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Geng Y, Liu C, Xu N, Shi X, Suen MC, Zhou B, Yan B, Wu C, Li H, Song Y, Chen X, Wang Z, Cai Q, Zhu G. The N-terminal region of Cdc6 specifically recognizes human DNA G-quadruplex. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 260:129487. [PMID: 38237821 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.129487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 01/11/2024] [Indexed: 01/22/2024]
Abstract
Guanine (G)-rich nucleic acid sequences can form diverse G-quadruplex structures located in functionally significant genome regions, exerting regulatory control over essential biological processes, including DNA replication in vivo. During the initiation of DNA replication, Cdc6 is recruited by the origin recognition complex (ORC) to target specific chromosomal DNA sequences. This study reveals that human Cdc6 interacts with G-quadruplex structure through a distinct region within the N-terminal intrinsically disordered region (IDR), encompassing residues 7-20. The binding region assumes a hook-type conformation, as elucidated by the NMR solution structure in complex with htel21T18. Significantly, mutagenesis and in vivo investigations confirm the highly specific nature of Cdc6's recognition of G-quadruplex. This research enhances our understanding of the fundamental mechanism governing the interaction between G-quadruplex and the N-terminal IDR region of Cdc6, shedding light on the intricate regulation of DNA replication processes.
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- Yanyan Geng
- Clinical Research Institute of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Fujian Key Laboratory of Brain Tumors Diagnosis and Precision Treatment, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Brain Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China; Institute for Advanced Study and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Institute for Advanced Study and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Institute for Advanced Study and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Institute for Advanced Study and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Institute for Advanced Study and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Institute for Advanced Study and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- Institute for Advanced Study and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Brain Disease Bioinformation, Department of Genetics, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Brain Disease Bioinformation, Department of Genetics, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China
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- Clinical Research Institute of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, Fujian Key Laboratory of Brain Tumors Diagnosis and Precision Treatment, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Brain Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Department of Neuroscience, Fujian Key Laboratory of Brain Tumors Diagnosis and Precision Treatment, Xiamen Key Laboratory of Brain Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian, China.
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- Institute for Advanced Study and State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
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Eladl A, Yamaoki Y, Kamba K, Hoshina S, Horinouchi H, Kondo K, Waga S, Nagata T, Katahira M. NMR characterization of the structure of the intrinsically disordered region of human origin recognition complex subunit 1, hORC1, and of its interaction with G-quadruplex DNAs. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 683:149112. [PMID: 37857165 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.10.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2023] [Accepted: 10/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023]
Abstract
Human origin recognition complex (hORC) binds to the DNA replication origin and then initiates DNA replication. However, hORC does not exhibit DNA sequence-specificity and how hORC recognizes the replication origin on genomic DNA remains elusive. Previously, we found that hORC recognizes G-quadruplex structures potentially formed near the replication origin. Then, we showed that hORC subunit 1 (hORC1) preferentially binds to G-quadruplex DNAs using a hORC1 construct comprising residues 413 to 511 (hORC1413-511). Here, we investigate the structural characteristics of hORC1413-511 in its free and complex forms with G-quadruplex DNAs. Circular dichroism and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopic studies indicated that hORC1413-511 is disordered except for a short α-helical region in both the free and complex forms. NMR chemical shift perturbation (CSP) analysis suggested that basic residues, arginines and lysines, and polar residues, serines and threonines, are involved in the G-quadruplex DNA binding. Then, this was confirmed by mutation analysis. Interestingly, CSP analysis indicated that hORC1413-511 binds to both parallel- and (3 + 1)-type G-quadruplex DNAs using the same residues, and thereby in the same manner. Our study suggests that hORC1 uses its intrinsically disordered G-quadruplex binding region to recognize parallel-type and (3 + 1)-type G-quadruplex structures at replication origin.
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- Afaf Eladl
- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan; Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Zagazig University, Zagazig, 44519, Egypt
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan; Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan; Integrated Research Center for Carbon Negative Science, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, 611-0011, Japan; Biomass Product Tree Industry-Academia Collaborative Research Laboratory, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan; Biomass Product Tree Industry-Academia Collaborative Research Laboratory, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Japan Women's University, Tokyo, 112-8681, Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Japan Women's University, Tokyo, 112-8681, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan; Integrated Research Center for Carbon Negative Science, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, 611-0011, Japan; Biomass Product Tree Industry-Academia Collaborative Research Laboratory, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Japan Women's University, Tokyo, 112-8681, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan; Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan; Integrated Research Center for Carbon Negative Science, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, 611-0011, Japan; Biomass Product Tree Industry-Academia Collaborative Research Laboratory, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan; Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan; Integrated Research Center for Carbon Negative Science, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Uji, 611-0011, Japan; Biomass Product Tree Industry-Academia Collaborative Research Laboratory, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan.
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Shekhar S, Verma S, Gupta MK, Roy SS, Kaur I, Krishnamachari A, Dhar SK. Genome-wide binding sites of Plasmodium falciparum mini chromosome maintenance protein MCM6 show new insights into parasite DNA replication. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2023; 1870:119546. [PMID: 37482133 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2023.119546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2023] [Revised: 07/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Multiple rounds of DNA replication take place in various stages of the life cycle in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Previous bioinformatics analysis has shown the presence of putative Autonomously Replicating Sequence (ARS) like sequences in the Plasmodium genome. However, the actual sites and frequency of replication origins in the P. falciparum genome based on experimental data still remain elusive. Minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins are recruited by the Origin recognition complex (ORC) to the origins of replication in eukaryotes including P. falciparum. We used PfMCM6 for chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by sequencing (ChIP-seq) in the quest for identification of putative replication origins in the parasite. PfMCM6 DNA binding sites annotation revealed high enrichment at exon regions. This is contrary to higher eukaryotes that show an inclination of origin sites towards transcriptional start sites. ChIP-seq results were further validated by ChIP-qPCR results as well as nascent strand abundance assay at the selected PfMCM6 enriched sites that also showed preferential binding of PfORC1 suggesting potential of these sites as origin sites. Further, PfMCM6 ChIP-seq data showed a positive correlation with previously published histone H4K8Ac genome-wide binding sites but not with H3K9Ac sites suggesting epigenetic control of replication initiation sites in the parasites. Overall, our data show the genome-wide distribution of PfMCM6 binding sites with their potential as replication origins in this deadly human pathogen that not only broadens our knowledge of parasite DNA replication and its unique biology, it may help to find new avenues for intervention processes.
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- Shashank Shekhar
- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Central University of Haryana, Mahendergargh, India
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- Special Centre for Molecular Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
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Amin A, Wu R, Khan MA, Cheung MH, Liang Y, Liu C, Zhu G, Yu ZL, Liang C. An essential Noc3p dimerization cycle mediates ORC double-hexamer formation in replication licensing. Life Sci Alliance 2023; 6:e202201594. [PMID: 36599624 PMCID: PMC9813392 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202201594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Revised: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Replication licensing, a prerequisite of DNA replication, helps to ensure once-per-cell-cycle genome duplication. Some DNA replication-initiation proteins are sequentially loaded onto replication origins to form pre-replicative complexes (pre-RCs). ORC and Noc3p bind replication origins throughout the cell cycle, providing a platform for pre-RC assembly. We previously reported that cell cycle-dependent ORC dimerization is essential for the chromatin loading of the symmetric MCM double-hexamers. Here, we used Saccharomyces cerevisiae separation-of-function NOC3 mutants to confirm the separable roles of Noc3p in DNA replication and ribosome biogenesis. We also show that an essential and cell cycle-dependent Noc3p dimerization cycle regulates the ORC dimerization cycle. Noc3p dimerizes at the M-to-G1 transition and de-dimerizes in S-phase. The Noc3p dimerization cycle coupled with the ORC dimerization cycle enables replication licensing, protects nascent sister replication origins after replication initiation, and prevents re-replication. This study has revealed a new mechanism of replication licensing and elucidated the molecular mechanism of Noc3p as a mediator of ORC dimerization in pre-RC formation.
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- Aftab Amin
- Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research, and State Key Lab of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research, and State Key Lab of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research, and State Key Lab of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research, and State Key Lab of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research, and State Key Lab of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research, and State Key Lab of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research, and State Key Lab of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
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- School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
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- Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research, and State Key Lab of Molecular Neuroscience, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
- EnKang Pharmaceuticals (Guangzhou), Ltd., Guangzhou, China
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Du W, Shi G, Shan CM, Li Z, Zhu B, Jia S, Li Q, Zhang Z. Mechanisms of chromatin-based epigenetic inheritance. SCIENCE CHINA. LIFE SCIENCES 2022; 65:2162-2190. [PMID: 35792957 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-022-2120-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Multi-cellular organisms such as humans contain hundreds of cell types that share the same genetic information (DNA sequences), and yet have different cellular traits and functions. While how genetic information is passed through generations has been extensively characterized, it remains largely obscure how epigenetic information encoded by chromatin regulates the passage of certain traits, gene expression states and cell identity during mitotic cell divisions, and even through meiosis. In this review, we will summarize the recent advances on molecular mechanisms of epigenetic inheritance, discuss the potential impacts of epigenetic inheritance during normal development and in some disease conditions, and outline future research directions for this challenging, but exciting field.
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- Wenlong Du
- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Institutes of Cancer Genetics, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- National Laboratory of Biomacromolecules, CAS Center for Excellence in Biomacromolecules, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
- College of Life Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
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- State Key Laboratory of Protein and Plant Gene Research, School of Life Sciences and Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- Institutes of Cancer Genetics, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
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Li Q, Yuan Q, Jiang N, Zhang Y, Su Z, Lv L, Sang X, Chen R, Feng Y, Chen Q. Dihydroartemisinin regulates immune cell heterogeneity by triggering a cascade reaction of CDK and MAPK phosphorylation. Signal Transduct Target Ther 2022; 7:222. [PMID: 35811310 PMCID: PMC9271464 DOI: 10.1038/s41392-022-01028-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2021] [Revised: 04/04/2022] [Accepted: 05/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Artemisinin (ART) and dihydroartemisinin (DHA), apart from their profound anti-malaria effect, can also beneficially modulate the host immune system; however, the underlying molecular mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we report that DHA selectively induced T-cell activation, with an increased proportion of Ki67+CD4+ T cells, CD25+CD4+ T cells, interferon (IFN)-γ-producing CD8+ T cells, Brdu+ CD8+ T cells and neutrophils, which was found to enhance cellular immunity to experimental malaria and overcome immunosuppression in mice. We further revealed that DHA upregulated the expression of cell proliferation-associated proteins by promoting the phosphorylation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK), cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs), and activator protein 1 in the spleen. This study is the first to provide robust evidence that DHA selectively induced the expansion of subsets of splenic T cells through phosphorylated CDKs and MAPK to enhance cellular immune responses under non-pathological or pathological conditions. The data significantly deepened our knowledge in the mechanism underlying DHA-mediated immunomodulation.
