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Kolb AL, Hsu DW, Wallis ABA, Ura S, Rakhimova A, Pears CJ, Lakin ND. Dictyostelium as a Model to Assess Site-Specific ADP-Ribosylation Events. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 1813:125-148. [PMID: 30097865 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8588-3_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum is a single-cell organism that can undergo a simple developmental program, making it an excellent model to study the molecular mechanisms of cell motility, signal transduction, and cell-type differentiation. A variety of human genes that are absent or show limited conservation in other invertebrate models have been identified in this organism. This includes ADP-ribosyltransferases, also known as poly-ADP-ribose polymerases (PARPs), a family of proteins that catalyze the addition of single or poly-ADP-ribose moieties onto target proteins. The genetic tractability of Dictyostelium and its relatively simple genome structure makes it possible to disrupt PARP gene combinations, in addition to specific ADP-ribosylation sites at endogenous loci. Together, this makes Dictyostelium an attractive model to assess how ADP-ribosylation regulates a variety of cellular processes including DNA repair, transcription, and cell-type specification. Here we describe a range of techniques to study ADP-ribosylation in Dictyostelium, including analysis of ADP-ribosylation events in vitro and in vivo, in addition to approaches to assess the functional roles of this modification in vivo.
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- Anna-Lena Kolb
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Agent-based models for first- and second-order emergent collective behaviours of social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum aggregation and migration phases. ARTIFICIAL LIFE AND ROBOTICS 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10015-018-0477-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Gunn AR, Banos-Pinero B, Paschke P, Sanchez-Pulido L, Ariza A, Day J, Emrich M, Leys D, Ponting CP, Ahel I, Lakin ND. The role of ADP-ribosylation in regulating DNA interstrand crosslink repair. J Cell Sci 2016; 129:3845-3858. [PMID: 27587838 PMCID: PMC5087659 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.193375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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ADP-ribosylation by ADP-ribosyltransferases (ARTs) has a well-established role in DNA strand break repair by promoting enrichment of repair factors at damage sites through ADP-ribose interaction domains. Here, we exploit the simple eukaryote Dictyostelium to uncover a role for ADP-ribosylation in regulating DNA interstrand crosslink repair and redundancy of this pathway with non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ). In silico searches were used to identify a protein that contains a permutated macrodomain (which we call aprataxin/APLF-and-PNKP-like protein; APL). Structural analysis reveals that this permutated macrodomain retains features associated with ADP-ribose interactions and that APL is capable of binding poly(ADP-ribose) through this macrodomain. APL is enriched in chromatin in response to cisplatin treatment, an agent that induces DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs). This is dependent on the macrodomain of APL and the ART Adprt2, indicating a role for ADP-ribosylation in the cellular response to cisplatin. Although adprt2− cells are sensitive to cisplatin, ADP-ribosylation is evident in these cells owing to redundant signalling by the double-strand break (DSB)-responsive ART Adprt1a, promoting NHEJ-mediated repair. These data implicate ADP-ribosylation in DNA ICL repair and identify that NHEJ can function to resolve this form of DNA damage in the absence of Adprt2. Summary: Here, we identify a role for post-translational modification ADP-ribosylation in the response to DNA interstrand crosslinks in the model Dictyostelium.
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- Alasdair R Gunn
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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- Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RE, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, The MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Scotland, UK
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- Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RE, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, Princess Street 131, Manchester, M1 7DN, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, The MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Scotland, UK
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- Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RE, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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Singh SP, Dhakshinamoorthy R, Jaiswal P, Schmidt S, Thewes S, Baskar R. The thyroxine inactivating gene, type III deiodinase, suppresses multiple signaling centers in Dictyostelium discoideum. Dev Biol 2014; 396:256-68. [PMID: 25446527 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2014.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2014] [Revised: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 10/15/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Thyroxine deiodinases, the enzymes that regulate thyroxine metabolism, are essential for vertebrate growth and development. In the genome of Dictyostelium discoideum, a single intronless gene (dio3) encoding type III thyroxine 5' deiodinase is present. The amino acid sequence of D. discoideum Dio3 shares 37% identity with human T4 deiodinase and is a member of the thioredoxin reductase superfamily. dio3 is expressed throughout growth and development and by generating a knockout of dio3, we have examined the role of thyroxine 5' deiodinase in D. discoideum. dio3(-) had multiple defects that affected growth, timing of development, aggregate size, cell streaming, and cell-type differentiation. A prominent phenotype of dio3(-) was the breaking of late aggregates into small signaling centers, each forming a fruiting body of its own. cAMP levels, its relay, photo- and chemo-taxis were also defective in dio3(-). Quantitative RT-PCR analyses suggested that expression levels of genes encoding adenylyl cyclase A (acaA), cAMP-receptor A (carA) and cAMP-phosphodiesterases were reduced. There was a significant reduction in the expression of CadA and CsaA, which are involved in cell-cell adhesion. The dio3(-) slugs had prestalk identity, with pronounced prestalk marker ecmA expression. Thus, Dio3 seems to have roles in mediating cAMP synthesis/relay, cell-cell adhesion and slug patterning. The phenotype of dio3(-) suggests that Dio3 may prevent the formation of multiple signaling centers during D. discoideum development. This is the first report of a gene involved in thyroxine metabolism that is also involved in growth and development in a lower eukaryote.
