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Meiotic recombination mirrors patterns of germline replication in mice and humans. Cell 2021; 184:4251-4267.e20. [PMID: 34260899 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Genetic recombination generates novel trait combinations, and understanding how recombination is distributed across the genome is key to modern genetics. The PRDM9 protein defines recombination hotspots; however, megabase-scale recombination patterning is independent of PRDM9. The single round of DNA replication, which precedes recombination in meiosis, may establish these patterns; therefore, we devised an approach to study meiotic replication that includes robust and sensitive mapping of replication origins. We find that meiotic DNA replication is distinct; reduced origin firing slows replication in meiosis, and a distinctive replication pattern in human males underlies the subtelomeric increase in recombination. We detected a robust correlation between replication and both contemporary and historical recombination and found that replication origin density coupled with chromosome size determines the recombination potential of individual chromosomes. Our findings and methods have implications for understanding the mechanisms underlying DNA replication, genetic recombination, and the landscape of mammalian germline variation.
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Yamamoto Y, Gustafson EA, Foulk MS, Smith HS, Gerbi SA. Anatomy and evolution of a DNA replication origin. Chromosoma 2021; 130:199-214. [PMID: 34254172 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-021-00756-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2020] [Revised: 01/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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DNA amplification occurs at the DNA puff II/9A locus in the fungus fly Sciara coprophila. As a foundation to study the molecular mechanism for the initiating events of II/9A DNA re-replication, we have sequenced 14 kb spanning a DNase hypersensitive site (DHS) upstream of the 1 kb amplification origin and through transcription units II/9-1 and II/9-2 downstream of the origin. These elements are annotated as well as the ORC binding site at the origin and the transition point (TP) between continuous and discontinuous DNA syntheses that marks the origin of bidirectional replication at the nucleotide level. A 9 bp motif found at the TP is repeated near the other end of the 1 kb ORI and may identify a putative second TP. The steroid hormone ecdysone induces DNA amplification as well as transcription and puffing at locus II/9A. Within the 14 kb, several matches to the ecdysone response element (EcRE) consensus sequence were identified, including some in the amplification origin region. EcRE O-P is at a central axis of a remarkable symmetry, equidistant to the TPs that are themselves equidistant to EcRE O-1 and EcRE O-2. DNA sequence alterations have occurred throughout the II/9A region in a newly discovered polymorphism (#2). Polymorphism #2 is not specific to developmental stage, sex, or tissue, and it does not impair DNA amplification. The DHS, both 9 bp TP sequences, and EcREs O-1, O-P, and O-2 are conserved between the polymorphism #1 and #2 sequences, suggesting their functional importance and retention during evolutionary selection. Moreover, a 72 bp sequence in the Sciara DHS at DNA puff II/9A is conserved in DNA puff C-3 of Rhynchosciara americana. Comparisons are discussed between the Sciara II/9A amplicon and the chorion locus amplicon on the third chromosome of Drosophila.
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- Yutaka Yamamoto
- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Box G - Sidney Frank Life Sciences Building room 260, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Box G - Sidney Frank Life Sciences Building room 260, Providence, RI, 02912, USA.,Zipher Medical Affairs Co., 380 Wareham Street, Marion, MA, 02738, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Box G - Sidney Frank Life Sciences Building room 260, Providence, RI, 02912, USA.,Department of Biology, Mercyhurst University, 501 East 38th Street, Erie, PA, 16546, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Box G - Sidney Frank Life Sciences Building room 260, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Box G - Sidney Frank Life Sciences Building room 260, Providence, RI, 02912, USA.
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Monitoring genome-wide replication fork directionality by Okazaki fragment sequencing in mammalian cells. Nat Protoc 2021; 16:1193-1218. [PMID: 33442052 DOI: 10.1038/s41596-020-00454-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The ability to monitor DNA replication fork directionality at the genome-wide scale is paramount for a greater understanding of how genetic and environmental perturbations can impact replication dynamics in human cells. Here we describe a detailed protocol for isolating and sequencing Okazaki fragments from asynchronously growing mammalian cells, termed Okazaki fragment sequencing (Ok-seq), for the purpose of quantitatively determining replication initiation and termination frequencies around specific genomic loci by meta-analyses. Briefly, cells are pulsed with 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EdU) to label newly synthesized DNA, and collected for DNA extraction. After size fractionation on a sucrose gradient, Okazaki fragments are concentrated and purified before click chemistry is used to tag the EdU label with a biotin conjugate that is cleavable under mild conditions. Biotinylated Okazaki fragments are then captured on streptavidin beads and ligated to Illumina adapters before library preparation for Illumina sequencing. The use of Ok-seq to interrogate genome-wide replication fork initiation and termination efficiencies can be applied to all unperturbed, asynchronously growing mammalian cells or under conditions of replication stress, and the assay can be performed in less than 2 weeks.
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Yuan Z, Li H. Molecular mechanisms of eukaryotic origin initiation, replication fork progression, and chromatin maintenance. Biochem J 2020; 477:3499-3525. [PMID: 32970141 PMCID: PMC7574821 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20200065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2020] [Revised: 08/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Eukaryotic DNA replication is a highly dynamic and tightly regulated process. Replication involves several dozens of replication proteins, including the initiators ORC and Cdc6, replicative CMG helicase, DNA polymerase α-primase, leading-strand DNA polymerase ε, and lagging-strand DNA polymerase δ. These proteins work together in a spatially and temporally controlled manner to synthesize new DNA from the parental DNA templates. During DNA replication, epigenetic information imprinted on DNA and histone proteins is also copied to the daughter DNA to maintain the chromatin status. DNA methyltransferase 1 is primarily responsible for copying the parental DNA methylation pattern into the nascent DNA. Epigenetic information encoded in histones is transferred via a more complex and less well-understood process termed replication-couple nucleosome assembly. Here, we summarize the most recent structural and biochemical insights into DNA replication initiation, replication fork elongation, chromatin assembly and maintenance, and related regulatory mechanisms.
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- Zuanning Yuan
- Structural Biology Program, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A
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- Structural Biology Program, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A
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Hulke ML, Massey DJ, Koren A. Genomic methods for measuring DNA replication dynamics. Chromosome Res 2020; 28:49-67. [PMID: 31848781 PMCID: PMC7131883 DOI: 10.1007/s10577-019-09624-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2019] [Revised: 11/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Genomic DNA replicates according to a defined temporal program in which early-replicating loci are associated with open chromatin, higher gene density, and increased gene expression levels, while late-replicating loci tend to be heterochromatic and show higher rates of genomic instability. The ability to measure DNA replication dynamics at genome scale has proven crucial for understanding the mechanisms and cellular consequences of DNA replication timing. Several methods, such as quantification of nucleotide analog incorporation and DNA copy number analyses, can accurately reconstruct the genomic replication timing profiles of various species and cell types. More recent developments have expanded the DNA replication genomic toolkit to assays that directly measure the activity of replication origins, while single-cell replication timing assays are beginning to reveal a new level of replication timing regulation. The combination of these methods, applied on a genomic scale and in multiple biological systems, promises to resolve many open questions and lead to a holistic understanding of how eukaryotic cells replicate their genomes accurately and efficiently.
