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Shaban K, Dolson A, Fisher A, Lessard E, Sauty SM, Yankulov K. TOF1 and RRM3 reveal a link between gene silencing and the pausing of replication forks. Curr Genet 2023; 69:235-249. [PMID: 37347284 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-023-01273-3] [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: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 06/01/2023] [Accepted: 06/14/2023] [Indexed: 06/23/2023]
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Eukaryotic DNA replication is accompanied by the disassembly and reassembly of nucleosomes and the transmission of epigenetic marks to the newly assembled chromatids. Several histone chaperones, including CAF-1 and Asf1p, are central to these processes. On the other hand, replication forks pause at numerous positions throughout the genome, but it is not known if and how this pausing affects the reassembly and maintenance of chromatin structures. Here, we applied drug-free gene silencing assays to analyze the genetic interactions between CAC1, ASF1, and two genes that regulate the stability of the paused replisome (TOF1) and the resumption of elongation (RRM3). Our results show that TOF1 and RRM3 differentially interact with CAF-1 and ASF1 and that the deletions of TOF1 and RRM3 lead to reduced silencing and increased frequency of epigenetic conversions at three loci in the genome of S. cerevisiae. Our study adds details to the known activities of CAF-1 and Asf1p and suggests that the pausing of the replication fork can lead to epigenetic instability.
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- Kholoud Shaban
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G2W1, Canada.
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Sauty SM, Yankulov K. Analyses of POL30 (PCNA) reveal positional effects in transient repression or bi-modal active/silent state at the sub-telomeres of S. cerevisiae. Epigenetics Chromatin 2023; 16:40. [PMID: 37858268 PMCID: PMC10585736 DOI: 10.1186/s13072-023-00513-7] [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: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Classical studies on position effect variegation in Drosophila have demonstrated the existence of bi-modal Active/Silent state of the genes juxtaposed to heterochromatin. Later studies with irreversible methods for the detection of gene repression have revealed a similar phenomenon at the telomeres of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and other species. In this study, we used dual reporter constructs and a combination of reversible and non-reversible methods to present evidence for the different roles of PCNA and histone chaperones in the stability and the propagation of repressed states at the sub-telomeres of S. cerevisiae. RESULTS We show position dependent transient repression or bi-modal expression of reporter genes at the VIIL sub-telomere. We also show that mutations in the replicative clamp POL30 (PCNA) or the deletion of the histone chaperone CAF1 or the RRM3 helicase lead to transient de-repression, while the deletion of the histone chaperone ASF1 causes a shift from transient de-repression to a bi-modal state of repression. We analyze the physical interaction of CAF1 and RRM3 with PCNA and discuss the implications of these findings for our understanding of the stability and transmission of the epigenetic state of the genes. CONCLUSIONS There are distinct modes of gene silencing, bi-modal and transient, at the sub-telomeres of S. cerevisiae. We characterise the roles of CAF1, RRM3 and ASF1 in these modes of gene repression. We suggest that the interpretations of past and future studies should consider the existence of the dissimilar states of gene silencing.
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- Safia Mahabub Sauty
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G2W1, Canada.
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Gillespie PJ, Blow JJ. DDK: The Outsourced Kinase of Chromosome Maintenance. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11060877. [PMID: 35741398 PMCID: PMC9220011 DOI: 10.3390/biology11060877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Revised: 05/31/2022] [Accepted: 06/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The maintenance of genomic stability during the mitotic cell-cycle not only demands that the DNA is duplicated and repaired with high fidelity, but that following DNA replication the chromatin composition is perpetuated and that the duplicated chromatids remain tethered until their anaphase segregation. The coordination of these processes during S phase is achieved by both cyclin-dependent kinase, CDK, and Dbf4-dependent kinase, DDK. CDK orchestrates the activation of DDK at the G1-to-S transition, acting as the ‘global’ regulator of S phase and cell-cycle progression, whilst ‘local’ control of the initiation of DNA replication and repair and their coordination with the re-formation of local chromatin environments and the establishment of chromatid cohesion are delegated to DDK. Here, we discuss the regulation and the multiple roles of DDK in ensuring chromosome maintenance. Regulation of replication initiation by DDK has long been known to involve phosphorylation of MCM2-7 subunits, but more recent results have indicated that Treslin:MTBP might also be important substrates. Molecular mechanisms by which DDK regulates replisome stability and replicated chromatid cohesion are less well understood, though important new insights have been reported recently. We discuss how the ‘outsourcing’ of activities required for chromosome maintenance to DDK allows CDK to maintain outright control of S phase progression and the cell-cycle phase transitions whilst permitting ongoing chromatin replication and cohesion establishment to be completed and achieved faithfully.
