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Yapo V, Majumder K, Tedbury PR, Wen X, Ong YT, Johnson MC, Sarafianos SG. HIV-2 inhibits HIV-1 gene expression via two independent mechanisms during cellular co-infection. J Virol 2023; 97:e0187022. [PMID: 37991365 PMCID: PMC10734542 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01870-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023] Open
Abstract
IMPORTANCE Twenty-five years after the first report that HIV-2 infection can reduce HIV-1-associated pathogenesis in dual-infected patients, the mechanisms are still not well understood. We explored these mechanisms in cell culture and showed first that these viruses can co-infect individual cells. Under specific conditions, HIV-2 inhibits HIV-1 through two distinct mechanisms, a broad-spectrum interferon response and an HIV-1-specific inhibition conferred by the HIV-2 TAR. The former could play a prominent role in dually infected individuals, whereas the latter targets HIV-1 promoter activity through competition for HIV-1 Tat binding when the same target cell is dually infected. That mechanism suppresses HIV-1 transcription by stalling RNA polymerase II complexes at the promoter through a minimal inhibitory region within the HIV-2 TAR. This work delineates the sequence of appearance and the modus operandi of each mechanism.
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- Vincent Yapo
- CS Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- CS Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Center for ViroScience and Cure, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Center for ViroScience and Cure, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Center for ViroScience and Cure, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- CS Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Center for ViroScience and Cure, Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Bunke LE, Larsen CIS, Pita-Aquino JN, Jones IK, Majumder K. The DNA Damage Sensor MRE11 Regulates Efficient Replication of the Autonomous Parvovirus Minute Virus of Mice. J Virol 2023; 97:e0046123. [PMID: 37098896 PMCID: PMC10231137 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00461-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/27/2023] Open
Abstract
Parvoviruses are single-stranded DNA viruses that utilize host proteins to vigorously replicate in the nuclei of host cells, leading to cell cycle arrest. The autonomous parvovirus, minute virus of mice (MVM), forms viral replication centers in the nucleus which are adjacent to cellular DNA damage response (DDR) sites, many of which are fragile genomic regions prone to undergoing DDR during the S phase. Since the cellular DDR machinery has evolved to transcriptionally suppress the host epigenome to maintain genomic fidelity, the successful expression and replication of MVM genomes at these cellular sites suggest that MVM interacts with DDR machinery distinctly. Here, we show that efficient replication of MVM requires binding of the host DNA repair protein MRE11 in a manner that is independent of the MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 (MRN) complex. MRE11 binds to the replicating MVM genome at the P4 promoter, remaining distinct from RAD50 and NBS1, which associate with cellular DNA break sites to generate DDR signals in the host genome. Ectopic expression of wild-type MRE11 in CRISPR knockout cells rescues virus replication, revealing a dependence on MRE11 for efficient MVM replication. Our findings suggest a new model utilized by autonomous parvoviruses to usurp local DDR proteins that are crucial for viral pathogenesis and distinct from those of dependoparvoviruses, like adeno-associated virus (AAV), which require a coinfected helper virus to inactivate the local host DDR. IMPORTANCE The cellular DNA damage response (DDR) machinery protects the host genome from the deleterious consequences of DNA breaks and recognizes invading viral pathogens. DNA viruses that replicate in the nucleus have evolved distinct strategies to evade or usurp these DDR proteins. We have discovered that the autonomous parvovirus, MVM, which is used to target cancer cells as an oncolytic agent, depends on the initial DDR sensor protein MRE11 to express and replicate efficiently in host cells. Our studies reveal that the host DDR interacts with replicating MVM molecules in ways that are distinct from viral genomes being recognized as simple broken DNA molecules. These findings suggest that autonomous parvoviruses have evolved distinct mechanisms to usurp DDR proteins, which can be used to design potent DDR-dependent oncolytic agents.
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- Institute for Molecular Virology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Virology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Virology, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Haubold MK, Aquino JNP, Rubin SR, Jones IK, Larsen CIS, Pham E, Majumder K. Genomes of the autonomous parvovirus minute virus of mice induce replication stress through RPA exhaustion. PLoS Pathog 2023; 19:e1011203. [PMID: 37253065 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Accepted: 05/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/01/2023] Open
Abstract
The oncolytic autonomous parvovirus Minute Virus of Mice (MVM) establishes infection in the nuclear environment by usurping host DNA damage signaling proteins in the vicinity of cellular DNA break sites. MVM replication induces a global cellular DNA Damage Response (DDR) that is dependent on signaling by the ATM kinase and inactivates the cellular ATR-kinase pathway. However, the mechanism of how MVM generates cellular DNA breaks remains unknown. Using single molecule DNA Fiber Analysis, we have discovered that MVM infection leads to a shortening of host replication forks as infection progresses, as well as induction of replication stress prior to the initiation of virus replication. Ectopically expressed viral non-structural proteins NS1 and NS2 are sufficient to cause host-cell replication stress, as is the presence of UV-inactivated non-replicative MVM genomes. The host single-stranded DNA binding protein Replication Protein A (RPA) associates with the UV-inactivated MVM genomes, suggesting MVM genomes might serve as a sink for cellular stores of RPA. Overexpressing RPA in host cells prior to UV-MVM infection rescues DNA fiber lengths and increases MVM replication, confirming that MVM genomes deplete RPA stores to cause replication stress. Together, these results indicate that parvovirus genomes induce replication stress through RPA exhaustion, rendering the host genome vulnerable to additional DNA breaks.
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- MegAnn K Haubold
- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Cancer Biology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Larsen CIS, Majumder K. The Autonomous Parvovirus Minute Virus of Mice Localizes to Cellular Sites of DNA Damage Using ATR Signaling. Viruses 2023; 15:1243. [PMID: 37376543 DOI: 10.3390/v15061243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2023] [Revised: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 05/23/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Minute Virus of Mice (MVM) is an autonomous parvovirus of the Parvoviridae family that replicates in mouse cells and transformed human cells. MVM genomes localize to cellular sites of DNA damage with the help of their essential non-structural phosphoprotein NS1 to establish viral replication centers. MVM replication induces a cellular DNA damage response that is mediated by signaling through the ATM kinase pathway, while inhibiting induction of the ATR kinase signaling pathway. However, the cellular signals regulating virus localization to cellular DNA damage response sites has remained unknown. Using chemical inhibitors to DNA damage response proteins, we have discovered that NS1 localization to cellular DDR sites is independent of ATM or DNA-PK signaling but is dependent on ATR signaling. Pulsing cells with an ATR inhibitor after S-phase entry leads to attenuated MVM replication. These observations suggest that the initial localization of MVM to cellular DDR sites depends on ATR signaling before it is inactivated by vigorous virus replication.
