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Castellano CM, Lacroix L, Mathis E, Prorok P, Hennion M, Lopez-Rubio JJ, Méchali M, Gomes A. The genetic landscape of origins of replication in P. falciparum. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:660-676. [PMID: 38038269 PMCID: PMC10810204 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad1103] [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: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 10/18/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Various origin mapping approaches have enabled genome-wide identification of origins of replication (ORI) in model organisms, but only a few studies have focused on divergent organisms. By employing three complementary approaches we provide a high-resolution map of ORIs in Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest human malaria parasite. We profiled the distribution of origin of recognition complex (ORC) binding sites by ChIP-seq of two PfORC subunits and mapped active ORIs using NFS and SNS-seq. We show that ORIs lack sequence specificity but are not randomly distributed, and group in clusters. Licensing is biased towards regions of higher GC content and associated with G-quadruplex forming sequences (G4FS). While strong transcription likely enhances firing, active origins are depleted from transcription start sites. Instead, most accumulate in transcriptionally active gene bodies. Single molecule analysis of nanopore reads containing multiple initiation events, which could have only come from individual nuclei, showed a relationship between the replication fork pace and the distance to the nearest origin. While some similarities were drawn with the canonic eukaryote model, the distribution of ORIs in P. falciparum is likely shaped by unique genomic features such as extreme AT-richness-a product of evolutionary pressure imposed by the parasitic lifestyle.
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- Institut de Biologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure (IBENS), Ecole Normale Supérieure, CNRS, INSERM, Paris, France
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- LPHI, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- Université Paris Cité, CNRS, Epigenetics and Cell Fate, F-75013 Paris, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS, 34396 Montpellier, France
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- LPHI, CNRS, Université de Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
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Hu Y, Stillman B. Origins of DNA replication in eukaryotes. Mol Cell 2023; 83:352-372. [PMID: 36640769 PMCID: PMC9898300 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 12/21/2022] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Errors occurring during DNA replication can result in inaccurate replication, incomplete replication, or re-replication, resulting in genome instability that can lead to diseases such as cancer or disorders such as autism. A great deal of progress has been made toward understanding the entire process of DNA replication in eukaryotes, including the mechanism of initiation and its control. This review focuses on the current understanding of how the origin recognition complex (ORC) contributes to determining the location of replication initiation in the multiple chromosomes within eukaryotic cells, as well as methods for mapping the location and temporal patterning of DNA replication. Origin specification and configuration vary substantially between eukaryotic species and in some cases co-evolved with gene-silencing mechanisms. We discuss the possibility that centromeres and origins of DNA replication were originally derived from a common element and later separated during evolution.
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- Yixin Hu
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA; Program in Molecular and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.
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Santos-Rosa H, Millán-Zambrano G, Han N, Leonardi T, Klimontova M, Nasiscionyte S, Pandolfini L, Tzelepis K, Bartke T, Kouzarides T. Methylation of histone H3 at lysine 37 by Set1 and Set2 prevents spurious DNA replication. Mol Cell 2021; 81:2793-2807.e8. [PMID: 33979575 PMCID: PMC7612968 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.04.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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DNA replication initiates at genomic locations known as origins of replication, which, in S. cerevisiae, share a common DNA consensus motif. Despite being virtually nucleosome-free, origins of replication are greatly influenced by the surrounding chromatin state. Here, we show that histone H3 lysine 37 mono-methylation (H3K37me1) is catalyzed by Set1p and Set2p and that it regulates replication origin licensing. H3K37me1 is uniformly distributed throughout most of the genome, but it is scarce at replication origins, where it increases according to the timing of their firing. We find that H3K37me1 hinders Mcm2 interaction with chromatin, maintaining low levels of MCM outside of conventional replication origins. Lack of H3K37me1 results in defective DNA replication from canonical origins while promoting replication events at inefficient and non-canonical sites. Collectively, our results indicate that H3K37me1 ensures correct execution of the DNA replication program by protecting the genome from inappropriate origin licensing and spurious DNA replication.
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- Helena Santos-Rosa
- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK.
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- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK; Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa (CABIMER), 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK; Milner Therapeutics Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0AW, UK
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- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK; Center for Genomic Science Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), 20139 Milano, Italy
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- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK
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- Institute of Functional Epigenetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK; Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Center for Human Technologies (CHT), 16152 Genova, Italy
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- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK; Wellcome Sanger Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Cambridge CB10 1SA, UK
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- Institute of Functional Epigenetics, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- The Gurdon Institute and Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, UK.
