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Charman M, Herrmann C, Weitzman MD. Viral and cellular interactions during adenovirus DNA replication. FEBS Lett 2019; 593:3531-3550. [PMID: 31764999 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13695] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Revised: 11/14/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Adenoviruses represent ubiquitous and clinically significant human pathogens, gene-delivery vectors, and oncolytic agents. The study of adenovirus-infected cells has long been used as an excellent model to investigate fundamental aspects of both DNA virus infection and cellular biology. While many key details supporting a well-established model of adenovirus replication have been elucidated over a period spanning several decades, more recent findings suggest that we have only started to appreciate the complex interplay between viral genome replication and cellular processes. Here, we present a concise overview of adenovirus DNA replication, including the biochemical process of replication, the spatial organization of replication within the host cell nucleus, and insights into the complex plethora of virus-host interactions that influence viral genome replication. Finally, we identify emerging areas of research relating to the replication of adenovirus genomes.
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- Matthew Charman
- Division of Protective Immunity and Division of Cancer Pathobiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Protective Immunity and Division of Cancer Pathobiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Cell and Molecular Biology Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Protective Immunity and Division of Cancer Pathobiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.,Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Adenoviruses have attracted much attention as probes to study biological processes such as DNA replication, transcription, splicing, and cellular transformation. More recently these viruses have been used as gene-transfer vectors and oncolytic agents. On the other hand, adenoviruses are notorious pathogens in people with compromised immune functions. This article will briefly summarize the basic replication strategy of adenoviruses and the key proteins involved and will deal with the new developments since 2006. In addition, we will cover the development of antivirals that interfere with human adenovirus (HAdV) replication and the impact of HAdV on human disease.
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- Rob C Hoeben
- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Leiden University Medical Centre, 2333 ZC Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Selective modification of adenovirus replication can be achieved through rational mutagenesis of the adenovirus type 5 DNA polymerase. J Virol 2012; 86:10484-93. [PMID: 22811532 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.00739-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Mutations that reduce the efficiency of deoxynucleoside (dN) triphosphate (dNTP) substrate utilization by the HIV-1 DNA polymerase prevent viral replication in resting cells, which contain low dNTP concentrations, but not in rapidly dividing cells such as cancer cells, which contain high levels of dNTPs. We therefore tested whether mutations in regions of the adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) DNA polymerase that interact with the dNTP substrate or DNA template could alter virus replication. The majority of the mutations created, including conservative substitutions, were incompatible with virus replication. Five replication-competent mutants were recovered from 293 cells, but four of these mutants failed to replicate in A549 lung carcinoma cells and Wi38 normal lung cells. Purified polymerase proteins from these viruses exhibited only a 2- to 4-fold reduction in their dNTP utilization efficiency but nonetheless could not be rescued, even when intracellular dNTP concentrations were artificially raised by the addition of exogenous dNs to virus-infected A549 cells. The fifth mutation (I664V) reduced biochemical dNTP utilization by the viral polymerase by 2.5-fold. The corresponding virus replicated to wild-type levels in three different cancer cell lines but was significantly impaired in all normal cell lines in which it was tested. Efficient replication and virus-mediated cell killing were rescued by the addition of exogenous dNs to normal lung fibroblasts (MRC5 cells), confirming the dNTP-dependent nature of the polymerase defect. Collectively, these data provide proof-of-concept support for the notion that conditionally replicating, tumor-selective adenovirus vectors can be created by modifying the efficiency with which the viral DNA polymerase utilizes dNTP substrates.
