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Kotenko O, Makovets S. The functional significance of the RPA- and PCNA-dependent recruitment of Pif1 to DNA. EMBO Rep 2024; 25:1734-1751. [PMID: 38480846 PMCID: PMC11014909 DOI: 10.1038/s44319-024-00114-9] [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: 08/19/2023] [Revised: 02/10/2024] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Pif1 family helicases are multifunctional proteins conserved in eukaryotes, from yeast to humans. They are important for the genome maintenance in both nuclei and mitochondria, where they have been implicated in Okazaki fragment processing, replication fork progression and termination, telomerase regulation and DNA repair. While the Pif1 helicase activity is readily detectable on naked nucleic acids in vitro, the in vivo functions rely on recruitment to DNA. We identify the single-stranded DNA binding protein complex RPA as the major recruiter of Pif1 in budding yeast, in addition to the previously reported Pif1-PCNA interaction. The two modes of the Pif1 recruitment act independently during telomerase inhibition, as the mutations in the Pif1 motifs disrupting either of the recruitment pathways act additively. In contrast, both recruitment mechanisms are essential for the replication-related roles of Pif1 at conventional forks and during the repair by break-induced replication. We propose a molecular model where RPA and PCNA provide a double anchoring of Pif1 at replication forks, which is essential for the Pif1 functions related to the fork movement.
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- Oleksii Kotenko
- Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Alexander Crum Brown Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK
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- Institute of Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Alexander Crum Brown Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FF, UK.
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Muñoz S, Blanco-Romero E, González-Acosta D, Rodriguez-Acebes S, Megías D, Lopes M, Méndez J. RAD51 restricts DNA over-replication from re-activated origins. EMBO J 2024; 43:1043-1064. [PMID: 38360996 PMCID: PMC10942984 DOI: 10.1038/s44318-024-00038-z] [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: 03/14/2023] [Revised: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 01/12/2024] [Indexed: 02/17/2024] Open
Abstract
Eukaryotic cells rely on several mechanisms to ensure that the genome is duplicated precisely once in each cell division cycle, preventing DNA over-replication and genomic instability. Most of these mechanisms limit the activity of origin licensing proteins to prevent the reactivation of origins that have already been used. Here, we have investigated whether additional controls restrict the extension of re-replicated DNA in the event of origin re-activation. In a genetic screening in cells forced to re-activate origins, we found that re-replication is limited by RAD51 and enhanced by FBH1, a RAD51 antagonist. In the presence of chromatin-bound RAD51, forks stemming from re-fired origins are slowed down, leading to frequent events of fork reversal. Eventual re-initiation of DNA synthesis mediated by PRIMPOL creates ssDNA gaps that facilitate the partial elimination of re-duplicated DNA by MRE11 exonuclease. In the absence of RAD51, these controls are abrogated and re-replication forks progress much longer than in normal conditions. Our study uncovers a safeguard mechanism to protect genome stability in the event of origin reactivation.
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- Sergio Muñoz
- DNA Replication Group, Molecular Oncology Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- DNA Replication Group, Molecular Oncology Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- DNA Replication Group, Molecular Oncology Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- DNA Replication Group, Molecular Oncology Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, 28029, Madrid, Spain
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- Confocal Microscopy Unit, Biotechnology Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, 28029, Madrid, Spain
- Advanced Optical Microscopy Unit, Central Core Facilities, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057, Zurich, Switzerland
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- DNA Replication Group, Molecular Oncology Programme, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Melchor Fernández Almagro 3, 28029, Madrid, Spain.
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Bandau S, Alvarez V, Jiang H, Graff S, Sundaramoorthy R, Gierlinski M, Toman M, Owen-Hughes T, Sidoli S, Lamond A, Alabert C. RNA polymerase II promotes the organization of chromatin following DNA replication. EMBO Rep 2024; 25:1387-1414. [PMID: 38347224 PMCID: PMC10933433 DOI: 10.1038/s44319-024-00085-x] [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: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/18/2024] Open
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Understanding how chromatin organisation is duplicated on the two daughter strands is a central question in epigenetics. In mammals, following the passage of the replisome, nucleosomes lose their defined positioning and transcription contributes to their re-organisation. However, whether transcription plays a greater role in the organization of chromatin following DNA replication remains unclear. Here we analysed protein re-association with newly replicated DNA upon inhibition of transcription using iPOND coupled to quantitative mass spectrometry. We show that nucleosome assembly and the re-establishment of most histone modifications are uncoupled from transcription. However, RNAPII acts to promote the re-association of hundreds of proteins with newly replicated chromatin via pathways that are not observed in steady-state chromatin. These include ATP-dependent remodellers, transcription factors and histone methyltransferases. We also identify a set of DNA repair factors that may handle transcription-replication conflicts during normal transcription in human non-transformed cells. Our study reveals that transcription plays a greater role in the organization of chromatin post-replication than previously anticipated.
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- Susanne Bandau
- MCDB, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, DD15EH, Dundee, UK
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- MCDB, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, DD15EH, Dundee, UK
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- Laboratory of Quantitative Proteomics, MCDB, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, DD15EH, Dundee, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Data Analysis Group, Division of Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dow Street, DD1 5EH, Dundee, UK
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- Laboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, MCDB, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, DD15EH, Dundee, UK
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- Laboratory of Chromatin Structure and Function, MCDB, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, DD15EH, Dundee, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratory of Quantitative Proteomics, MCDB, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, DD15EH, Dundee, UK
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- MCDB, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, DD15EH, Dundee, UK.
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Boavida A, Napolitano LM, Santos D, Cortone G, Jegadesan NK, Onesti S, Branzei D, Pisani FM. FANCJ DNA helicase is recruited to the replisome by AND-1 to ensure genome stability. EMBO Rep 2024; 25:876-901. [PMID: 38177925 PMCID: PMC10897178 DOI: 10.1038/s44319-023-00044-y] [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: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 12/05/2023] [Accepted: 12/15/2023] [Indexed: 01/06/2024] Open
Abstract
FANCJ, a DNA helicase linked to Fanconi anemia and frequently mutated in cancers, counteracts replication stress by dismantling unconventional DNA secondary structures (such as G-quadruplexes) that occur at the DNA replication fork in certain sequence contexts. However, how FANCJ is recruited to the replisome is unknown. Here, we report that FANCJ directly binds to AND-1 (the vertebrate ortholog of budding yeast Ctf4), a homo-trimeric protein adaptor that connects the CDC45/MCM2-7/GINS replicative DNA helicase with DNA polymerase α and several other factors at DNA replication forks. The interaction between FANCJ and AND-1 requires the integrity of an evolutionarily conserved Ctf4-interacting protein (CIP) box located between the FANCJ helicase motifs IV and V. Disruption of the CIP box significantly reduces FANCJ association with the replisome, causing enhanced DNA damage, decreased replication fork recovery and fork asymmetry in cells unchallenged or treated with Pyridostatin, a G-quadruplex-binder, or Mitomycin C, a DNA inter-strand cross-linking agent. Cancer-relevant FANCJ CIP box variants display reduced AND-1-binding and enhanced DNA damage, a finding that suggests their potential role in cancer predisposition.
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- Ana Boavida
- Istituto di Biochimica e Biologia Cellulare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples, Italy
- Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy
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- Istituto di Biochimica e Biologia Cellulare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples, Italy
- Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy
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- Istituto di Biochimica e Biologia Cellulare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples, Italy
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- Structural Biology Laboratory, Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- IFOM ETS-The AIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy
- Istituto di Genetica Molecolare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Pavia, Italy
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- Istituto di Biochimica e Biologia Cellulare, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Naples, Italy.
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Binet R, Lambert JP, Tomkova M, Tischfield S, Baggiolini A, Picaud S, Sarkar S, Louphrasitthiphol P, Dias D, Carreira S, Humphrey T, Fillipakopoulos P, White R, Goding CR. DNA damage-induced interaction between a lineage addiction oncogenic transcription factor and the MRN complex shapes a tissue-specific DNA Damage Response and cancer predisposition. bioRxiv 2023:2023.04.21.537819. [PMID: 37131595 PMCID: PMC10153263 DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.21.537819] [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] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
Since genome instability can drive cancer initiation and progression, cells have evolved highly effective and ubiquitous DNA Damage Response (DDR) programs. However, some cells, in skin for example, are normally exposed to high levels of DNA damaging agents. Whether such high-risk cells possess lineage-specific mechanisms that tailor DNA repair to the tissue remains largely unknown. Here we show, using melanoma as a model, that the microphthalmia-associated transcription factor MITF, a lineage addition oncogene that coordinates many aspects of melanocyte and melanoma biology, plays a non-transcriptional role in shaping the DDR. On exposure to DNA damaging agents, MITF is phosphorylated by ATM/DNA-PKcs, and unexpectedly its interactome is dramatically remodelled; most transcription (co)factors dissociate, and instead MITF interacts with the MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 (MRN) complex. Consequently, cells with high MITF levels accumulate stalled replication forks, and display defects in homologous recombination-mediated repair associated with impaired MRN recruitment to DNA damage. In agreement, high MITF levels are associated with increased SNV burden in melanoma. Significantly, the SUMOylation-defective MITF-E318K melanoma predisposition mutation recapitulates the effects of ATM/DNA-PKcs-phosphorylated MITF. Our data suggest that a non-transcriptional function of a lineage-restricted transcription factor contributes to a tissue-specialised modulation of the DDR that can impact cancer initiation.