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Ranjan R, Snedeker J, Wooten M, Chu C, Bracero S, Mouton T, Chen X. Differential condensation of sister chromatids acts with Cdc6 to ensure asynchronous S-phase entry in Drosophila male germline stem cell lineage. Dev Cell 2022; 57:1102-1118.e7. [PMID: 35483360 PMCID: PMC9134767 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2021] [Revised: 01/16/2022] [Accepted: 04/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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During Drosophila melanogaster male germline stem cell (GSC) asymmetric division, preexisting old versus newly synthesized histones H3 and H4 are asymmetrically inherited. However, the biological outcomes of this phenomenon have remained unclear. Here, we tracked old and new histones throughout the GSC cell cycle through the use of high spatial and temporal resolution microscopy. We found unique features that differ between old and new histone-enriched sister chromatids, including differences in nucleosome density, chromosomal condensation, and H3 Ser10 phosphorylation. These distinct chromosomal features lead to their differential association with Cdc6, a pre-replication complex component, and subsequent asynchronous DNA replication initiation in the resulting daughter cells. Disruption of asymmetric histone inheritance abolishes differential Cdc6 association and asynchronous S-phase entry, demonstrating that histone asymmetry acts upstream of these critical cell-cycle progression events. Furthermore, disruption of these GSC-specific chromatin features leads to GSC defects, indicating a connection between histone inheritance, cell-cycle progression, and cell fate determination.
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- Rajesh Ranjan
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
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- Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA; Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
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Niu J, Yang J, Feng J, Feng Z, Wang X, Yu B, Wang G. Ubiquitin-proteasome pathway plays an essential regulatory role during spermatangium formation in Neopyropia yezoensis. ALGAL RES 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.algal.2021.102623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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DNA replication in eukaryotic cells initiates from large numbers of sites called replication origins. Initiation of replication from these origins must be tightly controlled to ensure the entire genome is precisely duplicated in each cell cycle. This is accomplished through the regulation of the first two steps in replication: loading and activation of the replicative DNA helicase. Here we describe what is known about the mechanism and regulation of these two reactions from a genetic, biochemical, and structural perspective, focusing on recent progress using proteins from budding yeast. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Biochemistry, Volume 91 is June 2022. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Alessandro Costa
- Macromolecular Machines Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK;
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- Chromosome Replication Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK;
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Cabello-Lobato MJ, González-Garrido C, Cano-Linares MI, Wong RP, Yáñez-Vílchez A, Morillo-Huesca M, Roldán-Romero JM, Vicioso M, González-Prieto R, Ulrich HD, Prado F. Physical interactions between MCM and Rad51 facilitate replication fork lesion bypass and ssDNA gap filling by non-recombinogenic functions. Cell Rep 2021; 36:109440. [PMID: 34320356 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Revised: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The minichromosome maintenance (MCM) helicase physically interacts with the recombination proteins Rad51 and Rad52 from yeast to human cells. We show, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, that these interactions occur within a nuclease-insoluble scaffold enriched in replication/repair factors. Rad51 accumulates in a MCM- and DNA-binding-independent manner and interacts with MCM helicases located outside of the replication origins and forks. MCM, Rad51, and Rad52 accumulate in this scaffold in G1 and are released during the S phase. In the presence of replication-blocking lesions, Cdc7 prevents their release from the scaffold, thus maintaining the interactions. We identify a rad51 mutant that is impaired in its ability to bind to MCM but not to the scaffold. This mutant is proficient in recombination but partially defective in single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) gap filling and replication fork progression through damaged DNA. Therefore, cells accumulate MCM/Rad51/Rad52 complexes at specific nuclear scaffolds in G1 to assist stressed forks through non-recombinogenic functions.
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- María J Cabello-Lobato
- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Universidad de Sevilla; Universidad Pablo de Olavide; Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Universidad de Sevilla; Universidad Pablo de Olavide; Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Universidad de Sevilla; Universidad Pablo de Olavide; Seville, Spain
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- Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Mainz, Germany
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Universidad de Sevilla; Universidad Pablo de Olavide; Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Universidad de Sevilla; Universidad Pablo de Olavide; Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Universidad de Sevilla; Universidad Pablo de Olavide; Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Universidad de Sevilla; Universidad Pablo de Olavide; Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Universidad de Sevilla; Universidad Pablo de Olavide; Seville, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa-CABIMER, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas; Universidad de Sevilla; Universidad Pablo de Olavide; Seville, Spain.
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Replication initiation: Implications in genome integrity. DNA Repair (Amst) 2021; 103:103131. [PMID: 33992866 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2021.103131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2021] [Revised: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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In every cell cycle, billions of nucleotides need to be duplicated within hours, with extraordinary precision and accuracy. The molecular mechanism by which cells regulate the replication event is very complicated, and the entire process begins way before the onset of S phase. During the G1 phase of the cell cycle, cells prepare by assembling essential replication factors to establish the pre-replicative complex at origins, sites that dictate where replication would initiate during S phase. During S phase, the replication process is tightly coupled with the DNA repair system to ensure the fidelity of replication. Defects in replication and any error must be recognized by DNA damage response and checkpoint signaling pathways in order to halt the cell cycle before cells are allowed to divide. The coordination of these processes throughout the cell cycle is therefore critical to achieve genomic integrity and prevent diseases. In this review, we focus on the current understanding of how the replication initiation events are regulated to achieve genome stability.
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Stok C, Kok Y, van den Tempel N, van Vugt MATM. Shaping the BRCAness mutational landscape by alternative double-strand break repair, replication stress and mitotic aberrancies. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:4239-4257. [PMID: 33744950 PMCID: PMC8096281 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Tumours with mutations in the BRCA1/BRCA2 genes have impaired double-stranded DNA break repair, compromised replication fork protection and increased sensitivity to replication blocking agents, a phenotype collectively known as 'BRCAness'. Tumours with a BRCAness phenotype become dependent on alternative repair pathways that are error-prone and introduce specific patterns of somatic mutations across the genome. The increasing availability of next-generation sequencing data of tumour samples has enabled identification of distinct mutational signatures associated with BRCAness. These signatures reveal that alternative repair pathways, including Polymerase θ-mediated alternative end-joining and RAD52-mediated single strand annealing are active in BRCA1/2-deficient tumours, pointing towards potential therapeutic targets in these tumours. Additionally, insight into the mutations and consequences of unrepaired DNA lesions may also aid in the identification of BRCA-like tumours lacking BRCA1/BRCA2 gene inactivation. This is clinically relevant, as these tumours respond favourably to treatment with DNA-damaging agents, including PARP inhibitors or cisplatin, which have been successfully used to treat patients with BRCA1/2-defective tumours. In this review, we aim to provide insight in the origins of the mutational landscape associated with BRCAness by exploring the molecular biology of alternative DNA repair pathways, which may represent actionable therapeutic targets in in these cells.
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- Colin Stok
- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, 9713GZ, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Multiple, short protein binding motifs in ORC1 and CDC6 control the initiation of DNA replication. Mol Cell 2021; 81:1951-1969.e6. [PMID: 33761311 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2021.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2020] [Revised: 01/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The initiation of DNA replication involves cell cycle-dependent assembly and disassembly of protein complexes, including the origin recognition complex (ORC) and CDC6 AAA+ ATPases. We report that multiple short linear protein motifs (SLiMs) within intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs) in ORC1 and CDC6 mediate cyclin-CDK-dependent and independent protein-protein interactions, conditional on the cell cycle phase. A domain within the ORC1 IDR is required for interaction between the ORC1 and CDC6 AAA+ domains in G1, whereas the same domain prevents CDC6-ORC1 interaction during mitosis. Then, during late G1, this domain facilitates ORC1 destruction by a SKP2-cyclin A-CDK2-dependent mechanism. During G1, the CDC6 Cy motif cooperates with cyclin E-CDK2 to promote ORC1-CDC6 interactions. The CDC6 IDR regulates self-interaction by ORC1, thereby controlling ORC1 protein levels. Protein phosphatase 1 binds directly to a SLiM in the ORC1 IDR, causing ORC1 de-phosphorylation upon mitotic exit, increasing ORC1 protein, and promoting pre-RC assembly.
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Prospect of reprogramming replication licensing for cancer drug development. Biomed Pharmacother 2021; 136:111190. [PMID: 33497909 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2020.111190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2020] [Revised: 12/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic chromosomal DNA replication is preceded by replication licensing which involves the identification of the origin of replication by origin recognition complex (ORC). The ORC loads pre-replication complexes (pre-RCs) through a series of tightly regulated mechanisms where the ORC interacts with Cdc6 to recruit cdt1-MCM2-7 complexes to the origin of replication. In eukaryotes, adherence to regulatory mechanisms of the replication program is required to ensure that all daughter cells carry the exact copy of genetic material as the parent cell. Failure of which leads to the development of genome instability syndromes like cancer, diabetes, etc. In an event of such occurrence, preventing cells from carrying the defaulted genetic material and passing it to other cells hinges on the regulation of chromosomal DNA replication. Thus, understanding the mechanisms underpinning chromosomal DNA replication and particularly replication licensing can expose druggable enzymes, effector molecules, and secondary messengers that can be targeted for diagnosis and therapeutic purposes. Effectively drugging these molecular markers to reprogram pre-replication events can be used to control the fate of chromosomal DNA replication for the treatment of genome instability disorders and in this case, cancer. This review discusses available knowledge of replication licensing in the contest of molecular drug discovery for the treatment of cancer.