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Dolson A, Sauty SM, Shaban K, Yankulov K. Dbf4-Dependent Kinase: DDK-ated to post-initiation events in DNA replication. Cell Cycle 2021; 20:2348-2360. [PMID: 34662256 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2021.1986999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Dbf4-Dependent Kinase (DDK) has a well-established essential role at origins of DNA replication, where it phosphorylates and activates the replicative MCM helicase. It also acts in the response to mutagens and in DNA repair as well as in key steps during meiosis. Recent studies have indicated that, in addition to the MCM helicase, DDK phosphorylates several substrates during the elongation stage of DNA replication or upon replication stress. However, these activities of DDK are not essential for viability. Dbf4-Dependent Kinase is also emerging as a key factor in the regulation of genome-wide origin firing and in replication-coupled chromatin assembly. In this review, we summarize recent progress in our understanding of the diverse roles of DDK.
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- Andrew Dolson
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Chacin E, Bansal P, Reusswig KU, Diaz-Santin LM, Ortega P, Vizjak P, Gómez-González B, Müller-Planitz F, Aguilera A, Pfander B, Cheung ACM, Kurat CF. A CDK-regulated chromatin segregase promoting chromosome replication. Nat Commun 2021; 12:5224. [PMID: 34471130 PMCID: PMC8410769 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-25424-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The replication of chromosomes during S phase is critical for cellular and organismal function. Replicative stress can result in genome instability, which is a major driver of cancer. Yet how chromatin is made accessible during eukaryotic DNA synthesis is poorly understood. Here, we report the characterization of a chromatin remodeling enzyme-Yta7-entirely distinct from classical SNF2-ATPase family remodelers. Yta7 is a AAA+ -ATPase that assembles into ~1 MDa hexameric complexes capable of segregating histones from DNA. The Yta7 chromatin segregase promotes chromosome replication both in vivo and in vitro. Biochemical reconstitution experiments using purified proteins revealed that the enzymatic activity of Yta7 is regulated by S phase-forms of Cyclin-Dependent Kinase (S-CDK). S-CDK phosphorylation stimulates ATP hydrolysis by Yta7, promoting nucleosome disassembly and chromatin replication. Our results present a mechanism for how cells orchestrate chromatin dynamics in co-ordination with the cell cycle machinery to promote genome duplication during S phase.
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- Erika Chacin
- Molecular Biology Division, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Molecular Biology Division, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, DNA Replication and Genome Integrity, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK.,Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, London, UK
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- Andalusian Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine Centre-CABIMER, University of Seville-CSIC, Seville, Spain
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- Molecular Biology Division, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Andalusian Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine Centre-CABIMER, University of Seville-CSIC, Seville, Spain
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- Molecular Biology Division, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.,Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Andalusian Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine Centre-CABIMER, University of Seville-CSIC, Seville, Spain
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- Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, DNA Replication and Genome Integrity, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, University College London, London, UK.,Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Biological Sciences, Birkbeck College, London, UK.,School of Biochemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Molecular Biology Division, Biomedical Center Munich, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
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Young TJ, Cui Y, Pfeffer C, Hobbs E, Liu W, Irudayaraj J, Kirchmaier AL. CAF-1 and Rtt101p function within the replication-coupled chromatin assembly network to promote H4 K16ac, preventing ectopic silencing. PLoS Genet 2020; 16:e1009226. [PMID: 33284793 PMCID: PMC7746308 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1009226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Replication-coupled chromatin assembly is achieved by a network of alternate pathways containing different chromatin assembly factors and histone-modifying enzymes that coordinate deposition of nucleosomes at the replication fork. Here we describe the organization of a CAF-1-dependent pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae that regulates acetylation of histone H4 K16. We demonstrate factors that function in this CAF-1-dependent pathway are important for preventing establishment of silenced states at inappropriate genomic sites using a crippled HMR locus as a model, while factors specific to other assembly pathways do not. This CAF-1-dependent pathway required the cullin Rtt101p, but was functionally distinct from an alternate pathway involving Rtt101p-dependent ubiquitination of histone H3 and the chromatin assembly factor Rtt106p. A major implication from this work is that cells have the inherent ability to create different chromatin modification patterns during DNA replication via differential processing and deposition of histones by distinct chromatin assembly pathways within the network.