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Hoggard TA, Chang F, Perry KR, Subramanian S, Kenworthy J, Chueng J, Shor E, Hyland EM, Boeke JD, Weinreich M, Fox CA. Yeast heterochromatin regulators Sir2 and Sir3 act directly at euchromatic DNA replication origins. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007418. [PMID: 29795547 PMCID: PMC5991416 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [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: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 06/06/2018] [Accepted: 05/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Most active DNA replication origins are found within euchromatin, while origins within heterochromatin are often inactive or inhibited. In yeast, origin activity within heterochromatin is negatively controlled by the histone H4K16 deacetylase, Sir2, and at some heterochromatic loci also by the nucleosome binding protein, Sir3. The prevailing view has been that direct functions of Sir2 and Sir3 are confined to heterochromatin. However, growth defects in yeast mutants compromised for loading the MCM helicase, such as cdc6-4, are suppressed by deletion of either SIR2 or SIR3. While these and other observations indicate that SIR2,3 can have a negative impact on at least some euchromatic origins, the genomic scale of this effect was unknown. It was also unknown whether this suppression resulted from direct functions of Sir2,3 within euchromatin, or was an indirect effect of their previously established roles within heterochromatin. Using MCM ChIP-Seq, we show that a SIR2 deletion rescued MCM complex loading at ~80% of euchromatic origins in cdc6-4 cells. Therefore, Sir2 exhibited a pervasive effect at the majority of euchromatic origins. Using MNase-H4K16ac ChIP-Seq, we show that origin-adjacent nucleosomes were depleted for H4K16 acetylation in a SIR2-dependent manner in wild type (i.e. CDC6) cells. In addition, we present evidence that both Sir2 and Sir3 bound to nucleosomes adjacent to euchromatic origins. The relative levels of each of these molecular hallmarks of yeast heterochromatin–SIR2-dependent H4K16 hypoacetylation, Sir2, and Sir3 –correlated with how strongly a SIR2 deletion suppressed the MCM loading defect in cdc6-4 cells. Finally, a screen for histone H3 and H4 mutants that could suppress the cdc6-4 growth defect identified amino acids that map to a surface of the nucleosome important for Sir3 binding. We conclude that heterochromatin proteins directly modify the local chromatin environment of euchromatic DNA replication origins. When a cell divides, it must copy or “replicate” its DNA. DNA replication starts at chromosomal regions called origins when a collection of replication proteins gains local access to unwind the two DNA strands. Chromosomal DNA is packaged into a protein-DNA complex called chromatin and there are two major structurally and functionally distinct types. Euchromatin allows DNA replication proteins to access origin DNA, while heterochromatin inhibits their access. The prevalent view has been that the heterochromatin proteins required to inhibit origins are confined to heterochromatin. In this study, the conserved heterochromatin proteins, Sir2 and Sir3, were shown to both physically and functionally associate with the majority of origins in euchromatin. This observation raises important questions about the chromosomal targets of heterochromatin proteins, and how and why the majority of origins exist within a potentially repressive chromatin structure.
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- Timothy A. Hoggard
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genome Integrity and Tumorigenesis, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States of America
- Integrated Program in Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Public Health and College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genome Integrity and Tumorigenesis, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genome Integrity and Tumorigenesis, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America
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- Integrated Program in Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Public Health and College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States of America
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- Public Health Research Institute, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America
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- School of Biological Sciences, Medical Biology Center, Queen’s University, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Institute for Systems Genetics and NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Laboratory of Genome Integrity and Tumorigenesis, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America
- * E-mail: (MW); (CAF)
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States of America
- Integrated Program in Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Public Health and College of Agricultural Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, United States of America
- * E-mail: (MW); (CAF)
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Concia L, Brooks AM, Wheeler E, Zynda GJ, Wear EE, LeBlanc C, Song J, Lee TJ, Pascuzzi PE, Martienssen RA, Vaughn MW, Thompson WF, Hanley-Bowdoin L. Genome-Wide Analysis of the Arabidopsis Replication Timing Program. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2018; 176:2166-2185. [PMID: 29301956 PMCID: PMC5841712 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.01537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Eukaryotes use a temporally regulated process, known as the replication timing program, to ensure that their genomes are fully and accurately duplicated during S phase. Replication timing programs are predictive of genomic features and activity and are considered to be functional readouts of chromatin organization. Although replication timing programs have been described for yeast and animal systems, much less is known about the temporal regulation of plant DNA replication or its relationship to genome sequence and chromatin structure. We used the thymidine analog, 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine, in combination with flow sorting and Repli-Seq to describe, at high-resolution, the genome-wide replication timing program for Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) Col-0 suspension cells. We identified genomic regions that replicate predominantly during early, mid, and late S phase, and correlated these regions with genomic features and with data for chromatin state, accessibility, and long-distance interaction. Arabidopsis chromosome arms tend to replicate early while pericentromeric regions replicate late. Early and mid-replicating regions are gene-rich and predominantly euchromatic, while late regions are rich in transposable elements and primarily heterochromatic. However, the distribution of chromatin states across the different times is complex, with each replication time corresponding to a mixture of states. Early and mid-replicating sequences interact with each other and not with late sequences, but early regions are more accessible than mid regions. The replication timing program in Arabidopsis reflects a bipartite genomic organization with early/mid-replicating regions and late regions forming separate, noninteracting compartments. The temporal order of DNA replication within the early/mid compartment may be modulated largely by chromatin accessibility.
