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Fenstermaker TK, Petruk S, Mazo A. An emerging paradigm in epigenetic marking: coordination of transcription and replication. Transcription 2024; 15:22-37. [PMID: 38378467 DOI: 10.1080/21541264.2024.2316965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2024] [Indexed: 02/22/2024] Open
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DNA replication and RNA transcription both utilize DNA as a template and therefore need to coordinate their activities. The predominant theory in the field is that in order for the replication fork to proceed, transcription machinery has to be evicted from DNA until replication is complete. If that does not occur, these machineries collide, and these collisions elicit various repair mechanisms which require displacement of one of the enzymes, often RNA polymerase, in order for replication to proceed. This model is also at the heart of the epigenetic bookmarking theory, which implies that displacement of RNA polymerase during replication requires gradual re-building of chromatin structure, which guides recruitment of transcriptional proteins and resumption of transcription. We discuss these theories but also bring to light newer data that suggest that these two processes may not be as detrimental to one another as previously thought. This includes findings suggesting that these processes can occur without fork collapse and that RNA polymerase may only be transiently displaced during DNA replication. We discuss potential mechanisms by which RNA polymerase may be retained at the replication fork and quickly rebind to DNA post-replication. These discoveries are important, not only as new evidence as to how these two processes are able to occur harmoniously but also because they have implications on how transcriptional programs are maintained through DNA replication. To this end, we also discuss the coordination of replication and transcription in light of revising the current epigenetic bookmarking theory of how the active gene status can be transmitted through S phase.
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- Tyler K Fenstermaker
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Berg C, Sieber M, Sun J. Finishing the egg. Genetics 2024; 226:iyad183. [PMID: 38000906 PMCID: PMC10763546 DOI: 10.1093/genetics/iyad183] [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: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Gamete development is a fundamental process that is highly conserved from early eukaryotes to mammals. As germ cells develop, they must coordinate a dynamic series of cellular processes that support growth, cell specification, patterning, the loading of maternal factors (RNAs, proteins, and nutrients), differentiation of structures to enable fertilization and ensure embryonic survival, and other processes that make a functional oocyte. To achieve these goals, germ cells integrate a complex milieu of environmental and developmental signals to produce fertilizable eggs. Over the past 50 years, Drosophila oogenesis has risen to the forefront as a system to interrogate the sophisticated mechanisms that drive oocyte development. Studies in Drosophila have defined mechanisms in germ cells that control meiosis, protect genome integrity, facilitate mRNA trafficking, and support the maternal loading of nutrients. Work in this system has provided key insights into the mechanisms that establish egg chamber polarity and patterning as well as the mechanisms that drive ovulation and egg activation. Using the power of Drosophila genetics, the field has begun to define the molecular mechanisms that coordinate environmental stresses and nutrient availability with oocyte development. Importantly, the majority of these reproductive mechanisms are highly conserved throughout evolution, and many play critical roles in the development of somatic tissues as well. In this chapter, we summarize the recent progress in several key areas that impact egg chamber development and ovulation. First, we discuss the mechanisms that drive nutrient storage and trafficking during oocyte maturation and vitellogenesis. Second, we examine the processes that regulate follicle cell patterning and how that patterning impacts the construction of the egg shell and the establishment of embryonic polarity. Finally, we examine regulatory factors that control ovulation, egg activation, and successful fertilization.
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- Celeste Berg
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-5065USA
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- Department of Physiology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390USA
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- Department of Physiology and Neurobiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269USA
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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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Cluett TJ, Akman G, Reyes A, Kazak L, Mitchell A, Wood SR, Spinazzola A, Spelbrink JN, Holt IJ. Transcript availability dictates the balance between strand-asynchronous and strand-coupled mitochondrial DNA replication. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:10771-10781. [PMID: 30239839 PMCID: PMC6237803 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Mammalian mitochondria operate multiple mechanisms of DNA replication. In many cells and tissues a strand-asynchronous mechanism predominates over coupled leading and lagging-strand DNA synthesis. However, little is known of the factors that control or influence the different mechanisms of replication, and the idea that strand-asynchronous replication entails transient incorporation of transcripts (aka bootlaces) is controversial. A firm prediction of the bootlace model is that it depends on mitochondrial transcripts. Here, we show that elevated expression of Twinkle DNA helicase in human mitochondria induces bidirectional, coupled leading and lagging-strand DNA synthesis, at the expense of strand-asynchronous replication; and this switch is accompanied by decreases in the steady-state level of some mitochondrial transcripts. However, in the so-called minor arc of mitochondrial DNA where transcript levels remain high, the strand-asynchronous replication mechanism is instated. Hence, replication switches to a strand-coupled mechanism only where transcripts are scarce, thereby establishing a direct correlation between transcript availability and the mechanism of replication. Thus, these findings support a critical role of mitochondrial transcripts in the strand-asynchronous mechanism of mitochondrial DNA replication; and, as a corollary, mitochondrial RNA availability and RNA/DNA hybrid formation offer means of regulating the mechanisms of DNA replication in the organelle.
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- Tricia J Cluett
- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 9SY, UK
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 9SY, UK
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 9SY, UK
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- Department of Clinical Movement Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, Royal Free Campus, University College London, London NW3 2PF, UK
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- MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB1 9SY, UK
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- Department of Clinical Movement Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, Royal Free Campus, University College London, London NW3 2PF, UK.,MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases, UCL Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Radboud Centre for Mitochondrial Medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein 10, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Movement Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, Royal Free Campus, University College London, London NW3 2PF, UK.,Biodonostia Health Research Institute, 20014 San Sebastián, Spain and IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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Prorok P, Artufel M, Aze A, Coulombe P, Peiffer I, Lacroix L, Guédin A, Mergny JL, Damaschke J, Schepers A, Cayrou C, Teulade-Fichou MP, Ballester B, Méchali M. Involvement of G-quadruplex regions in mammalian replication origin activity. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3274. [PMID: 31332171 PMCID: PMC6646384 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11104-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Genome-wide studies of DNA replication origins revealed that origins preferentially associate with an Origin G-rich Repeated Element (OGRE), potentially forming G-quadruplexes (G4). Here, we functionally address their requirements for DNA replication initiation in a series of independent approaches. Deletion of the OGRE/G4 sequence strongly decreased the corresponding origin activity. Conversely, the insertion of an OGRE/G4 element created a new replication origin. This element also promoted replication of episomal EBV vectors lacking the viral origin, but not if the OGRE/G4 sequence was deleted. A potent G4 ligand, PhenDC3, stabilized G4s but did not alter the global origin activity. However, a set of new, G4-associated origins was created, whereas suppressed origins were largely G4-free. In vitro Xenopus laevis replication systems showed that OGRE/G4 sequences are involved in the activation of DNA replication, but not in the pre-replication complex formation. Altogether, these results converge to the functional importance of OGRE/G4 elements in DNA replication initiation.
