific DNA motifs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, no consensus sequence or sequences with a predictive value of replication origins have been recognized in metazoan genomes. Rather, epigenetic rules and chromatin structures are believed to play important roles in governing the selection and activation of replication origins. We propose that replication initiation is facilitated by a group of sequence-specific "replication pioneer factors," which function to increase chromatin accessibility and foster a chromatin environment that is conducive to the loading of the prereplication complex. Dysregulation of the function of these factors may lead to gene duplication, genomic instability, and ultimately the occurrence of pathological conditions such as cancer.
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- Yue Wang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Medical Epigenetics, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing, China
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Yang R, Hunker O, Wise M, Bleichert F. Multiple pathways for licensing human replication origins. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.10.588796. [PMID: 38645015 PMCID: PMC11030351 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.10.588796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/23/2024]
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The loading of replicative helicases constitutes an obligatory step in the assembly of DNA replication machineries. In eukaryotes, the MCM2-7 replicative helicase motor is deposited onto DNA by the origin recognition complex (ORC) and co-loader proteins as a head-to-head MCM double hexamer to license replication origins. Although extensively studied in the budding yeast model system, the mechanisms of origin licensing in higher eukaryotes remain poorly defined. Here, we use biochemical reconstitution and electron microscopy (EM) to reconstruct the human MCM loading pathway. Unexpectedly, we find that, unlike in yeast, ORC's Orc6 subunit is not essential for human MCM loading but can enhance loading efficiency. EM analyses identify several intermediates en route to MCM double hexamer formation in the presence and absence of Orc6, including an abundant DNA-loaded, closed-ring single MCM hexamer intermediate that can mature into a head-to-head double hexamer through different pathways. In an Orc6-facilitated pathway, ORC and a second MCM2-7 hexamer are recruited to the dimerization interface of the first hexamer through an MCM-ORC intermediate that is architecturally distinct from an analogous intermediate in yeast. In an alternative, Orc6-independent pathway, MCM double hexamer formation proceeds through dimerization of two independently loaded single MCM2-7 hexamers, promoted by a propensity of human MCM2-7 hexamers to dimerize without the help of other loading factors. This redundancy in human MCM loading pathways likely provides resilience against replication stress under cellular conditions by ensuring that enough origins are licensed for efficient DNA replication. Additionally, the biochemical reconstitution of human origin licensing paves the way to address many outstanding questions regarding DNA replication initiation and replication-coupled events in higher eukaryotes in the future.
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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Oram MK, Baxley RM, Simon EM, Lin K, Chang YC, Wang L, Myers CL, Bielinsky AK. RNF4 prevents genomic instability caused by chronic DNA under-replication. DNA Repair (Amst) 2024; 135:103646. [PMID: 38340377 PMCID: PMC10948022 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2024.103646] [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: 11/02/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 02/01/2024] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Eukaryotic genome stability is maintained by a complex and diverse set of molecular processes. One class of enzymes that promotes proper DNA repair, replication and cell cycle progression comprises small ubiquitin-like modifier (SUMO)-targeted E3 ligases, or STUbLs. Previously, we reported a role for the budding yeast STUbL synthetically lethal with sgs1 (Slx) 5/8 in preventing G2/M-phase arrest in a minichromosome maintenance protein 10 (Mcm10)-deficient model of replication stress. Here, we extend these studies to human cells, examining the requirement for the human STUbL RING finger protein 4 (RNF4) in MCM10 mutant cancer cells. We find that MCM10 and RNF4 independently promote origin firing but regulate DNA synthesis epistatically and, unlike in yeast, the negative genetic interaction between RNF4 and MCM10 causes cells to accumulate in G1-phase. When MCM10 is deficient, RNF4 prevents excessive DNA under-replication at hard-to-replicate regions that results in large DNA copy number alterations and severely reduced viability. Overall, our findings highlight that STUbLs participate in species-specific mechanisms to maintain genome stability, and that human RNF4 is required for origin activation in the presence of chronic replication stress.
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- Marissa K Oram
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA; Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Day M, Tetik B, Parlak M, Almeida-Hernández Y, Räschle M, Kaschani F, Siegert H, Marko A, Sanchez-Garcia E, Kaiser M, Barker IA, Pearl LH, Oliver AW, Boos D. TopBP1 utilises a bipartite GINS binding mode to support genome replication. Nat Commun 2024; 15:1797. [PMID: 38413589 PMCID: PMC10899662 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45946-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 02/29/2024] Open
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Activation of the replicative Mcm2-7 helicase by loading GINS and Cdc45 is crucial for replication origin firing, and as such for faithful genetic inheritance. Our biochemical and structural studies demonstrate that the helicase activator GINS interacts with TopBP1 through two separate binding surfaces, the first involving a stretch of highly conserved amino acids in the TopBP1-GINI region, the second a surface on TopBP1-BRCT4. The two surfaces bind to opposite ends of the A domain of the GINS subunit Psf1. Mutation analysis reveals that either surface is individually able to support TopBP1-GINS interaction, albeit with reduced affinity. Consistently, either surface is sufficient for replication origin firing in Xenopus egg extracts and becomes essential in the absence of the other. The TopBP1-GINS interaction appears sterically incompatible with simultaneous binding of DNA polymerase epsilon (Polε) to GINS when bound to Mcm2-7-Cdc45, although TopBP1-BRCT4 and the Polε subunit PolE2 show only partial competitivity in binding to Psf1. Our TopBP1-GINS model improves the understanding of the recently characterised metazoan pre-loading complex. It further predicts the coordination of three molecular origin firing processes, DNA polymerase epsilon arrival, TopBP1 ejection and GINS integration into Mcm2-7-Cdc45.
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- Matthew Day
- School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, E1 2AT, UK.
- Cancer Research UK DNA Repair Enzymes Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RQ, UK.
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- Molecular Genetics II, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 2-5, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics II, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 2-5, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Computational Bioengineering, Fakultät Bio- und Chemieingenieurwesen, Technical University Dortmund, Emil-Figge Str. 66, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
- Computational Biochemistry, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 2-5, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics, Technical University Kaiserslautern, Paul-Ehrlich Straße 24, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Analytics Core Facility Essen, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 2-5, 45141, Essen, Germany
- Chemical Biology, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University Duisburg-Essen, Fakultät Biologie, Essen, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics II, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 2-5, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Molecular Genetics II, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 2-5, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Computational Bioengineering, Fakultät Bio- und Chemieingenieurwesen, Technical University Dortmund, Emil-Figge Str. 66, 44227, Dortmund, Germany
- Computational Biochemistry, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 2-5, 45141, Essen, Germany
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- Analytics Core Facility Essen, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 2-5, 45141, Essen, Germany
- Chemical Biology, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University Duisburg-Essen, Fakultät Biologie, Essen, Germany
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- Cancer Research UK DNA Repair Enzymes Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Cancer Research UK DNA Repair Enzymes Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RQ, UK.
- Division of Structural Biology, Institute of Cancer Research, Chester Beatty Laboratories, 237 Fulham Road, London, SW1E 6BT, UK.
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- Cancer Research UK DNA Repair Enzymes Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RQ, UK.
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- Molecular Genetics II, Center of Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstraße 2-5, 45141, Essen, Germany.
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Shakir S, Mubin M, Nahid N, Serfraz S, Qureshi MA, Lee TK, Liaqat I, Lee S, Nawaz-ul-Rehman MS. REPercussions: how geminiviruses recruit host factors for replication. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1224221. [PMID: 37799604 PMCID: PMC10548238 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1224221] [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: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Circular single-stranded DNA viruses of the family Geminiviridae encode replication-associated protein (Rep), which is a multifunctional protein involved in virus DNA replication, transcription of virus genes, and suppression of host defense responses. Geminivirus genomes are replicated through the interaction between virus Rep and several host proteins. The Rep also interacts with itself and the virus replication enhancer protein (REn), which is another essential component of the geminivirus replicase complex that interacts with host DNA polymerases α and δ. Recent studies revealed the structural and functional complexities of geminivirus Rep, which is believed to have evolved from plasmids containing a signature domain (HUH) for single-stranded DNA binding with nuclease activity. The Rep coding sequence encompasses the entire coding sequence for AC4, which is intricately embedded within it, and performs several overlapping functions like Rep, supporting virus infection. This review investigated the structural and functional diversity of the geminivirus Rep.
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- Sara Shakir
- Plant Genetics Lab, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liѐge, Gembloux, Belgium
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- Virology Lab, Center for Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Government College University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Virology Lab, Center for Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Risk Assessment Research Center, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Geoje, Republic of Korea
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- Microbiology Lab, Department of Zoology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Integrative Biotechnology, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Virology Lab, Center for Agricultural Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Williams KS, Secomb TW, El-Kareh AW. An autonomous mathematical model for the mammalian cell cycle. J Theor Biol 2023; 569:111533. [PMID: 37196820 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2023.111533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/10/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
Abstract
A mathematical model for the mammalian cell cycle is developed as a system of 13 coupled nonlinear ordinary differential equations. The variables and interactions included in the model are based on detailed consideration of available experimental data. A novel feature of the model is inclusion of cycle tasks such as origin licensing and initiation, nuclear envelope breakdown and kinetochore attachment, and their interactions with controllers (molecular complexes involved in cycle control). Other key features are that the model is autonomous, except for a dependence on external growth factors; the variables are continuous in time, without instantaneous resets at phase boundaries; mechanisms to prevent rereplication are included; and cycle progression is independent of cell size. Eight variables represent cell cycle controllers: the Cyclin D1-Cdk4/6 complex, APCCdh1, SCFβTrCP, Cdc25A, MPF, NuMA, the securin-separase complex, and separase. Five variables represent task completion, with four for the status of origins and one for kinetochore attachment. The model predicts distinct behaviors corresponding to the main phases of the cell cycle, showing that the principal features of the mammalian cell cycle, including restriction point behavior, can be accounted for in a quantitative mechanistic way based on known interactions among cycle controllers and their coupling to tasks. The model is robust to parameter changes, in that cycling is maintained over at least a five-fold range of each parameter when varied individually. The model is suitable for exploring how extracellular factors affect cell cycle progression, including responses to metabolic conditions and to anti-cancer therapies.
