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Sharma V, Sharma A, Wadje BN, Bharate SB. Benzopyrone, a privileged scaffold in drug discovery: An overview of FDA-approved drugs and clinical candidates. Med Res Rev 2024. [PMID: 38532246 DOI: 10.1002/med.22032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2023] [Revised: 02/02/2024] [Accepted: 03/04/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024]
Abstract
Natural products have always served as an important source of drugs for treating various diseases. Among various privileged natural product scaffolds, the benzopyrone class of compounds has a substantial presence among biologically active compounds. One of the pioneering anticoagulant drugs, warfarin approved in 1954 bears a benzo-α-pyrone (coumarin) nucleus. The widely investigated psoriasis drugs, methoxsalen, and trioxsalen, also contain a benzo-α-pyrone nucleus. Benzo-γ-pyrone (chromone) containing drugs, cromoglic acid, and pranlukast were approved as treatments for asthma in 1982 and 2007, respectively. Numerous other small molecules with a benzopyrone core are under clinical investigation. The present review discusses the discovery, absorption, distribution, metabolism, excretion properties, and synthetic approaches for the Food and Drug Administration-approved and clinical-stage benzopyrone class of compounds. The role of the pyrone core in biological activity has also been discussed. The present review unravels the potential of benzopyrone core in medicinal chemistry and drug development.
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- Venu Sharma
- Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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- Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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- Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Department of Natural Products and Medicinal Chemistry Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
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Zhang Q, Ali T, Lin Z, Peng X. Development of 4,4'-dibromobinaphthalene analogues with potent photo-inducible DNA cross-linking capability and cytotoxicity towards breast MDA-MB 468 cancer cells. Bioorg Chem 2023; 140:106769. [PMID: 37633128 DOI: 10.1016/j.bioorg.2023.106769] [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: 04/12/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/28/2023]
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Photoinduced DNA cross-linking process showed advantages of high spatio-temporal resolution and control. We have designed, synthesized, and characterized several 4,4'-dibromo binaphthalene analogues (1a-f) that can be activated by 350 nm irradiation to induce various DNA damage, including DNA interstrand cross-links (ICL) formation, strand cleavages, and alkaline labile DNA lesions. The degree and types of DNA damage induced by these compounds depend on the leaving groups of the substrates, pH value of the buffer solution, and DNA sequences. The DNA ICL products were produced from the carbocations formed via the oxidation of free radicals photo-generated from 1a-f. Most of these compounds alone exhibited minimum cytotoxicity towards cancer cells while 350 nm irradiation greatly improved their anticancer effects (up to 40-fold enhancement) because of photo-induced cellular DNA damage. This work provides guidance for further design of photo-inducible DNA cross-linking agents as potent photo-activated anticancer prodrugs with good control over toxicity and selectivity.
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- Qi Zhang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3210 N. Cramer Street, Milwaukee, WI 53211, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3210 N. Cramer Street, Milwaukee, WI 53211, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3210 N. Cramer Street, Milwaukee, WI 53211, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3210 N. Cramer Street, Milwaukee, WI 53211, United States.
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Berrada S, Martínez-Balsalobre E, Larcher L, Azzoni V, Vasquez N, Da Costa M, Abel S, Audoly G, Lee L, Montersino C, Castellano R, Combes S, Gelot C, Ceccaldi R, Guervilly JH, Soulier J, Lachaud C. A clickable melphalan for monitoring DNA interstrand crosslink accumulation and detecting ICL repair defects in Fanconi anemia patient cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:7988-8004. [PMID: 37395445 PMCID: PMC10450163 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a genetic disorder associated with developmental defects, bone marrow failure and cancer. The FA pathway is crucial for the repair of DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs). In this study, we have developed and characterized a new tool to investigate ICL repair: a clickable version of the crosslinking agent melphalan which we name click-melphalan. Our results demonstrate that click-melphalan is as effective as its unmodified counterpart in generating ICLs and associated toxicity. The lesions induced by click-melphalan can be detected in cells by post-labelling with a fluorescent reporter and quantified using flow cytometry. Since click-melphalan induces both ICLs and monoadducts, we generated click-mono-melphalan, which only induces monoadducts, in order to distinguish between the two types of DNA repair. By using both molecules, we show that FANCD2 knock-out cells are deficient in removing click-melphalan-induced lesions. We also found that these cells display a delay in repairing click-mono-melphalan-induced monoadducts. Our data further revealed that the presence of unrepaired ICLs inhibits monoadduct repair. Finally, our study demonstrates that these clickable molecules can differentiate intrinsic DNA repair deficiencies in primary FA patient cells from those in primary xeroderma pigmentosum patient cells. As such, these molecules may have potential for developing diagnostic tests.
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- Sara Berrada
- Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, CNRS, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France
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- University Paris Cité, Institut de Recherche Saint-Louis, INSERM U944, and CNRS UMR7212, Paris, France
- Laboratoire de biologie médicale de référence (LBMR) “Aplastic anemia”, Service d’Hématologie biologique, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, CNRS, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France
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- University Paris Cité, Institut de Recherche Saint-Louis, INSERM U944, and CNRS UMR7212, Paris, France
- Laboratoire de biologie médicale de référence (LBMR) “Aplastic anemia”, Service d’Hématologie biologique, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- University Paris Cité, Institut de Recherche Saint-Louis, INSERM U944, and CNRS UMR7212, Paris, France
- Laboratoire de biologie médicale de référence (LBMR) “Aplastic anemia”, Service d’Hématologie biologique, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, CNRS, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, CNRS, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, CNRS, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, CNRS, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, CNRS, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, CNRS, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France
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- Inserm U830, PSL Research University, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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- Inserm U830, PSL Research University, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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- University Paris Cité, Institut de Recherche Saint-Louis, INSERM U944, and CNRS UMR7212, Paris, France
- Laboratoire de biologie médicale de référence (LBMR) “Aplastic anemia”, Service d’Hématologie biologique, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, INSERM, CNRS, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, CRCM, Marseille, France
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Bellani MA, Huang J, Zhang J, Gali H, Thazhathveetil AK, Pokharel D, Majumdar I, Shaik A, Seidman MM. Imaging the cellular response to an antigen tagged interstrand crosslinking agent. DNA Repair (Amst) 2023; 128:103525. [PMID: 37320956 PMCID: PMC10413329 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2023.103525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2023] [Revised: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
Immunofluorescence imaging is a standard experimental tool for monitoring the response of cellular factors to DNA damage. Visualizing the recruitment of DNA Damage Response (DDR) components requires high affinity antibodies, which are generally available. In contrast, reagents for the display of the lesions that induce the response are far more limited. Consequently, DDR factor accumulation often serves as a surrogate for damage, without reporting the actual inducing structure. This limitation has practical implications given the importance of the response to DNA reactive drugs such as those used in cancer therapy. These include interstrand crosslink (ICL) forming compounds which are frequently employed clinically. Among them are the psoralens, natural products that form ICLs upon photoactivation and applied therapeutically since antiquity. However, despite multiple attempts, antibodies against psoralen ICLs have not been developed. To overcome this limitation, we developed a psoralen tagged with an antigen for which there are commercial antibodies. In this report we describe our application of the tagged psoralen in imaging experiments, and the unexpected discoveries they revealed.
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- Marina A Bellani
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, NIA, NIH, Baltimore MD 21224, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, School of Biomedical Sciences, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200120, China
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- Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21703, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, NIA, NIH, Baltimore MD 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, NIA, NIH, Baltimore MD 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, NIA, NIH, Baltimore MD 21224, USA.