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- Paulina Prorok
- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS-University of Montpellier, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS-University of Montpellier, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS-University of Montpellier, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS-University of Montpellier, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396, Montpellier, France
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- Balasubramanian group, Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK
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- ARNA Laboratory, Université de Bordeaux, Inserm U1212, CNRS UMR5320, Institut Européen de Chimie Biologie (IECB), Pessac, 33607, France
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- ARNA Laboratory, Université de Bordeaux, Inserm U1212, CNRS UMR5320, Institut Européen de Chimie Biologie (IECB), Pessac, 33607, France.,Institut Curie, CNRS UMR9187, Inserm U1196, Universite Paris Saclay, Orsay, France
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- Research Unit Gene Vectors, Helmholtz Zentrum München (GmbH), German Research Center for Environmental Health, Marchioninistraße 25, 81377, Munich, Germany
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- Research Unit Gene Vectors, Helmholtz Zentrum München (GmbH), German Research Center for Environmental Health, Marchioninistraße 25, 81377, Munich, Germany.,Monoclonal Antibody Core Facility & Research Group, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Ingolstädter Landstrasse, 85764, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS-University of Montpellier, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396, Montpellier, France.,Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille 27 Boulevard Lei Roure, 13273, Marseille, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS-University of Montpellier, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396, Montpellier, France.
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Transcription-dependent regulation of replication dynamics modulates genome stability. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2018; 26:58-66. [PMID: 30598553 DOI: 10.1038/s41594-018-0170-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Common fragile sites (CFSs) are loci that are hypersensitive to replication stress and hotspots for chromosomal rearrangements in cancers. CFSs replicate late in S phase, are cell-type specific and nest in large genes. The relative impact of transcription-replication conflicts versus a low density in initiation events on fragility is currently debated. Here we addressed the relationships between transcription, replication, and instability by manipulating the transcription of endogenous large genes in chicken and human cells. We found that inducing low transcription with a weak promoter destabilized large genes, whereas stimulating their transcription with strong promoters alleviated instability. Notably, strong promoters triggered a switch to an earlier replication timing, supporting a model in which high transcription levels give cells more time to complete replication before mitosis. Transcription could therefore contribute to maintaining genome integrity, challenging the dominant view that it is exclusively a threat.
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Zhang Y, Huang L, Fu H, Smith OK, Lin CM, Utani K, Rao M, Reinhold WC, Redon CE, Ryan M, Kim R, You Y, Hanna H, Boisclair Y, Long Q, Aladjem MI. A replicator-specific binding protein essential for site-specific initiation of DNA replication in mammalian cells. Nat Commun 2016; 7:11748. [PMID: 27272143 PMCID: PMC4899857 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Mammalian chromosome replication starts from distinct sites; however, the principles governing initiation site selection are unclear because proteins essential for DNA replication do not exhibit sequence-specific DNA binding. Here we identify a replication-initiation determinant (RepID) protein that binds a subset of replication-initiation sites. A large fraction of RepID-binding sites share a common G-rich motif and exhibit elevated replication initiation. RepID is required for initiation of DNA replication from RepID-bound replication origins, including the origin at the human beta-globin (HBB) locus. At HBB, RepID is involved in an interaction between the replication origin (Rep-P) and the locus control region. RepID-depleted murine embryonic fibroblasts exhibit abnormal replication fork progression and fewer replication-initiation events. These observations are consistent with a model, suggesting that RepID facilitates replication initiation at a distinct group of human replication origins. Origins of mammalian DNA replication are poorly characterised because they lack an Identifiable consensus sequence. Here the authors identify RepID, a protein that binds to a subset of G-rich replication origins and facilitates initiation from those origins.
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- Ya Zhang
- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- In Silico Solutions, Fairfax, Virginia 22033, USA
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- In Silico Solutions, Fairfax, Virginia 22033, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-4801, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-4801, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Simon CR, Siviero F, Monesi N. Beyond DNA puffs: What can we learn from studying sciarids? Genesis 2016; 54:361-78. [PMID: 27178805 DOI: 10.1002/dvg.22946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2016] [Revised: 05/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Members of the Sciaridae family attracted the interest of researchers because of the demonstration that the DNA puff regions, which are formed in the salivary gland polytene chromosomes at the end of the fourth larval instar, constitute sites of developmentally regulated gene amplification. Besides contributing to a deeper understanding of the process of gene amplification, the study of sciarids has also provided important insights on other biological processes such as sex determination, programmed cell death, insect immunity, telomere maintenance, and nucleolar organizing regions (NOR) formation. Open questions in sciarids include among others, early development, the role of noncoding RNAs in gene amplification and the relationship between gene amplification and transcription in DNA puff forming regions. These and other questions can now be pursued with next generation sequencing techniques and experiments using RNAi experiments, since this latter technique has been shown to be feasible in sciarids. These new perspectives in the field of sciarid biology open the opportunity to consolidate sciarid species as important emerging models. genesis 54:361-378, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Claudio Roberto Simon
- Departamento de Biologia Estrutural, Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro-UFTM, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e Naturais, Uberaba, MG, Brazil, CEP 38025-015
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- Departamento de Biologia Celular e do Desenvolvimento, Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, CEP 05508-900
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- Departamento de Análises Clínicas, Toxicológicas e Bromatológicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
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Recent advances in the field of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) replication highlight the diversity of both the mechanisms utilized and the structural and functional organization of the proteins at mtDNA replication fork, despite the relative simplicity of the animal mtDNA genome. DNA polymerase γ, mtDNA helicase and mitochondrial single-stranded DNA-binding protein-the key replisome proteins, have evolved distinct structural features and biochemical properties. These appear to be correlated with mtDNA genomic features in different metazoan taxa and with their modes of DNA replication, although substantial integrative research is warranted to establish firmly these links. To date, several modes of mtDNA replication have been described for animals: rolling circle, theta, strand-displacement, and RITOLS/bootlace. Resolution of a continuing controversy relevant to mtDNA replication in mammals/vertebrates will have a direct impact on the mechanistic interpretation of mtDNA-related human diseases. Here we review these subjects, integrating earlier and recent data to provide a perspective on the major challenges for future research.
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- G L Ciesielski
- Institute of Biosciences and Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States
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- Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho", Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Biosciences and Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland; Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States.