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- Michelle L Hulke
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
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Aria V, Yeeles JTP. Mechanism of Bidirectional Leading-Strand Synthesis Establishment at Eukaryotic DNA Replication Origins. Mol Cell 2018; 73:S1097-2765(18)30879-7. [PMID: 30451148 PMCID: PMC6344338 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2018.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2018] [Revised: 09/17/2018] [Accepted: 10/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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DNA replication commences at eukaryotic replication origins following assembly and activation of bidirectional CMG helicases. Once activated, CMG unwinds the parental DNA duplex and DNA polymerase α-primase initiates synthesis on both template strands. By utilizing an origin-dependent replication system using purified yeast proteins, we have mapped start sites for leading-strand replication. Synthesis is mostly initiated outside the origin sequence. Strikingly, rightward leading strands are primed left of the origin and vice versa. We show that each leading strand is established from a lagging-strand primer synthesized by the replisome on the opposite side of the origin. Preventing elongation of primers synthesized left of the origin blocked rightward leading strands, demonstrating that replisomes are interdependent for leading-strand synthesis establishment. The mechanism we reveal negates the need for dedicated leading-strand priming and necessitates a crucial role for the lagging-strand polymerase Pol δ in connecting the nascent leading strand with the advancing replisome.
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- Valentina Aria
- Division of Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Division of Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Francis Crick Avenue, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK.
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Courtot L, Hoffmann JS, Bergoglio V. The Protective Role of Dormant Origins in Response to Replicative Stress. Int J Mol Sci 2018; 19:ijms19113569. [PMID: 30424570 PMCID: PMC6274952 DOI: 10.3390/ijms19113569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Revised: 11/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/07/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Genome stability requires tight regulation of DNA replication to ensure that the entire genome of the cell is duplicated once and only once per cell cycle. In mammalian cells, origin activation is controlled in space and time by a cell-specific and robust program called replication timing. About 100,000 potential replication origins form on the chromatin in the gap 1 (G1) phase but only 20⁻30% of them are active during the DNA replication of a given cell in the synthesis (S) phase. When the progress of replication forks is slowed by exogenous or endogenous impediments, the cell must activate some of the inactive or "dormant" origins to complete replication on time. Thus, the many origins that may be activated are probably key to protect the genome against replication stress. This review aims to discuss the role of these dormant origins as safeguards of the human genome during replicative stress.
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- Lilas Courtot
- CRCT, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, UPS; Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Laboratoire d'excellence Toulouse Cancer, 2 Avenue Hubert Curien, 31037 Toulouse, France.
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- CRCT, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, UPS; Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Laboratoire d'excellence Toulouse Cancer, 2 Avenue Hubert Curien, 31037 Toulouse, France.
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- CRCT, Université de Toulouse, Inserm, CNRS, UPS; Equipe labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer, Laboratoire d'excellence Toulouse Cancer, 2 Avenue Hubert Curien, 31037 Toulouse, France.
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Kang S, Kang MS, Ryu E, Myung K. Eukaryotic DNA replication: Orchestrated action of multi-subunit protein complexes. Mutat Res 2018; 809:58-69. [PMID: 28501329 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2017.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Revised: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 04/30/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Genome duplication is an essential process to preserve genetic information between generations. The eukaryotic cell cycle is composed of functionally distinct phases: G1, S, G2, and M. One of the key replicative proteins that participate at every stage of DNA replication is the Mcm2-7 complex, a replicative helicase. In the G1 phase, inactive Mcm2-7 complexes are loaded on the replication origins by replication-initiator proteins, ORC and Cdc6. Two kinases, S-CDK and DDK, convert the inactive origin-loaded Mcm2-7 complex to an active helicase, the CMG complex in the S phase. The activated CMG complex begins DNA unwinding and recruits enzymes essential for DNA synthesis to assemble a replisome at the replication fork. After completion of DNA synthesis, the inactive CMG complex on the replicated DNA is removed from chromatin to terminate DNA replication. In this review, we will discuss the structure, function, and regulation of the molecular machines involved in each step of DNA replication.
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- Sukhyun Kang
- Center for Genomic Integrity, Institute for Basic Science, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea.
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- Center for Genomic Integrity, Institute for Basic Science, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Genomic Integrity, Institute for Basic Science, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea; School of Life Sciences, Ulsan National Institute for Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Genomic Integrity, Institute for Basic Science, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea; School of Life Sciences, Ulsan National Institute for Science and Technology, Ulsan 44919, Republic of Korea
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Castán A, Fernández-Calleja V, Hernández P, Krimer DB, Schvartzman JB, Fernández-Nestosa MJ. Analysis of DNA topology of EBV minichromosomes in HEK 293 cells. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0188172. [PMID: 29186176 PMCID: PMC5706722 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Simian Virus 40 (SV40) and Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) are frequently used as model systems to study DNA replication. Their genomes are both circular duplex DNAs organized in a single replicon where replication initiates at a precise site upon binding of a specific protein: the large tumor (T) antigen for SV40 and the Epstein-Barr Nuclear Antigen 1 (EBNA-1) for EBV. Despite the abundant information available on the genetics and biochemistry of the replication process in these systems, little is known about the changes in DNA topology that take place as molecules are transfected into eukaryotic cells, assembled into chromatin and bind initiator proteins to start replication. Here we used high-resolution two-dimensional agarose gel electrophoresis to demonstrate that in Human Embryonic Kidney (HEK) 293 cells, minichromosomes of almost the same mass carrying either the SV40 or the EBV replication origin showed similar topological features. The patterns were very similar regardless of the initiator proteins. We also showed that in a hybrid minichromosome, pEco3’Δ, that initiates replication from the SV40 origin, the presence of EBNA-1 and its putative binding to the EBV “family of repeats” induces no significant topological change. These observations challenge the idea that binding of EBNA-1 to oriP could induce negative supercoiling and favor a model suggesting that it binds to oriP in a two-step process where only the second step causes structural changes in a transient cell cycle specific manner.
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- Alicia Castán
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas (CSIC), Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, Spain
- * E-mail: (JBS); (JFN)
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- Scientific and Applied Computing Laboratory, Polytechnic School, National University of Asunción, SL, San Lorenzo, Paraguay
- * E-mail: (JBS); (JFN)
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In this review, Prioleau and MacAlpine summarize recent advances in our understanding of how primary sequence, chromatin environment, and nuclear architecture contribute to the dynamic selection and activation of replication origins across diverse cell types and developmental stages. For more than three decades, investigators have sought to identify the precise locations where DNA replication initiates in mammalian genomes. The development of molecular and biochemical approaches to identify start sites of DNA replication (origins) based on the presence of defining and characteristic replication intermediates at specific loci led to the identification of only a handful of mammalian replication origins. The limited number of identified origins prevented a comprehensive and exhaustive search for conserved genomic features that were capable of specifying origins of DNA replication. More recently, the adaptation of origin-mapping assays to genome-wide approaches has led to the identification of tens of thousands of replication origins throughout mammalian genomes, providing an unprecedented opportunity to identify both genetic and epigenetic features that define and regulate their distribution and utilization. Here we summarize recent advances in our understanding of how primary sequence, chromatin environment, and nuclear architecture contribute to the dynamic selection and activation of replication origins across diverse cell types and developmental stages.