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- BIO5 Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA; Department of Physiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
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Campos LV, Van Ravenstein SX, Vontalge EJ, Greer BH, Heintzman DR, Kavlashvili T, McDonald WH, Rose KL, Eichman BF, Dewar JM. RTEL1 and MCM10 overcome topological stress during vertebrate replication termination. Cell Rep 2023; 42:112109. [PMID: 36807139 PMCID: PMC10432576 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 01/30/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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Topological stress can cause converging replication forks to stall during termination of vertebrate DNA synthesis. However, replication forks ultimately overcome fork stalling, suggesting that alternative mechanisms of termination exist. Using proteomics in Xenopus egg extracts, we show that the helicase RTEL1 and the replisome protein MCM10 are highly enriched on chromatin during fork convergence and are crucially important for fork convergence under conditions of topological stress. RTEL1 and MCM10 cooperate to promote fork convergence and do not impact topoisomerase activity but do promote fork progression through a replication barrier. Thus, RTEL1 and MCM10 play a general role in promoting progression of stalled forks, including when forks stall during termination. Our data reveal an alternate mechanism of termination involving RTEL1 and MCM10 that can be used to complete DNA synthesis under conditions of topological stress.
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- Lillian V Campos
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Dephosphorylation of the pre-initiation complex is critical for origin firing. Mol Cell 2023; 83:12-25.e10. [PMID: 36543171 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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In eukaryotes, cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) ensures that the genome is duplicated exactly once by inhibiting helicase loading factors before activating origin firing. CDK activates origin firing by phosphorylating two substrates, Sld2 and Sld3, forming a transient and limiting intermediate-the pre-initiation complex (pre-IC). Here, we show in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae that the CDK phosphorylations of Sld3 and Sld2 are rapidly turned over during S phase by the PP2A and PP4 phosphatases. PP2ARts1 targets Sld3 specifically through an Rts1-interaction motif, and this targeted dephosphorylation is important for origin firing genome-wide, for formation of the pre-IC at origins and for ensuring that Sld3 is dephosphorylated in G1 phase. PP2ARts1 promotes replication in vitro, and we show that targeted Sld3 dephosphorylation is critical for viability. Together, these studies demonstrate that phosphatases enforce the correct ordering of replication factor phosphorylation and in addition to kinases are also key drivers of replication initiation.
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Amasino A, Gupta S, Friedman LJ, Gelles J, Bell SP. Regulation of replication origin licensing by ORC phosphorylation reveals a two-step mechanism for Mcm2-7 ring closing. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.01.02.522488. [PMID: 36711604 PMCID: PMC9881882 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.02.522488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Eukaryotic DNA replication must occur exactly once per cell cycle to maintain cell ploidy. This outcome is ensured by temporally separating replicative helicase loading (G1 phase) and activation (S phase). In budding yeast, helicase loading is prevented outside of G1 by cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) phosphorylation of three helicase-loading proteins: Cdc6, the Mcm2-7 helicase, and the origin recognition complex (ORC). CDK inhibition of Cdc6 and Mcm2-7 are well understood. Here we use single-molecule assays for multiple events during origin licensing to determine how CDK phosphorylation of ORC suppresses helicase loading. We find that phosphorylated ORC recruits a first Mcm2-7 to origins but prevents second Mcm2-7 recruitment. Phosphorylation of the Orc6, but not of the Orc2 subunit, increases the fraction of first Mcm2-7 recruitment events that are unsuccessful due to the rapid and simultaneous release of the helicase and its associated Cdt1 helicase-loading protein. Real-time monitoring of first Mcm2-7 ring closing reveals that either Orc2 or Orc6 phosphorylation prevents Mcm2-7 from stably encircling origin DNA. Consequently, we assessed formation of the MO complex, an intermediate that requires the closed-ring form of Mcm2-7. We found that ORC phosphorylation fully inhibits MO-complex formation and provide evidence that this event is required for stable closing of the first Mcm2-7. Our studies show that multiple steps of helicase loading are impacted by ORC phosphorylation and reveal that closing of the first Mcm2-7 ring is a two-step process started by Cdt1 release and completed by MO-complex formation. Significance Statement Each time a eukaryotic cell divides (by mitosis) it must duplicate its chromosomal DNA exactly once to ensure that one full copy is passed to each resulting cell. Both under-replication or over-replication result in genome instability and disease or cell death. A key mechanism to prevent over-replication is the temporal separation of loading of the replicative DNA helicase at origins of replication and activation of these same helicases during the cell division cycle. Here we define the mechanism by which phosphorylation of the primary DNA binding protein involved in these events inhibits helicase loading. Our studies identify multiple steps of inhibition and provide new insights into the mechanism of helicase loading in the uninhibited condition.
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- Audra Amasino
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02454, USA,Co-corresponding authors: Stephen P. Bell, , Phone: 617-253-2054, Jeff Gelles, , Phone: 781-736-2377
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA,Co-corresponding authors: Stephen P. Bell, , Phone: 617-253-2054, Jeff Gelles, , Phone: 781-736-2377
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Yang C, Sofroni K, Hamamura Y, Hu B, Elbasi HT, Balboni M, Chu L, Stang D, Heese M, Schnittger A. ZYP1-mediated recruitment of PCH2 to the synaptonemal complex remodels the chromosome axis leading to crossover restriction. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:12924-12937. [PMID: 36504011 PMCID: PMC9825157 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac1160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2022] [Revised: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Chromosome axis-associated HORMA domain proteins (HORMADs), e.g. ASY1 in Arabidopsis, are crucial for meiotic recombination. ASY1, as other HORMADs, is assembled on the axis at early meiosis and depleted when homologous chromosomes synapse. Puzzlingly, both processes are catalyzed by AAA+ ATPase PCH2 together with its cofactor COMET. Here, we show that the ASY1 remodeling complex is temporally and spatially differently assembled. While PCH2 and COMET appear to directly interact in the cytoplasm in early meiosis, PCH2 is recruited by the transverse filament protein ZYP1 and brought to the ASY1-bound COMET assuring the timely removal of ASY1 during chromosome synapsis. Since we found that the PCH2 homolog TRIP13 also binds to the ZYP1 homolog SYCP1 in mouse, we postulate that this mechanism is conserved among eukaryotes. Deleting the PCH2 binding site of ZYP1 led to a failure of ASY1 removal. Interestingly, the placement of one obligatory crossover per homologous chromosome pair, compromised by ZYP1 depletion, is largely restored in this separation-of-function zyp1 allele suggesting that crossover assurance is promoted by synapsis. In contrast, this zyp1 allele, similar to the zyp1 null mutant, showed elevated type I crossover numbers indicating that PCH2-mediated eviction of ASY1 from the axis restricts crossover formation.
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- Chao Yang
- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
- Department of Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 22609, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 22609, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 22609, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 22609, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 22609, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 22609, Germany
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- National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, Hubei Hongshan Laboratory, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 22609, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 22609, Germany
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Institute of Plant Science and Microbiology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg 22609, Germany
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Li C, Tan Y, Ma X, Wang Z, Meng T, Sun Q. CDT1 is the major functional regulatory subunit of the pre-replication complex in zygotes. Cell Prolif 2022; 56:e13377. [PMID: 36479743 PMCID: PMC9977660 DOI: 10.1111/cpr.13377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Pre-replication complex (pre-RC) is critical for DNA replication initiation. CDT1 and MCM2 are the subunits of pre-RC, and proper regulation of CDT1 and MCM2 are necessary for DNA replication and cell proliferation. The present study aimed to explore the role of CDT1 and MCM2 in oocyte meiotic maturation and early embryonic development. The depletion and overexpression of Cdt1 and Mcm2 in oocyte and zygote were achieved by microinjecting specific siRNA and mRNA to explored their functions in oocyte meiotic maturation and embryonic development. Then, we examined the effect of CDT1 and MCM2 on other signal pathways by immunostaining the expression of related maker genes. We showed that neither depletion nor overexpression of Cdt1 affected oocyte meiotic progressions. The CDT1 was degraded in S phase and remained at a low level in G2 phase of zygote. Exogenous expression of Cdt1 in G2 phase led to embryo attest at zygote stage. Mechanistically, CDT1 overexpression induced DNA re-replication and thus DNA damage check-point activation. Protein abundance of MCM2 was stable throughout the cell cycle, and embryos with overexpressed MCM2 could develop to blastocysts normally. Overexpression or depletion of Mcm2 also had no effect on oocyte meiotic maturation. Our results indicate that pre-RC subunits CDT1 and MCM2 are not involved in oocyte meiotic maturation. In zygote, CDT1 but not MCM2 is the major regulator of DNA replication in a cell cycle dependent manner. Furthermore, its' degradation is essential for zygotes to prevent from DNA re-replication in G2 stage.
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- Chao Li
- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive BiologyInstitute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina,University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- Fertility Preservation Lab, Guangdong‐Hong Kong Metabolism & Reproduction Joint LaboratoryReproductive Medicine Center, Guangdong Second Provincial General HospitalGuangzhouChina
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- Reproductive Genetics DepartmentThe Affiliated Tai'an City Central Hospital of Qingdao UniversityTaianChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive BiologyInstitute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina,University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- Fertility Preservation Lab, Guangdong‐Hong Kong Metabolism & Reproduction Joint LaboratoryReproductive Medicine Center, Guangdong Second Provincial General HospitalGuangzhouChina
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- Fertility Preservation Lab, Guangdong‐Hong Kong Metabolism & Reproduction Joint LaboratoryReproductive Medicine Center, Guangdong Second Provincial General HospitalGuangzhouChina
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Reusswig KU, Bittmann J, Peritore M, Courtes M, Pardo B, Wierer M, Mann M, Pfander B. Unscheduled DNA replication in G1 causes genome instability and damage signatures indicative of replication collisions. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7014. [PMID: 36400763 PMCID: PMC9674678 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34379-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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DNA replicates once per cell cycle. Interfering with the regulation of DNA replication initiation generates genome instability through over-replication and has been linked to early stages of cancer development. Here, we engineer genetic systems in budding yeast to induce unscheduled replication in a G1-like cell cycle state. Unscheduled G1 replication initiates at canonical S-phase origins. We quantifiy the composition of replisomes in G1- and S-phase and identified firing factors, polymerase α, and histone supply as factors that limit replication outside S-phase. G1 replication per se does not trigger cellular checkpoints. Subsequent replication during S-phase, however, results in over-replication and leads to chromosome breaks and chromosome-wide, strand-biased occurrence of RPA-bound single-stranded DNA, indicating head-to-tail replication collisions as a key mechanism generating genome instability upon G1 replication. Low-level, sporadic induction of G1 replication induces an identical response, indicating findings from synthetic systems are applicable to naturally occurring scenarios of unscheduled replication initiation.