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Analysis of Replicating Mitochondrial DNA by In Organello Labeling and Two-Dimensional Agarose Gel Electrophoresis. Methods Mol Biol 2016; 1351:95-113. [PMID: 26530677 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-3040-1_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Our understanding of the mechanisms of DNA replication in a broad range of organisms and viruses has benefited from the application of two-dimensional agarose gel electrophoresis (2D-AGE). The method resolves DNA molecules on the basis of size and shape and is technically straightforward. 2D-AGE sparked controversy in the field of mitochondria when it revealed replicating molecules with lengthy tracts of RNA, a phenomenon never before reported in nature. More recently, radioisotope labeling of the DNA in the mitochondria has been coupled with 2D-AGE. In its first application, this procedure helped to delineate the "bootlace mechanism of mitochondrial DNA replication," in which processed mitochondrial transcripts are hybridized to the lagging strand template at the replication fork as the leading DNA strand is synthesized. This chapter provides details of the method, how it has been applied to date and concludes with some potential future applications of the technique.
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DNA replication begins with the assembly of pre-replication complexes (pre-RCs) at thousands of DNA replication origins during the G1 phase of the cell cycle. At the G1-S-phase transition, pre-RCs are converted into pre-initiation complexes, in which the replicative helicase is activated, leading to DNA unwinding and initiation of DNA synthesis. However, only a subset of origins are activated during any S phase. Recent insights into the mechanisms underlying this choice reveal how flexibility in origin usage and temporal activation are linked to chromosome structure and organization, cell growth and differentiation, and replication stress.
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Urban JM, Foulk MS, Casella C, Gerbi SA. The hunt for origins of DNA replication in multicellular eukaryotes. F1000PRIME REPORTS 2015; 7:30. [PMID: 25926981 PMCID: PMC4371235 DOI: 10.12703/p7-30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Origins of DNA replication (ORIs) occur at defined regions in the genome. Although DNA sequence defines the position of ORIs in budding yeast, the factors for ORI specification remain elusive in metazoa. Several methods have been used recently to map ORIs in metazoan genomes with the hope that features for ORI specification might emerge. These methods are reviewed here with analysis of their advantages and shortcomings. The various factors that may influence ORI selection for initiation of DNA replication are discussed.
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- John M. Urban
- Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown UniversitySidney Frank Hall, 185 Meeting Street, Providence, RI 02912USA
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- Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown UniversitySidney Frank Hall, 185 Meeting Street, Providence, RI 02912USA
- Department of Biology, Mercyhurst University501 East 38th Street, Erie, PA 16546USA
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- Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown UniversitySidney Frank Hall, 185 Meeting Street, Providence, RI 02912USA
- Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Southern DenmarkJB Winsloews Vej 25, 5000 Odense CDenmark
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- Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown UniversitySidney Frank Hall, 185 Meeting Street, Providence, RI 02912USA
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Sherstyuk VV, Shevchenko AI, Zakian SM. Epigenetic landscape for initiation of DNA replication. Chromosoma 2013; 123:183-99. [PMID: 24337246 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-013-0448-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2013] [Revised: 11/27/2013] [Accepted: 12/02/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The key genetic process of DNA replication is initiated at specific sites referred to as replication origins. In eukaryotes, origins of DNA replication are not specified by a defined nucleotide sequence. Recent studies have shown that the structural context and topology of DNA sequence, chromatin features, and its transcriptional activity play an important role in origin choice. During differentiation and development, significant changes in chromatin organization and transcription occur, influencing origin activity and choice. In the last few years, a number of different genome-wide studies have broadened the understanding of replication origin regulation. In this review, we discuss the epigenetic factors and mechanisms that modulate origin choice and firing.
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- Vladimir V Sherstyuk
- Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, pr. Akad. Lavrentieva 10, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
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The ecdysone receptor (ScEcR-A) binds DNA puffs at the start of DNA amplification in Sciara coprophila. Chromosome Res 2013; 21:345-60. [PMID: 23737076 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-013-9360-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2013] [Revised: 04/11/2013] [Accepted: 04/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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The steroid hormone ecdysone induces DNA amplification and subsequent DNA puff formation in late fourth larval instar salivary gland polytene chromosomes of the fungus fly, Sciara coprophila. Previous in vitro studies on DNA puff II/9A in Sciara demonstrated that the ecdysone receptor (ScEcR-A) efficiently binds an ecdysone response element adjacent to the origin recognition complex binding site within the II/9A amplification origin, implying a role for ScEcR-A in amplification. Here, we extrapolate the molecular details from locus II/9A to the rest of the genome using immunofluorescence with a ScEcR-A-specific antibody. ScEcR-A binds all DNA puff sites just as amplification begins and persists throughout the processes of amplification, transcription, and puffing. Ecdysone injections into pre-amplification stage larvae prematurely induce both DNA amplification and ScEcR-A binding to DNA puff sites. These data are consistent with a direct role for ScEcR-A in DNA amplification.
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Foulk MS, Waggener JM, Johnson JM, Yamamoto Y, Liew GM, Urnov FD, Young Y, Lee G, Smith HS, Gerbi SA. Isolation and characterization of the ecdysone receptor and its heterodimeric partner ultraspiracle through development in Sciara coprophila. Chromosoma 2013; 122:103-19. [PMID: 23321980 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-012-0395-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2012] [Revised: 12/09/2012] [Accepted: 12/18/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Regulation of DNA replication is critical, and loss of control can lead to DNA amplification. Naturally occurring, developmentally regulated DNA amplification occurs in the DNA puffs of the late larval salivary gland giant polytene chromosomes in the fungus fly, Sciara coprophila. The steroid hormone ecdysone induces DNA amplification in Sciara, and the amplification origin of DNA puff II/9A contains a putative binding site for the ecdysone receptor (EcR). We report here the isolation, cloning, and characterizing of two ecdysone receptor isoforms in Sciara (ScEcR-A and ScEcR-B) and the heterodimeric partner, ultraspiracle (ScUSP). ScEcR-A is the predominant isoform in larval tissues and ScEcR-B in adult tissues, contrary to the pattern in Drosophila. Moreover, ScEcR-A is produced at amplification but is absent just prior. We discuss these results in relation to the model of ecdysone regulation of DNA amplification.
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- Michael S Foulk
- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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As development unfolds, DNA replication is not only coordinated with cell proliferation, but is regulated uniquely in specific cell types and organs. This differential regulation of DNA synthesis requires crosstalk between DNA replication and differentiation. This dynamic aspect of DNA replication is highlighted by the finding that the distribution of replication origins varies between differentiated cell types and changes with differentiation. Moreover, differential DNA replication in some cell types can lead to increases or decreases in gene copy number along chromosomes. This review highlights the recent advances and technologies that have provided us with new insights into the developmental regulation of DNA replication.