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Berman AJ, Kamtekar S, Goodman JL, Lázaro JM, de Vega M, Blanco L, Salas M, Steitz TA. Structures of phi29 DNA polymerase complexed with substrate: the mechanism of translocation in B-family polymerases. EMBO J 2007; 26:3494-505. [PMID: 17611604 PMCID: PMC1933411 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2007] [Accepted: 05/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Replicative DNA polymerases (DNAPs) move along template DNA in a processive manner. The structural basis of the mechanism of translocation has been better studied in the A-family of polymerases than in the B-family of replicative polymerases. To address this issue, we have determined the X-ray crystal structures of phi29 DNAP, a member of the protein-primed subgroup of the B-family of polymerases, complexed with primer-template DNA in the presence or absence of the incoming nucleoside triphosphate, the pre- and post-translocated states, respectively. Comparison of these structures reveals a mechanism of translocation that appears to be facilitated by the coordinated movement of two conserved tyrosine residues into the insertion site. This differs from the mechanism employed by the A-family polymerases, in which a conserved tyrosine moves into the templating and insertion sites during the translocation step. Polymerases from the two families also interact with downstream single-stranded template DNA in very different ways.
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- Andrea J Berman
- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Centro de Biología Molecular ‘Severo Ochoa' (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular ‘Severo Ochoa' (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular ‘Severo Ochoa' (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Centro de Biología Molecular ‘Severo Ochoa' (CSIC-UAM), Universidad Autónoma, Canto Blanco, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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Longás E, de Vega M, Lázaro JM, Salas M. Functional characterization of highly processive protein-primed DNA polymerases from phages Nf and GA-1, endowed with a potent strand displacement capacity. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:6051-63. [PMID: 17071961 PMCID: PMC1635332 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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This paper shows that the protein-primed DNA polymerases encoded by bacteriophages Nf and GA-1, unlike other DNA polymerases, do not require unwinding or processivity factors for efficient synthesis of full-length terminal protein (TP)-DNA. Analysis of their polymerization activity shows that both DNA polymerases base their replication efficiency on a high processivity and on the capacity to couple polymerization to strand displacement. Both enzymes are endowed with a proofreading activity that acts coordinately with the polymerization one to edit polymerization errors. Additionally, Nf double-stranded DNA binding protein (DBP) greatly stimulated the in vitro formation of the TP-dAMP initiation complex by decreasing the Km value for dATP of the Nf DNA polymerase by >20-fold. Whereas Nf DNA polymerase, as the φ29 enzyme, is able to use its homologous TP as well as DNA as primer, GA-1 DNA polymerase appears to have evolved to use its corresponding TP as the only primer of DNA synthesis. Such exceptional behaviour is discussed in the light of the recently solved structure of the DNA polymerase/TP complex of the related bacteriophage φ29.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +344 91 4978436; Fax: +34 91 4978490;
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Mysiak ME, Wyman C, Holthuizen PE, van der Vliet PC. NFI and Oct-1 bend the Ad5 origin in the same direction leading to optimal DNA replication. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:6218-25. [PMID: 15576348 PMCID: PMC535662 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh944] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Two cellular transcription factors, nuclear factor I (NFI) and octamer binding protein (Oct-1), bind simultaneously to their recognition sequences in the Ad5 origin of replication thereby enhancing initiation. Using scanning force microscopy we have previously shown that NFI induces a 60 degrees bend in the origin DNA. Here we demonstrate that Oct-1 induces a 42 degrees bend in the origin DNA. Simultaneous binding of NFI and Oct-1 induces an 82 degrees collective bend suggesting that both bends are oriented towards each other. In functional replication assays we further demonstrate that this extensive DNA bending leads to a synergistic enhancement of DNA replication. We propose that collective DNA bending induced by NFI and Oct-1 facilitates the optimal assembly of the preinitiation complex and plays an important role in the stimulatory mechanism of NFI and Oct-1 in replication.