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Xu N, You Y, Liu C, Balasov M, Lun LT, Geng Y, Fung CP, Miao H, Tian H, Choy TT, Shi X, Fan Z, Zhou B, Akhmetova K, Din RU, Yang H, Hao Q, Qian P, Chesnokov I, Zhu G. Structural basis of DNA replication origin recognition by human Orc6 protein binding with DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:11146-11161. [PMID: 32986843 PMCID: PMC7641730 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The six-subunit origin recognition complex (ORC), a DNA replication initiator, defines the localization of the origins of replication in eukaryotes. The Orc6 subunit is the smallest and the least conserved among ORC subunits. It is required for DNA replication and essential for viability in all species. Orc6 in metazoans carries a structural homology with transcription factor TFIIB and can bind DNA on its own. Here, we report a solution structure of the full-length human Orc6 (HsOrc6) alone and in a complex with DNA. We further showed that human Orc6 is composed of three independent domains: N-terminal, middle and C-terminal (HsOrc6-N, HsOrc6-M and HsOrc6-C). We also identified a distinct DNA-binding domain of human Orc6, named as HsOrc6-DBD. The detailed analysis of the structure revealed novel amino acid clusters important for the interaction with DNA. Alterations of these amino acids abolish DNA-binding ability of Orc6 and result in reduced levels of DNA replication. We propose that Orc6 is a DNA-binding subunit of human/metazoan ORC and may play roles in targeting, positioning and assembling the functional ORC at the origins.
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- Naining Xu
- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University ShenzhenHospital, Shenzhen Peking University-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Medical Center, Shenzhen, 518036, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
- Department of Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 87 Xiangya Road, Changsha, 410008, Hunan, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Peking University Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen Peking University, Shenzhen, 518036, China
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Hong Kong, 21 Sassoon Road, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
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- Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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- Division of Life Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Neuroscience, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, 00000, China
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VanGenderen C, Harkness TAA, Arnason TG. The role of Anaphase Promoting Complex activation, inhibition and substrates in cancer development and progression. Aging (Albany NY) 2020; 12:15818-15855. [PMID: 32805721 PMCID: PMC7467358 DOI: 10.18632/aging.103792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The Anaphase Promoting Complex (APC), a multi-subunit ubiquitin ligase, facilitates mitotic and G1 progression, and is now recognized to play a role in maintaining genomic stability. Many APC substrates have been observed overexpressed in multiple cancer types, such as CDC20, the Aurora A and B kinases, and Forkhead box M1 (FOXM1), suggesting APC activity is important for cell health. We performed BioGRID analyses of the APC coactivators CDC20 and CDH1, which revealed that at least 69 proteins serve as APC substrates, with 60 of them identified as playing a role in tumor promotion and 9 involved in tumor suppression. While these substrates and their association with malignancies have been studied in isolation, the possibility exists that generalized APC dysfunction could result in the inappropriate stabilization of multiple APC targets, thereby changing tumor behavior and treatment responsiveness. It is also possible that the APC itself plays a crucial role in tumorigenesis through its regulation of mitotic progression. In this review the connections between APC activity and dysregulation will be discussed with regards to cell cycle dysfunction and chromosome instability in cancer, along with the individual roles that the accumulation of various APC substrates may play in cancer progression.
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- Cordell VanGenderen
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada.,Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
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Kaur G, Balasubramaniam SD, Lee YJ, Balakrishnan V, Oon CE. Minichromosome Maintenance Complex (MCM) Genes Profiling and MCM2 Protein Expression in Cervical Cancer Development. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2019; 20:3043-3049. [PMID: 31653153 PMCID: PMC6982666 DOI: 10.31557/apjcp.2019.20.10.3043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Minichromosome maintenance complex (MCM) proteins are essential for the process of DNA replication and cell division. This study aimed to evaluate MCM genes expression profiles and MCM2 protein in HPV-associated cervical carcinogenesis. METHODOLOGY MCM2, 4, 5 and 7 genes expression profiles were evaluated in three cervical tissue samples each of normal cervix, human papillomavirus (HPV)-infected low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL), high grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), using Human Transcriptome Array 2.0 and validated by nCounter® PanCancer Pathway NanoString Array. Immunohistochemical expression of MCM2 protein was semi-quantitatively assessed by histoscore in tissue microarrays containing 9 cases of normal cervix, 10 LSIL, 10 HSIL and 42 cases of SCC. RESULTS MCM2, 4, 5 and 7 genes expressions were upregulated with increasing fold change during the progression from LSIL to HSIL and the highest in SCC. MCM2 gene had the highest fold change in SCC compared to normal cervix. Immunohistochemically, MCM2 protein was localised in the nuclei of basal cells of normal cervical epithelium and dysplastic-neoplastic cells of CIN and SCC. There was a significant difference in MCM2 protein expression between the histological groups (P = 0.039), and histoscore was the highest in HSIL compared to normal cervix (P = 0.010). CONCLUSION The upregulation of MCM genes expressions in cervical carcinogenesis reaffirms MCM as a proliferative marker in DNA replication pathway, whereby proliferation of dysplastic and cancer cells become increasingly dysregulated and uncontrolled. A strong expression of MCM2 protein in HSIL may aid as a concatenated screening tool in detecting pre-cancerous cervical lesions.
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- Gurjeet Kaur
- Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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- Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia
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Garcês A, Pires I, Rodrigues P. Teratological effects of pesticides in vertebrates: a review. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART. B, PESTICIDES, FOOD CONTAMINANTS, AND AGRICULTURAL WASTES 2019; 55:75-89. [PMID: 31516070 DOI: 10.1080/03601234.2019.1660562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the last decades, the use and misuse of pesticides in the agriculture have increased, having a severe impact on ecosystems and their fauna. Although the various effects of pesticides on biodiversity have been already documented in several studies, to our knowledge no consistent overview of the impact of pesticides in vertebrates, both terrestrial and aquatic, is available. In this review, we try to present a concise compilation of the teratogenic effects of pesticides on the different classes of vertebrates - mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish.
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- Andreia Garcês
- CITAB - University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
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- Department of Veterinary Science, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
- CECAV - University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
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- CECAV - University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal
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Masnadi-Shirazi M, Maurya MR, Pao G, Ke E, Verma IM, Subramaniam S. Time varying causal network reconstruction of a mouse cell cycle. BMC Bioinformatics 2019; 20:294. [PMID: 31142274 PMCID: PMC6542064 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-019-2895-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background Biochemical networks are often described through static or time-averaged measurements of the component macromolecules. Temporal variation in these components plays an important role in both describing the dynamical nature of the network as well as providing insights into causal mechanisms. Few methods exist, specifically for systems with many variables, for analyzing time series data to identify distinct temporal regimes and the corresponding time-varying causal networks and mechanisms. Results In this study, we use well-constructed temporal transcriptional measurements in a mammalian cell during a cell cycle, to identify dynamical networks and mechanisms describing the cell cycle. The methods we have used and developed in part deal with Granger causality, Vector Autoregression, Estimation Stability with Cross Validation and a nonparametric change point detection algorithm that enable estimating temporally evolving directed networks that provide a comprehensive picture of the crosstalk among different molecular components. We applied our approach to RNA-seq time-course data spanning nearly two cell cycles from Mouse Embryonic Fibroblast (MEF) primary cells. The change-point detection algorithm is able to extract precise information on the duration and timing of cell cycle phases. Using Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) and Estimation Stability with Cross Validation (ES-CV), we were able to, without any prior biological knowledge, extract information on the phase-specific causal interaction of cell cycle genes, as well as temporal interdependencies of biological mechanisms through a complete cell cycle. Conclusions The temporal dependence of cellular components we provide in our model goes beyond what is known in the literature. Furthermore, our inference of dynamic interplay of multiple intracellular mechanisms and their temporal dependence on one another can be used to predict time-varying cellular responses, and provide insight on the design of precise experiments for modulating the regulation of the cell cycle. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12859-019-2895-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Maryam Masnadi-Shirazi
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering and San Diego Supercomputer center, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Salk institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Salk institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Salk institute for Biological Studies, 10010 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Bioengineering, Departments of Computer Science and Engineering, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and the Graduate Program in Bioinformatics, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
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Minichromosome Maintenance Proteins Cooperate with LANA during the G 1/S Phase of the Cell Cycle To Support Viral DNA Replication. J Virol 2019; 93:JVI.02256-18. [PMID: 30651368 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.02256-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 01/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) is essential for maintaining the viral genome by regulating replication and segregation of the viral episomes. The virus maintains 50 to 100 episomal copies during latency and replicates in synchrony with the cellular DNA of the infected cells. Since virus lacks its own replication machinery, it utilizes the cellular proteins for replication and maintenance, and LANA has been shown to make many of these proteins available for replication by directly recruiting them to the viral origin of replication within the terminal repeat (TR) region. Our studies identified members of the minichromosome maintenance (MCM) complex as potential LANA-interacting proteins. Here, we show that LANA specifically interacts with the components of the MCM complex, primarily during the G1/S phase of the cell cycle. MCM3 and -4 of the MCM complex specifically bound to the amino-terminal domain, while MCM6 bound to both the amino- and carboxyl-terminal domains of LANA. The MCM binding region in the N-terminal domain mapped to the chromatin binding domain (CBD). LANA with point mutations in the carboxyl-terminal domain identified an MCM6 binding domain, and overexpression of that domain (amino acids [aa] 1100 to 1150) abolished TR replication. Introduction of a peptide encompassing the LANA aa 1104 to 1123 reduced MCM6 association with LANA and TR replication. Moreover, a recombinant Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) expressing LANA with a deletion of aa 1100 to 1150 (BAC16Δ1100-1150, where BAC is bacmid) showed reduced replication and persistence of viral genome copies compared to levels with the wild-type BAC16. Additionally, the role of MCMs in viral replication was confirmed by depleting MCMs and assaying transient and long-term maintenance of the viral episomes. The recruitment of MCMs to the replication origins through LANA was demonstrated through chromatin immunoprecipitation and isolation of proteins on nascent replicated DNA (iPOND). These data clearly show the role of MCMs in latent DNA replication and the potential for targeting the C-terminal domain of LANA to block viral persistence.IMPORTANCE LANA-mediated latent DNA replication is essential for efficient maintenance of KSHV episomes in the host. During latency, virus relies on the host cellular machinery for replication, which occurs in synchrony with the cellular DNA. LANA interacts with the components of multiple cellular pathways, including cellular replication machinery, and recruits them to the viral origin for DNA replication. In this study, we characterize the interactions between LANA and minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins, members of the cellular replication complex. We demonstrated a cell cycle-dependent interaction between LANA and MCMs and determined their importance for viral genome replication and maintenance through biochemical assays. In addition, we mapped a 50-amino acid region in LANA which was capable of abrogating the association of MCM6 with LANA and blocking DNA replication. We also detected LANA along with MCMs at the replication forks using a novel approach, isolation of proteins on nascent DNA (iPOND).