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- Romuald Binet
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Cancer Research Center and Big Data Research Center, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada; Endocrinology – Nephrology Axis, CHU de Québec – Université Laval Research Center, Quebec City, QC, Canada, G1V 4G2
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California, Davis, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Marie-Josée and Henry R. Kravis Center for Molecular Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell Biology and Developmental Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
- Structural Genomics Consortium, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
- Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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Sobhy MA, Tehseen M, Takahashi M, Bralić A, De Biasio A, Hamdan SM. Implementing fluorescence enhancement, quenching, and FRET for investigating flap endonuclease 1 enzymatic reaction at the single-molecule level. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2021; 19:4456-4471. [PMID: 34471492 PMCID: PMC8385120 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.07.029] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2021] [Revised: 07/23/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1) is an important component of the intricate molecular machinery for DNA replication and repair. FEN1 is a structure-specific 5' nuclease that cleaves nascent single-stranded 5' flaps during the maturation of Okazaki fragments. Here, we review our research primarily applying single-molecule fluorescence to resolve important mechanistic aspects of human FEN1 enzymatic reaction. The methodology presented in this review is aimed as a guide for tackling other biomolecular enzymatic reactions by fluorescence enhancement, quenching, and FRET and their combinations. Using these methods, we followed in real-time the structures of the substrate and product and 5' flap cleavage during catalysis. We illustrate that FEN1 actively bends the substrate to verify its features and continues to mold it to induce a protein disorder-to-order transitioning that controls active site assembly. This mechanism suppresses off-target cleavage of non-cognate substrates and promotes their dissociation with an accuracy that was underestimated from bulk assays. We determined that product release in FEN1 after the 5' flap release occurs in two steps; a brief binding to the bent nicked-product followed by longer binding to the unbent nicked-product before dissociation. Based on our cryo-electron microscopy structure of the human lagging strand replicase bound to FEN1, we propose how this two-step product release mechanism may regulate the final steps during the maturation of Okazaki fragments.
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- Mohamed A Sobhy
- Laboratory of DNA Replication and Recombination, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory of DNA Replication and Recombination, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory of DNA Replication and Recombination, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Laboratory of DNA Replication and Recombination, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Leicester Institute of Structural & Chemical Biology and Department of Molecular & Cell Biology, University of Leicester, Lancaster Rd, Leicester LE1 7HB, UK
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- Laboratory of DNA Replication and Recombination, Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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Biber S, Wiesmüller L. Analysis of Replication Dynamics Using the Single-Molecule DNA Fiber Spreading Assay. Methods Mol Biol 2021; 2267:57-71. [PMID: 33786784 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1217-0_4] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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DNA replication is a fundamental process of life. Any perturbation of this process by endogenous or exogenous factors impacts on genomic stability and thereby on carcinogenesis. More recently, the replication machinery has been discovered as an interesting target for cancer therapeutic strategies. Given its high biological and clinical relevance, technologies for the analysis of DNA replication have attracted major attention. The so-called DNA fiber spreading technique is a powerful tool to directly monitor various aspects of the replication process by sequential incorporation of halogenated nucleotide analogs which later can be fluorescently stained and analyzed. This chapter outlines the use of the DNA fiber spreading technique for the analysis of replication dynamics and replication structures.
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- Stephanie Biber
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
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Wood M, Quinet A, Lin YL, Davis AA, Pasero P, Ayala YM, Vindigni A. TDP-43 dysfunction results in R-loop accumulation and DNA replication defects. J Cell Sci 2020; 133:jcs244129. [PMID: 32989039 PMCID: PMC7648616 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.244129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
TAR DNA-binding protein 43 (TDP-43; also known as TARDBP) is an RNA-binding protein whose aggregation is a hallmark of the neurodegenerative disorders amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia. TDP-43 loss increases DNA damage and compromises cell viability, but the actual function of TDP-43 in preventing genome instability remains unclear. Here, we show that loss of TDP-43 increases R-loop formation in a transcription-dependent manner and results in DNA replication stress. TDP-43 nucleic-acid-binding and self-assembly activities are important in inhibiting R-loop accumulation and preserving normal DNA replication. We also found that TDP-43 cytoplasmic aggregation impairs TDP-43 function in R-loop regulation. Furthermore, increased R-loop accumulation and DNA damage is observed in neurons upon loss of TDP-43. Together, our findings indicate that TDP-43 function and normal protein homeostasis are crucial in maintaining genomic stability through a co-transcriptional process that prevents aberrant R-loop accumulation. We propose that the increased R-loop formation and genomic instability associated with TDP-43 loss are linked to the pathogenesis of TDP-43 proteinopathies.This article has an associated First Person interview with the first author of the paper.
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- Matthew Wood
- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS et Université de Montpellier, Equipe labélisée Ligue contre le Cancer, Montpellier 34396, France
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- Department of Neurology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
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- Institut de Génétique Humaine, CNRS et Université de Montpellier, Equipe labélisée Ligue contre le Cancer, Montpellier 34396, France
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- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
- Edward A. Doisy Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA
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The Origin Replication Complex subunit 4 (ORC4) is one in six subunits of the Origin Replication Complexes (ORCs) which is essential for initiating licensing at DNA replication origins and recruiting adaptor molecules necessary for various cellular processes. Previously, we reported that ORC4 also plays a vital role in polar body extrusion (PBE) during oogenesis in which half the chromosomes are extruded from the oocyte. We hypothesized that ORC4 might play a broader role in chromatin elimination. We tested its role in enucleation during the development of erythrocytes. Murine erythroleukemia (MEL) cells can be propagated in culture indefinitely and can be induced to enucleate their DNA by treatment with Vacuolin-1, thereby mimicking normal erythrocyte enucleation. We found that ORC4 appeared around the nuclei of the MEL cells with Vacuolin-1 treatment, gradually increasing in thickness before enucleation. We then tested whether ORC4 was required for MEL enucleation by down regulating ORC4 with siRNA-ORC4 during Vacuolin-1 treatment and found that this prevented MEL enucleation. These data are consistent with the model that ORC4 is required for erythroblast enucleation just as it is for oocyte PBE. They suggest a new model in which ORC4 expression is a marker for the initiation to the enucleation pathway.
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- Hieu Nguyen
- Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1960 East-West Rd., University of Hawaii , Honolulu, HI, USA 96822
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- Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1960 East-West Rd., University of Hawaii , Honolulu, HI, USA 96822
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- Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Physiology, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1960 East-West Rd., University of Hawaii , Honolulu, HI, USA 96822
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Liu HW, Bouchoux C, Panarotto M, Kakui Y, Patel H, Uhlmann F. Division of Labor between PCNA Loaders in DNA Replication and Sister Chromatid Cohesion Establishment. Mol Cell 2020; 78:725-738.e4. [PMID: 32277910 PMCID: PMC7242910 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Revised: 12/17/2019] [Accepted: 03/10/2020] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Concomitant with DNA replication, the chromosomal cohesin complex establishes cohesion between newly replicated sister chromatids. Several replication-fork-associated "cohesion establishment factors," including the multifunctional Ctf18-RFC complex, aid this process in as yet unknown ways. Here, we show that Ctf18-RFC's role in sister chromatid cohesion correlates with PCNA loading but is separable from its role in the replication checkpoint. Ctf18-RFC loads PCNA with a slight preference for the leading strand, which is dispensable for DNA replication. Conversely, the canonical Rfc1-RFC complex preferentially loads PCNA onto the lagging strand, which is crucial for DNA replication but dispensable for sister chromatid cohesion. The downstream effector of Ctf18-RFC is cohesin acetylation, which we place toward a late step during replication maturation. Our results suggest that Ctf18-RFC enriches and balances PCNA levels at the replication fork, beyond the needs of DNA replication, to promote establishment of sister chromatid cohesion and possibly other post-replicative processes.
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- Hon Wing Liu
- Chromosome Segregation Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Chromosome Segregation Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Chromosome Segregation Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Chromosome Segregation Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Science Technology Platform, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK
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- Chromosome Segregation Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK.
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Minchin S, Lodge J. Understanding biochemistry: structure and function of nucleic acids. Essays Biochem 2019; 63:433-56. [PMID: 31652314 DOI: 10.1042/EBC20180038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Nucleic acids, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA), carry genetic information which is read in cells to make the RNA and proteins by which living things function. The well-known structure of the DNA double helix allows this information to be copied and passed on to the next generation. In this article we summarise the structure and function of nucleic acids. The article includes a historical perspective and summarises some of the early work which led to our understanding of this important molecule and how it functions; many of these pioneering scientists were awarded Nobel Prizes for their work. We explain the structure of the DNA molecule, how it is packaged into chromosomes and how it is replicated prior to cell division. We look at how the concept of the gene has developed since the term was first coined and how DNA is copied into RNA (transcription) and translated into protein (translation).
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McDaniel SL, Hollatz AJ, Branstad AM, Gaskill MM, Fox CA, Harrison MM. Tissue-Specific DNA Replication Defects in Drosophila melanogaster Caused by a Meier-Gorlin Syndrome Mutation in Orc4. Genetics 2020; 214:355-367. [PMID: 31818869 PMCID: PMC7017028 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.119.302938] [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: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/05/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Meier-Gorlin syndrome is a rare recessive disorder characterized by a number of distinct tissue-specific developmental defects. Genes encoding members of the origin recognition complex (ORC) and additional proteins essential for DNA replication (CDC6, CDT1, GMNN, CDC45, MCM5, and DONSON) are mutated in individuals diagnosed with MGS. The essential role of ORC is to license origins during the G1 phase of the cell cycle, but ORC has also been implicated in several nonreplicative functions. Because of its essential role in DNA replication, ORC is required for every cell division during development. Thus, it is unclear how the Meier-Gorlin syndrome mutations in genes encoding ORC lead to the tissue-specific defects associated with the disease. To begin to address these issues, we used Cas9-mediated genome engineering to generate a Drosophila melanogaster model of individuals carrying a specific Meier-Gorlin syndrome mutation in ORC4 along with control strains. Together these strains provide the first metazoan model for an MGS mutation in which the mutation was engineered at the endogenous locus along with precisely defined control strains. Flies homozygous for the engineered MGS allele reach adulthood, but with several tissue-specific defects. Genetic analysis revealed that this Orc4 allele was a hypomorph. Mutant females were sterile, and phenotypic analyses suggested that defects in DNA replication was an underlying cause. By leveraging the well-studied Drosophila system, we provide evidence that a disease-causing mutation in Orc4 disrupts DNA replication, and we propose that in individuals with MGS defects arise preferentially in tissues with a high-replication demand.