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- Tiffany J. Young
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Department of Bioengineering, Cancer Center at Illinois, Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Department of Bioengineering, Cancer Center at Illinois, Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
- Bindley Bioscience Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America
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Rowlands H, Shaban K, Cheng A, Foster B, Yankulov K. Dysfunctional CAF-I reveals its role in cell cycle progression and differential regulation of gene silencing. Cell Cycle 2019; 18:3223-3236. [PMID: 31564230 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2019.1673100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Chromatin Assembly Factor I (CAF-I) plays a central role in the reassembly of H3/H4 histones during DNA replication. In S. cerevisiae CAF-I is not essential and its loss is associated with reduced gene silencing at telomeres and increased sensitivity to DNA damage. Two kinases, Cyclin Dependent Kinase (CDK) and Dbf4-Dependent Kinase (DDK), are known to phosphorylate the Cac1p subunit of CAF-I, but their role in the regulation of CAF-I activity is not well understood. In this study we systematically mutated the phosphorylation target sites of these kinases. We show that concomitant mutations of the CDK and DDK target sites of Cac1p lead to growth retardation and significant cell cycle defects, altered cell morphology and increased sensitivity to DNA damage. Surprisingly, some mutations also produced flocculation, a phenotype that is lost in most laboratory strains, and displayed elevated expression of FLO genes. None of these effects is observed upon the destruction of CAF-I. In contrast, the mutations that caused flocculation did not affect gene silencing at the mating type and subtelomeric loci. We conclude that dysfunctional CAF-I produces severe phenotypes, which reveal a possible role of CAF-I in the coordination of DNA replication, chromatin reassembly and cell cycle progression. Our study highlights the role of phosphorylation of Cac1p by CDK and a putative role for DDK in the transmission and re-assembly of chromatin during DNA replication.
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- Hollie Rowlands
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph , Guelph , Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph , Guelph , Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph , Guelph , Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph , Guelph , Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph , Guelph , Canada
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Rowlands H, Shaban K, Foster B, Proteau Y, Yankulov K. Histone chaperones and the Rrm3p helicase regulate flocculation in S. cerevisiae. Epigenetics Chromatin 2019; 12:56. [PMID: 31547833 PMCID: PMC6757361 DOI: 10.1186/s13072-019-0303-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Biofilm formation or flocculation is a major phenotype in wild type budding yeasts but rarely seen in laboratory yeast strains. Here, we analysed flocculation phenotypes and the expression of FLO genes in laboratory strains with various genetic backgrounds. Results We show that mutations in histone chaperones, the helicase RRM3 and the Histone Deacetylase HDA1 de-repress the FLO genes and partially reconstitute flocculation. We demonstrate that the loss of repression correlates to elevated expression of several FLO genes, to increased acetylation of histones at the promoter of FLO1 and to variegated expression of FLO11. We show that these effects are related to the activity of CAF-1 at the replication forks. We also demonstrate that nitrogen starvation or inhibition of histone deacetylases do not produce flocculation in W303 and BY4742 strains but do so in strains compromised for chromatin maintenance. Finally, we correlate the de-repression of FLO genes to the loss of silencing at the subtelomeric and mating type gene loci. Conclusions We conclude that the deregulation of chromatin maintenance and transmission is sufficient to reconstitute flocculation in laboratory yeast strains. Consequently, we propose that a gain in epigenetic silencing is a major contributing factor for the loss of flocculation phenotypes in these strains. We suggest that flocculation in yeasts provides an excellent model for addressing the challenging issue of how epigenetic mechanisms contribute to evolution.