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- Marie-Noëlle Prioleau
- Institut Jacques Monod, UMR7592, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Universite Paris Diderot, Equipe Labellisee Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer, Paris 75013, France
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710. USA
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Prioleau MN. G-Quadruplexes and DNA Replication Origins. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2017; 1042:273-286. [DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-6955-0_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Gerbi SA. The path from student to mentor and from chromosomes to replication to genomics. Mol Biol Cell 2016; 27:3194-3196. [PMID: 27799493 PMCID: PMC5170850 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e16-07-0493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The American Society for Cell Biology Women in Cell Biology Sandra Masur Senior Award recognizes leadership in scientific accomplishments and in mentoring, which are intertwined. My development as a scientist reflects important mentors in my life, including my father and Joe Gall, who is my “Doktor Vater.” In turn, as an established investigator, my scientific successes in researching 1) chromosomes, their replication and genomics, and 2) ribosomes, their structure, evolution, and biogenesis, reflects the hard work of my students and postdocs, for whom I act as a mentor, guiding them in their research and along their career paths.
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- Susan A Gerbi
- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry, Division of Biology and Medicine, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912
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Valton AL, Prioleau MN. G-Quadruplexes in DNA Replication: A Problem or a Necessity? Trends Genet 2016; 32:697-706. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2016.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2016] [Accepted: 09/01/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Langley AR, Gräf S, Smith JC, Krude T. Genome-wide identification and characterisation of human DNA replication origins by initiation site sequencing (ini-seq). Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:10230-10247. [PMID: 27587586 PMCID: PMC5137433 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw760] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2016] [Revised: 08/18/2016] [Accepted: 08/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Next-generation sequencing has enabled the genome-wide identification of human DNA replication origins. However, different approaches to mapping replication origins, namely (i) sequencing isolated small nascent DNA strands (SNS-seq); (ii) sequencing replication bubbles (bubble-seq) and (iii) sequencing Okazaki fragments (OK-seq), show only limited concordance. To address this controversy, we describe here an independent high-resolution origin mapping technique that we call initiation site sequencing (ini-seq). In this approach, newly replicated DNA is directly labelled with digoxigenin-dUTP near the sites of its initiation in a cell-free system. The labelled DNA is then immunoprecipitated and genomic locations are determined by DNA sequencing. Using this technique we identify >25,000 discrete origin sites at sub-kilobase resolution on the human genome, with high concordance between biological replicates. Most activated origins identified by ini-seq are found at transcriptional start sites and contain G-quadruplex (G4) motifs. They tend to cluster in early-replicating domains, providing a correlation between early replication timing and local density of activated origins. Origins identified by ini-seq show highest concordance with sites identified by SNS-seq, followed by OK-seq and bubble-seq. Furthermore, germline origins identified by positive nucleotide distribution skew jumps overlap with origins identified by ini-seq and OK-seq more frequently and more specifically than do sites identified by either SNS-seq or bubble-seq.
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- Alexander R Langley
- Francis Crick Institute, Mill Hill Laboratory, The Ridgeway, London NW7 1AA, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK
- Department of Haematology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0PT, UK
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- Francis Crick Institute, Mill Hill Laboratory, The Ridgeway, London NW7 1AA, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EJ, UK
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Recent work suggests that DNA replication origins are regulated by the number of multiple mini-chromosome maintenance (MCM) complexes loaded. Origins are defined by the loading of MCM - the replicative helicase which initiates DNA replication and replication kinetics determined by origin's location and firing times. However, activation of MCM is heterogeneous; different origins firing at different times in different cells. Also, more MCMs are loaded in G1 than are used in S phase. These aspects of MCM biology are explained by the observation that multiple MCMs are loaded at origins. Having more MCMs at early origins makes them more likely to fire, effecting differences in origin efficiency that define replication timing. Nonetheless, multiple MCM loading raises new questions, such as how they are loaded, where these MCMs reside at origins, and how their presence affects replication timing. In this review, we address these questions and discuss future avenues of research.
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- Shankar P Das
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA
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Song C, Zhang S, Huang H. Choosing a suitable method for the identification of replication origins in microbial genomes. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:1049. [PMID: 26483774 PMCID: PMC4588119 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2015] [Accepted: 09/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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As the replication of genomic DNA is arguably the most important task performed by a cell and given that it is controlled at the initiation stage, the events that occur at the replication origin play a central role in the cell cycle. Making sense of DNA replication origins is important for improving our capacity to study cellular processes and functions in the regulation of gene expression, genome integrity in much finer detail. Thus, clearly comprehending the positions and sequences of replication origins which are fundamental to chromosome organization and duplication is the first priority of all. In view of such important roles of replication origins, tremendous work has been aimed at identifying and testing the specificity of replication origins. A number of computational tools based on various skew types have been developed to predict replication origins. Using various in silico approaches such as Ori-Finder, and databases such as DoriC, researchers have predicted the locations of replication origins sites for thousands of bacterial chromosomes and archaeal genomes. Based on the predicted results, we should choose an effective method for identifying and confirming the interactions at origins of replication. Here we describe the main existing experimental methods that aimed to determine the replication origin regions and list some of the many the practical applications of these methods.
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- Chengcheng Song
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin UniversityTianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Tianjin UniversityTianjin, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and EngineeringTianjin, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin UniversityTianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Tianjin UniversityTianjin, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and EngineeringTianjin, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin UniversityTianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Tianjin UniversityTianjin, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and EngineeringTianjin, China
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Comoglio F, Schlumpf T, Schmid V, Rohs R, Beisel C, Paro R. High-resolution profiling of Drosophila replication start sites reveals a DNA shape and chromatin signature of metazoan origins. Cell Rep 2015; 11:821-34. [PMID: 25921534 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.03.070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2015] [Revised: 03/09/2015] [Accepted: 03/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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At every cell cycle, faithful inheritance of metazoan genomes requires the concerted activation of thousands of DNA replication origins. However, the genetic and chromatin features defining metazoan replication start sites remain largely unknown. Here, we delineate the origin repertoire of the Drosophila genome at high resolution. We address the role of origin-proximal G-quadruplexes and suggest that they transiently stall replication forks in vivo. We dissect the chromatin configuration of replication origins and identify a rich spatial organization of chromatin features at initiation sites. DNA shape and chromatin configurations, not strict sequence motifs, mark and predict origins in higher eukaryotes. We further examine the link between transcription and origin firing and reveal that modulation of origin activity across cell types is intimately linked to cell-type-specific transcriptional programs. Our study unravels conserved origin features and provides unique insights into the relationship among DNA topology, chromatin, transcription, and replication initiation across metazoa.
