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Bernacchia L, Gupta A, Paris A, Moores AA, Kad NM. Developing novel antimicrobials by combining cancer chemotherapeutics with bacterial DNA repair inhibitors. PLoS Pathog 2023; 19:e1011875. [PMID: 38060607 PMCID: PMC10729960 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011875] [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: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 12/19/2023] [Accepted: 11/28/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023] Open
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Cancer chemotherapeutics kill rapidly dividing cells, which includes cells of the immune system. The resulting neutropenia predisposes patients to infection, which delays treatment and is a major cause of morbidity and mortality. To tackle this problem, we have isolated several compounds that inhibit bacterial DNA repair, alone they are non-toxic, however in combination with DNA damaging anti-cancer drugs, they prevent bacterial growth. These compounds were identified through screening of an FDA-approved drug library in the presence of the anti-cancer compound cisplatin. Using a series of triage tests, the screen was reduced to a handful of drugs that were tested for specific activity against bacterial nucleotide excision DNA repair (NER). Five compounds emerged, of which three possess promising antimicrobial properties including cell penetrance, and the ability to block replication in a multi-drug resistant clinically relevant E. coli strain. This study suggests that targeting NER could offer a new therapeutic approach tailor-made for infections in cancer patients, by combining cancer chemotherapy with an adjuvant that targets DNA repair.
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Affiliation(s)
- Lorenzo Bernacchia
- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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- School of Biosciences, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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Thakur M, Muniyappa K. Macrophage activation highlight an important role for NER proteins in the survival, latency and multiplication of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2023; 138:102284. [PMID: 36459831 DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2022.102284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is one of the most extensively studied DNA repair processes in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. The NER pathway is a highly conserved, ATP-dependent multi-step process involving several proteins/enzymes that function in a concerted manner to recognize and excise a wide spectrum of helix-distorting DNA lesions and bulky adducts by nuclease cleavage on either side of the damaged bases. As such, the NER pathway of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) is essential for its survival within the hostile environment of macrophages and disease progression. This review focuses on present published knowledge about the crucial roles of Mtb NER proteins in the survival and multiplication of the pathogen within the macrophages and as potential targets for drug discovery.
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- Manoj Thakur
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
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Joseph AM, Nahar K, Daw S, Hasan MM, Lo R, Le TBK, Rahman KM, Badrinarayanan A. Mechanistic insight into the repair of C8-linked pyrrolobenzodiazepine monomer-mediated DNA damage. RSC Med Chem 2022; 13:1621-1633. [PMID: 36561066 PMCID: PMC9749960 DOI: 10.1039/d2md00194b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Pyrrolobenzodiazepines (PBDs) are naturally occurring DNA binding compounds that possess anti-tumor and anti-bacterial activity. Chemical modifications of PBDs can result in improved DNA binding, sequence specificity and enhanced efficacy. More recently, synthetic PBD monomers have shown promise as payloads for antibody drug conjugates and anti-bacterial agents. The precise mechanism of action of these PBD monomers and their role in causing DNA damage remains to be elucidated. Here we characterized the damage-inducing potential of two C8-linked PBD bi-aryl monomers in Caulobacter crescentus and investigated the strategies employed by cells to repair the same. We show that these compounds cause DNA damage and efficiently kill bacteria, in a manner comparable to the extensively used DNA cross-linking agent mitomycin-C (MMC). However, in stark contrast to MMC which employs a mutagenic lesion tolerance pathway, we implicate essential functions for error-free mechanisms in repairing PBD monomer-mediated damage. We find that survival is severely compromised in cells lacking nucleotide excision repair and to a lesser extent, in cells with impaired recombination-based repair. Loss of nucleotide excision repair leads to significant increase in double-strand breaks, underscoring the critical role of this pathway in mediating repair of PBD-induced DNA lesions. Together, our study provides comprehensive insights into how mono-alkylating DNA-targeting therapeutic compounds like PBD monomers challenge cell growth, and identifies the specific mechanisms employed by the cell to counter the same.