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- Clairine I S Larsen
- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA
- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Shah R, Gallardo CM, Jung YH, Clock B, Dixon JR, McFadden WM, Majumder K, Pintel DJ, Corces VG, Torbett BE, Tedbury PR, Sarafianos SG. Activation of HIV-1 proviruses increases downstream chromatin accessibility. iScience 2022; 25:105490. [PMID: 36505924 PMCID: PMC9732416 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
It is unclear how the activation of HIV-1 transcription affects chromatin structure. We interrogated chromatin organization both genome-wide and nearby HIV-1 integration sites using Hi-C and ATAC-seq. In conjunction, we analyzed the transcription of the HIV-1 genome and neighboring genes. We found that long-range chromatin contacts did not differ significantly between uninfected cells and those harboring an integrated HIV-1 genome, whether the HIV-1 genome was actively transcribed or inactive. Instead, the activation of HIV-1 transcription changes chromatin accessibility immediately downstream of the provirus, demonstrating that HIV-1 can alter local cellular chromatin structure. Finally, we examined HIV-1 and neighboring host gene transcripts with long-read sequencing and found populations of chimeric RNAs both virus-to-host and host-to-virus. Thus, multiomics profiling revealed that the activation of HIV-1 transcription led to local changes in chromatin organization and altered the expression of neighboring host genes.
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- Raven Shah
- Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Center for Immunity and Immunotherapies, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Virology and McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO 65211, USA
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- Center for Immunity and Immunotherapies, Seattle Children’s Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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- Laboratory of Biochemical Pharmacology, Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA
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Boftsi M, Whittle FB, Wang J, Shepherd P, Burger LR, Kaifer KA, Lorson CL, Joshi T, Pintel DJ, Majumder K. The adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV2) genome and rep 68/78 proteins interact with cellular sites of DNA damage. Hum Mol Genet 2021; 31:985-998. [PMID: 34652429 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddab300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 09/20/2021] [Accepted: 10/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Nuclear DNA viruses simultaneously access cellular factors that aid their life cycle while evading inhibitory factors by localizing to distinct nuclear sites. Adeno-Associated Viruses (AAVs), which are Dependoviruses in the family Parvovirinae, are non-enveloped icosahedral viruses, that have been developed as recombinant AAV vectors (rAAV) to express transgenes. AAV2 expression and replication occur in nuclear viral replication centers (VRCs), which relies on cellular replication machinery as well as coinfection by helper viruses such as adenoviruses or herpesviruses, or exogenous DNA damage to host cells. AAV2 infection induces a complex cellular DNA damage response (DDR), either in response to viral DNA or viral proteins expressed in the host nucleus during infection, where VRCs colocalize with DDR proteins. We have previously developed a modified iteration of a viral chromosome conformation capture (V3C-seq) assay to show that the autonomous parvovirus Minute Virus of Mice (MVM) localizes to cellular sites of DNA damage to establish and amplify its replication. Similar V3C-seq assays to map AAV2 show that the AAV2 genome colocalized with cellular sites of DNA damage under both non-replicating and replicating conditions. The AAV2 non-structural protein Rep 68/78, also localized to cellular DDR sites during both non-replicating and replicating infections, and also when ectopically expressed. Ectopically expressed Rep could be efficiently re-localized to DDR sites induced by micro-irradiation. Recombinant AAV2 gene therapy vector genomes derived from AAV2 localized to sites of cellular DNA damage to a lesser degree, suggesting that the Inverted Terminal Repeat (ITR) origins of replication were insufficient for targeting.
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- Maria Boftsi
- Pathobiology Area Graduate Program.,Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center.,Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center.,Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center.,Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center.,Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.,MU Informatics Institute.,Department of Health Management and Informatics
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center.,Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri-Columbia, School of Medicine, Columbia, MO USA 65211
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- Institute for Molecular Virology.,McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research.,University of Wisconsin-Carbone Cancer Center
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Majumder K, Morales AJ. Utilization of Host Cell Chromosome Conformation by Viral Pathogens: Knowing When to Hold and When to Fold. Front Immunol 2021; 12:633762. [PMID: 33841414 PMCID: PMC8027251 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.633762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Though viruses have their own genomes, many depend on the nuclear environment of their hosts for replication and survival. A substantial body of work has therefore been devoted to understanding how viral and eukaryotic genomes interact. Recent advances in chromosome conformation capture technologies have provided unprecedented opportunities to visualize how mammalian genomes are organized and, by extension, how packaging of nuclear DNA impacts cellular processes. Recent studies have indicated that some viruses, upon entry into host cell nuclei, produce factors that alter host chromatin topology, and thus, impact the 3D organization of the host genome. Additionally, a variety of distinct viruses utilize host genome architectural factors to advance various aspects of their life cycles. Indeed, human gammaherpesviruses, known for establishing long-term reservoirs of latent infection in B lymphocytes, utilize 3D principles of genome folding to package their DNA and establish latency in host cells. This manipulation of host epigenetic machinery by latent viral genomes is etiologically linked to the onset of B cell oncogenesis. Small DNA viruses, by contrast, are tethered to distinct cellular sites that support virus expression and replication. Here, we briefly review the recent findings on how viruses and host genomes spatially communicate, and how this impacts virus-induced pathology.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kinjal Majumder
- Institute for Molecular Virology and McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, Human Cancer Virology Program, University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Hunter College of the City University of New York, New York, NY, United States
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Boftsi M, Majumder K, Burger LR, Pintel DJ. Binding of CCCTC-Binding Factor (CTCF) to the Minute Virus of Mice Genome Is Important for Proper Processing of Viral P4-Generated Pre-mRNAs. Viruses 2020; 12:E1368. [PMID: 33266080 PMCID: PMC7760686 DOI: 10.3390/v12121368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Specific chromatin immunoprecipitation of salt-fractionated infected cell extracts has demonstrated that the CCCTC-binding factor (CTCF), a highly conserved, 11-zinc-finger DNA-binding protein with known roles in cellular and viral genome organization and gene expression, specifically binds the genome of Minute Virus of Mice (MVM). Mutations that diminish binding of CTCF to MVM affect processing of the P4-generated pre-mRNAs. These RNAs are spliced less efficiently to generate the R1 mRNA, and definition of the NS2-specific exon upstream of the small intron is reduced, leading to relatively less R2 and the generation of a novel exon-skipped product. These results suggest a model in which CTCF is required for proper engagement of the spliceosome at the MVM small intron and for the first steps of processing of the P4-generated pre-mRNA.
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- Maria Boftsi
- Pathobiology Area Graduate Program, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA;
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; (K.M.); (L.R.B.)
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; (K.M.); (L.R.B.)
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; (K.M.); (L.R.B.)