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- Lorenzo Concia
- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78758
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724
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- Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78758
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- Purdue University Libraries, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724
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- Texas Advanced Computing Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78758
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695
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Brustel J, Kirstein N, Izard F, Grimaud C, Prorok P, Cayrou C, Schotta G, Abdelsamie AF, Déjardin J, Méchali M, Baldacci G, Sardet C, Cadoret JC, Schepers A, Julien E. Histone H4K20 tri-methylation at late-firing origins ensures timely heterochromatin replication. EMBO J 2017; 36:2726-2741. [PMID: 28778956 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201796541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2017] [Revised: 06/19/2017] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Among other targets, the protein lysine methyltransferase PR-Set7 induces histone H4 lysine 20 monomethylation (H4K20me1), which is the substrate for further methylation by the Suv4-20h methyltransferase. Although these enzymes have been implicated in control of replication origins, the specific contribution of H4K20 methylation to DNA replication remains unclear. Here, we show that H4K20 mutation in mammalian cells, unlike in Drosophila, partially impairs S-phase progression and protects from DNA re-replication induced by stabilization of PR-Set7. Using Epstein-Barr virus-derived episomes, we further demonstrate that conversion of H4K20me1 to higher H4K20me2/3 states by Suv4-20h is not sufficient to define an efficient origin per se, but rather serves as an enhancer for MCM2-7 helicase loading and replication activation at defined origins. Consistent with this, we find that Suv4-20h-mediated H4K20 tri-methylation (H4K20me3) is required to sustain the licensing and activity of a subset of ORCA/LRWD1-associated origins, which ensure proper replication timing of late-replicating heterochromatin domains. Altogether, these results reveal Suv4-20h-mediated H4K20 tri-methylation as a critical determinant in the selection of active replication initiation sites in heterochromatin regions of mammalian genomes.
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- Julien Brustel
- Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier (IRCM), INSERM U1194, Institut Régional du Cancer (ICM), Montpellier, France.,University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Research Unit Gene Vectors, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany
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- Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier (IRCM), INSERM U1194, Institut Régional du Cancer (ICM), Montpellier, France.,University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier (IRCM), INSERM U1194, Institut Régional du Cancer (ICM), Montpellier, France.,University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics (IGH), CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics (IGH), CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics (IGH), CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR7592, CNRS and University Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
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- Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier (IRCM), INSERM U1194, Institut Régional du Cancer (ICM), Montpellier, France.,University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR7592, CNRS and University Paris-Diderot, Paris, France
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- Research Unit Gene Vectors, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich, Germany
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- Institut de Recherche en Cancérologie de Montpellier (IRCM), INSERM U1194, Institut Régional du Cancer (ICM), Montpellier, France .,University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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Kylie K, Romero J, Lindamulage IK, Knockleby J, Lee H. Dynamic regulation of histone H3K9 is linked to the switch between replication and transcription at the Dbf4 origin-promoter locus. Cell Cycle 2016; 15:2321-35. [PMID: 27341472 PMCID: PMC5004705 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2016.1201254] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2016] [Revised: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 06/08/2016] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The co-regulation of DNA replication and gene transcription is still poorly understood. To gain a better understanding of this important control mechanism, we examined the DNA replication and transcription using the Dbf4 origin-promoter and Dbf4 pseudogene models. We found that origin firing and Dbf4 transcription activity were inversely regulated in a cell cycle-dependent manner. We also found that proteins critical for the regulation of replication (ORC, MCM), transcription (SP1, TFIIB), and cohesin (Smc1, Smc3) and Mediator functions (Med1, Med12) interact with specific sites within and the surrounding regions of the Dbf4 locus in a cell cycle-dependent manner. As expected, replication initiation occurred within a nucleosome-depleted region, and nucleosomes flanked the 2 replication initiation zones. Further, the histone H3 in this region was distinctly acetylated or trimethylated on lysine 9 in a cell cycle-dependent fluctuation pattern: H3K9ac was most prevalent when the Dbf4 transcription level was highest whereas the H3K9me3 level was greatest during and just after replication. The KDM4A histone demethylase, which is responsible for the H3K9me3 modification, was enriched at the Dbf4 origin in a manner coinciding with H3K9me3. Finally, HP1γ, a protein known to interact with H3K9me3 in the heterochromatin was also found enriched at the origin during DNA replication, indicating that H3K9me3 may be required for the regulation of replication at both heterochromatin and euchromatin regions. Taken together, our data show that mammalian cells employ an extremely sophisticated and multilayered co-regulation mechanism for replication and transcription in a highly coordinated manner.