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- Asha Mary Joseph
- National Centre for Biological Sciences (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) Bangalore India
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- School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street London SE1 9NH UK
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) Bangalore India
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- School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street London SE1 9NH UK
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- John Innes Centre, Department of Molecular Microbiology Colney Lane Norwich NR4 7UH UK
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- John Innes Centre, Department of Molecular Microbiology Colney Lane Norwich NR4 7UH UK
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- School of Cancer & Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College London Franklin-Wilkins Building, 150 Stamford Street London SE1 9NH UK
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- National Centre for Biological Sciences (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) Bangalore India
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Thakur M, Parulekar RS, Barale SS, Sonawane KD, Muniyappa K. Interrogating the substrate specificity landscape of UvrC reveals novel insights into its non-canonical function. Biophys J 2022; 121:3103-3125. [PMID: 35810330 PMCID: PMC9463653 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 07/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Although it is relatively unexplored, accumulating data highlight the importance of tripartite crosstalk between nucleotide excision repair (NER), DNA replication, and recombination in the maintenance of genome stability; however, elucidating the underlying mechanisms remains challenging. While Escherichia coli uvrA and uvrB can fully complement polAΔ cells in DNA replication, uvrC attenuates this alternative DNA replication pathway, but the exact mechanism by which uvrC suppresses DNA replication is unknown. Furthermore, the identity of bona fide canonical and non-canonical substrates for UvrCs are undefined. Here, we reveal that Mycobacterium tuberculosis UvrC (MtUvrC) strongly binds to, and robustly cleaves, key intermediates of DNA replication/recombination as compared with the model NER substrates. Notably, inactivation of MtUvrC ATPase activity significantly attenuated its endonuclease activity, thus suggesting a causal link between these two functions. We built an in silico model of the interaction of MtUvrC with the Holliday junction (HJ), using a combination of homology modeling, molecular docking, and molecular dynamic simulations. The model predicted residues that were potentially involved in HJ binding. Six of these residues were mutated either singly or in pairs, and the resulting MtUvrC variants were purified and characterized. Among them, residues Glu595 and Arg597 in the helix-hairpin-helix motif were found to be crucial for the interaction between MtUvrC and HJ; consequently, mutations in these residues, or inhibition of ATP hydrolysis, strongly abrogated its DNA-binding and endonuclease activities. Viewed together, these findings expand the substrate specificity landscape of UvrCs and provide crucial mechanistic insights into the interplay between NER and DNA replication/recombination.
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- Manoj Thakur
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India.
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- Structural Bioinformatics Unit, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India
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- Department of Microbiology, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India; Structural Bioinformatics Unit, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India.
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Bernacchia L, Paris A, Gupta A, Moores A, Kad N. Identification of the target and mode of action for the prokaryotic nucleotide excision repair inhibitor ATBC. Biosci Rep 2022; 42:BSR20220403. [PMID: 35546304 PMCID: PMC9152706 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20220403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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In bacteria, nucleotide excision repair (NER) plays a major role in repairing DNA damage from a wide variety of sources. Therefore, its inhibition offers potential to develop a new antibacterial in combination with adjuvants, such as UV light. To date, only one known chemical inhibitor of NER is 2-(5-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl)benzo(f)chromen-3-one (ATBC) exists and targets Mycobacterium tuberculosis NER. To enable the design of future drugs, we need to understand its mechanism of action. To determine the mechanism of action, we used in silico structure-based prediction, which identified the ATP-binding pocket of Escherichia coli UvrA as a probable target. Growth studies in E. coli showed it was nontoxic alone, but able to impair growth when combined with DNA-damaging agents, and as we predicted, it reduced by an approximately 70% UvrA's ATPase rate. Since UvrA's ATPase activity is necessary for effective DNA binding, we used single-molecule microscopy to directly observe DNA association. We measured an approximately sevenfold reduction in UvrA molecules binding to a single molecule of dsDNA suspended between optically trapped beads. These data provide a clear mechanism of action for ATBC, and show that targeting UvrA's ATPase pocket is effective and ATBC provides an excellent framework for the derivation of more soluble inhibitors that can be tested for activity.
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- Lorenzo Bernacchia
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH, U.K
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH, U.K
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH, U.K
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NH, U.K
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In vitro reconstitution of an efficient nucleotide excision repair system using mesophilic enzymes from Deinococcus radiodurans. Commun Biol 2022; 5:127. [PMID: 35149830 PMCID: PMC8837605 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03064-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a universal and versatile DNA repair pathway, capable of removing a very wide range of lesions, including UV-induced pyrimidine dimers and bulky adducts. In bacteria, NER involves the sequential action of the UvrA, UvrB and UvrC proteins to release a short 12- or 13-nucleotide DNA fragment containing the damaged site. Although bacterial NER has been the focus of numerous studies over the past 40 years, a number of key questions remain unanswered regarding the mechanisms underlying DNA damage recognition by UvrA, the handoff to UvrB and the site-specific incision by UvrC. In the present study, we have successfully reconstituted in vitro a robust NER system using the UvrABC proteins from the radiation resistant bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans. We have investigated the influence of various parameters, including temperature, salt, protein and ATP concentrations, protein purity and metal cations, on the dual incision by UvrABC, so as to find the optimal conditions for the efficient release of the short lesion-containing oligonucleotide. This newly developed assay relying on the use of an original, doubly-labelled DNA substrate has allowed us to probe the kinetics of repair on different DNA substrates and to determine the order and precise sites of incisions on the 5′ and 3′ sides of the lesion. This new assay thus constitutes a valuable tool to further decipher the NER pathway in bacteria. Reconstitution of D radiodurans nucleotide excision repair provides insights into the kinetics of repair on different DNA substrates and determines the order and precise sites of incisions on the 5’ and 3’ sides of the lesion.
