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Cao H, Zhang Y, Song T, Xia L, Cai Y, Kapranov P. Common occurrence of hotspots of single strand DNA breaks at transcriptional start sites. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:368. [PMID: 38622509 PMCID: PMC11017599 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-024-10284-4] [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: 12/28/2023] [Accepted: 04/03/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND We recently developed two high-resolution methods for genome-wide mapping of two prominent types of DNA damage, single-strand DNA breaks (SSBs) and abasic (AP) sites and found highly complex and non-random patterns of these lesions in mammalian genomes. One salient feature of SSB and AP sites was the existence of single-nucleotide hotspots for both lesions. RESULTS In this work, we show that SSB hotspots are enriched in the immediate vicinity of transcriptional start sites (TSSs) in multiple normal mammalian tissues, however the magnitude of enrichment varies significantly with tissue type and appears to be limited to a subset of genes. SSB hotspots around TSSs are enriched on the template strand and associate with higher expression of the corresponding genes. Interestingly, SSB hotspots appear to be at least in part generated by the base-excision repair (BER) pathway from the AP sites. CONCLUSIONS Our results highlight complex relationship between DNA damage and regulation of gene expression and suggest an exciting possibility that SSBs at TSSs might function as sensors of DNA damage to activate genes important for DNA damage response.
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- Huifen Cao
- Institute of Genomics, School of Medicine, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, 361021, Xiamen, China
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Medicine, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, 361021, Xiamen, China
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Medicine, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, 361021, Xiamen, China
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- Xiamen Cell Therapy Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, 361000, Xiamen, China
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- Institute of Genomics, School of Medicine, Huaqiao University, 668 Jimei Road, 361021, Xiamen, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, 361102, Xiamen, China.
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Hussen AS, Kravitz HL, Freudenthal BD, Whitaker AM. Oxidative DNA damage on the VEGF G-quadruplex forming promoter is repaired via long-patch BER. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2024; 65 Suppl 1:25-39. [PMID: 37606505 PMCID: PMC10984112 DOI: 10.1002/em.22570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 08/23/2023]
Abstract
In response to oxidative damage, base excision repair (BER) enzymes perturb the structural equilibrium of the VEGF promoter between B-form and G4 DNA conformations, resulting in epigenetic-like modifications of gene expression. However, the mechanistic details remain enigmatic, including the activity and coordination of BER enzymes on the damaged G4 promoter. To address this, we investigated the ability of each BER factor to conduct its repair activity on VEGF promoter G4 DNA substrates by employing pre-steady-state kinetics assays and in vitro coupled BER assays. OGG1 was able to initiate BER on double-stranded VEGF promoter G4 DNA substrates. Moreover, pre-steady-state kinetics revealed that compared to B-form DNA, APE1 repair activity on the G4 was decreased ~two-fold and is the result of slower product release as opposed to inefficient strand cleavage. Interestingly, Pol β performs multiple insertions on G4 substrates via strand displacement DNA synthesis in contrast to a single insertion on B-form DNA. The multiple insertions inhibit ligation of the Pol β products, and hence BER is not completed on the VEGF G4 promoter substrates through canonical short-patch BER. Instead, repair requires the long-patch BER flap-endonuclease activity of FEN1 in response to the multiple insertions by Pol β prior to ligation. Because the BER proteins and their repair activities are a key part of the VEGF transcriptional enhancement in response to oxidative DNA damage of the G4 VEGF promoter, the new insights reported here on BER activity in the context of this promoter are relevant toward understanding the mechanism of transcriptional regulation.
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- Adil S. Hussen
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Nuclear Dynamics and Cancer Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Ohno M, Takano N, Hidaka K, Sasaki F, Yamauchi K, Aoki Y, Nohmi T, Nakabeppu Y, Nakatsu Y, Tsuzuki T. Oxidative stress accelerates intestinal tumorigenesis by enhancing 8-oxoguanine-mediated mutagenesis in MUTYH-deficient mice. Genome Res 2024; 34:47-56. [PMID: 38290979 PMCID: PMC10904009 DOI: 10.1101/gr.278326.123] [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: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/01/2024]
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Oxidative stress-induced DNA damage and its repair systems are related to cancer etiology; however, the molecular basis triggering tumorigenesis is not well understood. Here, we aimed to explore the causal relationship between oxidative stress, somatic mutations in pre-tumor-initiated normal tissues, and tumor incidence in the small intestines of MUTYH-proficient and MUTYH-deficient mice. MUTYH is a base excision repair enzyme associated with human colorectal cancer. Mice were administered different concentrations of potassium bromate (KBrO3; an oxidizing agent)-containing water for 4 wk for mutagenesis studies or 16 wk for tumorigenesis studies. All Mutyh -/- mice treated with >0.1% KBrO3 developed multiple tumors, and the average tumor number increased dose dependently. Somatic mutation analysis of Mutyh -/-/rpsL transgenic mice revealed that G:C > T:A transversion was the only mutation type correlated positively with KBrO3 dose and tumor incidence. These mutations preferentially occurred at 5'G in GG and GAA sequences in rpsL This characteristic mutation pattern was also observed in the genomic region of Mutyh -/- tumors using whole-exome sequencing. It closely corresponded to signature 18 and SBS36, typically caused by 8-oxo-guanine (8-oxoG). 8-oxoG-induced mutations were sequence context dependent, yielding a biased amino acid change leading to missense and stop-gain mutations. These mutations frequently occurred in critical amino acid codons of known cancer drivers, Apc or Ctnnb1, known for activating Wnt signal pathway. Our results indicate that oxidative stress contributes to increased tumor incidence by elevating the likelihood of gaining driver mutations by increasing 8-oxoG-mediated mutagenesis, particularly under MUTYH-deficient conditions.