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Majumder K, Boftsi M, Whittle FB, Wang J, Fuller MS, Joshi T, Pintel DJ. The NS1 protein of the parvovirus MVM Aids in the localization of the viral genome to cellular sites of DNA damage. PLoS Pathog 2020; 16:e1009002. [PMID: 33064772 PMCID: PMC7592911 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 10/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
The autonomous parvovirus Minute Virus of Mice (MVM) localizes to cellular DNA damage sites to establish and sustain viral replication centers, which can be visualized by focal deposition of the essential MVM non-structural phosphoprotein NS1. How such foci are established remains unknown. Here, we show that NS1 localized to cellular sites of DNA damage independently of its ability to covalently bind the 5’ end of the viral genome, or its consensus DNA binding sequence. Many of these sites were identical to those occupied by virus during infection. However, localization of the MVM genome to DNA damage sites occurred only when wild-type NS1, but not its DNA-binding mutant was expressed. Additionally, wild-type NS1, but not its DNA binding mutant, could localize a heterologous DNA molecule containing the NS1 binding sequence to DNA damage sites. These findings suggest that NS1 may function as a bridging molecule, helping the MVM genome localize to cellular DNA damage sites to facilitate ongoing virus replication. Parvoviruses are among the simplest of viruses, depending almost exclusively on host cell factors to successfully replicate. We have previously shown that the parvovirus Minute Virus of Mice (MVM) establishes replication centers at sites that are associated with cellular regions of DNA damage. These sites are primed to contain factors necessary to efficiently initiate vigorous virus lytic infection. The process by which viral proteins and viral DNA specifically localize to these sites has previously remained unknown. In this study we show that the essential viral protein NS1 possesses the intrinsic ability to localize to cellular sites of DNA damage. Additionally, wild-type NS1, but not its DNA binding mutant, could localize to sites of DNA damage both the MVM genome, or a heterologous DNA molecule engineered to contain NS1 binding sites. This work provides the first evidence that NS1 may function as a bridging molecule to localize the MVM genome to cellular sites of DNA damage to facilitate ongoing replication.
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Affiliation(s)
- Kinjal Majumder
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- * E-mail: (KM); (DJP)
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Pathobiology Area Graduate Program, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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- Ultragenyx Gene Therapy, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- MU Institute of Data Science and Informatics, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America
- * E-mail: (KM); (DJP)
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Singh R, Majumder K, Anantharachagan A, Lee HL, Singh V, Chaturvedula L, Koothan V, Mettler L. 1917 Comparison of Training Techniques in Gynecological Endoscopy in Various Parts of the World. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2019.09.280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Ma K, Lim K, Majumder K, Edi-Osagie E. Laparoscopic Uterine Cerclage: A 10 Year Experience at a Tertiary Referral Centre. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2019.09.691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Ma K, Lim K, Edi-Osagie E, Majumder K. 1348 Caesarean Scar Ectopic Pregnancies: Tale of two Approaches. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2019.09.129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Majumder K, Boftsi M, Pintel DJ. Viral Chromosome Conformation Capture (V3C) Assays for Identifying Trans-interaction Sites between Lytic Viruses and the Cellular Genome. Bio Protoc 2019; 9:e3198. [PMID: 31032382 PMCID: PMC6482961 DOI: 10.21769/bioprotoc.3198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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The folding mechanisms of the mammalian genome package our genetic material into the nucleus, and in doing so, dictate its appropriate replication and expression. Chromosome conformation capture technology has enabled the dissection of the folding principles of the cellular genome. This has led to a better understanding of the role played by architectural proteins in forming and dissolving 3D-chromatin-structure. These assays are based on the principle of crosslinking distant cellular sites that are proximal to each other in 3D space using formaldehyde followed by digestion of formed hybrid DNA junctions. Invading viruses, such as the lytic parvovirus Minute Virus of Mice (MVM), establish distinct replication centers within the nuclear environment at cellular sites that preferentially undergo DNA damage, but do not integrate into the cellular DNA. We have adapted chromosome conformation capture technology to study the trans-interaction between MVM and the cellular genome, which we have dubbed V3C, which can be extended to a whole-genome analysis we term V3C-seq. This protocol describes the procedure for performing, as well as analyzing V3C-seq assays, and can be adapted for mapping the cellular interaction sites of any non-integrating DNA virus.
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- Kinjal Majumder
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA.,Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA.,Pathobiology Area Graduate Program, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri, USA.,Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA
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Majumder K, Wang J, Boftsi M, Fuller MS, Rede JE, Joshi T, Pintel DJ. Parvovirus minute virus of mice interacts with sites of cellular DNA damage to establish and amplify its lytic infection. eLife 2018; 7:37750. [PMID: 30028293 PMCID: PMC6095691 DOI: 10.7554/elife.37750] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2018] [Accepted: 07/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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We have developed a generally adaptable, novel high-throughput Viral Chromosome Conformation Capture assay (V3C-seq) for use in trans that allows genome-wide identification of the direct interactions of a lytic virus genome with distinct regions of the cellular chromosome. Upon infection, we found that the parvovirus Minute Virus of Mice (MVM) genome initially associated with sites of cellular DNA damage that in mock-infected cells also exhibited DNA damage as cells progressed through S-phase. As infection proceeded, new DNA damage sites were induced, and virus subsequently also associated with these. Sites of association identified biochemically were confirmed microscopically and MVM could be targeted specifically to artificially induced sites of DNA damage. Thus, MVM established replication at cellular DNA damage sites, which provide replication and expression machinery, and as cellular DNA damage accrued, virus spread additionally to newly damaged sites to amplify infection. MVM-associated sites overlap significantly with previously identified topologically-associated domains (TADs). Viruses are small infectious particles that can only reproduce with the help of a host. Once they are inside their victim, they hijack the cells’ genetic material and reprogram it to become a virus factory that produces more virus particles. Parvoviruses, for example, are among the simplest of viruses and need all resources a cell has to offer to successfully replicate. This process often takes place at so-called replication centers that contain these necessary factors. It was previously thought that parvoviruses set up such centers randomly, and gather the required molecules such as proteins to these sites. However, it was not well understood how they do this. Now, Majumder et al. have developed a new method that enabled them to study in detail how parvoviruses gain access to the resources of the cell they need to initiate and amplify replication. The results show that parvoviruses set up their replication centers at sites on the host DNA that are already rich in proteins needed to repair and then replicate damaged DNA. Some of these sites already exist in the cell’s genetic material as a consequence of naturally occurring processes, but others are created during infection by the virus. These findings may have important implications for how other viruses may establish their replication. Viruses, including parvoviruses, are important pathogens. Like many microbes, viruses can be beneficial for our health and environment. Others, however, can be harmful. A clearer understanding of how viruses establish and amplify an infection may provide new treatment opportunities.
