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Mondal S, Ramanathan M, Miao W, Meyers RM, Rao D, Lopez-Pajares V, Siprashvili Z, Reynolds DL, Porter DF, Ferguson I, Neela P, Zhao Y, Meservey LM, Guo M, Yang YY, Li L, Wang Y, Khavari PA. PROBER identifies proteins associated with programmable sequence-specific DNA in living cells. Nat Methods 2022; 19:959-968. [PMID: 35927480 PMCID: PMC10202087 DOI: 10.1038/s41592-022-01552-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2021] [Accepted: 06/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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DNA-protein interactions mediate physiologic gene regulation and may be altered by DNA variants linked to polygenic disease. To enhance the speed and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in the identification and quantification of proteins associated with specific DNA sequences in living cells, we developed proximal biotinylation by episomal recruitment (PROBER). PROBER uses high-copy episomes to amplify SNR, and proximity proteomics (BioID) to identify the transcription factors and additional gene regulators associated with short DNA sequences of interest. PROBER quantified both constitutive and inducible association of transcription factors and corresponding chromatin regulators to target DNA sequences and binding quantitative trait loci due to single-nucleotide variants. PROBER identified alterations in regulator associations due to cancer hotspot mutations in the hTERT promoter, indicating that these mutations increase promoter association with specific gene activators. PROBER provides an approach to rapidly identify proteins associated with specific DNA sequences and their variants in living cells.
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- Smarajit Mondal
- Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Program in Biomedical Informatics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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- Program in Epithelial Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
- Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto Healthcare System, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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Ochsner SA, Pillich RT, McKenna NJ. Consensus transcriptional regulatory networks of coronavirus-infected human cells. Sci Data 2020; 7:314. [PMID: 32963239 PMCID: PMC7509801 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-020-00628-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 08/05/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Establishing consensus around the transcriptional interface between coronavirus (CoV) infection and human cellular signaling pathways can catalyze the development of novel anti-CoV therapeutics. Here, we used publicly archived transcriptomic datasets to compute consensus regulatory signatures, or consensomes, that rank human genes based on their rates of differential expression in MERS-CoV (MERS), SARS-CoV-1 (SARS1) and SARS-CoV-2 (SARS2)-infected cells. Validating the CoV consensomes, we show that high confidence transcriptional targets (HCTs) of MERS, SARS1 and SARS2 infection intersect with HCTs of signaling pathway nodes with known roles in CoV infection. Among a series of novel use cases, we gather evidence for hypotheses that SARS2 infection efficiently represses E2F family HCTs encoding key drivers of DNA replication and the cell cycle; that progesterone receptor signaling antagonizes SARS2-induced inflammatory signaling in the airway epithelium; and that SARS2 HCTs are enriched for genes involved in epithelial to mesenchymal transition. The CoV infection consensomes and HCT intersection analyses are freely accessible through the Signaling Pathways Project knowledgebase, and as Cytoscape-style networks in the Network Data Exchange repository.
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- Scott A Ochsner
- The Signaling Pathways Project and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- The Signaling Pathways Project and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Ochsner SA, Pillich RT, McKenna NJ. Consensus transcriptional regulatory networks of coronavirus-infected human cells. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2020:2020.04.24.059527. [PMID: 32511379 PMCID: PMC7263508 DOI: 10.1101/2020.04.24.059527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Establishing consensus around the transcriptional interface between coronavirus (CoV) infection and human cellular signaling pathways can catalyze the development of novel anti-CoV therapeutics. Here, we used publicly archived transcriptomic datasets to compute consensus regulatory signatures, or consensomes, that rank human genes based on their rates of differential expression in MERS-CoV (MERS), SARS-CoV-1 (SARS1) and SARS-CoV-2 (SARS2)-infected cells. Validating the CoV consensomes, we show that high confidence transcriptional targets (HCTs) of CoV infection intersect with HCTs of signaling pathway nodes with known roles in CoV infection. Among a series of novel use cases, we gather evidence for hypotheses that SARS2 infection efficiently represses E2F family target genes encoding key drivers of DNA replication and the cell cycle; that progesterone receptor signaling antagonizes SARS2-induced inflammatory signaling in the airway epithelium; and that SARS2 HCTs are enriched for genes involved in epithelial to mesenchymal transition. The CoV infection consensomes and HCT intersection analyses are freely accessible through the Signaling Pathways Project knowledgebase, and as Cytoscape-style networks in the Network Data Exchange repository.