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- Shashi Prakash Singh
- Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai 600036, India
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- Institute for Biology - Microbiology, Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Biology - Microbiology, Department of Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacy, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biotechnology, Bhupat and Jyoti Mehta School of Biosciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai 600036, India.
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Pears CJ, Lakin ND. Emerging models for DNA repair: Dictyostelium discoideum as a model for nonhomologous end-joining. DNA Repair (Amst) 2014; 17:121-31. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2014.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2013] [Revised: 01/09/2014] [Accepted: 01/24/2014] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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DNA is constantly being damaged from endogenous and exogenous sources and efficient repair of different types of DNA lesions is essential for the survival of the organism. Dictyostelium is highly resistant to DNA damage and its genome sequence has revealed the presence of multiple repair pathways conserved with vertebrates but lost in other genetically tractable invertebrate models. As such, Dictyostelium is a powerful model organism to study selected human DNA repair pathways and may provide insights into the molecular basis of how cells become resistant to DNA damage. Here we describe a range of assays used to study DNA repair in Dictyostelium. Genes required for repair of DNA damage can be identified and analyzed by comparing the ability of control or mutant cells to survive exposure to genotoxic agents that induce different types of DNA lesion. We also describe assays that assess the presence of markers for DNA repair within chromatin either in the form of posttranslational modification of proteins at sites of damage or the recruitment of repair factors to DNA lesions. Finally, we also describe more direct assays to assess repair of DNA double-strand breaks by either homologous recombination or non-homologous end joining.
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Pears CJ, Couto CAM, Wang HY, Borer C, Kiely R, Lakin ND. The role of ADP-ribosylation in regulating DNA double-strand break repair. Cell Cycle 2012; 11:48-56. [PMID: 22186780 DOI: 10.4161/cc.11.1.18793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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ADP-ribosylation is the post translational modification of proteins catalysed by ADP-ribosyltransferases (ARTs). ADP-ribosylation has been implicated in a wide variety of cellular processes including cell growth and differentiation, apoptosis and transcriptional regulation. Perhaps the best characterised role, however, is in DNA repair and genome stability where ADP-ribosylation promotes resolution of DNA single strand breaks. Although ADP-ribosylation also occurs at DNA double strand breaks (DSBs), which ARTs catalyse this reaction and the molecular basis of how this modification regulates their repair remains a matter of debate. Here we review recent advances in our understanding of how ADP-ribosylation regulates DSB repair. Specifically, we highlight studies using the genetic model organism Dictyostelium, in addition to vertebrate cells that identify a third ART that accelerates DSB repair by non-homologous end-joining through promoting the interaction of repair factors with DNA lesions. The implications of these data with regards to how ADP-ribosylation regulates DNA repair and genome stability are discussed.
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Any established or aspiring model organism must justify itself using two criteria: does the model organism offer experimental advantages not offered by competing systems? And will any discoveries made using the model be of wider relevance? This review addresses these issues for the social amoeba Dictyostelium and highlights some of the organisms more recent applications. These cover a remarkably wide gamut, ranging from sociobiological to medical research with much else in between.
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Alexander S, Alexander H. Lead genetic studies in Dictyostelium discoideum and translational studies in human cells demonstrate that sphingolipids are key regulators of sensitivity to cisplatin and other anticancer drugs. Semin Cell Dev Biol 2010; 22:97-104. [PMID: 20951822 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2010.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2010] [Revised: 10/06/2010] [Accepted: 10/11/2010] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A Dictyostelium discoideum mutant with a disruption in the sphingosine-1-phosphate (S-1-P) lyase gene was obtained in an unbiased genetic analysis, using random insertional mutagenesis, for mutants with increased resistance to the widely used cancer chemotherapeutic drug cisplatin. This finding opened the way to extensive studies in both D. discoideum and human cells on the role and mechanism of action of the bioactive sphingolipids S-1-P and ceramide in regulating the response to chemotherapeutic drugs. These studies showed that the levels of activities of the sphingolipid metabolizing enzymes S-1-P lyase, sphingosine kinase and ceramide synthase, affect whether a cell dies or lives in the presence of specific drugs. The demonstration that multiple enzymes of this biochemical pathway were involved in regulating drug sensitivity provided new opportunities to test whether pharmacological intervention might increase sensitivity. Thus it is of considerable clinical significance that pharmacological inhibition of sphingosine kinase synergistically sensitizes cells to cisplatin, both in D. discoideum and human cells. Linkage to the p38 MAP kinase and protein kinase C (PKC) signaling pathways has been demonstrated. This work demonstrates the utility of D. discoideum as a lead genetic system to interrogate molecular mechanisms controlling the sensitivity of tumor cells to chemotherapeutic agents and for determining novel ways of increasing efficacy. The D. discoideum system could be easily adapted to a high throughput screen for novel chemotherapeutic agents.