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- Monika E Mysiak
- Department of Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Centre Utrecht and Centre for Biomedical Genetics, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Mysiak ME, Holthuizen PE, van der Vliet PC. The adenovirus priming protein pTP contributes to the kinetics of initiation of DNA replication. Nucleic Acids Res 2004; 32:3913-20. [PMID: 15273278 PMCID: PMC506811 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkh726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Adenovirus (Ad) precursor terminal protein (pTP) in a complex with Ad DNA polymerase (pol) serves as a primer for Ad DNA replication. During initiation, pol covalently couples the first dCTP with Ser-580 of pTP. By using an in vitro reconstituted replication system comprised of purified proteins, we demonstrate that the conserved Asp-578 and Asp-582 residues of pTP, located close to Ser-580, are important for the initiation activity of the pTP/pol complex. In particular, the negative charge of Asp-578 is essential for this process. The introduced pTP mutations do not alter the binding capacity to DNA or polymerase, suggesting that the priming mechanism is affected. The Asp-578 or Asp-582 mutations increase the Km for dCTP incorporation, and higher dCTP concentrations or Mn2+ replacing Mg2+ partially relieve the initiation defect. Moreover, the kcat/Km values are reduced as a consequence of the pTP mutations. These observations demonstrate that pTP influences the catalytic activity of pol in initiation. Since both Asp residues are situated close to the pol active site during initiation, they may contribute to correct positioning of the OH group in Ser-580. Our results indicate that specific amino acids of the protein primer influence the ability of Ad5 DNA polymerase to initiate DNA replication.
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- Monika E Mysiak
- Department of Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Universiteitsweg 100, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Mysiak ME, Bleijenberg MH, Wyman C, Holthuizen PE, van der Vliet PC. Bending of adenovirus origin DNA by nuclear factor I as shown by scanning force microscopy is required for optimal DNA replication. J Virol 2004; 78:1928-35. [PMID: 14747557 PMCID: PMC369512 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.78.4.1928-1935.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Nuclear factor I (NFI) is a transcription factor that binds to the adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) origin of replication and recruits the adenovirus DNA polymerase, thereby stimulating initiation of DNA replication in vitro. Using scanning force microscopy, we demonstrate that NFI induces a 60 degrees bend upon binding to the origin. The A/T-rich region preceding the core recognition sequence of NFI influences the DNA bend angle, since substitution of A/T base pairs by G/C base pairs severely decreases bending. Mutations in the A/T-rich region do not affect binding of NFI to DNA. However, mutations that reduce the protein-induced bend lead to a loss of NFI-stimulated replication, indicating that DNA bending is functionally important. In contrast, basal initiation or DNA binding of the polymerase is not impaired by these origin mutations. We conclude that binding of NFI to the Ad5 origin causes structural changes in DNA that are essential for the stimulatory function of NFI in replication. We propose that NFI-induced origin bending facilitates the assembly of a functional initiation complex.
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- Monika E Mysiak
- Department of Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center Utrecht, and Centre for Biomedical Genetics, 3584 CG Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Replication of the adenovirus genome is catalysed by adenovirus DNA polymerase in which the adenovirus preterminal protein acts as a protein primer. DNA polymerase and preterminal protein form a heterodimer which, in the presence of the cellular transcription factors NFI/CTFI and NFIII/Oct-1, binds to the origin of DNA replication. DNA replication is initiated by DNA polymerase mediated transfer of dCMP onto preterminal protein. Further DNA synthesis is catalysed by DNA polymerase in a strand displacement mechanism which also requires adenovirus DNA binding protein. Here, we discuss the role of individual proteins in this process as revealed by biochemical analysis, mutagenesis and molecular modelling.
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- H Liu
- Centre for Biomolecular Science, Biomolecular Science Building, The University of St. Andrews, North Haugh, St. Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK
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van Breukelen B, Brenkman AB, Holthuizen PE, van der Vliet PC. Adenovirus type 5 DNA binding protein stimulates binding of DNA polymerase to the replication origin. J Virol 2003; 77:915-22. [PMID: 12502807 PMCID: PMC140850 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.77.2.915-922.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The adenovirus (Ad) DNA-binding protein (DBP) is essential for the elongation phase of Ad DNA replication by unwinding the template in an ATP-independent fashion, employing its capacity to form multimers. DBP also enhances the rate of initiation, with the highest levels obtained at low concentrations of Ad DNA polymerase (Pol). Here, we show that stimulation of initiation depends on the template conformation. Maximal stimulation, up to 15-fold, is observed on double-stranded or viral TP-containing origins. The stimulation is reduced on partially single-stranded origins and DBP does not enhance initiation any more once the origin is completely unwound. This suggests a role for DBP in origin unwinding that is comparable to its unwinding capacity during elongation. However, mutant DBP proteins defective in unwinding and elongation can still enhance initiation on ds templates. DBP also stimulates the binding of nuclear factor I (NFI) to the origin and lowers the K(m) for coupling of the first nucleotide to the precursor terminal protein by Pol. Mobility shift experiments reveal that DBP stimulates the binding of Pol on double-stranded origin and nonorigin DNA but not on single-stranded DNA. This effect is specific for DBP and is also seen with other DNA Pols. Our results suggest that, rather than by origin unwinding, DBP enhances initiation by modulating the origin conformation such that DNA Pol can bind more efficiently.