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- Karl-Uwe Reusswig
- grid.418615.f0000 0004 0491 845XDNA Replication and Genome Integrity, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany ,grid.38142.3c000000041936754XPresent Address: Department of Cell Biology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115 USA ,grid.65499.370000 0001 2106 9910Present Address: Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02215 USA
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- grid.418615.f0000 0004 0491 845XDNA Replication and Genome Integrity, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- grid.418615.f0000 0004 0491 845XDNA Replication and Genome Integrity, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany ,grid.7551.60000 0000 8983 7915Present Address: Genome Maintenance Mechanisms in Health and Disease, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 51147 Cologne, Germany
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- grid.433120.7Institut de Génétique Humaine (IGH), Université de Montpellier – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- grid.433120.7Institut de Génétique Humaine (IGH), Université de Montpellier – Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- grid.418615.f0000 0004 0491 845XProteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany ,grid.5254.60000 0001 0674 042XPresent Address: Proteomics Research Infrastructure, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- grid.418615.f0000 0004 0491 845XProteomics and Signal Transduction, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- grid.418615.f0000 0004 0491 845XDNA Replication and Genome Integrity, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 82152 Martinsried, Germany ,grid.7551.60000 0000 8983 7915Present Address: Genome Maintenance Mechanisms in Health and Disease, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), 51147 Cologne, Germany ,grid.6190.e0000 0000 8580 3777Present Address: Genome Maintenance Mechanisms in Health and Disease, Institute of Genome Stability in Ageing and Disease, CECAD Research Center, University of Cologne, 50931 Cologne, Germany
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Nucleosome-directed replication origin licensing independent of a consensus DNA sequence. Nat Commun 2022; 13:4947. [PMID: 35999198 PMCID: PMC9399094 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32657-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The numerous enzymes and cofactors involved in eukaryotic DNA replication are conserved from yeast to human, and the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (S.c.) has been a useful model organism for these studies. However, there is a gap in our knowledge of why replication origins in higher eukaryotes do not use a consensus DNA sequence as found in S.c. Using in vitro reconstitution and single-molecule visualization, we show here that S.c. origin recognition complex (ORC) stably binds nucleosomes and that ORC-nucleosome complexes have the intrinsic ability to load the replicative helicase MCM double hexamers onto adjacent nucleosome-free DNA regardless of sequence. Furthermore, we find that Xenopus laevis nucleosomes can substitute for yeast ones in engaging with ORC. Combined with re-analyses of genome-wide ORC binding data, our results lead us to propose that the yeast origin recognition machinery contains the cryptic capacity to bind nucleosomes near a nucleosome-free region and license origins, and that this nucleosome-directed origin licensing paradigm generalizes to all eukaryotes. Most eukaryotes do not use a consensus DNA sequence as binding sites for the origin recognition complex (ORC) to initiate DNA replication, however budding yeast do. Here the authors show S. cerevisiae ORC can bind nucleosomes near nucleosome-free regions and recruit replicative helicases to form a pre-replication complex independent of the DNA sequence.
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JENKINSON F, ZEGERMAN P. Roles of phosphatases in eukaryotic DNA replication initiation control. DNA Repair (Amst) 2022; 118:103384. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2022.103384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 07/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Zaffar E, Ferreira P, Sanchez-Pulido L, Boos D. The Role of MTBP as a Replication Origin Firing Factor. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11060827. [PMID: 35741348 PMCID: PMC9219753 DOI: 10.3390/biology11060827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The initiation step of replication at replication origins determines when and where in the genome replication machines, replisomes, are generated. Tight control of replication initiation helps facilitate the two main tasks of genome replication, to duplicate the genome accurately and exactly once each cell division cycle. The regulation of replication initiation must ensure that initiation occurs during the S phase specifically, that no origin fires more than once per cell cycle, that enough origins fire to avoid non-replicated gaps, and that the right origins fire at the right time but only in favorable circumstances. Despite its importance for genetic homeostasis only the main molecular processes of eukaryotic replication initiation and its cellular regulation are understood. The MTBP protein (Mdm2-binding protein) is so far the last core replication initiation factor identified in metazoan cells. MTBP is the orthologue of yeast Sld7. It is essential for origin firing, the maturation of pre-replicative complexes (pre-RCs) into replisomes, and is emerging as a regulation focus targeted by kinases and by regulated degradation. We present recent insight into the structure and cellular function of the MTBP protein in light of recent structural and biochemical studies revealing critical molecular details of the eukaryotic origin firing reaction. How the roles of MTBP in replication and other cellular processes are mutually connected and are related to MTBP's contribution to tumorigenesis remains largely unclear.
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- Eman Zaffar
- Molecular Genetics II, Centre for Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany; (E.Z.); (P.F.)
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- Molecular Genetics II, Centre for Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany; (E.Z.); (P.F.)
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- Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, IGC, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, UK;
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- Molecular Genetics II, Centre for Medical Biotechnology, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany; (E.Z.); (P.F.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +49-201-183-4132
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Zambalde ÉP, Pavan ICB, Mancini MCS, Severino MB, Scudero OB, Morelli AP, Amorim MR, Bispo-dos-Santos K, Góis MM, Toledo-Teixeira DA, Parise PL, Mauad T, Dolhnikoff M, Saldiva PHN, Marques-Souza H, Proenca-Modena JL, Ventura AM, Simabuco FM. Characterization of the Interaction Between SARS-CoV-2 Membrane Protein (M) and Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA) as a Potential Therapeutic Target. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2022; 12:849017. [PMID: 35677658 PMCID: PMC9168989 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2022.849017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 is an emerging virus from the Coronaviridae family and is responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In this work, we explored the previously reported SARS-CoV-2 structural membrane protein (M) interaction with human Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen (PCNA). The M protein is responsible for maintaining virion shape, and PCNA is a marker of DNA damage which is essential for DNA replication and repair. We validated the M-PCNA interaction through immunoprecipitation, immunofluorescence co-localization, and PLA (Proximity Ligation Assay). In cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 or transfected with M protein, using immunofluorescence and cell fractioning, we documented a reallocation of PCNA from the nucleus to the cytoplasm and the increase of PCNA and γH2AX (another DNA damage marker) expression. We also observed an increase in PCNA and γH2AX expression in the lung of a COVID-19 patient by immunohistochemistry. In addition, the inhibition of PCNA translocation by PCNA I1 and Verdinexor led to a reduction of plaque formation in an in vitro assay. We, therefore, propose that the transport of PCNA to the cytoplasm and its association with M could be a virus strategy to manipulate cell functions and may be considered a target for COVID-19 therapy.
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- Érika Pereira Zambalde
- Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Food and Health, School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Limeira, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Signaling Mechanisms, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Campinas, (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil
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- Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Food and Health, School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Limeira, Brazil
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- Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Food and Health, School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Limeira, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Food and Health, School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Limeira, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Emerging Viruses (LEVE), Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Emerging Viruses (LEVE), Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Food and Health, School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Limeira, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Emerging Viruses (LEVE), Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Emerging Viruses (LEVE), Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brazil
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- São Paulo University Medical School, Department of Pathology, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- São Paulo University Medical School, Department of Pathology, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Emerging Viruses (LEVE), Department of Genetics, Evolution, Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, SP, Brazil
- Experimental Medicine Research Cluster, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil
- Hub of Global Health (HGH), University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo, Brazil
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- Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Food and Health, School of Applied Sciences, University of Campinas (Unicamp), Limeira, Brazil
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Karantzelis N, Petropoulos M, De Marco V, Egan DA, Fish A, Christodoulou E, Will DW, Lewis JD, Perrakis A, Lygerou Z, Taraviras S. Small Molecule Inhibitor Targeting CDT1/Geminin Protein Complex Promotes DNA Damage and Cell Death in Cancer Cells. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:860682. [PMID: 35548337 PMCID: PMC9083542 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.860682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
DNA replication initiation requires the loading of MCM2-7 complexes at the origins of replication during G1. Replication licensing renders chromatin competent for DNA replication and its tight regulation is essential to prevent aberrant DNA replication and genomic instability. CDT1 is a critical factor of licensing and its activity is controlled by redundant mechanisms, including Geminin, a protein inhibitor of CDT1. Aberrant CDT1 and Geminin expression have been shown to promote tumorigenesis in vivo and are also evident in multiple human tumors. In this study, we developed an in vitro AlphaScreen™ high-throughput screening (HTS) assay for the identification of small-molecule inhibitors targeting the CDT1/Geminin protein complex. Biochemical characterization of the most potent compound, AF615, provided evidence of specific, dose-dependent inhibition of Geminin binding to CDT1 both in-vitro and in cells. Moreover, compound AF615 induces DNA damage, inhibits DNA synthesis and reduces viability selectively in cancer cell lines, and this effect is CDT1-dependent. Taken together, our data suggest that AF615 may serve as a useful compound to elucidate the role of CDT1/Geminin protein complex in replication licensing and origin firing as well as a scaffold for further medicinal chemistry optimisation.
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- Department of General Biology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
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- Division of Biochemistry, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Division of Biochemistry, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Division of Biochemistry, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Chemical Biology Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Chemical Biology Core Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Biochemistry, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of General Biology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
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- Department of Physiology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
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Joseph CR, Dusi S, Giannattasio M, Branzei D. Rad51-mediated replication of damaged templates relies on monoSUMOylated DDK kinase. Nat Commun 2022; 13:2480. [PMID: 35513396 PMCID: PMC9072374 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-30215-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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DNA damage tolerance (DDT), activated by replication stress during genome replication, is mediated by translesion synthesis and homologous recombination (HR). Here we uncover that DDK kinase, essential for replication initiation, is critical for replication-associated recombination-mediated DDT. DDK relies on its multi-monoSUMOylation to facilitate HR-mediated DDT and optimal retention of Rad51 recombinase at replication damage sites. Impairment of DDK kinase activity, reduced monoSUMOylation and mutations in the putative SUMO Interacting Motifs (SIMs) of Rad51 impair replication-associated recombination and cause fork uncoupling with accumulation of large single-stranded DNA regions at fork branching points. Notably, genetic activation of salvage recombination rescues the uncoupled fork phenotype but not the recombination-dependent gap-filling defect of DDK mutants, revealing that the salvage recombination pathway operates preferentially proximal to fork junctions at stalled replication forks. Overall, we uncover that monoSUMOylated DDK acts with Rad51 in an axis that prevents replication fork uncoupling and mediates recombination-dependent gap-filling.