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- Stephen Alexander
- Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA.
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Williams RSB, Boeckeler K, Gräf R, Müller-Taubenberger A, Li Z, Isberg RR, Wessels D, Soll DR, Alexander H, Alexander S. Towards a molecular understanding of human diseases using Dictyostelium discoideum. Trends Mol Med 2006; 12:415-24. [PMID: 16890490 DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2006.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2006] [Revised: 06/23/2006] [Accepted: 07/21/2006] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum is increasingly being used as a simple model for the investigation of problems that are relevant to human health. This article focuses on several recent examples of Dictyostelium-based biomedical research, including the analysis of immune-cell disease and chemotaxis, centrosomal abnormalities and lissencephaly, bacterial intracellular pathogenesis, and mechanisms of neuroprotective and anti-cancer drug action. The combination of cellular, genetic and molecular biology techniques that are available in Dictyostelium often makes the analysis of these problems more amenable to study in this system than in mammalian cell culture. Findings that have been made in these areas using Dictyostelium have driven research in mammalian systems and have established Dictyostelium as a powerful model for human-disease analysis.
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- Robin S B Williams
- Department of Biology and the Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK.
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Alexander S, Min J, Alexander H. Dictyostelium discoideum to human cells: pharmacogenetic studies demonstrate a role for sphingolipids in chemoresistance. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2005; 1760:301-9. [PMID: 16403600 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2005.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2005] [Revised: 11/01/2005] [Accepted: 11/21/2005] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Resistance to chemotherapy is a major obstacle for the treatment of cancer and a subject of extensive research. Numerous mechanisms of drug resistance have been proposed, and they differ for different drugs. Nevertheless, it is clear that our understanding of this important problem is still incomplete, and that new targets for modulating therapy still await discovery. The attractive biology and the availability of powerful molecular techniques have made the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum, a powerful non-mammalian model for drug target discovery, and the problem of drug resistance. To understand the molecular basis of chemoresistance to the widely used drug cisplatin, both genetic and pharmacological approaches have been applied to this versatile experimental system. These studies have resulted in the identification of novel molecular pathways which can be used to increase the efficacy of cisplatin, and brought attention to the role of sphingolipids in mediating the cellular response to chemotherapeutic drugs. In the following review, we will describe the history and utility of D. discoideum in pharmacogenetics, and discuss recent studies which focus attention on the role of sphingolipids in chemotherapy and chemoresistance.
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- Stephen Alexander
- Division of Biological Sciences, 303 Tucker Hall, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211-7400, USA.
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Garfinkel DJ, Bailis AM. Nucleotide Excision Repair, Genome Stability, and Human Disease: New Insight from Model Systems. J Biomed Biotechnol 2002; 2:55-60. [PMID: 12488584 PMCID: PMC153785 DOI: 10.1155/s1110724302201023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is one of several DNA repair pathways that are universal throughout phylogeny. NER has a broad substrate specificity and is capable of removing several classes of lesions to the DNA, including those that accumulate upon exposure to UV radiation. The loss of this activity in NER-defective mutants gives rise to characteristic sensitivities to UV that, in humans, is manifested as a greatly elevated sensitivity to exposure to the sun. Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), Cockaynes syndrome (CS), and trichothiodystrophy (TTD) are three, rare, recessively inherited human diseases that are linked to these defects. Interestingly, some of the symptoms in afflicted individuals appear to be due to defects in transcription, the result of the dual functionality of several components of the NER apparatus as parts of transcription factor IIH (TFIIH). Studies with several model systems have revealed that the genetic and biochemical features of NER are extraordinarily conserved in eukaryotes. One system that has been studied very closely is the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. While many yeast NER mutants display the expected increases in UV sensitivity and defective transcription, other interesting phenotypes have also been observed. Elevated mutation and recombination rates, as well as increased frequencies of genome rearrangement by retrotransposon movement and recombination between short genomic sequences have been documented. The potential relevance of these novel phenotypes to disease in humans is discussed.
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- David J. Garfinkel
- Gene Regulation and Chromosome Biology Laboratory, NCI at Frederick, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Division of Molecular Biology, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA 91010, USA
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