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- Kathleen Kylie
- Tumour Biology Group, Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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- Tumour Biology Group, Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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- Tumour Biology Group, Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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- Tumour Biology Group, Health Sciences North Research Institute, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Hale CJ, Potok ME, Lopez J, Do T, Liu A, Gallego-Bartolome J, Michaels SD, Jacobsen SE. Identification of Multiple Proteins Coupling Transcriptional Gene Silencing to Genome Stability in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1006092. [PMID: 27253878 PMCID: PMC4890748 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Eukaryotic genomes are regulated by epigenetic marks that act to modulate transcriptional control as well as to regulate DNA replication and repair. In Arabidopsis thaliana, mutation of the ATXR5 and ATXR6 histone methyltransferases causes reduction in histone H3 lysine 27 monomethylation, transcriptional upregulation of transposons, and a genome instability defect in which there is an accumulation of excess DNA corresponding to pericentromeric heterochromatin. We designed a forward genetic screen to identify suppressors of the atxr5/6 phenotype that uncovered loss-of-function mutations in two components of the TREX-2 complex (AtTHP1, AtSAC3B), a SUMO-interacting E3 ubiquitin ligase (AtSTUbL2) and a methyl-binding domain protein (AtMBD9). Additionally, using a reverse genetic approach, we show that a mutation in a plant homolog of the tumor suppressor gene BRCA1 enhances the atxr5/6 phenotype. Through characterization of these mutations, our results suggest models for the production atxr5 atxr6-induced extra DNA involving conflicts between the replicative and transcriptional processes in the cell, and suggest that the atxr5 atxr6 transcriptional defects may be the cause of the genome instability defects in the mutants. These findings highlight the critical intersection of transcriptional silencing and DNA replication in the maintenance of genome stability of heterochromatin. In eukaryotic genomes cellular processes such as transcription and replication need to be tightly controlled in order to promote genomic stability and prevent deleterious mutations. In Arabidopsis thaliana, two redundant histone methyltransferases, ATXR5 and ATXR6, are responsible for the deposition of a silencing epigenetic mark, histone H3 lysine 27 monomethylation. Loss of ATXR5/6 results in transcriptional activation of transposable elements (TEs), upregulation of DNA damage response genes and a genomic instability defect characterized as an excess of DNA corresponding to heterochromatin regions. Using a genetic screen, we sought to find suppressors of the atxr5/6 phenotype, and interestingly, we identified multiple genes implicated in general transcriptional activity. Through genomic characterization of the mutants our data suggest a model where transcriptional silencing of heterochromatin during S-phase is required for proper replication and maintenance of genome stability. These findings emphasize the important relationship between chromatin, transcriptional control and replication in the maintenance of genome stability in a eukaryotic system and identify new players involved in these processes.
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- Christopher J. Hale
- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Center for Precision Diagnostics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Abstract
Recent advancements in fluorescence imaging have shown that the bacterial nucleoid is surprisingly dynamic in terms of both behavior (movement and organization) and structure (density and supercoiling). Links between chromosome structure and replication initiation have been made in a number of species, and it is universally accepted that favorable chromosome structure is required for initiation in all cells. However, almost nothing is known about whether cells use changes in chromosome structure as a regulatory mechanism for initiation. Such changes could occur during natural cell cycle or growth phase transitions, or they could be manufactured through genetic switches of topoisomerase and nucleoid structure genes. In this review, we explore the relationship between chromosome structure and replication initiation and highlight recent work implicating structure as a regulatory mechanism. A three-component origin activation model is proposed in which thermal and topological structural elements are balanced with trans-acting control elements (DnaA) to allow efficient initiation control under a variety of nutritional and environmental conditions. Selective imbalances in these components allow cells to block replication in response to cell cycle impasse, override once-per-cell-cycle programming during growth phase transitions, and promote reinitiation when replication forks fail to complete.