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- Chinnu Rose Joseph
- IFOM, Istituto Fondazione di Oncologia Molecolare, Via Adamello 16, 20139, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM, Istituto Fondazione di Oncologia Molecolare, Via Adamello 16, 20139, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM, Istituto Fondazione di Oncologia Molecolare, Via Adamello 16, 20139, Milan, Italy
- Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Oncologia ed Emato-Oncologia, Via S. Sofia 9/1, 20122, Milano, Italy
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- IFOM, Istituto Fondazione di Oncologia Molecolare, Via Adamello 16, 20139, Milan, Italy.
- Istituto di Genetica Molecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (IGM-CNR), 27100, Pavia, Italy.
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Limas JC, Littlejohn AN, House AM, Kedziora KM, Mouery BL, Ma B, Fleifel D, Walens A, Aleman MM, Dominguez D, Cook JG. Quantitative profiling of adaptation to cyclin E overproduction. Life Sci Alliance 2022; 5:e202201378. [PMID: 35173014 PMCID: PMC8860095 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202201378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 01/28/2022] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Cyclin E/CDK2 drives cell cycle progression from G1 to S phase. Despite the toxicity of cyclin E overproduction in mammalian cells, the cyclin E gene is overexpressed in some cancers. To further understand how cells can tolerate high cyclin E, we characterized non-transformed epithelial cells subjected to chronic cyclin E overproduction. Cells overproducing cyclin E, but not cyclins D or A, briefly experienced truncated G1 phases followed by a transient period of DNA replication origin underlicensing, replication stress, and impaired proliferation. Individual cells displayed substantial intercellular heterogeneity in cell cycle dynamics and CDK activity. Each phenotype improved rapidly despite high cyclin E-associated activity. Transcriptome analysis revealed adapted cells down-regulated a cohort of G1-regulated genes. Withdrawing cyclin E from adapted cells only partially reversed underlicensing indicating that adaptation is at least partly non-genetic. This study provides evidence that mammalian cyclin E/CDK inhibits origin licensing indirectly through premature S phase onset and provides mechanistic insight into the relationship between CDKs and licensing. It serves as an example of oncogene adaptation that may recapitulate molecular changes during tumorigenesis.
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- Juanita C Limas
- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Bioinformatics and Analytics Research Collaborative (BARC), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Lineberger Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Lineberger Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Horemans S, Pitoulias M, Holland A, Pateau E, Lechaplais C, Ekaterina D, Perret A, Soultanas P, Janniere L. Pyruvate kinase, a metabolic sensor powering glycolysis, drives the metabolic control of DNA replication. BMC Biol 2022; 20:87. [PMID: 35418203 PMCID: PMC9009071 DOI: 10.1186/s12915-022-01278-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background In all living organisms, DNA replication is exquisitely regulated in a wide range of growth conditions to achieve timely and accurate genome duplication prior to cell division. Failures in this regulation cause DNA damage with potentially disastrous consequences for cell viability and human health, including cancer. To cope with these threats, cells tightly control replication initiation using well-known mechanisms. They also couple DNA synthesis to nutrient richness and growth rate through a poorly understood process thought to involve central carbon metabolism. One such process may involve the cross-species conserved pyruvate kinase (PykA) which catalyzes the last reaction of glycolysis. Here we have investigated the role of PykA in regulating DNA replication in the model system Bacillus subtilis. Results On analysing mutants of the catalytic (Cat) and C-terminal (PEPut) domains of B. subtilis PykA we found replication phenotypes in conditions where PykA is dispensable for growth. These phenotypes are independent from the effect of mutations on PykA catalytic activity and are not associated with significant changes in the metabolome. PEPut operates as a nutrient-dependent inhibitor of initiation while Cat acts as a stimulator of replication fork speed. Disruption of either PEPut or Cat replication function dramatically impacted the cell cycle and replication timing even in cells fully proficient in known replication control functions. In vitro, PykA modulates activities of enzymes essential for replication initiation and elongation via functional interactions. Additional experiments showed that PEPut regulates PykA activity and that Cat and PEPut determinants important for PykA catalytic activity regulation are also important for PykA-driven replication functions. Conclusions We infer from our findings that PykA typifies a new family of cross-species replication control regulators that drive the metabolic control of replication through a mechanism involving regulatory determinants of PykA catalytic activity. As disruption of PykA replication functions causes dramatic replication defects, we suggest that dysfunctions in this new family of universal replication regulators may pave the path to genetic instability and carcinogenesis. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12915-022-01278-3.
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- Steff Horemans
- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91057, Evry, France
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- Biodiscovery Institute, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Biodiscovery Institute, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91057, Evry, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91057, Evry, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91057, Evry, France
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91057, Evry, France
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- Biodiscovery Institute, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK.
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- Génomique Métabolique, Genoscope, Institut François Jacob, CEA, CNRS, Université Evry, Université Paris-Saclay, 91057, Evry, France.
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Gemble S, Wardenaar R, Keuper K, Srivastava N, Nano M, Macé AS, Tijhuis AE, Bernhard SV, Spierings DCJ, Simon A, Goundiam O, Hochegger H, Piel M, Foijer F, Storchová Z, Basto R. Genetic instability from a single S phase after whole-genome duplication. Nature 2022; 604:146-151. [PMID: 35355016 PMCID: PMC8986533 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04578-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
Abstract
Diploid and stable karyotypes are associated with health and fitness in animals. By contrast, whole-genome duplications—doublings of the entire complement of chromosomes—are linked to genetic instability and frequently found in human cancers1–3. It has been established that whole-genome duplications fuel chromosome instability through abnormal mitosis4–8; however, the immediate consequences of tetraploidy in the first interphase are not known. This is a key question because single whole-genome duplication events such as cytokinesis failure can promote tumorigenesis9 and DNA double-strand breaks10. Here we find that human cells undergo high rates of DNA damage during DNA replication in the first S phase following induction of tetraploidy. Using DNA combing and single-cell sequencing, we show that DNA replication dynamics is perturbed, generating under- and over-replicated regions. Mechanistically, we find that these defects result from a shortage of proteins during the G1/S transition, which impairs the fidelity of DNA replication. This work shows that within a single interphase, unscheduled tetraploid cells can acquire highly abnormal karyotypes. These findings provide an explanation for the genetic instability landscape that favours tumorigenesis after tetraploidization. Extensive DNA damage occurs during the first interphase following induction of tetraploidy in human cells, largely as a result of the lower amount of protein relative to DNA.
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- Simon Gemble
- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, Biology of Centrosomes and Genetic Instability Laboratory, Paris, France.
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Institut Curie and Institut Pierre Gilles de Gennes, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR 144, Systems Biology of Cell Polarity and Cell Division, Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, Biology of Centrosomes and Genetic Instability Laboratory, Paris, France.,Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA
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- Cell and Tissue Imaging Facility (PICT-IBiSA), Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, Biology of Centrosomes and Genetic Instability Laboratory, Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, Biology of Centrosomes and Genetic Instability Laboratory, Paris, France
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- Institut Curie and Institut Pierre Gilles de Gennes, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR 144, Systems Biology of Cell Polarity and Cell Division, Paris, France
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- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, TU Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, Biology of Centrosomes and Genetic Instability Laboratory, Paris, France.
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Scherr MJ, Wahab SA, Remus D, Duderstadt KE. Mobile origin-licensing factors confer resistance to conflicts with RNA polymerase. Cell Rep 2022; 38:110531. [PMID: 35320708 PMCID: PMC8961423 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.110531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 12/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Fundamental to our understanding of chromosome duplication is the idea that replication origins function both as sites where MCM helicases are loaded during the G1 phase and where synthesis begins in S phase. However, the temporal delay between phases exposes the replisome assembly pathway to potential disruption prior to replication. Using multicolor, single-molecule imaging, we systematically study the consequences of encounters between actively transcribing RNA polymerases (RNAPs) and replication initiation intermediates in the context of chromatin. We demonstrate that RNAP can push multiple licensed MCM helicases over long distances with nucleosomes ejected or displaced. Unexpectedly, we observe that MCM helicase loading intermediates also can be repositioned by RNAP and continue origin licensing after encounters with RNAP, providing a web of alternative origin specification pathways. Taken together, our observations reveal a surprising mobility in origin-licensing factors that confers resistance to the complex challenges posed by diverse obstacles encountered on chromosomes.
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- Matthias J Scherr
- Structure and Dynamics of Molecular Machines, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Molecular Biology Program, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Molecular Biology Program, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Structure and Dynamics of Molecular Machines, Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Am Klopferspitz 18, 82152 Martinsried, Germany; Physik Department, Technische Universität München, James-Franck-Straße 1, 85748 Garching, Germany.
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Richards L, Das S, Nordman JT. Rif1-Dependent Control of Replication Timing. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13030550. [PMID: 35328102 PMCID: PMC8955891 DOI: 10.3390/genes13030550] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Revised: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 03/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Successful duplication of the genome requires the accurate replication of billions of base pairs of DNA within a relatively short time frame. Failure to accurately replicate the genome results in genomic instability and a host of diseases. To faithfully and rapidly replicate the genome, DNA replication must be tightly regulated and coordinated with many other nuclear processes. These regulations, however, must also be flexible as replication kinetics can change through development and differentiation. Exactly how DNA replication is regulated and how this regulation changes through development is an active field of research. One aspect of genome duplication where much remains to be discovered is replication timing (RT), which dictates when each segment of the genome is replicated during S phase. All organisms display some level of RT, yet the precise mechanisms that govern RT remain are not fully understood. The study of Rif1, a protein that actively regulates RT from yeast to humans, provides a key to unlock the underlying molecular mechanisms controlling RT. The paradigm for Rif1 function is to delay helicase activation within certain regions of the genome, causing these regions to replicate late in S phase. Many questions, however, remain about the intricacies of Rif1 function. Here, we review the current models for the activity of Rif1 with the goal of trying to understand how Rif1 functions to establish the RT program.