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- Stephen L McDaniel
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
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Background: Understanding DNA replication initiation is essential to understand the mis-regulation of replication seen in cancer and other human disorders. DNA replication initiates from DNA replication origins. In eukaryotes, replication is dependent on cell cycle kinases which function during S phase. Dbf4-dependent kinase (DDK) and cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) act to phosphorylate the DNA helicase (composed of mini chromosome maintenance proteins: Mcm2-7) and firing factors to activate replication origins. It has recently been found that Rif1 can oppose DDK phosphorylation. Rif1 can recruit protein phosphatase 1 (PP1) to dephosphorylate MCM and restricts origin firing. In this study, we investigate a potential role for another phosphatase, protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A), in regulating DNA replication initiation. The PP2A regulatory subunit Rts1 was previously identified in a large-scale genomic screen to have a genetic interaction with
ORC2 (a DNA replication licensing factor). Deletion of
RTS1 synthetically rescued the temperature-sensitive (ts-) phenotype of
ORC2 mutants. Methods: We deleted
RTS1 in multiple ts-replication factor
Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains, including
ORC2. Dilution series assays were carried out to compare qualitatively the growth of double mutant
∆rts1 ts-replication factor strains relative to the respective single mutant strains. Results: No synthetic rescue of temperature-sensitivity was observed. Instead we found an additive phenotype, indicating gene products function in separate biological processes. These findings are in agreement with a recent genomic screen which found that
RTS1 deletion in several ts-replication factor strains led to increased temperature-sensitivity. Conclusions: We find no evidence that Rts1 is involved in the dephosphorylation of DNA replication initiation factors.
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- Ana B A Wallis
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3RE, UK
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- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3RE, UK
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Hodel KP, de Borja R, Henninger EE, Campbell BB, Ungerleider N, Light N, Wu T, LeCompte KG, Goksenin AY, Bunnell BA, Tabori U, Shlien A, Pursell ZF. Explosive mutation accumulation triggered by heterozygous human Pol ε proofreading-deficiency is driven by suppression of mismatch repair. eLife 2018; 7:32692. [PMID: 29488881 PMCID: PMC5829921 DOI: 10.7554/elife.32692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [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: 10/11/2017] [Accepted: 02/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Tumors defective for DNA polymerase (Pol) ε proofreading have the highest tumor mutation burden identified. A major unanswered question is whether loss of Pol ε proofreading by itself is sufficient to drive this mutagenesis, or whether additional factors are necessary. To address this, we used a combination of next generation sequencing and in vitro biochemistry on human cell lines engineered to have defects in Pol ε proofreading and mismatch repair. Absent mismatch repair, monoallelic Pol ε proofreading deficiency caused a rapid increase in a unique mutation signature, similar to that observed in tumors from patients with biallelic mismatch repair deficiency and heterozygous Pol ε mutations. Restoring mismatch repair was sufficient to suppress the explosive mutation accumulation. These results strongly suggest that concomitant suppression of mismatch repair, a hallmark of colorectal and other aggressive cancers, is a critical force for driving the explosive mutagenesis seen in tumors expressing exonuclease-deficient Pol ε.
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- Karl P Hodel
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States
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- Program in Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States
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- The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.,Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States
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- Program in Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States.,Tulane Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States
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- Program in Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.,The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.,Division of Hematology/Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
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- Program in Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada.,Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States.,Tulane Cancer Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, United States
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Phizicky DV, Berchowitz LE, Bell SP. Multiple kinases inhibit origin licensing and helicase activation to ensure reductive cell division during meiosis. eLife 2018; 7:33309. [PMID: 29388912 PMCID: PMC5805409 DOI: 10.7554/elife.33309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [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: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Meiotic cells undergo a single round of DNA replication followed by two rounds of chromosome segregation (the meiotic divisions) to produce haploid gametes. Both DNA replication and chromosome segregation are similarly regulated by CDK oscillations in mitotic cells. Yet how these two events are uncoupled between the meiotic divisions is unclear. Using Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we show that meiotic cells inhibit both helicase loading and helicase activation to prevent DNA replication between the meiotic divisions. CDK and the meiosis–specific kinase Ime2 cooperatively inhibit helicase loading, and their simultaneous inhibition allows inappropriate helicase reloading. Further analysis uncovered two previously unknown mechanisms by which Ime2 inhibits helicase loading. Finally, we show that CDK and the polo–like kinase Cdc5 trigger degradation of Sld2, an essential helicase–activation protein. Together, our data demonstrate that multiple kinases inhibit both helicase loading and activation between the meiotic divisions, thereby ensuring reductive cell division.
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- David V Phizicky
- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Maryland, United States
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- Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, United States
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States.,Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Maryland, United States
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Yu C, Cao H, He X, Sun P, Feng Y, Chen L, Gong H. Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 3 (CDKN3) plays a critical role in prostate cancer via regulating cell cycle and DNA replication signaling. Biomed Pharmacother 2017; 96:1109-1118. [PMID: 29196103 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2017.11.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 11/20/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 3 (CDKN3) is proved to be associated with the progressing of many cancers. Whereas, its biological effects on prostate cancer (PC) are less understood. To investigate the functional mechanism of CDKN3 in PC, we examined the expression of CDKN3 in PC tissues and analyzed the disease free survival time of patients. We then transfected LNCaP and PC3 cells with siRNA-CDKN3 to silence CDKN3, and transfected 22RV1 and VCaP cells with full length CDKN3 cDNA for CDKN3 over-expression. Cell growth of these transfected cells were analyzed using CCK-8 assay. And transfected LNCaP and PC3 cells were further submitted to cell cycle, apoptosis, invasion and endogenous protein expression assays. We found that CDKN3 was highly expressed in PC and negatively correlated with disease relapse. And CDKN3 positively control the cell proliferation in prostate carcinoma cell lines. Knockdown of CDKN3 significantly promoted G1 phase arrest, elevated apoptosis rates, and suppressed cell invasion in both LNCaP and PC3 cells. Moreover, in vivo data showed that knockdown of CDKN3 expression dramatically inhibited the PC3 tumor growth in nude mouse model. Gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) showed that cell cycle and DNA replication signaling were related with elevated CDKN3 expression. And results of western blot showed that the depletion of CDKN3 down-regulated the expression levels of cell cycle- and DNA replication-related proteins. In conclusion, our results highlight the importance of CDKN3 in PC and provide new insights into diagnostics and therapeutics of the PC.
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- Chao Yu
- Department of Urology, Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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- Department of Urology, Longhua Hospital Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200032, China.
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Primases play a crucial role in the initiation of DNA synthesis during replication by de novo synthesis of short RNA or DNA "primers." In recent years, evidence has accumulated which expands the essential roles of primases to include, not only the initiation of replication but also other critical roles in DNA metabolism, including damage tolerance and repair. Despite the broadening roles for these enzymes, the methods used to identify and characterize primase activities are limited. Historically, biochemical analysis of primases has been based on the synthesis of radioactively labeled primers and their detection on denaturing polyacrylamide gels. In the last two decades, a number of alternative primase assays have been developed in an effort to supersede radioactive methods. However, the radioactive gel-based assay, which has not significantly changed since its conception in the late 1970s, remains the most widely used and favored method. In this chapter, we discuss the background to, and the advantages and disadvantages of, the current techniques used to characterize primase activity in vitro. Finally, we describe an alternative, gel-based, fluorescent primase assay, which we have successfully used in the characterization of a recently identified primase-polymerase, PrimPol.
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- Thomas A Guilliam
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.
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Azmi IF, Watanabe S, Maloney MF, Kang S, Belsky JA, MacAlpine DM, Peterson CL, Bell SP. Nucleosomes influence multiple steps during replication initiation. eLife 2017; 6. [PMID: 28322723 PMCID: PMC5400510 DOI: 10.7554/elife.22512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [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] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Accepted: 03/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Eukaryotic replication origin licensing, activation and timing are influenced by chromatin but a mechanistic understanding is lacking. Using reconstituted nucleosomal DNA replication assays, we assessed the impact of nucleosomes on replication initiation. To generate distinct nucleosomal landscapes, different chromatin-remodeling enzymes (CREs) were used to remodel nucleosomes on origin-DNA templates. Nucleosomal organization influenced two steps of replication initiation: origin licensing and helicase activation. Origin licensing assays showed that local nucleosome positioning enhanced origin specificity and modulated helicase loading by influencing ORC DNA binding. Interestingly, SWI/SNF- and RSC-remodeled nucleosomes were permissive for origin licensing but showed reduced helicase activation. Specific CREs rescued replication of these templates if added prior to helicase activation, indicating a permissive chromatin state must be established during origin licensing to allow efficient origin activation. Our studies show nucleosomes directly modulate origin licensing and activation through distinct mechanisms and provide insights into the regulation of replication initiation by chromatin.