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- Federico Comoglio
- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Molecular and Computational Biology Program, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich, Mattenstrasse 26, 4058 Basel, Switzerland; Faculty of Science, University of Basel, Klingelbergstrasse 50, 4056 Basel, Switzerland.
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Duzdevich D, Warner MD, Ticau S, Ivica NA, Bell SP, Greene EC. The dynamics of eukaryotic replication initiation: origin specificity, licensing, and firing at the single-molecule level. Mol Cell 2015; 58:483-94. [PMID: 25921072 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2015.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 03/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Eukaryotic replication initiation is highly regulated and dynamic. It begins with the origin recognition complex (ORC) binding DNA sites called origins of replication. ORC, together with Cdc6 and Cdt1, mediate pre-replicative complex (pre-RC) assembly by loading a double hexamer of Mcm2-7: the core of the replicative helicase. Here, we use single-molecule imaging to directly visualize Saccharomyces cerevisiae pre-RC assembly and replisome firing in real time. We show that ORC can locate and stably bind origins within large tracts of non-origin DNA and that Cdc6 drives ordered pre-RC assembly. We further show that the dynamics of the ORC-Cdc6 interaction dictate Mcm2-7 loading specificity and that Mcm2-7 double hexamers form preferentially at a native origin sequence. Finally, we demonstrate that single Mcm2-7 hexamers propagate bidirectionally, monotonically, and processively as constituents of active replisomes.
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- Daniel Duzdevich
- Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
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Kunnev D, Freeland A, Qin M, Leach RW, Wang J, Shenoy RM, Pruitt SC. Effect of minichromosome maintenance protein 2 deficiency on the locations of DNA replication origins. Genome Res 2015; 25:558-69. [PMID: 25762552 PMCID: PMC4381527 DOI: 10.1101/gr.176099.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2014] [Accepted: 01/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Minichromosome maintenance (MCM) proteins are loaded onto chromatin during G1-phase and define potential locations of DNA replication initiation. MCM protein deficiency results in genome instability and high rates of cancer in mouse models. Here we develop a method of nascent strand capture and release and show that MCM2 deficiency reduces DNA replication initiation in gene-rich regions of the genome. DNA structural properties are shown to correlate with sequence motifs associated with replication origins and with locations that are preferentially affected by MCM2 deficiency. Reduced nascent strand density correlates with sites of recurrent focal CNVs in tumors arising in MCM2-deficient mice, consistent with a direct relationship between sites of reduced DNA replication initiation and genetic damage. Between 10% and 90% of human tumors, depending on type, carry heterozygous loss or mutation of one or more MCM2-7 genes, which is expected to compromise DNA replication origin licensing and result in elevated rates of genome damage at a subset of gene-rich locations.
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
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Urban JM, Foulk MS, Casella C, Gerbi SA. The hunt for origins of DNA replication in multicellular eukaryotes. F1000PRIME REPORTS 2015; 7:30. [PMID: 25926981 PMCID: PMC4371235 DOI: 10.12703/p7-30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Origins of DNA replication (ORIs) occur at defined regions in the genome. Although DNA sequence defines the position of ORIs in budding yeast, the factors for ORI specification remain elusive in metazoa. Several methods have been used recently to map ORIs in metazoan genomes with the hope that features for ORI specification might emerge. These methods are reviewed here with analysis of their advantages and shortcomings. The various factors that may influence ORI selection for initiation of DNA replication are discussed.
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- John M. Urban
- Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown UniversitySidney Frank Hall, 185 Meeting Street, Providence, RI 02912USA
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- Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown UniversitySidney Frank Hall, 185 Meeting Street, Providence, RI 02912USA
- Department of Biology, Mercyhurst University501 East 38th Street, Erie, PA 16546USA
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- Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown UniversitySidney Frank Hall, 185 Meeting Street, Providence, RI 02912USA
- Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Southern DenmarkJB Winsloews Vej 25, 5000 Odense CDenmark
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- Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown UniversitySidney Frank Hall, 185 Meeting Street, Providence, RI 02912USA
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Foulk MS, Urban JM, Casella C, Gerbi SA. Characterizing and controlling intrinsic biases of lambda exonuclease in nascent strand sequencing reveals phasing between nucleosomes and G-quadruplex motifs around a subset of human replication origins. Genome Res 2015; 25:725-35. [PMID: 25695952 PMCID: PMC4417120 DOI: 10.1101/gr.183848.114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2014] [Accepted: 02/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Nascent strand sequencing (NS-seq) is used to discover DNA replication origins genome-wide, allowing identification of features for their specification. NS-seq depends on the ability of lambda exonuclease (λ-exo) to efficiently digest parental DNA while leaving RNA-primer protected nascent strands intact. We used genomics and biochemical approaches to determine if λ-exo digests all parental DNA sequences equally. We report that λ-exo does not efficiently digest G-quadruplex (G4) structures in a plasmid. Moreover, λ-exo digestion of nonreplicating genomic DNA (LexoG0) enriches GC-rich DNA and G4 motifs genome-wide. We used LexoG0 data to control for nascent strand–independent λ-exo biases in NS-seq and validated this approach at the rDNA locus. The λ-exo–controlled NS-seq peaks are not GC-rich, and only 35.5% overlap with 6.8% of all G4s, suggesting that G4s are not general determinants for origin specification but may play a role for a subset. Interestingly, we observed a periodic spacing of G4 motifs and nucleosomes around the peak summits, suggesting that G4s may position nucleosomes at this subset of origins. Finally, we demonstrate that use of Na+ instead of K+ in the λ-exo digestion buffer reduced the effect of G4s on λ-exo digestion and discuss ways to increase both the sensitivity and specificity of NS-seq.
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- Michael S Foulk
- Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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- Brown University Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
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Hyrien O. Peaks cloaked in the mist: the landscape of mammalian replication origins. J Cell Biol 2015; 208:147-60. [PMID: 25601401 PMCID: PMC4298691 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201407004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2014] [Accepted: 12/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Replication of mammalian genomes starts at sites termed replication origins, which historically have been difficult to locate as a result of large genome sizes, limited power of genetic identification schemes, and rareness and fragility of initiation intermediates. However, origins are now mapped by the thousands using microarrays and sequencing techniques. Independent studies show modest concordance, suggesting that mammalian origins can form at any DNA sequence but are suppressed by read-through transcription or that they can overlap the 5' end or even the entire gene. These results require a critical reevaluation of whether origins form at specific DNA elements and/or epigenetic signals or require no such determinants.
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- Olivier Hyrien
- Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique UMR8197 and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1024, 75005 Paris, France
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Kunnev D, Freeland A, Qin M, Wang J, Pruitt SC. Isolation and sequencing of active origins of DNA replication by nascent strand capture and release (NSCR). J Biol Methods 2015; 2. [PMID: 26949711 DOI: 10.14440/jbm.2015.92] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Nascent strand capture and release (NSCR) is a method for isolation of short nascent strands to identify origins of DNA replication. The protocol provided involves isolation of total DNA, denaturation, size fractionation on a sucrose gradient, 5'-biotinylation of the appropriate size nucleic acids, binding to a streptavidin coated magnetic beads, intensive washing, and specific release of only the RNA-containing chimeric nascent strand DNA using ribonuclease I (RNase I). The method has been applied to mammalian cells derived from proliferative tissues and cell culture but could be used for any system where DNA replication is primed by a small RNA resulting in chimeric RNA-DNA molecules.