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Schmidt JM, Yang R, Kumar A, Hunker O, Seebacher J, Bleichert F. A mechanism of origin licensing control through autoinhibition of S. cerevisiae ORC·DNA·Cdc6. Nat Commun 2022; 13:1059. [PMID: 35217664 PMCID: PMC8881611 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28695-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
Abstract
The coordinated action of multiple replicative helicase loading factors is needed for the licensing of replication origins prior to DNA replication. Binding of the Origin Recognition Complex (ORC) to DNA initiates the ATP-dependent recruitment of Cdc6, Cdt1 and Mcm2-7 loading, but the structural details for timely ATPase site regulation and for how loading can be impeded by inhibitory signals, such as cyclin-dependent kinase phosphorylation, are unknown. Using cryo-electron microscopy, we have determined several structures of S. cerevisiae ORC·DNA·Cdc6 intermediates at 2.5-2.7 Å resolution. These structures reveal distinct ring conformations of the initiator·co-loader assembly and inactive ATPase site configurations for ORC and Cdc6. The Orc6 N-terminal domain laterally engages the ORC·Cdc6 ring in a manner that is incompatible with productive Mcm2-7 docking, while deletion of this Orc6 region alleviates the CDK-mediated inhibition of Mcm7 recruitment. Our findings support a model in which Orc6 promotes the assembly of an autoinhibited ORC·DNA·Cdc6 intermediate to block origin licensing in response to CDK phosphorylation and to avert DNA re-replication.
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- Jan Marten Schmidt
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, 4058, Switzerland
- University of Basel, Basel, 4051, Switzerland
- Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Basel, 4033, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, 4058, Switzerland
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA.
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Bialic M, Al Ahmad Nachar B, Koźlak M, Coulon V, Schwob E. Measuring S-Phase Duration from Asynchronous Cells Using Dual EdU-BrdU Pulse-Chase Labeling Flow Cytometry. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13030408. [PMID: 35327961 PMCID: PMC8951228 DOI: 10.3390/genes13030408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2022] [Revised: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 02/20/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Eukaryotes duplicate their chromosomes during the cell cycle S phase using thousands of initiation sites, tunable fork speed and megabase-long spatio-temporal replication programs. The duration of S phase is fairly constant within a given cell type, but remarkably plastic during development, cell differentiation or various stresses. Characterizing the dynamics of S phase is important as replication defects are associated with genome instability, cancer and ageing. Methods to measure S-phase duration are so far indirect, and rely on mathematical modelling or require cell synchronization. We describe here a simple and robust method to measure S-phase duration in cell cultures using a dual EdU-BrdU pulse-labeling regimen with incremental thymidine chases, and quantification by flow cytometry of cells entering and exiting S phase. Importantly, the method requires neither cell synchronization nor genome engineering, thus avoiding possible artifacts. It measures the duration of unperturbed S phases, but also the effect of drugs or mutations on it. We show that this method can be used for both adherent and suspension cells, cell lines and primary cells of different types from human, mouse and Drosophila. Interestingly, the method revealed that several commonly-used cancer cell lines have a longer S phase compared to untransformed cells.
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- Marta Bialic
- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, 34293 Montpellier, France; (M.B.); (B.A.A.N.); (M.K.); (E.S.)
- Institut de Médecine Régénératrice et Biothérapie, INSERM, CHU, 34295 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, 34293 Montpellier, France; (M.B.); (B.A.A.N.); (M.K.); (E.S.)
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, 34293 Montpellier, France; (M.B.); (B.A.A.N.); (M.K.); (E.S.)
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, 34293 Montpellier, France; (M.B.); (B.A.A.N.); (M.K.); (E.S.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-43435-9679
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- Institut de Génétique Moléculaire de Montpellier, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, 34293 Montpellier, France; (M.B.); (B.A.A.N.); (M.K.); (E.S.)
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Mei L, Kedziora KM, Song EA, Purvis JE, Cook J. The consequences of differential origin licensing dynamics in distinct chromatin environments. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:9601-9620. [PMID: 35079814 PMCID: PMC9508807 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Eukaryotic chromosomes contain regions of varying accessibility, yet DNA replication factors must access all regions. The first replication step is loading MCM complexes to license replication origins during the G1 cell cycle phase. It is not yet known how mammalian MCM complexes are adequately distributed to both accessible euchromatin regions and less accessible heterochromatin regions. To address this question, we combined time-lapse live-cell imaging with immunofluorescence imaging of single human cells to quantify the relative rates of MCM loading in euchromatin and heterochromatin throughout G1. We report here that MCM loading in euchromatin is faster than that in heterochromatin in early G1, but surprisingly, heterochromatin loading accelerates relative to euchromatin loading in middle and late G1. This differential acceleration allows both chromatin types to begin S phase with similar concentrations of loaded MCM. The different loading dynamics require ORCA-dependent differences in origin recognition complex distribution. A consequence of heterochromatin licensing dynamics is that cells experiencing a truncated G1 phase from premature cyclin E expression enter S phase with underlicensed heterochromatin, and DNA damage accumulates preferentially in heterochromatin in the subsequent S/G2 phase. Thus, G1 length is critical for sufficient MCM loading, particularly in heterochromatin, to ensure complete genome duplication and to maintain genome stability.
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- Liu Mei
- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Bioinformatics and Analytics Research Collaborative (BARC), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Sablowski R, Gutierrez C. Cycling in a crowd: Coordination of plant cell division, growth, and cell fate. THE PLANT CELL 2022; 34:193-208. [PMID: 34498091 PMCID: PMC8774096 DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koab222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
Abstract
The reiterative organogenesis that drives plant growth relies on the constant production of new cells, which remain encased by interconnected cell walls. For these reasons, plant morphogenesis strictly depends on the rate and orientation of both cell division and cell growth. Important progress has been made in recent years in understanding how cell cycle progression and the orientation of cell divisions are coordinated with cell and organ growth and with the acquisition of specialized cell fates. We review basic concepts and players in plant cell cycle and division, and then focus on their links to growth-related cues, such as metabolic state, cell size, cell geometry, and cell mechanics, and on how cell cycle progression and cell division are linked to specific cell fates. The retinoblastoma pathway has emerged as a major player in the coordination of the cell cycle with both growth and cell identity, while microtubule dynamics are central in the coordination of oriented cell divisions. Future challenges include clarifying feedbacks between growth and cell cycle progression, revealing the molecular basis of cell division orientation in response to mechanical and chemical signals, and probing the links between cell fate changes and chromatin dynamics during the cell cycle.
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- Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa, CSIC-UAM, Nicolas Cabrera 1, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Gupta S, Friedman LJ, Gelles J, Bell SP. A helicase-tethered ORC flip enables bidirectional helicase loading. eLife 2021; 10:74282. [PMID: 34882090 PMCID: PMC8828053 DOI: 10.7554/elife.74282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Replication origins are licensed by loading two Mcm2‑7 helicases around DNA in a head-to-head conformation poised to initiate bidirectional replication. This process requires ORC, Cdc6, and Cdt1. Although different Cdc6 and Cdt1 molecules load each helicase, whether two ORC proteins are required is unclear. Using colocalization single-molecule spectroscopy combined with FRET, we investigated interactions between ORC and Mcm2‑7 during helicase loading. In the large majority of events, we observed a single ORC molecule recruiting both Mcm2‑7/Cdt1 complexes via similar interactions that end upon Cdt1 release. Between first and second helicase recruitment, a rapid change in interactions between ORC and the first Mcm2-7 occurs. Within seconds, ORC breaks the interactions mediating first Mcm2-7 recruitment, releases from its initial DNA-binding site, and forms a new interaction with the opposite face of the first Mcm2-7. This rearrangement requires release of the first Cdt1 and tethers ORC as it flips over the first Mcm2-7 to form an inverted Mcm2‑7-ORC-DNA complex required for second-helicase recruitment. To ensure correct licensing, this complex is maintained until head-to-head interactions between the two helicases are formed. Our findings reconcile previous observations and reveal a highly-coordinated series of events through which a single ORC molecule can load two oppositely-oriented helicases.
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- Shalini Gupta
- Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University, Waltham, United States
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- Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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Fagundes R, Teixeira LK. Cyclin E/CDK2: DNA Replication, Replication Stress and Genomic Instability. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:774845. [PMID: 34901021 PMCID: PMC8652076 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.774845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/28/2021] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
DNA replication must be precisely controlled in order to maintain genome stability. Transition through cell cycle phases is regulated by a family of Cyclin-Dependent Kinases (CDKs) in association with respective cyclin regulatory subunits. In normal cell cycles, E-type cyclins (Cyclin E1 and Cyclin E2, CCNE1 and CCNE2 genes) associate with CDK2 to promote G1/S transition. Cyclin E/CDK2 complex mostly controls cell cycle progression and DNA replication through phosphorylation of specific substrates. Oncogenic activation of Cyclin E/CDK2 complex impairs normal DNA replication, causing replication stress and DNA damage. As a consequence, Cyclin E/CDK2-induced replication stress leads to genomic instability and contributes to human carcinogenesis. In this review, we focus on the main functions of Cyclin E/CDK2 complex in normal DNA replication and the molecular mechanisms by which oncogenic activation of Cyclin E/CDK2 causes replication stress and genomic instability in human cancer.