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- Ishara F Azmi
- Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, United States
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- Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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- Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States.,Center for Genomic Integrity, Institute for Basic Science, Ulsan, South Korea
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, United States.,Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, United States
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- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, United States
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- Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States
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Hossain M, Stillman B. Opposing roles for DNA replication initiator proteins ORC1 and CDC6 in control of Cyclin E gene transcription. eLife 2016; 5. [PMID: 27458800 PMCID: PMC4987141 DOI: 10.7554/elife.12785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [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: 11/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Newly born cells either continue to proliferate or exit the cell division cycle. This decision involves delaying expression of Cyclin E that promotes DNA replication. ORC1, the Origin Recognition Complex (ORC) large subunit, is inherited into newly born cells after it binds to condensing chromosomes during the preceding mitosis. We demonstrate that ORC1 represses Cyclin E gene (CCNE1) transcription, an E2F1 activated gene that is also repressed by the Retinoblastoma (RB) protein. ORC1 binds to RB, the histone methyltransferase SUV39H1 and to its repressive histone H3K9me3 mark. ORC1 cooperates with SUV39H1 and RB protein to repress E2F1-dependent CCNE1 transcription. In contrast, the ORC1-related replication protein CDC6 binds Cyclin E-CDK2 kinase and in a feedback loop removes RB from ORC1, thereby hyper-activating CCNE1 transcription. The opposing effects of ORC1 and CDC6 in controlling the level of Cyclin E ensures genome stability and a mechanism for linking directly DNA replication and cell division commitment. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.12785.001 Living cells must replicate their DNA before they divide so that the newly formed cells can each receive an identical copy of the genetic material. Before DNA replication can begin, a number of proteins must come together to form so-called pre-replicative complexes at many locations along the DNA molecules. These protein complexes then serve as landing pads for many other DNA replication proteins. One component of the pre-replicative complex, a protein called ORC1, helps to recruit another protein called CDC6 that in turn acts with Cyclin E to promote the replication of the DNA. Cyclin E is a protein that is only expressed when cells commit to divide. Previous research has shown that a lack of ORC1 causes the levels of Cyclin E to rise in human cells, but it was not understood how cells regulate the levels of Cyclin E. Now, Hossain and Stillman show that the ORC1 protein switches off the gene that encodes Cyclin E early on in newly born cells, and therefore prevents the Cyclin E protein from being produced. The experiments show that ORC1 does this by binding near one end of the gene for Cyclin E and interacting with two other proteins to inactivate the gene. Thus, ORC1 establishes a period when Cyclin E is absent from a newly formed cell. This essentially gives the cell time to ‘decide’ (based on external cues and its own signaling) whether it will divide again or enter into a non-dividing state. When a cell does decide to divide, the levels of CDC6 rise. CDC6 is another component of the pre-replicative complex and Hossain and Stillman find that CDC6 works to counteract the effects of ORC1 and reactivate the gene for Cyclin E. This activity leads to a dramatic increase in the production of Cyclin E, which in turn allows the cells to commit to another round of DNA replication and division. The opposing effects of ORC1 and CDC6 control the levels of Cyclin E and provide a link between DNA replication and a cell’s decision to divide. Further work is now needed to see whether ORC1 inactivates other genes in addition to the one that encodes Cyclin E. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.12785.002
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- Manzar Hossain
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, United States
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, United States
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- Christian Speck
- a DNA Replication Group, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London , London , UK.,b bMRC Clinical Sciences Centre , Du Cane Road, London , UK
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Lowe M, Hostager R, Kikyo N. Preservation of Epigenetic Memory During DNA Replication. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 1. [PMID: 27158681 DOI: 10.15406/jsrt.2015.01.00007] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Faithful duplication of a cell's epigenetic state during DNA replication is essential for the maintenance of a cell's lineage. One of the key mechanisms is the recruitment of several critical chromatin modifying enzymes to the replication fork by proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA). Another mechanism is mediated by the dual function of some histone modifying enzymes as both "reader" and "writer" of the same modification. This capacity allows for parental histones to act as a seed to copy the modification onto nearby newly synthesized histones. In contrast to the vast quantity of research into the maintenance of epigenetic memory, little is known about how the recruitment of these maintenance enzymes changes during stem cell differentiation. This question is especially pertinent due to the recent emphasis on cell reprogramming for regenerative medicine.
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- Matthew Lowe
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Developmental Biology, University of Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Developmental Biology, University of Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Developmental Biology, University of Minnesota, USA
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The proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a conserved component of DNA replication factories, and interactions with PCNA mediate the recruitment of many essential DNA replication enzymes to these sites of DNA synthesis. A complete description of the structure and composition of these factories remains elusive, and a better knowledge of them will improve our understanding of how the maintenance of genome and epigenetic stability is achieved. To fully characterize the set of proteins that interact with PCNA we developed a bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) screen for PCNA-interactors in human cells. This 2-hybrid type screen for interactors from a human cDNA library is rapid and efficient. The fluorescent read-out for protein interaction enables facile selection of interacting clones, and we combined this with next generation sequencing to identify the cDNAs encoding the interacting proteins. This method was able to reproducibly identify previously characterized PCNA-interactors but importantly also identified RNF7, Maf1 and SetD3 as PCNA-interacting proteins. We validated these interactions by co-immunoprecipitation from human cell extracts and by interaction analyses using recombinant proteins. These results show that the BiFC screen is a valuable method for the identification of protein-protein interactions in living mammalian cells. This approach has potentially wide application as it is high throughput and readily automated. We suggest that, given this interaction with PCNA, Maf1, RNF7, and SetD3 are potentially involved in DNA replication, DNA repair, or associated processes.
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- Simon E Cooper
- a Department of Zoology ; University of Cambridge ; Cambridge , UK
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Han X, Mayca Pozo F, Wisotsky JN, Wang B, Jacobberger JW, Zhang Y. Phosphorylation of Minichromosome Maintenance 3 (MCM3) by Checkpoint Kinase 1 (Chk1) Negatively Regulates DNA Replication and Checkpoint Activation. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:12370-8. [PMID: 25809478 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.621532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Mechanisms controlling DNA replication and replication checkpoint are critical for the maintenance of genome stability and the prevention or treatment of human cancers. Checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1) is a key effector protein kinase that regulates the DNA damage response and replication checkpoint. The heterohexameric minichromosome maintenance (MCM) complex is the core component of mammalian DNA helicase and has been implicated in replication checkpoint activation. Here we report that Chk1 phosphorylates the MCM3 subunit of the MCM complex at Ser-205 under normal growth conditions. Mutating the Ser-205 of MCM3 to Ala increased the length of DNA replication track and shortened the S phase duration, indicating that Ser-205 phosphorylation negatively controls normal DNA replication. Upon replicative stress treatment, the inhibitory phosphorylation of MCM3 at Ser-205 was reduced, and this reduction was accompanied with the generation of single strand DNA, the key platform for ataxia telangiectasia mutated and Rad3-related (ATR) activation. As a result, the replication checkpoint is activated. Together, these data provide significant insights into the regulation of both normal DNA replication and replication checkpoint activation through the novel phosphorylation of MCM3 by Chk1.
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- Division of General Medical Sciences, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- From the Departments of Pharmacology and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Genetics and Genome Science,
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Kara N, Hossain M, Prasanth SG, Stillman B. Orc1 Binding to Mitotic Chromosomes Precedes Spatial Patterning during G1 Phase and Assembly of the Origin Recognition Complex in Human Cells. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:12355-69. [PMID: 25784553 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.625012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Replication of eukaryotic chromosomes occurs once every cell division cycle in normal cells and is a tightly controlled process that ensures complete genome duplication. The origin recognition complex (ORC) plays a key role during the initiation of DNA replication. In human cells, the level of Orc1, the largest subunit of ORC, is regulated during the cell division cycle, and thus ORC is a dynamic complex. Upon S phase entry, Orc1 is ubiquitinated and targeted for destruction, with subsequent dissociation of ORC from chromosomes. Time lapse and live cell images of human cells expressing fluorescently tagged Orc1 show that Orc1 re-localizes to condensing chromatin during early mitosis and then displays different nuclear localization patterns at different times during G1 phase, remaining associated with late replicating regions of the genome in late G1 phase. The initial binding of Orc1 to mitotic chromosomes requires C-terminal amino acid sequences that are similar to mitotic chromosome-binding sequences in the transcriptional pioneer protein FOXA1. Depletion of Orc1 causes concomitant loss of the mini-chromosome maintenance (Mcm2-7) helicase proteins on chromatin. The data suggest that Orc1 acts as a nucleating center for ORC assembly and then pre-replication complex assembly by binding to mitotic chromosomes, followed by gradual removal from chromatin during the G1 phase.
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- Nihan Kara
- From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, the Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11779, and
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- From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724
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- From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, the Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois 61801
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- From the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724,
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Manhart CM, McHenry CS. Identification of Subunit Binding Positions on a Model Fork and Displacements That Occur during Sequential Assembly of the Escherichia coli Primosome. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:10828-39. [PMID: 25745110 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.642066] [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] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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When replication stalls and forks disassemble, the restart primosome is required to reload the replicative helicase so that chromosomal replication can be reinitiated. We have taken a photo-cross-linking approach, using model replication forks containing a phenyl diazirine placed at single locations, to determine the positions of primosomal protein binding and changes in interactions that occur during the assembly reaction. This approach revealed a novel mode for single-stranded DNA-binding protein (SSB)-DNA binding, in which SSB interacts with both the leading and lagging single-strand segments and the parental duplex of the fork. Cross-linking to a novel region within SSB is observed only when it is bound to forked structures. This binding mode is also followed by PriB. PriA binds to the fork, excluding SSB and PriB, interacting with the primer terminus, single-stranded leading and lagging strands and duplex in immediate proximity of the fork. SSB binds to flanking single-stranded segments distal to the fork in the presence of PriA. The addition of PriB or DnaT to a PriA-SSB-fork complex does not lead to cross-linking or displacement, suggesting that their association is through protein-protein interactions at early stages of the reaction. Upon addition of DnaC and the DnaB helicase in the presence of ATPγS, helicase is assembled, leading to contacts within the duplex region on the tracking (lagging) strand and strong contacts with the displaced leading single strand near the fork. PriA is displaced from DNA upon helicase assembly.