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- Mizuki Ohno
- Department of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan;
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- Department of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
- Center for Fundamental Education, The University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 802-8577, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
- Department of Radiobiology, Institute for Environmental Sciences, Kamikita, Aomori 039-3212, Japan
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- Health and Environmental Risk Division, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan
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- Division of Genetics and Mutagenesis, National Institute of Health Sciences, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 210-9501, Japan
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- Division of Neurofunctional Genomics, Department of Immunobiology and Neuroscience, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, San Francisco Office, Berkeley, California 94704, USA
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- Department of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- Department of Medical Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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Fleming AM, Omaga CA, Burrows CJ. NEIL3 promoter G-quadruplex with oxidatively modified bases shows magnesium-dependent folding that stalls polymerase bypass. Biochimie 2023; 214:156-166. [PMID: 37437684 PMCID: PMC10592359 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2023.07.001] [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: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 07/03/2023] [Indexed: 07/14/2023]
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Oxidative stress unleashes reactive species capable of oxidizing 2'-deoxyguanosine (G) nucleotides in G-rich sequences of the genome, such as the potential G-quadruplex forming sequencing (PQS) in the NEIL3 gene promoter. Oxidative modification of G yields 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (OG) that can be further oxidized to hydantoin products. Herein, OG was synthesized into the NEIL3 PQS that was allowed to fold to a G-quadruplex (G4) in K+ ion solutions with varying amounts of Mg2+ in the physiological range. The Mg2+ dependency in the oxidatively modified NEIL3 G4 to stall a replicative DNA polymerase was evaluated. The polymerase was found to stall at the G4 or OG, as well as continue to full-length extension with dependency on the location of the modification and the concentration of Mg2+. To provide some clarity on these findings, OG or the hydantoins were synthesized in model NEIL3 G4 folding sequences at the positions of the polymerase study. The model G4 sequences were allowed to fold in K+ ion solutions with varying levels of Mg2+ to identify how the presence of the divalent metal impacted G4 folding depending on the location of the modification. The presence of Mg2+ either caused the transition of the NEIL3 G4 folds from an antiparallel to parallel orientation of the strands or had no impact. Structural models are proposed to understand the findings using the literature as a guide. The biological significance of the results is discussed.
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- Aaron M Fleming
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112-0850, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112-0850, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112-0850, USA.
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Duy DL, Kim N. Yeast transcription factor Msn2 binds to G4 DNA. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:9643-9657. [PMID: 37615577 PMCID: PMC10570036 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2023] [Revised: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 08/15/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
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Sequences capable of forming quadruplex or G4 DNA are prevalent in the promoter regions. The transformation from canonical to non-canonical secondary structure apparently regulates transcription of a number of human genes. In the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we identified 37 genes with a G4 motif in the promoters including 20 genes that contain stress response element (STRE) overlapping a G4 motif. STRE is the binding site of stress response regulators Msn2 and Msn4, transcription factors belonging to the C2H2 zinc-finger protein family. We show here that Msn2 binds directly to the G4 DNA structure through its zinc-finger domain with a dissociation constant similar to that of STRE-binding and that, in a stress condition, Msn2 is enriched at G4 DNA-forming loci in the yeast genome. For a large fraction of genes with G4/STRE-containing promoters, treating with G4-ligands led to significant elevations in transcription levels. Such transcriptional elevation was greatly diminished in a msn2Δ msn4Δ background and was partly muted when the G4 motif was disrupted. Taken together, our data suggest that G4 DNA could be an alternative binding site of Msn2 in addition to STRE, and that G4 DNA formation could be an important element of transcriptional regulation in yeast.
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- Duong Long Duy
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- MD Anderson Cancer Center UT Health Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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Pan L, Vlahopoulos S, Tanner L, Bergwik J, Bacsi A, Radak Z, Egesten A, Ba X, Brasier AR, Boldogh I. Substrate-specific binding of 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase 1 (OGG1) reprograms mucosal adaptations to chronic airway injury. Front Immunol 2023; 14:1186369. [PMID: 37614238 PMCID: PMC10442650 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1186369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023] Open
Abstract
Recent advances have uncovered the non-random distribution of 7, 8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxoGua) induced by reactive oxygen species, which is believed to have epigenetic effects. Its cognate repair protein, 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase 1 (OGG1), reads oxidative substrates and participates in transcriptional initiation. When redox signaling is activated in small airway epithelial cells, the DNA repair function of OGG1 is repurposed to transmit acute inflammatory signals accompanied by cell state transitions and modification of the extracellular matrix. Epithelial-mesenchymal and epithelial-immune interactions act cooperatively to establish a local niche that instructs the mucosal immune landscape. If the transitional cell state governed by OGG1 remains responsive to inflammatory mediators instead of differentiation, the collateral damage provides positive feedback to inflammation, ascribing inflammatory remodeling to one of the drivers in chronic pathologies. In this review, we discuss the substrate-specific read through OGG1 has evolved in regulating the innate immune response, controlling adaptations of the airway to environmental and inflammatory injury, with a focus on the reader function of OGG1 in initiation and progression of epithelial to mesenchymal transitions in chronic pulmonary disease.