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- Group of Cell Cycle Control, Program of Immunology and Tumor Biology, Brazilian National Cancer Institute (INCA), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Das S, Caballero M, Kolesnikova T, Zhimulev I, Koren A, Nordman J. Replication timing analysis in polyploid cells reveals Rif1 uses multiple mechanisms to promote underreplication in Drosophila. Genetics 2021; 219:6369517. [PMID: 34740250 PMCID: PMC8570783 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyab147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2021] [Accepted: 09/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Regulation of DNA replication and copy number is necessary to promote genome stability and maintain cell and tissue function. DNA replication is regulated temporally in a process known as replication timing (RT). Rap1-interacting factor 1 (Rif1) is a key regulator of RT and has a critical function in copy number control in polyploid cells. Previously, we demonstrated that Rif1 functions with SUUR to inhibit replication fork progression and promote underreplication (UR) of specific genomic regions. How Rif1-dependent control of RT factors into its ability to promote UR is unknown. By applying a computational approach to measure RT in Drosophila polyploid cells, we show that SUUR and Rif1 have differential roles in controlling UR and RT. Our findings reveal that Rif1 acts to promote late replication, which is necessary for SUUR-dependent underreplication. Our work provides new insight into the process of UR and its links to RT.
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- Souradip Das
- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia.,Laboratory of Structural, Functional and Comparative Genomics, Novosibirsk State University, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia.,Laboratory of Structural, Functional and Comparative Genomics, Novosibirsk State University, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Yamamoto Y, Gustafson EA, Foulk MS, Smith HS, Gerbi SA. Anatomy and evolution of a DNA replication origin. Chromosoma 2021; 130:199-214. [PMID: 34254172 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-021-00756-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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DNA amplification occurs at the DNA puff II/9A locus in the fungus fly Sciara coprophila. As a foundation to study the molecular mechanism for the initiating events of II/9A DNA re-replication, we have sequenced 14 kb spanning a DNase hypersensitive site (DHS) upstream of the 1 kb amplification origin and through transcription units II/9-1 and II/9-2 downstream of the origin. These elements are annotated as well as the ORC binding site at the origin and the transition point (TP) between continuous and discontinuous DNA syntheses that marks the origin of bidirectional replication at the nucleotide level. A 9 bp motif found at the TP is repeated near the other end of the 1 kb ORI and may identify a putative second TP. The steroid hormone ecdysone induces DNA amplification as well as transcription and puffing at locus II/9A. Within the 14 kb, several matches to the ecdysone response element (EcRE) consensus sequence were identified, including some in the amplification origin region. EcRE O-P is at a central axis of a remarkable symmetry, equidistant to the TPs that are themselves equidistant to EcRE O-1 and EcRE O-2. DNA sequence alterations have occurred throughout the II/9A region in a newly discovered polymorphism (#2). Polymorphism #2 is not specific to developmental stage, sex, or tissue, and it does not impair DNA amplification. The DHS, both 9 bp TP sequences, and EcREs O-1, O-P, and O-2 are conserved between the polymorphism #1 and #2 sequences, suggesting their functional importance and retention during evolutionary selection. Moreover, a 72 bp sequence in the Sciara DHS at DNA puff II/9A is conserved in DNA puff C-3 of Rhynchosciara americana. Comparisons are discussed between the Sciara II/9A amplicon and the chorion locus amplicon on the third chromosome of Drosophila.
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- Yutaka Yamamoto
- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Box G - Sidney Frank Life Sciences Building room 260, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Box G - Sidney Frank Life Sciences Building room 260, Providence, RI, 02912, USA.,Zipher Medical Affairs Co., 380 Wareham Street, Marion, MA, 02738, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Box G - Sidney Frank Life Sciences Building room 260, Providence, RI, 02912, USA.,Department of Biology, Mercyhurst University, 501 East 38th Street, Erie, PA, 16546, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Box G - Sidney Frank Life Sciences Building room 260, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Box G - Sidney Frank Life Sciences Building room 260, Providence, RI, 02912, USA.
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Alavi S, Ghadiri H, Dabirmanesh B, Moriyama K, Khajeh K, Masai H. G-quadruplex binding protein Rif1, a key regulator of replication timing. J Biochem 2021; 169:1-14. [PMID: 33169133 DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvaa128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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DNA replication is spatially and temporally regulated during S phase to execute efficient and coordinated duplication of entire genome. Various epigenomic mechanisms operate to regulate the timing and locations of replication. Among them, Rif1 plays a major role to shape the 'replication domains' that dictate which segments of the genome are replicated when and where in the nuclei. Rif1 achieves this task by generating higher-order chromatin architecture near nuclear membrane and by recruiting a protein phosphatase. Rif1 is a G4 binding protein, and G4 binding activity of Rif1 is essential for replication timing regulation in fission yeast. In this article, we first summarize strategies by which cells regulate their replication timing and then describe how Rif1 and its interaction with G4 contribute to regulation of chromatin architecture and replication timing.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Genome Dynamics Project, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nanobiotechnology.,Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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- Genome Dynamics Project, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, 2-1-6 Kamikitazawa, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Unlike bacteria, mammalian cells need to complete DNA replication before segregating their chromosomes for the maintenance of genome integrity. Thus, cells have evolved efficient pathways to restore stalled and/or collapsed replication forks during S-phase, and when necessary, also to delay cell cycle progression to ensure replication completion. However, strong evidence shows that cells can proceed to mitosis with incompletely replicated DNA when under mild replication stress (RS) conditions. Consequently, the incompletely replicated genomic gaps form, predominantly at common fragile site regions, where the converging fork-like DNA structures accumulate. These branched structures pose a severe threat to the faithful disjunction of chromosomes as they physically interlink the partially duplicated sister chromatids. In this review, we provide an overview discussing how cells respond and deal with the under-replicated DNA structures that escape from the S/G2 surveillance system. We also focus on recent research of a mitotic break-induced replication pathway (also known as mitotic DNA repair synthesis), which has been proposed to operate during prophase in an attempt to finish DNA synthesis at the under-replicated genomic regions. Finally, we discuss recent data on how mild RS may cause chromosome instability and mutations that accelerate cancer genome evolution.
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- Camelia Mocanu
- Chromosome Dynamics and Stability Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 7BG, UK
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- Chromosome Dynamics and Stability Group, Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 7BG, UK
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Ravindran E, Gutierrez de Velazco C, Ghazanfar A, Kraemer N, Zaqout S, Waheed A, Hanif M, Mughal S, Prigione A, Li N, Fang X, Hu H, Kaindl AM. Homozygous mutation in MCM7 causes autosomal recessive primary microcephaly and intellectual disability. J Med Genet 2021; 59:453-461. [PMID: 34059554 PMCID: PMC9046757 DOI: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2020-107518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 02/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Background Minichromosomal maintenance (MCM) complex components 2, 4, 5 and 6 have been linked to human disease with phenotypes including microcephaly and intellectual disability. The MCM complex has DNA helicase activity and is thereby important for the initiation and elongation of the replication fork and highly expressed in proliferating neural stem cells. Methods Whole-exome sequencing was applied to identify the genetic cause underlying the neurodevelopmental disease of the index family. The expression pattern of Mcm7 was characterised by performing quantitative real-time PCR, in situ hybridisation and immunostaining. To prove the disease-causative nature of identified MCM7, a proof-of-principle experiment was performed. Results We reported that the homozygous missense variant c.793G>A/p.A265T (g.7:99695841C>T, NM_005916.4) in MCM7 was associated with autosomal recessive primary microcephaly (MCPH), severe intellectual disability and behavioural abnormalities in a consanguineous pedigree with three affected individuals. We found concordance between the spatiotemporal expression pattern of Mcm7 in mice and a proliferative state: Mcm7 expression was higher in early mouse developmental stages and in proliferative zones of the brain. Accordingly, Mcm7/MCM7 levels were detectable particularly in undifferentiated mouse embryonal stem cells and human induced pluripotent stem cells compared with differentiated neurons. We further demonstrate that the downregulation of Mcm7 in mouse neuroblastoma cells reduces cell viability and proliferation, and, as a proof-of-concept, that this is counterbalanced by the overexpression of wild-type but not mutant MCM7. Conclusion We report mutations of MCM7 as a novel cause of autosomal recessive MCPH and intellectual disability and highlight the crucial function of MCM7 in nervous system development.
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- Ethiraj Ravindran
- Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Pediatric Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Center for Chronically Sick Children (Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum, SPZ), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Pediatric Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Center for Chronically Sick Children (Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum, SPZ), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Pediatric Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Center for Chronically Sick Children (Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum, SPZ), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.,Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Research Unit, QU Health, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Biotechnology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan
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- University Children's Hospital, Department of General Pediatrics, Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Laboratory of Medical Systems Biology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Medical Systems Biology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China
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- Laboratory of Medical Systems Biology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Research in Structural Birth Defect Disease, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, China.,Third Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China.,School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
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- Institute of Cell Biology and Neurobiology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany .,Department of Pediatric Neurology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Center for Chronically Sick Children (Sozialpädiatrisches Zentrum, SPZ), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Kumagai A, Dunphy WG. Binding of the Treslin-MTBP Complex to Specific Regions of the Human Genome Promotes the Initiation of DNA Replication. Cell Rep 2021; 32:108178. [PMID: 32966791 PMCID: PMC7523632 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 06/12/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The processes that control where higher eukaryotic cells initiate DNA replication throughout the genome are not understood clearly. In metazoans, the Treslin-MTBP complex mediates critical final steps in formation of the activated replicative helicase prior to initiation of replication. Here, we map the genome-wide distribution of the MTBP subunit of this complex in human cells. Our results indicate that MTBP binds to at least 30,000 sites in the genome. A majority of these sites reside in regions of open chromatin that contain transcriptional-regulatory elements (e.g., promoters, enhancers, and super-enhancers), which are known to be preferred areas for initiation of replication. Furthermore, many binding sites encompass two genomic features: a nucleosome-free DNA sequence (e.g., G-quadruplex DNA or AP-1 motif) and a nucleosome bearing histone marks characteristic of open chromatin, such as H3K4me2. Taken together, these findings indicate that Treslin-MTBP associates coordinately with multiple genomic signals to promote initiation of replication. Kumagai and Dunphy show that Treslin-MTBP, activator of the replicative helicase, binds to at least 30,000 sites in the human genome. Many sites contain a nucleosome with active chromatin marks and nucleosome-free DNA (G-quadruplex or AP-1 site). Thus, Treslin-MTBP associates with multiple genomic elements to promote initiation of DNA replication.