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- Carol M Manhart
- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80303
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- From the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80303
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Dhingra N, Bruck I, Smith S, Ning B, Kaplan DL. Dpb11 protein helps control assembly of the Cdc45·Mcm2-7·GINS replication fork helicase. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:7586-601. [PMID: 25659432 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.640383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Dpb11 is required for the initiation of DNA replication in budding yeast. Dpb11 binds to S-phase cyclin-dependent kinase-phosphorylated Sld2 and Sld3 to form a ternary complex during S phase. The replication fork helicase in eukaryotes is composed of Cdc45, Mcm2-7, and GINS. We show here, using purified proteins from budding yeast, that Dpb11 alone binds to Mcm2-7 and that Dpb11 also competes with GINS for binding to Mcm2-7. Furthermore, Dpb11 binds directly to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), and ssDNA inhibits the Dpb11 interaction with Mcm2-7. We also found that Dpb11 can recruit Cdc45 to Mcm2-7. We identified a mutant of the BRCT4 motif of Dpb11 that remains bound to Mcm2-7 in the presence of ssDNA (dpb11-m1,m2,m3,m5), and this mutant exhibits a DNA replication defect when expressed in budding yeast cells. Expression of this mutant results in increased interaction between Dpb11 and Mcm2-7 during S phase, impaired GINS interaction with Mcm2-7 during S phase, and decreased replication protein A (RPA) interaction with origin DNA during S phase. We propose a model in which Dpb11 first recruits Cdc45 to Mcm2-7. Dpb11, although bound to Cdc45·Mcm2-7, can block the interaction between GINS and Mcm2-7. Upon extrusion of ssDNA from the central channel of Mcm2-7, Dpb11 dissociates from Mcm2-7, and Dpb11 binds to ssDNA, thereby allowing GINS to bind to Cdc45·Mcm2-7. Finally, we propose that Dpb11 functions with Sld2 and Sld3 to help control the assembly of the replication fork helicase.
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- Nalini Dhingra
- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235 and
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- the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4300
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- the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4300
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- From the Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235 and
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- the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4300
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Hesketh EL, Parker-Manuel RP, Chaban Y, Satti R, Coverley D, Orlova EV, Chong JPJ. DNA induces conformational changes in a recombinant human minichromosome maintenance complex. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:7973-9. [PMID: 25648893 PMCID: PMC4367295 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.622738] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [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: 11/30/2022] Open
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ATP-dependent DNA unwinding activity has been demonstrated for recombinant archaeal homohexameric minichromosome maintenance (MCM) complexes and their yeast heterohexameric counterparts, but in higher eukaryotes such as Drosophila, MCM-associated DNA helicase activity has been observed only in the context of a co-purified Cdc45-MCM-GINS complex. Here, we describe the production of the recombinant human MCM (hMCM) complex in Escherichia coli. This protein displays ATP hydrolysis activity and is capable of unwinding duplex DNA. Using single-particle asymmetric EM reconstruction, we demonstrate that recombinant hMCM forms a hexamer that undergoes a conformational change when bound to DNA. Recombinant hMCM produced without post-translational modifications is functional in vitro and provides an important tool for biochemical reconstitution of the human replicative helicase.
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- Emma L Hesketh
- From the Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD and
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- the Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD and
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- From the Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD and
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- the Department of Crystallography, Birkbeck College London, London WC1E 7HX, United Kingdom
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- From the Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD and
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Duan XL, Liu NN, Yang YT, Li HH, Li M, Dou SX, Xi XG. G-quadruplexes significantly stimulate Pif1 helicase-catalyzed duplex DNA unwinding. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:7722-35. [PMID: 25627683 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.628008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The evolutionarily conserved G-quadruplexes (G4s) are faithfully inherited and serve a variety of cellular functions such as telomere maintenance, gene regulation, DNA replication initiation, and epigenetic regulation. Different from the Watson-Crick base-pairing found in duplex DNA, G4s are formed via Hoogsteen base pairing and are very stable and compact DNA structures. Failure of untangling them in the cell impedes DNA-based transactions and leads to genome instability. Cells have evolved highly specific helicases to resolve G4 structures. We used a recombinant nuclear form of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Pif1 to characterize Pif1-mediated DNA unwinding with a substrate mimicking an ongoing lagging strand synthesis stalled by G4s, which resembles a replication origin and a G4-structured flap in Okazaki fragment maturation. We find that the presence of G4 may greatly stimulate the Pif1 helicase to unwind duplex DNA. Further studies reveal that this stimulation results from G4-enhanced Pif1 dimerization, which is required for duplex DNA unwinding. This finding provides new insights into the properties and functions of G4s. We discuss the observed activation phenomenon in relation to the possible regulatory role of G4s in the rapid rescue of the stalled lagging strand synthesis by helping the replicator recognize and activate the replication origin as well as by quickly removing the G4-structured flap during Okazaki fragment maturation.
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- Xiao-Lei Duan
- From the College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- From the College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- From the College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- From the College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China
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- the CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, International Associated Laboratory of CNRS-Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China, and
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- the CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Physics, International Associated Laboratory of CNRS-Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China, and
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- From the College of Life Sciences, Northwest A & F University, Yangling, Shaanxi 712100, China, the Laboratoire de Biologie et Pharmacologie Appliquée, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Cachan, CNRS, 61 Avenue du Président Wilson, 94235 Cachan, France
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Bhat KP, Bétous R, Cortez D. High-affinity DNA-binding domains of replication protein A (RPA) direct SMARCAL1-dependent replication fork remodeling. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:4110-7. [PMID: 25552480 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.627083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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SMARCAL1 catalyzes replication fork remodeling to maintain genome stability. It is recruited to replication forks via an interaction with replication protein A (RPA), the major ssDNA-binding protein in eukaryotic cells. In addition to directing its localization, RPA also activates SMARCAL1 on some fork substrates but inhibits it on others, thereby conferring substrate specificity to SMARCAL1 fork-remodeling reactions. We investigated the mechanism by which RPA regulates SMARCAL1. Our results indicate that although an interaction between SMARCAL1 and RPA is essential for SMARCAL1 activation, the location of the interacting surface on RPA is not. Counterintuitively, high-affinity DNA binding of RPA DNA-binding domain (DBD) A and DBD-B near the fork junction makes it easier for SMARCAL1 to remodel the fork, which requires removing RPA. We also found that RPA DBD-C and DBD-D are not required for SMARCAL1 regulation. Thus, the orientation of the high-affinity RPA DBDs at forks dictates SMARCAL1 substrate specificity.
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- Kamakoti P Bhat
- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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- From the Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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DNA replication in bacteria and eukaryotes requires the activity of DNA primase, a DNA-dependent RNA polymerase that lays short RNA primers for DNA polymerases. Eukaryotic and archaeal primases are heterodimers consisting of small catalytic and large accessory subunits, both of which are necessary for RNA primer synthesis. Understanding of RNA synthesis priming in eukaryotes is currently limited due to the lack of crystal structures of the full-length primase and its complexes with substrates in initiation and elongation states. Here we report the crystal structure of the full-length human primase, revealing the precise overall organization of the enzyme, the relative positions of its functional domains, and the mode of its interaction with modeled DNA and RNA. The structure indicates that the dramatic conformational changes in primase are necessary to accomplish the initiation and then elongation of RNA synthesis. The presence of a long linker between the N- and C-terminal domains of p58 provides the structural basis for the bulk of enzyme's conformational flexibility. Deletion of most of this linker affected the initiation and elongation steps of the primer synthesis.
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- Andrey G Baranovskiy
- From the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198
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- From the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, and
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- From the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198
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- From the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198
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- From the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198
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- From the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198, and the Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198
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- From the Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68198,
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Itou H, Yagura M, Shirakihara Y, Itoh T. Structural basis for replication origin unwinding by an initiator primase of plasmid ColE2-P9: duplex DNA unwinding by a single protein. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:3601-11. [PMID: 25538245 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.595645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Duplex DNA is generally unwound by protein oligomers prior to replication. The Rep protein of plasmid ColE2-P9 (34 kDa) is an essential initiator for plasmid DNA replication. This protein binds the replication origin (Ori) in a sequence-specific manner as a monomer and unwinds DNA. Here we present the crystal structure of the DNA-binding domain of Rep (E2Rep-DBD) in complex with Ori DNA. The structure unveils the basis for Ori-specific recognition by the E2Rep-DBD and also reveals that it unwinds DNA by the concerted actions of its three contiguous structural modules. The structure also shows that the functionally unknown PriCT domain, which forms a compact module, plays a central role in DNA unwinding. The conservation of the PriCT domain in the C termini of some archaeo-eukaryotic primases indicates that it probably plays a similar role in these proteins. Thus, this is the first report providing the structural basis for the functional importance of the conserved PriCT domain and also reveals a novel mechanism for DNA unwinding by a single protein.
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- Hiroshi Itou
- From the Structural Biology Center, National Institute of Genetics, Yata 1111, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan,
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- the Department of Cell Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Yata 1111, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan, and
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- From the Structural Biology Center, National Institute of Genetics, Yata 1111, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
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- the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University, Asahi 3-1-1, Matsumoto 390-8621, Japan
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The holoenzyme of yeast DNA polymerase ϵ (Pol ϵ) consists of four subunits: Pol2, Dpb2, Dpb3, and Dpb4. A protease-sensitive site results in an N-terminal proteolytic fragment of Pol2, called Pol2core, that consists of the catalytic core of Pol ϵ and retains both polymerase and exonuclease activities. Pre-steady-state kinetics showed that the exonuclease rates on single-stranded, double-stranded, and mismatched DNA were comparable between Pol ϵ and Pol2core. Single-turnover pre-steady-state kinetics also showed that the kpol of Pol ϵ and Pol2core were comparable when preloading the polymerase onto the primer-template before adding Mg(2+) and dTTP. However, a global fit of the data over six sequential nucleotide incorporations revealed that the overall polymerization rate and processivity were higher for Pol ϵ than for Pol2core. The largest difference between Pol ϵ and Pol2core was observed when challenged for the formation of a ternary complex and incorporation of the first nucleotide. Pol ϵ needed less than 1 s to incorporate a nucleotide, but several seconds passed before Pol2core incorporated detectable levels of the first nucleotide. We conclude that the accessory subunits and the C terminus of Pol2 do not influence the catalytic rate of Pol ϵ but facilitate the loading and incorporation of the first nucleotide by Pol ϵ.
