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Vontalge EJ, Kavlashvili T, Dahmen SN, Cranford MT, Dewar JM. Control of DNA replication in vitro using a reversible replication barrier. Nat Protoc 2024; 19:1940-1983. [PMID: 38594502 PMCID: PMC11230854 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-024-00977-1] [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: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 01/19/2024] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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A major obstacle to studying DNA replication is that it involves asynchronous and highly delocalized events. A reversible replication barrier overcomes this limitation and allows replication fork movement to be synchronized and localized, facilitating the study of replication fork function and replication coupled repair. Here we provide details on establishing a reversible replication barrier in vitro and using it to monitor different aspects of DNA replication. DNA template containing an array of lac operator (lacO) sequences is first bound to purified lac repressor (LacR). This substrate is then replicated in vitro using a biochemical replication system, which results in replication forks stalled on either side of the LacR array regardless of when or where they arise. Once replication forks are synchronized at the barrier, isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactopyranoside can be added to disrupt LacR binding so that replication forks synchronously resume synthesis. We describe how this approach can be employed to control replication fork elongation, termination, stalling and uncoupling, as well as assays that can be used to monitor these processes. We also explain how this approach can be adapted to control whether replication forks encounter a DNA lesion on the leading or lagging strand template and whether a converging fork is present. The required reagents can be prepared in 1-2 weeks and experiments using this approach are typically performed over 1-3 d. The main requirements for utilizing the LacR replication barrier are basic biochemical expertise and access to an in vitro system to study DNA replication. Investigators should also be trained in working with radioactive materials.
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- Emma J Vontalge
- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Singh M, Raseley K, Perez AM, MacKenzie D, Kosiyatrakul ST, Desai S, Batista N, Guru N, Loomba KK, Abid HZ, Wang Y, Udo-Bellner L, Stout RF, Schildkraut CL, Xiao M, Zhang D. Elucidation of the molecular mechanism of the breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cycle using a CRISPR-dCas9 cellular model. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.03.587951. [PMID: 38617299 PMCID: PMC11014597 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.03.587951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/16/2024]
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Chromosome instability (CIN) is frequently observed in many tumors. The breakage-fusion-bridge (BFB) cycle has been proposed to be one of the main drivers of CIN during tumorigenesis and tumor evolution. However, the detailed mechanisms for the individual steps of the BFB cycle warrants further investigation. Here, we demonstrated that a nuclease-dead Cas9 (dCas9) coupled with a telomere-specific single-guide RNA (sgTelo) can be used to model the BFB cycle. First, we showed that targeting dCas9 to telomeres using sgTelo impeded DNA replication at telomeres and induced a pronounced increase of replication stress and DNA damage. Using Single-Molecule Telomere Assay via Optical Mapping (SMTA-OM), we investigated the genome-wide features of telomeres in the dCas9/sgTelo cells and observed a dramatic increase of chromosome end fusions, including fusion/ITS+ and fusion/ITS-.Consistently, we also observed an increase in the formation of dicentric chromosomes, anaphase bridges, and intercellular telomeric chromosome bridges (ITCBs). Utilizing the dCas9/sgTelo system, we uncovered many novel molecular and structural features of the ITCB and demonstrated that multiple DNA repair pathways are implicated in the formation of ITCBs. Our studies shed new light on the molecular mechanisms of the BFB cycle, which will advance our understanding of tumorigenesis, tumor evolution, and drug resistance.
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Giacomini G, Piquet S, Chevallier O, Dabin J, Bai SK, Kim B, Siddaway R, Raught B, Coyaud E, Shan CM, Reid RJD, Toda T, Rothstein R, Barra V, Wilhelm T, Hamadat S, Bertin C, Crane A, Dubois F, Forne I, Imhof A, Bandopadhayay P, Beroukhim R, Naim V, Jia S, Hawkins C, Rondinelli B, Polo SE. Aberrant DNA repair reveals a vulnerability in histone H3.3-mutant brain tumors. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:2372-2388. [PMID: 38214234 PMCID: PMC10954481 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad1257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024] Open
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Pediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGG) are devastating and incurable brain tumors with recurrent mutations in histone H3.3. These mutations promote oncogenesis by dysregulating gene expression through alterations of histone modifications. We identify aberrant DNA repair as an independent mechanism, which fosters genome instability in H3.3 mutant pHGG, and opens new therapeutic options. The two most frequent H3.3 mutations in pHGG, K27M and G34R, drive aberrant repair of replication-associated damage by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). Aberrant NHEJ is mediated by the DNA repair enzyme polynucleotide kinase 3'-phosphatase (PNKP), which shows increased association with mutant H3.3 at damaged replication forks. PNKP sustains the proliferation of cells bearing H3.3 mutations, thus conferring a molecular vulnerability, specific to mutant cells, with potential for therapeutic targeting.
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- Giulia Giacomini
- Epigenetics & Cell Fate Centre, CNRS/Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Epigenetics & Cell Fate Centre, CNRS/Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Epigenetics & Cell Fate Centre, CNRS/Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Epigenetics & Cell Fate Centre, CNRS/Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Epigenetics & Cell Fate Centre, CNRS/Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, 101 College Street, Toronto, ON M5G1L7, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, 101 College Street, Toronto, ON M5G1L7, Canada
- Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
- Université de Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1192 - Protéomique Réponse Inflammatoire Spectrométrie de Masse - PRISM, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
- Department of Systems Biology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- CNRS UMR9019 Genome Integrity and Cancers, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France
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- CNRS UMR9019 Genome Integrity and Cancers, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France
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- CNRS UMR9019 Genome Integrity and Cancers, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France
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- CNRS UMR9019 Genome Integrity and Cancers, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA
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- Protein Analysis Unit, BioMedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Martinsried, Germany
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- Protein Analysis Unit, BioMedical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Martinsried, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA
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- CNRS UMR9019 Genome Integrity and Cancers, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy Institute, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Epigenetics & Cell Fate Centre, CNRS/Université Paris Cité, Paris, France
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Pinedo-Carpio E, Dessapt J, Beneyton A, Sacre L, Bérubé MA, Villot R, Lavoie EG, Coulombe Y, Blondeau A, Boulais J, Malina A, Luo VM, Lazaratos AM, Côté JF, Mallette FA, Guarné A, Masson JY, Fradet-Turcotte A, Orthwein A. FIRRM cooperates with FIGNL1 to promote RAD51 disassembly during DNA repair. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2023; 9:eadf4082. [PMID: 37556550 PMCID: PMC10411901 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adf4082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/11/2023]
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Interstrand DNA cross-links (ICLs) represent complex lesions that compromise genomic stability. Several pathways have been involved in ICL repair, but the extent of factors involved in the resolution of ICL-induced DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) remains poorly defined. Using CRISPR-based genomics, we identified FIGNL1 interacting regulator of recombination and mitosis (FIRRM) as a sensitizer of the ICL-inducing agent mafosfamide. Mechanistically, we showed that FIRRM, like its interactor Fidgetin like 1 (FIGNL1), contributes to the resolution of RAD51 foci at ICL-induced DSBs. While the stability of FIGNL1 and FIRRM is interdependent, expression of a mutant of FIRRM (∆WCF), which stabilizes the protein in the absence of FIGNL1, allows the resolution of RAD51 foci and cell survival, suggesting that FIRRM has FIGNL1-independent function during DNA repair. In line with this model, FIRRM binds preferentially single-stranded DNA in vitro, raising the possibility that it directly contributes to RAD51 disassembly by interacting with DNA. Together, our findings establish FIRRM as a promoting factor of ICL repair.