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Cheung MH, Amin A, Wu R, Qin Y, Zou L, Yu Z, Liang C. Human NOC3 is essential for DNA replication licensing in human cells. Cell Cycle 2019; 18:605-620. [PMID: 30741601 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2019.1578522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Noc3p (Nucleolar Complex-associated protein) is an essential protein in budding yeast DNA replication licensing. Noc3p mediates the loading of Cdc6p and MCM proteins onto replication origins during the M-to-G1 transition by interacting with ORC (Origin Recognition Complex) and MCM (Minichromosome Maintenance) proteins. FAD24 (Factor for Adipocyte Differentiation, clone number 24), the human homolog of Noc3p (hNOC3), was previously reported to play roles in the regulation of DNA replication and proliferation in human cells. However, the role of hNOC3 in replication licensing was unclear. Here we report that hNOC3 physically interacts with multiple human pre-replicative complex (pre-RC) proteins and associates with known replication origins throughout the cell cycle. Moreover, knockdown of hNOC3 in HeLa cells abrogates the chromatin association of other pre-RC proteins including hCDC6 and hMCM, leading to DNA replication defects and eventual apoptosis in an abortive S-phase. In comparison, specific inhibition of the ribosome biogenesis pathway by preventing pre-rRNA synthesis, does not lead to any cell cycle or DNA replication defect or apoptosis in the same timeframe as the hNOC3 knockdown experiments. Our findings strongly suggest that hNOC3 plays an essential role in pre-RC formation and the initiation of DNA replication independent of its potential role in ribosome biogenesis in human cells.
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- Man-Hei Cheung
- a Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research and State Key Lab for Molecular Neuroscience , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong , China.,b Guangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute , Guangzhou , China.,c Shenzhen-PKU-HKUST Medical Center , Biomedical Research Institute , Shenzhen , China
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- a Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research and State Key Lab for Molecular Neuroscience , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong , China.,b Guangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute , Guangzhou , China.,d School of Chinese Medicine , Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong , China
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- a Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research and State Key Lab for Molecular Neuroscience , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong , China
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- a Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research and State Key Lab for Molecular Neuroscience , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong , China
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- a Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research and State Key Lab for Molecular Neuroscience , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong , China.,e Intelgen Limited , Hong Kong-Guangzhou-Foshan , China
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- d School of Chinese Medicine , Hong Kong Baptist University , Hong Kong , China
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- a Division of Life Science, Center for Cancer Research and State Key Lab for Molecular Neuroscience , Hong Kong University of Science and Technology , Hong Kong , China.,b Guangzhou HKUST Fok Ying Tung Research Institute , Guangzhou , China.,c Shenzhen-PKU-HKUST Medical Center , Biomedical Research Institute , Shenzhen , China.,e Intelgen Limited , Hong Kong-Guangzhou-Foshan , China
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Mughal MJ, Mahadevappa R, Kwok HF. DNA replication licensing proteins: Saints and sinners in cancer. Semin Cancer Biol 2018; 58:11-21. [PMID: 30502375 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2018.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2018] [Revised: 11/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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DNA replication is all-or-none process in the cell, meaning, once the DNA replication begins it proceeds to completion. Hence, to achieve maximum control of DNA replication, eukaryotic cells employ a multi-subunit initiator protein complex known as "pre-replication complex or DNA replication licensing complex (DNA replication LC). This complex involves multiple proteins which are origin-recognition complex family proteins, cell division cycle-6, chromatin licensing and DNA replication factor 1, and minichromosome maintenance family proteins. Higher-expression of DNA replication LC proteins appears to be an early event during development of cancer since it has been a common hallmark observed in a wide variety of cancers such as oesophageal, laryngeal, pulmonary, mammary, colorectal, renal, urothelial etc. However, the exact mechanisms leading to the abnormally high expression of DNA replication LC have not been clearly deciphered. Increased expression of DNA replication LC leads to licensing and/or firing of multiple origins thereby inducing replication stress and genomic instability. Therapeutic approaches where the reduction in the activity of DNA replication LC was achieved either by siRNA or shRNA techniques, have shown increased sensitivity of cancer cell lines towards the anti-cancer drugs such as cisplatin, 5-Fluorouracil, hydroxyurea etc. Thus, the expression level of DNA replication LC within the cell determines a cell's fate thereby creating a paradox where DNA replication LC acts as both "Saint" and "Sinner". With a potential to increase sensitivity to chemotherapy drugs, DNA replication LC proteins have prospective clinical importance in fighting cancer. Hence, in this review, we will shed light on importance of DNA replication LC with an aim to use DNA replication LC in diagnosis and prognosis of cancer in patients as well as possible therapeutic targets for cancer therapy.
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- Muhammad Jameel Mughal
- Cancer Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida de Universidade, Taipa, Macau
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- Cancer Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida de Universidade, Taipa, Macau
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- Cancer Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida de Universidade, Taipa, Macau.
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Hizume K, Endo S, Muramatsu S, Kobayashi T, Araki H. DNA polymerase ε-dependent modulation of the pausing property of the CMG helicase at the barrier. Genes Dev 2018; 32:1315-1320. [PMID: 30232092 PMCID: PMC6169835 DOI: 10.1101/gad.317073.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Here, Hizume et al. investigated the mechanisms underlying the proper pausing of replication forks at barriers on chromosomes, which is needed for genome integrity. Using reconstituted replication fork pausing from purified yeast replication proteins, the authors provide new insights into the mechanism of fork pausing and show that the processive properties of the fork against barriers are modulated by the association with regulatory factors. The proper pausing of replication forks at barriers on chromosomes is important for genome integrity. However, the detailed mechanism underlying this process has not been well elucidated. Here, we successfully reconstituted fork-pausing reactions from purified yeast proteins on templates that had binding sites for the LacI, LexA, and/or Fob1 proteins; the forks paused specifically at the protein-bound sites. Moreover, although the replicative helicase Cdc45–Mcm2–7–GINS (CMG) complex alone unwound the protein-bound templates, the unwinding of the LacI-bound site was impeded by the presence of a main leading strand DNA polymerase: polymerase ε (Polε). This suggests that Polε modulates CMG to pause at these sites.
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- Kohji Hizume
- Division of Microbial Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan.,Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Mishima 411-8540, Japan.,Division of RI Laboratory, Biomedical Research Center, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama-machi 350-0495, Japan
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- Division of Microbial Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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- Division of Microbial Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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- Institute of Quantitative Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-0032, Japan
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- Division of Microbial Genetics, National Institute of Genetics, Mishima 411-8540, Japan.,Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Mishima 411-8540, Japan
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Regulation of Mammalian DNA Replication via the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2018; 1042:421-454. [PMID: 29357069 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-6955-0_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Proper regulation of DNA replication ensures the faithful transmission of genetic material essential for optimal cellular and organismal physiology. Central to this regulation is the activity of a set of enzymes that induce or reverse posttranslational modifications of various proteins critical for the initiation, progression, and termination of DNA replication. This is particularly important when DNA replication proceeds in cancer cells with elevated rates of genomic instability and increased proliferative capacities. Here, we describe how DNA replication in mammalian cells is regulated via the activity of the ubiquitin-proteasome system as well as the consequence of derailed ubiquitylation signaling involved in this important cellular activity.
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Yang J, Xie Q, Zhou H, Chang L, Wei W, Wang Y, Li H, Deng Z, Xiao Y, Wu J, Xu P, Hong X. Proteomic Analysis and NIR-II Imaging of MCM2 Protein in Hepatocellular Carcinoma. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:2428-2439. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Jing Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (MOE) and Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (MOE) and Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing 102206, China
- Center for Experimental Basic Medical Education, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei Province Engineering and Technology Research Center for Fluorinated Pharmaceuticals and Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (MOE) and Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing 102206, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (MOE) and Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing 102206, China
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- Pathology Department, Binzhou Medical University Hospital, Binzhou 256600, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (MOE) and Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (MOE) and Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
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- Center for Experimental Basic Medical Education, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Hubei Province Engineering and Technology Research Center for Fluorinated Pharmaceuticals and Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Developmentally Originated Disease, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (MOE) and Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Proteome Research Center, Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing 102206, China
- Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230032, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Virology, Key Laboratory of Combinatorial Biosynthesis and Drug Discovery (MOE) and Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan University School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
- Medical College, Tibet University, Lasa 850000, China
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Bondy-Chorney E, Denoncourt A, Sai Y, Downey M. Nonhistone targets of KAT2A and KAT2B implicated in cancer biology 1. Biochem Cell Biol 2018; 97:30-45. [PMID: 29671337 DOI: 10.1139/bcb-2017-0297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Lysine acetylation is a critical post-translation modification that can impact a protein's localization, stability, and function. Originally thought to only occur on histones, we now know thousands of nonhistone proteins are also acetylated. In conjunction with many other proteins, lysine acetyltransferases (KATs) are incorporated into large protein complexes that carry out these modifications. In this review we focus on the contribution of two KATs, KAT2A and KAT2B, and their potential roles in the development and progression of cancer. Systems biology demands that we take a broad look at protein function rather than focusing on individual pathways or targets. As such, in this review we examine KAT2A/2B-directed nonhistone protein acetylations in cancer in the context of the 10 "Hallmarks of Cancer", as defined by Hanahan and Weinberg. By focusing on specific examples of KAT2A/2B-directed acetylations with well-defined mechanisms or strong links to a cancer phenotype, we aim to reinforce the complex role that these enzymes play in cancer biology.