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- Kinjal Majumder
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Columbia, United States
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Columbia, United States.,Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Columbia, United States
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- Pathobiology Area Graduate Program, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Columbia, United States
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- Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Columbia, United States
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Columbia, United States
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Columbia, United States.,Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Columbia, United States.,Department of Health Management and Informatics, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, United States.,MU Informatics Institute, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, United States
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center, Columbia, United States
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Nickkho-Amiry M, Savant R, Majumder K, Edi-O'sagie E, Akhtar M. The effect of surgical management of endometrioma on the IVF/ICSI outcomes when compared with no treatment? A systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2018; 297:1043-1057. [PMID: 29344847 PMCID: PMC5849664 DOI: 10.1007/s00404-017-4640-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2017] [Accepted: 12/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Objective To assess the impact of surgical management of endometrioma on the outcome of assisted reproduction treatment (ART). Design A systematic review and meta-analysis. Setting Department of reproductive medicine at teaching university hospital, UK. Patients Subfertile women with endometrioma undergoing ART. Interventions Surgical removal of endometrioma or expectant management. Main outcome measures Clinical pregnancy rate, pregnancy rate, live birth rate, number of oocytes retrieved and number of embryos available and ovarian response to gonadotrophins. Results An extensive search of electronic databases for articles published from inception to September 2016 yielded 11 eligible studies for meta-analysis. Meta-analysis was conducted comparing surgery versus no treatment of endometrioma. There were no significant differences in pregnancy rate per cycle, clinical pregnancy rate and live birth rate between women who underwent surgery for endometrioma and those who did not. Conclusion Current evidence suggests that women with endometriosis-related infertility have similar cycle outcomes to other patients going through ART. It is pertinent for clinicians to assess the risks of surgical intervention on ovarian reserve prior to initiating therapy.
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- M Nickkho-Amiry
- University Hospital of South Manchester, Southmoor Rd, Wythenshawe, Manchester, M23 9LT, UK.
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- Central Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Central Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Central Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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Majumder K, Etingov I, Pintel DJ. Protoparvovirus Interactions with the Cellular DNA Damage Response. Viruses 2017; 9:v9110323. [PMID: 29088070 PMCID: PMC5707530 DOI: 10.3390/v9110323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2017] [Revised: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Protoparvoviruses are simple single-stranded DNA viruses that infect many animal species. The protoparvovirus minute virus of mice (MVM) infects murine and transformed human cells provoking a sustained DNA damage response (DDR). This DDR is dependent on signaling by the ATM kinase and leads to a prolonged pre-mitotic cell cycle block that features the inactivation of ATR-kinase mediated signaling, proteasome-targeted degradation of p21, and inhibition of cyclin B1 expression. This review explores how protoparvoviruses, and specifically MVM, co-opt the common mechanisms regulating the DDR and cell cycle progression in order to prepare the host nuclear environment for productive infection.
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- Kinjal Majumder
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Bond Life Sciences Center, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Bond Life Sciences Center, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Bond Life Sciences Center, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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Zhao JY, Osipovich O, Koues OI, Majumder K, Oltz EM. Activation of Mouse Tcrb: Uncoupling RUNX1 Function from Its Cooperative Binding with ETS1. J Immunol 2017. [PMID: 28637900 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1700146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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T lineage commitment requires the coordination of key transcription factors (TFs) in multipotent progenitors that transition them away from other lineages and cement T cell identity. Two important TFs for the multipotent progenitors to T lineage transition are RUNX1 and ETS1, which bind cooperatively to composite sites throughout the genome, especially in regulatory elements for genes involved in T lymphopoiesis. Activation of the TCR β (Tcrb) locus in committed thymocytes is a critical process for continued development of these cells, and is mediated by an enhancer, Eβ, which harbors two RUNX-ETS composite sites. An outstanding issue in understanding T cell gene expression programs is whether RUNX1 and ETS1 have independent functions in enhancer activation that can be dissected from cooperative binding. We now show that RUNX1 is sufficient to activate the endogenous mouse Eβ element and its neighboring 25 kb region by independently tethering this TF without coincidental ETS1 binding. Moreover, RUNX1 is sufficient for long-range promoter-Eβ looping, nucleosome clearance, and robust transcription throughout the Tcrb recombination center, spanning both DβJβ clusters. We also find that a RUNX1 domain, termed the negative regulatory domain for DNA binding, can compensate for the loss of ETS1 binding at adjacent sites. Thus, we have defined independent roles for RUNX1 in the activation of a T cell developmental enhancer, as well as its ability to mediate specific changes in chromatin landscapes that accompany long-range induction of recombination center promoters.
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- Jiang-Yang Zhao
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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Ma K, Sentance J, Majumder K, Edi-Osagie E. Laparoscopic Hypogastric Plexus Block - Retrospective Pilot Study of a Novel Local Anaesthetic Technique in Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Radical Resection of Rectovaginal Endometriosis. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2016.08.257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Sentance J, Ma KYK, Majumder K, Szabo K, Edi-Osagie E. Lower Limb Compartment Syndrome Associated with Laparoscopic Surgery: What a Gynaecologist Needs to Know. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2016.08.098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Ma K, Majumder K, Clayton R, Rajashanker B, Ed-Osagie E. Correlation Between Magnetic Resonance Imaging Results and Findings at Surgery for Cases of Severe Endometriosis. J Minim Invasive Gynecol 2016; 22:S55. [PMID: 27679275 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmig.2015.08.148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- K Ma
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Radiology, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Obstetrics and Gynaecology, St. Mary's Hospital, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom
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The adaptive immune system endows mammals with an ability to recognize nearly any foreign invader through antigen receptors that are expressed on the surface of all lymphocytes. This defense network is generated by V(D)J recombination, a set of sequentially controlled DNA cleavage and repair events that assemble antigen receptor genes from physically separated variable (V), joining (J), and sometimes diversity (D) gene segments. The recombination process itself must be stringently regulated to minimize oncogenic translocations involving chromosomes that harbor immunoglobulin and T cell receptor loci. Indeed, V(D)J recombination is controlled at several levels, including tissue-, developmental stage-, allele-, and gene segment-specificity. These levels of control are imposed by a collection of architectural and regulatory elements that are distributed throughout each antigen receptor locus. Together, the genetic elements regulate developmental changes in chromatin, transcription, and locus topology that promote or disfavor long-range recombination. This chapter focuses on the cross talk between these mechanisms at the T cell receptor beta (Tcrb) locus, and how they sculpt a diverse TCRβ repertoire while maintaining monospecificity of this antigen receptor on each mature T lymphocyte. We also discuss how insights obtained from studies of Tcrb are more generally relevant to our understanding of gene regulation strategies employed by mammals.
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- Kinjal Majumder
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Cancer Pathobiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri, USA.
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Majumder K, Rupp LJ, Yang-Iott KS, Koues OI, Kyle KE, Bassing CH, Oltz EM. Domain-Specific and Stage-Intrinsic Changes in Tcrb Conformation during Thymocyte Development. J Immunol 2015; 195:1262-72. [PMID: 26101321 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 05/31/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Considerable cross-talk exists between mechanisms controlling genome architecture and gene expression. AgR loci are excellent models for these processes because they are regulated at both conformational and transcriptional levels to facilitate their assembly by V(D)J recombination. Upon commitment to the double-negative stage of T cell development, Tcrb adopts a compact conformation that promotes long-range recombination between Vβ gene segments (Trbvs) and their DβJβ targets. Formation of a functional VβDβJβ join signals for robust proliferation of double-negative thymocytes and their differentiation into double-positive (DP) cells, where Trbv recombination is squelched (allelic exclusion). DP differentiation also is accompanied by decontraction of Tcrb, which has been thought to separate the entire Trbv cluster from DβJβ segments (spatial segregation-based model for allelic exclusion). However, DP cells also repress transcription of unrearranged Trbvs, which may contribute to allelic exclusion. We performed a more detailed study of developmental changes in Tcrb topology and found that only the most distal portion of the Trbv cluster separates from DβJβ segments in DP thymocytes, leaving most Trbvs spatially available for rearrangement. Preferential dissociation of distal Trbvs is independent of robust proliferation or changes in transcription, chromatin, or architectural factors, which are coordinately regulated across the entire Trbv cluster. Segregation of distal Trbvs also occurs on alleles harboring a functional VβDβJβ join, suggesting that this process is independent of rearrangement status and is DP intrinsic. Our finding that most Trbvs remain associated with DβJβ targets in DP cells revises allelic exclusion models from their current conformation-dominant to a transcription-dominant formulation.