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- Hollie Rowlands
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.
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Modulation of Gene Silencing by Cdc7p via H4 K16 Acetylation and Phosphorylation of Chromatin Assembly Factor CAF-1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics 2019; 211:1219-1237. [PMID: 30728156 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.118.301858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2018] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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CAF-1 is an evolutionarily conserved H3/H4 histone chaperone that plays a key role in replication-coupled chromatin assembly and is targeted to the replication fork via interactions with PCNA, which, if disrupted, leads to epigenetic defects. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, when the silent mating-type locus HMR contains point mutations within the E silencer, Sir protein association and silencing is lost. However, mutation of CDC7, encoding an S-phase-specific kinase, or subunits of the H4 K16-specific acetyltransferase complex SAS-I, restore silencing to this crippled HMR, HMR a e** Here, we observed that loss of Cac1p, the largest subunit of CAF-1, also restores silencing at HMR a e**, and silencing in both cac1Δ and cdc7 mutants is suppressed by overexpression of SAS2 We demonstrate Cdc7p and Cac1p interact in vivo in S phase, but not in G1, consistent with observed cell cycle-dependent phosphorylation of Cac1p, and hypoacetylation of chromatin at H4 K16 in both cdc7 and cac1Δ mutants. Moreover, silencing at HMR a e** is restored in cells expressing cac1p mutants lacking Cdc7p phosphorylation sites. We also discovered that cac1Δ and cdc7-90 synthetically interact negatively in the presence of DNA damage, but that Cdc7p phosphorylation sites on Cac1p are not required for responses to DNA damage. Combined, our results support a model in which Cdc7p regulates replication-coupled histone modification via a CAC1-dependent mechanism involving H4 K16ac deposition, and thereby silencing, while CAF-1-dependent replication- and repair-coupled chromatin assembly per se are functional in the absence of phosphorylation of Cdc7p consensus sites on CAF-1.
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Sauer PV, Gu Y, Liu WH, Mattiroli F, Panne D, Luger K, Churchill MEA. Mechanistic insights into histone deposition and nucleosome assembly by the chromatin assembly factor-1. Nucleic Acids Res 2018; 46:9907-9917. [PMID: 30239791 PMCID: PMC6212844 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky823] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 09/15/2018] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Eukaryotic chromatin is a highly dynamic structure with essential roles in virtually all DNA-dependent cellular processes. Nucleosomes are a barrier to DNA access, and during DNA replication, they are disassembled ahead of the replication machinery (the replisome) and reassembled following its passage. The Histone chaperone Chromatin Assembly Factor-1 (CAF-1) interacts with the replisome and deposits H3-H4 directly onto newly synthesized DNA. Therefore, CAF-1 is important for the establishment and propagation of chromatin structure. The molecular mechanism by which CAF-1 mediates H3-H4 deposition has remained unclear. However, recent studies have revealed new insights into the architecture and stoichiometry of the trimeric CAF-1 complex and how it interacts with and deposits H3-H4 onto substrate DNA. The CAF-1 trimer binds to a single H3-H4 dimer, which induces a conformational rearrangement in CAF-1 promoting its interaction with substrate DNA. Two CAF-1•H3-H4 complexes co-associate on nucleosome-free DNA depositing (H3-H4)2 tetramers in the first step of nucleosome assembly. Here, we review the progress made in our understanding of CAF-1 structure, mechanism of action, and how CAF-1 contributes to chromatin dynamics during DNA replication.