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- Dimiter Kunnev
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA
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Fu H, Besnard E, Desprat R, Ryan M, Kahli M, Lemaitre JM, Aladjem MI. Mapping replication origin sequences in eukaryotic chromosomes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 65:22.20.1-17. [PMID: 25447077 DOI: 10.1002/0471143030.cb2220s65] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Recent advances in genome-sequencing technology have led to the complete mapping of DNA replication initiation sites in the human genome. This thorough origin mapping facilitates understanding of the relationship between replication initiation events, transcription, and chromatin modifications, and allows the characterization of consensus sequences of potential replication origins. This unit provides a detailed protocol for isolation and sequence analysis of nascent DNA strands. Two variations of the protocol based on non-overlapping assumptions are described below, addressing potential bias issues for whole-genome analyses.
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- Haiqing Fu
- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
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Besnard E, Desprat R, Ryan M, Kahli M, Aladjem MI, Lemaitre JM. Best practices for mapping replication origins in eukaryotic chromosomes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 64:22.18.1-13. [PMID: 25181303 DOI: 10.1002/0471143030.cb2218s64] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Understanding the regulatory principles ensuring complete DNA replication in each cell division is critical for deciphering the mechanisms that maintain genomic stability. Recent advances in genome sequencing technology facilitated complete mapping of DNA replication sites and helped move the field from observing replication patterns at a handful of single loci to analyzing replication patterns genome-wide. These advances address issues, such as the relationship between replication initiation events, transcription, and chromatin modifications, and identify potential replication origin consensus sequences. This unit summarizes the technological and fundamental aspects of replication profiling and briefly discusses novel insights emerging from mining large datasets, published in the last 3 years, and also describes DNA replication dynamics on a whole-genome scale.
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- Emilie Besnard
- Laboratory of Genome Plasticity and Aging, Institute of Functional Genomics, CNRS UMR5203, INSERM U661, UMI, Montpellier, France
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Valton AL, Hassan-Zadeh V, Lema I, Boggetto N, Alberti P, Saintomé C, Riou JF, Prioleau MN. G4 motifs affect origin positioning and efficiency in two vertebrate replicators. EMBO J 2014; 33:732-46. [PMID: 24521668 DOI: 10.1002/embj.201387506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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DNA replication ensures the accurate duplication of the genome at each cell cycle. It begins at specific sites called replication origins. Genome-wide studies in vertebrates have recently identified a consensus G-rich motif potentially able to form G-quadruplexes (G4) in most replication origins. However, there is no experimental evidence to demonstrate that G4 are actually required for replication initiation. We show here, with two model origins, that G4 motifs are required for replication initiation. Two G4 motifs cooperate in one of our model origins. The other contains only one critical G4, and its orientation determines the precise position of the replication start site. Point mutations affecting the stability of this G4 in vitro also impair origin function. Finally, this G4 is not sufficient for origin activity and must cooperate with a 200-bp cis-regulatory element. In conclusion, our study strongly supports the predicted essential role of G4 in replication initiation.
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- Anne-Laure Valton
- Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS UMR7592 Université Paris Diderot Equipe Labellisée Ligue contre le cancer, Paris, France
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Mesner LD, Valsakumar V, Cieślik M, Pickin R, Hamlin JL, Bekiranov S. Bubble-seq analysis of the human genome reveals distinct chromatin-mediated mechanisms for regulating early- and late-firing origins. Genome Res 2013; 23:1774-88. [PMID: 23861383 PMCID: PMC3814878 DOI: 10.1101/gr.155218.113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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We have devised a method for isolating virtually pure and comprehensive libraries of restriction fragments that contained replication initiation sites (bubbles) in vivo. We have now sequenced and mapped the bubble-containing fragments from GM06990, a near-normal EBV-transformed lymphoblastoid cell line, and have compared origin distributions with a comprehensive replication timing study recently published for this cell line. We find that early-firing origins, which represent ∼32% of all origins, overwhelmingly represent zones, associate only marginally with active transcription units, are localized within large domains of open chromatin, and are significantly associated with DNase I hypersensitivity. Origin "density" falls from early- to mid-S-phase, but rises again in late S-phase to levels only 17% lower than in early S-phase. Unexpectedly, late origin density calculated on the 1-Mb scale increases as a function of increasing chromatin compaction. Furthermore, the median efficiency of origins in late-replicating, heterochromatic domains is only 25% lower than in early-replicating euchromatic loci. Thus, the activation of early- and late-firing origins must be regulated by quintessentially different mechanisms. The aggregate data can be unified into a model in which initiation site selection is driven almost entirely by epigenetic factors that fashion both the long-range and local chromatin environments, with underlying DNA sequence and local transcriptional activity playing only minor roles. Importantly, the comprehensive origin map we have prepared for GM06990 overlaps moderately well with origin maps recently reported for the genomes of four different human cell lines based on the distributions of small nascent strands.
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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The onset of genomic DNA synthesis requires precise interactions of specialized initiator proteins with DNA at sites where the replication machinery can be loaded. These sites, defined as replication origins, are found at a few unique locations in all of the prokaryotic chromosomes examined so far. However, replication origins are dispersed among tens of thousands of loci in metazoan chromosomes, thereby raising questions regarding the role of specific nucleotide sequences and chromatin environment in origin selection and the mechanisms used by initiators to recognize replication origins. Close examination of bacterial and archaeal replication origins reveals an array of DNA sequence motifs that position individual initiator protein molecules and promote initiator oligomerization on origin DNA. Conversely, the need for specific recognition sequences in eukaryotic replication origins is relaxed. In fact, the primary rule for origin selection appears to be flexibility, a feature that is modulated either by structural elements or by epigenetic mechanisms at least partly linked to the organization of the genome for gene expression.
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- Alan C Leonard
- Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida 32901
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Cayrou C, Grégoire D, Coulombe P, Danis E, Méchali M. Genome-scale identification of active DNA replication origins. Methods 2012; 57:158-64. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ymeth.2012.06.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2012] [Revised: 06/21/2012] [Accepted: 06/25/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Crevel G, Cotterill S. Forced binding of the origin of replication complex to chromosomal sites in Drosophila S2 cells creates an origin of replication. J Cell Sci 2012; 125:965-72. [PMID: 22421364 DOI: 10.1242/jcs.094409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Origins of replication in higher eukaryotes appear to lack specific sequence characteristics and those mapped often appear to be spread over several kilobases. This has complicated the study of site-specific events at origins of replication in vivo. Here we show that fusion of a Gal4-binding domain to proteins of the origin of replication complex (Orc) is sufficient to direct initiation to Gal4-binding sites inserted in the Drosophila S2 cell chromosome. The activation appears to go via an authentic route, taking place only in the S phase of the cell cycle and involving the formation of a prereplication complex. We have also shown that the origin-associated acetylation of histone H4 at K12 can be directed to the region of Orc binding by the presence of Orc. We expect that this system can provide a useful tool for the study of site-specific events at origins of replication in higher eukaryotes and a means to dissect Orc-dependent and Orc-independent events at origins.