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- Rais A Ganai
- From the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- From the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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- From the Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden
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I knew nothing and had thought nothing about parasites until 1971. In fact, if you had asked me before then, I might have commented that parasites were rather disgusting. I had been at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine for three years, and I was on the lookout for a new project. In 1971, I came across a paper in the Journal of Molecular Biology by Larry Simpson, a classmate of mine in graduate school. Larry's paper described a remarkable DNA structure known as kinetoplast DNA (kDNA), isolated from a parasite. kDNA, the mitochondrial genome of trypanosomatids, is a DNA network composed of several thousand interlocked DNA rings. Almost nothing was known about it. I was looking for a project on DNA replication, and I wanted it to be both challenging and important. I had no doubt that working with kDNA would be a challenge, as I would be exploring uncharted territory. I was also sure that the project would be important when I learned that parasites with kDNA threaten huge populations in underdeveloped tropical countries. Looking again at Larry's paper, I found the electron micrographs of the kDNA networks to be rather beautiful. I decided to take a chance on kDNA. Little did I know then that I would devote the next forty years of my life to studying kDNA replication.
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- Paul T Englund
- From the Department of Biological Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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The replication fork helicase in eukaryotes is composed of Cdc45, Mcm2-7, and GINS (CMG). The Dbf4-Cdc7 kinase phosphorylates Mcm2 in vitro, but the in vivo role for Dbf4-Cdc7 phosphorylation of Mcm2 is unclear. We find that budding yeast Dbf4-Cdc7 phosphorylates Mcm2 in vivo under normal conditions during S phase. Inhibiting Dbf4-Cdc7 phosphorylation of Mcm2 confers a dominant-negative phenotype with a severe growth defect. Inhibiting Dbf4-Cdc7 phosphorylation of Mcm2 under wild-type expression conditions also results in impaired DNA replication, substantially decreased single-stranded formation at an origin, and markedly disrupted interaction between GINS and Mcm2-7 during S phase. In vitro, Dbf4-Cdc7 kinase (DDK) phosphorylation of Mcm2 substantially weakens the interaction between Mcm2 and Mcm5, and Dbf4-Cdc7 phosphorylation of Mcm2 promotes Mcm2-7 ring opening. The extrusion of ssDNA from the central channel of Mcm2-7 triggers GINS attachment to Mcm2-7. Thus, Dbf4-Cdc7 phosphorylation of Mcm2 may open the Mcm2-7 ring at the Mcm2-Mcm5 interface, allowing for single-stranded DNA extrusion and subsequent GINS assembly with Mcm2-7.
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- Irina Bruck
- From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida 32306
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- From the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida 32306
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Bermek O, Willcox S, Griffith JD. DNA replication catalyzed by herpes simplex virus type 1 proteins reveals trombone loops at the fork. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:2539-45. [PMID: 25471368 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.623009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Using purified replication factors encoded by herpes simplex virus type 1 and a 70-base minicircle template, we obtained robust DNA synthesis with leading strand products of >20,000 nucleotides and lagging strand fragments from 600 to 9,000 nucleotides as seen by alkaline gel electrophoresis. ICP8 was crucial for the synthesis on both strands. Visualization of the deproteinized products using electron microscopy revealed long, linear dsDNAs, and in 87%, one end, presumably the end with the 70-base circle, was single-stranded. The remaining 13% had multiple single-stranded segments separated by dsDNA segments 500 to 1,000 nucleotides in length located at one end. These features are diagnostic of the trombone mechanism of replication. Indeed, when the products were examined with the replication proteins bound, a dsDNA loop was frequently associated with the replication complex located at one end of the replicated DNA. Furthermore, the frequency of loops correlated with the fraction of DNA undergoing Okazaki fragment synthesis.
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- Oya Bermek
- From the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7295
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- From the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7295
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- From the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7295
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Stephenson R, Hosler MR, Gavande NS, Ghosh AK, Weake VM. Characterization of a Drosophila ortholog of the Cdc7 kinase: a role for Cdc7 in endoreplication independent of Chiffon. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:1332-47. [PMID: 25451925 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.597948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cdc7 is a serine-threonine kinase that phosphorylates components of the pre-replication complex during DNA replication initiation. Cdc7 is highly conserved, and Cdc7 orthologs have been characterized in organisms ranging from yeast to humans. Cdc7 is activated specifically during late G1/S phase by binding to its regulatory subunit, Dbf4. Drosophila melanogaster contains a Dbf4 ortholog, Chiffon, which is essential for chorion amplification in Drosophila egg chambers. However, no Drosophila ortholog of Cdc7 has yet been characterized. Here, we report the functional and biochemical characterization of a Drosophila ortholog of Cdc7. Co-expression of Drosophila Cdc7 and Chiffon is able to complement a growth defect in yeast containing a temperature-sensitive Cdc7 mutant. Cdc7 and Chiffon physically interact and can be co-purified from insect cells. Cdc7 phosphorylates the known Cdc7 substrates Mcm2 and histone H3 in vitro, and Cdc7 kinase activity is stimulated by Chiffon and inhibited by the Cdc7-specific inhibitor XL413. Drosophila egg chamber follicle cells deficient for Cdc7 have a defect in two types of DNA replication, endoreplication and chorion gene amplification. However, follicle cells deficient for Chiffon have a defect in chorion gene amplification but still undergo endocycling. Our results show that Cdc7 interacts with Chiffon to form a functional Dbf4-dependent kinase complex and that Cdc7 is necessary for DNA replication in Drosophila egg chamber follicle cells. Additionally, we show that Chiffon is a member of an expanding subset of DNA replication initiation factors that are not strictly required for endoreplication in Drosophila.
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- Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry, and Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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- From the Departments of Biochemistry and Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907
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Chen ZH, Yu YP, Michalopoulos G, Nelson J, Luo JH. The DNA replication licensing factor miniature chromosome maintenance 7 is essential for RNA splicing of epidermal growth factor receptor, c-Met, and platelet-derived growth factor receptor. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:1404-11. [PMID: 25425645 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.622761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Miniature chromosome maintenance 7 (MCM7) is an essential component of DNA replication licensing complex. Recent studies indicate that MCM7 is amplified and overexpressed in a variety of human malignancies. In this report, we show that MCM7 binds SF3B3. The binding motif is located in the N terminus (amino acids 221-248) of MCM7. Knockdown of MCM7 or SF3B3 significantly increased unspliced RNA of epidermal growth factor receptor, platelet-derived growth factor receptor, and c-Met. A dramatic drop of reporter gene expression of the oxytocin exon 1-intron-exon 2-EGFP construct was also identified in SF3B3 and MCM7 knockdown PC3 and DU145 cells. The MCM7 or SF3B3 depleted cell extract failed to splice reporter RNA in in vitro RNA splicing analyses. Knockdown of SF3B3 and MCM7 leads to an increase of cell death of both PC3 and DU145 cells. Such cell death induction is partially rescued by expressing spliced c-Met. To our knowledge, this is the first report suggesting that MCM7 is a critical RNA splicing factor, thus giving significant new insight into the oncogenic activity of this protein.
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- From the Departments of Pathology and
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- Urology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261
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Rizzardi LF, Coleman KE, Varma D, Matson JP, Oh S, Cook JG. CDK1-dependent inhibition of the E3 ubiquitin ligase CRL4CDT2 ensures robust transition from S Phase to Mitosis. J Biol Chem 2014; 290:556-67. [PMID: 25411249 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.614701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Replication-coupled destruction of a cohort of cell cycle proteins ensures efficient and precise genome duplication. Three proteins destroyed during replication via the CRL4(CDT2) ubiquitin E3 ligase, CDT1, p21, and SET8 (PR-SET7), are also essential or important during mitosis, making their reaccumulation after S phase a critical cell cycle event. During early and mid-S phase and during DNA repair, proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) loading onto DNA (PCNA(DNA)) triggers the interaction between CRL4(CDT2) and its substrates, resulting in their degradation. We have discovered that, beginning in late S phase, PCNA(DNA) is no longer sufficient to trigger CRL4(CDT2)-mediated degradation. A CDK1-dependent mechanism that blocks CRL4(CDT2) activity by interfering with CDT2 recruitment to chromatin actively protects CRL4(CDT2) substrates. We postulate that deliberate override of replication-coupled destruction allows anticipatory accumulation in late S phase. We further show that (as for CDT1) de novo SET8 reaccumulation is important for normal mitotic progression. In this manner, CDK1-dependent CRL4(CDT2) inactivation contributes to efficient transition from S phase to mitosis.
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- From the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology and
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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- From the Curriculum in Genetics and Molecular Biology and the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
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Gabbai CB, Yeeles JTP, Marians KJ. Replisome-mediated translesion synthesis and leading strand template lesion skipping are competing bypass mechanisms. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:32811-23. [PMID: 25301949 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.613257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A number of different enzymatic pathways have evolved to ensure that DNA replication can proceed past template base damage. These pathways include lesion skipping by the replisome, replication fork regression followed by either correction of the damage and origin-independent replication restart or homologous recombination-mediated restart of replication downstream of the lesion, and bypass of the damage by a translesion synthesis DNA polymerase. We report here that of two translesion synthesis polymerases tested, only DNA polymerase IV, not DNA polymerase II, could engage productively with the Escherichia coli replisome to bypass leading strand template damage, despite the fact that both enzymes are shown to be interacting with the replicase. Inactivation of the 3' → 5' proofreading exonuclease of DNA polymerase II did not enable bypass. Bypass by DNA polymerase IV required its ability to interact with the β clamp and act as a translesion polymerase but did not require its "little finger" domain, a secondary region of interaction with the β clamp. Bypass by DNA polymerase IV came at the expense of the inherent leading strand lesion skipping activity of the replisome, indicating that they are competing reactions.