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- Jared Nordman
- Whitehead Institute and Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
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Martin MM, Ryan M, Kim R, Zakas AL, Fu H, Lin CM, Reinhold WC, Davis SR, Bilke S, Liu H, Doroshow JH, Reimers MA, Valenzuela MS, Pommier Y, Meltzer PS, Aladjem MI. Genome-wide depletion of replication initiation events in highly transcribed regions. Genome Res 2011; 21:1822-32. [PMID: 21813623 DOI: 10.1101/gr.124644.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This report investigates the mechanisms by which mammalian cells coordinate DNA replication with transcription and chromatin assembly. In yeast, DNA replication initiates within nucleosome-free regions, but studies in mammalian cells have not revealed a similar relationship. Here, we have used genome-wide massively parallel sequencing to map replication initiation events, thereby creating a database of all replication initiation sites within nonrepetitive DNA in two human cell lines. Mining this database revealed that genomic regions transcribed at moderate levels were generally associated with high replication initiation frequency. In genomic regions with high rates of transcription, very few replication initiation events were detected. High-resolution mapping of replication initiation sites showed that replication initiation events were absent from transcription start sites but were highly enriched in adjacent, downstream sequences. Methylation of CpG sequences strongly affected the location of replication initiation events, whereas histone modifications had minimal effects. These observations suggest that high levels of transcription interfere with formation of pre-replication protein complexes. Data presented here identify replication initiation sites throughout the genome, providing a foundation for further analyses of DNA-replication dynamics and cell-cycle progression.
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- Melvenia M Martin
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, CCR, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Cayrou C, Coulombe P, Vigneron A, Stanojcic S, Ganier O, Peiffer I, Rivals E, Puy A, Laurent-Chabalier S, Desprat R, Méchali M. Genome-scale analysis of metazoan replication origins reveals their organization in specific but flexible sites defined by conserved features. Genome Res 2011; 21:1438-49. [PMID: 21750104 DOI: 10.1101/gr.121830.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 247] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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In metazoans, thousands of DNA replication origins (Oris) are activated at each cell cycle. Their genomic organization and their genetic nature remain elusive. Here, we characterized Oris by nascent strand (NS) purification and a genome-wide analysis in Drosophila and mouse cells. We show that in both species most CpG islands (CGI) contain Oris, although methylation is nearly absent in Drosophila, indicating that this epigenetic mark is not crucial for defining the activated origin. Initiation of DNA synthesis starts at the borders of CGI, resulting in a striking bimodal distribution of NS, suggestive of a dual initiation event. Oris contain a unique nucleotide skew around NS peaks, characterized by G/T and C/A overrepresentation at the 5' and 3' of Ori sites, respectively. Repeated GC-rich elements were detected, which are good predictors of Oris, suggesting that common sequence features are part of metazoan Oris. In the heterochromatic chromosome 4 of Drosophila, Oris correlated with HP1 binding sites. At the chromosome level, regions rich in Oris are early replicating, whereas Ori-poor regions are late replicating. The genome-wide analysis was coupled with a DNA combing analysis to unravel the organization of Oris. The results indicate that Oris are in a large excess, but their activation does not occur at random. They are organized in groups of site-specific but flexible origins that define replicons, where a single origin is activated in each replicon. This organization provides both site specificity and Ori firing flexibility in each replicon, allowing possible adaptation to environmental cues and cell fates.
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Eukaryotic DNA replication origins: many choices for appropriate answers. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2010; 11:728-38. [DOI: 10.1038/nrm2976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 304] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Das-Bradoo S, Bielinsky AK. Replication initiation point mapping: approach and implications. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 521:105-20. [PMID: 19563103 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-815-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Duplication of eukaryotic chromosomes begins from multiple sites called origins of replication, with DNA synthesis proceeding bidirectionally away from the origin. There is little detailed information available pertaining to whether replication initiates at specific sites or anywhere within a given origin. The development of replication initiation point (RIP) mapping has made it possible to map start sites for DNA synthesis at the nucleotide level. The key step in RIP mapping is the purification of nascent DNA, which is initiated by small RNA primers. For the removal of broken DNA fragments, we utilize lambda-exonuclease, which digests DNA, but leaves nascent strands intact as long as they have the RNA primer still attached. RIP mapping is a sensitive technique and has been successfully applied to single copy loci in both budding and fission yeast, archaebacteria, and human cells. Studies in yeast have shown that the binding site for the initiator, the origin recognition complex (ORC), lies immediately adjacent to the replication start point, which suggests that ORC directs the initiation machinery to a distinct site. Here, we present a detailed step-by-step protocol for RIP mapping of replication origins in budding yeast.
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- Sapna Das-Bradoo
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Holt IJ. Mitochondrial DNA replication and repair: all a flap. Trends Biochem Sci 2009; 34:358-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2009.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2009] [Revised: 03/04/2009] [Accepted: 03/10/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Patrushev LI, Minkevich IG. The problem of the eukaryotic genome size. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2009; 73:1519-52. [PMID: 19216716 DOI: 10.1134/s0006297908130117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The current state of knowledge concerning the unsolved problem of the huge interspecific eukaryotic genome size variations not correlating with the species phenotypic complexity (C-value enigma also known as C-value paradox) is reviewed. Characteristic features of eukaryotic genome structure and molecular mechanisms that are the basis of genome size changes are examined in connection with the C-value enigma. It is emphasized that endogenous mutagens, including reactive oxygen species, create a constant nuclear environment where any genome evolves. An original quantitative model and general conception are proposed to explain the C-value enigma. In accordance with the theory, the noncoding sequences of the eukaryotic genome provide genes with global and differential protection against chemical mutagens and (in addition to the anti-mutagenesis and DNA repair systems) form a new, third system that protects eukaryotic genetic information. The joint action of these systems controls the spontaneous mutation rate in coding sequences of the eukaryotic genome. It is hypothesized that the genome size is inversely proportional to functional efficiency of the anti-mutagenesis and/or DNA repair systems in a particular biological species. In this connection, a model of eukaryotic genome evolution is proposed.
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- L I Patrushev
- Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Russia.
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Isolation of a Drosophila amplification origin developmentally activated by transcription. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008; 105:9651-6. [PMID: 18621687 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0804146105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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We exploited the Drosophila Amplicon in Follicle Cells, DAFC-62D, to identify a new metazoan amplification origin, ori62. In addition to the origin, DAFC-62D contains two other developmental stage-specific binding regions for the Origin Recognition Complex (ORC) and the replicative helicase MCM2-7. All three of these regions are required for proper amplification. There are two rounds of amplification initiation at ori62, and the second round is preceded by transcription across ori62. We show by alpha-amanitin inhibition that RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) transcription is required to localize MCM2-7 (but not ORC) to permit the second round of origin firing. This role for transcription appears unique to DAFC-62D, because neither other DAFCs nor ectopic transposons with the DAFC-62D replication elements bounded by functional chromatin insulators are affected by alpha-amanitin. By sequential chromatin immunoprecipitation, we show that the MCM complex and RNAPII are bound to the same 100-500 bp pieces of chromatin during late origin firing. These results raise the possibility that RNAPII may recruit MCM2-7 at some metazoan replication origins.