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- Edgar Pinedo-Carpio
- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Segal Cancer Centre, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada
- Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
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- CHU de Québec Research Center-Université Laval (L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec), Laval University Cancer Research Center, Québec, QC G1R 3S3, Canada
- Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- CHU de Québec Research Center-Université Laval (L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec), Laval University Cancer Research Center, Québec, QC G1R 3S3, Canada
- Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3G 0B1, Canada
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- CHU de Québec Research Center-Université Laval (L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec), Laval University Cancer Research Center, Québec, QC G1R 3S3, Canada
- Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Département de Biochimie et Médecine Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC H1T 2M4 Canada
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- CHU de Québec Research Center-Université Laval (L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec), Laval University Cancer Research Center, Québec, QC G1R 3S3, Canada
- Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- CHU de Québec Research Center-Université Laval (L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec), Laval University Cancer Research Center, Québec, QC G1R 3S3, Canada
- Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- CHU de Québec Research Center-Université Laval (L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec), Laval University Cancer Research Center, Québec, QC G1R 3S3, Canada
- Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), Montreal, QC H2W 1R7, Canada
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Segal Cancer Centre, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada
- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC H1T 2M4 Canada
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Segal Cancer Centre, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Département de Biochimie et Médecine Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
- Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), Montreal, QC H2W 1R7, Canada
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- Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), Montreal, QC H2W 1R7, Canada
- Département de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7 Canada
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- Département de Biochimie et Médecine Moléculaire, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Centre, Montréal, QC H1T 2M4 Canada
- Département de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7 Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3G 0B1, Canada
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- CHU de Québec Research Center-Université Laval (L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec), Laval University Cancer Research Center, Québec, QC G1R 3S3, Canada
- Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- CHU de Québec Research Center-Université Laval (L’Hôtel-Dieu de Québec), Laval University Cancer Research Center, Québec, QC G1R 3S3, Canada
- Department of Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry and Pathology, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Segal Cancer Centre, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, Montréal, QC H3T 1E2, Canada
- Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
- Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM), Montreal, QC H2W 1R7, Canada
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H3A 2B4, Canada
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
- Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montréal, QC H4A 3T2, Canada
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Zerbib A, Simon I. Characterization of Unidirectional Replication Forks in the Mouse Genome. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:9611. [PMID: 37298562 PMCID: PMC10253849 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24119611] [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: 04/30/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Origins of replication are genomic regions in which replication initiates in a bidirectional manner. Recently, a new methodology (origin-derived single-stranded DNA sequencing; ori-SSDS) was developed that allows the detection of replication initiation in a strand-specific manner. Reanalysis of the strand-specific data revealed that 18-33% of the peaks are non-symmetrical, suggesting a single direction of replication. Analysis of replication fork direction data revealed that these are origins of replication in which the replication is paused in one of the directions, probably due to the existence of a replication fork barrier. Analysis of the unidirectional origins revealed a preference of G4 quadruplexes for the blocked leading strand. Taken together, our analysis identified hundreds of genomic locations in which the replication initiates only in one direction, and suggests that G4 quadruplexes may serve as replication fork barriers in such places.
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, IMRIC, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91120, Israel;
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Viushkov VS, Lomov NA, Rubtsov MA, Vassetzky YS. Visualizing the Genome: Experimental Approaches for Live-Cell Chromatin Imaging. Cells 2022; 11:cells11244086. [PMID: 36552850 PMCID: PMC9776900 DOI: 10.3390/cells11244086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Over the years, our vision of the genome has changed from a linear molecule to that of a complex 3D structure that follows specific patterns and possesses a hierarchical organization. Currently, genomics is becoming "four-dimensional": our attention is increasingly focused on the study of chromatin dynamics over time, in the fourth dimension. Recent methods for visualizing the movements of chromatin loci in living cells by targeting fluorescent proteins can be divided into two groups. The first group requires the insertion of a special sequence into the locus of interest, to which proteins that recognize the sequence are recruited (e.g., FROS and ParB-INT methods). In the methods of the second approach, "programmed" proteins are targeted to the locus of interest (i.e., systems based on CRISPR/Cas, TALE, and zinc finger proteins). In the present review, we discuss these approaches, examine their strengths and weaknesses, and identify the key scientific problems that can be studied using these methods.