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- Scott A Ochsner
- The Signaling Pathways Project and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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- Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093
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- The Signaling Pathways Project and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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Banerjee P, deJesus R, Gjoerup O, Schaffhausen BS. Viral interference with DNA repair by targeting of the single-stranded DNA binding protein RPA. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003725. [PMID: 24204272 PMCID: PMC3812037 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2013] [Accepted: 09/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Correct repair of damaged DNA is critical for genomic integrity. Deficiencies in DNA repair are linked with human cancer. Here we report a novel mechanism by which a virus manipulates DNA damage responses. Infection with murine polyomavirus sensitizes cells to DNA damage by UV and etoposide. Polyomavirus large T antigen (LT) alone is sufficient to sensitize cells 100 fold to UV and other kinds of DNA damage. This results in activated stress responses and apoptosis. Genetic analysis shows that LT sensitizes via the binding of its origin-binding domain (OBD) to the single-stranded DNA binding protein replication protein A (RPA). Overexpression of RPA protects cells expressing OBD from damage, and knockdown of RPA mimics the LT phenotype. LT prevents recruitment of RPA to nuclear foci after DNA damage. This leads to failure to recruit repair proteins such as Rad51 or Rad9, explaining why LT prevents repair of double strand DNA breaks by homologous recombination. A targeted intervention directed at RPA based on this viral mechanism could be useful in circumventing the resistance of cancer cells to therapy.
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- Pubali Banerjee
- Department of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Program in Molecular Microbiology, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Molecular Oncology Research Institute, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Developmental, Molecular and Chemical Biology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Foster EC, Simmons DT. The SV40 large T-antigen origin binding domain directly participates in DNA unwinding. Biochemistry 2010; 49:2087-96. [PMID: 20108984 DOI: 10.1021/bi901827k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The origin binding domain (OBD) of SV40 large T-ag serves a critical role during initiation of DNA replication to position T-ag on the origin. After origin recognition, T-ag forms a double hexamer over the origin. Within each hexamer, the OBD adopts a lock washer structure where the origin recognizing A1 and B2 loops face toward the helicase domain and likely become unavailable for binding DNA. In this study, we investigated the role of the central channel of the OBD hexamer in DNA replication by analyzing the effects of mutations of residues lining the channel. All mutants showed binding defects with origin DNA and ssDNA especially at low protein concentrations, but only half were defective at supporting DNA replication in vitro. All mutants were normal in unwinding linear origin DNA fragments. However, replication defective mutants failed to unwind a small origin containing circular DNA whereas replication competent mutants did so normally. The presence of RPA and/or pol/prim restored circular DNA unwinding activity of compromised mutants probably by interacting with the separated DNA strands on the T-ag surface. We interpret these results to indicate a role for the OBD central channel in binding and threading ssDNA during unwinding of circular SV40 DNA. Mixing experiments suggested that only one monomer in an OBD hexamer was necessary for DNA unwinding. We present a model of DNA threading through the T-ag complex illustrating how single-stranded DNA could pass close to a trough generated by key residues in one monomer of the OBD hexamer.
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- Erin C Foster
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716-2590, USA
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Simian virus 40 DNA replication is dependent on an interaction between topoisomerase I and the C-terminal end of T antigen. J Virol 2007; 82:1136-45. [PMID: 18003733 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.01314-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Topoisomerase I (topo I) is needed for efficient initiation of simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA replication and for the formation of completed DNA molecules. Two distinct binding sites for topo I have been previously mapped to the N-terminal (residues 83 to 160) and C-terminal (residues 602 to 708) regions of T antigen. By mutational analysis, we identified a cluster of six residues on the surface of the helicase domain at the C-terminal binding site that are necessary for efficient binding to topo I in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and far-Western blot assays. Mutant T antigens with single substitutions of these residues were unable to participate normally in SV40 DNA replication. Some mutants were completely defective in supporting DNA replication, and replication was not enhanced in the presence of added topo I. The same mutants were the ones that were severely compromised in binding topo I. Other mutants demonstrated intermediate levels of activity in the DNA replication assay and were correspondingly only partially defective in binding topo I. Mutations of nearby residues outside this cluster had no effect on DNA replication or on the ability to bind topo I. These results strongly indicate that the association of topo I with these six residues in T antigen is essential for DNA replication. These residues are located on the back edges of the T-antigen double hexamer. We propose that topo I binds to one site on each hexamer to permit the initiation of SV40 DNA replication.