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- Emma Bondy-Chorney
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON KIH 8M5, Canada.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON KIH 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON KIH 8M5, Canada.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON KIH 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON KIH 8M5, Canada.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON KIH 8M5, Canada
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON KIH 8M5, Canada.,Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, ON KIH 8M5, Canada
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Mimura S, Kubota Y, Takisawa H. MCM interference during licensing of DNA replication in Xenopus egg extracts-Possible Role of a C-terminal region of MCM3. Cell Cycle 2018; 17:492-505. [PMID: 29261034 DOI: 10.1080/15384101.2017.1415681] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The minichromosome maintenance (MCM) complex, consisting of six subunits, Mcm2-7, is loaded onto replication origins through loading factors (origin recognition complex [ORC], Cdc6, and Cdt1) and forms an MCM double hexamer that licenses the initiation of DNA replication. Previous studies with Xenopus egg extracts showed that loading factors, especially Cdc6, dissociate from chromatin on MCM loading, but the molecular mechanism and physiological significance remain largely unknown. Using a cell-free system for MCM loading onto plasmid DNA in Xenopus egg extracts, we found that MCM loaded onto DNA prevents DNA binding of the loading factors ORC, Cdc6, and Cdt1. We further report that a peptide of the C-terminal region of MCM3 (MCM3-C), previously implicated in the initial association with ORC/Cdc6 in budding yeast, prevents ORC/Cdc6/Cdt1 binding to DNA in the absence of MCM loading. ATP-γ-S suppresses inhibitory activities of both the MCM loaded onto DNA and the MCM3-C peptide. Other soluble factors in the extract, but neither MCM nor Cdt1, are required for the activity. Conservation of the amino acid sequences of MCM3-C and its activity in vertebrates implies a novel negative autoregulatory mechanism that interferes with MCM loading in the vicinity of licensed origins to ensure proper origin licensing.
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- Satoru Mimura
- a Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science , Osaka University , Machikaneyama 1-1, Toyonaka , Osaka , Japan
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- a Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science , Osaka University , Machikaneyama 1-1, Toyonaka , Osaka , Japan
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- a Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science , Osaka University , Machikaneyama 1-1, Toyonaka , Osaka , Japan
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Chromatin immunoprecipitation paired with next-generation sequencing (ChIP-seq) can be used to determine genome-wide distribution of transcriptions factors, transcriptional machinery, or histone modifications. DNA-protein interactions are covalently cross-linked with the addition of formaldehyde. Chromatin is prepared and sheared, then immunoprecipitated with the appropriate antibody. After reversal of cross-linking and treating with protease, the resulting DNA fragments are sequenced and mapped to the reference genome to determine overall enrichment. Here we describe a method of ChIP-seq for investigating protein-DNA interactions in the filamentous fungus Neurospora crassa.
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- Aileen R Ferraro
- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
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Li S, Yue Z, Tanaka TU. Smc3 Deacetylation by Hos1 Facilitates Efficient Dissolution of Sister Chromatid Cohesion during Early Anaphase. Mol Cell 2017; 68:605-614.e4. [PMID: 29100057 PMCID: PMC5678280 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2017] [Revised: 09/07/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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Cohesins establish sister chromatid cohesion during S phase and are removed when cohesin Scc1 is cleaved by separase at anaphase onset. During this process, cohesin Smc3 undergoes a cycle of acetylation: Smc3 acetylation by Eco1 in S phase stabilizes cohesin association with chromosomes, and its deacetylation by Hos1 in anaphase allows re-use of Smc3 in the next cell cycle. Here we find that Smc3 deacetylation by Hos1 has a more immediate effect in the early anaphase of budding yeast. Hos1 depletion significantly delayed sister chromatid separation and segregation. Smc3 deacetylation facilitated removal of cohesins from chromosomes without changing Scc1 cleavage efficiency, promoting dissolution of cohesion. This action is probably due to disengagement of Smc1-Smc3 heads prompted by de-repression of their ATPase activity. We suggest Scc1 cleavage per se is insufficient for efficient dissolution of cohesion in early anaphase; subsequent Smc3 deacetylation, triggered by Scc1 cleavage, is also required.
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- Shuyu Li
- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Centre for Gene Regulation and Expression, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK.
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Jin F, Bokros M, Wang Y. The phosphorylation of a kinetochore protein Dam1 by Aurora B/Ipl1 kinase promotes chromosome bipolar attachment in yeast. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11880. [PMID: 28928489 PMCID: PMC5605499 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12329-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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The interaction between chromosomes and spindle microtubules is essential for chromosome segregation. The kinetochore complex mediates this interaction. Previous studies indicate that the stability of kinetochore attachment is regulated by Aurora B/Ipl1 kinase and this regulation is conserved from yeast to mammalian cells. In budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the ten-subunit Dam1/DASH complex bridges the interaction between kinetochores and microtubules, and some in vitro evidence indicates that the phosphorylation of Dam1 protein by Ipl1 kinase destabilizes this interaction. However, it is not clear if Dam1 phosphorylation is sufficient to regulate the stability of kinetochore attachment in vivo. Also, the significance of this regulation in response to chromosome detachment has not been fully investigated. Here we report that phospho-deficient dam1-3A mutants show stabilized kinetochore-microtubule attachment in vivo. This significantly delays the establishment of chromosome bipolar attachment after the disruption of kinetochore-microtubule interaction by a microtubule depolymerizing drug nocodazole. Moreover, dam1-3A cells show dramatic chromosome mis-segregation after treatment with nocodazole, presumably due to the combination of compromised bipolar attachment and premature spindle assembly checkpoint silencing in the mutant cells. Therefore, the regulation of Dam1 phosphorylation imposed by Ipl1 kinase is critical for faithful chromosome segregation.
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- Fengzhi Jin
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, 1115 West Call Street, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-4300, USA.,Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory Vaccine Center, 954 Gatewood Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, 30329, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, 1115 West Call Street, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-4300, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, 1115 West Call Street, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-4300, USA.
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Seoane AI, Morgan DO. Firing of Replication Origins Frees Dbf4-Cdc7 to Target Eco1 for Destruction. Curr Biol 2017; 27:2849-2855.e2. [PMID: 28918948 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.07.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2017] [Revised: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 07/31/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Robust progression through the cell-division cycle depends on the precisely ordered phosphorylation of hundreds of different proteins by cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and other kinases. The order of CDK substrate phosphorylation depends on rising CDK activity, coupled with variations in substrate affinities for different CDK-cyclin complexes and the opposing phosphatases [1-4]. Here, we address the ordering of substrate phosphorylation by a second major cell-cycle kinase, Cdc7-Dbf4 or Dbf4-dependent kinase (DDK). The primary function of DDK is to initiate DNA replication by phosphorylating the Mcm2-7 replicative helicase [5-7]. DDK also phosphorylates the cohesin acetyltransferase Eco1 [8]. Sequential phosphorylations of Eco1 by CDK, DDK, and Mck1 create a phosphodegron that is recognized by the ubiquitin ligase SCFCdc4. DDK, despite being activated in early S phase, does not phosphorylate Eco1 to trigger its degradation until late S phase [8]. DDK associates with docking sites on loaded Mcm double hexamers at unfired replication origins [9, 10]. We hypothesized that these docking interactions sequester limiting amounts of DDK, delaying Eco1 phosphorylation by DDK until replication is complete. Consistent with this hypothesis, we find that overproduction of DDK leads to premature Eco1 degradation. Eco1 degradation also occurs prematurely if Mcm complex loading at origins is prevented by depletion of Cdc6, and Eco1 is stabilized if loaded Mcm complexes are prevented from firing by a Cdc45 mutant. We propose that the timing of Eco1 phosphorylation, and potentially that of other DDK substrates, is determined in part by sequestration of DDK at unfired replication origins during S phase.
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- Agustin I Seoane
- Departments of Physiology and Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
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- Departments of Physiology and Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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Zhang JH, He YL, Zhu R, Du W, Xiao JH. Deregulated expression of Cdc6 as BCR/ABL-dependent survival factor in chronic myeloid leukemia cells. Tumour Biol 2017. [PMID: 28639894 DOI: 10.1177/1010428317713394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Chronic myeloid leukemia is characterized by the presence of the reciprocal translocation t(9;22) and the BCR/ABL oncogene. The BCR/ABL oncogene activates multiple signaling pathways and involves the dysregulation of oncogenes during the progression of chronic myeloid leukemia. The cell division cycle protein 6, an essential regulator of DNA replication, is elevated in some human cancer cells. However, the expression of cell division cycle protein 6 in chronic myeloid leukemia and the underlying regulatory mechanism remain to be elucidated. In this study, our data showed that cell division cycle protein 6 expression was significantly upregulated in primary chronic myeloid leukemia cells and the chronic myeloid leukemia cell line K562 cells, as compared to the normal bone marrow mononuclear cells. BCR/ABL kinase inhibitor STI571 or BCR/ABL small interfering RNA could significantly downregulate cell division cycle protein 6 messenger RNA expression in K562 cells. Moreover, phosphoinositide 3-kinase/AKT pathway inhibitor LY294002 and Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription pathway inhibitor AG490 could downregulate cell division cycle protein 6 expression in K562 cells, but not RAS/mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway inhibitor PD98059 had such effect. Cell division cycle protein 6 gene silencing by small interfering RNA effectively resulted in decrease of proliferation, increase of apoptosis, and arrest of cell cycle in K562 cells. These findings have demonstrated that cell division cycle protein 6 overexpression may contribute to the high proliferation and low apoptosis in chronic myeloid leukemia cells and can be regulated by BCR/ABL signal transduction through downstream phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt and Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription pathways, suggesting cell division cycle protein 6 as a potential therapeutic target in chronic myeloid leukemia.