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- Vladimir S. Viushkov
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119234 Moscow, Russia
- Department of Biochemistry, Center for Industrial Technologies and Entrepreneurship, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Sechenov University), 119435 Moscow, Russia
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- CNRS UMR9018, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, 94805 Villejuif, France
- Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119334 Moscow, Russia
- Correspondence:
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Interaction with TopBP1 Is Required for Human Papillomavirus 16 E2 Plasmid Segregation/Retention Function during Mitosis. J Virol 2022; 96:e0083022. [PMID: 35880889 PMCID: PMC9400484 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00830-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) E2 is a DNA-binding protein that regulates transcription, replication and potentially, segregation of the HPV16 genome during the viral life cycle. In the segregation model, E2 simultaneously binds to viral and host chromatin, acting as a bridge to ensure that viral genomes reside in daughter nuclei following cell division. The host chromatin receptor for E2 mediating this function is unknown. Recently, we demonstrated that CK2 phosphorylation of E2 on serine 23 (S23) is required for interaction with TopBP1, and that this interaction promotes E2 and TopBP1 recruitment to mitotic chromatin. Here, we demonstrate that in U2OS cells expressing wild-type E2 and a non-TopBP1-binding mutant (S23A, serine 23 mutated to alanine), interaction with TopBP1 is essential for E2 recruitment of plasmids to mitotic chromatin. Using novel quantitative segregation assays, we demonstrate that interaction with TopBP1 is required for E2 plasmid segregation function in U2OS and N/Tert-1 cells. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) knockdown of TopBP1 or CK2 enzyme components disrupts E2 segregation/retention function. The interaction of E2 with TopBP1 promotes increased levels of E2 protein during mitosis in U2OS and N/Tert-1 cells, as well as in human foreskin keratinocytes (HFK) immortalized by the HPV16 genome. Overall, our results demonstrate that E2 has plasmid segregation activity, and that the E2-TopBP1 interaction is essential for this E2 function. IMPORTANCE HPV16 causes 3% to 4% of all human cancers. It is proposed that during the viral life cycle, the viral genome is actively segregated into daughter nuclei, ensuring viral replication in the subsequent S phase. The E2 protein potentially bridges the viral and host genomes during mitosis to mediate segregation of the circular viral plasmid. Here, we demonstrate that E2 has the ability to mediate plasmid segregation, and that this function is dependent upon interaction with the host protein TopBP1. Additionally, we demonstrate that the E2-TopBP1 interaction promotes enhanced E2 expression during mitosis, which likely promotes the plasmid segregation function of E2. Overall, our results present a mechanism of how HPV16 can segregate its viral genome during an active infection, a critical aspect of the viral life cycle.
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Toft CJ, Sorenson AE, Schaeffer PM. Rise of the terminator protein tus: A versatile tool in the biotechnologist's toolbox. Anal Chim Acta 2022; 1213:339946. [DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.339946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Chemically Induced Chromosomal Interaction (CICI) method to study chromosome dynamics and its biological roles. Nat Commun 2022; 13:757. [PMID: 35140210 PMCID: PMC8828778 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28416-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Numerous intra- and inter-chromosomal contacts have been mapped in eukaryotic genomes, but it remains challenging to link these 3D structures to their regulatory functions. To establish the causal relationships between chromosome conformation and genome functions, we develop a method, Chemically Induced Chromosomal Interaction (CICI), to selectively perturb the chromosome conformation at targeted loci. Using this method, long-distance chromosomal interactions can be induced dynamically between intra- or inter-chromosomal loci pairs, including the ones with very low Hi-C contact frequencies. Measurement of CICI formation time allows us to probe chromosome encounter dynamics between different loci pairs across the cell cycle. We also conduct two functional tests of CICI. We perturb the chromosome conformation near a DNA double-strand break and observe altered donor preference in homologous recombination; we force interactions between early and late-firing DNA replication origins and find no significant changes in replication timing. These results suggest that chromosome conformation plays a deterministic role in homology-directed DNA repair, but not in the establishment of replication timing. Overall, our study demonstrates that CICI is a powerful tool to study chromosome dynamics and 3D genome function. Methods to selectively manipulate specific long-distance chromosomal interactions are limited. Here the authors develop a method called Chemically Induced Chromosomal Interaction (CICI) to engineer interactions and demonstrate that 3D conformation plays a causal role in establishing donor DNA preference during DNA repair.
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Yoshida K, Fujita M. DNA damage responses that enhance resilience to replication stress. Cell Mol Life Sci 2021; 78:6763-6773. [PMID: 34463774 PMCID: PMC11072782 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-021-03926-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 08/16/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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During duplication of the genome, eukaryotic cells may experience various exogenous and endogenous replication stresses that impede progression of DNA replication along chromosomes. Chemical alterations in template DNA, imbalances of deoxynucleotide pools, repetitive sequences, tight DNA-protein complexes, and conflict with transcription can negatively affect the replication machineries. If not properly resolved, stalled replication forks can cause chromosome breaks leading to genomic instability and tumor development. Replication stress is enhanced in cancer cells due, for example, to the loss of DNA repair genes or replication-transcription conflict caused by activation of oncogenic pathways. To prevent these serious consequences, cells are equipped with diverse mechanisms that enhance the resilience of replication machineries to replication stresses. This review describes DNA damage responses activated at stressed replication forks and summarizes current knowledge on the pathways that promote faithful chromosome replication and protect chromosome integrity, including ATR-dependent replication checkpoint signaling, DNA cross-link repair, and SLX4-mediated responses to tight DNA-protein complexes that act as barriers. This review also focuses on the relevance of replication stress responses to selective cancer chemotherapies.
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- Kazumasa Yoshida
- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
- Central Research Institute for Advanced Molecular Medicine, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan
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- 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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Katsuki Y, Abe M, Park SY, Wu W, Yabe H, Yabe M, van Attikum H, Nakada S, Ohta T, Seidman MM, Kim Y, Takata M. RNF168 E3 ligase participates in ubiquitin signaling and recruitment of SLX4 during DNA crosslink repair. Cell Rep 2021; 37:109879. [PMID: 34706224 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2020] [Revised: 03/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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SLX4/FANCP is a key Fanconi anemia (FA) protein and a DNA repair scaffold for incision around a DNA interstrand crosslink (ICL) by its partner XPF nuclease. The tandem UBZ4 ubiquitin-binding domains of SLX4 are critical for the recruitment of SLX4 to damage sites, likely by binding to K63-linked polyubiquitin chains. However, the identity of the ubiquitin E3 ligase that mediates SLX4 recruitment remains unknown. Using small interfering RNA (siRNA) screening with a GFP-tagged N-terminal half of SLX4 (termed SLX4-N), we identify the RNF168 E3 ligase as a critical factor for mitomycin C (MMC)-induced SLX4 foci formation. RNF168 and GFP-SLX4-N colocalize in MMC-induced ubiquitin foci. Accumulation of SLX4-N at psoralen-laser ICL tracks or of endogenous SLX4 at Digoxigenin-psoralen/UVA ICL is dependent on RNF168. Finally, we find that RNF168 is epistatic with SLX4 in promoting MMC tolerance. We conclude that RNF168 is a critical component of the signal transduction that recruits SLX4 to ICL damage.