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- Lang Pan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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- Horemeio Research Laboratory, First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Respiratory Medicine, Allergology & Palliative Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Respiratory Medicine, Allergology & Palliative Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Hungary, Debrecen, Hungary
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- Research Institute of Sport Science, University of Physical Education, Budapest, Hungary
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- Respiratory Medicine, Allergology & Palliative Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences Lund, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin, China
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- Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH), Madison, WI, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States
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Ketkar A, Sewilam RS, McCrury MJ, Hall JS, Bell A, Paxton BC, Tripathi S, Gunderson JEC, Eoff RL. Conservation of the insert-2 motif confers Rev1 from different species with an ability to disrupt G-quadruplexes and stimulate translesion DNA synthesis. RSC Chem Biol 2023; 4:466-485. [PMID: 37415867 PMCID: PMC10320842 DOI: 10.1039/d3cb00027c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
Abstract
In some organisms, the replication of G-quadruplex (G4) structures is supported by the Rev1 DNA polymerase. We previously showed that residues in the insert-2 motif of human Rev1 (hRev1) increased the affinity of the enzyme for G4 DNA and mediated suppression of mutagenic replication near G4 motifs. We have now investigated the conservation of G4-selective properties in Rev1 from other species. We compared Rev1 from Danio rerio (zRev1), Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yRev1), and Leishmania donovani (lRev1) with hRev1, including an insert-2 mutant form of hRev1 (E466A/Y470A or EY). We found that zRev1 retained all of the G4-selective prowess of the human enzyme, but there was a marked attenuation of G4 binding affinity for the EY hRev1 mutant and the two Rev1 proteins lacking insert-2 (yRev1 and lRev1). Perhaps most strikingly, we found that insert-2 was important for disruption of the G4 structure and optimal stimulation of processive DNA synthesis across the guanine-rich motif by DNA polymerase kappa (pol κ). Our findings have implications for how Rev1 might contribute to G4 replication in different species spanning the evolutionary tree - signaling the importance of selection for enzymes with robust G4-selective properties in organisms where these non-B DNA structures may fulfill taxa-specific physiological functions.
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- Amit Ketkar
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock AR 72205 USA +1 501 686 8169 +1 501 686 8343
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock AR 72205 USA +1 501 686 8169 +1 501 686 8343
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock AR 72205 USA +1 501 686 8169 +1 501 686 8343
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock AR 72205 USA +1 501 686 8169 +1 501 686 8343
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock AR 72205 USA +1 501 686 8169 +1 501 686 8343
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock AR 72205 USA +1 501 686 8169 +1 501 686 8343
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- Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts Hot Springs AR 71901 USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Little Rock AR 72205 USA +1 501 686 8169 +1 501 686 8343
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Panova VV, Dolinnaya NG, Novoselov KA, Savitskaya VY, Chernykh IS, Kubareva EA, Alexeevski AV, Zvereva MI. Conserved G-Quadruplex-Forming Sequences in Mammalian TERT Promoters and Their Effect on Mutation Frequency. Life (Basel) 2023; 13:1478. [PMID: 37511853 PMCID: PMC10381784 DOI: 10.3390/life13071478] [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: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 06/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Somatic mutations in the promoter region of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) gene have been identified in many types of cancer. The hTERT promoter is known to be enriched with sequences that enable the formation of G-quadruplex (G4) structures, whose presence is associated with elevated mutagenicity and genome instability. Here, we used a bioinformatics tool (QGRS mapper) to search for G4-forming sequences (G4 motifs) in the 1000 bp TERT promoter regions of 141 mammalian species belonging to 20 orders, 5 of which, including primates and predators, contain more than 10 species. Groups of conserved G4 motifs and single-nucleotide variants within these groups were discovered using a block alignment approach (based on the Nucleotide PanGenome explorer). It has been shown that: (i) G4 motifs are predominantly located in the region proximal to the transcription start site (up to 400 bp) and are over-represented on the non-coding strand of the TERT promoters, (ii) 11 to 22% of the G4 motifs found are evolutionarily conserved across the related organisms, and (iii) a statistically significant higher frequency of nucleotide substitutions in the conserved G4 motifs compared to the surrounding regions was confirmed only for the order Primates. These data support the assumption that G4s can interfere with the DNA repair process and affect the evolutionary adaptation of organisms and species.