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Aladjem MI. Replication in context: dynamic regulation of DNA replication patterns in metazoans. Nat Rev Genet 2007; 8:588-600. [PMID: 17621316 DOI: 10.1038/nrg2143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Replication in eukaryotes initiates from discrete genomic regions according to a strict, often tissue-specific temporal programme. However, the locations of initiation events within initiation regions vary, show sequence disparity and are affected by interactions with distal elements. Increasing evidence suggests that specification of replication sites and the timing of replication are dynamic processes that are regulated by tissue-specific and developmental cues, and are responsive to epigenetic modifications. Dynamic specification of replication patterns might serve to prevent or resolve possible spatial and/or temporal conflicts between replication, transcription and chromatin assembly, and facilitate subtle or extensive changes of gene expression during differentiation and development.
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- Mirit I Aladjem
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 37, Room 5056, 37 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255, USA.
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- Susan A Gerbi
- Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA.
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Rasch EM. Genome size and determination of DNA content of the X chromosomes, autosomes, and germ line-limited chromosomes of Sciara coprophila. J Morphol 2006; 267:1316-25. [PMID: 17051543 DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The unique chromosome biology of the fungus fly Sciara coprophila has fascinated investigators for over 80 years. Male meiosis exhibits a monopolar spindle, nonrandom segregation of imprinted chromosomes and nondisjunction of the X chromosome. The unusual mechanism of sex determination requires selective elimination of X chromosomes in embryogenesis. Supernumerary (L) chromosomes are also eliminated from the soma during early cleavage divisions. Distinctive DNA puffs on the larval salivary gland chromosomes are sites of DNA amplification. As a foundation for future genome studies to explore these many unusual phenomena, we have used DNA-Feulgen cytophotometry to determine genome size from hemocyte nuclei of male (X0) and female (XX) larvae and adults. The DNA content of the X chromosome is approximately 0.05 pg DNA and the autosomal complement is approximately 0.45 pg DNA. Measurements of DNA levels for individual sperm from adults showed that the DNA contribution of the germ line-limited (L) chromosomes constitutes as much as 35% of the DNA of the male gamete. A parallel study using Sciara ocellaris, a related species lacking L chromosomes, confirmed the presence of two X chromosomes in the sperm of this species.
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- Ellen M Rasch
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, James H. Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee 37604-0582, USA.
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Norio P. DNA replication: the unbearable lightness of origins. EMBO Rep 2006; 7:779-81. [PMID: 16880822 PMCID: PMC1525147 DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2006] [Accepted: 06/29/2006] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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- Paolo Norio
- Department of Cell Biology, CH416, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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Gerhardt J, Jafar S, Spindler MP, Ott E, Schepers A. Identification of new human origins of DNA replication by an origin-trapping assay. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:7731-46. [PMID: 16954389 PMCID: PMC1636883 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01392-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Metazoan genomes contain thousands of replication origins, but only a limited number have been characterized so far. We developed a two-step origin-trapping assay in which human chromatin fragments associated with origin recognition complex (ORC) in vivo were first enriched by chromatin immunoprecipitation. In a second step, these fragments were screened for transient replication competence in a plasmid-based assay utilizing the Epstein-Barr virus latent origin oriP. oriP contains two elements, an origin (dyad symmetry element [DS]) and the family of repeats, that when associated with the viral protein EBNA1 facilitate extrachromosomal stability. Insertion of the ORC-binding human DNA fragments in oriP plasmids in place of DS enabled us to screen functionally for their abilities to restore replication. Using the origin-trapping assay, we isolated and characterized five previously unknown human origins. The assay was validated with nascent strand abundance assays that confirm these origins as active initiation sites in their native chromosomal contexts. Furthermore, ORC and MCM2-7 components localized at these origins during G(1) phase of the cell cycle but were not detected during mitosis. This finding extends the current understanding of origin-ORC dynamics by suggesting that replication origins must be reestablished during the early stages of each cell division cycle and that ORC itself participates in this process.
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- Jeannine Gerhardt
- Department of Gene Vectors, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, Marchioninistrasse 25, D-81377 Munich, Germany
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Wang L, Lin CM, Lopreiato JO, Aladjem MI. Cooperative sequence modules determine replication initiation sites at the human beta-globin locus. Hum Mol Genet 2006; 15:2613-22. [PMID: 16877501 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The human beta globin locus contains two adjacent replicators, each capable of initiating DNA replication when transferred from its native locus to ectopic sites. Here, we report a detailed analysis of the sequence requirements for replication initiation from these replicators. In both replicators, initiation required a combination of an asymmetric purine:pyrimidine sequence and several AT-rich stretches. Modules from the two replicators could combine to initiate replication. AT-rich sequences were essential for replicator activity: a low frequency of initiation was observed in DNA fragments that included a short stretch of AT-rich sequences, whereas inclusion of additional AT-rich stretches increased initiation efficiency. By contrast, replication initiated at a low level without the asymmetric purine:pyrimidine modules but they were required in synergy to achieve efficient initiation. These data support a combinatorial model for replicator activity and suggest that the initiation of DNA replication requires interaction between at least two distinct sequence modules.
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- Lixin Wang
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Foulk MS, Liang C, Wu N, Blitzblau HG, Smith H, Alam D, Batra M, Gerbi SA. Ecdysone induces transcription and amplification in Sciara coprophila DNA puff II/9A. Dev Biol 2006; 299:151-63. [PMID: 16938289 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.07.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2006] [Revised: 07/13/2006] [Accepted: 07/14/2006] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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DNA replication is normally tightly regulated to ensure the production of only one copy of the genome per cell cycle. However, DNA puffs of the salivary gland giant polytene chromosomes of Sciara coprophila undergo DNA amplification during the normal course of development, overriding this control. This developmental strategy provides more template for the production of large amounts of protein needed for pupation. We have focused on DNA puff II/9A, which amplifies approximately 17-fold over the rest of the genome. Evidence presented here suggests that DNA amplification at this locus is controlled by the steroid hormone ecdysone, the master regulator of insect development. Explanted, pre-amplification stage salivary glands undergo premature amplification when incubated with ecdysone. Injection of ecdysone into pre-amplification stage larvae induces amplification. Ecdysone also induces transcription of the II/9A genes. We report the presence of a putative ecdysone response element directly adjacent to the origin recognition complex (ORC)-binding site in the II/9A origin and demonstrate that it is efficiently bound by the Sciara ecdysone receptor. These results implicate ecdysone in the regulation of DNA amplification in Sciara and suggest the ecdysone receptor may be the elusive amplification factor. This would be a new role for this transcription factor.