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- Yoko Katsuki
- Laboratory of DNA Damage Signaling, Department of Late Effects Studies, Radiation Biology Center, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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- The Core Facility, Radiation Biology Center, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Translational Oncology, St. Marianna University Graduate School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Department of Innovative Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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- Department of Innovative Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Bioregulation and Cellular Response, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan; Institute for Advanced Co-Creation Studies, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Translational Oncology, St. Marianna University Graduate School of Medicine, Kawasaki, Japan
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of DNA Damage Signaling, Department of Late Effects Studies, Radiation Biology Center, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
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Carr A, Lambert S. Recombination-dependent replication: new perspectives from site-specific fork barriers. Curr Opin Genet Dev 2021; 71:129-135. [PMID: 34364031 DOI: 10.1016/j.gde.2021.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Revised: 07/16/2021] [Accepted: 07/18/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Replication stress (RS) is intrinsic to normal cell growth, is enhanced by exogenous factors and elevated in many cancer cells due to oncogene expression. Most genetic changes are a result of RS and the mechanisms by which cells tolerate RS has received considerable attention because of the link to cancer evolution and opportunities for cancer cell-specific therapeutic intervention. Site-specific replication fork barriers have provided unique insights into how cells respond to RS and their recent use has allowed a deeper understanding of the mechanistic and spatial mechanism that restart arrested forks and how these correlate with RS-dependent mutagenesis. Here we review recent data from site-specific fork arrest systems used in yeast and highlight their strengths and limitations.
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- Antony Carr
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Falmer, Sussex, BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Institut Curie, Université PSL, CNRS UMR3348, INSERM U1278, 91400 Orsay, France; Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS UMR3348, INSERM U1278, 91400 Orsay, France; Equipe Labélisée Ligue Nationale Contre Le Cancer, 91400 Orsay, France.
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Ishimoto R, Tsuzuki Y, Matsumura T, Kurashige S, Enokitani K, Narimatsu K, Higa M, Sugimoto N, Yoshida K, Fujita M. SLX4-XPF mediates DNA damage responses to replication stress induced by DNA-protein interactions. J Cell Biol 2021; 220:211628. [PMID: 33347546 PMCID: PMC7754685 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.202003148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Revised: 10/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The DNA damage response (DDR) has a critical role in the maintenance of genomic integrity during chromosome replication. However, responses to replication stress evoked by tight DNA–protein complexes have not been fully elucidated. Here, we used bacterial LacI protein binding to lacO arrays to make site-specific replication fork barriers on the human chromosome. These barriers induced the accumulation of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) and various DDR proteins at the lacO site. SLX4–XPF functioned as an upstream factor for the accumulation of DDR proteins, and consequently, ATR and FANCD2 were interdependently recruited. Moreover, LacI binding in S phase caused underreplication and abnormal mitotic segregation of the lacO arrays. Finally, we show that the SLX4–ATR axis represses the anaphase abnormality induced by LacI binding. Our results outline a long-term process by which human cells manage nucleoprotein obstacles ahead of the replication fork to prevent chromosomal instability.
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- Riko Ishimoto
- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cellular Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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PCAF-Mediated Histone Acetylation Promotes Replication Fork Degradation by MRE11 and EXO1 in BRCA-Deficient Cells. Mol Cell 2020; 80:327-344.e8. [PMID: 32966758 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.08.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 07/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Stabilization of stalled replication forks is a prominent mechanism of PARP (Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase) inhibitor (PARPi) resistance in BRCA-deficient tumors. Epigenetic mechanisms of replication fork stability are emerging but remain poorly understood. Here, we report the histone acetyltransferase PCAF (p300/CBP-associated) as a fork-associated protein that promotes fork degradation in BRCA-deficient cells by acetylating H4K8 at stalled replication forks, which recruits MRE11 and EXO1. A H4K8ac binding domain within MRE11/EXO1 is required for their recruitment to stalled forks. Low PCAF levels, which we identify in a subset of BRCA2-deficient tumors, stabilize stalled forks, resulting in PARPi resistance in BRCA-deficient cells. Furthermore, PCAF activity is tightly regulated by ATR (ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related), which phosphorylates PCAF on serine 264 (S264) to limit its association and activity at stalled forks. Our results reveal PCAF and histone acetylation as critical regulators of fork stability and PARPi responses in BRCA-deficient cells, which provides key insights into targeting BRCA-deficient tumors and identifying epigenetic modulators of chemotherapeutic responses.
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Tasan I, Su CJ, Enghiad B, Zhang M, Mishra S, Zhao H. Two-Color Imaging of Nonrepetitive Endogenous Loci in Human Cells. ACS Synth Biol 2020; 9:2502-2514. [PMID: 32822529 DOI: 10.1021/acssynbio.0c00295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Tools for live cell imaging of multiple nonrepetitive genomic loci in mammalian cells are necessary to study chromatin dynamics. Here, we report a new system based on two chromosomally integrated orthogonal irregular repeat arrays and particularly a new general strategy to construct irregular repeat arrays. Briefly, we utilized a "bridge oligonucleotide-mediated ligation" protocol to assemble 8-mer repeats de novo which were then combined into a final 96-mer repeat array using Golden Gate cloning. This strategy was used for assembling a new mutant TetO irregular repeat array, which worked orthogonally to the wild type TetO repeat. Single copy integration of the new repeat array did not cause replication deficiencies at the tagged locus. Moreover, the mutant TetO irregular repeat could also be visualized by CRISPR imaging. Our new irregular repeat assembly method demonstrates a generally applicable strategy that can be used for assembling additional orthogonal repeat arrays for imaging genomic loci and irregular repeats to visualize RNA or proteins via signal amplification.