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Thakur M, Agarwal A, Muniyappa K. The intrinsic ATPase activity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis UvrC is crucial for its damage-specific DNA incision function. FEBS J 2020; 288:1179-1200. [PMID: 32602194 DOI: 10.1111/febs.15465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2020] [Revised: 05/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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To ensure genome stability, bacteria have evolved a network of DNA repair mechanisms; among them, the UvrABC-dependent nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway is essential for the incision of a variety of bulky adducts generated by exogenous chemicals, UV radiation and by-products of cellular metabolism. However, very little is known about the enzymatic properties of Mycobacterium tuberculosis UvrABC excinuclease complex. Furthermore, the biochemical properties of Escherichia coli UvrC (EcUvrC) are not well understood (compared to UvrA and UvrB), perhaps due to its limited availability and/or activity instability in vitro. In addition, homology modelling of M. tuberculosis UvrC (MtUvrC) revealed the presence of a putative ATP-binding pocket, although its function remains unknown. To elucidate the biochemical properties of UvrC, we constructed and purified wild-type MtUvrC and its eight variants harbouring mutations within the ATP-binding pocket. The data from DNA-binding studies suggest that MtUvrC exhibits high-affinity for duplex DNA containing a bubble or fluorescein-dT moiety, over fluorescein-adducted single-stranded DNA. Most notably, MtUvrC has an intrinsic UvrB-independent ATPase activity, which drives dual incision of the damaged DNA strand. In contrast, EcUvrC is devoid of ATPase activity; however, it retains the ability to bind ATP at levels comparable to that of MtUvrC. The ATPase-deficient variants map to residues lining the MtUvrC ATP-binding pocket. Further analysis of these variants revealed separation of function between ATPase and DNA-binding activities in MtUvrC. Altogether, these findings reveal functional diversity of the bacterial NER machinery and a paradigm for the evolution of a catalytic scaffold in UvrC.
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- Manoj Thakur
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
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Miggiano R, Morrone C, Rossi F, Rizzi M. Targeting Genome Integrity in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis: From Nucleotide Synthesis to DNA Replication and Repair. Molecules 2020; 25:E1205. [PMID: 32156001 PMCID: PMC7179400 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25051205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) is the causative agent of tuberculosis (TB), an ancient disease which still today causes 1.4 million deaths worldwide per year. Long-term, multi-agent anti-tubercular regimens can lead to the anticipated non-compliance of the patient and increased drug toxicity, which in turn can contribute to the emergence of drug-resistant MTB strains that are not susceptible to first- and second-line available drugs. Hence, there is an urgent need for innovative antitubercular drugs and vaccines. A number of biochemical processes are required to maintain the correct homeostasis of DNA metabolism in all organisms. Here we focused on reviewing our current knowledge and understanding of biochemical and structural aspects of relevance for drug discovery, for some such processes in MTB, and particularly DNA synthesis, synthesis of its nucleotide precursors, and processes that guarantee DNA integrity and genome stability. Overall, the area of drug discovery in DNA metabolism appears very much alive, rich of investigations and promising with respect to new antitubercular drug candidates. However, the complexity of molecular events that occur in DNA metabolic processes requires an accurate characterization of mechanistic details in order to avoid major flaws, and therefore the failure, of drug discovery approaches targeting genome integrity.
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- Riccardo Miggiano
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, Via Bovio 6, 28100 Novara, Italy; (C.M.); (F.R.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, Via Bovio 6, 28100 Novara, Italy; (C.M.); (F.R.)