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- Vera V Panova
- Department of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Department of Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119234, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119992, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119992, Russia
- Department of Mathematics, Scientific Research Institute for System Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nakhimovskii Prospekt 36-1, Moscow 117218, Russia
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- Department of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow 119991, Russia
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Gaur P, Bain FE, Honda M, Granger SL, Spies M. Single-Molecule Analysis of the Improved Variants of the G-Quadruplex Recognition Protein G4P. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10274. [PMID: 37373425 PMCID: PMC10299155 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241210274] [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: 05/16/2023] [Revised: 06/06/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
Abstract
As many as 700,000 unique sequences in the human genome are predicted to fold into G-quadruplexes (G4s), non-canonical structures formed by Hoogsteen guanine-guanine pairing within G-rich nucleic acids. G4s play both physiological and pathological roles in many vital cellular processes including DNA replication, DNA repair and RNA transcription. Several reagents have been developed to visualize G4s in vitro and in cells. Recently, Zhen et al. synthesized a small protein G4P based on the G4 recognition motif from RHAU (DHX36) helicase (RHAU specific motif, RSM). G4P was reported to bind the G4 structures in cells and in vitro, and to display better selectivity toward G4s than the previously published BG4 antibody. To get insight into G4P- G4 interaction kinetics and selectivity, we purified G4P and its expanded variants, and analyzed their G4 binding using single-molecule total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy and mass photometry. We found that G4P binds to various G4s with affinities defined mostly by the association rate. Doubling the number of the RSM units in the G4P increases the protein's affinity for telomeric G4s and its ability to interact with sequences folding into multiple G4s.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA (M.H.)
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Gaur P, Bain FE, Honda M, Granger SL, Spies M. Single-molecule analysis of the improved variants of the G-quadruplex recognition protein G4P. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.05.08.539902. [PMID: 37214990 PMCID: PMC10197523 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.08.539902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
As many as 700,000 unique sequences in the human genome are predicted to fold into G-quadruplexes (G4s), non-canonical structures formed by Hoogsteen guanine-guanine pairing within G-rich nucleic acids. G4s play both physiological and pathological roles in many vital cellular processes including DNA replication, DNA repair and RNA transcription. Several reagents have been developed to visualize G4s in vitro and in cells. Recently, Zhen et al . synthesized a small protein G4P based on the G4 recognition motif from RHAU (DHX36) helicase (RHAU specific motif, RSM). G4P was reported to bind the G4 structures in cells and in vitro , and to display better selectivity towards G4s than the previously published BG4 antibody. To get insight into the G4P-G4 interaction kinetics and selectivity, we purified G4P and its expanded variants, and analyzed their G4 binding using single-molecule total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy and mass photometry. We found that G4P binds to various G4s with affinities defined mostly by the association rate. Doubling the number of the RSM units in the G4P increases the protein's affinity for telomeric G4s and its ability to interact with sequences folding into multiple G4s.
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Fleming AM, Burrows CJ. DNA modifications walk a fine line between epigenetics and mutagenesis. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2023:10.1038/s41580-023-00590-2. [PMID: 36813885 DOI: 10.1038/s41580-023-00590-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/24/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Aaron M Fleming
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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Gorini F, Ambrosio S, Lania L, Majello B, Amente S. The Intertwined Role of 8-oxodG and G4 in Transcription Regulation. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24032031. [PMID: 36768357 PMCID: PMC9916577 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/14/2023] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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The guanine base in nucleic acids is, among the other bases, the most susceptible to being converted into 8-Oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) when exposed to reactive oxygen species. In double-helix DNA, 8-oxodG can pair with adenine; hence, it may cause a G > T (C > A) mutation; it is frequently referred to as a form of DNA damage and promptly corrected by DNA repair mechanisms. Moreover, 8-oxodG has recently been redefined as an epigenetic factor that impacts transcriptional regulatory elements and other epigenetic modifications. It has been proposed that 8-oxodG exerts epigenetic control through interplay with the G-quadruplex (G4), a non-canonical DNA structure, in transcription regulatory regions. In this review, we focused on the epigenetic roles of 8-oxodG and the G4 and explored their interplay at the genomic level.
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- Francesca Gorini
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples Federico II, 80131 Naples, Italy
- Correspondence:
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Petronek MS, Allen BG. Maintenance of genome integrity by the late-acting cytoplasmic iron-sulfur assembly (CIA) complex. Front Genet 2023; 14:1152398. [PMID: 36968611 PMCID: PMC10031043 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2023.1152398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 02/24/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023] Open
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Iron-sulfur (Fe-S) clusters are unique, redox-active co-factors ubiquitous throughout cellular metabolism. Fe-S cluster synthesis, trafficking, and coordination result from highly coordinated, evolutionarily conserved biosynthetic processes. The initial Fe-S cluster synthesis occurs within the mitochondria; however, the maturation of Fe-S clusters culminating in their ultimate insertion into appropriate cytosolic/nuclear proteins is coordinated by a late-acting cytosolic iron-sulfur assembly (CIA) complex in the cytosol. Several nuclear proteins involved in DNA replication and repair interact with the CIA complex and contain Fe-S clusters necessary for proper enzymatic activity. Moreover, it is currently hypothesized that the late-acting CIA complex regulates the maintenance of genome integrity and is an integral feature of DNA metabolism. This review describes the late-acting CIA complex and several [4Fe-4S] DNA metabolic enzymes associated with maintaining genome stability.