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- Ipek Tasan
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana−Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, United States
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Prendergast L, McClurg UL, Hristova R, Berlinguer-Palmini R, Greener S, Veitch K, Hernandez I, Pasero P, Rico D, Higgins JMG, Gospodinov A, Papamichos-Chronakis M. Resolution of R-loops by INO80 promotes DNA replication and maintains cancer cell proliferation and viability. Nat Commun 2020; 11:4534. [PMID: 32913330 PMCID: PMC7484789 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18306-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2019] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Collisions between the DNA replication machinery and co-transcriptional R-loops can impede DNA synthesis and are a major source of genomic instability in cancer cells. How cancer cells deal with R-loops to proliferate is poorly understood. Here we show that the ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling INO80 complex promotes resolution of R-loops to prevent replication-associated DNA damage in cancer cells. Depletion of INO80 in prostate cancer PC3 cells leads to increased R-loops. Overexpression of the RNA:DNA endonuclease RNAse H1 rescues the DNA synthesis defects and suppresses DNA damage caused by INO80 depletion. R-loops co-localize with and promote recruitment of INO80 to chromatin. Artificial tethering of INO80 to a LacO locus enabled turnover of R-loops in cis. Finally, counteracting R-loops by INO80 promotes proliferation and averts DNA damage-induced death in cancer cells. Our work suggests that INO80-dependent resolution of R-loops promotes DNA replication in the presence of transcription, thus enabling unlimited proliferation in cancers.
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- Lisa Prendergast
- Cancer Research UK Newcastle Drug Discovery Unit, Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, Newcastle University, Paul O'Gorman Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
- Drug Discovery Unit, Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, The University of Manchester, Alderley Park, SK10 4TG, Manchester, UK
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- Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Roumen Tsanev Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
- CNAG-CRG, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, 08028, Spain
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- Institute of Human Genetics, CNRS UMR9002 and University of Montpellier, Equipe Labéllisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, 34090, Montpellier, France
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- Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Roumen Tsanev Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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- Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK.
- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
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Mandemaker IK, Zhou D, Bruens ST, Dekkers DH, Verschure PJ, Edupuganti RR, Meshorer E, Demmers JAA, Marteijn JA. Histone H1 eviction by the histone chaperone SET reduces cell survival following DNA damage. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:jcs235473. [PMID: 32184266 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.235473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 08/31/2023] Open
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Many chromatin remodeling and modifying proteins are involved in the DNA damage response, where they stimulate repair or induce DNA damage signaling. Interestingly, we identified that downregulation of the histone H1 (H1)-interacting protein SET results in increased resistance to a wide variety of DNA damaging agents. We found that this increased resistance does not result from alleviation of an inhibitory effect of SET on DNA repair but, rather, is the consequence of a suppressed apoptotic response to DNA damage. Furthermore, we provide evidence that the histone chaperone SET is responsible for the eviction of H1 from chromatin. Knockdown of H1 in SET-depleted cells resulted in re-sensitization of cells to DNA damage, suggesting that the increased DNA damage resistance in SET-depleted cells is the result of enhanced retention of H1 on chromatin. Finally, clonogenic survival assays showed that SET and p53 act epistatically in the attenuation of DNA damage-induced cell death. Taken together, our data indicate a role for SET in the DNA damage response as a regulator of cell survival following genotoxic stress.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Imke K Mandemaker
- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Proteomics Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- The Department of Genetics, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra campus, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
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- The Department of Genetics, The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Edmond J. Safra campus, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
- The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Proteomics Center, Erasmus University Medical Center, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Molecular Genetics, Oncode Institute, Wytemaweg 80, 3015 CN Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Tasan I, Sustackova G, Zhang L, Kim J, Sivaguru M, HamediRad M, Wang Y, Genova J, Ma J, Belmont AS, Zhao H. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knock-in of an optimized TetO repeat for live cell imaging of endogenous loci. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 46:e100. [PMID: 29912475 PMCID: PMC6158506 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2017] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Nuclear organization has an important role in determining genome function; however, it is not clear how spatiotemporal organization of the genome relates to functionality. To elucidate this relationship, a method for tracking any locus of interest is desirable. Recently clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/CRISPR-associated protein 9 (Cas9) or transcription activator-like effectors were adapted for imaging endogenous loci; however, they are mostly limited to visualization of repetitive regions. Here, we report an efficient and scalable method named SHACKTeR (Short Homology and CRISPR/Cas9-mediated Knock-in of a TetO Repeat) for live cell imaging of specific chromosomal regions without the need for a pre-existing repetitive sequence. SHACKTeR requires only two modifications to the genome: CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knock-in of an optimized TetO repeat and its visualization by TetR-EGFP expression. Our simplified knock-in protocol, utilizing short homology arms integrated by polymerase chain reaction, was successful at labeling 10 different loci in HCT116 cells. We also showed the feasibility of knock-in into lamina-associated, heterochromatin regions, demonstrating that these regions prefer non-homologous end joining for knock-in. Using SHACKTeR, we were able to observe DNA replication at a specific locus by long-term live cell imaging. We anticipate the general applicability and scalability of our method will enhance causative analyses between gene function and compartmentalization in a high-throughput manner.
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- Ipek Tasan
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Computational Biology Department, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Computational Biology Department, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.,Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.,Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.,Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.,Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.,Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Hizume K, Araki H. Replication fork pausing at protein barriers on chromosomes. FEBS Lett 2019; 593:1449-1458. [PMID: 31199500 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2019] [Accepted: 06/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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When a cell divides prior to completion of DNA replication, serious DNA damage may occur. Thus, in addition to accuracy, the processivity of the replication forks is important. DNA synthesis at replication forks should be completed in time, and forks overcome aberrant structures on the template DNA, including damaged sites, using trans-lesion synthesis, occasionally introducing mutations. By contrast, the protein barrier built on the DNA is known to block the progression of replication forks at specific chromosomal loci. Such protein barriers avert any collision of replication and transcription machineries, or control the recombination of specific loci. The components and the mechanisms of action of protein barriers have been revealed mainly using genetic and biochemical techniques. In addition to proteins involved in replication fork pausing, the interaction of the replicative helicase and DNA polymerase is also essential for replication fork pausing. Here, we provide an overview of replication fork pausing at protein barriers.