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- Michael S Foulk
- Brown University, 69 Brown St.-J.W. Wilson Laboratory, Providence, RI 02912, USA
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Grégoire D, Brodolin K, Méchali M. HoxB domain induction silences DNA replication origins in the locus and specifies a single origin at its boundary. EMBO Rep 2006; 7:812-6. [PMID: 16845368 PMCID: PMC1525151 DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2006] [Revised: 06/23/2006] [Accepted: 06/23/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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In multicellular organisms, changes in the DNA replication programme could act to integrate differentiation with cell division in various developmental and transcriptional contexts. Here, we have addressed the use of DNA replication origins during differentiation in the HoxB domain-a cluster of nine genes developmentally regulated in a collinear manner. In undifferentiated mouse P19 cells, we detected several DNA replication origins in the 100 kb HoxB locus, indicating a relaxed origin use when the locus is transcriptionally silent. By contrast, in retinoic-acid-induced differentiated cells, when HoxB transcription is activated, a general silencing of DNA replication origins occurs in the locus except one located downstream of Hoxb1, at the 3' boundary of the HoxB domain. Silencing of the replication origins is associated with histone hyperacetylation, whereas the active Hoxb1 origin persists as a hypoacetylated island. These findings provide direct evidence for the differentiated use of origins in HoxB genes, and we suggest that this regulation might contribute to the regulated expression of HoxB genes during development.
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- Damien Grégoire
- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
- Tel: +33 499 619 917; Fax: +33 499 619 920; E-mail:
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Dazy S, Gandrillon O, Hyrien O, Prioleau MN. Broadening of DNA replication origin usage during metazoan cell differentiation. EMBO Rep 2006; 7:806-11. [PMID: 16799461 PMCID: PMC1525144 DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2005] [Revised: 05/15/2006] [Accepted: 05/15/2006] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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We have examined whether replication of the chicken beta-globin locus changes during differentiation of primary erythroid progenitors into erythrocytes. In undifferentiated progenitors, four principal initiation sites and a replication fork pausing region (RFP) were observed. Forty-eight hours after induction of differentiation, the principal sites were maintained, even in the activated beta(A)-globin gene, some minor sites were enhanced, three new sites appeared and the RFP disappeared. One of the activated origins showed increased histone H3 K9K14 diacetylation, but the others did not. These results demonstrate a broadening of DNA replication origin usage during differentiation of untransformed metazoan cells and indicate that histone H3 diacetylation, other histone modifications so far reported and transcription are not crucial determinants of origin selection in this system.
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- Sébastien Dazy
- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Claude Bernard-Lyon I, 16 rue Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Université Claude Bernard-Lyon I, 16 rue Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 46 rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris Cedex 05, France
- Laboratoire de Biologie des génomes, Institut Jacques Monod, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris Cedex 05, France
- Tel: +33 (1) 44 27 40 93; Fax: +33 (1) 44 27 57 16; E-mail:
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Schwaiger M, Schübeler D. A question of timing: emerging links between transcription and replication. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2006; 16:177-83. [PMID: 16503127 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2006.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2005] [Accepted: 02/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The coordination of transcription and timing of DNA replication during the S phase of the cell cycle has recently been studied chromosome-wide in high resolution. This revealed that in the complex genome of higher eukaryotes actively transcribed genes are more likely to replicate early in S phase. Dynamic changes in chromatin structure and nuclear organization appear to provide the underlying mechanism to link transcription and replication. A possible evolutionary benefit for this connection might result from differential replication fidelity during S phase, and comparisons of the human and chimpanzee genomes are compatible with this hypothesis.
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- Michaela Schwaiger
- Friedrich-Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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Replication origins should no longer be thought of as housekeeping elements that function similarly in all cell types. provide the most authoritative evidence to date that mammalian replication origins can be dynamically regulated during differentiation.
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- David M Gilbert
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The State University of New York Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, New York 13210, USA
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Yasukawa T, Yang MY, Jacobs HT, Holt IJ. A bidirectional origin of replication maps to the major noncoding region of human mitochondrial DNA. Mol Cell 2005; 18:651-62. [PMID: 15949440 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2005.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2004] [Revised: 03/01/2005] [Accepted: 05/04/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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In solid tissues of vertebrates, initiation of mitochondrial DNA replication encompasses a broad zone downstream of the major noncoding region (NCR). In contrast, analysis with two-dimensional agarose gel electrophoresis of mitochondrial DNA replication intermediates in cultured human cells revealed initiation concentrated in the NCR. Mapping of prominent free 5' ends on the heavy strand of mitochondrial DNA identified two clusters of potential start sites. One mapped to the previously assigned origin of strand-asynchronous replication (O(H)); the other lay several hundred nucleotides away from O(H), toward the other end of the NCR. The latter cluster is proposed to be the major site of bidirectional replication initiation on the basis of the following: its prominence is enhanced in cells amplifying mitochondrial DNA after experimentally induced mitochondrial DNA depletion; free 5' ends are found in corresponding positions on the opposite strand; it is transient in nature; and it is associated with bubble arcs.
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- Takehiro Yasukawa
- MRC-Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Wellcome Trust-MRC Building, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2XY, United Kingdom
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Developmentally regulated gene amplification serves to increase the number of templates for transcription, yielding greatly increased protein and/or RNA product for gene(s) at the amplified loci. It is observed with genes that are very actively transcribed and during narrow windows of developmental time where copious amounts of those particular gene products are required. Amplification results from repeated firing of origins at a few genomic loci, while the rest of the genome either does not replicate, or replicates to a lesser extent. As such, amplification is a striking exception to the once-and-only-once rule of DNA replication and may be informative as to that mechanism. Drosophila amplifies eggshell (chorion) genes in the follicle cells of the ovary to allow for rapid eggshell synthesis. Sciara amplifies multiple genes in larval salivary gland cells that encode proteins secreted in the saliva for the pupal case. Finally, Tetrahymena amplifies its rRNA genes several thousand-fold in the creation of the transcriptionally active macronucleus. Due to the ease of molecular and genetic analysis with these systems, the study of origin regulation has advanced rapidly. Comparisons reveal an evolutionarily conserved trans-regulatory apparatus and a similar organization of sequence-specific cis-regulatory replicator and origin elements. The studies indicate a regulatory role for chromatin structure and transcriptionally active genes near the origins.