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Mittal P, Sinha R, Kumar A, Singh P, Ngasainao MR, Singh A, Singh IK. Focusing on DNA Repair and Damage Tolerance Mechanisms in Mycobacterium tuberculosis: An Emerging Therapeutic Theme. Curr Top Med Chem 2020; 20:390-408. [PMID: 31924156 DOI: 10.2174/1568026620666200110114322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2019] [Revised: 09/02/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Tuberculosis (TB) is one such disease that has become a nuisance in the world scenario and one of the most deadly diseases of the current times. The etiological agent of tuberculosis, Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb) kills millions of people each year. Not only 1.7 million people worldwide are estimated to harbor M. tb in the latent form but also 5 to 15 percent of which are expected to acquire an infection during a lifetime. Though curable, a long duration of drug regimen and expense leads to low patient adherence. The emergence of multi-, extensive- and total- drug-resistant strains of M. tb further complicates the situation. Owing to high TB burden, scientists worldwide are trying to design novel therapeutics to combat this disease. Therefore, to identify new drug targets, there is a growing interest in targeting DNA repair pathways to fight this infection. Thus, this review aims to explore DNA repair and damage tolerance as an efficient target for drug development by understanding M. tb DNA repair and tolerance machinery and its regulation, its role in pathogenesis and survival, mutagenesis, and consequently, in the development of drug resistance.
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- Pooja Mittal
- Molecular Biology Research Lab, Department of Zoology, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, Kalkaji, New Delhi, 110019, India
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- Molecular Biology Research Lab, Department of Zoology, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, Kalkaji, New Delhi, 110019, India
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- Department of Botany, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India
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- Public Health Research Institute, NJMS-Rutgers University, New Jersey, United States
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- Department of Zoology, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, Kalkaji, New Delhi, 110019, India
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- Department of Botany, Hansraj College, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007, India.,Department of Molecular Ecology, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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- Molecular Biology Research Lab, Department of Zoology, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, Kalkaji, New Delhi, 110019, India.,Department of Molecular Ecology, Max-Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, D-07745 Jena, Germany
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Thakur M, Badugu S, Muniyappa K. UvrA and UvrC subunits of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis UvrABC excinuclease interact independently of UvrB and DNA. FEBS Lett 2019; 594:851-863. [PMID: 31705809 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13671] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The UvrABC excinuclease plays a vital role in bacterial nucleotide excision repair. While UvrA and UvrB subunits associate to form a UvrA2 B2 complex, interaction between UvrA and UvrC has not been demonstrated or quantified in any bacterial species. Here, using Mycobacterium tuberculosis UvrA (MtUvrA), UvrB (MtUvrB) and UvrC (MtUvrC) subunits, we show that MtUvrA binds to MtUvrB and equally well to MtUvrC with submicromolar affinity. Furthermore, MtUvrA forms a complex with MtUvrC both in vivo and in vitro, independently of DNA and UvrB. Collectively, these findings reveal new insights into the pairwise relationships between the subunits of the UvrABC incision complex.
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- Manoj Thakur
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
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Minias A, Brzostek A, Dziadek J. Targeting DNA Repair Systems in Antitubercular Drug Development. Curr Med Chem 2019; 26:1494-1505. [DOI: 10.2174/0929867325666180129093546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Revised: 11/01/2017] [Accepted: 11/01/2017] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Infections with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the causative agent of tuberculosis, are difficult to treat using currently available chemotherapeutics. Clinicians agree on the urgent need for novel drugs to treat tuberculosis. In this mini review, we summarize data that prompts the consideration of DNA repair-associated proteins as targets for the development of new antitubercular compounds. We discuss data, including gene expression data, that highlight the importance of DNA repair genes during the pathogenic cycle as well as after exposure to antimicrobials currently in use. Specifically, we report experiments on determining the essentiality of DNA repair-related genes. We report the availability of protein crystal structures and summarize discovered protein inhibitors. Further, we describe phenotypes of available gene mutants of M. tuberculosis and model organisms Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium smegmatis. We summarize experiments regarding the role of DNA repair-related proteins in pathogenesis and virulence performed both in vitro and in vivo during the infection of macrophages and animals. We detail the role of DNA repair genes in acquiring mutations, which influence the rate of drug resistance acquisition.
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- Alina Minias
- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology of Mycobacterium, Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology of Mycobacterium, Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology of Mycobacterium, Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland
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Ferraris DM, Miggiano R, Rossi F, Rizzi M. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Molecular Determinants of Infection, Survival Strategies, and Vulnerable Targets. Pathogens 2018; 7:E17. [PMID: 29389854 PMCID: PMC5874743 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens7010017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2017] [Revised: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is the causative agent of tuberculosis, an ancient disease which, still today, represents a major threat for the world population. Despite the advances in medicine and the development of effective antitubercular drugs, the cure of tuberculosis involves prolonged therapies which complicate the compliance and monitoring of drug administration and treatment. Moreover, the only available antitubercular vaccine fails to provide an effective shield against adult lung tuberculosis, which is the most prevalent form. Hence, there is a pressing need for effective antitubercular drugs and vaccines. This review highlights recent advances in the study of selected M. tuberculosis key molecular determinants of infection and vulnerable targets whose structures could be exploited for the development of new antitubercular agents.