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- Gilles Crevel
- Department Basic Medical Sciences, St Georges University London, Cranmer Terrace, London, SW17 0RE, UK
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Intrinsic coupling of lagging-strand synthesis to chromatin assembly. Nature 2012; 483:434-8. [PMID: 22419157 DOI: 10.1038/nature10895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2011] [Accepted: 01/24/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Fifty per cent of the genome is discontinuously replicated on the lagging strand as Okazaki fragments. Eukaryotic Okazaki fragments remain poorly characterized and, because nucleosomes are rapidly deposited on nascent DNA, Okazaki fragment processing and nucleosome assembly potentially affect one another. Here we show that ligation-competent Okazaki fragments in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are sized according to the nucleosome repeat. Using deep sequencing, we demonstrate that ligation junctions preferentially occur near nucleosome midpoints rather than in internucleosomal linker regions. Disrupting chromatin assembly or lagging-strand polymerase processivity affects both the size and the distribution of Okazaki fragments, suggesting a role for nascent chromatin, assembled immediately after the passage of the replication fork, in the termination of Okazaki fragment synthesis. Our studies represent the first high-resolution analysis--to our knowledge--of eukaryotic Okazaki fragments in vivo, and reveal the interconnection between lagging-strand synthesis and chromatin assembly.
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The origin recognition complex (ORC) was first discovered in the baker's yeast in 1992. Identification of ORC opened up a path for subsequent molecular level investigations on how eukaryotic cells initiate and control genome duplication each cell cycle. Twenty years after the first biochemical isolation, ORC is now taking on a three-dimensional shape, although a very blurry shape at the moment, thanks to the recent electron microscopy and image reconstruction efforts. In this chapter, we outline the current biochemical knowledge about ORC from several eukaryotic systems, with emphasis on the most recent structural and biochemical studies. Despite many species-specific properties, an emerging consensus is that ORC is an ATP-dependent machine that recruits other key proteins to form pre-replicative complexes (pre-RCs) at many origins of DNA replication, enabling the subsequent initiation of DNA replication in S phase.
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- Huilin Li
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA, And, Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA, , Tel: 631-344-2931, Fax: 631-344-3407
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA, , Tel: 516-367-8383
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Rajewska M, Wegrzyn K, Konieczny I. AT-rich region and repeated sequences - the essential elements of replication origins of bacterial replicons. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2011; 36:408-34. [PMID: 22092310 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2011.00300.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2011] [Accepted: 07/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Repeated sequences are commonly present in the sites for DNA replication initiation in bacterial, archaeal, and eukaryotic replicons. Those motifs are usually the binding places for replication initiation proteins or replication regulatory factors. In prokaryotic replication origins, the most abundant repeated sequences are DnaA boxes which are the binding sites for chromosomal replication initiation protein DnaA, iterons which bind plasmid or phage DNA replication initiators, defined motifs for site-specific DNA methylation, and 13-nucleotide-long motifs of a not too well-characterized function, which are present within a specific region of replication origin containing higher than average content of adenine and thymine residues. In this review, we specify methods allowing identification of a replication origin, basing on the localization of an AT-rich region and the arrangement of the origin's structural elements. We describe the regularity of the position and structure of the AT-rich regions in bacterial chromosomes and plasmids. The importance of 13-nucleotide-long repeats present at the AT-rich region, as well as other motifs overlapping them, was pointed out to be essential for DNA replication initiation including origin opening, helicase loading and replication complex assembly. We also summarize the role of AT-rich region repeated sequences for DNA replication regulation.
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- Magdalena Rajewska
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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Martin MM, Ryan M, Kim R, Zakas AL, Fu H, Lin CM, Reinhold WC, Davis SR, Bilke S, Liu H, Doroshow JH, Reimers MA, Valenzuela MS, Pommier Y, Meltzer PS, Aladjem MI. Genome-wide depletion of replication initiation events in highly transcribed regions. Genome Res 2011; 21:1822-32. [PMID: 21813623 DOI: 10.1101/gr.124644.111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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This report investigates the mechanisms by which mammalian cells coordinate DNA replication with transcription and chromatin assembly. In yeast, DNA replication initiates within nucleosome-free regions, but studies in mammalian cells have not revealed a similar relationship. Here, we have used genome-wide massively parallel sequencing to map replication initiation events, thereby creating a database of all replication initiation sites within nonrepetitive DNA in two human cell lines. Mining this database revealed that genomic regions transcribed at moderate levels were generally associated with high replication initiation frequency. In genomic regions with high rates of transcription, very few replication initiation events were detected. High-resolution mapping of replication initiation sites showed that replication initiation events were absent from transcription start sites but were highly enriched in adjacent, downstream sequences. Methylation of CpG sequences strongly affected the location of replication initiation events, whereas histone modifications had minimal effects. These observations suggest that high levels of transcription interfere with formation of pre-replication protein complexes. Data presented here identify replication initiation sites throughout the genome, providing a foundation for further analyses of DNA-replication dynamics and cell-cycle progression.
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- Melvenia M Martin
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, CCR, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Mesner LD, Valsakumar V, Karnani N, Dutta A, Hamlin JL, Bekiranov S. Bubble-chip analysis of human origin distributions demonstrates on a genomic scale significant clustering into zones and significant association with transcription. Genome Res 2010; 21:377-89. [PMID: 21173031 DOI: 10.1101/gr.111328.110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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We have used a novel bubble-trapping procedure to construct nearly pure and comprehensive human origin libraries from early S- and log-phase HeLa cells, and from log-phase GM06990, a karyotypically normal lymphoblastoid cell line. When hybridized to ENCODE tiling arrays, these libraries illuminated 15.3%, 16.4%, and 21.8% of the genome in the ENCODE regions, respectively. Approximately half of the origin fragments cluster into zones, and their signals are generally higher than those of isolated fragments. Interestingly, initiation events are distributed about equally between genic and intergenic template sequences. While only 13.2% and 14.0% of genes within the ENCODE regions are actually transcribed in HeLa and GM06990 cells, 54.5% and 25.6% of zonal origin fragments overlap transcribed genes, most with activating chromatin marks in their promoters. Our data suggest that cell synchronization activates a significant number of inchoate origins. In addition, HeLa and GM06990 cells activate remarkably different origin populations. Finally, there is only moderate concordance between the log-phase HeLa bubble map and published maps of small nascent strands for this cell line.