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- Kinjal Majumder
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Division of Cancer Pathobiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Division of Cancer Pathobiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Division of Cancer Pathobiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104; and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110;
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Majumder K, Koues O, Rupp L, Kyle K, Collins P, Bassing C, Oltz E. Developmental changes in Tcrb architecture are independent of thymocyte proliferation (HEM2P.248). The Journal of Immunology 2015. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.194.supp.51.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Assembly of the genetic components of the adaptive immune system by V(D)J recombination must be tightly controlled to prevent chromosomal translocations that cause genomic instability. This control is exerted at the level of tissue, stage and allele specificity by genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. Changes in chromosome conformation is one of the mechanisms of epigenetic control. In DN thymocytes, the Tcrb locus adopts a conformation which brings together distally located V, D and J gene segments by looping out intervening DNA to facilitate rearrangement. As the thymocyte proliferates and proceeds to the DP stage of development, the distal ends of Tcrb dissociate from one another. We applied high-throughput 4C-sequencing strategy to study the developmental changes in germline Tcrb looping at greater resolution. Characterization of the interactomes of multiple viewpoints revealed that: (i) the D-J region interacts with central Vβs in DP thymocytes despite losing distal Vβ contacts and (ii) the distal Vβs maintain a unique architecture in DP thymocytes. This conformation of Tcrb is maintained in DP thymocytes independent of proliferation, suggesting that lineage-specific factors can stabilize chromosome loops. Current studies are focused on deciphering the molecular mechanisms that regulate these developmental changes in Tcrb looping including structural protein binding and perturbation of chromatin barrier elements.
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- Kinjal Majumder
- 1Pathology and Immunology, Washington Univ. Sch. of Med. In St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
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- 1Pathology and Immunology, Washington Univ. Sch. of Med. In St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
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- 2Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman Sch. of Med. at Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- 1Pathology and Immunology, Washington Univ. Sch. of Med. In St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
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- 1Pathology and Immunology, Washington Univ. Sch. of Med. In St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
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- 2Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman Sch. of Med. at Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
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- 1Pathology and Immunology, Washington Univ. Sch. of Med. In St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO
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Majumder K, Harvey L, Roy S, Holley C, Eckman P, Liao K, John R. Postoperative Liver Dysfunction Adversely Affects Survival After Continuous Flow LVAD Placement. J Heart Lung Transplant 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2015.01.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Akhtar MA, Netherton R, Majumder K, Edi-Osagie E, Sajjad Y. Methods employed to overcome difficult embryo transfer during assisted reproduction treatment. Arch Gynecol Obstet 2015; 292:255-62. [DOI: 10.1007/s00404-015-3657-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Chinnakotla S, Majumder K, Sutherland DE. Controversies in pancreas transplantation. MINERVA CHIR 2015; 70:57-62. [PMID: 25584826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Pancreas transplants are now highly effective for patients with diabetes mellitus. Improvements in outcomes have primarily been due to significant reductions in technical failures and immunological graft loss. In this short review we discuss three areas of controversy in the field of pancreas transplantation. Notwithstanding the controversies we have highlighted, in line with the American Diabetic Association position statement, simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants and pancreas after kidney transplants should be routine for diabetic kidney recipients, and a pancreas transplant alone is appropriate for non-uremic labile diabetic patients.
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- S Chinnakotla
- Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN, USA -
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Majumder K, Koues OI, Chan EAW, Kyle KE, Horowitz JE, Yang-Iott K, Bassing CH, Taniuchi I, Krangel MS, Oltz EM. Lineage-specific compaction of Tcrb requires a chromatin barrier to protect the function of a long-range tethering element. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 212:107-20. [PMID: 25512470 PMCID: PMC4291525 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20141479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Majumder et al. explore the large-scale looping architecture of the Tcrb locus early in murine thymocyte development during the generation of TCRβ diversity. They dissect novel DNA regulatory elements controlling V to D-J recombination and identify within an insulator region a distally located CTCF-containing element functioning as a tether, which facilitates looping of distal Vβ to Dβ-Jβ regions and promotes locus contraction. A second CTCF-containing element, proximal to the Dβ-Jβ region, acts as a boundary, preventing the spread of active chromatin associated with Dβ-Jβ regions. Removal of the proximal boundary element impairs the locus contraction capabilities of the tethering element. Gene regulation relies on dynamic changes in three-dimensional chromatin conformation, which are shaped by composite regulatory and architectural elements. However, mechanisms that govern such conformational switches within chromosomal domains remain unknown. We identify a novel mechanism by which cis-elements promote long-range interactions, inducing conformational changes critical for diversification of the TCRβ antigen receptor locus (Tcrb). Association between distal Vβ gene segments and the highly expressed DβJβ clusters, termed the recombination center (RC), is independent of enhancer function and recruitment of V(D)J recombinase. Instead, we find that tissue-specific folding of Tcrb relies on two distinct architectural elements located upstream of the RC. The first, a CTCF-containing element, directly tethers distal portions of the Vβ array to the RC. The second element is a chromatin barrier that protects the tether from hyperactive RC chromatin. When the second element is removed, active RC chromatin spreads upstream, forcing the tether to serve as a new barrier. Acquisition of barrier function by the CTCF element disrupts contacts between distal Vβ gene segments and significantly alters Tcrb repertoires. Our findings reveal a separation of function for RC-flanking regions, in which anchors for long-range recombination must be cordoned off from hyperactive RC landscapes by chromatin barriers.
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- Kinjal Majumder
- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110
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- Division of Cancer Pathobiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Division of Cancer Pathobiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Division of Cancer Pathobiology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Center for Childhood Cancer Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104
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- Laboratory for Transcriptional Regulation, RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
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- Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710
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- Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110
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Majumder K, Goswami K. Successful Thermachoice endometrial ablation immediately following uterine perforation at microwave endometrial ablation. J OBSTET GYNAECOL 2011; 31:773. [PMID: 22085079 DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2011.609921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- K Majumder
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, John Radcliffe Hospital, NHS Trust, Oxford, UK.