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A CRISPR-Cas9 screen identifies EXO1 as a formaldehyde resistance gene. Nat Commun 2023; 14:381. [PMID: 36693839 PMCID: PMC9873647 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-35802-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Fanconi Anemia (FA) is a rare, genome instability-associated disease characterized by a deficiency in repairing DNA crosslinks, which are known to perturb several cellular processes, including DNA transcription, replication, and repair. Formaldehyde, a by-product of metabolism, is thought to drive FA by generating DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) and DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs). However, the impact of formaldehyde on global cellular pathways has not been investigated thoroughly. Herein, using a pangenomic CRISPR-Cas9 screen, we identify EXO1 as a critical regulator of formaldehyde-induced DNA lesions. We show that EXO1 knockout cell lines exhibit formaldehyde sensitivity leading to the accumulation of replicative stress, DNA double-strand breaks, and quadriradial chromosomes, a typical feature of FA. After formaldehyde exposure, EXO1 is recruited to chromatin, protects DNA replication forks from degradation, and functions in parallel with the FA pathway to promote cell survival. In vitro, EXO1-mediated exonuclease activity is proficient in removing DPCs. Collectively, we show that EXO1 limits replication stress and DNA damage to counteract formaldehyde-induced genome instability.
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Zhang J, Bellani MA, Huang J, James RC, Pokharel D, Gichimu J, Gali H, Stewart G, Seidman MM. Replication of the Mammalian Genome by Replisomes Specific for Euchromatin and Heterochromatin. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:729265. [PMID: 34532320 PMCID: PMC8438199 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.729265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
Replisomes follow a schedule in which replication of DNA in euchromatin is early in S phase while sequences in heterochromatin replicate late. Impediments to DNA replication, referred to as replication stress, can stall replication forks triggering activation of the ATR kinase and downstream pathways. While there is substantial literature on the local consequences of replisome stalling-double strand breaks, reversed forks, or genomic rearrangements-there is limited understanding of the determinants of replisome stalling vs. continued progression. Although many proteins are recruited to stalled replisomes, current models assume a single species of "stressed" replisome, independent of genomic location. Here we describe our approach to visualizing replication fork encounters with the potent block imposed by a DNA interstrand crosslink (ICL) and our discovery of an unexpected pathway of replication restart (traverse) past an intact ICL. Additionally, we found two biochemically distinct replisomes distinguished by activity in different stages of S phase and chromatin environment. Each contains different proteins that contribute to ICL traverse.
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- Jing Zhang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Institute for Advanced Study, Shanghai East Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, Hunan University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Horizon Discovery Group plc, Lafayette, CO, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD, United States
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- College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Science, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Fan H, Sun H, Zhang Q, Peng X. Photoinduced DNA Interstrand Cross-Linking by 1,1'-Biphenyl Analogues: Substituents and Leaving Groups Combine to Determine the Efficiency of Cross-Linker. Chemistry 2021; 27:5215-5224. [PMID: 33440025 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202005064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2020] [Revised: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Two series of 1,1'-biphenyl analogues with various leaving groups (L=OAc, OCH3 , OCHCH=CH2 , OCH2 Ph, SPh, SePh, and Ph3 P+ ) were synthesized. Their reactivity towards DNA and the reaction mechanism were investigated by determining DNA interstrand cross-link (ICL) efficiency, radical and carbocation formation, and the cross-linking reaction sites. All compounds induced DNA ICL formation upon 350 nm irradiation via a carbocation that was generated from oxidation of the corresponding free radicals. The ICL efficiency and the reaction rate strongly depended on the combined effect of the leaving group and the substituent. Among all compounds tested, the high ICL efficiency (30-43 %) and fast reaction rate were observed with compounds carrying a nitrophenyl group and acetate (2 a), ether (2 b and 2 c), or triphenylphosphonium salt (2 g) as leaving groups. Most compounds with a 4-methoxybenzene group showed similar DNA ICL efficiency (≈30 %) with a slow DNA cross-linking reaction rate. Both cation trapping and free radical trapping adducts were detected in the photo activation process of these compounds, which provided direct evidence for the proposed mechanism. Heat stability study in combination with sequence study suggested that these photo-generated benzyl cations alkylate DNA at dG, dA, and dC sites.
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- Heli Fan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3210 N. Cramer Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53211, USA.,School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, 300070, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3210 N. Cramer Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53211, USA.,School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, 300070, Tianjin, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3210 N. Cramer Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53211, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 3210 N. Cramer Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53211, USA
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Fan H, Peng X. Photoinduced DNA Interstrand Cross-Linking by Benzene Derivatives: Leaving Groups Determine the Efficiency of the Cross-Linker. J Org Chem 2021; 86:493-506. [PMID: 33253574 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
Abstract
We have synthesized and characterized two small libraries of 2-OMe or 2-NO2-benzene analogues 2a-i and 3a-i containing a wide variety of leaving groups. Irradiation of these compounds at 350 nm generated benzyl radicals that were spontaneously oxidized to benzyl cations directly producing DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs). Compounds with a 2-methoxy substituent showed a faster cross-linking reaction rate and higher ICL efficiency than the corresponding 2-nitro analogues. Apart from the aromatic substituent, the benzylic leaving groups greatly affected DNA cross-linking efficiency. Higher ICL yields were observed for compounds with OCH3 (3b), OCH2Ph (3d), or Ph3P+ (3i) as leaving groups than those containing OAc (3a), NMe2 (3e), morpholine (3f), OCH2CH═CH2 (3c), SPh (3g), or SePh (3h). The heat stability study of the isolated ICL products indicated that dGs were the preferred alkylation sites in DNA for the benzyl cations produced from 2a-i, 3c, and 3e-i while 3a (L = OAc), 3b (L = OMe), and 3d (L = OCH2Ph) showed a similar photoreactivity toward dGs and dAs. Although the photogenerated benzyl cations alkylated dG, dC, and dA, ICL assay with variation of DNA sequences showed that the ICL reaction occurred with opposing dG/dC but not with staggered dA/dA.
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- Heli Fan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 3210 N. Cramer Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and the Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 3210 N. Cramer Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, United States
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Zhang J, Bellani MA, James RC, Pokharel D, Zhang Y, Reynolds JJ, McNee GS, Jackson AP, Stewart GS, Seidman MM. DONSON and FANCM associate with different replisomes distinguished by replication timing and chromatin domain. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3951. [PMID: 32769987 PMCID: PMC7414851 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17449-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Duplication of mammalian genomes requires replisomes to overcome numerous impediments during passage through open (eu) and condensed (hetero) chromatin. Typically, studies of replication stress characterize mixed populations of challenged and unchallenged replication forks, averaged across S phase, and model a single species of “stressed” replisome. Here, in cells containing potent obstacles to replication, we find two different lesion proximal replisomes. One is bound by the DONSON protein and is more frequent in early S phase, in regions marked by euchromatin. The other interacts with the FANCM DNA translocase, is more prominent in late S phase, and favors heterochromatin. The two forms can also be detected in unstressed cells. ChIP-seq of DNA associated with DONSON or FANCM confirms the bias of the former towards regions that replicate early and the skew of the latter towards regions that replicate late. Eukaryotic replisomes are multiprotein complexes. Here the authors reveal two distinct stressed replisomes, associated with DONSON and FANCM, displaying a bias in replication timing and chromatin domain.
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- Jing Zhang
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA
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- Gene Expression and Genomics Unit, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, 21224, USA.