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- Larry D Mesner
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA
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Studies in our laboratory over the last three decades have shown that the Chinese hamster dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) origin of replication corresponds to a broad zone of inefficient initiation sites distributed throughout the spacer between the convergently transcribed DHFR and 2BE2121 genes. It is clear from mutational analysis that none of these sites is genetically required for controlling origin activity. However, the integrity of the promoter of the DHFR gene is needed to activate the downstream origin, while the 3' processing signals prevent invasion and inactivation of the downstream origin by transcription forks. Several other origins in metazoans have been shown to correspond to zones of inefficient sites, while a different subset appears to be similar to the fixed replicators that characterize origins in S. cerevisiae and lower organisms. These observations have led us to suggest a model in which the mammalian genome is dotted with a hierarchy of degenerate, redundant, and inefficient replicators at intervals of a kilobase or less, some of which may have evolved to be highly circumscribed and efficient. The activities of initiation sites are proposed to be largely regulated by local transcription and chromatin architecture. Recently, we and others have devised strategies for identifying active origins on a genome-wide scale in order to define their distributions between fixed and dispersive origin types and to detect relationships among origins, genes, and epigenetic markers. The global pictures emerging are suggestive but far from complete and appear to be plagued by some of the same uncertainties that have led to conflicting views of individual origins in the past (particularly DHFR). In this paper, we will trace the history of origin discovery in mammalian genomes, primarily using the well-studied DHFR origin as a model, because it has been analyzed by nearly every available origin mapping technique in several different laboratories, while many origins have been identified by only one. We will address the strengths and shortcomings of the various methods utilized to identify and characterize origins in complex genomes and will point out how we and others were sometimes led astray by false assumptions and biases, as well as insufficient information. The goal is to help guide future experiments that will provide a truly comprehensive and accurate portrait of origins and their regulation. After all, in the words of George Santayana, "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
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Karnani N, Taylor CM, Malhotra A, Dutta A. Genomic study of replication initiation in human chromosomes reveals the influence of transcription regulation and chromatin structure on origin selection. Mol Biol Cell 2009; 21:393-404. [PMID: 19955211 PMCID: PMC2814785 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-08-0707] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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DNA replication in metazoans initiates from multiple chromosomal loci called origins. This study identifies 150 new origins of replication that were confirmed by two methods of nascent strand purification. We discern the role of transcription initiation and regulation, as well as chromatin signatures in determining origin selection in human genome. DNA replication in metazoans initiates from multiple chromosomal loci called origins. Currently, there are two methods to purify origin-centered nascent strands: lambda exonuclease digestion and anti-bromodeoxyuridine immunoprecipitation. Because both methods have unique strengths and limitations, we purified nascent strands by both methods, hybridized them independently to tiling arrays (1% genome) and compared the data to have an accurate view of genome-wide origin distribution. By this criterion, we identified 150 new origins that were reproducible across the methods. Examination of a subset of these origins by chromatin immunoprecipitation against origin recognition complex (ORC) subunits 2 and 3 showed 93% of initiation peaks to localize at/within 1 kb of ORC binding sites. Correlation of origins with functional elements of the genome revealed origin activity to be significantly enriched around transcription start sites (TSSs). Consistent with proximity to TSSs, we found a third of initiation events to occur at or near the RNA polymerase II binding sites. Interestingly, ∼50% of the early origin activity was localized within 5 kb of transcription regulatory factor binding region clusters. The chromatin signatures around the origins were enriched in H3K4-(di- and tri)-methylation and H3 acetylation modifications on histones. Affinity of origins for open chromatin was also reiterated by their proximity to DNAse I-hypersensitive sites. Replication initiation peaks were AT rich, and >50% of the origins mapped to evolutionarily conserved regions of the genome. In summary, these findings indicate that replication initiation is influenced by transcription initiation and regulation as well as chromatin structure.
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- Neerja Karnani
- Departments of *Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Computer Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA
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Das-Bradoo S, Bielinsky AK. Replication initiation point mapping: approach and implications. Methods Mol Biol 2009; 521:105-20. [PMID: 19563103 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-815-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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Duplication of eukaryotic chromosomes begins from multiple sites called origins of replication, with DNA synthesis proceeding bidirectionally away from the origin. There is little detailed information available pertaining to whether replication initiates at specific sites or anywhere within a given origin. The development of replication initiation point (RIP) mapping has made it possible to map start sites for DNA synthesis at the nucleotide level. The key step in RIP mapping is the purification of nascent DNA, which is initiated by small RNA primers. For the removal of broken DNA fragments, we utilize lambda-exonuclease, which digests DNA, but leaves nascent strands intact as long as they have the RNA primer still attached. RIP mapping is a sensitive technique and has been successfully applied to single copy loci in both budding and fission yeast, archaebacteria, and human cells. Studies in yeast have shown that the binding site for the initiator, the origin recognition complex (ORC), lies immediately adjacent to the replication start point, which suggests that ORC directs the initiation machinery to a distinct site. Here, we present a detailed step-by-step protocol for RIP mapping of replication origins in budding yeast.
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- Sapna Das-Bradoo
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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The lamin B2 locus is the only mammalian origin whose replication initiation points (RIPs) have been mapped. Although this paper was published 8 years ago, no further mammalian RIP-mapping studies have been reported, largely due to technical difficulties of ligation-mediated (LM)-PCR used by the authors. Here, we report the development of a simple, one-way PCR-based protocol that allows one to accurately determine RIPs at mammalian origins. The procedure can be completed within 48 h from the time of cell lysis in the agarose gel. Nascent DNA is then isolated from the same gel after DNA is separated by alkaline gel electrophoresis. Subsequently, RIPs are determined by one-way PCR-based primer extension using labeled primers. Using this protocol, we have successfully mapped RIPs in the human DBF4 locus. As one-way PCR is routinely used by many scientists, this protocol will provide a powerful new tool for studying DNA replication in many organisms including mammalian cells.
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Langston LD, O'Donnell M. DNA polymerase delta is highly processive with proliferating cell nuclear antigen and undergoes collision release upon completing DNA. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:29522-31. [PMID: 18635534 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m804488200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In most cells, 100-1000 Okazaki fragments are produced for each replicative DNA polymerase present in the cell. For fast-growing cells, this necessitates rapid recycling of DNA polymerase on the lagging strand. Bacteria produce long Okazaki fragments (1-2 kb) and utilize a highly processive DNA polymerase III (pol III), which is held to DNA by a circular sliding clamp. In contrast, Okazaki fragments in eukaryotes are quite short, 100-250 bp, and thus the eukaryotic lagging strand polymerase does not require a high degree of processivity. The lagging strand polymerase in eukaryotes, polymerase delta (pol delta), functions with the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) sliding clamp. In this report, Saccharomyces cerevisiae pol delta is examined on model substrates to gain insight into the mechanism of lagging strand replication in eukaryotes. Surprisingly, we find pol delta is highly processive with PCNA, over at least 5 kb, on Replication Protein A (RPA)-coated primed single strand DNA. The high processivity of pol delta observed in this report contrasts with its role in synthesis of short lagging strand fragments, which require it to rapidly dissociate from DNA at the end of each Okazaki fragment. We find that this dilemma is solved by a "collision release" process in which pol delta ejects from PCNA upon extending a DNA template to completion and running into the downstream duplex. The released pol delta transfers to a new primed site, provided the new site contains a PCNA clamp. Additional results indicate that the collision release mechanism is intrinsic to the pol3/pol31 subunits of the pol delta heterotrimer.