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- Paul V Sauer
- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 38042 Grenoble, France
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
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- European Molecular Biology Laboratory, 38042 Grenoble, France,Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Leicester, Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6789, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Program in Structural Biology and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA,To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 303 724 3670;
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Podolsky MJ, Gupta D, Ha A, Ta R, Khalifeh-Soltani A, McKleroy W, Datta R, Sheppard D, Atabai K. Cell division cycle 7 kinase is a negative regulator of cell-mediated collagen degradation. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2018; 315:L360-L370. [PMID: 29792348 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00144.2018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
Although extensive work has delineated many of the mechanisms of extracellular matrix (ECM) production, far less is known about pathways that regulate ECM degradation. This is particularly true of cellular internalization and degradation of matrix, which play an underappreciated role in ECM metabolism and lung fibrosis. For example, genetic perturbation of this pathway leads to exacerbated fibrosis in experimental animal models. In this work, we present the results of an unbiased screen of Drosophila phagocytes that yielded multiple genes that, when silenced, led to increased collagen uptake. We further describe the function of cell division cycle 7 kinase (CDC7) as a specific suppressor of collagen uptake. We show that the genetic or pharmacological inhibition of CDC7 results in increased expression of the collagen endocytic receptor Endo180. Chromobox 5 (CBX5) is a putative target of CDC7, and genetic silencing of CBX5 also results in increased Endo180 and collagen uptake. Finally, CRISPR-mediated activation of Endo180 expression results in increased collagen uptake, suggesting that CDC7 regulates collagen internalization through increased Endo180 expression. Targeting the regulatory elements of the collagen degradative machinery may be a useful therapeutic approach in diseases of fibrosis or malignancy.
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- Michael J Podolsky
- Department of Medicine, Lung Biology Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Medicine, Lung Biology Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Medicine, Lung Biology Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Medicine, Lung Biology Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Medicine, Lung Biology Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Medicine, Lung Biology Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Medicine, Lung Biology Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Medicine, Lung Biology Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Medicine, Lung Biology Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California
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Rowlands H, Dhavarasa P, Cheng A, Yankulov K. Forks on the Run: Can the Stalling of DNA Replication Promote Epigenetic Changes? Front Genet 2017; 8:86. [PMID: 28690636 PMCID: PMC5479891 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Accepted: 06/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Built of DNA polymerases and multiple associated factors, the replication fork steadily progresses along the DNA template and faithfully replicates DNA. This model can be found in practically every textbook of genetics, with the more complex situation of chromatinized DNA in eukaryotes often viewed as a variation. However, the replication-coupled disassembly/reassembly of chromatin adds significant complexity to the whole replication process. During the course of eukaryotic DNA replication the forks encounter various conditions and numerous impediments. These include nucleosomes with a variety of post-translational modifications, euchromatin and heterochromatin, differentially methylated DNA, tightly bound proteins, active gene promoters and DNA loops. At such positions the forks slow down or even stall. Dedicated factors stabilize the fork and prevent its rotation or collapse, while other factors resolve the replication block and facilitate the resumption of elongation. The fate of histones during replication stalling and resumption is not well understood. In this review we briefly describe recent advances in our understanding of histone turnover during DNA replication and focus on the possible mechanisms of nucleosome disassembly/reassembly at paused replication forks. We propose that replication pausing provides opportunities for an epigenetic change of the associated locus.
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- Hollie Rowlands
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, GuelphON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, GuelphON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, GuelphON, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, GuelphON, Canada
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Wyse B, Oshidari R, Rowlands H, Abbasi S, Yankulov K. RRM3 regulates epigenetic conversions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae in conjunction with Chromatin Assembly Factor I. Nucleus 2017; 7:405-14. [PMID: 27645054 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2016.1212796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Chromatin structures are transmitted to daughter cells through a complex system of nucleosome disassembly and re-assembly at the advancing replication forks. However, the role of replication pausing in the transmission and perturbation of chromatin structures has not been addressed. RRM3 encodes a DNA helicase, which facilitates replication at sites covered with non-histone protein complexes (tRNA genes, active gene promoters, telomeres) in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In this report we show that the deletion of RRM3 reduces the frequency of epigenetic conversions in the subtelomeric regions of the chromosomes. This phenotype is strongly dependent on 2 histone chaperones, CAF-I and ASF1, which are involved in the reassembly of nucleosomes behind replication forks, but not on the histone chaperone HIR1. We also show that the deletion of RRM3 increases the spontaneous mutation rates in conjunction with CAF-I and ASF1, but not HIR1. Finally, we demonstrate that Rrm3p and CAF-I compete for the binding to the DNA replication clamp PCNA (Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen). We propose that the stalling of DNA replication predisposes to epigenetic conversions and that RRM3 and CAF-I play key roles in this process.