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- Kohji Hizume
- Division of RI Laboratory, Biomedical Research Center, Saitama Medical University, Japan
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- Microbial Genetics Laboratory, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan.,Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Mishima, Japan
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Das D, Bristol ML, Smith NW, James CD, Wang X, Pichierri P, Morgan IM. Werner Helicase Control of Human Papillomavirus 16 E1-E2 DNA Replication Is Regulated by SIRT1 Deacetylation. mBio 2019; 10:e00263-19. [PMID: 30890607 PMCID: PMC6426601 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.00263-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Human papillomaviruses (HPV) are double-stranded DNA viruses causative in a host of human diseases, including several cancers. Following infection, two viral proteins, E1 and E2, activate viral replication in association with cellular factors and stimulate the DNA damage response (DDR) during the replication process. E1-E2 uses homologous recombination (HR) to facilitate DNA replication, but an understanding of host factors involved in this process remains incomplete. Previously, we demonstrated that the class III deacetylase SIRT1, which can regulate HR, is recruited to E1-E2-replicating DNA and regulates the level of replication. Here, we demonstrate that SIRT1 promotes the fidelity of E1-E2 replication and that the absence of SIRT1 results in reduced recruitment of the DNA repair protein Werner helicase (WRN) to E1-E2-replicating DNA. CRISPR/Cas9 editing demonstrates that WRN, like SIRT1, regulates the quantity and fidelity of E1-E2 replication. This is the first report of WRN regulation of E1-E2 DNA replication, or a role for WRN in the HPV life cycle. In the absence of SIRT1 there is an increased acetylation and stability of WRN, but a reduced ability to interact with E1-E2-replicating DNA. We present a model in which E1-E2 replication turns on the DDR, stimulating SIRT1 deacetylation of WRN. This deacetylation promotes WRN interaction with E1-E2-replicating DNA to control the quantity and fidelity of replication. As well as offering a crucial insight into HPV replication control, this system offers a unique model for investigating the link between SIRT1 and WRN in controlling replication in mammalian cells.IMPORTANCE HPV16 is the major viral human carcinogen responsible for between 3 and 4% of all cancers worldwide. Following infection, this virus activates the DNA damage response (DDR) to promote its life cycle and recruits DDR proteins to its replicating DNA in order to facilitate homologous recombination during replication. This promotes the production of viable viral progeny. Our understanding of how HPV16 replication interacts with the DDR remains incomplete. Here, we demonstrate that the cellular deacetylase SIRT1, which is a part of the E1-E2 replication complex, regulates recruitment of the DNA repair protein WRN to the replicating DNA. We demonstrate that WRN regulates the level and fidelity of E1-E2 replication. Overall, the results suggest a mechanism by which SIRT1 deacetylation of WRN promotes its interaction with E1-E2-replicating DNA to control the levels and fidelity of that replication.
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- Dipon Das
- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology, VCU Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology, VCU Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology, VCU Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology, VCU Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology, VCU Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Environment and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Oral and Craniofacial Molecular Biology, VCU Philips Institute for Oral Health Research, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry, Richmond, Virginia, USA
- VCU Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Genome-wide Control of Heterochromatin Replication by the Telomere Capping Protein TRF2. Mol Cell 2019; 70:449-461.e5. [PMID: 29727617 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.03.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Revised: 02/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hard-to-replicate regions of chromosomes (e.g., pericentromeres, centromeres, and telomeres) impede replication fork progression, eventually leading, in the event of replication stress, to chromosome fragility, aging, and cancer. Our knowledge of the mechanisms controlling the stability of these regions is essentially limited to telomeres, where fragility is counteracted by the shelterin proteins. Here we show that the shelterin subunit TRF2 ensures progression of the replication fork through pericentromeric heterochromatin, but not centromeric chromatin. In a process involving its N-terminal basic domain, TRF2 binds to pericentromeric Satellite III sequences during S phase, allowing the recruitment of the G-quadruplex-resolving helicase RTEL1 to facilitate fork progression. We also show that TRF2 is required for the stability of other heterochromatic regions localized throughout the genome, paving the way for future research on heterochromatic replication and its relationship with aging and cancer.
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Warmerdam DO, Wolthuis RMF. Keeping ribosomal DNA intact: a repeating challenge. Chromosome Res 2018; 27:57-72. [PMID: 30556094 PMCID: PMC6394564 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-018-9594-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2018] [Revised: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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More than half of the human genome consists of repetitive sequences, with the ribosomal DNA (rDNA) representing two of the largest repeats. Repetitive rDNA sequences may form a threat to genomic integrity and cellular homeostasis due to the challenging aspects of their transcription, replication, and repair. Predisposition to cancer, premature aging, and neurological impairment in ataxia-telangiectasia and Bloom syndrome, for instance, coincide with increased cellular rDNA repeat instability. However, the mechanisms by which rDNA instability contributes to these hereditary syndromes and tumorigenesis remain unknown. Here, we review how cells govern rDNA stability and how rDNA break repair influences expansion and contraction of repeat length, a process likely associated with human disease. Recent advancements in CRISPR-based genome engineering may help to explain how cells keep their rDNA intact in the near future.
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- Daniël O Warmerdam
- CRISPR Platform, University of Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Section of Oncogenetics, Department of Clinical Genetics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Recent advances in both the technologies used to measure chromatin movement and the biophysical analysis used to model them have yielded a fuller understanding of chromatin dynamics and the polymer structure that underlies it. Changes in nucleosome packing, checkpoint kinase activation, the cell cycle, chromosomal tethers, and external forces acting on nuclei in response to external and internal stimuli can alter the basal mobility of DNA in interphase nuclei of yeast or mammalian cells. Although chromatin movement is assumed to be necessary for many DNA-based processes, including gene activation by distal enhancer–promoter interaction or sequence-based homology searches during double-strand break repair, experimental evidence supporting an essential role in these activities is sparse. Nonetheless, high-resolution tracking of chromatin dynamics has led to instructive models of the higher-order folding and flexibility of the chromatin polymer. Key regulators of chromatin motion in physiological conditions or after damage induction are reviewed here.
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- Andrew Seeber
- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
- Current affiliation: Harvard Center for Advanced Imaging, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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- Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
- Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Basel, 4056 Basel, Switzerland
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Bellani MA, Huang J, Paramasivam M, Pokharel D, Gichimu J, Zhang J, Seidman MM. Imaging cellular responses to antigen tagged DNA damage. DNA Repair (Amst) 2018; 71:183-189. [PMID: 30166246 PMCID: PMC6340790 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2018.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Repair pathways of covalent DNA damage are understood in considerable detail due to decades of brilliant biochemical studies by many investigators. An important feature of these experiments is the defined adduct location on oligonucleotide or plasmid substrates that are incubated with purified proteins or cell free extracts. With some exceptions, this certainty is lost when the inquiry shifts to the response of living mammalian cells to the same adducts in genomic DNA. This reflects the limitation of assays, such as those based on immunofluorescence, that are widely used to follow responding proteins in cells exposed to a DNA reactive compound. The lack of effective reagents for adduct detection means that the proximity between responding proteins and an adduct must be assumed. Since these assumptions can be incorrect, models based on in vitro systems may fail to account for observations made in vivo. Here we discuss the use of a detection tag to address the problem of lesion location, as illustrated by our recent work on replication dependent and independent responses to interstrand crosslinks.