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Lee JP, Liu C, Li T, Zhu G, Li X. Development of stapled helical peptides to perturb the Cdt1-Mcm6 interaction. J Pept Sci 2015; 21:593-8. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.2779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2015] [Revised: 03/07/2015] [Accepted: 03/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Jonghan Peter Lee
- Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong China
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- Division of Life Science; The Hong Kong University of Sciences and Technology; Hong Kong China
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- Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong China
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- Division of Life Science; The Hong Kong University of Sciences and Technology; Hong Kong China
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- Department of Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong China
- State Key Laboratory of Synthetic Chemistry; The University of Hong Kong; Hong Kong China
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Ma Y, Kanakousaki K, Buttitta L. How the cell cycle impacts chromatin architecture and influences cell fate. Front Genet 2015; 6:19. [PMID: 25691891 PMCID: PMC4315090 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2015.00019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Since the earliest observations of cells undergoing mitosis, it has been clear that there is an intimate relationship between the cell cycle and nuclear chromatin architecture. The nuclear envelope and chromatin undergo robust assembly and disassembly during the cell cycle, and transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of histone biogenesis and chromatin modification is controlled in a cell cycle-dependent manner. Chromatin binding proteins and chromatin modifications in turn influence the expression of critical cell cycle regulators, the accessibility of origins for DNA replication, DNA repair, and cell fate. In this review we aim to provide an integrated discussion of how the cell cycle machinery impacts nuclear architecture and vice-versa. We highlight recent advances in understanding cell cycle-dependent histone biogenesis and histone modification deposition, how cell cycle regulators control histone modifier activities, the contribution of chromatin modifications to origin firing for DNA replication, and newly identified roles for nucleoporins in regulating cell cycle gene expression, gene expression memory and differentiation. We close with a discussion of how cell cycle status may impact chromatin to influence cell fate decisions, under normal contexts of differentiation as well as in instances of cell fate reprogramming.
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- Yiqin Ma
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Coll-Bastus N, Mao X, Young BD, Sheer D, Lu YJ. DNA replication-dependent induction of gene proximity by androgen. Hum Mol Genet 2014; 24:963-71. [PMID: 25281662 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddu508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The male hormone androgen, working through the androgen receptor (AR), plays a major role in physiological process and disease development. Previous studies of AR mainly focus on its transcriptional activity. Here, we found that androgen-induced TMPRSS2 and ERG gene proximity is mediated by AR control of DNA replication rather than gene transcription. We demonstrate that, in both AR transactivation-positive and -negative prostate cells, androgen regulates DNA replication and androgen-induced gene proximity relies on both DNA replication-licensing and actual DNA replication activity. Androgen stimulation advances DNA replication timing of certain genomic regions, which may potentially increase gene proximity through sharing the same replication factory at a similar time. Therefore, we have revealed novel mechanisms of AR biological function, which will stimulate new research directions.
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- Centre for Haemato-Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London EC1M 6BQ, UK and
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- Centre for Neuroscience and Trauma, Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK
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Yoshida K, Bacal J, Desmarais D, Padioleau I, Tsaponina O, Chabes A, Pantesco V, Dubois E, Parrinello H, Skrzypczak M, Ginalski K, Lengronne A, Pasero P. The histone deacetylases sir2 and rpd3 act on ribosomal DNA to control the replication program in budding yeast. Mol Cell 2014; 54:691-7. [PMID: 24856221 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2014.04.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2013] [Revised: 03/05/2014] [Accepted: 04/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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In S. cerevisiae, replication timing is controlled by epigenetic mechanisms restricting the accessibility of origins to limiting initiation factors. About 30% of these origins are located within repetitive DNA sequences such as the ribosomal DNA (rDNA) array, but their regulation is poorly understood. Here, we have investigated how histone deacetylases (HDACs) control the replication program in budding yeast. This analysis revealed that two HDACs, Rpd3 and Sir2, control replication timing in an opposite manner. Whereas Rpd3 delays initiation at late origins, Sir2 is required for the timely activation of early origins. Moreover, Sir2 represses initiation at rDNA origins, whereas Rpd3 counteracts this effect. Remarkably, deletion of SIR2 restored normal replication in rpd3Δ cells by reactivating rDNA origins. Together, these data indicate that HDACs control the replication timing program in budding yeast by modulating the ability of repeated origins to compete with single-copy origins for limiting initiation factors.
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- Kazumasa Yoshida
- Institute of Human Genetics, UPR 1142, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier, France; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, 14 rue Corvisart, 75013 Paris, France; Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UPR 1142, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier, France; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, 14 rue Corvisart, 75013 Paris, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UPR 1142, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier, France; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, 14 rue Corvisart, 75013 Paris, France
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UPR 1142, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier, France; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, 14 rue Corvisart, 75013 Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå Sweden
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- Inserm U847, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Institut de Recherche en Biothérapie, Hôpital Saint Eloi, Université Montpellier 1, Montpellier F-34000, France
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- MGX-Montpellier GenomiX, c/o Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, 141 rue de la Cardonille, F-34094 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- MGX-Montpellier GenomiX, c/o Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, 141 rue de la Cardonille, F-34094 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Zwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UPR 1142, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier, France; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, 14 rue Corvisart, 75013 Paris, France.
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- Institute of Human Genetics, UPR 1142, CNRS, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier, France; Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, 14 rue Corvisart, 75013 Paris, France.