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The FANC/BRCA Pathway Releases Replication Blockades by Eliminating DNA Interstrand Cross-Links. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:genes11050585. [PMID: 32466131 PMCID: PMC7288313 DOI: 10.3390/genes11050585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 05/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs) represent a major barrier blocking DNA replication fork progression. ICL accumulation results in growth arrest and cell death—particularly in cell populations undergoing high replicative activity, such as cancer and leukemic cells. For this reason, agents able to induce DNA ICLs are widely used as chemotherapeutic drugs. However, ICLs are also generated in cells as byproducts of normal metabolic activities. Therefore, every cell must be capable of rescuing lCL-stalled replication forks while maintaining the genetic stability of the daughter cells in order to survive, replicate DNA and segregate chromosomes at mitosis. Inactivation of the Fanconi anemia/breast cancer-associated (FANC/BRCA) pathway by inherited mutations leads to Fanconi anemia (FA), a rare developmental, cancer-predisposing and chromosome-fragility syndrome. FANC/BRCA is the key hub for a complex and wide network of proteins that—upon rescuing ICL-stalled DNA replication forks—allows cell survival. Understanding how cells cope with ICLs is mandatory to ameliorate ICL-based anticancer therapies and provide the molecular basis to prevent or bypass cancer drug resistance. Here, we review our state-of-the-art understanding of the mechanisms involved in ICL resolution during DNA synthesis, with a major focus on how the FANC/BRCA pathway ensures DNA strand opening and prevents genomic instability.
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Sabatella M, Pines A, Slyskova J, Vermeulen W, Lans H. ERCC1-XPF targeting to psoralen-DNA crosslinks depends on XPA and FANCD2. Cell Mol Life Sci 2020; 77:2005-2016. [PMID: 31392348 PMCID: PMC7228994 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-019-03264-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
The effectiveness of many DNA-damaging chemotherapeutic drugs depends on their ability to form monoadducts, intrastrand crosslinks and/or interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) that interfere with transcription and replication. The ERCC1-XPF endonuclease plays a critical role in removal of these lesions by incising DNA either as part of nucleotide excision repair (NER) or interstrand crosslink repair (ICLR). Engagement of ERCC1-XPF in NER is well characterized and is facilitated by binding to the XPA protein. However, ERCC1-XPF recruitment to ICLs is less well understood. Moreover, specific mutations in XPF have been found to disrupt its function in ICLR but not in NER, but whether this involves differences in lesion targeting is unknown. Here, we imaged GFP-tagged ERCC1, XPF and ICLR-defective XPF mutants to investigate how in human cells ERCC1-XPF is localized to different types of psoralen-induced DNA lesions, repaired by either NER or ICLR. Our results confirm its dependence on XPA in NER and furthermore show that its engagement in ICLR is dependent on FANCD2. Interestingly, we find that two ICLR-defective XPF mutants (R689S and S786F) are less well recruited to ICLs. These studies highlight the differential mechanisms that regulate ERCC1-XPF activity in DNA repair.
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- Mariangela Sabatella
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- CeMM Research Centre for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Mutreja K, Krietsch J, Hess J, Ursich S, Berti M, Roessler FK, Zellweger R, Patra M, Gasser G, Lopes M. ATR-Mediated Global Fork Slowing and Reversal Assist Fork Traverse and Prevent Chromosomal Breakage at DNA Interstrand Cross-Links. Cell Rep 2019; 24:2629-2642.e5. [PMID: 30184498 PMCID: PMC6137818 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Interstrand cross-links (ICLs) are toxic DNA lesions interfering with DNA metabolism that are induced by widely used anticancer drugs. They have long been considered absolute roadblocks for replication forks, implicating complex DNA repair processes at stalled or converging replication forks. Recent evidence challenged this view, proposing that single forks traverse ICLs by yet elusive mechanisms. Combining ICL immunolabeling and single-molecule approaches in human cells, we now show that ICL induction leads to global replication fork slowing, involving forks not directly challenged by ICLs. Active fork slowing is linked to rapid recruitment of RAD51 to replicating chromatin and to RAD51/ZRANB3-mediated fork reversal. This global modulation of fork speed and architecture requires ATR activation, promotes single-fork ICL traverse—here, directly visualized by electron microscopy—and prevents chromosomal breakage by untimely ICL processing. We propose that global fork slowing by remodeling provides more time for template repair and promotes bypass of residual lesions, limiting fork-associated processing. Fork slowing and reversal are also observed at forks not directly challenged by ICLs Fork reversal assists ICL traverse and limits DSBs associated with ICL unhooking ICL traverse can be directly visualized in human cells by electron microscopy ATR mediates global fork slowing and reversal upon different genotoxic treatments
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- Karun Mutreja
- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland; Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland.
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Huang J, Zhang J, Bellani MA, Pokharel D, Gichimu J, James RC, Gali H, Ling C, Yan Z, Xu D, Chen J, Meetei AR, Li L, Wang W, Seidman MM. Remodeling of Interstrand Crosslink Proximal Replisomes Is Dependent on ATR, FANCM, and FANCD2. Cell Rep 2019; 27:1794-1808.e5. [PMID: 31067464 PMCID: PMC6676478 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.04.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2017] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic replisomes are driven by the mini chromosome maintenance (MCM [M]) helicase complex, an offset ring locked around the template for leading strand synthesis by CDC45 (C) and GINS (G) proteins. Although the CDC45 MCM GINS (CMG) structure implies that interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are absolute blocks to replisomes, recent studies indicate that cells can restart DNA synthesis on the side of the ICL distal to the initial encounter. Here, we report that restart requires ATR and is promoted by FANCD2 and phosphorylated FANCM. Following introduction of genomic ICLs and dependent on ATR and FANCD2 but not on the Fanconi anemia core proteins or FAAP24, FANCM binds the replisome complex, with concomitant release of the GINS proteins. In situ analysis of replisomes proximal to ICLs confirms the ATR-dependent release of GINS proteins while CDC45 is retained on the remodeled replisome. The results demonstrate the plasticity of CMG composition in response to replication stress.
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- Jing Huang
- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, State Key Laboratory of Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH, 251 Bayview Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH, 251 Bayview Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH, 251 Bayview Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH, 251 Bayview Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH, 251 Bayview Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics and Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 East Concord St., K-712D, Boston, MA 02118-2526
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, NIH, 251 Bayview Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Institute of DNA Repair Diseases, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China
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- Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department Experimental Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77225-0334, USA
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- Division of Experimental Hematology and Cancer Biology and Cancer & Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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- Department Experimental Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77225-0334, USA
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics, National Institute on Aging, NIH, 251 Bayview Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH, 251 Bayview Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Rozelle AL, Kumar RN, Lee S. Photo-induced DNA interstrand cross-links formed by a coumarin-modified nucleoside. NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES & NUCLEIC ACIDS 2019; 38:236-247. [PMID: 30922158 DOI: 10.1080/15257770.2018.1515439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Coumarins are a class of naturally occurring compounds that have been shown to form photochemical DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs). However, study of a coumarin base has not been explored. Using nucleophilic substitution and phosphoramidite chemistry, we synthesized a coumarin base-containing oligonucleotide. Upon exposure to long-wave ultraviolet light, the coumarin-modified oligonucleotide formed ICLs with complementary oligonucleotide containing dT and dC opposite the coumarin base, presumably through a [2 + 2] cycloaddition mechanism. Moderate yields with both bases were observed; though, dT has a higher reactivity than dC. Overall, this work provides new means for biochemical characterization of ICLs formed by coumarins.