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- Akiko Kumagai
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
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Merchut-Maya JM, Maya-Mendoza A. The Contribution of Lysosomes to DNA Replication. Cells 2021; 10:cells10051068. [PMID: 33946407 PMCID: PMC8147142 DOI: 10.3390/cells10051068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 04/23/2021] [Accepted: 04/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Lysosomes, acidic, membrane-bound organelles, are not only the core of the cellular recycling machinery, but they also serve as signaling hubs regulating various metabolic pathways. Lysosomes maintain energy homeostasis and provide pivotal substrates for anabolic processes, such as DNA replication. Every time the cell divides, its genome needs to be correctly duplicated; therefore, DNA replication requires rigorous regulation. Challenges that negatively affect DNA synthesis, such as nucleotide imbalance, result in replication stress with severe consequences for genome integrity. The lysosomal complex mTORC1 is directly involved in the synthesis of purines and pyrimidines to support DNA replication. Numerous drugs have been shown to target lysosomal function, opening an attractive avenue for new treatment strategies against various pathologies, including cancer. In this review, we focus on the interplay between lysosomal function and DNA replication through nucleic acid degradation and nucleotide biosynthesis and how these could be exploited for therapeutic purposes.
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- Joanna Maria Merchut-Maya
- DNA Replication and Cancer Group, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark;
- Genome Integrity, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- DNA Replication and Cancer Group, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +45-35-25-73-10
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Petryk N, Bultmann S, Bartke T, Defossez PA. Staying true to yourself: mechanisms of DNA methylation maintenance in mammals. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:3020-3032. [PMID: 33300031 PMCID: PMC8034647 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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DNA methylation is essential to development and cellular physiology in mammals. Faulty DNA methylation is frequently observed in human diseases like cancer and neurological disorders. Molecularly, this epigenetic mark is linked to other chromatin modifications and it regulates key genomic processes, including transcription and splicing. Each round of DNA replication generates two hemi-methylated copies of the genome. These must be converted back to symmetrically methylated DNA before the next S-phase, or the mark will fade away; therefore the maintenance of DNA methylation is essential. Mechanistically, the maintenance of this epigenetic modification takes place during and after DNA replication, and occurs within the very dynamic context of chromatin re-assembly. Here, we review recent discoveries and unresolved questions regarding the mechanisms, dynamics and fidelity of DNA methylation maintenance in mammals. We also discuss how it could be regulated in normal development and misregulated in disease.
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- Nataliya Petryk
- Epigenetics and Cell Fate Centre, UMR7216 CNRS, Université de Paris, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Department of Biology II, Human Biology and BioImaging, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80539 Munich, Germany
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- Institute of Functional Epigenetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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RAD51 Inhibition Induces R-Loop Formation in Early G1 Phase of the Cell Cycle. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22073740. [PMID: 33916766 PMCID: PMC8038378 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22073740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 04/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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R-loops are three-stranded structures generated by annealing of nascent transcripts to the template DNA strand, leaving the non-template DNA strand exposed as a single-stranded loop. Although R-loops play important roles in physiological processes such as regulation of gene expression, mitochondrial DNA replication, or immunoglobulin class switch recombination, dysregulation of the R-loop metabolism poses a threat to the stability of the genome. A previous study in yeast has shown that the homologous recombination machinery contributes to the formation of R-loops and associated chromosome instability. On the contrary, here, we demonstrate that depletion of the key homologous recombination factor, RAD51, as well as RAD51 inhibition by the B02 inhibitor did not prevent R-loop formation induced by the inhibition of spliceosome assembly in human cells. However, we noticed that treatment of cells with B02 resulted in RAD51-dependent accumulation of R-loops in an early G1 phase of the cell cycle accompanied by a decrease in the levels of chromatin-bound ORC2 protein, a component of the pre-replication complex, and an increase in DNA synthesis. Our results suggest that B02-induced R-loops might cause a premature origin firing.
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Spotlight on the Replisome: Aetiology of DNA Replication-Associated Genetic Diseases. Trends Genet 2021; 37:317-336. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2020.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 09/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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MTBP phosphorylation controls DNA replication origin firing. Sci Rep 2021; 11:4242. [PMID: 33608586 PMCID: PMC7895959 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83287-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Faithful genome duplication requires regulation of origin firing to determine loci, timing and efficiency of replisome generation. Established kinase targets for eukaryotic origin firing regulation are the Mcm2-7 helicase, Sld3/Treslin/TICRR and Sld2/RecQL4. We report that metazoan Sld7, MTBP (Mdm2 binding protein), is targeted by at least three kinase pathways. MTBP was phosphorylated at CDK consensus sites by cell cycle cyclin-dependent kinases (CDK) and Cdk8/19-cyclin C. Phospho-mimetic MTBP CDK site mutants, but not non-phosphorylatable mutants, promoted origin firing in human cells. MTBP was also phosphorylated at DNA damage checkpoint kinase consensus sites. Phospho-mimetic mutations at these sites inhibited MTBP’s origin firing capability. Whilst expressing a non-phospho MTBP mutant was insufficient to relieve the suppression of origin firing upon DNA damage, the mutant induced a genome-wide increase of origin firing in unperturbed cells. Our work establishes MTBP as a regulation platform of metazoan origin firing.
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Rapsomaniki MA, Maxouri S, Nathanailidou P, Garrastacho MR, Giakoumakis NN, Taraviras S, Lygeros J, Lygerou Z. In silico analysis of DNA re-replication across a complete genome reveals cell-to-cell heterogeneity and genome plasticity. NAR Genom Bioinform 2021; 3:lqaa112. [PMID: 33554116 PMCID: PMC7846089 DOI: 10.1093/nargab/lqaa112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 01/20/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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DNA replication is a complex and remarkably robust process: despite its inherent uncertainty, manifested through stochastic replication timing at a single-cell level, multiple control mechanisms ensure its accurate and timely completion across a population. Disruptions in these mechanisms lead to DNA re-replication, closely connected to genomic instability and oncogenesis. Here, we present a stochastic hybrid model of DNA re-replication that accurately portrays the interplay between discrete dynamics, continuous dynamics and uncertainty. Using experimental data on the fission yeast genome, model simulations show how different regions respond to re-replication and permit insight into the key mechanisms affecting re-replication dynamics. Simulated and experimental population-level profiles exhibit a good correlation along the genome, robust to model parameters, validating our approach. At a single-cell level, copy numbers of individual loci are affected by intrinsic properties of each locus, in cis effects from adjoining loci and in trans effects from distant loci. In silico analysis and single-cell imaging reveal that cell-to-cell heterogeneity is inherent in re-replication and can lead to genome plasticity and a plethora of genotypic variations.
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- Maria Anna Rapsomaniki
- Department of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Rio Patras, Greece
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- Department of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Rio Patras, Greece
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- Department of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Rio Patras, Greece
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Rio Patras, Greece
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- Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, 26500 Rio Patras, Greece
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Single-Molecule Dynamics at a Bacterial Replication Fork after Nutritional Downshift or Chemically Induced Block in Replication. mSphere 2021; 6:6/1/e00948-20. [PMID: 33504660 PMCID: PMC7885319 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00948-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Replication forks must respond to changes in nutrient conditions, especially in bacterial cells. By investigating the single-molecule dynamics of replicative helicase DnaC, DNA primase DnaG, and lagging-strand polymerase DnaE in the model bacterium Bacillus subtilis, we show that proteins react differently to stress conditions in response to transient replication blocks due to DNA damage, to inhibition of the replicative polymerase, or to downshift of serine availability. DnaG appears to be recruited to the forks by a diffusion and capture mechanism, becomes more statically associated after the arrest of polymerase, but binds less frequently after fork blocks due to DNA damage or to nutritional downshift. These results indicate that binding of the alarmone (p)ppGpp due to stringent response prevents DnaG from binding to forks rather than blocking bound primase. Dissimilar behavior of DnaG and DnaE suggests that both proteins are recruited independently to the forks rather than jointly. Turnover of all three proteins was increased during replication block after nutritional downshift, different from the situation due to DNA damage or polymerase inhibition, showing high plasticity of forks in response to different stress conditions. Forks persisted during all stress conditions, apparently ensuring rapid return to replication extension.IMPORTANCE All cells need to adjust DNA replication, which is achieved by a well-orchestrated multiprotein complex, in response to changes in physiological and environmental conditions. For replication forks, it is extremely challenging to meet with conditions where amino acids are rapidly depleted from cells, called the stringent response, to deal with the inhibition of one of the centrally involved proteins or with DNA modifications that arrest the progression of forks. By tracking helicase (DnaC), primase (DnaG), and polymerase (DnaE), central proteins of Bacillus subtilis replication forks, at a single molecule level in real time, we found that interactions of the three proteins with replication forks change in different manners under different stress conditions, revealing an intriguing plasticity of replication forks in dealing with replication obstacles. We have devised a new tool to determine rates of exchange between static movement (binding to a much larger complex) and free diffusion, showing that during stringent response, all proteins have highly increased exchange rates, slowing down overall replication, while inactivation of polymerase or replication roadblocks leaves forks largely intact, allowing rapid restart once obstacles are removed.
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Johnson MC, Can G, Santos MM, Alexander D, Zegerman P. Checkpoint inhibition of origin firing prevents inappropriate replication outside of S-phase. eLife 2021; 10:e63589. [PMID: 33399537 PMCID: PMC7806266 DOI: 10.7554/elife.63589] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/04/2021] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Checkpoints maintain the order of cell cycle events during DNA damage or incomplete replication. How the checkpoint response is tailored to different phases of the cell cycle remains poorly understood. The S-phase checkpoint for example results in the slowing of replication, which in budding yeast occurs by Rad53-dependent inhibition of the initiation factors Sld3 and Dbf4. Despite this, we show here that Rad53 phosphorylates both of these substrates throughout the cell cycle at the same sites as in S-phase, suggesting roles for this pathway beyond S-phase. Indeed, we show that Rad53-dependent inhibition of Sld3 and Dbf4 limits re-replication in G2/M, preventing gene amplification. In addition, we show that inhibition of Sld3 and Dbf4 in G1 prevents premature initiation at all origins at the G1/S transition. This study redefines the scope of the 'S-phase checkpoint' with implications for understanding checkpoint function in cancers that lack cell cycle controls.