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- Davide M Ferraris
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Largo Donegani 2, 28100 Novara, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Largo Donegani 2, 28100 Novara, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Largo Donegani 2, 28100 Novara, Italy.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Università del Piemonte Orientale "A. Avogadro", Largo Donegani 2, 28100 Novara, Italy.
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Catarina Teodoro Castro B, Cançado de Faria R, Faria BF, Azevedo V, Lara Dos Santos L, Júnior MC, Machado CR, de Oliveira Lopes D. UvrB protein of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis complements the phenotype of knockout Escherichia coli and recognizes DNA damage caused by UV radiation but not 8-oxoguanine in vitro. Gene 2018; 639:34-43. [PMID: 28974474 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2017.09.068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2017] [Revised: 09/17/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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In prokaryotic cells, the UvrB protein plays a central role in nucleotide excision repair, which is involved in the recognition of bulky DNA lesions generated by chemical or physical agents. The present investigation aimed to characterize the uvrB gene of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis (CpuvrB) and evaluate its involvement in the DNA repair system of this pathogenic organism. In computational analysis, the alignment of the UvrB protein sequences of Escherichia coli, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Bacillus caldotenax and Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis showed high similarity and the catalytic amino acid residues and functional domains are preserved. A CpUvrB model was constructed by comparative modeling and presented structural similarity with the UvrB of E. coli. Moreover, in molecular docking analysis CpUvrB showed favorable interaction with EcUvrA and revealed a preserved ATP incorporation site. Heterologous functional complementation assays using E. coli uvrB-deficient cells exposed to UV irradiation showed that the CpUvrB protein contributed to an increased survival rate in relation to those in the absence of CpUvrB. Damaged oligonucleotides containing thymine dimer or 8-oxoguanine lesion were synthesized and incubated with CpUvrB protein, which was able to recognize and excise UV irradiation damage but not 8-oxoguanine. These results suggest that CpUvrB is involved in repairing lesions derived from UV light and encodes a protein orthologous to EcUvrB.
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- Bárbara Catarina Teodoro Castro
- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Federal University of São João Del-Rei (CCO), Av. Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, 400, Divinópolis, MG 35501-296, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Federal University of São João Del-Rei (CCO), Av. Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, 400, Divinópolis, MG 35501-296, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modeling, Federal University of São João Del-Rei (CCO), Av. Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, 400, Divinópolis, MG 35501-296, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Genetics, Department of General Biology, ICB, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Federal University of São João Del-Rei (CCO), Av. Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, 400, Divinópolis, MG 35501-296, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Modeling, Federal University of São João Del-Rei (CCO), Av. Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, 400, Divinópolis, MG 35501-296, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Genetics and Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, ICB, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, Belo Horizonte, MG 31270-901, Brazil.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Federal University of São João Del-Rei (CCO), Av. Sebastião Gonçalves Coelho, 400, Divinópolis, MG 35501-296, Brazil.
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Lahiri S, Rizzi M, Rossi F, Miggiano R. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
UvrB forms dimers in solution and interacts with UvrA in the absence of ligands. Proteins 2017; 86:98-109. [DOI: 10.1002/prot.25412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Revised: 10/19/2017] [Accepted: 10/27/2017] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Samarpita Lahiri
- DSF-Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco; University of Piemonte Orientale; Novara Italy
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- DSF-Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco; University of Piemonte Orientale; Novara Italy
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- DSF-Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco; University of Piemonte Orientale; Novara Italy
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- DSF-Dipartimento di Scienze del Farmaco; University of Piemonte Orientale; Novara Italy
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Gupta R, Chatterjee D, Glickman MS, Shuman S. Division of labor among Mycobacterium smegmatis RNase H enzymes: RNase H1 activity of RnhA or RnhC is essential for growth whereas RnhB and RnhA guard against killing by hydrogen peroxide in stationary phase. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 45:1-14. [PMID: 27899559 PMCID: PMC5224475 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw1046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2016] [Revised: 10/16/2016] [Accepted: 10/20/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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RNase H enzymes sense the presence of ribonucleotides in the genome and initiate their removal by incising the ribonucleotide-containing strand of an RNA:DNA hybrid. Mycobacterium smegmatis encodes four RNase H enzymes: RnhA, RnhB, RnhC and RnhD. Here, we interrogate the biochemical activity and nucleic acid substrate specificity of RnhA. We report that RnhA (like RnhC characterized previously) is an RNase H1-type magnesium-dependent endonuclease with stringent specificity for RNA:DNA hybrid duplexes. Whereas RnhA does not incise an embedded mono-ribonucleotide, it can efficiently cleave within tracts of four or more ribonucleotides in duplex DNA. We gained genetic insights to the division of labor among mycobacterial RNases H by deleting the rnhA, rnhB, rnhC and rnhD genes, individually and in various combinations. The salient conclusions are that: (i) RNase H1 activity is essential for mycobacterial growth and can be provided by either RnhC or RnhA; (ii) the RNase H2 enzymes RnhB and RnhD are dispensable for growth and (iii) RnhB and RnhA collaborate to protect M. smegmatis against oxidative damage in stationary phase. Our findings highlight RnhC, the sole RNase H1 in pathogenic mycobacteria, as a candidate drug discovery target for tuberculosis and leprosy.