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- Aaron Leland Rozelle
- a Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry , College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas , 78712 , USA
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- a Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry , College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas , 78712 , USA
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- a Division of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry , College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin , Texas , 78712 , USA
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Bellani MA, Huang J, Paramasivam M, Pokharel D, Gichimu J, Zhang J, Seidman MM. Imaging cellular responses to antigen tagged DNA damage. DNA Repair (Amst) 2018; 71:183-189. [PMID: 30166246 PMCID: PMC6340790 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2018.08.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Repair pathways of covalent DNA damage are understood in considerable detail due to decades of brilliant biochemical studies by many investigators. An important feature of these experiments is the defined adduct location on oligonucleotide or plasmid substrates that are incubated with purified proteins or cell free extracts. With some exceptions, this certainty is lost when the inquiry shifts to the response of living mammalian cells to the same adducts in genomic DNA. This reflects the limitation of assays, such as those based on immunofluorescence, that are widely used to follow responding proteins in cells exposed to a DNA reactive compound. The lack of effective reagents for adduct detection means that the proximity between responding proteins and an adduct must be assumed. Since these assumptions can be incorrect, models based on in vitro systems may fail to account for observations made in vivo. Here we discuss the use of a detection tag to address the problem of lesion location, as illustrated by our recent work on replication dependent and independent responses to interstrand crosslinks.
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- Marina A Bellani
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Institute of Chemical Biology and Nanomedicine, College of Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, United States.
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Fan H, Sun H, Peng X. Substituents Have a Large Effect on Photochemical Generation of Benzyl Cations and DNA Cross-Linking. Chemistry 2018; 24:7671-7682. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Heli Fan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer Street Milwaukee Wisconsin 53211 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer Street Milwaukee Wisconsin 53211 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer Street Milwaukee Wisconsin 53211 USA
- Milwaukee Institute for Drug Discovery; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer Street Milwaukee Wisconsin 53211 USA
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Gaudreau-Lapierre A, Garneau D, Djerir B, Coulombe F, Morin T, Marechal A. Investigation of Protein Recruitment to DNA Lesions Using 405 Nm Laser Micro-irradiation. J Vis Exp 2018. [PMID: 29630045 DOI: 10.3791/57410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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The DNA Damage Response (DDR) uses a plethora of proteins to detect, signal, and repair DNA lesions. Delineating this response is critical to understand genome maintenance mechanisms. Since recruitment and exchange of proteins at lesions are highly dynamic, their study requires the ability to generate DNA damage in a rapid and spatially-delimited manner. Here, we describe procedures to locally induce DNA damage in human cells using a commonly available laser-scanning confocal microscope equipped with a 405 nm laser line. Accumulation of genome maintenance factors at laser stripes can be assessed by immunofluorescence (IF) or in real-time using proteins tagged with fluorescent reporters. Using phosphorylated histone H2A.X (γ-H2A.X) and Replication Protein A (RPA) as markers, the method provides sufficient resolution to discriminate locally-recruited factors from those that spread on adjacent chromatin. We further provide ImageJ-based scripts to efficiently monitor the kinetics of protein relocalization at DNA damage sites. These refinements greatly simplify the study of the DDR dynamics.
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- Department of Biology, Université de Sherbrooke
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Fujii N. Potential Strategies to Target Protein-Protein Interactions in the DNA Damage Response and Repair Pathways. J Med Chem 2017; 60:9932-9959. [PMID: 28654754 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.7b00358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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This review article discusses some insights about generating novel mechanistic inhibitors of the DNA damage response and repair (DDR) pathways by focusing on protein-protein interactions (PPIs) of the key DDR components. General requirements for PPI strategies, such as selecting the target PPI site on the basis of its functionality, are discussed first. Next, on the basis of functional rationale and biochemical feasibility to identify a PPI inhibitor, 26 PPIs in DDR pathways (BER, MMR, NER, NHEJ, HR, TLS, and ICL repair) are specifically discussed for inhibitor discovery to benefit cancer therapies using a DNA-damaging agent.
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- Naoaki Fujii
- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital , 262 Danny Thomas Place, MS1000, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, United States
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Huang J, Gali H, Gichimu J, Bellani MA, Pokharel D, Paramasivam M, Seidman MM. Single Molecule Analysis of Laser Localized Psoralen Adducts. J Vis Exp 2017. [PMID: 28448050 DOI: 10.3791/55541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022] Open
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The DNA Damage Response (DDR) has been extensively characterized in studies of double strand breaks (DSBs) induced by laser micro beam irradiation in live cells. The DDR to helix distorting covalent DNA modifications, including interstrand DNA crosslinks (ICLs), is not as well defined. We have studied the DDR stimulated by ICLs, localized by laser photoactivation of immunotagged psoralens, in the nuclei of live cells. In order to address fundamental questions about adduct distribution and replication fork encounters, we combined laser localization with two other technologies. DNA fibers are often used to display the progress of replication forks by immunofluorescence of nucleoside analogues incorporated during short pulses. Immunoquantum dots have been widely employed for single molecule imaging. In the new approach, DNA fibers from cells carrying laser localized ICLs are spread onto microscope slides. The tagged ICLs are displayed with immunoquantum dots and the inter-lesion distances determined. Replication fork collisions with ICLs can be visualized and different encounter patterns identified and quantitated.
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- Jing Huang
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health;
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Sun H, Fan H, Eom H, Peng X. Coumarin-Induced DNA Ligation, Rearrangement to DNA Interstrand Crosslinks, and Photorelease of Coumarin Moiety. Chembiochem 2016; 17:2046-2053. [DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201600240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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- Huabing Sun
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer St. Milwaukee WI 53211 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer St. Milwaukee WI 53211 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer St. Milwaukee WI 53211 USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry; University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; 3210 N. Cramer St. Milwaukee WI 53211 USA
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Thongthip S, Bellani M, Gregg SQ, Sridhar S, Conti BA, Chen Y, Seidman MM, Smogorzewska A. Fan1 deficiency results in DNA interstrand cross-link repair defects, enhanced tissue karyomegaly, and organ dysfunction. Genes Dev 2016; 30:645-59. [PMID: 26980189 PMCID: PMC4803051 DOI: 10.1101/gad.276261.115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Thongthip et al. describe a FANCD2/FANCI-associated nuclease 1 (Fan1)-deficient mouse and show that FAN1 is required for cellular and organismal resistance to DNA interstrand cross-links. Karyomegaly becomes prominent in the kidneys and livers of Fan1-deficient mice with age, and mice develop liver dysfunction. Deficiency of FANCD2/FANCI-associated nuclease 1 (FAN1) in humans leads to karyomegalic interstitial nephritis (KIN), a rare hereditary kidney disease characterized by chronic renal fibrosis, tubular degeneration, and characteristic polyploid nuclei in multiple tissues. The mechanism of how FAN1 protects cells is largely unknown but is thought to involve FAN1's function in DNA interstrand cross-link (ICL) repair. Here, we describe a Fan1-deficient mouse and show that FAN1 is required for cellular and organismal resistance to ICLs. We show that the ubiquitin-binding zinc finger (UBZ) domain of FAN1, which is needed for interaction with FANCD2, is not required for the initial rapid recruitment of FAN1 to ICLs or for its role in DNA ICL resistance. Epistasis analyses reveal that FAN1 has cross-link repair activities that are independent of the Fanconi anemia proteins and that this activity is redundant with the 5′–3′ exonuclease SNM1A. Karyomegaly becomes prominent in kidneys and livers of Fan1-deficient mice with age, and mice develop liver dysfunction. Treatment of Fan1-deficient mice with ICL-inducing agents results in pronounced thymic and bone marrow hypocellularity and the disappearance of c-kit+ cells. Our results provide insight into the mechanism of FAN1 in ICL repair and demonstrate that the Fan1 mouse model effectively recapitulates the pathological features of human FAN1 deficiency.