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- Jia-Hua Zhang
- 1 Center for Stem Cell Research and Application, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- 1 Center for Stem Cell Research and Application, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- 2 Department of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- 1 Center for Stem Cell Research and Application, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
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- 3 Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China
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Kelly T. Historical Perspective of Eukaryotic DNA Replication. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 1042:1-41. [PMID: 29357051 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-6955-0_1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The replication of the genome of a eukaryotic cell is a complex process requiring the ordered assembly of multiprotein replisomes at many chromosomal sites. The process is strictly controlled during the cell cycle to ensure the complete and faithful transmission of genetic information to progeny cells. Our current understanding of the mechanisms of eukaryotic DNA replication has evolved over a period of more than 30 years through the efforts of many investigators. The aim of this perspective is to provide a brief history of the major advances during this period.
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- Thomas Kelly
- Sloan Kettering Institute, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
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Xu X, Wang JT, Li M, Liu Y. TIMELESS Suppresses the Accumulation of Aberrant CDC45·MCM2-7·GINS Replicative Helicase Complexes on Human Chromatin. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:22544-22558. [PMID: 27587400 PMCID: PMC5077192 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.719963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2016] [Revised: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 07/24/2023] Open
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The replication licensing factor CDC6 recruits the MCM2-7 replicative helicase to the replication origin, where MCM2-7 is activated to initiate DNA replication. MCM2-7 is activated by both the CDC7-Dbf4 kinase and cyclin-dependent kinase and via interactions with CDC45 and go-ichi-ni-san complex (GINS) to form the CDC45·MCM2-7·GINS (CMG) helicase complex. TIMELESS (TIM) is important for the subsequent coupling of CMG activity to DNA polymerases for efficient DNA synthesis. However, the mechanism by which TIM regulates CMG activity for proper replication fork progression remains unclear. Here we show that TIM interacts with MCM2-7 prior to the initiation of DNA replication. TIM depletion in various human cell lines results in the accumulation of aberrant CMG helicase complexes on chromatin. Importantly, the presence of these abnormal CMG helicase complexes is not restricted to cells undergoing DNA synthesis. Furthermore, even though these aberrant CMG complexes interact with the DNA polymerases on human chromatin, these complexes are not phosphorylated properly by cyclin-dependent kinase/CDC7-Dbf4 kinase and exhibit reduced DNA unwinding activity. This phenomenon coincides with a significant accumulation of the p27 and p21 replication inhibitors, reduced chromatin association of CDC6 and cyclin E, and a delay in S phase entry. Our results provide the first evidence that TIM is required for the correct chromatin association of the CMG complex to allow efficient DNA replication.
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- Xiaohua Xu
- From the Department of Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010-3000
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- From the Department of Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010-3000
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- From the Department of Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010-3000
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- From the Department of Cancer Genetics and Epigenetics, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, Duarte, California 91010-3000
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Liu YT, Chang KM, Ma CH, Jayaram M. Replication-dependent and independent mechanisms for the chromosome-coupled persistence of a selfish genome. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:8302-23. [PMID: 27492289 PMCID: PMC5041486 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2016] [Revised: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 07/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The yeast 2-micron plasmid epitomizes the evolutionary optimization of selfish extra-chromosomal genomes for stable persistence without jeopardizing their hosts' fitness. Analyses of fluorescence-tagged single-copy reporter plasmids and/or the plasmid partitioning proteins in native and non-native hosts reveal chromosome-hitchhiking as the likely means for plasmid segregation. The contribution of the partitioning system to equal segregation is bipartite- replication-independent and replication-dependent. The former nearly eliminates 'mother bias' (preferential plasmid retention in the mother cell) according to binomial distribution, thus limiting equal segregation of a plasmid pair to 50%. The latter enhances equal segregation of plasmid sisters beyond this level, elevating the plasmid close to chromosome status. Host factors involved in plasmid partitioning can be functionally separated by their participation in the replication-independent and/or replication-dependent steps. In the hitchhiking model, random tethering of a pair of plasmids to chromosomes signifies the replication-independent component of segregation; the symmetric tethering of plasmid sisters to sister chromatids embodies the replication-dependent component. The 2-micron circle broadly resembles the episomes of certain mammalian viruses in its chromosome-associated propagation. This unifying feature among otherwise widely differing selfish genomes suggests their evolutionary convergence to the common logic of exploiting, albeit via distinct molecular mechanisms, host chromosome segregation machineries for self-preservation.
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- Yen-Ting Liu
- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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Wu Z, Guo W, Xie Y, Zhou S. Juvenile Hormone Activates the Transcription of Cell-division-cycle 6 (Cdc6) for Polyploidy-dependent Insect Vitellogenesis and Oogenesis. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:5418-27. [PMID: 26728459 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.698936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Although juvenile hormone (JH) is known to prevent insect larval metamorphosis and stimulate adult reproduction, the molecular mechanisms of JH action in insect reproduction remain largely unknown. Earlier, we reported that the JH-receptor complex, composed of methoprene-tolerant and steroid receptor co-activator, acts on mini-chromosome maintenance (Mcm) genes Mcm4 and Mcm7 to promote DNA replication and polyploidy for the massive vitellogenin (Vg) synthesis required for egg production in the migratory locust (Guo, W., Wu, Z., Song, J., Jiang, F., Wang, Z., Deng, S., Walker, V. K., and Zhou, S. (2014) PLoS Genet. 10, e1004702). In this study we have investigated the involvement of cell-division-cycle 6 (Cdc6) in JH-dependent vitellogenesis and oogenesis, as Cdc6 is essential for the formation of prereplication complex. We demonstrate here that Cdc6 is expressed in response to JH and methoprene-tolerant, and Cdc6 transcription is directly regulated by the JH-receptor complex. Knockdown of Cdc6 inhibits polyploidization of fat body and follicle cells, resulting in the substantial reduction of Vg expression in the fat body as well as severely impaired oocyte maturation and ovarian growth. Our data indicate the involvement of Cdc6 in JH pathway and a pivotal role of Cdc6 in JH-mediated polyploidization, vitellogenesis, and oogenesis.
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- Zhongxia Wu
- From the School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Pest Insects and Rodents, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin 30012, China, and
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- State Key laboratory of Cotton Biology, Institute of Plant Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Henan University, Kaifeng, Henan 475004, China
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Burrage LC, Charng WL, Eldomery MK, Willer JR, Davis EE, Lugtenberg D, Zhu W, Leduc MS, Akdemir ZC, Azamian M, Zapata G, Hernandez PP, Schoots J, de Munnik SA, Roepman R, Pearring JN, Jhangiani S, Katsanis N, Vissers LELM, Brunner HG, Beaudet AL, Rosenfeld JA, Muzny DM, Gibbs RA, Eng CM, Xia F, Lalani SR, Lupski JR, Bongers EMHF, Yang Y. De Novo GMNN Mutations Cause Autosomal-Dominant Primordial Dwarfism Associated with Meier-Gorlin Syndrome. Am J Hum Genet 2015; 97:904-13. [PMID: 26637980 PMCID: PMC4678788 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2015.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Accepted: 11/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Meier-Gorlin syndrome (MGS) is a genetically heterogeneous primordial dwarfism syndrome known to be caused by biallelic loss-of-function mutations in one of five genes encoding pre-replication complex proteins: ORC1, ORC4, ORC6, CDT1, and CDC6. Mutations in these genes cause disruption of the origin of DNA replication initiation. To date, only an autosomal-recessive inheritance pattern has been described in individuals with this disorder, with a molecular etiology established in about three-fourths of cases. Here, we report three subjects with MGS and de novo heterozygous mutations in the 5' end of GMNN, encoding the DNA replication inhibitor geminin. We identified two truncating mutations in exon 2 (the 1(st) coding exon), c.16A>T (p.Lys6(∗)) and c.35_38delTCAA (p.Ile12Lysfs(∗)4), and one missense mutation, c.50A>G (p.Lys17Arg), affecting the second-to-last nucleotide of exon 2 and possibly RNA splicing. Geminin is present during the S, G2, and M phases of the cell cycle and is degraded during the metaphase-anaphase transition by the anaphase-promoting complex (APC), which recognizes the destruction box sequence near the 5' end of the geminin protein. All three GMNN mutations identified alter sites 5' to residue Met28 of the protein, which is located within the destruction box. We present data supporting a gain-of-function mechanism, in which the GMNN mutations result in proteins lacking the destruction box and hence increased protein stability and prolonged inhibition of replication leading to autosomal-dominant MGS.
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- Lindsay C Burrage
- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Center for Human Disease Modeling, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27701, USA
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- Center for Human Disease Modeling, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27701, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud university medical center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Exome Laboratory, Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud university medical center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud university medical center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud university medical center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27701, USA
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- Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Center for Human Disease Modeling, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27701, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud university medical center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud university medical center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Exome Laboratory, Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Exome Laboratory, Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Exome Laboratory, Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Pediatrics, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud university medical center, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Exome Laboratory, Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Xi D, Wang X, Teng D, Mao R. Mechanism of action of the tri-hybrid antimicrobial peptide LHP7 from lactoferricin, HP and plectasin on Staphylococcus aureus. Biometals 2015; 27:957-68. [PMID: 25015218 DOI: 10.1007/s10534-014-9768-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2014] [Accepted: 06/24/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The tri-hybrid peptide-LHP7 has the potent activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative as well as fungi, but its mechanism of action has remained elusive. The effluences of LHP7 on the Staphylococcus aureus cell membrane and targets of intracellular action were investigated. LHP7 exhibited an inhibitory effect on the S. aureus growth, similar to those achieved by plectasin, vancomycin and gramicidin. The membrane integrity studies confirmed that LHP7 disrupted the cell membrane, indicating a membrane permeabilizing killing action. A marginal decline in the intensity fluorescence indicated no significant depolarization of the membrane potential following LHP7 treatment. Furthermore, electron microscopy showed that cell shrinkage, cell wall thickening, cellular content leakage, and cell disruption were observed in the cells treated with LHP7. A gel retardation assay showed that LHP7 bound to the genomic DNA of S. aureus or plasmid DNA at a mass ratio of 2.5–10 (peptide/DNA). Circular dichroism indicated that LHP7 inserted into the groove of DNA. The cell cycle analysis showed that after the treatment with LHP7 for 30 and 60 min, the proportion of cells in I-phase increased from 8.71 to 12.09 % and from 8.71 to 15.68 %, indicating that LHP7 induced arrest of cells in the I-phase. These results would conduce to elucidate its underlying antibacterial mechanism.