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- Mark C Johnson
- Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research United Kingdom Gurdon Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research United Kingdom Gurdon Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research United Kingdom Gurdon Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research United Kingdom Gurdon Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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- Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research United Kingdom Gurdon Institute and Department of Biochemistry, University of CambridgeCambridgeUnited Kingdom
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The replicative CMG helicase: the ideal target for cancer therapy. UKRAINIAN BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 2020. [DOI: 10.15407/ubj92.06.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Drosopoulos WC, Deng Z, Twayana S, Kosiyatrakul ST, Vladimirova O, Lieberman PM, Schildkraut CL. TRF2 Mediates Replication Initiation within Human Telomeres to Prevent Telomere Dysfunction. Cell Rep 2020; 33:108379. [PMID: 33176153 PMCID: PMC7790361 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The telomeric shelterin protein telomeric repeat-binding factor 2 (TRF2) recruits origin recognition complex (ORC) proteins, the foundational building blocks of DNA replication origins, to telomeres. We seek to determine whether TRF2-recruited ORC proteins give rise to functional origins in telomere repeat tracts. We find that reduction of telomeric recruitment of ORC2 by expression of an ORC interaction-defective TRF2 mutant significantly reduces telomeric initiation events in human cells. This reduction in initiation events is accompanied by telomere repeat loss, telomere aberrations and dysfunction. We demonstrate that telomeric origins are activated by induced replication stress to provide a key rescue mechanism for completing compromised telomere replication. Importantly, our studies also indicate that the chromatin remodeler SNF2H promotes telomeric initiation events by providing access for ORC2. Collectively, our findings reveal that active recruitment of ORC by TRF2 leads to formation of functional origins, providing an important mechanism for avoiding telomere dysfunction and rescuing challenged telomere replication.
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- William C Drosopoulos
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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- Gene Expression and Regulation Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA
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- Gene Expression and Regulation Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Gene Expression and Regulation Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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Appanah R, Jones D, Falquet B, Rass U. Limiting homologous recombination at stalled replication forks is essential for cell viability: DNA2 to the rescue. Curr Genet 2020; 66:1085-1092. [PMID: 32909097 PMCID: PMC7599155 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-020-01106-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2020] [Revised: 08/27/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The disease-associated nuclease–helicase DNA2 has been implicated in DNA end-resection during DNA double-strand break repair, Okazaki fragment processing, and the recovery of stalled DNA replication forks (RFs). Its role in Okazaki fragment processing has been proposed to explain why DNA2 is indispensable for cell survival across organisms. Unexpectedly, we found that DNA2 has an essential role in suppressing homologous recombination (HR)-dependent replication restart at stalled RFs. In the absence of DNA2-mediated RF recovery, excessive HR-restart of stalled RFs results in toxic levels of abortive recombination intermediates that lead to DNA damage-checkpoint activation and terminal cell-cycle arrest. While HR proteins protect and restart stalled RFs to promote faithful genome replication, these findings show how HR-dependent replication restart is actively constrained by DNA2 to ensure cell survival. These new insights disambiguate the effects of DNA2 dysfunction on cell survival, and provide a framework to rationalize the association of DNA2 with cancer and the primordial dwarfism disorder Seckel syndrome based on its role in RF recovery.
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- Rowin Appanah
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058, Basel, Switzerland.,Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Basel, 4056, Basel, Switzerland
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9RQ, UK.
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Heintzman DR, Campos LV, Byl JAW, Osheroff N, Dewar JM. Topoisomerase II Is Crucial for Fork Convergence during Vertebrate Replication Termination. Cell Rep 2020; 29:422-436.e5. [PMID: 31597101 PMCID: PMC6919565 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.08.097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2019] [Revised: 07/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Termination of DNA replication occurs when two replication forks converge upon the same stretch of DNA. Resolution of topological stress by topoisomerases is crucial for fork convergence in bacteria and viruses, but it is unclear whether similar mechanisms operate during vertebrate termination. Using Xenopus egg extracts, we show that topoisomerase II (Top2) resolves topological stress to prevent converging forks from stalling during termination. Under these conditions, stalling arises due to an inability to unwind the final stretch of DNA ahead of each fork. By promoting fork convergence, Top2 facilitates all downstream events of termination. Converging forks ultimately overcome stalling independently of Top2, indicating that additional mechanisms support fork convergence. Top2 acts throughout replication to prevent the accumulation of topological stress that would otherwise stall converging forks. Thus, termination poses evolutionarily conserved topological problems that can be mitigated by careful execution of the earlier stages of replication.
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- Darren R Heintzman
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; Department of Medicine (Hematology, Oncology), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; VA Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Zhou Y, Pozo PN, Oh S, Stone HM, Cook JG. Distinct and sequential re-replication barriers ensure precise genome duplication. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1008988. [PMID: 32841231 PMCID: PMC7473519 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Achieving complete and precise genome duplication requires that each genomic segment be replicated only once per cell division cycle. Protecting large eukaryotic genomes from re-replication requires an overlapping set of molecular mechanisms that prevent the first DNA replication step, the DNA loading of MCM helicase complexes to license replication origins, after S phase begins. Previous reports have defined many such origin licensing inhibition mechanisms, but the temporal relationships among them are not clear, particularly with respect to preventing re-replication in G2 and M phases. Using a combination of mutagenesis, biochemistry, and single cell analyses in human cells, we define a new mechanism that prevents re-replication through hyperphosphorylation of the essential MCM loading protein, Cdt1. We demonstrate that Cyclin A/CDK1 can hyperphosphorylate Cdt1 to inhibit MCM re-loading in G2 phase. The mechanism of inhibition is to block Cdt1 binding to MCM independently of other known Cdt1 inactivation mechanisms such as Cdt1 degradation during S phase or Geminin binding. Moreover, our findings suggest that Cdt1 dephosphorylation at the mitosis-to-G1 phase transition re-activates Cdt1. We propose that multiple distinct, non-redundant licensing inhibition mechanisms act in a series of sequential relays through each cell cycle phase to ensure precise genome duplication. The initial step of DNA replication is loading the DNA helicase, MCM, onto DNA during the first phase of the cell division cycle. If MCM loading occurs inappropriately onto DNA that has already been replicated, then cells risk DNA re-replication, a source of endogenous DNA damage and genome instability. How mammalian cells prevent any sections of their very large genomes from re-replicating is still not fully understood. We found that the Cdt1 protein, one of the critical MCM loading factors, is inhibited specifically in late cell cycle stages through a mechanism involving protein phosphorylation. This phosphorylation prevents Cdt1 from binding MCM; when Cdt1 cannot be phosphorylated MCM is inappropriately re-loaded onto DNA and cells are prone to re-replication. When cells divide and transition into G1 phase, Cdt1 is then dephosphorylated to re-activate it for MCM loading. Based on these findings we assert that the different mechanisms that cooperate to avoid re-replication are not redundant. Instead, different cell cycle phases are dominated by different re-replication control mechanisms. These findings have implications for understanding how genomes are duplicated precisely once per cell cycle and shed light on how that process is perturbed by changes in Cdt1 levels or phosphorylation activity.
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- Yizhuo Zhou
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United State of America
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- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United State of America
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- F. Widjaja Foundation Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute and the Research Division of Immunology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, United State of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United State of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United State of America
- Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United State of America
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United State of America
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Liu L, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Wang JH, Cao Q, Li Z, Campbell JL, Dong MQ, Lou H. Characterization of the dimeric CMG/pre-initiation complex and its transition into DNA replication forks. Cell Mol Life Sci 2020; 77:3041-3058. [PMID: 31728581 PMCID: PMC11104849 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-019-03333-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 09/17/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
The pre-initiation complex (pre-IC) has been proposed for two decades as an intermediate right before the maturation of the eukaryotic DNA replication fork. However, its existence and biochemical nature remain enigmatic. Here, through combining several enrichment strategies, we are able to isolate an endogenous dimeric CMG-containing complex (designated as d-CMG) distinct from traditional single CMG (s-CMG) and in vitro reconstituted dimeric CMG. D-CMG is assembled upon entry into the S phase and shortly matures into s-CMG/replisome, leading to the fact that only ~ 5% of the total CMG-containing complexes can be detected as d-CMG in vivo. Mass spectra reveal that RPA and DNA Pol α/primase co-purify with s-CMG, but not with d-CMG. Consistently, the former fraction is able to catalyze DNA unwinding and de novo synthesis, while the latter catalyzes neither. The two CMGs in d-CMG display flexibly orientated conformations under an electronic microscope. When DNA Pol α-primase is inactivated, d-CMG % rose up to 29%, indicating an incomplete pre-IC/fork transition. These findings reveal biochemical properties of the d-CMG/pre-IC and provide in vivo evidence to support the pre-IC/fork transition as a bona fide step in replication initiation.
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- Lu Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology and Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Biological Sciences China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology and Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Biological Sciences China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology and Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Biological Sciences China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology and Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Biological Sciences China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology and Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Biological Sciences China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- Braun Laboratories, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 91125, CA, USA
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- National Institute of Biological Sciences (NIBS), Beijing, 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Agro-Biotechnology and Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, College of Biological Sciences China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
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Masuda K, Renard-Guillet C, Shirahige K, Sutani T. Bioinformatical dissection of fission yeast DNA replication origins. Open Biol 2020; 10:200052. [PMID: 32692956 PMCID: PMC7574548 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.200052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Replication origins in eukaryotes form a base for assembly of the pre-replication complex (pre-RC), thereby serving as an initiation site of DNA replication. Characteristics of replication origin vary among species. In fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, DNA of high AT content is a distinct feature of replication origins; however, it remains to be understood what the general molecular architecture of fission yeast origin is. Here, we performed ChIP-seq mapping of Orc4 and Mcm2, two representative components of the pre-RC, and described the characteristics of their binding sites. The analysis revealed that fission yeast efficient origins are associated with two similar but independent features: a ≥15 bp-long motif with stretches of As and an AT-rich region of a few hundred bp. The A-rich motif was correlated with chromosomal binding of Orc, a DNA-binding component in the pre-RC, whereas the AT-rich region was associated with efficient binding of the DNA replicative helicase Mcm. These two features, in combination with the third feature, a transcription-poor region of approximately 1 kb, enabled to distinguish efficient replication origins from the rest of chromosome arms with high accuracy. This study, hence, provides a model that describes how multiple functional elements specify DNA replication origins in fission yeast genome.
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- Koji Masuda
- Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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