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- Supawat Thongthip
- Laboratory of Genome Maintenance, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Genome Maintenance, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Genome Maintenance, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Genome Maintenance, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Genome Maintenance, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Genome Maintenance, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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Huang J, Gali H, Paramasivam M, Muniandy P, Gichimu J, Bellani MA, Seidman MM. Single Molecule Analysis of Laser Localized Interstrand Crosslinks. Front Genet 2016; 7:84. [PMID: 27242893 PMCID: PMC4860505 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2016.00084] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 04/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) block unwinding of the double helix, and have always been regarded as major challenges to replication and transcription. Compounds that form these lesions are very toxic and are frequently used in cancer chemotherapy. We have developed two strategies, both based on immunofluorescence (IF), for studying cellular responses to ICLs. The basis of each is psoralen, a photoactive (by long wave ultraviolet light, UVA) DNA crosslinking agent, to which we have linked an antigen tag. In the one approach, we have taken advantage of DNA fiber and immuno-quantum dot technologies for visualizing the encounter of replication forks with ICLs induced by exposure to UVA lamps. In the other, psoralen ICLs are introduced into nuclei in live cells in regions of interest defined by a UVA laser. The antigen tag can be displayed by conventional IF, as can the recruitment and accumulation of DNA damage response proteins to the laser localized ICLs. However, substantial difference between the technologies creates considerable uncertainty as to whether conclusions from one approach are applicable to those of the other. In this report, we have employed the fiber/quantum dot methodology to determine lesion density and spacing on individual DNA molecules carrying laser localized ICLs. We have performed the same measurements on DNA fibers with ICLs induced by exposure of psoralen to UVA lamps. Remarkably, we find little difference in the adduct distribution on fibers prepared from cells exposed to the different treatment protocols. Furthermore, there is considerable similarity in patterns of replication in the vicinity of the ICLs introduced by the two techniques.
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- Jing Huang
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health Baltimore, MD, USA
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Evison BJ, Actis ML, Fujii N. A clickable psoralen to directly quantify DNA interstrand crosslinking and repair. Bioorg Med Chem 2016; 24:1071-8. [PMID: 26833244 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.01.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 01/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) represent physical obstacles to advancing replication forks and transcription complexes. A range of ICL-inducing agents have successfully been incorporated into cancer therapeutics. While studies have adopted UVA-activated psoralens as model ICL-inducing agents for investigating ICL repair, direct detection of the lesion has often been tempered by tagging the psoralen scaffold with a relatively large reporter group that may perturb the biological activity of the parent psoralen. Here a minimally-modified psoralen probe was prepared featuring a small alkyne handle suitable for click chemistry. The psoralen probe, designated 8-propargyloxypsoralen (8-POP), can be activated by UVA in vitro to generate ICLs that are susceptible to post-labeling with an azide-tagged fluorescent reporter via a copper-catalyzed reaction. A modified alkaline comet assay demonstrated that UVA-activated 8-POP proficiently generated ICLs in cells. Cellular 8-POP-DNA lesions were amenable to click-mediated ligation to fluorescent reporters in situ, which permitted their detection and quantitation by fluorescence microscopy and flow cytometry. Small molecule DNA repair inhibitors to 8-POP-treated cells attenuated the removal of 8-POP-DNA lesions, validating 8-POP as an appropriate probe for investigating cellular ICL repair. The post-labeling strategy applied in this study is inexpensive, rapid and highly modular in nature with the potential for multiple applications in DNA repair studies.
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- Benjamin J Evison
- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
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Stadler JM, Stafforst T. Pyrene chromophores for the photoreversal of psoralen interstrand crosslinks. Org Biomol Chem 2015; 12:5260-6. [PMID: 24922335 DOI: 10.1039/c4ob00603h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Applying psoralen interstrand crosslinks for the photoactivation of nucleic acids is a new concept. To find chromophores that can efficiently stimulate crosslink repair we screened several pyrenes and appended them to peptide nucleic acids for their site-selective addressing. Even though pyrenes conjugated to uracil revealed desirable spectroscopic properties they were not effective in crosslink reversal. In contrast, bare pyrenes are well suitable for crosslink repair with 350 nm light showing an uncaging efficiency similar to classical photocaging groups.
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- Jens M Stadler
- Interfaculty Institute of Biochemistry, Auf der Morgenstelle 15. and University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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UHRF1 is a sensor for DNA interstrand crosslinks and recruits FANCD2 to initiate the Fanconi anemia pathway. Cell Rep 2015; 10:1947-56. [PMID: 25801034 PMCID: PMC4386029 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.02.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Revised: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 02/23/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway is critical for the cellular response to toxic DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs). Using a biochemical purification strategy, we identified UHRF1 as a protein that specifically interacts with ICLs in vitro and in vivo. Reduction of cellular levels of UHRF1 by RNAi attenuates the FA pathway and sensitizes cells to mitomycin C. Knockdown cells display a drastic reduction in FANCD2 foci formation. Using live-cell imaging, we observe that UHRF1 is rapidly recruited to chromatin in response to DNA crosslinking agents and that this recruitment both precedes and is required for the recruitment of FANCD2 to ICLs. Based on these results, we describe a mechanism of ICL sensing and propose that UHRF1 is a critical factor that binds to ICLs. In turn, this binding is necessary for the subsequent recruitment of FANCD2, which allows the DNA repair process to initiate. UHRF1 is a sensor for DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) UHRF1 is recruited to ICLs within seconds of their appearance in the genome Recruitment of UHRF1 is required for proper recruitment of FANCD2 to ICLs UHRF1 is an integral part of the Fanconi anemia DNA repair pathway
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Sun H, Fan H, Peng X. Quantitative DNA interstrand cross-link formation by coumarin and thymine: structure determination, sequence effect, and fluorescence detection. J Org Chem 2014; 79:11359-69. [PMID: 25372021 DOI: 10.1021/jo5014756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The coumarin analogues have been widely utilized in medicine, biology, biochemistry, and material sciences. Here, we report a detailed study on the reactivity of coumarins toward DNA. A series of coumarin analogues were synthesized and incorporated into oligodeoxynucleotides. A photoinduced [2 + 2] cycloaddition occurs between the coumarin moiety and the thymidine upon 350 nm irradiation forming both syn- and anti-cyclobutane adducts (17 and 18), which are photoreversible by 254/350 nm irradiation in DNA. Quantitative DNA interstrand cross-link (ICL) formation was observed with the coumarin moieties containing a flexible two-carbon or longer chain. DNA cross-linking by coumarins shows a kinetic preference when flanked by an A:T base pair as opposed to a G:C pair. An efficient photoinduced electron transfer between coumarin and dG slows down ICL formation. ICL formation quenches the fluorescence of coumarin, which, for the first time, enables fast, easy, and real-time monitoring of DNA cross-linking and photoreversibility via fluorescence spectroscopy. It can be used to detect the transversion mutation between pyrimidines and purines. Overall, this work provides new insights into the biochemical properties and possible toxicity of coumarins. A quantitative, fluorescence-detectable, and photoswitchable DNA cross-linking reaction of the coumarin moieties can potentially serve as mechanistic probes and tools for bioresearch without disrupting native biological environment.
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- Huabing Sun
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee , 3210 North Cramer Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, United States
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Haque MM, Sun H, Liu S, Wang Y, Peng X. Photoswitchable Formation of a DNA Interstrand Cross-Link by a Coumarin-Modified Nucleotide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201310609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Haque MM, Sun H, Liu S, Wang Y, Peng X. Photoswitchable formation of a DNA interstrand cross-link by a coumarin-modified nucleotide. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2014; 53:7001-5. [PMID: 24840115 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201310609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2013] [Revised: 03/19/2014] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A coumarin-modified pyrimidine nucleoside (1) has been synthesized using a Cu(I)-catalyzed click reaction and incorporated into oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs). Interstrand cross-links are produced upon irradiation of ODNs containing 1 at 350 nm. Cross-linking occurs through a [2+2] cycloaddition reaction with the opposing thymidine, 2'-deoxycytidine, or 2'-deoxyadenosine. A much higher reactivity was observed with dT than dC or dA. Irradiation of the dT-1 and dC-1 cross-linked products at 254 nm leads to a reversible ring-opening reaction, while such phenomena were not observed with dA-1 adducts. The reversible reaction is ultrafast and complete within 50-90 s. Consistent photoswitching behavior was observed over 6 cycles of irradiation at 350 nm and 254 nm. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first example of photoswitchable interstrand cross-linking formation induced by a modified pyrimidine nucleoside.