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- John Tower
- Molecular and Computational Biology Program, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1340, USA.
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Aladjem MI, Fanning E. The replicon revisited: an old model learns new tricks in metazoan chromosomes. EMBO Rep 2005; 5:686-91. [PMID: 15229645 PMCID: PMC1299096 DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2004] [Accepted: 05/12/2004] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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The origins of DNA replication were proposed in the replicon model to be specified genetically by replicator elements that coordinate the initiation of DNA synthesis with gene expression and cell growth. Recent studies have identified DNA sequences in mammalian cells that fulfil the genetic criteria for replicators and are beginning to uncover the sequence requirements for the initiation of DNA replication. Mammalian replicators are com- posed of non-redundant modules that cooperate to direct initiation to specific chromosomal sites. Conversely, replicators do not show strong sequence similarity, and their ability to initiate replication depends on the chromosomal context and epigenetic factors, as well as their primary sequence. Here, we review the properties of metazoan replicators, and discuss the genetic and epigenetic factors that determine where and when DNA replication is initiated.
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- Mirit I. Aladjem
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, DSB, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Building 37, Room 5056, 37 Convent Drive, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4255, USA
- Tel: +1 301 435 4255; Fax: +1 301 402 9752;
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Vanderbilt–Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Station B-351634, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 327232-1634, USA
- Tel: +1 615 343 5677; Fax: +1 615 343 6707;
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Eukaryotic DNA replication begins at numerous but often poorly characterized sequences called origins, which are distributed fairly regularly along chromosomes. The elusive and idiosyncratic nature of origins in higher eukaryotes is now understood as resulting from a strong epigenetic influence on their specification, which provides flexibility in origin selection and allows for tailoring the dynamics of chromosome replication to the specific needs of cells. By contrast, the factors that assemble in trans to make these origins competent for replication and the kinases that trigger initiation are well conserved. Genome-wide and single-molecule approaches are being developed to elucidate the dynamics of chromosome replication. The notion that a well-coordinated progression of replication forks is crucial for many aspects of the chromosome cycle besides simply duplication begins to be appreciated.
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- Etienne Schwob
- Institute of Molecular Genetics, CNRS UMR5535 and University Montpellier 2, 1919, route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France
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Reyes A, Yang MY, Bowmaker M, Holt IJ. Bidirectional replication initiates at sites throughout the mitochondrial genome of birds. J Biol Chem 2004; 280:3242-50. [PMID: 15557283 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m411916200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Analysis of mitochondrial replication intermediates of Gallus gallus on fork-direction gels indicates that replication occurs in both directions around circular mitochondrial DNA. This finding was corroborated by a study of chick mitochondrial DNA on standard neutral two-dimensional agarose gels, which yielded archetypal initiation arcs in fragments covering the entire genome. There was, however, considerable variation in initiation arc intensity. The majority of initiation events map to regions flanking the major non-coding region, in particular the NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6 (ND6) gene. Initiation point mapping of the ND6 gene identified prominent free 5' ends of DNA, which are candidate start sites for DNA synthesis. Therefore we propose that the initiation zone of G. gallus mitochondrial DNA encompasses most, if not all, of the genome, with preferred initiation sites in regions flanking the major non-coding region. Comparison with mammals suggests a common mechanism of initiation of mitochondrial DNA replication in higher vertebrates.
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- Aurelio Reyes
- Medical Research Council Dunn Human Nutrition Unit, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Hills Road Cambridge, CB2 2XY, United Kingdom
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After 40 years of searching for the eukaryotic replicator sequence, it is time to abandon the concept of 'the' replicator as a single genetic entity. Here I propose a 'relaxed replicon model' in which a positive initiator-replicator interaction is facilitated by a combination of several complex features of chromatin. An important question for the future is whether the positions of replication origins are simply a passive result of local chromatin structure or are actively localized to coordinate replication with other chromosomal activities.
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- David M Gilbert
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, 750 East Adams Street, Syracuse, NewYork 13210, USA.
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Girard-Reydet C, Grégoire D, Vassetzky Y, Méchali M. DNA replication initiates at domains overlapping with nuclear matrix attachment regions in the xenopus and mouse c-myc promoter. Gene 2004; 332:129-38. [PMID: 15145062 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2004.02.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2003] [Revised: 02/03/2004] [Accepted: 02/13/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Only a very few origins have been mapped in different multicellular organisms, and they do not share detectable consensus sequence elements. Moreover, it is not clear if origins are localized at similar positions in the corresponding locus in genomes of different organisms. Here, we have mapped DNA replication origins in the c-myc locus both in Xenopus and mouse, allowing a comparison of the corresponding sites in three different animal species (Xenopus, mouse, human). An origin of DNA replication is present in the three homologous c-myc loci. In Xenopus, a main DNA replication origin was located 3 kilobases (kb) upstream of the active c-myc promoter, whereas, in mouse, we detected an origin 1 kb upstream of the promoter, as previously mapped in human c-myc. We also identified a nuclear matrix attachment region in both Xenopus and mouse, which is localized to two different regions of the c-myc promoter region. However, in both cases, the nuclear matrix attachment sites are close to the DNA replication origin mapped in the locus. These data suggest that global features of chromatin organization in different organisms may contribute to DNA replication origin localization.
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- Claire Girard-Reydet
- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, Genome Dynamics and Development, 141, rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Danis E, Brodolin K, Menut S, Maiorano D, Girard-Reydet C, Méchali M. Specification of a DNA replication origin by a transcription complex. Nat Cell Biol 2004; 6:721-30. [PMID: 15247921 DOI: 10.1038/ncb1149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2004] [Accepted: 06/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In early Xenopus development, transcription is repressed and DNA replication initiates at non-specific sites. Here, we show that a site-specific DNA replication origin can be induced in this context by the assembly of a transcription domain. Deletion of the promoter element abolishes site-specific initiation, and its relocalization to an ectopic site induces a new origin of replication. This process does not require active transcription, and specification of the origin occurs mainly through a decrease in non-specific initiation at sites distant from the promoter. Finally, chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments suggest that site-specific acetylation of histones favours the selection of the active DNA replication origin. We propose that the specification of active DNA replication origins occurs by secondary epigenetic events and that the programming of chromatin for transcription during development contributes to this selection in higher eukaryotes.