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Moazamian A, Gharagozloo P, Aitken RJ, Drevet JR. OXIDATIVE STRESS AND REPRODUCTIVE FUNCTION: Sperm telomeres, oxidative stress, and infertility. Reproduction 2022; 164:F125-F133. [PMID: 35938805 DOI: 10.1530/rep-22-0189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In brief Oxidative stress is recognized as an underlying driving factor of both telomere dysfunction and human subfertility/infertility. This review briefly reassesses telomere integrity as a fertility biomarker before proposing a novel, mechanistic rationale for the role of oxidative stress in the seemingly paradoxical lengthening of sperm telomeres with aging. Abstract The maintenance of redox balance in the male reproductive tract is critical to sperm health and function. Physiological levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) promote sperm capacitation, while excess ROS exposure, or depleted antioxidant defenses, yields a state of oxidative stress which disrupts their fertilizing capacity and DNA structural integrity. The guanine moiety is the most readily oxidized of the four DNA bases and gets converted to the mutagenic lesion 8-hydroxy-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG). Numerous studies have also confirmed oxidative stress as a driving factor behind accelerated telomere shortening and dysfunction. Although a clear consensus has not been reached, clinical studies also appear to associate telomere integrity with fertility outcomes in the assisted reproductive technology setting. Intriguingly, while sperm cellular and molecular characteristics make them more susceptible to oxidative insult than any other cell type, they are also the only cell type in which telomere lengthening accompanies aging. This article focuses on the oxidative stress response pathways to propose a mechanism for the explanation of this apparent paradox.
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- Aron Moazamian
- CellOxess LLC, Ewing, New Jersey, USA.,Université Clermont Auvergne, GReD Institute, CNRS-INSERM, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Priority Research Centre for Reproductive Science, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
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- Université Clermont Auvergne, GReD Institute, CNRS-INSERM, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Fleming AM, Tran R, Omaga CA, Manage SAH, Burrows CJ, Conboy JC. Second Harmonic Generation Interrogation of the Endonuclease APE1 Binding Interaction with G-Quadruplex DNA. Anal Chem 2022; 94:15027-15032. [PMID: 36269876 PMCID: PMC9945475 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The binding interaction between the DNA repair enzyme apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease-1 (APE1) with promoter G-quadruplex (G4) folds bearing an abasic site (AP) can serve as a gene regulatory switch during oxidative stress. Prior fluorescence-based analysis in solution suggested APE1 binds the VEGF promoter G4 but whether this interaction was specific or not remained an open question. Second harmonic generation (SHG) was used in this work to measure the noncanonical DNA-protein binding interaction in a label-free assay with high sensitivity to demonstrate the interaction is ordered and specific. The binding of APE1 to the VEGF promoter G4 with AP sites modeled by a tetrahydrofuran analogue produced dissociation constants of ∼100 nM that differed from duplex and single-stranded DNA control studies. The SHG measurements confirmed APE1 binds the VEGF G4 folds in a specific manner resolving a remaining question regarding how this endonuclease with gene regulatory features engages G4 folds. The studies demonstrate the power of SHG to interrogate noncanonical DNA-protein interactions providing a foundational example for the use of this analytical method in future biochemical analyses.
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- Aaron M. Fleming
- 315 S 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT United States, 84112-0850
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- 315 S 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT United States, 84112-0850
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- 315 S 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT United States, 84112-0850
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- 315 S 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT United States, 84112-0850
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- 315 S 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT United States, 84112-0850
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- 315 S 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT United States, 84112-0850
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Konis SMR, Hughes JR, Parsons JL. TRIM26 Maintains Cell Survival in Response to Oxidative Stress through Regulating DNA Glycosylase Stability. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms231911613. [PMID: 36232914 PMCID: PMC9569934 DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Oxidative DNA base lesions in DNA are repaired through the base excision repair (BER) pathway, which consequently plays a vital role in the maintenance of genome integrity and in suppressing mutagenesis. 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (OGG1), endonuclease III-like protein 1 (NTH1), and the endonuclease VIII-like proteins 1-3 (NEIL1-3) are the key enzymes that initiate repair through the excision of the oxidized base. We have previously identified that the E3 ubiquitin ligase tripartite motif 26 (TRIM26) controls the cellular response to oxidative stress through regulating both NEIL1 and NTH1, although its potential, broader role in BER is unclear. We now show that TRIM26 is a central player in determining the response to different forms of oxidative stress. Using siRNA-mediated knockdowns, we demonstrate that the resistance of cells to X-ray radiation and hydrogen peroxide generated as a consequence of trim26 depletion can be reversed through suppression of selective DNA glycosylases. In particular, a knockdown of neil1 or ogg1 can enhance sensitivity and DNA repair rates in response to X-rays, whereas a knockdown of neil1 or neil3 can produce the same effect in response to hydrogen peroxide. Our study, therefore, highlights the importance of TRIM26 in balancing cellular DNA glycosylase levels required for an efficient BER response.