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- Mohammad Mojibul Haque
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 3210 N. Cramer St., Milwaukee, WI 53211 (USA)
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Lachaud C, Castor D, Hain K, Muñoz I, Wilson J, MacArtney TJ, Schindler D, Rouse J. Distinct functional roles for the two SLX4 ubiquitin-binding UBZ domains mutated in Fanconi anemia. J Cell Sci 2014; 127:2811-7. [PMID: 24794496 PMCID: PMC4075355 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.146167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Defects in SLX4, a scaffold for DNA repair nucleases, result in Fanconi anemia (FA), due to the defective repair of inter-strand DNA crosslinks (ICLs). Some FA patients have an SLX4 deletion removing two tandem UBZ4-type ubiquitin-binding domains that are implicated in protein recruitment to sites of DNA damage. Here, we show that human SLX4 is recruited to sites of ICL induction but that the UBZ-deleted form of SLX4 in cells from FA patients is not. SLX4 recruitment does not require either the ubiquitylation of FANCD2 or the E3 ligases RNF8, RAD18 and BRCA1. We show that the first (UBZ-1) but not the second UBZ domain of SLX4 binds to ubiquitin polymers, with a preference for K63-linked chains. Furthermore, UBZ-1 is required for SLX4 recruitment to ICL sites and for efficient ICL repair in murine fibroblasts. The SLX4 UBZ-2 domain does not bind to ubiquitin in vitro or contribute to ICL repair, but it is required for the resolution of Holliday junctions in vivo. These data shed light on SLX4 recruitment, and they point to the existence of currently unidentified ubiquitylated ligands and E3 ligases that are crucial for ICL repair.
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- Christophe Lachaud
- MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Wuerzburg, Biozentrum, Wuerzburg, Germany
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, Sir James Black Centre, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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Stafforst T, Stadler JM. Photoaktivierung eines Psoralen-vernetzten Luciferasegens mit blauem Licht. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201306150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Huang J, Liu S, Bellani MA, Thazhathveetil AK, Ling C, de Winter JP, Wang Y, Wang W, Seidman MM. The DNA translocase FANCM/MHF promotes replication traverse of DNA interstrand crosslinks. Mol Cell 2013; 52:434-46. [PMID: 24207054 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2013] [Revised: 09/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The replicative machinery encounters many impediments, some of which can be overcome by lesion bypass or replication restart pathways, leaving repair for a later time. However, interstrand crosslinks (ICLs), which preclude DNA unwinding, are considered absolute blocks to replication. Current models suggest that fork collisions, either from one or both sides of an ICL, initiate repair processes required for resumption of replication. To test these proposals, we developed a single-molecule technique for visualizing encounters of replication forks with ICLs as they occur in living cells. Surprisingly, the most frequent patterns were consistent with replication traverse of an ICL, without lesion repair. The traverse frequency was strongly reduced by inactivation of the translocase and DNA binding activities of the FANCM/MHF complex. The results indicate that translocase-based mechanisms enable DNA synthesis to continue past ICLs and that these lesions are not always absolute blocks to replication.
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- Jing Huang
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Stafforst T, Stadler JM. Photoactivation of a Psoralen-Blocked Luciferase Gene by Blue Light. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:12448-51. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201306150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Clauson C, Schärer OD, Niedernhofer L. Advances in understanding the complex mechanisms of DNA interstrand cross-link repair. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2013; 5:a012732. [PMID: 24086043 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a012732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs) are lesions caused by a variety of endogenous metabolites, environmental exposures, and cancer chemotherapeutic agents that have two reactive groups. The common feature of these diverse lesions is that two nucleotides on opposite strands are covalently joined. ICLs prevent the separation of two DNA strands and therefore essential cellular processes including DNA replication and transcription. ICLs are mainly detected in S phase when a replication fork stalls at an ICL. Damage signaling and repair of ICLs are promoted by the Fanconi anemia pathway and numerous posttranslational modifications of DNA repair and chromatin structural proteins. ICLs are also detected and repaired in nonreplicating cells, although the mechanism is less clear. A unique feature of ICL repair is that both strands of DNA must be incised to completely remove the lesion. This is accomplished in sequential steps to prevent creating multiple double-strand breaks. Unhooking of an ICL from one strand is followed by translesion synthesis to fill the gap and create an intact duplex DNA, harboring a remnant of the ICL. Removal of the lesion from the second strand is likely accomplished by nucleotide excision repair. Inadequate repair of ICLs is particularly detrimental to rapidly dividing cells, explaining the bone marrow failure characteristic of Fanconi anemia and why cross-linking agents are efficacious in cancer therapy. Herein, recent advances in our understanding of ICLs and the biological responses they trigger are discussed.
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- Cheryl Clauson
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
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Ramamoorthy M, May A, Tadokoro T, Popuri V, Seidman MM, Croteau DL, Bohr VA. The RecQ helicase RECQL5 participates in psoralen-induced interstrand cross-link repair. Carcinogenesis 2013; 34:2218-30. [PMID: 23715498 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgt183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Interstrand cross-links (ICLs) are very severe lesions as they are absolute blocks of replication and transcription. This property of interstrand cross-linking agents has been exploited clinically for the treatment of cancers and other diseases. ICLs are repaired in human cells by specialized DNA repair pathways including components of the nucleotide excision repair pathway, double-strand break repair pathway and the Fanconi anemia pathway. In this report, we identify the role of RECQL5, a member of the RecQ family of helicases, in the repair of ICLs. Using laser-directed confocal microscopy, we demonstrate that RECQL5 is recruited to ICLs formed by trioxalen (a psoralen-derived compound) and ultraviolet irradiation A. Using single-cell gel electrophoresis and proliferation assays, we identify the role of RECQL5 in the repair of ICL lesions. The domain of RECQL5 that recruits to the site of ICL was mapped to the KIX region between amino acids 500 and 650. Inhibition of transcription and of topoisomerases did not affect recruitment, which was inhibited by DNA-intercalating agents, suggesting that the DNA structure itself may be responsible for the recruitment of RECQL5 to the sites of ICLs.
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- Mahesh Ramamoorthy
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Singh TR, Ali AM, Paramasivam M, Pradhan A, Wahengbam K, Seidman MM, Meetei AR. ATR-dependent phosphorylation of FANCM at serine 1045 is essential for FANCM functions. Cancer Res 2013; 73:4300-10. [PMID: 23698467 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-12-3976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Fanconi anemia (FA) is a genome instability syndrome that has been associated with both cancer predisposition and bone marrow failure. FA proteins are involved in cellular response to replication stress in which they coordinate DNA repair with DNA replication and cell-cycle progression. One regulator of the replication stress response is the ATP-dependent DNA translocase FANCM, which we have shown to be hyperphosphorylated in response to various genotoxic agents. However, the significance of this phosphorylation remained unclear. Here, we show that genotoxic stress-induced FANCM phosphorylation is ATR-dependent and that this modification is highly significant for the cellular response to replication stress. We identified serine (S1045) residue of FANCM that is phosphorylated in response to genotoxic stress and this effect is ATR-dependent. We show that S1045 is required for FANCM functions including its role in FA pathway integrity, recruiting FANCM to the site of interstrand cross links, preventing the cells from entering mitosis prematurely, and efficient activation of the CHK1 and G2-M checkpoints. Overall, our data suggest that an ATR-FANCM feedback loop is present in the FA and replication stress response pathways and that it is required for both efficient ATR/CHK1 checkpoint activation and FANCM function.