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Tognetti S, Riera A, Speck C. Switch on the engine: how the eukaryotic replicative helicase MCM2-7 becomes activated. Chromosoma 2014; 124:13-26. [PMID: 25308420 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-014-0489-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2014] [Revised: 09/24/2014] [Accepted: 09/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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A crucial step during eukaryotic initiation of DNA replication is the correct loading and activation of the replicative DNA helicase, which ensures that each replication origin fires only once. Unregulated DNA helicase loading and activation, as it occurs in cancer, can cause severe DNA damage and genomic instability. The essential mini-chromosome maintenance proteins 2-7 (MCM2-7) represent the core of the eukaryotic replicative helicase that is loaded at DNA replication origins during G1-phase of the cell cycle. The MCM2-7 helicase activity, however, is only triggered during S-phase once the holo-helicase Cdc45-MCM2-7-GINS (CMG) has been formed. A large number of factors and several kinases interact and contribute to CMG formation and helicase activation, though the exact mechanisms remain unclear. Crucially, upon DNA damage, this reaction is temporarily halted to ensure genome integrity. Here, we review the current understanding of helicase activation; we focus on protein interactions during CMG formation, discuss structural changes during helicase activation, and outline similarities and differences of the prokaryotic and eukaryotic helicase activation process.
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- Silvia Tognetti
- DNA Replication Group, Institute of Clinical Science, Imperial College, London, W12 0NN, UK
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Wang L, Zeng Y, Liu Y, Hu X, Li S, Wang Y, Li L, Lei Z, Zhang Z. Fucoxanthin induces growth arrest and apoptosis in human bladder cancer T24 cells by up-regulation of p21 and down-regulation of mortalin. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2014; 46:877-84. [PMID: 25187415 DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmu080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Fucoxanthin, a natural carotenoid, has been reported to have anti-cancer activity in human colon cancer cells, human prostate cancer cells, human leukemia cells, and human epithelial cervical cancer cells. This study was undertaken to evaluate the molecular mechanisms of fucoxanthin against human bladder cancer T24 cell line. MTT analysis results showed that 5 and 10 μM fucoxanthin inhibited the proliferation of T24 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner accompanied by the growth arrest at G0/G1 phase of cell cycle, which is mediated by the up-regulation of p21, a cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK)-inhibitory protein and the down-regulation of CDK-2, CDK-4, cyclin D1, and cyclin E. In addition, 20 and 40 μM fucoxanthin induced apoptosis of T24 cells by the abrogation of mortalin-p53 complex and the reactivation of nuclear mutant-type p53, which also had tumor suppressor function as wild-type p53. All these results demonstrated that the anti-cancer activity of fucoxanthin on T24 cells was associated with cell cycle arrest at G0/G1 phase by up-regulation of p21 at low doses and apoptosis via decrease in the expression level of mortalin, which is a stress regulator and a member of heat shock protein 70, followed by up-regulation of cleaved caspase-3 at high doses.
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- Linbo Wang
- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan Natural Product Industry of Tsukuba Co., Ltd, E-26, 1187-80 (Kenkyugakuen C43-3) East Hiratuka, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0812, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8572, Japan
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Herridge RP, Day RC, Macknight RC. The role of the MCM2-7 helicase complex during Arabidopsis seed development. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2014; 86:69-84. [PMID: 24947836 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-014-0213-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2014] [Accepted: 06/08/2014] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE 2-7 (MCM2-7) complex, a ring-shaped heterohexamer, unwinds the DNA double helix ahead of the other replication machinery. Although there is evidence that individual components might have other roles, the essential nature of the MCM2-7 complex in DNA replication has made it difficult to uncover these. Here, we present a detailed analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana mcm2-7 mutants and reveal phenotypic differences. The MCM2-7 genes are coordinately expressed during development, although MCM7 is expressed at a higher level in the egg cell. Consistent with a role in the egg cell, heterozygous mcm7 mutants resulted in frequent ovule abortion, a phenotype that does not occur in other mcm mutants. All mutants showed a maternal effect, whereby seeds inheriting a maternal mutant allele occasionally aborted later in seed development with defects in embryo patterning, endosperm nuclear size, and cellularization, a phenotype that is variable between subunit mutants. We provide evidence that this maternal effect is due to the necessity of a maternal store of MCM protein in the central cell that is sufficient for maintaining seed viability and size in the absence of de novo MCM transcription. Reducing MCM levels using endosperm-specific RNAi constructs resulted in the up-regulation of DNA repair transcripts, consistent with the current hypothesis that excess MCM2-7 complexes are loaded during G1 phase, and are required during S phase to overcome replicative stress or DNA damage. Overall, this study demonstrates the importance of the MCM2-7 subunits during seed development and suggests that there are functional differences between the subunits.
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- Rowan P Herridge
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand
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The Mcm2-7 replicative helicase: a promising chemotherapeutic target. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:549719. [PMID: 25243149 PMCID: PMC4163376 DOI: 10.1155/2014/549719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Revised: 08/08/2014] [Accepted: 08/10/2014] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Numerous eukaryotic replication factors have served as chemotherapeutic targets. One replication factor that has largely escaped drug development is the Mcm2-7 replicative helicase. This heterohexameric complex forms the licensing system that assembles the replication machinery at origins during initiation, as well as the catalytic core of the CMG (Cdc45-Mcm2-7-GINS) helicase that unwinds DNA during elongation. Emerging evidence suggests that Mcm2-7 is also part of the replication checkpoint, a quality control system that monitors and responds to DNA damage. As the only replication factor required for both licensing and DNA unwinding, Mcm2-7 is a major cellular regulatory target with likely cancer relevance. Mutations in at least one of the six MCM genes are particularly prevalent in squamous cell carcinomas of the lung, head and neck, and prostrate, and MCM mutations have been shown to cause cancer in mouse models. Moreover various cellular regulatory proteins, including the Rb tumor suppressor family members, bind Mcm2-7 and inhibit its activity. As a preliminary step toward drug development, several small molecule inhibitors that target Mcm2-7 have been recently discovered. Both its structural complexity and essential role at the interface between DNA replication and its regulation make Mcm2-7 a potential chemotherapeutic target.
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Kim DH, Koepp DM. Analyzing cell cycle-dependent degradation and ubiquitination in budding yeast. Methods Mol Biol 2014; 1170:343-56. [PMID: 24906322 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-0888-2_17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Cell cycle progression is tightly regulated to prevent uncontrolled growth and division. Specific cell cycle factors are responsible for driving the cell from one cell cycle stage to the next. Many of these proteins are targeted for degradation by the ubiquitin proteasome system when their function is no longer required or may disrupt cell cycle progression. Here we describe a series of experiments used to study the ubiquitin-mediated degradation of cell cycle proteins. This collection of assays may be used to determine the requirement for individual proteins in the degradation and ubiquitination of cell cycle proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
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- Dong-Hwan Kim
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, 6-160 Jackson Hall, 321 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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Leman AR, Noguchi E. The replication fork: understanding the eukaryotic replication machinery and the challenges to genome duplication. Genes (Basel) 2014; 4:1-32. [PMID: 23599899 PMCID: PMC3627427 DOI: 10.3390/genes4010001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Eukaryotic cells must accurately and efficiently duplicate their genomes during each round of the cell cycle. Multiple linear chromosomes, an abundance of regulatory elements, and chromosome packaging are all challenges that the eukaryotic DNA replication machinery must successfully overcome. The replication machinery, the “replisome” complex, is composed of many specialized proteins with functions in supporting replication by DNA polymerases. Efficient replisome progression relies on tight coordination between the various factors of the replisome. Further, replisome progression must occur on less than ideal templates at various genomic loci. Here, we describe the functions of the major replisome components, as well as some of the obstacles to efficient DNA replication that the replisome confronts. Together, this review summarizes current understanding of the vastly complicated task of replicating eukaryotic DNA.
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- Adam R. Leman
- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: (A.R.L.); (E.N.); Tel.: +1-215-762-4825 (E.N.); Fax: +1-215-762-4452 (E.N.)
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- Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mails: (A.R.L.); (E.N.); Tel.: +1-215-762-4825 (E.N.); Fax: +1-215-762-4452 (E.N.)
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Mercier I, Gonzales DM, Quann K, Pestell TG, Molchansky A, Sotgia F, Hulit J, Gandara R, Wang C, Pestell RG, Lisanti MP, Jasmin JF. CAPER, a novel regulator of human breast cancer progression. Cell Cycle 2014; 13:1256-64. [PMID: 24621503 DOI: 10.4161/cc.28156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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CAPER is an estrogen receptor (ER) co-activator that was recently shown to be involved in human breast cancer pathogenesis. Indeed, we reported increased expression of CAPER in human breast cancer specimens. We demonstrated that CAPER was undetectable or expressed at relatively low levels in normal breast tissue and assumed a cytoplasmic distribution. In contrast, CAPER was expressed at higher levels in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) specimens, where it assumed a predominantly nuclear distribution. However, the functional role of CAPER in human breast cancer initiation and progression remained unknown. Here, we used a lentiviral-mediated gene silencing approach to reduce the expression of CAPER in the ER-positive human breast cancer cell line MCF-7. The proliferation and tumorigenicity of MCF-7 cells stably expressing control or human CAPER shRNAs was then determined via both in vitro and in vivo experiments. Knockdown of CAPER expression significantly reduced the proliferation of MCF-7 cells in vitro. Importantly, nude mice injected with MCF-7 cells harboring CAPER shRNAs developed smaller tumors than mice injected with MCF-7 cells harboring control shRNAs. Mechanistically, tumors derived from mice injected with MCF-7 cells harboring CAPER shRNAs displayed reduced expression of the cell cycle regulators PCNA, MCM7, and cyclin D1, and the protein synthesis marker 4EBP1. In conclusion, knockdown of CAPER expression markedly reduced human breast cancer cell proliferation in both in vitro and in vivo settings. Mechanistically, knockdown of CAPER abrogated the activity of proliferative and protein synthesis pathways.