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- Richa Gupta
- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Immunology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA .,Division of Infectious Diseases, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Molecular Biology Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Thakur M, Kumar MBJ, Muniyappa K. Mycobacterium tuberculosis UvrB Is a Robust DNA-Stimulated ATPase That Also Possesses Structure-Specific ATP-Dependent DNA Helicase Activity. Biochemistry 2016; 55:5865-5883. [PMID: 27618337 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Much is known about the Escherichia coli nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway; however, very little is understood about the proteins involved and the molecular mechanism of NER in mycobacteria. In this study, we show that Mycobacterium tuberculosis UvrB (MtUvrB), which exists in solution as a monomer, binds to DNA in a structure-dependent manner. A systematic examination of MtUvrB substrate specificity reveals that it associates preferentially with single-stranded DNA, duplexes with 3' or 5' overhangs, and linear duplex DNA with splayed arms. Whereas E. coli UvrB (EcUvrB) binds weakly to undamaged DNA and has no ATPase activity, MtUvrB possesses intrinsic ATPase activity that is greatly stimulated by both single- and double-stranded DNA. Strikingly, we found that MtUvrB, but not EcUvrB, possesses the DNA unwinding activity characteristic of an ATP-dependent DNA helicase. The helicase activity of MtUvrB proceeds in the 3' to 5' direction and is strongly modulated by a nontranslocating 5' single-stranded tail, indicating that in addition to the translocating strand it also interacts with the 5' end of the substrate. The fraction of DNA unwound by MtUvrB decreases significantly as the length of the duplex increases: it fails to unwind duplexes longer than 70 bp. These results, on one hand, reveal significant mechanistic differences between MtUvrB and EcUvrB and, on the other, support an alternative role for UvrB in the processing of key DNA replication intermediates. Altogether, our findings provide insights into the catalytic functions of UvrB and lay the foundation for further understanding of the NER pathway in M. tuberculosis.
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- Manoj Thakur
- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore 560012, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore 560012, India
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Stressed mycobacteria use the chaperone ClpB to sequester irreversibly oxidized proteins asymmetrically within and between cells. Cell Host Microbe 2015; 17:178-90. [PMID: 25620549 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2014] [Revised: 10/10/2014] [Accepted: 12/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) defends itself against host immunity and chemotherapy at several levels, including the repair or degradation of irreversibly oxidized proteins (IOPs). To investigate how Mtb deals with IOPs that can neither be repaired nor degraded, we used new chemical and biochemical probes and improved image analysis algorithms for time-lapse microscopy to reveal a defense against stationary phase stress, oxidants, and antibiotics--the sequestration of IOPs into aggregates in association with the chaperone ClpB, followed by the asymmetric distribution of aggregates within bacteria and between their progeny. Progeny born with minimal IOPs grew faster and better survived a subsequent antibiotic stress than their IOP-burdened sibs. ClpB-deficient Mtb had a marked recovery defect from stationary phase or antibiotic exposure and survived poorly in mice. Treatment of tuberculosis might be assisted by drugs that cripple the pathway by which Mtb buffers, sequesters, and asymmetrically distributes IOPs.