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Gupta P, Sturdee DW, Palin SL, Majumder K, Fear R, Marshall T, Paterson I. Menopausal symptoms in women treated for breast cancer: the prevalence and severity of symptoms and their perceived effects on quality of life. Climacteric 2009; 9:49-58. [PMID: 16428125 DOI: 10.1080/13697130500487224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To determine, first, the prevalence and severity of various symptoms related to estrogen deficiency in women within a few years of receiving treatment for breast cancer, second, how women perceive the effects of these symptoms on their quality of life and, third, what measures have been taken to relieve vasomotor symptoms. METHODS Two hundred women (aged 29-65 years) who had received treatment for breast cancer within the last 5 years were included in this cross-sectional survey. Information was collected about their breast cancer treatment, menopausal symptoms (Menopausal Rating Scale), the perceived effects of menopausal symptoms on their and their partner's quality of life and any treatments they were receiving for hot flushes. RESULTS All but one woman reported at least one symptom related to the menopause (95.9% vasomotor; 83.3% psychological; 89.7% somatic). Current treatment with tamoxifen or previous chemotherapy did not influence the prevalence or the severity of hot flushes. Current antidepressant treatment was, however, significantly associated with a higher prevalence and severity of most menopausal symptoms, including hot flushes and sweats (p = 0.008). The severity of hot flushes and sweats was significantly correlated with self-assessed effects on overall quality of life (r(s) = 0.47); 56.4% of the respondents believed that menopausal symptoms had affected their partner's quality of life, the strongest correlations being with severity of sexual symptoms (r(s) = 0.56) and vaginal dryness (r(s) = 0.5). Only 21% of women experiencing hot flushes were receiving any treatment for hot flushes, with most women describing no knowledge or poor knowledge of treatment options. CONCLUSIONS The majority of women receiving treatment for breast cancer report menopausal symptoms, which negatively correlate, not only with their own, but also with their partner's quality of life. Most women experiencing hot flushes are not receiving treatment due to lack of both awareness and confidence in the existing treatment options.
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- P Gupta
- Women's Unit, Solihull Hospital, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Solihull
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A novel extracellular matrix protein flectin (250 kD M(r)) shows specific left-right asymmetric expression before and throughout the looping process during heart development in avian embryos [Tsuda et al., 1996]. Flectin is a candidate molecule to provide directionality to the looping process in the avian model. In this study on mouse embryonic heart development, flectin is shown to be developmentally regulated and to be expressed in a specific asymmetric fashion, but in a different pattern from that observed in avian hearts. The molecules involved in development tend to be the same, but timing of expression, modulation, and asymmetry are different. In the mouse embryo, flectin is expressed symmetrically when the cardiogenic plate is formed. As looping progresses, flectin expression becomes asymmetric. There is right side predominance at the outflow tract and left side predominance at the ventricular portion of the tubular heart. The left side predominance of flectin develops in an anteroposterior direction, while right side predominance of the outflow tract remains relatively unchanged. These differential expression patterns of flectin decrease once the looping process is completed. After looping, flectin becomes restricted to the epicardium and subepicardial extracellular regions. In inv/inv mice, a known mouse model for human situs inversus, in which the directionality of heart looping is inverted, flectin expression pattern is mirror image of that of normal mouse embryos during looping stages. Our study indicates that, in the mouse, flectin shows a specific asymmetric expression pattern after initiation of heart looping and that this asymmetric expression pattern is related to the directionality of looping. The remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM) including specific flectin expression begins with the looping process. This morphogenetic change of the ECM coincides with the differentiation of each region of the tubular heart.
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- T Tsuda
- Department of Cell Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford 08043, USA
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Majumder K, Majumder KM, Lahiri SC. Solubilities of Amino Acids in Dioxane + Water Mixtures and the Determination of Transfer Free Energies of Interaction of Amino Acid from Water to Aquo-Organic Mixtures. Z PHYS CHEM 2000. [DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2000.214.3.285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The solubilities of amino acids (Glycine, α-alanine, L-asparagine, L-methionine, L-proline, L-valine, L-leucine, L-phenylalanine, L-glutamine) in dioxane-water mixtures (0-100%) have been determined colorimetrically as well as pH metrically using acid-free formaldehyde solution. The solubility decreases enormously with increase in percentage of dioxane. The results have been interpreted in terms of specific solvation and hydrophobic effects.In order to comprehend the results better, the scaled particle theory has been applied to determine the transfer free energy changes for interaction from water to aquo-organic solvent mixtures and the results are qualitatively in agreement. An estimate of the hydrophobic interactions due to constituent groups in different aquo-organic mixtures has been attempted.
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Mice with mutations at the downless (dl) locus have defects in hair follicle, tooth, sweat gland, preputial gland, Meibomian gland, and tail development. The dl phenotype is analogous to the human genetic disorder termed autosomal hypohidrotic (or anhidrotic) ectodermal dysplasia (HED). On the basis of the identification of two related transgenic insertional mutations in the downless gene, yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) were identified that map to the critical region of mouse Chromosome (Chr) 10. To determine which of the YACs contain the dl gene, we generated YAC transgenic mice by mouse embryo microinjections. The 200-kb YAC B25.D9 was found to rescue all of the downless defects. In addition, the transgenic YAC rescued the dominant Sleek (Dlslk) allele. Since the sequences within the YAC are entirely deleted in one of the transgenic mutants, our results establish that Sleek encodes a dominant-negative protein whose effects can be reversed by expression of extra copies of the wild-type locus.
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- K Majumder
- CuraGen Corporation, Alachua, Florida 32615, USA
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Morgan D, Turnpenny L, Goodship J, Dai W, Majumder K, Matthews L, Gardner A, Schuster G, Vien L, Harrison W, Elder FF, Penman-Splitt M, Overbeek P, Strachan T. Inversin, a novel gene in the vertebrate left-right axis pathway, is partially deleted in the inv mouse. Nat Genet 1998; 20:149-56. [PMID: 9771707 DOI: 10.1038/2450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 194] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Visceral left-right asymmetry occurs in all vertebrates, but the inversion of embryo turning (inv) mouse, which resulted following a random transgene insertion, is the only model in which these asymmetries are consistently reversed. We report positional cloning of the gene underlying this recessive phenotype. Although transgene insertion was accompanied by neighbouring deletion and duplication events, our YAC phenotype rescue studies indicate that the mutant phenotype results from the deletion. After extensively characterizing the 47-kb deleted region and flanking sequences from the wild-type mouse genome, we found evidence for only one gene sequence in the deleted region. We determined the full-length 5.5-kb cDNA sequence and identified 16 exons, of which exons 3-11 were eliminated by the deletion, causing a frameshift. The novel gene specifies a 1062-aa product with tandem ankyrin-like repeat sequences. Characterization of complementing and non-complementing YAC transgenic families revealed that correction of the inv mutant phenotype was concordant with integration and intact expression of this novel gene, which we have named inversin (Invs).