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- Etienne Danis
- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, Genome Dynamics and Development, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Norio P, Schildkraut CL. Plasticity of DNA replication initiation in Epstein-Barr virus episomes. PLoS Biol 2004; 2:e152. [PMID: 15208711 PMCID: PMC423133 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0020152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2003] [Accepted: 03/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In mammalian cells, the activity of the sites of initiation of DNA replication appears to be influenced epigenetically, but this regulation is not fully understood. Most studies of DNA replication have focused on the activity of individual initiation sites, making it difficult to evaluate the impact of changes in initiation activity on the replication of entire genomic loci. Here, we used single molecule analysis of replicated DNA (SMARD) to study the latent duplication of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) episomes in human cell lines. We found that initiation sites are present throughout the EBV genome and that their utilization is not conserved in different EBV strains. In addition, SMARD shows that modifications in the utilization of multiple initiation sites occur across large genomic regions (tens of kilobases in size). These observations indicate that individual initiation sites play a limited role in determining the replication dynamics of the EBV genome. Long-range mechanisms and the genomic context appear to play much more important roles, affecting the frequency of utilization and the order of activation of multiple initiation sites. Finally, these results confirm that initiation sites are extremely redundant elements of the EBV genome. We propose that these conclusions also apply to mammalian chromosomes. Despite overall similarities between genomes, initiation of DNA replication and speed of duplication in different parts of the genome differs amongst EBV strains
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- Paolo Norio
- 1Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of MedicineBronx, New YorkUnited States of America
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- 1Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of MedicineBronx, New YorkUnited States of America
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Wang L, Lin CM, Brooks S, Cimbora D, Groudine M, Aladjem MI. The human beta-globin replication initiation region consists of two modular independent replicators. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:3373-86. [PMID: 15060158 PMCID: PMC381644 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.8.3373-3386.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Previous studies have shown that mammalian cells contain replicator sequences, which can determine where DNA replication initiates. However, the specific sequences that confer replicator activity were not identified. Here we report a detailed analysis of replicator sequences that dictate initiation of DNA replication from the human beta-globin locus. This analysis suggests that the beta-globin replication initiation region contains two adjacent, redundant replicators. Each replicator was capable of initiating DNA replication independently at ectopic sites. Within each of these two replicators, we identified short, discrete, nonredundant sequences, which cooperatively determine replicator activity. Experiments with somatic cell hybrids further demonstrated that the requirements for initiation at ectopic sites were similar to the requirements for initiation within native human chromosomes. The replicator clustering and redundancy exemplified in the human beta-globin locus may account for the extreme difficulty in identifying replicator sequences in mammalian cells and suggest that mammalian replication initiation sites may be determined by cooperative sequence modules.
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- Lixin Wang
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Saha S, Shan Y, Mesner LD, Hamlin JL. The promoter of the Chinese hamster ovary dihydrofolate reductase gene regulates the activity of the local origin and helps define its boundaries. Genes Dev 2004; 18:397-410. [PMID: 14977920 PMCID: PMC359394 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1171404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2003] [Accepted: 01/09/2004] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) and 2BE2121 genes in the Chinese hamster are convergently transcribed in late G1 and ea ly S phase, and bracket an early-firing origin of replication that consists of a 55-kb zone of potential initiation sites. To test whether transcription through the DHFR gene is required to activate this origin in early S phase, we examined the two-dimension (2D) gel patterns of replication intermediates from several variants in which parts or all of the DHFR promote had been deleted. In those variants in which transcription was undetectable, initiation in the intergenic space was markedly suppressed (but not eliminated) in early S phase. Further more, replication of the locus required virtually the entire S period, as opposed to the usual 3-4 h. However, restoration of transcription with either the wild-type Chinese hamster promote or a Drosophila-based construct restored origin activity to the wild-type pattern. Surprisingly, 2D gel analysis of promote less variants revealed that initiation occurs at a low level in ea ly S phase not only in the intergenic region, but also in the body of the DHFR gene. The latter phenomenon has never been observed in the wild-type locus. These studies suggest that transcription through the gene normally increases the efficiency of origin firing in early S phase, but also suppresses initiation in the body of the gene, thus helping to define the boundaries of the downstream origin.
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- Swati Saha
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Harvey KJ, Newport J. CpG methylation of DNA restricts prereplication complex assembly in Xenopus egg extracts. Mol Cell Biol 2003; 23:6769-79. [PMID: 12972597 PMCID: PMC193934 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.23.19.6769-6779.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In a Xenopus egg replication system, the origin recognition complex (ORC) does not bind to CpG methylated DNA and DNA replication is inhibited. Insertion of low density CpG DNA of at least 1.2 kb into methylated plasmids rescues both replication and ORC binding. Using this pseudo-origin, we find that ORC binding is restricted to low-CpG-density DNA; however, MCM is loaded onto both weakly and highly methylated DNA and occupies at least approximately 2 kb of DNA. Replication initiates coincident with MCM, and even the most distally bound MCM is associated with sites of replication initiation. These results suggest that in metazoans MCM is loaded onto and initiates replication over a large region distant from ORC.
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- Kevin J Harvey
- Division of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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To determine the extent to which eukaryotic replication origins are developmentally regulated in transcriptionally competent cells, we compared origin use in untreated growing amoebae and plasmodia of Physarum polycephalum. At loci that contain genes transcribed in both developmental stages, such as the ribosomal RNA genes and two unlinked actin genes, we show that there is a similar replicational organization, with the same origins used with comparable efficiencies, as shown by two-dimensional agarose-gel electrophoresis. By contrast, we found cell-type-specific replication patterns for the homologous, unlinked profilin A (proA) and profilin P (proP) genes. proA is replicated from a promoter-proximal origin in amoebae, in which it is highly expressed, and is replicated passively in the plasmodium, in which it is not expressed. Conversely, proP is replicated passively and is not expressed in amoebae, but coincides with an efficient origin when highly expressed in the plasmodium. Our results show a reprogramming of S phase that is linked to the reprogramming of transcription during Physarum cell differentiation. This is achieved by the use of two classes of promoter-associated replication origins: those that are constitutively active and those that are developmentally regulated. This suggests that replication origins, like genes, are under epigenetic control associated with cellular differentiation.
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- Chrystelle Maric
- Institut André Lwoff, UPR-1983, Laboratoire Réplication de l'ADN et Ultrastructure du Noyau, 7 rue Guy Moquet, 94801 Villejuif, France
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- Institut André Lwoff, UPR-1983, Laboratoire Réplication de l'ADN et Ultrastructure du Noyau, 7 rue Guy Moquet, 94801 Villejuif, France
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- Institut André Lwoff, UPR-1983, Laboratoire Réplication de l'ADN et Ultrastructure du Noyau, 7 rue Guy Moquet, 94801 Villejuif, France
- Tel: +33 1 49 58 33 73; Fax +33 149 58 33 81;
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