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Rex K, Kurthkoti K, Varshney U. Hypersensitivity of hypoxia grown Mycobacterium smegmatis to DNA damaging agents: Implications of the DNA repair deficiencies in attenuation of mycobacteria. Mech Ageing Dev 2013; 134:516-22. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2013.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2012] [Revised: 05/07/2013] [Accepted: 08/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Fundamental aspects of the lifestyle of Mycobacterium tuberculosis implicate DNA metabolism in bacillary survival and adaptive evolution. The environments encountered by M. tuberculosis during successive cycles of infection and transmission are genotoxic. Moreover, as an obligate pathogen, M. tuberculosis has the ability to persist for extended periods in a subclinical state, suggesting that active DNA repair is critical to maintain genome integrity and bacterial viability during prolonged infection. In this chapter, we provide an overview of the major DNA metabolic pathways identified in M. tuberculosis, and situate key recent findings within the context of mycobacterial pathogenesis. Unlike many other bacterial pathogens, M. tuberculosis is genetically secluded, and appears to rely solely on chromosomal mutagenesis to drive its microevolution within the human host. In turn, this implies that a balance between high versus relaxed fidelity mechanisms of DNA metabolism ensures the maintenance of genome integrity, while accommodating the evolutionary imperative to adapt to hostile and fluctuating environments. The inferred relationship between mycobacterial DNA repair and genome dynamics is considered in the light of emerging data from whole-genome sequencing studies of clinical M. tuberculosis isolates which have revealed the potential for considerable heterogeneity within and between different bacterial and host populations.
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Balasingham SV, Zegeye ED, Homberset H, Rossi ML, Laerdahl JK, Bohr VA, Tønjum T. Enzymatic activities and DNA substrate specificity of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA helicase XPB. PLoS One 2012; 7:e36960. [PMID: 22615856 PMCID: PMC3353954 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036960] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2012] [Accepted: 04/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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XPB, also known as ERCC3 and RAD25, is a 3′→5′ DNA repair helicase belonging to the superfamily 2 of helicases. XPB is an essential core subunit of the eukaryotic basal transcription factor complex TFIIH. It has two well-established functions: in the context of damaged DNA, XPB facilitates nucleotide excision repair by unwinding double stranded DNA (dsDNA) surrounding a DNA lesion; while in the context of actively transcribing genes, XPB facilitates initiation of RNA polymerase II transcription at gene promoters. Human and other eukaryotic XPB homologs are relatively well characterized compared to conserved homologs found in mycobacteria and archaea. However, more insight into the function of bacterial helicases is central to understanding the mechanism of DNA metabolism and pathogenesis in general. Here, we characterized Mycobacterium tuberculosis XPB (Mtb XPB), a 3′→5′ DNA helicase with DNA-dependent ATPase activity. Mtb XPB efficiently catalyzed DNA unwinding in the presence of significant excess of enzyme. The unwinding activity was fueled by ATP or dATP in the presence of Mg2+/Mn2+. Consistent with the 3′→5′ polarity of this bacterial XPB helicase, the enzyme required a DNA substrate with a 3′ overhang of 15 nucleotides or more. Although Mtb XPB efficiently unwound DNA model substrates with a 3′ DNA tail, it was not active on substrates containing a 3′ RNA tail. We also found that Mtb XPB efficiently catalyzed ATP-independent annealing of complementary DNA strands. These observations significantly enhance our understanding of the biological roles of Mtb XPB.
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- Seetha V. Balasingham
- Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience (CMBN) and Department of Microbiology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience (CMBN) and Department of Microbiology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience (CMBN) and Department of Microbiology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, NIH Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience (CMBN) and Department of Microbiology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
- Bioinformatics Core Facility, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, NIH Biomedical Research Center, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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- Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience (CMBN) and Department of Microbiology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway
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Important role for Mycobacterium tuberculosis UvrD1 in pathogenesis and persistence apart from its function in nucleotide excision repair. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:2916-23. [PMID: 22467787 DOI: 10.1128/jb.06654-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis survives and replicates in macrophages, where it is exposed to reactive oxygen and nitrogen species that damage DNA. In this study, we investigated the roles of UvrA and UvrD1, thought to be parts of the nucleotide excision repair pathway of M. tuberculosis. Strains in which uvrD1 was inactivated either alone or in conjunction with uvrA were constructed. Inactivation of uvrD1 resulted in a small colony phenotype, although growth in liquid culture was not significantly affected. The sensitivity of the mutant strains to UV irradiation and to mitomycin C highlighted the importance of the targeted genes for nucleotide excision repair. The mutant strains all exhibited heightened susceptibility to representatives of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) and reactive nitrogen intermediates (RNI). The uvrD1 and the uvrA uvrD1 mutants showed decreased intracellular multiplication following infection of macrophages. Most importantly, the uvrA uvrD1 mutant was markedly attenuated following infection of mice by either the aerosol or the intravenous route.