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- Marina A Bellani
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States.
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Hizume K, Endo S, Muramatsu S, Kobayashi T, Araki H. DNA polymerase ε-dependent modulation of the pausing property of the CMG helicase at the barrier. Genes Dev 2018; 32:1315-1320. [PMID: 30232092 PMCID: PMC6169835 DOI: 10.1101/gad.317073.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Here, Hizume et al. investigated the mechanisms underlying the proper pausing of replication forks at barriers on chromosomes, which is needed for genome integrity. Using reconstituted replication fork pausing from purified yeast replication proteins, the authors provide new insights into the mechanism of fork pausing and show that the processive properties of the fork against barriers are modulated by the association with regulatory factors. The proper pausing of replication forks at barriers on chromosomes is important for genome integrity. However, the detailed mechanism underlying this process has not been well elucidated. Here, we successfully reconstituted fork-pausing reactions from purified yeast proteins on templates that had binding sites for the LacI, LexA, and/or Fob1 proteins; the forks paused specifically at the protein-bound sites. Moreover, although the replicative helicase Cdc45–Mcm2–7–GINS (CMG) complex alone unwound the protein-bound templates, the unwinding of the LacI-bound site was impeded by the presence of a main leading strand DNA polymerase: polymerase ε (Polε). This suggests that Polε modulates CMG to pause at these sites.
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- Kohji Hizume
- Division of Microbial Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan.,Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Mishima 411-8540, Japan.,Division of RI Laboratory, Biomedical Research Center, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama-machi 350-0495, Japan
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- Division of Microbial Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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- Division of Microbial Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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- Institute of Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Division of Microbial Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan.,Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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Haahr P, Borgermann N, Guo X, Typas D, Achuthankutty D, Hoffmann S, Shearer R, Sixma TK, Mailand N. ZUFSP Deubiquitylates K63-Linked Polyubiquitin Chains to Promote Genome Stability. Mol Cell 2018; 70:165-174.e6. [PMID: 29576528 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.02.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Revised: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs) enhance the dynamics of the versatile ubiquitin (Ub) code by reversing and regulating cellular ubiquitylation processes at multiple levels. Here we discovered that the uncharacterized human protein ZUFSP (zinc finger with UFM1-specific peptidase domain protein/C6orf113/ZUP1), which has been annotated as a potentially inactive UFM1 protease, and its fission yeast homolog Mug105 define a previously unrecognized class of evolutionarily conserved cysteine protease DUBs. Human ZUFSP selectively interacts with and cleaves long K63-linked poly-Ub chains by means of tandem Ub-binding domains, whereas it displays poor activity toward mono- or di-Ub substrates. In cells, ZUFSP is recruited to and regulates K63-Ub conjugates at genotoxic stress sites, promoting chromosome stability upon replication stress in a manner dependent on its catalytic activity. Our findings establish ZUFSP as a new type of linkage-selective cysteine peptidase DUB with a role in genome maintenance pathways.
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- Peter Haahr
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Biochemistry, Cancer Genomics Center, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark; Center for Chromosome Stability, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Division of Biochemistry, Cancer Genomics Center, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark; Center for Chromosome Stability, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Kim J, Sturgill D, Sebastian R, Khurana S, Tran AD, Edwards GB, Kruswick A, Burkett S, Hosogane EK, Hannon WW, Weyemi U, Bonner WM, Luger K, Oberdoerffer P. Replication Stress Shapes a Protective Chromatin Environment across Fragile Genomic Regions. Mol Cell 2017; 69:36-47.e7. [PMID: 29249653 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2017] [Revised: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Recent integrative epigenome analyses highlight the importance of functionally distinct chromatin states for accurate cell function. How these states are established and maintained is a matter of intense investigation. Here, we present evidence for DNA damage as an unexpected means to shape a protective chromatin environment at regions of recurrent replication stress (RS). Upon aberrant fork stalling, DNA damage signaling and concomitant H2AX phosphorylation coordinate the FACT-dependent deposition of macroH2A1.2, a histone variant that promotes DNA repair by homologous recombination (HR). MacroH2A1.2, in turn, facilitates the accumulation of the tumor suppressor and HR effector BRCA1 at replication forks to protect from RS-induced DNA damage. Consequently, replicating primary cells steadily accrue macroH2A1.2 at fragile regions, whereas macroH2A1.2 loss in these cells triggers DNA damage signaling-dependent senescence, a hallmark of RS. Altogether, our findings demonstrate that recurrent DNA damage contributes to the chromatin landscape to ensure the epigenomic integrity of dividing cells.
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- Jeongkyu Kim
- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Molecular Cytogenetics Core Facility, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- The Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
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- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Ait Saada A, Teixeira-Silva A, Iraqui I, Costes A, Hardy J, Paoletti G, Fréon K, Lambert SAE. Unprotected Replication Forks Are Converted into Mitotic Sister Chromatid Bridges. Mol Cell 2017; 66:398-410.e4. [PMID: 28475874 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2016] [Revised: 03/08/2017] [Accepted: 04/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Replication stress and mitotic abnormalities are key features of cancer cells. Temporarily paused forks are stabilized by the intra-S phase checkpoint and protected by the association of Rad51, which prevents Mre11-dependent resection. However, if a fork becomes dysfunctional and cannot resume, this terminally arrested fork is rescued by a converging fork to avoid unreplicated parental DNA during mitosis. Alternatively, dysfunctional forks are restarted by homologous recombination. Using fission yeast, we report that Rad52 and the DNA binding activity of Rad51, but not its strand-exchange activity, act to protect terminally arrested forks from unrestrained Exo1-nucleolytic activity. In the absence of recombination proteins, large ssDNA gaps, up to 3 kb long, occur behind terminally arrested forks, preventing efficient fork merging and leading to mitotic sister chromatid bridging. Thus, Rad52 and Rad51 prevent temporarily and terminally arrested forks from degrading and, despite the availability of converging forks, converting to anaphase bridges causing aneuploidy and cell death.