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- Carolina B Gabbai
- From the Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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- From the Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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- From the Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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Muylaert I, Zhao Z, Elias P. UL52 primase interactions in the herpes simplex virus 1 helicase-primase are affected by antiviral compounds and mutations causing drug resistance. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:32583-92. [PMID: 25278021 PMCID: PMC4239612 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.609453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 12/25/2022] Open
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Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) UL5/8/52 helicase-primase complex is required for DNA unwinding at the replication fork and synthesis of primers during virus replication, and it has become a promising novel target for antiviral therapy. Using molecular cloning, we have identified three separate domains of UL52. Co-immunoprecipitation experiments in extracts from cells transiently expressing HA-tagged UL5, FLAG-UL8, and enhanced GFP-tagged UL52 domains revealed that the N-terminal domain of UL52 primase binds UL5 helicase and the middle domain interacts with the UL8 accessory protein. In addition, an interaction between the single strand DNA-binding protein ICP8 and the UL52 middle domain was observed. The complex between UL5 and UL52 was stabilized by the antiviral compound BAY 54-6322, and mutations providing resistance to the drug obliterate this effect. Our results also suggest a mechanism for accommodating conformational strain resulting from movement of UL5 and UL52 in opposite directions on the lagging strand template, and they identify molecular complexes that can be further examined by structural biology techniques to resolve the mechanism of primer synthesis during herpesvirus replication. Finally, they help to explain the mechanism of action of a novel class of antiviral compounds currently being evaluated in clinical trials.
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- Isabella Muylaert
- From the Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 440, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- From the Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 440, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- From the Institute of Biomedicine, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Box 440, SE-405 30 Gothenburg, Sweden
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Gao Y, Yao J, Poudel S, Romer E, Abu-Niaaj L, Leffak M. Protein phosphatase 2A and Cdc7 kinase regulate the DNA unwinding element-binding protein in replication initiation. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:35987-6000. [PMID: 25258324 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.589119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The DNA unwinding element (DUE)-binding protein (DUE-B) binds to replication origins coordinately with the minichromosome maintenance (MCM) helicase and the helicase activator Cdc45 in vivo, and loads Cdc45 onto chromatin in Xenopus egg extracts. Human DUE-B also retains the aminoacyl-tRNA proofreading function of its shorter orthologs in lower organisms. Here we report that phosphorylation of the DUE-B unstructured C-terminal domain unique to higher organisms regulates DUE-B intermolecular binding. Gel filtration analyses show that unphosphorylated DUE-B forms multiple high molecular weight (HMW) complexes. Several aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases and Mcm2-7 proteins were identified by mass spectrometry of the HMW complexes. Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase binding is RNase A sensitive, whereas interaction with Mcm2-7 is nuclease resistant. Unphosphorylated DUE-B HMW complex formation is decreased by PP2A inhibition or direct DUE-B phosphorylation, and increased by inhibition of Cdc7. These results indicate that the state of DUE-B phosphorylation is maintained by the equilibrium between Cdc7-dependent phosphorylation and PP2A-dependent dephosphorylation, each previously shown to regulate replication initiation. Alanine mutation of the DUE-B C-terminal phosphorylation target sites increases MCM binding but blocks Cdc45 loading in vivo and inhibits cell division. In egg extracts alanine mutation of the DUE-B C-terminal phosphorylation sites blocks Cdc45 loading and inhibits DNA replication. The effects of DUE-B C-terminal phosphorylation reveal a novel S phase kinase regulatory mechanism for Cdc45 loading and MCM helicase activation.
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- Yanzhe Gao
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio 45435
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Tripathi K, Mani C, Barnett R, Nalluri S, Bachaboina L, Rocconi RP, Athar M, Owen LB, Palle K. Gli1 protein regulates the S-phase checkpoint in tumor cells via Bid protein, and its inhibition sensitizes to DNA topoisomerase 1 inhibitors. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:31513-25. [PMID: 25253693 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.606483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Aberrant expression of hedgehog molecules, particularly Gli1, is common in cancers of many tissues and is responsible for their aggressive behavior and chemoresistance. Here we demonstrate a novel and tumor-specific role for aberrant Gli1 in the regulation of the S-phase checkpoint that suppresses replication stress and resistance to chemotherapy. Inhibition of Gli1 in tumor cells induced replication stress-mediated DNA damage response, attenuated their clonogenic potential, abrogated camptothecin (CPT)-induced Chk1 phosphorylation, and potentiated its cytotoxicity. However, in normal fibroblasts, Gli1 siRNAs showed no significant changes in CPT-induced Chk1 phosphorylation. Further analysis of ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related protein (ATR)/Chk1 signaling cascade genes in tumor cells revealed an unexpected mechanism whereby Gli1 regulates ATR-mediated Chk1 phosphorylation by transcriptional regulation of the BH3-only protein Bid. Consistent with its role in DNA damage response, Bid down-regulation in tumor cells abolished CPT-induced Chk1 phosphorylation and sensitized them to CPT. Correspondingly, Gli1 inhibition affected the expression of Bid and the association of replication protein A (RPA) with the ATR- interacting protein (ATRIP)-ATR complex, and this compromised the S-phase checkpoint. Conversely, complementation of Bid in Gli1-deficient cells restored CPT-induced Chk1 phosphorylation. An in silico analysis of the Bid promoter identified a putative Gli1 binding site, and further studies using luciferase reporter assays confirmed Gli1-dependent promoter activity. Collectively, our studies established a novel connection between aberrant Gli1 and Bid in the survival of tumor cells and their response to chemotherapy, at least in part, by regulating the S-phase checkpoint. Importantly, our data suggest a novel drug combination of Gli1 and Top1 inhibitors as an effective therapeutic strategy in treating tumors that expresses Gli1.
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- Kaushlendra Tripathi
- From the Department of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36604 and
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- From the Department of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36604 and
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- From the Department of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36604 and
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- From the Department of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36604 and
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- From the Department of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36604 and
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- From the Department of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36604 and
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- the Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294
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- From the Department of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36604 and
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- From the Department of Oncologic Sciences, Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36604 and
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Koag MC, Lai L, Lee S. Structural basis for the inefficient nucleotide incorporation opposite cisplatin-DNA lesion by human DNA polymerase β. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:31341-8. [PMID: 25237188 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.605451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Human DNA polymerase β (polβ) has been suggested to play a role in cisplatin resistance, especially in polβ-overexpressing cancer cells. Polβ has been shown to accurately albeit slowly bypass the cisplatin-1,2-d(GpG) (Pt-GG) intramolecular cross-link in vitro. Currently, the structural basis for the inefficient Pt-GG bypass mechanism of polβ is unknown. To gain structural insights into the mechanism, we determined two ternary structures of polβ incorporating dCTP opposite the templating Pt-GG lesion in the presence of the active site Mg(2+) or Mn(2+). The Mg(2+)-bound structure shows that the bulky Pt-GG adduct is accommodated in the polβ active site without any steric hindrance. In addition, both guanines of the Pt-GG lesion form Watson-Crick base pairing with the primer terminus dC and the incoming dCTP, providing the structural basis for the accurate bypass of the Pt-GG adduct by polβ. The Mn(2+)-bound structure shows that polβ adopts a catalytically suboptimal semiclosed conformation during the insertion of dCTP opposite the templating Pt-GG, explaining the inefficient replication across the Pt-GG lesion by polβ. Overall, our studies provide the first structural insights into the mechanism of the potential polβ-mediated cisplatin resistance.
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- Myong-Chul Koag
- From the Division of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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- From the Division of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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- From the Division of Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712
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The initial step in initiation of eukaryotic DNA replication involves the assembly of pre-replicative complexes (pre-RCs) at origins of replication during the G1 phase of the cell cycle. In metazoans initiation is inhibited by the regulatory factor Geminin. We have purified the human pre-RC proteins, studied their interactions in vitro with each other and with origin DNA, and analyzed the effects of HsGeminin on formation of DNA-protein complexes. The formation of an initial complex containing the human origin recognition complex (HsORC), HsCdt1, HsCdc6, and origin DNA is cooperative, involving all possible binary interactions among the components. Maximal association of HsMCM2-7, a component of the replicative helicase, requires HsORC, HsCdc6, HsCdt1, and ATP, and is driven by interactions of HsCdt1 and HsCdc6 with multiple HsMCM2-7 subunits. Formation of stable complexes, resistant to high salt, requires ATP hydrolysis. In the absence of HsMCM proteins, HsGeminin inhibits the association of HsCdt1 with DNA or with HsORC-HsCdc6-DNA complexes. However, HsGeminin does not inhibit recruitment of HsMCM2-7 to DNA to form complexes containing all of the pre-RC proteins. In fact, HsGeminin itself is a component of such complexes, and interacts directly with the HsMcm3 and HsMcm5 subunits of HsMCM2-7, as well as with HsCdt1. Although HsGeminin does not prevent the initial formation of DNA-protein complexes containing the pre-RC proteins, it strongly inhibits the formation of stable pre-RCs that are resistant to high salt. We suggest that bound HsGeminin prevents transition of the pre-RC to a state that is competent for initiation of DNA replication.
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- Min Wu
- Program in Molecular Biology and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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- Program in Molecular Biology and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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- Program in Molecular Biology and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065.
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- Program in Molecular Biology and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065.