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- Brandon Wyse
- a Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology , University of Guelph , Ontario , Canada
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- a Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology , University of Guelph , Ontario , Canada
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- a Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology , University of Guelph , Ontario , Canada
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- a Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology , University of Guelph , Ontario , Canada
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- a Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology , University of Guelph , Ontario , Canada
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Mattiroli F, Gu Y, Yadav T, Balsbaugh JL, Harris MR, Findlay ES, Liu Y, Radebaugh CA, Stargell LA, Ahn NG, Whitehouse I, Luger K. DNA-mediated association of two histone-bound complexes of yeast Chromatin Assembly Factor-1 (CAF-1) drives tetrasome assembly in the wake of DNA replication. eLife 2017; 6:e22799. [PMID: 28315523 PMCID: PMC5404915 DOI: 10.7554/elife.22799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Nucleosome assembly in the wake of DNA replication is a key process that regulates cell identity and survival. Chromatin assembly factor 1 (CAF-1) is a H3-H4 histone chaperone that associates with the replisome and orchestrates chromatin assembly following DNA synthesis. Little is known about the mechanism and structure of this key complex. Here we investigate the CAF-1•H3-H4 binding mode and the mechanism of nucleosome assembly. We show that yeast CAF-1 binding to a H3-H4 dimer activates the Cac1 winged helix domain interaction with DNA. This drives the formation of a transient CAF-1•histone•DNA intermediate containing two CAF-1 complexes, each associated with one H3-H4 dimer. Here, the (H3-H4)2 tetramer is formed and deposited onto DNA. Our work elucidates the molecular mechanism for histone deposition by CAF-1, a reaction that has remained elusive for other histone chaperones, and it advances our understanding of how nucleosomes and their epigenetic information are maintained through DNA replication.
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- Francesca Mattiroli
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States
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- Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, United States
- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States
- Institute for Genome Architecture and Function, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States
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- Biofrontiers Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
- Institute for Genome Architecture and Function, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States
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Kanshin E, Giguère S, Jing C, Tyers M, Thibault P. Machine Learning of Global Phosphoproteomic Profiles Enables Discrimination of Direct versus Indirect Kinase Substrates. Mol Cell Proteomics 2017; 16:786-798. [PMID: 28265048 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m116.066233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Revised: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Mass spectrometry allows quantification of tens of thousands of phosphorylation sites from minute amounts of cellular material. Despite this wealth of information, our understanding of phosphorylation-based signaling is limited, in part because it is not possible to deconvolute substrate phosphorylation that is directly mediated by a particular kinase versus phosphorylation that is mediated by downstream kinases. Here, we describe a framework for assignment of direct in vivo kinase substrates using a combination of selective chemical inhibition, quantitative phosphoproteomics, and machine learning techniques. Our workflow allows classification of phosphorylation events following inhibition of an analog-sensitive kinase into kinase-independent effects of the inhibitor, direct effects on cognate substrates, and indirect effects mediated by downstream kinases or phosphatases. We applied this method to identify many direct targets of Cdc28 and Snf1 kinases in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Global phosphoproteome analysis of acute time-series demonstrated that dephosphorylation of direct kinase substrates occurs more rapidly compared with indirect substrates, both after inhibitor treatment and under a physiological nutrient shift in wt cells. Mutagenesis experiments revealed a high proportion of functionally relevant phosphorylation sites on Snf1 targets. For example, Snf1 itself was inhibited through autophosphorylation on Ser391 and new phosphosites were discovered that modulate the activity of the Reg1 regulatory subunit of the Glc7 phosphatase and the Gal83 β-subunit of SNF1 complex. This methodology applies to any kinase for which a functional analog sensitive version can be constructed to facilitate the dissection of the global phosphorylation network.
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- Evgeny Kanshin
- From the ‡Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer
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- From the ‡Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer
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- From the ‡Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, .,§Department of Medicine
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- From the ‡Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer, .,¶Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale centre-ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
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