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- D Morgan
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Selvapandiyan A, Ahmad S, Majumder K, Arora N, Bhatnagar RK. Evidence for the shikimate-3-phosphate interacting site in the N-terminal domain of 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthase of Bacillus subtilis. Biochem Mol Biol Int 1996; 40:603-10. [PMID: 8908371 DOI: 10.1080/15216549600201193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The role of basic amino acid residues that are highly conserved in the N-terminal domain of 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPs) in the binding of the substrate, shikimate-3-phosphate, has been assessed. Lys 19 and Arg 24 in the Bacillus subtilis EPSPs were substituted by glutamic acid and aspartic acid residues respectively by site-directed mutagenesis. Native and the mutant proteins were expressed using a two-vector system and the expressed proteins were purified to near homogeniety. The replacement of either Lys 19 or Arg 24 with a negatively charged residue nearly completely abolished the enzyme activity. The kinetic characterization of the purified wild type and the mutant proteins revealed that the substitution of positively charged residues in the N-terminal domain (K19 and R24) results in reduced affinity for shikimate-3-phosphate (S3P). The results suggest the involvement of these residues in the binding of S3P during enzyme catalysis.
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- A Selvapandiyan
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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Selvapandiyan A, Majumder K, Fattah FA, Ahmad S, Arora N, Bhatnagar RK. Point mutation of a conserved arginine (104) to lysine introduces hypersensitivity to inhibition by glyphosate in the 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase of Bacillus subtilis. FEBS Lett 1995; 374:253-6. [PMID: 7589547 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(95)01124-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The role of a conserved arginine (R104) in the putative phosphoenol pyruvate binding region of 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthase of Bacillus subtilis has been investigated. Employing site directed mutagenesis arginine was substituted by lysine or glutamine. Native and mutant proteins were expressed and purified to near homogeneity. Estimation of Michaelis and inhibitor constants of the native and mutant proteins exhibited altered substrate-inhibitor binding mode and constants. Mutation R104K hypersensitized the enzyme reaction to inhibition by glyphosate. The role of R104 in discriminating between glyphosate and phosphoenol pyruvate is discussed.
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- A Selvapandiyan
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, India
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Majumder K, Choudhury S, Bhatnagar RK. Recombinant enrichment by exploitation of the wobble bases in the recognition site of long-cutters: design, synthesis and incorporation of zero-background linkers in cloning and expression vectors. Gene 1995; 163:167-8. [PMID: 7557472 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00354-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- K Majumder
- International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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Majumder K, Selvapandiyan A, Fattah FA, Arora N, Ahmad S, Bhatnagar RK. 5-Enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase of Bacillus subtilis is an allosteric enzyme. Analysis of Arg24-->Asp, Pro105-->Ser and His385-->Lys mutations suggests a hidden phosphoenolpyruvate-binding site. Eur J Biochem 1995; 229:99-106. [PMID: 7744055 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1995.tb20443.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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5-Enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase of Bacillus subtilis has been cloned, expressed and purified to near homogeneity. Clustal alignment of the amino acid sequences from different bacteria revealed several conserved residues located in the N-terminal, middle and C-terminal domains. The role of conserved Arg24, Pro105, and His385 residues has been examined by site-directed mutagenesis. Steady-state kinetic analysis of the native synthase exhibited allosteric behaviour, a feature thought to be unique amongst bacterial and plant 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase enzymes investigated so far. Both substrates, phosphoenolpyruvate (P-pyruvate) and shikimate 3-phosphate have multiple interaction sites. There are two sites for P-pyruvate binding, catalytic and non-catalytic. Glyphosate (N-phosphonomethyl glycine) competes for binding at the catalytic site and does not interact at the secondary site. Glyphosate in the absence of ammonium ions increases cooperativity of P-pyruvate binding and favors dimerization of the enzyme through an interaction between P-pyruvate-binding sites. The ammonium-ion-activated 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase displays no cooperativity with respect to P-pyruvate. Absence of ammonium ions decreases affinity for substrates and introduces cooperativity. Cooperativity was also introduced in the enzyme by point mutations, Arg24-->Asp and His385-->Lys. The latter mutant of the native enzyme exists as a dimer and aggregates to a tetrameric form in the presence of glyphosate. The occurrence of multimeric forms of the synthase has been demonstrated by staining for the enzyme activity on the native gel and by resolving purified enzyme preparations on a sucrose density gradient. A model describing the alteration in the aggregation status of the enzyme by the inhibitor, activator and the substrates has been proposed.
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- K Majumder
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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We report the cloning and functional expression of a novel K+ channel beta-subunit from human atrium, hKv beta 3. hKv beta 3 is highly homologous to the two beta-subunits cloned from rat brain, Kv beta 1 and Kv beta 2, but has an essentially unique stretch of 79 N-terminal residues. Upon expression in Xenopus oocytes, hKv beta 3 accelerates the inactivation of co-injected hKv1.4 currents and induces fast inactivation of non-inactivating co-injected hKv1.5 currents. By contrast, hKv beta 3 had no effect on hKv1.1, hKv1.2, or hKv2.1 currents. Thus, hKv beta 3 represents a third type of K+ channel beta-subunit which modulates the kinetics of a unique subset of channels in the Kv1 subfamily.
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- K Majumder
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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The cardiac inward rectifier current (IK1) contributes to the shape and duration of the cardiac action potential and helps to set the resting membrane potential. Although several inwardly rectifying K+ channels (IRKs) from different tissues have been cloned recently, the nature and number of K+ channels contributing to the cardiac IK1 are presently unknown. To address this issue in human heart, we have used the reverse-transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique with human atrial total RNA as a template to identify two sequences expressed in heart that are homologous to previously cloned IRKs. One of the PCR products we obtained was virtually identical to IRK1 (cloned from a mouse macrophage cell line); the other, which we named hIRK, exhibited < 70% identity to IRK1. A full-length clone encoding hIRK was isolated from a human atrial cDNA library and functionally expressed in Xenopus oocytes. This channel, like IRK1, exhibited strong inward rectification and was blocked by divalent cations. However, hIRK differed from IRK1 at the single-channel level: hIRK had a single-channel conductance of 36 pS compared with 21 pS for IRK1. We have identified single channels of 41, 35, 21, and 9 pS in recordings from dispersed human atrial myocytes. However, none of these atrial inward rectifiers exhibited single-channel properties exactly like those of cloned hIRK expressed in oocytes. Our findings suggest that the cardiac IK1 in human atrial myocytes is composed of multiple inwardly rectifying channels distinguishable on the basis of single-channel conductance, each of which may be the product of a different gene.