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A comparative study of the bactericidal activity and daily disinfection housekeeping surfaces by a new portable pulsed UV radiation device. Curr Microbiol 2012; 64:581-7. [PMID: 22447288 DOI: 10.1007/s00284-012-0110-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2011] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Daily cleaning and disinfecting of non-critical surfaces in the patient-care areas are known to reduce the occurrence of health care-associated infections. However, the conventional means for decontamination of housekeeping surfaces of sites of frequent hand contact such as manual disinfection using ethanol wipes are laborious and time-consuming in daily practice. This study evaluated a newly developed portable pulsed ultraviolet (UV) radiation device for its bactericidal activity in comparison with continuous UV-C, and investigated its effect on the labor burden when implemented in a hospital ward. Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Multidrug-resistant P. aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, Acinetobacter baumannii, Amikacin and Ciprofloxacin-resistant A. baumannii, Staphylococcus aureus, Methicillin-resistant S. aureus and Bacillus cereus were irradiated with pulsed UV or continuous UV-C. Pulsed UV and continuous UV-C required 5 and 30 s of irradiation, respectively, to attain bactericidal activity with more than 2Log growth inhibition of all the species. The use of pulsed UV in daily disinfection of housekeeping surfaces reduced the working hours by half in comparison to manual disinfection using ethanol wipes. The new portable pulsed UV radiation device was proven to have a bactericidal activity against critical nosocomial bacteria, including antimicrobial-resistant bacteria after short irradiation, and was thus found to be practical as a method for disinfecting housekeeping surfaces and decreasing the labor burden.
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Base excision and nucleotide excision repair pathways in mycobacteria. Tuberculosis (Edinb) 2011; 91:533-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tube.2011.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2011] [Revised: 06/01/2011] [Accepted: 06/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Kurthkoti K, Varshney U. Distinct mechanisms of DNA repair in mycobacteria and their implications in attenuation of the pathogen growth. Mech Ageing Dev 2011; 133:138-46. [PMID: 21982925 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2011.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2011] [Revised: 08/28/2011] [Accepted: 09/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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About a third of the human population is estimated to be infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Emergence of drug resistant strains and the protracted treatment strategies have compelled the scientific community to identify newer drug targets, and to develop newer vaccines. In the host macrophages, the bacterium survives within an environment rich in reactive nitrogen and oxygen species capable of damaging its genome. Therefore, for its successful persistence in the host, the pathogen must need robust DNA repair mechanisms. Analysis of M. tuberculosis genome sequence revealed that it lacks mismatch repair pathway suggesting a greater role for other DNA repair pathways such as the nucleotide excision repair, and base excision repair pathways. In this article, we summarize the outcome of research involving these two repair pathways in mycobacteria focusing primarily on our own efforts. Our findings, using Mycobacterium smegmatis model, suggest that deficiency of various DNA repair functions in single or in combinations severely compromises their DNA repair capacity and attenuates their growth under conditions typically encountered in macrophages.
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- Krishna Kurthkoti
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Rossi F, Khanduja JS, Bortoluzzi A, Houghton J, Sander P, Güthlein C, Davis EO, Springer B, Böttger EC, Relini A, Penco A, Muniyappa K, Rizzi M. The biological and structural characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis UvrA provides novel insights into its mechanism of action. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:7316-28. [PMID: 21622956 PMCID: PMC3167621 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr271] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis is an extremely well adapted intracellular human pathogen that is exposed to multiple DNA damaging chemical assaults originating from the host defence mechanisms. As a consequence, this bacterium is thought to possess highly efficient DNA repair machineries, the nucleotide excision repair (NER) system amongst these. Although NER is of central importance to DNA repair in M. tuberculosis, our understanding of the processes in this species is limited. The conserved UvrABC endonuclease represents the multi-enzymatic core in bacterial NER, where the UvrA ATPase provides the DNA lesion-sensing function. The herein reported genetic analysis demonstrates that M. tuberculosis UvrA is important for the repair of nitrosative and oxidative DNA damage. Moreover, our biochemical and structural characterization of recombinant M. tuberculosis UvrA contributes new insights into its mechanism of action. In particular, the structural investigation reveals an unprecedented conformation of the UvrB-binding domain that we propose to be of functional relevance. Taken together, our data suggest UvrA as a potential target for the development of novel anti-tubercular agents and provide a biochemical framework for the identification of small-molecule inhibitors interfering with the NER activity in M. tuberculosis.
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- Franca Rossi
- DiSCAFF, University of Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro, Via Bovio 6, 28100 Novara, Italy
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Our choices from the recent literature. Nat Chem Biol 2011. [DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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