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Richardson CD, Li JJ. Regulatory mechanisms that prevent re-initiation of DNA replication can be locally modulated at origins by nearby sequence elements. PLoS Genet 2014; 10:e1004358. [PMID: 24945837 PMCID: PMC4063666 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic cells must inhibit re-initiation of DNA replication at each of the thousands of origins in their genome because re-initiation can generate genomic alterations with extraordinary frequency. To minimize the probability of re-initiation from so many origins, cells use a battery of regulatory mechanisms that reduce the activity of replication initiation proteins. Given the global nature of these mechanisms, it has been presumed that all origins are inhibited identically. However, origins re-initiate with diverse efficiencies when these mechanisms are disabled, and this diversity cannot be explained by differences in the efficiency or timing of origin initiation during normal S phase replication. This observation raises the possibility of an additional layer of replication control that can differentially regulate re-initiation at distinct origins. We have identified novel genetic elements that are necessary for preferential re-initiation of two origins and sufficient to confer preferential re-initiation on heterologous origins when the control of re-initiation is partially deregulated. The elements do not enhance the S phase timing or efficiency of adjacent origins and thus are specifically acting as re-initiation promoters (RIPs). We have mapped the two RIPs to ∼60 bp AT rich sequences that act in a distance- and sequence-dependent manner. During the induction of re-replication, Mcm2-7 reassociates both with origins that preferentially re-initiate and origins that do not, suggesting that the RIP elements can overcome a block to re-initiation imposed after Mcm2-7 associates with origins. Our findings identify a local level of control in the block to re-initiation. This local control creates a complex genomic landscape of re-replication potential that is revealed when global mechanisms preventing re-replication are compromised. Hence, if re-replication does contribute to genomic alterations, as has been speculated for cancer cells, some regions of the genome may be more susceptible to these alterations than others. Eukaryotic organisms have hundreds to thousands of DNA replication origins distributed throughout their genomes. Faithful duplication of these genomes requires a multitude of global controls that ensure that every replication origin initiates at most once per cell cycle. Disruptions in these controls can result in re-initiation of origins and localized re-replication of the surrounding genome. Such re-replicated genomic segments are converted to stable chromosomal alterations with extraordinarily efficiency and could provide a potential source of genomic alterations associated with cancer cells. This publication establishes the existence of a local layer of replication control by identifying new genetic elements, termed re-initiation promoters (RIPs) that can locally override some of the global mechanisms preventing re-initiation. Origins adjacent to RIP elements are not as tightly controlled and thus more susceptible to re-initiation, especially when these global controls are compromised. We speculate that RIP elements contribute to genomic variability in origin control and make some regions of the genome more susceptible to re-replication induced genomic instability.
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- Christopher D. Richardson
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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Smith OK, Aladjem MI. Chromatin structure and replication origins: determinants of chromosome replication and nuclear organization. J Mol Biol 2014; 426:3330-41. [PMID: 24905010 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2014.05.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2014] [Revised: 05/22/2014] [Accepted: 05/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The DNA replication program is, in part, determined by the epigenetic landscape that governs local chromosome architecture and directs chromosome duplication. Replication must coordinate with other biochemical processes occurring concomitantly on chromatin, such as transcription and remodeling, to insure accurate duplication of both genetic and epigenetic features and to preserve genomic stability. The importance of genome architecture and chromatin looping in coordinating cellular processes on chromatin is illustrated by two recent sets of discoveries. First, chromatin-associated proteins that are not part of the core replication machinery were shown to affect the timing of DNA replication. These chromatin-associated proteins could be working in concert, or perhaps in competition, with the transcriptional machinery and with chromatin modifiers to determine the spatial and temporal organization of replication initiation events. Second, epigenetic interactions are mediated by DNA sequences that determine chromosomal replication. In this review, we summarize recent findings and current models linking spatial and temporal regulation of the replication program with epigenetic signaling. We discuss these issues in the context of the genome's three-dimensional structure with an emphasis on events occurring during the initiation of DNA replication.
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- Owen K Smith
- DNA Replication Group, Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- DNA Replication Group, Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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A spontaneous Cdt1 mutation in 129 mouse strains reveals a regulatory domain restraining replication licensing. Nat Commun 2013; 4:2065. [PMID: 23817338 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Cdt1 is required for loading the replicative DNA helicase MCM2/7, a process known as DNA replication licensing. Here we show that 129 mouse strains express a Cdt1 mutated allele with enhanced licensing activity. The mutation, named Δ(6)PEST, involves a six-amino acid deletion within a previously uncharacterized PEST-like domain. Cdt1 Δ(6)PEST and more extensive deletions exhibit increased re-replication and transformation activities that are independent of the Geminin and E3 ligase pathways. This PEST domain negatively regulates cell cycle-dependent chromatin recruitment of Cdt1 in G2/M phases of the cell cycle. Mass spectrometry analysis indicates that Cdt1 is phosphorylated at sites within the deleted PEST domain during mitosis. This study reveals a conserved new regulatory Cdt1 domain crucial for proper DNA licensing activity and suggests a mechanism by which the presence of Cdt1 in G2/M phases does not lead to premature origin licensing. These results also question the usage of 129 mouse strains for knockout analyses.