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Bharti SK, Sommers JA, Zhou J, Kaplan DL, Spelbrink JN, Mergny JL, Brosh RM. DNA sequences proximal to human mitochondrial DNA deletion breakpoints prevalent in human disease form G-quadruplexes, a class of DNA structures inefficiently unwound by the mitochondrial replicative Twinkle helicase. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:29975-93. [PMID: 25193669 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.567073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Mitochondrial DNA deletions are prominent in human genetic disorders, cancer, and aging. It is thought that stalling of the mitochondrial replication machinery during DNA synthesis is a prominent source of mitochondrial genome instability; however, the precise molecular determinants of defective mitochondrial replication are not well understood. In this work, we performed a computational analysis of the human mitochondrial genome using the "Pattern Finder" G-quadruplex (G4) predictor algorithm to assess whether G4-forming sequences reside in close proximity (within 20 base pairs) to known mitochondrial DNA deletion breakpoints. We then used this information to map G4P sequences with deletions characteristic of representative mitochondrial genetic disorders and also those identified in various cancers and aging. Circular dichroism and UV spectral analysis demonstrated that mitochondrial G-rich sequences near deletion breakpoints prevalent in human disease form G-quadruplex DNA structures. A biochemical analysis of purified recombinant human Twinkle protein (gene product of c10orf2) showed that the mitochondrial replicative helicase inefficiently unwinds well characterized intermolecular and intramolecular G-quadruplex DNA substrates, as well as a unimolecular G4 substrate derived from a mitochondrial sequence that nests a deletion breakpoint described in human renal cell carcinoma. Although G4 has been implicated in the initiation of mitochondrial DNA replication, our current findings suggest that mitochondrial G-quadruplexes are also likely to be a source of instability for the mitochondrial genome by perturbing the normal progression of the mitochondrial replication machinery, including DNA unwinding by Twinkle helicase.
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- Sanjay Kumar Bharti
- From the Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, NIA, National Institutes of Health, NIH Biomedical Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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- From the Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, NIA, National Institutes of Health, NIH Biomedical Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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- the ARNA Laboratory, University of Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France, INSERM U869, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB), F-33600 Pessac, France
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- the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Florida State University College of Medicine, Tallahassee, Florida 32312
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- the FinMIT Centre of Excellence, BioMediTech and Tampere University Hospital, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, University of Tampere, FI-33014 Tampere, Finland, and the Department of Pediatrics, Nijmegan Centre for Mitochondrial Disorders, Radboud University Medical Centre, Geert Grooteplein 10, P. O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- the ARNA Laboratory, University of Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France, INSERM U869, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie (IECB), F-33600 Pessac, France
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- From the Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, NIA, National Institutes of Health, NIH Biomedical Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21224,
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Castillo Bosch P, Segura-Bayona S, Koole W, van Heteren JT, Dewar JM, Tijsterman M, Knipscheer P. FANCJ promotes DNA synthesis through G-quadruplex structures. EMBO J 2014; 33:2521-33. [PMID: 25193968 PMCID: PMC4282361 DOI: 10.15252/embj.201488663] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Our genome contains many G-rich sequences, which have the propensity to fold into stable secondary DNA structures called G4 or G-quadruplex structures. These structures have been implicated in cellular processes such as gene regulation and telomere maintenance. However, G4 sequences are prone to mutations particularly upon replication stress or in the absence of specific helicases. To investigate how G-quadruplex structures are resolved during DNA replication, we developed a model system using ssDNA templates and Xenopus egg extracts that recapitulates eukaryotic G4 replication. Here, we show that G-quadruplex structures form a barrier for DNA replication. Nascent strand synthesis is blocked at one or two nucleotides from the G4. After transient stalling, G-quadruplexes are efficiently unwound and replicated. In contrast, depletion of the FANCJ/BRIP1 helicase causes persistent replication stalling at G-quadruplex structures, demonstrating a vital role for this helicase in resolving these structures. FANCJ performs this function independently of the classical Fanconi anemia pathway. These data provide evidence that the G4 sequence instability in FANCJ−/− cells and Fancj/dog1 deficient C. elegans is caused by replication stalling at G-quadruplexes.
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- Pau Castillo Bosch
- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW, University Medical Center Utrecht & Cancer GenomiCs Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW, University Medical Center Utrecht & Cancer GenomiCs Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Hubrecht Institute-KNAW, University Medical Center Utrecht & Cancer GenomiCs Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Truong LN, Li Y, Sun E, Ang K, Hwang PYH, Wu X. Homologous recombination is a primary pathway to repair DNA double-strand breaks generated during DNA rereplication. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:28910-23. [PMID: 25160628 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.576488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Re-initiation of DNA replication at origins within a given cell cycle would result in DNA rereplication, which can lead to genome instability and tumorigenesis. DNA rereplication can be induced by loss of licensing control at cellular replication origins, or by viral protein-driven multiple rounds of replication initiation at viral origins. DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are generated during rereplication, but the mechanisms of how these DSBs are repaired to maintain genome stability and cell viability are poorly understood in mammalian cells. We generated novel EGFP-based DSB repair substrates, which specifically monitor the repair of rereplication-associated DSBs. We demonstrated that homologous recombination (HR) is an important mechanism to repair rereplication-associated DSBs, and sister chromatids are used as templates for such HR-mediated DSB repair. Micro-homology-mediated non-homologous end joining (MMEJ) can also be used but to a lesser extent compared to HR, whereas Ku-dependent classical non-homologous end joining (C-NHEJ) has a minimal role to repair rereplication-associated DSBs. In addition, loss of HR activity leads to severe cell death when rereplication is induced. Therefore, our studies identify HR, the most conservative repair pathway, as the primary mechanism to repair DSBs upon rereplication.
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- Lan N Truong
- From the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La, Jolla, California 92037
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- From the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La, Jolla, California 92037
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- From the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La, Jolla, California 92037
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- From the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La, Jolla, California 92037
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- From the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La, Jolla, California 92037
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- From the Department of Molecular and Experimental Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La, Jolla, California 92037
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Gupta S, Yeeles JTP, Marians KJ. Regression of replication forks stalled by leading-strand template damage: I. Both RecG and RuvAB catalyze regression, but RuvC cleaves the holliday junctions formed by RecG preferentially. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:28376-87. [PMID: 25138216 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.587881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The orderly progression of replication forks formed at the origin of replication in Escherichia coli is challenged by encounters with template damage, slow moving RNA polymerases, and frozen DNA-protein complexes that stall the fork. These stalled forks are foci for genomic instability and must be reactivated. Many models of replication fork reactivation invoke nascent strand regression as an intermediate in the processing of the stalled fork. We have investigated the replication fork regression activity of RecG and RuvAB, two proteins commonly thought to be involved in the process, using a reconstituted DNA replication system where the replisome is stalled by collision with leading-strand template damage. We find that both RecG and RuvAB can regress the stalled fork in the presence of the replisome and SSB; however, RuvAB generates a completely unwound product consisting of the paired nascent leading and lagging strands, whereas RuvC cleaves the Holliday junction generated by RecG-catalyzed fork regression. We also find that RecG stimulates RuvAB-catalyzed regression, presumably because it is more efficient at generating the initial Holliday junction from the stalled fork.
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- Sankalp Gupta
- From the Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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- From the Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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- From the Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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Gupta S, Yeeles JTP, Marians KJ. Regression of replication forks stalled by leading-strand template damage: II. Regression by RecA is inhibited by SSB. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:28388-98. [PMID: 25138217 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.587907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Stalled replication forks are sites of chromosome breakage and the formation of toxic recombination intermediates that undermine genomic stability. Thus, replication fork repair and reactivation are essential processes. Among the many models of replication fork reactivation is one that invokes fork regression catalyzed by the strand exchange protein RecA as an intermediate in the processing of the stalled fork. We have investigated the replication fork regression activity of RecA using a reconstituted DNA replication system where the replisome is stalled by collision with leading-strand template damage. We find that RecA is unable to regress the stalled fork in the presence of the replisome and SSB. If the replication proteins are removed from the stalled fork, RecA will catalyze net regression as long as the Okazaki fragments are sealed. RecA-generated Holliday junctions can be detected by RuvC cleavage, although this is not a robust reaction. On the other hand, extensive branch migration by RecA, where a completely unwound product consisting of the paired nascent leading and lagging strands is produced, is observed under conditions where RuvC activity is suppressed. This branch migration reaction is inhibited by SSB, possibly accounting for the failure of RecA to generate products in the presence of the replication proteins. Interestingly, we find that the RecA-RuvC reaction is supported to differing extents, depending on the template damage; templates carrying a cyclopyrimidine dimer elicit more RecA-RuvC product than those carrying a synthetic abasic site. This difference could be ascribed to a higher affinity of RecA binding to DNAs carrying a thymidine dimer than to those with an abasic site.
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- Sankalp Gupta
- From the Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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- From the Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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- From the Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065
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Lee T, Di Paola D, Malina A, Mills JR, Kreps A, Grosse F, Tang H, Zannis-Hadjopoulos M, Larsson O, Pelletier J. Suppression of the DHX9 helicase induces premature senescence in human diploid fibroblasts in a p53-dependent manner. J Biol Chem 2014; 289:22798-22814. [PMID: 24990949 PMCID: PMC4132785 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m114.568535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [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: 03/25/2014] [Revised: 07/02/2014] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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DHX9 is an ATP-dependent DEXH box helicase with a multitude of cellular functions. Its ability to unwind both DNA and RNA, as well as aberrant, noncanonical polynucleotide structures, has implicated it in transcriptional and translational regulation, DNA replication and repair, and maintenance of genome stability. We report that loss of DHX9 in primary human fibroblasts results in premature senescence, a state of irreversible growth arrest. This is accompanied by morphological defects, elevation of senescence-associated β-galactosidase levels, and changes in gene expression closely resembling those encountered during replicative (telomere-dependent) senescence. Activation of the p53 signaling pathway was found to be essential to this process. ChIP analysis and investigation of nascent DNA levels revealed that DHX9 is associated with origins of replication and that its suppression leads to a reduction of DNA replication. Our results demonstrate an essential role of DHX9 in DNA replication and normal cell cycle progression.
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- Teresa Lee
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada
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- Leibniz Institute for Age Research, Fritz Lipmann Institute, Jena D-07745, Germany
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- Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada,; Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada; The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada, and
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- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm 171 77, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3G 1Y6, Canada,; Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada; The Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A3, Canada, and.
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