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- Thiyam Ramsing Singh
- Division of Experimental Hematology & Cancer Biology and Cancer & Blood Diseases Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center; Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA
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McNeill DR, Paramasivam M, Baldwin J, Huang J, Vyjayanti VN, Seidman MM, Wilson DM. NEIL1 responds and binds to psoralen-induced DNA interstrand crosslinks. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:12426-36. [PMID: 23508956 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m113.456087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Recent evidence suggests a role for base excision repair (BER) proteins in the response to DNA interstrand crosslinks, which block replication and transcription, and lead to cell death and genetic instability. Employing fluorescently tagged fusion proteins and laser microirradiation coupled with confocal microscopy, we observed that the endonuclease VIII-like DNA glycosylase, NEIL1, accumulates at sites of oxidative DNA damage, as well as trioxsalen (psoralen)-induced DNA interstrand crosslinks, but not to angelicin monoadducts. While recruitment to the oxidative DNA lesions was abrogated by the anti-oxidant N-acetylcysteine, this treatment did not alter the accumulation of NEIL1 at sites of interstrand crosslinks, suggesting distinct recognition mechanisms. Consistent with this conclusion, recruitment of the NEIL1 population variants, G83D, C136R, and E181K, to oxidative DNA damage and psoralen-induced interstrand crosslinks was differentially affected by the mutation. NEIL1 recruitment to psoralen crosslinks was independent of the nucleotide excision repair recognition factor, XPC. Knockdown of NEIL1 in LN428 glioblastoma cells resulted in enhanced recruitment of XPC, a more rapid removal of digoxigenin-tagged psoralen adducts, and decreased cellular sensitivity to trioxsalen plus UVA, implying that NEIL1 and BER may interfere with normal cellular processing of interstrand crosslinks. While exhibiting no enzymatic activity, purified NEIL1 protein bound stably to psoralen interstrand crosslink-containing synthetic oligonucleotide substrates in vitro. Our results indicate that NEIL1 recognizes specifically and distinctly interstrand crosslinks in DNA, and can obstruct the efficient removal of lethal crosslink adducts.
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- Daniel R McNeill
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, Biomedical Research Center, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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Kumar D, Mishra BA, Chandra Shekar KP, Kumar A, Akamatsu K, Kurihara R, Ito T. Novel porphyrin–psoralen conjugates: synthesis, DNA interaction and cytotoxicity studies. Org Biomol Chem 2013; 11:6675-9. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ob41224e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Stafforst T, Hilvert D. Photolyase-artige Reparatur Psoralen-quervernetzter Nucleinsäuren. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201103611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Stafforst T, Hilvert D. Photolyase-like repair of psoralen-crosslinked nucleic acids. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 50:9483-6. [PMID: 21948450 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201103611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2011] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Guainazzi A, Schärer OD. Using synthetic DNA interstrand crosslinks to elucidate repair pathways and identify new therapeutic targets for cancer chemotherapy. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:3683-97. [PMID: 20730555 PMCID: PMC3732395 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0492-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2010] [Accepted: 07/28/2010] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Many cancer chemotherapeutic agents form DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs), extremely cytotoxic lesions that form covalent bonds between two opposing DNA strands, blocking DNA replication and transcription. However, cellular responses triggered by ICLs can cause resistance in tumor cells, limiting the efficacy of such treatment. Here we discuss recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of ICL repair that cause this resistance. The recent development of strategies for the synthesis of site-specific ICLs greatly contributed to these insights. Key features of repair are similar for all ICLs, but there is increasing evidence that the specifics of lesion recognition and synthesis past ICLs by DNA polymerases are dependent upon the structure of ICLs. These new insights provide a basis for the improvement of antitumor therapy by targeting DNA repair pathways that lead to resistance to treatment with crosslinking agents.
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- Angelo Guainazzi
- Departments of Pharmacological Sciences, Chemistry 619, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400 USA
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- Departments of Pharmacological Sciences and Chemistry, Chemistry 619, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400 USA
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Rif1 provides a new DNA-binding interface for the Bloom syndrome complex to maintain normal replication. EMBO J 2010; 29:3140-55. [PMID: 20711169 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2010] [Accepted: 07/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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BLM, the helicase defective in Bloom syndrome, is part of a multiprotein complex that protects genome stability. Here, we show that Rif1 is a novel component of the BLM complex and works with BLM to promote recovery of stalled replication forks. First, Rif1 physically interacts with the BLM complex through a conserved C-terminal domain, and the stability of Rif1 depends on the presence of the BLM complex. Second, Rif1 and BLM are recruited with similar kinetics to stalled replication forks, and the Rif1 recruitment is delayed in BLM-deficient cells. Third, genetic analyses in vertebrate DT40 cells suggest that BLM and Rif1 work in a common pathway to resist replication stress and promote recovery of stalled forks. Importantly, vertebrate Rif1 contains a DNA-binding domain that resembles the αCTD domain of bacterial RNA polymerase α; and this domain preferentially binds fork and Holliday junction (HJ) DNA in vitro and is required for Rif1 to resist replication stress in vivo. Our data suggest that Rif1 provides a new DNA-binding interface for the BLM complex to restart stalled replication forks.
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Yan Z, Delannoy M, Ling C, Daee D, Osman F, Muniandy PA, Shen X, Oostra AB, Du H, Steltenpool J, Lin T, Schuster B, Décaillet C, Stasiak A, Stasiak AZ, Stone S, Hoatlin ME, Schindler D, Woodcock CL, Joenje H, Sen R, de Winter JP, Li L, Seidman MM, Whitby MC, Myung K, Constantinou A, Wang W. A histone-fold complex and FANCM form a conserved DNA-remodeling complex to maintain genome stability. Mol Cell 2010; 37:865-78. [PMID: 20347428 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.01.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 177] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2009] [Revised: 10/22/2009] [Accepted: 01/19/2010] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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FANCM remodels branched DNA structures and plays essential roles in the cellular response to DNA replication stress. Here, we show that FANCM forms a conserved DNA-remodeling complex with a histone-fold heterodimer, MHF. We find that MHF stimulates DNA binding and replication fork remodeling by FANCM. In the cell, FANCM and MHF are rapidly recruited to forks stalled by DNA interstrand crosslinks, and both are required for cellular resistance to such lesions. In vertebrates, FANCM-MHF associates with the Fanconi anemia (FA) core complex, promotes FANCD2 monoubiquitination in response to DNA damage, and suppresses sister-chromatid exchanges. Yeast orthologs of these proteins function together to resist MMS-induced DNA damage and promote gene conversion at blocked replication forks. Thus, FANCM-MHF is an essential DNA-remodeling complex that protects replication forks from yeast to human.
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- Zhijiang Yan
- Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute of Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Wilson DM, Seidman MM. A novel link to base excision repair? Trends Biochem Sci 2010; 35:247-52. [PMID: 20172733 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2010.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2009] [Revised: 01/07/2010] [Accepted: 01/15/2010] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) can arise from reactions with endogenous chemicals, such as malondialdehyde - a lipid peroxidation product - or from exposure to various clinical anti-cancer drugs, most notably bifunctional alkylators and platinum compounds. Because they covalently link the two strands of DNA, ICLs completely block transcription and replication, and, as a result, are lethal to the cell. It is well established that proteins that function in nucleotide excision repair and homologous recombination are involved in ICL resolution. Recent work, coupled with a much earlier report, now suggest an emerging link between proteins of the base excision repair pathway and crosslink processing.