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Juan D, Rico D, Marques-Bonet T, Fernández-Capetillo O, Valencia A. Late-replicating CNVs as a source of new genes. Biol Open 2013; 2:1402-11. [PMID: 24285712 PMCID: PMC3863426 DOI: 10.1242/bio.20136924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Asynchronous replication of the genome has been associated with different rates of point mutation and copy number variation (CNV) in human populations. Here, our aim was to investigate whether the bias in the generation of CNV that is associated with DNA replication timing might have conditioned the birth of new protein-coding genes during evolution. We show that genes that were duplicated during primate evolution are more commonly found among the human genes located in late-replicating CNV regions. We traced the relationship between replication timing and the evolutionary age of duplicated genes. Strikingly, we found that there is a significant enrichment of evolutionary younger duplicates in late-replicating regions of the human and mouse genome. Indeed, the presence of duplicates in late-replicating regions gradually decreases as the evolutionary time since duplication extends. Our results suggest that the accumulation of recent duplications in late-replicating CNV regions is an active process influencing genome evolution.
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- David Juan
- Structural Biology and BioComputing Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, 28029 Madrid, Spain
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The onset of genomic DNA synthesis requires precise interactions of specialized initiator proteins with DNA at sites where the replication machinery can be loaded. These sites, defined as replication origins, are found at a few unique locations in all of the prokaryotic chromosomes examined so far. However, replication origins are dispersed among tens of thousands of loci in metazoan chromosomes, thereby raising questions regarding the role of specific nucleotide sequences and chromatin environment in origin selection and the mechanisms used by initiators to recognize replication origins. Close examination of bacterial and archaeal replication origins reveals an array of DNA sequence motifs that position individual initiator protein molecules and promote initiator oligomerization on origin DNA. Conversely, the need for specific recognition sequences in eukaryotic replication origins is relaxed. In fact, the primary rule for origin selection appears to be flexibility, a feature that is modulated either by structural elements or by epigenetic mechanisms at least partly linked to the organization of the genome for gene expression.
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- Alan C Leonard
- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida 32901
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Bell SP, Kaguni JM. Helicase loading at chromosomal origins of replication. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2013; 5:cshperspect.a010124. [PMID: 23613349 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a010124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Loading of the replicative DNA helicase at origins of replication is of central importance in DNA replication. As the first of the replication fork proteins assemble at chromosomal origins of replication, the loaded helicase is required for the recruitment of the rest of the replication machinery. In this work, we review the current knowledge of helicase loading at Escherichia coli and eukaryotic origins of replication. In each case, this process requires both an origin recognition protein as well as one or more additional proteins. Comparison of these events shows intriguing similarities that suggest a similar underlying mechanism, as well as critical differences that likely reflect the distinct processes that regulate helicase loading in bacterial and eukaryotic cells.
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- Stephen P Bell
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Méchali M, Yoshida K, Coulombe P, Pasero P. Genetic and epigenetic determinants of DNA replication origins, position and activation. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2013; 23:124-31. [PMID: 23541525 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2013.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2012] [Revised: 02/15/2013] [Accepted: 02/19/2013] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In the genome of eukaryotic cells, DNA synthesis is initiated at multiple sites called origins of DNA replication. Origins must fire only once per cell cycle and how this is achieved is now well understood. However, little is known about the mechanisms that determine when and where replication initiates in a given cell. A large body of evidence indicates that origins are not equal in terms of efficiency and timing of activation. Origin usage also changes concomitantly with the different cell differentiation programs. As DNA replication occurs in the context of chromatin, initiation could be influenced by multiple parameters, such as nucleosome positioning, histone modifications, and three-dimensional (3D) organization of the nucleus. This view is supported by recent genome-wide studies showing that DNA replication profiles are shaped by genetic and epigenetic processes that act both at the local and global levels to regulate origin function in eukaryotic cells.
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- Marcel Méchali
- Institute of Human Genetics, 141 rue de la Cardonille, 34396 Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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The initiation of DNA replication represents a committing step to cell proliferation. Appropriate replication onset depends on multiprotein complexes that help properly distinguish origin regions, generate nascent replication bubbles, and promote replisome formation. This review describes initiation systems employed by bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes, with a focus on comparing and contrasting molecular mechanisms among organisms. Although commonalities can be found in the functional domains and strategies used to carry out and regulate initiation, many key participants have markedly different activities and appear to have evolved convergently. Despite significant advances in the field, major questions still persist in understanding how initiation programs are executed at the molecular level.