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- Bas van Breukelen
- Department of Physiological Chemistry and Centre for Biomedical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Brenkman AB, Breure EC, van der Vliet PC. Molecular architecture of adenovirus DNA polymerase and location of the protein primer. J Virol 2002; 76:8200-7. [PMID: 12134025 PMCID: PMC155156 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.16.8200-8207.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2002] [Accepted: 05/13/2002] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Adenovirus (Ad) DNA polymerase (pol) belongs to the distinct subclass of the polalpha family of DNA pols that employs the precursor terminal protein (pTP) as primer. Ad pol forms a stable heterodimer with this primer, and together, they bind specifically to the core origin in order to start replication. After initiation of Ad replication, the resulting pTP-trinucleotide intermediate jumps back and pTP starts to dissociate. Compared to free Ad pol, the pTP-pol complex shows reduced polymerase and exonuclease activities, but the reason for this is not understood. Furthermore, the interaction domains between these proteins have not been defined and the contribution of each protein to origin binding is unclear. To address these questions, we used oligonucleotides with a translocation block and show here that pTP binds at the entrance of the primer binding groove of Ad pol, thereby explaining the decreased synthetic activities of the pTP-pol complex and providing insight into how pTP primes Ad replication. Employing an exonuclease-deficient mutant polymerase, we further show that the polymerase and exonuclease active sites of Ad pol are spatially distinct and that the exonuclease activity of Ad pol is located at the N-terminal part of the protein. In addition, by probing the distances between both active sites and the surface of Ad pol, we show that Ad pol binds a DNA region of 14 to 15 nucleotides. Based on these results, a model for binding of the pTP-pol complex at the origin of replication is proposed.
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- Arjan B Brenkman
- University Medical Centre, Department of Physiological Chemistry and Centre for Biomedical Genetics, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Wang X, Hu J. Distinct requirement for two stages of protein-primed initiation of reverse transcription in hepadnaviruses. J Virol 2002; 76:5857-65. [PMID: 12021318 PMCID: PMC136195 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.76.12.5857-5865.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Reverse transcription in hepadnaviruses is primed by the viral reverse transcriptase (RT) (protein priming) and requires the specific interaction between the RT and a viral RNA signal termed epsilon, which bears the specific template sequence for protein priming. The product of protein priming is a short oligodeoxynucleotide which represents the 5' end of the viral minus-strand DNA and is covalently attached to the RT. We have now identified truncated RT variants from the duck hepatitis B virus that were fully active in the initial step of protein priming, i.e., the covalent attachment of the first nucleotide to the protein (RT deoxynucleotidylation), but defective in any subsequent DNA polymerization. A short sequence in the RT domain was localized that was dispensable for RT deoxynucleotidylation but essential for the subsequent DNA polymerization. These results have thus revealed two distinct stages of protein priming, i.e., the initial attachment of the first nucleotide to the RT (RT deoxynucleotidylation or initiation of protein priming) and the subsequent DNA synthesis (polymerization) to complete protein priming, with the second step entailing additional RT sequences. Two models are proposed to explain the observed differential sequence requirement for the two distinct stages of the protein priming reaction.
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- Xingtai Wang
- Department of Microbiology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA
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