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- Anissia Ait Saada
- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France; University Paris Sud, Paris-Saclay University, CNRS, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France; Labeled Team Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France; University Paris Sud, Paris-Saclay University, CNRS, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France; Labeled Team Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France; University Paris Sud, Paris-Saclay University, CNRS, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France; Labeled Team Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France; University Paris Sud, Paris-Saclay University, CNRS, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France; Labeled Team Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France; University Paris Sud, Paris-Saclay University, CNRS, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France; Labeled Team Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR144, F-75248 Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France; University Paris Sud, Paris-Saclay University, CNRS, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France; Labeled Team Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Institut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France; University Paris Sud, Paris-Saclay University, CNRS, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France; Labeled Team Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale, UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France.
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Gadaleta MC, Das MM, Tanizawa H, Chang YT, Noma KI, Nakamura TM, Noguchi E. Swi1Timeless Prevents Repeat Instability at Fission Yeast Telomeres. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1005943. [PMID: 26990647 PMCID: PMC4798670 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Genomic instability associated with DNA replication stress is linked to cancer and genetic pathologies in humans. If not properly regulated, replication stress, such as fork stalling and collapse, can be induced at natural replication impediments present throughout the genome. The fork protection complex (FPC) is thought to play a critical role in stabilizing stalled replication forks at several known replication barriers including eukaryotic rDNA genes and the fission yeast mating-type locus. However, little is known about the role of the FPC at other natural impediments including telomeres. Telomeres are considered to be difficult to replicate due to the presence of repetitive GT-rich sequences and telomere-binding proteins. However, the regulatory mechanism that ensures telomere replication is not fully understood. Here, we report the role of the fission yeast Swi1Timeless, a subunit of the FPC, in telomere replication. Loss of Swi1 causes telomere shortening in a telomerase-independent manner. Our epistasis analyses suggest that heterochromatin and telomere-binding proteins are not major impediments for telomere replication in the absence of Swi1. Instead, repetitive DNA sequences impair telomere integrity in swi1Δ mutant cells, leading to the loss of repeat DNA. In the absence of Swi1, telomere shortening is accompanied with an increased recruitment of Rad52 recombinase and more frequent amplification of telomere/subtelomeres, reminiscent of tumor cells that utilize the alternative lengthening of telomeres pathway (ALT) to maintain telomeres. These results suggest that Swi1 ensures telomere replication by suppressing recombination and repeat instability at telomeres. Our studies may also be relevant in understanding the potential role of Swi1Timeless in regulation of telomere stability in cancer cells. In every round of the cell cycle, cells must accurately replicate their full genetic information. This process is highly regulated, as defects during DNA replication cause genomic instability, leading to various genetic disorders including cancers. To thwart these problems, cells carry an array of complex mechanisms to deal with various obstacles found across the genome that can hamper DNA replication and cause DNA damage. Understanding how these mechanisms are regulated and orchestrated is of paramount importance in the field. In this report, we describe how Swi1, a Timeless-related protein in fission yeast, regulates efficient replication of telomeres, which are considered to be difficult to replicate due to the presence of repetitive DNA and telomere-binding proteins. We show that Swi1 prevents telomere damage and maintains telomere length by protecting integrity of telomeric repeats. Swi1-mediated telomere maintenance is independent of telomerase activity, and loss of Swi1 causes hyper-activation of recombination-based telomere maintenance, which generates heterogeneous telomeres. Similar telomerase-independent and recombination-dependent mechanism is utilized by approximately 15% of human cancers, linking telomere replication defects with cancer development. Thus, our study may be relevant in understanding the role of telomere replication defects in the development of cancers in humans.
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- Mariana C. Gadaleta
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Gene Expression and Regulation Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Gene Expression and Regulation Program, The Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Nguyen MO, Jalan M, Morrow CA, Osman F, Whitby MC. Recombination occurs within minutes of replication blockage by RTS1 producing restarted forks that are prone to collapse. eLife 2015; 4:e04539. [PMID: 25806683 PMCID: PMC4407270 DOI: 10.7554/elife.04539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The completion of genome duplication during the cell cycle is threatened by the presence of replication fork barriers (RFBs). Following collision with a RFB, replication proteins can dissociate from the stalled fork (fork collapse) rendering it incapable of further DNA synthesis unless recombination intervenes to restart replication. We use time-lapse microscopy and genetic assays to show that recombination is initiated within ∼ 10 min of replication fork blockage at a site-specific barrier in fission yeast, leading to a restarted fork within ∼ 60 min, which is only prevented/curtailed by the arrival of the opposing replication fork. The restarted fork is susceptible to further collapse causing hyper-recombination downstream of the barrier. Surprisingly, in our system fork restart is unnecessary for maintaining cell viability. Seemingly, the risk of failing to complete replication prior to mitosis is sufficient to warrant the induction of recombination even though it can cause deleterious genetic change.
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- Michael O Nguyen
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Burgess RC, Burman B, Kruhlak MJ, Misteli T. Activation of DNA damage response signaling by condensed chromatin. Cell Rep 2014; 9:1703-1717. [PMID: 25464843 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.10.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Revised: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 10/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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The DNA damage response (DDR) occurs in the context of chromatin, and architectural features of chromatin have been implicated in DNA damage signaling and repair. Whereas a role of chromatin decondensation in the DDR is well established, we show here that chromatin condensation is integral to DDR signaling. We find that, in response to DNA damage chromatin regions transiently expand before undergoing extensive compaction. Using a protein-chromatin-tethering system to create defined chromatin domains, we show that interference with chromatin condensation results in failure to fully activate DDR. Conversely, forced induction of local chromatin condensation promotes ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM)- and ATR-dependent activation of upstream DDR signaling in a break-independent manner. Whereas persistent chromatin compaction enhanced upstream DDR signaling from irradiation-induced breaks, it reduced recovery and survival after damage. Our results demonstrate that chromatin condensation is sufficient for activation of DDR signaling and is an integral part of physiological DDR signaling.
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- Rebecca C Burgess
- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA; Program in Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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- Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Landes Highlights. Nucleus 2014. [PMCID: PMC4164480 DOI: 10.4161/nucl.34444] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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