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Prasad KMR, Xu Y, Yang Z, Toufektsian MC, Berr SS, French BA. Topoisomerase Inhibition Accelerates Gene Expression after Adeno-associated Virus-mediated Gene Transfer to the Mammalian Heart. Mol Ther 2007; 15:764-771. [PMID: 28192703 DOI: 10.1038/sj.mt.6300071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2006] [Accepted: 10/26/2006] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Utility of adeno-associated virus 2 (AAV2) vectors for cardiac gene therapy is limited by the prolonged lag phase before maximal gene expression. Topoisomerase inhibition can induce AAV2-mediated gene expression in vivo, but with variable success in different tissues. In this study, we demonstrate that topoisomerase inhibition can accelerate AAV2-mediated gene expression in the mouse heart. We used an AAV2 vector expressing firefly luciferase and monitored expression kinetics using non-invasive bioluminescence imaging. In the group receiving vector alone, cardiac luciferase activity was evident from week 2 onward and increased progressively to reach a steady plateau by 9 weeks postinjection. In the group receiving vector and camptothecine (CPT), luciferase expression was evident from days 2 to 4 onward and increased rapidly to reach a steady plateau by 3-4 weeks postinjection, nearly three times faster than in the absence of CPT (P<0.05). Southern blot analysis of AAV2 genomes in cardiac tissue showed rapid conversion of the AAV2 genome from its single-stranded to double-stranded form in CPT-treated mice. Non-invasive determinations of luciferase expression correlated well with in vitro luciferase assays. Direct injection of the AAV2 vector and long-term luciferase gene expression had no detectable effects on normal cardiac function as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging.
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- Konkal-Matt R Prasad
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA; Department of Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA.
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Nimonkar AV, Boehmer PE. Role of protein-protein interactions during herpes simplex virus type 1 recombination-dependent replication. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:21957-65. [PMID: 15026409 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m400832200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Recombination-dependent replication is an integral part of the process by which double-strand DNA breaks are repaired to maintain genome integrity. It also serves as a means to replicate genomic termini. We reported previously on the reconstitution of a recombination-dependent replication system using purified herpes simplex virus type 1 proteins (Nimonkar A. V., and Boehmer, P. E. (2003) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 100, 10201-10206). In this system, homologous pairing by the viral single-strand DNA-binding protein (ICP8) is coupled to DNA synthesis by the viral DNA polymerase and helicase-primase in the presence of a DNA-relaxing enzyme. Here we show that DNA synthesis in this system is dependent on the viral polymerase processivity factor (UL42). Moreover, although DNA synthesis is strictly dependent on topoisomerase I, it is only stimulated by the viral helicase in a manner that requires the helicase-loading protein (UL8). Furthermore, we have examined the dependence of DNA synthesis in the viral system on species-specific protein-protein interactions. Optimal DNA synthesis was observed with the herpes simplex virus type 1 replication proteins, ICP8, DNA polymerase (UL30/UL42), and helicase-primase (UL5/UL52/UL8). Interestingly, substitution of each component with functional homologues from other systems for the most part did not drastically impede DNA synthesis. In contrast, recombination-dependent replication promoted by the bacteriophage T7 replisome was disrupted by substitution with the replication proteins from herpes simplex virus type 1. These results show that although DNA synthesis performed by the T7 replisome is dependent on cognate protein-protein interactions, such interactions are less important in the herpes simplex virus replisome.
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- Amitabh V Nimonkar
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33101-6129, USA
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Sverdrup F, Schaffhausen BS, Androphy EJ. Polyomavirus large T can support DNA replication in human cells. Virology 1998; 240:50-6. [PMID: 9448688 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1997.8865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Human cells are generally thought to be nonpermissive for polyomavirus (Py) DNA replication. Using transient transfection, we show that Py large T-antigen (LT) was able to support replication of a Py origin-containing plasmid in two human cell lines. Replication supported by LT in human cells was specific for the Py origin and required its enhancer sequences, as well as the previously reported critical phosphorylation sites within LT. Py replication efficiency was comparable to that of papillomavirus E1 and E2 activated DNA replication in transient assays performed in human 293 and C-33A cells. Previous analysis of DNA replication in vitro has pointed to polymerase alpha-primase as a specificity determinant for polyomavirus. The data presented here imply that in certain cellular environments, Py LT must functionally interact with human polymerase alpha-primase to permit DNA replication.