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- Sifaddin M. R. Konis
- Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool L7 8TX, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool L7 8TX, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool, 6 West Derby Street, Liverpool L7 8TX, UK
- Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Clatterbridge Road, Bebington CH63 4JY, UK
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +44-151-794-8848
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Manage SAH, Fleming AM, Chen HN, Burrows CJ. Cysteine Oxidation to Sulfenic Acid in APE1 Aids G-Quadruplex Binding While Compromising DNA Repair. ACS Chem Biol 2022; 17:2583-2594. [PMID: 36037088 PMCID: PMC9931449 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease-1 (APE1) is a base excision repair (BER) enzyme that is also engaged in transcriptional regulation. Previous work demonstrated that the enzymatic stalling of APE1 on a promoter G-quadruplex (G4) recruits transcription factors during oxidative stress for gene regulation. Also, during oxidative stress, cysteine (Cys) oxidation is a post-translational modification (PTM) that can change a protein's function. The current study provides a quantitative survey of cysteine oxidation to sulfenic acid in APE1 and how this PTM at specific cysteine residues affects the function of APE1 toward the NEIL3 gene promoter G4 bearing an abasic site. Of the seven cysteine residues in APE1, five (C65, C93, C208, C296, and C310) were prone to carbonate radical anion oxidation to yield sulfenic acids that were identified and quantified by mass spectrometry. Accordingly, five Cys-to-serine (Ser) mutants of APE1 were prepared and found to have attenuated levels of endonuclease activity, depending on the position, while KD values generally decreased for G4 binding, indicating greater affinity. These data support the concept that cysteine oxidation to sulfenic acid can result in modified APE1 that enhances G4 binding at the expense of endonuclease activity during oxidative stress. Cysteine oxidation to sulfenic acid residues should be considered as one of the factors that may trigger a switch from base excision repair activity to transcriptional modulation by APE1.
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- Shereen A. Howpay Manage
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, United States
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Xue Z, Demple B. Knockout and Inhibition of Ape1: Roles of Ape1 in Base Excision DNA Repair and Modulation of Gene Expression. Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11091817. [PMID: 36139891 PMCID: PMC9495735 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11091817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Revised: 08/31/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1/redox effector-1 (Ape1/Ref-1) is the major apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonuclease in mammalian cells. It functions mainly in the base excision repair pathway to create a suitable substrate for DNA polymerases. Human Ape1 protein can activate some transcription factors to varying degrees, dependent on its N-terminal, unstructured domain, and some of the cysteines within it, apparently via a redox mechanism in some cases. Many cancer studies also suggest that Ape1 has potential for prognosis in terms of the protein level or intracellular localization. While homozygous disruption of the Ape1 structural gene APEX1 in mice causes embryonic lethality, and most studies in cell culture indicate that the expression of Ape1 is essential, some recent studies reported the isolation of viable APEX1 knockout cells with only mild phenotypes. It has not been established by what mechanism the Ape1-null cell lines cope with the endogenous DNA damage that the enzyme normally handles. We review the enzymatic and other activities of Ape1 and the recent studies of the properties of the APEX1 knockout lines. The APEX1 deletions in CH12F3 and HEK293 FT provide an opportunity to test for possible off-target effects of Ape1 inhibition. For this work, we tested the Ape1 endonuclease inhibitor Compound 3 and the redox inhibitor APX2009. Our results confirmed that both APEX1 knockout cell lines are modestly more sensitive to killing by an alkylating agent than their Ape1-proficient cells. Surprisingly, the knockout lines showed equal sensitivity to direct killing by either inhibitor, despite the lack of the target protein. Moreover, the CH12F3 APEX1 knockout was even more sensitive to Compound 3 than its APEX1+ counterpart. Thus, it appears that both Compound 3 and APX2009 have off-target effects. In cases where this issue may be important, it is advisable that more specific endpoints than cell survival be tested for establishing mechanism.
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- Zhouyiyuan Xue
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8651, USA
- Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Program, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8651, USA
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Renaissance School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8651, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-(631)-444-3978
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Cheong A, Nagel ZD. Human Variation in DNA Repair, Immune Function, and Cancer Risk. Front Immunol 2022; 13:899574. [PMID: 35935942 PMCID: PMC9354717 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.899574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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DNA damage constantly threatens genome integrity, and DNA repair deficiency is associated with increased cancer risk. An intuitive and widely accepted explanation for this relationship is that unrepaired DNA damage leads to carcinogenesis due to the accumulation of mutations in somatic cells. But DNA repair also plays key roles in the function of immune cells, and immunodeficiency is an important risk factor for many cancers. Thus, it is possible that emerging links between inter-individual variation in DNA repair capacity and cancer risk are driven, at least in part, by variation in immune function, but this idea is underexplored. In this review we present an overview of the current understanding of the links between cancer risk and both inter-individual variation in DNA repair capacity and inter-individual variation in immune function. We discuss factors that play a role in both types of variability, including age, lifestyle, and environmental exposures. In conclusion, we propose a research paradigm that incorporates functional studies of both genome integrity and the immune system to predict cancer risk and lay the groundwork for personalized prevention.