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- Isabelle Mercier
- Department of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine; Kimmel Cancer Center; Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Philadelphia College of Pharmacy; University of the Sciences in Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine; Kimmel Cancer Center; Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine; Kimmel Cancer Center; Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine; Kimmel Cancer Center; Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine; Kimmel Cancer Center; Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine; Kimmel Cancer Center; Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit; Institute of Cancer Sciences; University of Manchester; Manchester, UK
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- Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit; Institute of Cancer Sciences; University of Manchester; Manchester, UK
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- Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit; Institute of Cancer Sciences; University of Manchester; Manchester, UK
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine; Kimmel Cancer Center; Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Cancer Biology; Kimmel Cancer Center; Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine; Kimmel Cancer Center; Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit; Institute of Cancer Sciences; University of Manchester; Manchester, UK
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- Department of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine; Kimmel Cancer Center; Thomas Jefferson University; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Philadelphia College of Pharmacy; University of the Sciences in Philadelphia; Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Cell division is controlled by a highly regulated program to accurately duplicate and segregate chromosomes. An important feature of the cell cycle regulatory program is that key cell cycle proteins are present and active during specific cell cycle stages but are later removed or inhibited to maintain appropriate timing. The ubiquitin-proteasome system has emerged as an important mechanism to target cell cycle proteins for degradation at critical junctures during cell division. Two key E3 ubiquitin ligase complexes that target key cell cycle proteins are the Skp1-Cul1-F-box protein complex and the anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome. This chapter focuses on the role of these E3 ubiquitin ligases and how ubiquitin-dependent degradation of central cell cycle regulatory proteins advances the cell cycle.
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- Deanna M Koepp
- Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development, University of Minnesota, 6-160 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA,
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Bleichert F, Balasov M, Chesnokov I, Nogales E, Botchan MR, Berger JM. A Meier-Gorlin syndrome mutation in a conserved C-terminal helix of Orc6 impedes origin recognition complex formation. eLife 2013; 2:e00882. [PMID: 24137536 PMCID: PMC3791464 DOI: 10.7554/elife.00882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2013] [Accepted: 09/05/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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In eukaryotes, DNA replication requires the origin recognition complex (ORC), a six-subunit assembly that promotes replisome formation on chromosomal origins. Despite extant homology between certain subunits, the degree of structural and organizational overlap between budding yeast and metazoan ORC has been unclear. Using 3D electron microscopy, we determined the subunit organization of metazoan ORC, revealing that it adopts a global architecture very similar to the budding yeast complex. Bioinformatic analysis extends this conservation to Orc6, a subunit of somewhat enigmatic function. Unexpectedly, a mutation in the Orc6 C-terminus linked to Meier-Gorlin syndrome, a dwarfism disorder, impedes proper recruitment of Orc6 into ORC; biochemical studies reveal that this region of Orc6 associates with a previously uncharacterized domain of Orc3 and is required for ORC function and MCM2–7 loading in vivo. Together, our results suggest that Meier-Gorlin syndrome mutations in Orc6 impair the formation of ORC hexamers, interfering with appropriate ORC functions. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00882.001 Cell division is essential for organisms to be able to grow, to repair tissues and to proliferate. However, cells can only divide once they have successfully replicated their DNA. Many different molecules are involved in these two processes, including a large multi-protein assembly called the origin recognition complex that helps to start the process of DNA replication. This complex contains six proteins but relatively little is known about its structure. It is also unclear how much origin recognition complexes (ORCs) differ between species. Now, Bleichert et al. have found a way to stabilize a specific conformation of Drosophila ORC, and have gone on to determine its structure at a higher resolution than was previously possible. This approach revealed that the arrangement of protein subunits in Drosophila ORC is similar to that found in yeast ORC. Most of the ORC subunits have similar amino acid sequences in both species. However, the Orc6 subunit was regarded a notable exception for a long time, with the yeast and Drosophila versions of this subunit having different sequences of amino acids. Bleichert et al. show that the Orc6 subunits actually have important similarities, both in sequence and in function. In particular, the C-terminus of the Orc6 protein contains similar amino acids in both yeast and Drosophila. Moreover, it performs the same role—binding to another subunit—in both yeast and Drosophila. As well as being important for cell division, human ORC has been implicated in Meier-Gorlin syndrome, a type of dwarfism. Mutations in three of the six ORC subunits, including Orc6, have been found in people with Meier-Gorlin syndrome. The mutations in Orc6 that are associated with this syndrome are in the C-terminus, which suggests that some symptoms of the syndrome may be caused by DNA replication not being initiated correctly. Consistent with this idea, Bleichert et al. show that the introduction of the Meier-Gorlin syndrome mutation into Orc6 prevents this subunit from binding to the rest of ORC, and similar mutations do not support DNA replication in in vivo experiments. These results should increase our understanding of the function of Orc6 and its role in Meier-Gorlin syndrome, and also provide new insights into the changes in ORC architecture that have occurred during evolution. DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.00882.002
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Affiliation(s)
- Franziska Bleichert
- Miller Institute for Basic Research in Science , University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley , United States ; Department of Molecular and Cell Biology , University of California, Berkeley , Berkeley , United States
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Rubinstein A, Hazan O, Chor B, Pinter RY, Kassir Y. The effective application of a discrete transition model to explore cell-cycle regulation in yeast. BMC Res Notes 2013; 6:311. [PMID: 23915717 PMCID: PMC3750494 DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2013] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Background Bench biologists often do not take part in the development of computational models for their systems, and therefore, they frequently employ them as “black-boxes”. Our aim was to construct and test a model that does not depend on the availability of quantitative data, and can be directly used without a need for intensive computational background. Results We present a discrete transition model. We used cell-cycle in budding yeast as a paradigm for a complex network, demonstrating phenomena such as sequential protein expression and activity, and cell-cycle oscillation. The structure of the network was validated by its response to computational perturbations such as mutations, and its response to mating-pheromone or nitrogen depletion. The model has a strong predicative capability, demonstrating how the activity of a specific transcription factor, Hcm1, is regulated, and what determines commitment of cells to enter and complete the cell-cycle. Conclusion The model presented herein is intuitive, yet is expressive enough to elucidate the intrinsic structure and qualitative behavior of large and complex regulatory networks. Moreover our model allowed us to examine multiple hypotheses in a simple and intuitive manner, giving rise to testable predictions. This methodology can be easily integrated as a useful approach for the study of networks, enriching experimental biology with computational insights.
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- Amir Rubinstein
- School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Bell SP, Kaguni JM. Helicase loading at chromosomal origins of replication. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2013; 5:cshperspect.a010124. [PMID: 23613349 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a010124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Loading of the replicative DNA helicase at origins of replication is of central importance in DNA replication. As the first of the replication fork proteins assemble at chromosomal origins of replication, the loaded helicase is required for the recruitment of the rest of the replication machinery. In this work, we review the current knowledge of helicase loading at Escherichia coli and eukaryotic origins of replication. In each case, this process requires both an origin recognition protein as well as one or more additional proteins. Comparison of these events shows intriguing similarities that suggest a similar underlying mechanism, as well as critical differences that likely reflect the distinct processes that regulate helicase loading in bacterial and eukaryotic cells.
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- Stephen P Bell
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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Overexpression of Cdk6 and Ccnd1 in chondrocytes inhibited chondrocyte maturation and caused p53-dependent apoptosis without enhancing proliferation. Oncogene 2013; 33:1862-71. [PMID: 23624920 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2013.130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Revised: 02/21/2013] [Accepted: 03/04/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Cell proliferation and differentiation are closely coupled. However, we previously showed that overexpression of cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk6) blocks chondrocyte differentiation without affecting cell-cycle progression in vitro. To investigate whether Cdk6 inhibits chondrocyte differentiation in vivo, we generated chondrocyte-specific Cdk6 transgenic mice using Col2a1 promoter. Unexpectedly, differentiation and cell-cycle progression of chondrocytes in the Cdk6 transgenic mice were similar to those in wild-type mice. Then, we generated chondrocyte-specific Ccnd1 transgenic mice and Cdk6/Ccnd1 double transgenic mice to investigate the possibility that Cdk6 inhibits chondrocyte differentiation through E2f activation. Bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU)-positive chondrocytes and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL)-positive chondrocytes were increased in number, and chondrocyte maturation was inhibited only in Cdk6/Ccnd1 transgenic mice (K6(H)/D1(H) mice), which showed dwarfism. Retinoblastoma protein (pRb) was highly phosphorylated but p107 was upregulated, and the expression of E2f target genes was dysregulated as shown by upregulation of Cdc6 but downregulation of cyclin E, dihydrofolate reductase (dhfr), Cdc25a and B-Myb in chondrocytes of K6(H)/D1(H) mice. Similarly, overexpression of Cdk6/Ccnd1 in a chondrogenic cell line ATDC5 highly phosphorylated pRb, upregulated p107, induced apoptosis, upregulated Cdc6 and downregulated cyclin E, dhfr and B-Myb and p107 small interfering RNA reversed the expression of downregulated genes. Further, introduction of kinase-negative Cdk6 and cyclin D1 abolished all effects by Cdk6/cyclin D1 in ATDC5 cells, indicating the requirement of the kinase activity on these effects. p53 deletion partially restored the size of the skeleton and almost completely rescued chondrocyte apoptosis, but failed to enhance chondrocyte proliferation in K6(H)/D1(H) mice. These findings indicated that Cdk6/Ccnd1 overexpression inhibited chondrocyte maturation and enhanced G1/S cell-cycle transition by phosphorylating pRb, but the chondrocytes failed to accomplish the cell cycle, and underwent p53-dependent apoptosis probably due to the dysregulation of E2f target genes. Our findings also indicated that p53 deletion in addition to the inactivation of Rb was not sufficient to accelerate chondrocyte proliferation, suggesting the resistance of chondrocytes to sarcomagenesis.
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