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- Alessandro Costa
- Clare Hall Laboratories, London Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, Hertfordshire, EN6 3LD United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720
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Zabka A, Polit JT, Maszewski J. DNA replication stress induces deregulation of the cell cycle events in root meristems of Allium cepa. ANNALS OF BOTANY 2012; 110:1581-91. [PMID: 23087128 PMCID: PMC3503497 DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Prolonged treatment of Allium cepa root meristems with changing concentrations of hydroxyurea (HU) results in either premature chromosome condensation or cell nuclei with an uncommon form of biphasic chromatin organization. The aim of the current study was to assess conditions that compromise cell cycle checkpoints and convert DNA replication stress into an abnormal course of mitosis. METHODS Interphase-mitotic (IM) cells showing gradual changes of chromatin condensation were obtained following continuous 72 h treatment of seedlings with 0·75 mm HU (without renewal of the medium). HU-treated root meristems were analysed using histochemical stainings (DNA-DAPI/Feulgen; starch-iodide and DAB staining for H(2)O(2) production), Western blotting [cyclin B-like (CBL) proteins] and immunochemistry (BrdU incorporation, detection of γ-H2AX and H3S10 phosphorylation). KEY RESULTS Continuous treatment of onion seedlings with a low concentration of HU results in shorter root meristems, enhanced production of H(2)O(2), γ-phosphorylation of H2AX histones and accumulation of CBL proteins. HU-induced replication stress gives rise to axially elongated cells with half interphase/half mitotic structures (IM-cells) having both decondensed and condensed domains of chromatin. Long-term HU treatment results in cell nuclei resuming S phase with gradients of BrdU labelling. This suggests a polarized distribution of factors needed to re-initiate stalled replication forks. Furthermore, prolonged HU treatment extends both the relative time span and the spatial scale of H3S10 phosphorylation known in plants. CONCLUSIONS The minimum cell length and a threshold level of accumulated CBL proteins are both determining factors by which the nucleus attains commitment to induce an asynchronous course of chromosome condensation. Replication stress-induced alterations in an orderly route of the cell cycle events probably reflect a considerable reprogramming of metabolic functions of chromatin combined with gradients of morphological changes spread along the nucleus.
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- Aneta Zabka
- Department of Cytophysiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź, Poland.
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Drosopoulos WC, Kosiyatrakul ST, Yan Z, Calderano SG, Schildkraut CL. Human telomeres replicate using chromosome-specific, rather than universal, replication programs. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 197:253-66. [PMID: 22508510 PMCID: PMC3328383 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201112083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Human telomere replication initiates either from within telomere repeats or from within the subtelomere using a chromosome-specific replication program that appears conserved between different cell types. Telomeric and adjacent subtelomeric heterochromatin pose significant challenges to the DNA replication machinery. Little is known about how replication progresses through these regions in human cells. Using single molecule analysis of replicated DNA (SMARD), we delineate the replication programs—i.e., origin distribution, termination site location, and fork rate and direction—of specific telomeres/subtelomeres of individual human chromosomes in two embryonic stem (ES) cell lines and two primary somatic cell types. We observe that replication can initiate within human telomere repeats but was most frequently accomplished by replisomes originating in the subtelomere. No major delay or pausing in fork progression was detected that might lead to telomere/subtelomere fragility. In addition, telomeres from different chromosomes from the same cell type displayed chromosome-specific replication programs rather than a universal program. Importantly, although there was some variation in the replication program of the same telomere in different cell types, the basic features of the program of a specific chromosome end appear to be conserved.
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- William C Drosopoulos
- Department of Cell Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, 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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Giri S, Prasanth SG. Replicating and transcribing on twisted roads of chromatin. Brief Funct Genomics 2012; 11:188-204. [PMID: 22267489 DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elr047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Chromatin, a complex of DNA and proteins in the eukaryotic cell nucleus governs various cellular processes including DNA replication, DNA repair and transcription. Chromatin architecture and dynamics dictates the timing of cellular events by regulating proteins' accessibility to DNA as well as by acting as a scaffold for protein-protein interactions. Nucleosome, the basic unit of chromatin consists of a histone octamer comprised of (H3-H4)2 tetramer and two H2A-H2B dimers on which 146 bp of DNA is wrapped around ~1.6 times. Chromatin changes brought about by histone modifications, histone-modifying enzymes, chromatin remodeling factors, histone chaperones, histone variants and chromatin dynamics influence the regulation and timing of gene expression. Similarly, the timing of DNA replication is dependent on the chromatin context that in turn dictates origin selection. Further, during the process of DNA replication, not only does an organism's DNA have to be accurately replicated but also the chromatin structure and the epigenetic marks have to be faithfully transmitted to the daughter cells. Active transcription has been shown to repress replication while at the same time it has been shown that when origins are located at promoters, because of enhanced chromatin accessibility, they fire efficiently. In this review, we focus on how chromatin modulates two fundamental processes, DNA replication and transcription.
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- Sumanprava Giri
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 601S Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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