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- B A Wible
- Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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Majumder K, Fattah FA, Selvapandiyan A, Bhatnagar RK. Background-minimized cassette mutagenesis by PCR using cassette-specific selection markers: a useful general approach for studying structure-function relationships of multisubstrate enzymes. PCR Methods Appl 1995; 4:212-8. [PMID: 8574189 DOI: 10.1101/gr.4.4.212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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An efficient protocol, termed background-minimized cassette mutagenesis (BMCM) by PCR, has been developed for multiple mutagenesis of DNA. This method uses suitable extension primers for incorporating various mutation(s) and is not limited by either the nature of the mutation or the size and spatial location of mutational loci. Minimization of the wild type background clone and mutant selection at very high frequency were easily achieved through a two-step process. First, a deletion of a unique restriction site within the cassette was introduced through additional silent mutation(s). Then, the recombinant clones were digested with the corresponding enzyme followed by transformation when selective linearization of wild-type clone led to its near total removal leaving the mutant clones as the only practicable transformants. Because it is generally possible to design several such cassette-specific unique background minimization markers for any gene, for multiple mutagenesis involving distally located portions of the gene the present protocol is superior to other currently available methods. The efficiency of BMCM-PCR has been demonstrated here by using the multisubstrate enzyme 5-enolpyruvyl-shikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPs) of Bacillus subtilis as a model system. Three different sets of cassettes of varying sizes were generated to encompass the three putative active/binding regions in the beginning, middle, and the end of the gene encoding EPSPs. Very high efficiency of mutation incorporation and selection were obtained in all cases. Furthermore, by taking advantage of the unique cassette-specific background elimination markers, it was possible to generate a nested set of double and/or triple mutants. The mutant enzymes were overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified to near homogeneity.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- K Majumder
- Plant Molecular Biology Laboratory, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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Majumder K, Choudhury S, Bhatnagar RK. Recombinant enrichment by exploitation of restriction sites with interrupted palindromes: design, synthesis and incorporation of zero-background linkers in cloning and expression vectors. Gene X 1994; 151:147-51. [PMID: 7828864 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90646-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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A universal approach for improving the efficiency of cloning through a selective enrichment of recombinants has been developed. This was achieved by using novel polylinkers or multiple cloning sites (MCS) termed zero-background linkers (ZBL). These MCS have short-cutter site(s) incorporated in the wobble portion of the recognition sequence of the long-cutter(s) in such a fashion that cloning at the short-cutter site disrupts the continuity of the long-cutter-specific sequence. Consequently, digestion of the ligation mixture with the long-cutter, prior to transformation, essentially eliminates the insert negative clones from transformants. The usefulness of such background removal has been illustrated through the design and synthesis of a model ZBL molecule and then its incorporation into various popular cloning and expression vectors. We demonstrate that replacement of the residing MCS of a vector with ZBL leads to enhanced cloning efficiency, as evidenced by the marked increase in the ratio of recombinants to non-recombinants. Such vector improvement is nearly universal as zero backgrounding is an add-on feature and can be adapted to practically any vector system, without having to alter the essential features of the parent vectors.
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- K Majumder
- International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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Nibedita R, Kumar RA, Majumdar A, Hosur RV, Govil G, Majumder K, Chauhan VS. Solution structure of GCCAAT recognition motif by 2D NMR, spectral simulation, molecular modeling, and distance geometry calculations. Biochemistry 1993; 32:9053-64. [PMID: 8369278 DOI: 10.1021/bi00086a010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Solution conformation of a self-complementary 14-mer DNA duplex (d-GGATTGGCCAATCC) containing the GCCAAT recognition motif of several transcription factors has been investigated by NMR spectroscopy. Complete resonance assignment of all the protons (except H5',H5'' protons) has been obtained following standard procedures based on two-dimensional NMR techniques. Three-bond coupling constants have been determined by spectral simulation procedures. New strategies have been described and employed for quantifying NOE intensities from the structural point of view. Approximate ranges of gamma torsion angles have been obtained from a selective NOESY experiment, by estimating the J(4'-5'), J(4'-5''), or their sum in the H1'-H4' cross peaks of the spectrum. Likewise, ranges of epsilon torsion angles have been obtained by monitoring the H3' multiplicities in the H8/H6-H3' cross peaks in selective NOESY spectra. With the help of such a total of 73 coupling constraints, 79 NOE intensity constraints, and 108 H-bond constraints, model building has been carried out to obtain a structure which satisfies the constraints. Starting from such a structure, an expanded distance constraint set has been created which has been used for the distance geometry calculations using the program TANDY. In the best structure thus derived, interesting irregularities similar to a BI-BII transition have been observed in the center. The molecule exhibits a bend. The overall base stacking is different from that in either B- or A-DNA models. The base pairs are tilted with respect to the local helix axes. The observed structural features are likely to have important implications for the recognition mechanism of the GCCAAT motif.
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- R Nibedita
- Chemical Physics Group, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India
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Majumder K. Ligation-free gene synthesis by PCR: synthesis and mutagenesis at multiple loci of a chimeric gene encoding ompA signal peptide and hirudin. Gene X 1992; 116:115-6. [PMID: 1628838 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(92)90638-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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- K Majumder
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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A unique kination and ligation-free method that allows de novo synthesis of a gene through a novel application of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) involving stepwise elongation of sequence (SES) is described. SES-PCR is simple and efficient. Optimal utilization of nucleotides, ability to use only partially purified oligodeoxyribonucleotides, and elimination of kination and ligation of intermediates make SES-PCR-mediated gene synthesis more economical in terms of time, labour and money. Site-directed mutagenesis and/or gene fusion by SES-PCR is not limited by the prior availability of the gene(s) in question. The potentials of this novel method in gene synthesis, mutagenesis at multiple loci of DNA and gene fusion have been demonstrated using a chimeric gene encoding fusion between OmpA signal peptide and hirudin, as an example. The SES-PCR product was cloned and sequencing of positive clones demonstrated the presence of genes with expected sequence and bearing only the desired mutations. A nearly 100% efficiency of mutation was easily achieved by the design of the method.
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- K Majumder
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, New Delhi, India
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Majumder K, Mishra RK, Bansal M, Brahmachari SK. Sequence criteria for Z-DNA formation: studies on poly d(ACGT). Nucleic Acids Res 1989; 17:450. [PMID: 2911479 PMCID: PMC331570 DOI: 10.1093/nar/17.1.450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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- K Majumder
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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Kadalayil LP, Majumder K, Mishra RK, Brahmachari SK. Sequence specificity of Z-DNA formation in oligonucleotides. Biochem Int 1988; 17:121-31. [PMID: 3263858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The sequence specific requirement for B----Z transition in solution was examined in d(CGTGCGCACG), d(CGTACGTACG), d(ACGTACGT) in presence of various Z-inducing factors. Conformational studies show that inspite of the alternating nature of purines and pyrimidines, the aforementioned sequences do not undergo B----Z transition under the influence of NaCl, hexamine cobalt chloride and ethanol. A comparison with the crystal structures of an assorted array of purine and pyrimidine sequences show that the sequence requirement for B----Z transition is much more stringent in solution as compared to the solid state. The disruptive influence of AT base pairs in B to Z transition is discussed.
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- L P Kadalayil
- Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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Majumder K, Ramesh N. A new polymer supported packing material as a substitute of hydroxylapatite: Purification of Topoisomerases. Chromatographia 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02688514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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