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Castillo-González C, Barbero Barcenilla B, Young PG, Hall E, Shippen DE. Quantification of 8-oxoG in Plant Telomeres. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23094990. [PMID: 35563379 PMCID: PMC9102096 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23094990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Revised: 04/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Chemical modifications in DNA impact gene regulation and chromatin structure. DNA oxidation, for example, alters gene expression, DNA synthesis and cell cycle progression. Modification of telomeric DNA by oxidation is emerging as a marker of genotoxic damage and is associated with reduced genome integrity and changes in telomere length and telomerase activity. 8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG) is the most studied and common outcome of oxidative damage in DNA. The G-rich nature of telomeric DNA is proposed to make it a hotspot for oxidation, but because telomeres make up only a tiny fraction of the genome, it has been difficult to directly test this hypothesis by studying dynamic DNA modifications specific to this region in vivo. Here, we present a new, robust method to differentially enrich telomeric DNA in solution, coupled with downstream methods for determination of chemical modification. Specifically, we measure 8-oxoG in Arabidopsis thaliana telomeres under normal and oxidative stress conditions. We show that telomere length is unchanged in response to oxidative stress in three different wild-type accessions. Furthermore, we report that while telomeric DNA comprises only 0.02–0.07% of the total genome, telomeres contribute between 0.2 and 15% of the total 8-oxoG. That is, plant telomeres accumulate 8-oxoG at levels approximately 100-fold higher than the rest of the genome under standard growth conditions. Moreover, they are the primary targets of further damage upon oxidative stress. Interestingly, the accumulation of 8-oxoG in the chromosome body seems to be inversely proportional to telomere length. These findings support the hypothesis that telomeres are hotspots of 8-oxoG and may function as sentinels of oxidative stress in plants.
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- Danzhou Yang
- Purdue University, College of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, 575 W Stadium Ave., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA,Purdue University Center for Cancer Research, 201 S University St, West Lafayette, IN 47906, USA,Purdue University, Department of Chemistry, West Lafayette, IN, USA,Purdue Institute for Drug Discovery, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Purdue University, College of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, 575 W Stadium Ave., West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA
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- Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Department of Biochemistry, and Winship Cancer Institute, 1510 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta GA 30322, USA
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Mendes E, Aljnadi IM, Bahls B, Victor BL, Paulo A. Major Achievements in the Design of Quadruplex-Interactive Small Molecules. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2022; 15:ph15030300. [PMID: 35337098 PMCID: PMC8953082 DOI: 10.3390/ph15030300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 02/22/2022] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Organic small molecules that can recognize and bind to G-quadruplex and i-Motif nucleic acids have great potential as selective drugs or as tools in drug target discovery programs, or even in the development of nanodevices for medical diagnosis. Hundreds of quadruplex-interactive small molecules have been reported, and the challenges in their design vary with the intended application. Herein, we survey the major achievements on the therapeutic potential of such quadruplex ligands, their mode of binding, effects upon interaction with quadruplexes, and consider the opportunities and challenges for their exploitation in drug discovery.
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- Eduarda Mendes
- Faculty of Pharmacy, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.Ulisboa), Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal; (E.M.); (I.M.A.); (B.B.)
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.Ulisboa), Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal; (E.M.); (I.M.A.); (B.B.)
- Faculty of Sciences, BioISI, Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal;
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.Ulisboa), Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal; (E.M.); (I.M.A.); (B.B.)
- Faculty of Sciences, BioISI, Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal;
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- Faculty of Sciences, BioISI, Biosystems and Integrative Sciences Institute, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal;
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- Faculty of Pharmacy, Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.Ulisboa), Universidade de Lisboa, 1649-003 Lisbon, Portugal; (E.M.); (I.M.A.); (B.B.)
- Correspondence:
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Kumar A, Sevilla MD. Proton-Transfer Reactions in One-Electron-Oxidized G-Quadruplexes: A Density Functional Theory Study. J Phys Chem B 2022; 126:1483-1491. [PMID: 35152699 PMCID: PMC8881324 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c10529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Recently, G-quadruplexes (Gq) formed in B-DNA as secondary structures are found to be important therapeutic targets and material for developing nanodevices. Gq are guanine-rich and thus susceptible to oxidative damage by producing short-lived intermediate radicals via proton-transfer reactions. Understanding the mechanisms of radical formation in Gq is of fundamental interest to understand the early stages of DNA damage. Herein, we used density functional theory including aqueous phase (ωB97XD-PCM/6-31++G**) and considered single layer of Gq [G-quartets (G4): association of four guanines in a cyclic Hoogsteen hydrogen-bonded arrangement (Scheme 1)] to unravel the mechanisms of formation of intermediates by calculating the relative Gibbs free energies and spin density distributions of one-electron-oxidized G4 and its various proton-transfer states: G•+, G(N1-H)•, G(N2-H')•, G(N2-H″)•, G(N1-H)•-(H+O6)G, and G(N2-H)•-(H+N7)G. The present calculation predicts the formation of G(N2-H)•-(H+N7)G, which is only ca. 0.8 kcal/mol higher in energy than the initially formed G•+. The formation of G(N2-H)•-(H+N7)G plays a key role in explaining the formation of 8-OG along with G(N1-H)• formation via tautomerization from G(N2-H)•, as proposed recently.