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- F Sverdrup
- Department of Dermatology, New England Medical Center, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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Morham SG, Kluckman KD, Voulomanos N, Smithies O. Targeted disruption of the mouse topoisomerase I gene by camptothecin selection. Mol Cell Biol 1996; 16:6804-9. [PMID: 8943335 PMCID: PMC231683 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.16.12.6804] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Topoisomerase I has ubiquitous roles in important cellular functions such as replication, transcription, and recombination. In order to further characterize this enzyme in vivo, we have used gene targeting to inactivate the mouse Top-1 gene. A selection protocol using the topoisomerase I inhibitor camptothecin facilitated isolation of embryonic stem cell clones containing an inactivated allele; isolation of correctly targeted clones was enhanced 75-fold over that achieved by normal selection procedures. The disrupted Top-1 allele is embryonic lethal when homozygous, and development of such embryos fails between the 4- and 16-cell stages. Both sperm and oocytes containing the inactive allele maintain viability through the fertilization point, and thus gene expression of topoisomerase I is not required for gamete viability. These studies demonstrate that topoisomerase I is essential for cell growth and division in vivo. The Top-1 gene was also shown to be linked to the agouti locus.
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- S G Morham
- Department of Pathology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599-7525, USA
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Chang CF, Gallia GL, Muralidharan V, Chen NN, Zoltick P, Johnson E, Khalili K. Evidence that replication of human neurotropic JC virus DNA in glial cells is regulated by the sequence-specific single-stranded DNA-binding protein Pur alpha. J Virol 1996; 70:4150-6. [PMID: 8648759 PMCID: PMC190307 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.6.4150-4156.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Initiation of polyomavirus DNA replication in eukaryotic cells requires the participation of the viral early protein T antigen, cellular replication factors, and DNA polymerases. The human polyomavirus JC virus (JCV) is the etiologic agent of the fatal demyelinating disease progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy in immunocompromised individuals. This virus exhibits a narrow host range and a tissue specificity that restricts its replication to glial cells of the central nervous system. Restriction of viral DNA replication due to species specificity of the DNA polymerase, coupled with glial cell-specific transcription of the viral early promoter, is thought to account for the brain-specific replication of JCV. In this report we demonstrate that overexpression of Pur alpha, a protein which binds to single-stranded DNA in a sequence-specific manner, suppresses replication of JCV DNA in glial cells. Results from footprinting studies indicate that Pur alpha and T antigen share a common binding region spanning the single-stranded ori sequence of JCV. Further, T antigen was capable of stimulating the association of Pur alpha with the ori sequence in a band shift assay. Whereas no evidence for simultaneous binding of Pur alpha and T antigen to single-stranded DNA has been observed, results from coimmunoprecipitation and Western blot (immunoblot) analyses of proteins derived from cells producing JCV T antigen indicate a molecular association of JCV T antigen and Pur alpha. The binding of Pur alpha to the single-stranded ori sequence and its association with T antigen suggest that Pur alpha interferes with the activity of T antigen and/or other regulatory proteins to exert its negative effect on JCV DNA replication. The importance of these findings in the reactivation of JCV in the latently infected individual under immunosuppressed conditions is discussed.
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- C F Chang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Urcelay E, Ward P, Wiener SM, Safer B, Kotin RM. Asymmetric replication in vitro from a human sequence element is dependent on adeno-associated virus Rep protein. J Virol 1995; 69:2038-46. [PMID: 7884849 PMCID: PMC188869 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.69.4.2038-2046.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The DNA of human parvovirus adeno-associated virus type 2 (AAV) integrates preferentially into a defined region of human chromosome 19. Southern blots of genomic DNA from latently infected cell lines revealed that the provirus was not simply inserted into the cellular DNA. Both the proviral and adjoining cellular DNA organization indicated that integration occurred by a complex, coordinated process involving limited DNA replication and rearrangements. However, the mechanism for targeted integration has remained obscure. The two larger nonstructural proteins (Rep68 and Rep78) of AAV bind to a sequence element that is present in both the integration locus (P1) and the AAV inverted terminal repeat. This binding may be important for targeted integration. To investigate the mechanism of targeted integration, we tested the cloned integration site subfragment in a cell-free replication assay in the presence or absence of recombinant Rep proteins. Extensive, asymmetric replication of linear or open-circular template DNA was dependent on the presence of P1 sequence and Rep protein. The activities of Rep on the cloned P1 element are analogous to activities on the AAV inverted terminal repeat. Replication apparently initiates from a 3'-OH generated by the sequence-specific nicking activity of Rep. This results in a covalent attachment between Rep and the 5'-thymidine of the nick. The complexity of proviral structures can be explained by the participation of limited DNA replication facilitated by Rep during integration.
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- E Urcelay
- Molecular Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Amin A, Murakami Y, Hurwitz J. Initiation of DNA replication by simian virus 40 T antigen is inhibited by the p107 protein. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)37348-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Amin A, Hurwitz J. Polar arrest of the simian virus 40 tumor antigen-mediated replication fork movement in vitro by the tus protein-terB complex of Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 1992. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)37005-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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