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- David M Wilson
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Muniandy PA, Liu J, Majumdar A, Liu ST, Seidman MM. DNA interstrand crosslink repair in mammalian cells: step by step. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2010; 45:23-49. [PMID: 20039786 PMCID: PMC2824768 DOI: 10.3109/10409230903501819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Interstrand DNA crosslinks (ICLs) are formed by natural products of metabolism and by chemotherapeutic reagents. Work in E. coli identified a two cycle repair scheme involving incisions on one strand on either side of the ICL (unhooking) producing a gapped intermediate with the incised oligonucleotide attached to the intact strand. The gap is filled by recombinational repair or lesion bypass synthesis. The remaining monoadduct is then removed by nucleotide excision repair (NER). Despite considerable effort, our understanding of each step in mammalian cells is still quite limited. In part this reflects the variety of crosslinking compounds, each with distinct structural features, used by different investigators. Also, multiple repair pathways are involved, variably operative during the cell cycle. G(1) phase repair requires functions from NER, although the mechanism of recognition has not been determined. Repair can be initiated by encounters with the transcriptional apparatus, or a replication fork. In the case of the latter, the reconstruction of a replication fork, stalled or broken by collision with an ICL, adds to the complexity of the repair process. The enzymology of unhooking, the identity of the lesion bypass polymerases required to fill the first repair gap, and the functions involved in the second repair cycle are all subjects of active inquiry. Here we will review current understanding of each step in ICL repair in mammalian cells.
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- Parameswary A Muniandy
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Sczepanski JT, Jacobs AC, Majumdar A, Greenberg MM. Scope and mechanism of interstrand cross-link formation by the C4'-oxidized abasic site. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:11132-9. [PMID: 19722676 DOI: 10.1021/ja903404v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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The C4'-oxidized abasic site (C4-AP) is a commonly formed DNA lesion, which generates two types of interstrand cross-links (ICLs). The kinetically favored cross-link consists of two full length strands and forms reversibly and exclusively with dA. Cross-link formation is attributed to condensation of C4-AP with the N6-amino group of dA. Formation of the thermodynamic ICL involves cleavage of the strand containing C4-AP on the 3'-side of the lesion. The ratios and yields of the ICLs are highly dependent upon the local sequence. Product analysis of enzyme-digested material reveals that the ICL with dA is a cyclic adduct. Formation of the thermodynamically favored cross-link is catalyzed by the surrounding DNA sequence and occurs favorably with dC and dA but not with dG or dT. Mechanistic studies indicate that beta-elimination from C4-AP is the rate-limiting step in the formation of the thermodynamic ICL and that the local DNA environment determines the rate constant for this reaction. The efficiency of ICL formation, the stability of the thermodynamic products, and their possible formation in cells (Regelus, P.; et al. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2007, 104, 14032) suggest that these lesions will be deleterious to the biological system in which they are produced.
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- Jonathan T Sczepanski
- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Muniandy PA, Thapa D, Thazhathveetil AK, Liu ST, Seidman MM. Repair of laser-localized DNA interstrand cross-links in G1 phase mammalian cells. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:27908-27917. [PMID: 19684342 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.029025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Interstrand cross-links (ICLs) are absolute blocks to transcription and replication and can provoke genomic instability and cell death. Studies in bacteria define a two-stage repair scheme, the first involving recognition and incision on either side of the cross-link on one strand (unhooking), followed by recombinational repair or lesion bypass synthesis. The resultant monoadduct is removed in a second stage by nucleotide excision repair. In mammalian cells, there are multiple, but poorly defined, pathways, with much current attention on repair in S phase. However, many questions remain, including the efficiency of repair in the absence of replication, the factors involved in cross-link recognition, and the timing and demarcation of the first and second repair cycles. We have followed the repair of laser-localized lesions formed by psoralen (cross-links/monoadducts) and angelicin (only monoadducts) in mammalian cells. Both were repaired in G(1) phase by nucleotide excision repair-dependent pathways. Removal of psoralen adducts was blocked in XPC-deficient cells but occurred with wild type kinetics in cells deficient in DDB2 protein (XPE). XPC protein was rapidly recruited to psoralen adducts. However, accumulation of DDB2 was slow and XPC-dependent. Inhibition of repair DNA synthesis did not interfere with DDB2 recruitment to angelicin but eliminated recruitment to psoralen. Our results demonstrate an efficient ICL repair pathway in G(1) phase cells dependent on XPC, with entry of DDB2 only after repair synthesis that completes the first repair cycle. DDB2 accumulation at sites of cross-link repair is a marker for the start of the second repair cycle.
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- Parameswary A Muniandy
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224.
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Maynard S, Swistowska AM, Lee JW, Liu Y, Liu ST, Da Cruz AB, Rao M, de Souza-Pinto NC, Zeng X, Bohr VA. Human embryonic stem cells have enhanced repair of multiple forms of DNA damage. Stem Cells 2008; 26:2266-74. [PMID: 18566332 DOI: 10.1634/stemcells.2007-1041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Embryonic stem cells need to maintain genomic integrity so that they can retain the ability to differentiate into multiple cell types without propagating DNA errors. Previous studies have suggested that mechanisms of genome surveillance, including DNA repair, are superior in mouse embryonic stem cells compared with various differentiated murine cells. Using single-cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay) we found that human embryonic stem cells (BG01, I6) have more efficient repair of different types of DNA damage (generated from H2O2, UV-C, ionizing radiation, or psoralen) than human primary fibroblasts (WI-38, hs27) and, with the exception of UV-C damage, HeLa cells. Microarray gene expression analysis showed that mRNA levels of several DNA repair genes are elevated in human embryonic stem cells compared with their differentiated forms (embryoid bodies). These data suggest that genomic maintenance pathways are enhanced in human embryonic stem cells, relative to differentiated human cells.
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- Scott Maynard
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Box 1, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, Maryland 21224-6825, USA
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Grillari J, Katinger H, Voglauer R. Contributions of DNA interstrand cross-links to aging of cells and organisms. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:7566-76. [PMID: 18083760 PMCID: PMC2190700 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2007] [Revised: 11/11/2007] [Accepted: 11/11/2007] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Impaired DNA damage repair, especially deficient transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair, leads to segmental progeroid syndromes in human patients as well as in rodent models. Furthermore, DNA double-strand break signalling has been pinpointed as a key inducer of cellular senescence. Several recent findings suggest that another DNA repair pathway, interstrand cross-link (ICL) repair, might also contribute to cell and organism aging. Therefore, we summarize and discuss here that (i) systemic administration of anti-cancer chemotherapeutics, in many cases DNA cross-linking drugs, induces premature progeroid frailty in long-term survivors; (ii) that ICL-inducing 8-methoxy-psoralen/UVA phototherapy leads to signs of premature skin aging as prominent long-term side effect and (iii) that mutated factors involved in ICL repair like ERCC1/XPF, the Fanconi anaemia proteins, WRN and SNEV lead to reduced replicative life span in vitro and segmental progeroid syndromes in vivo. However, since ICL-inducing drugs cause damage different from ICL and since all currently known ICL repair factors work in more than one pathway, further work will be needed to dissect the actual contribution of ICL damage to aging.
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- Johannes Grillari
- Institute of Applied Microbiology, Department of Biotechnology, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Muthgasse 18 1190 Vienna, Austria.
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