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- Anil Kumar
- Corresponding Author: . Tel: +1 248 370 2327, . Tel: +1 248 370 2328
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Scala G, Gorini F, Ambrosio S, Chiariello AM, Nicodemi M, Lania L, Majello B, Amente S. OUP accepted manuscript. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:3292-3306. [PMID: 35234932 PMCID: PMC8989568 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2021] [Revised: 02/12/2022] [Accepted: 02/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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8-Oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG), a major product of the DNA oxidization process, has been proposed to have an epigenetic function in gene regulation and has been associated with genome instability. NGS-based methodologies are contributing to the characterization of the 8-oxodG function in the genome. However, the 8-oxodG epigenetic role at a genomic level and the mechanisms controlling the genomic 8-oxodG accumulation/maintenance have not yet been fully characterized. In this study, we report the identification and characterization of a set of enhancer regions accumulating 8-oxodG in human epithelial cells. We found that these oxidized enhancers are mainly super-enhancers and are associated with bidirectional-transcribed enhancer RNAs and DNA Damage Response activation. Moreover, using ChIA-PET and HiC data, we identified specific CTCF-mediated chromatin loops in which the oxidized enhancer and promoter regions physically associate. Oxidized enhancers and their associated chromatin loops accumulate endogenous double-strand breaks which are in turn repaired by NHEJ pathway through a transcription-dependent mechanism. Our work suggests that 8-oxodG accumulation in enhancers–promoters pairs occurs in a transcription-dependent manner and provides novel mechanistic insights on the intrinsic fragility of chromatin loops containing oxidized enhancers-promoters interactions.
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- Giovanni Scala
- Department of Biology, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Biology, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II, and INFN, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II, and INFN, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Naples, Italy
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- Correspondence may also be addressed to Barbara Majello. Tel: +39 081 679062;
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +39 081 7463044;
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Fleming AM, Burrows CJ. Chemistry of ROS-mediated oxidation to the guanine base in DNA and its biological consequences. Int J Radiat Biol 2022; 98:452-460. [PMID: 34747670 PMCID: PMC8881305 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2021.2003464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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PURPOSE One outcome of DNA damage from hydroxyl radical generated by ionizing radiation (IR) or by the Fenton reaction is oxidation of the nucleobases, especially guanine (G). While 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (OG) is a commonly studied oxidized lesion, several others are formed in high abundance, including 5-carboxamido-5-formamido-2-iminohydantoin (2Ih), a prevalent product in in vitro chemistry that is challenging to study from cellular sources. In this short review, we have a goal of explaining new insights into hydroxyl radical-induced oxidation chemistry of G in DNA and comparing it to endogenous DNA damage, as well as commenting on the biological outcomes of DNA base damage. CONCLUSIONS Pathways of oxidation of G are discussed and a comparison is made between IR (hydroxyl radical chemistry) and endogenous oxidative stress that largely forms carbonate radical anion as a reactive intermediate. These pathways overlap with the formation of OG and 2Ih, but other guanine-derived lesions are more pathway specific. The biological consequences of guanine oxidation include both mutagenesis and epigenetics; a new mechanism of gene regulation via the base excision repair pathway is described for OG, whereas the impact of IR in forming guanine modifications may be to confound this process in addition to introduction of mutagenic sites.
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Fleming AM, Manage SAH, Burrows CJ. Binding of AP endonuclease-1 to G-quadruplex DNA depends on the N-terminal domain, Mg 2+ and ionic strength. ACS BIO & MED CHEM AU 2021; 1:44-56. [PMID: 35005714 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomedchemau.1c00031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The base excision repair enzyme apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease-1 (APE1) is also engaged in transcriptional regulation. APE1 can function in both pathways when the protein binds to a promoter G-quadruplex (G4) bearing an abasic site (modeled with tetrahydrofuran, F) that leads to enzymatic stalling on the non-canonical fold to recruit activating transcription factors. Biochemical and biophysical studies to address APE1's binding and catalytic activity with the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) promoter G4 are lacking, and the present work provides insight on this topic. Herein, the native APE1 was used for cleavage assays, and the catalytically inactive mutant D210A was used for binding assays with double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) versus the native G4 or the G4 with F at various positions, revealing dependencies of the interaction on the cation concentrations K+ and Mg2+ and the N-terminal domain of the protein. Assays in 0, 1, or 10 mM Mg2+ found that dsDNA and G4 substrates required the cation for both binding and catalysis, in which G4 binding increased with [Mg2+]. Studies with 50 versus physiological 140 mM K+ ions showed that F-containing dsDNA was bound and cleaved by APE1; whereas, the G4s with F were poorly cleaved in low salt and not cleaved at all at higher salt while the binding remained robust. Using Δ33 or Δ61 N-terminal truncated APE1 proteins, the binding and cleavage of dsDNA with F was minimally impacted; in contrast, the G4s required the N-terminus for binding and catalysis is nearly abolished without the N-terminus. With this knowledge, we found APE1 could remodel the F-containing VEGF promoter dsDNA→G4 folds in solution. Lastly, the addition of the G4 ligand pyridostatin inhibited APE1 binding and cleavage of F-containing G4s but not dsDNA. The biological and medicinal chemistry implications of the results are discussed.
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- Aaron M Fleming
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, United States
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