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- Lance D Langston
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10065, USA
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In Xenopus egg extracts, DNA replication initiates preferentially at or near asymmetric AT sequences. Mol Cell Biol 2008; 28:5265-74. [PMID: 18573882 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00181-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Previous observations led to the conclusion that in Xenopus eggs and during early development, DNA replication initiates at regular intervals but with no apparent sequence specificity. Conversely, here, we present evidence for site-specific DNA replication origins in Xenopus egg extracts. Using lambda DNA, we show that DNA replication origins are activated in clusters in regions that contain closely spaced adenine or thymine asymmetric tracks used as preferential initiation sites. In agreement with these data, AT-rich asymmetric sequences added as competitors preferentially recruit origin recognition complexes and inhibit sperm chromatin replication by increasing interorigin spacing. We also show that the assembly of a transcription complex favors origin activity at the corresponding site without necessarily eliminating the other origins. Thus, although Xenopus eggs have the ability to replicate any kind of DNA, AT-rich domains or transcription factors favor the selection of DNA replication origins without increasing the overall efficiency of DNA synthesis. These results suggest that asymmetric AT-rich regions might be default elements that favor the selection of a DNA replication origin in a transcriptionally silent complex, whereas other epigenetic elements linked to the organization of domains for transcription may have further evolved over this basal layer of regulation.
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Gómez M, Antequera F. Overreplication of short DNA regions during S phase in human cells. Genes Dev 2008; 22:375-85. [PMID: 18245449 DOI: 10.1101/gad.445608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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DNA replication origins (ORI) are regulatory regions from which the genome is replicated once every cell cycle. A widely used method for their identification in mammalian chromosomes relies on quantitative PCR of DNA nascent strands across candidate regions. We developed a new high-resolution PCR strategy to localize ORIs directly on total unfractionated human DNA. The increase in sensitivity provided by this approach has revealed that a short region of approximately 200-base-pair overlapping well-characterized replication origins undergoes several rounds of replication, coinciding with their specific time of activation during S phase. This process generates a population of discrete dsDNA fragments detectable as free molecules in preparations of total DNA in normally proliferating cells. Overreplicated regions have precise boundaries at the edge of the nucleosome-free gap that encompasses the transcription initiation sites of CpG island promoters. By itself, active transcription does not induce overreplication but does stimulate it at ORIs associated with promoters. The coincidence in time and space between the overproduction of short DNA fragments and ORI activity predicts the precise localization of thousands of ORIs in the human genome and uncovers a previously unnoticed step in the initiation of DNA replication.
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- María Gómez
- Instituto de Microbiología Bioquímica, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)/Universidad de Salamanca, Edificio Departamental, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007-Salamanca, Spain.
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Tetrahymena ORC contains a ribosomal RNA fragment that participates in rDNA origin recognition. EMBO J 2007; 26:5048-60. [PMID: 18007594 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2007] [Accepted: 10/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The Tetrahymena thermophila ribosomal DNA (rDNA) replicon contains dispersed cis-acting replication determinants, including reiterated type I elements that associate with sequence-specific, single-stranded binding factors, TIF1 through TIF4. Here, we show that TIF4, previously implicated in cell cycle-controlled DNA replication and rDNA gene amplification, is the T. thermophila origin recognition complex (TtORC). We further demonstrate that TtORC contains an integral RNA subunit that participates in rDNA origin recognition. Remarkably, this RNA, designated 26T, spans the terminal 282 nts of 26S ribosomal RNA. 26T RNA exhibits extensive complementarity to the type I element T-rich strand and binds the rDNA origin in vivo. Mutations that disrupt predicted interactions between 26T RNA and its complementary rDNA target change the in vitro binding specificity of ORC and diminish in vivo rDNA origin utilization. These findings reveal a role for ribosomal RNA in chromosome biology and define a new mechanism for targeting ORC to replication initiation sites.
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Sun C, Zhou M, Li Y, Xiang H. Molecular characterization of the minimal replicon and the unidirectional theta replication of pSCM201 in extremely halophilic archaea. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:8136-44. [PMID: 16997958 PMCID: PMC1698213 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00988-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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A 3,463-bp plasmid, pSCM201, was isolated from a halophilic archaeon, Haloarcula sp. strain AS7094. The minimal replicon that is essential and sufficient for autonomous replication and stable maintenance in Haloarcula hispanica was determined by deletion analysis of the plasmid. This minimal replicon ( approximately 1.8 kb) consisted of only two functionally related segments: (i) a putative origin (ori201) containing an AT-rich region and sets of repeats and (ii) an adjacent gene encoding a putative replication initiation protein (Rep201). Electron microscopic observation and Southern blotting analysis demonstrated that pSCM201 replicates via a theta mechanism. Precise mapping of the putative origin suggested that the replication initiated from a fixed site close to the AT-rich region and proceeded unidirectionally toward the downstream rep201 gene, which was further confirmed by electron microscopic analysis of the ClaI-digested replication intermediates. To our knowledge, this is the first unidirectional theta replication plasmid experimentally identified in the domain of archaea. It provides a novel plasmid system to conduct research on archaeal DNA replication.
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- Chaomin Sun
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, People's Republic of China
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Bolon YT, Bielinsky AK. The spatial arrangement of ORC binding modules determines the functionality of replication origins in budding yeast. Nucleic Acids Res 2006; 34:5069-80. [PMID: 16984967 PMCID: PMC1635292 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkl661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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In the quest to define autonomously replicating sequences (ARSs) in eukaryotic cells, an ARS consensus sequence (ACS) has emerged for budding yeast. This ACS is recognized by the replication initiator, the origin recognition complex (ORC). However, not every match to the ACS constitutes a replication origin. Here, we investigated the requirements for ORC binding to origins that carry multiple, redundant ACSs, such as ARS603. Previous studies raised the possibility that these ACSs function as individual ORC binding sites. Detailed mutational analysis of the two ACSs in ARS603 revealed that they function in concert and give rise to an initiation pattern compatible with a single bipartite ORC binding site. Consistent with this notion, deletion of one base pair between the ACS matches abolished ORC binding at ARS603. Importantly, loss of ORC binding in vitro correlated with the loss of ARS activity in vivo. Our results argue that replication origins in yeast are in general comprised of bipartite ORC binding sites that cannot function in random alignment but must conform to a configuration that permits ORC binding. These requirements help to explain why only a limited number of ACS matches in the yeast genome qualify as ORC binding sites.
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 612 624 2469; Fax: +1 612 625 2163;
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Minami H, Takahashi J, Suto A, Saitoh Y, Tsutsumi KI. Binding of AlF-C, an Orc1-binding transcriptional regulator, enhances replicator activity of the rat aldolase B origin. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:8770-80. [PMID: 16982680 PMCID: PMC1636824 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00949-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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A region encompassing the rat aldolase B gene (aldB) promoter acts as a chromosomal origin of DNA replication (origin) in rat aldolase B-nonexpressing hepatoma cells. To examine replicator function of the aldB origin, we constructed recombinant mouse cell lines in which the rat aldB origin and the mutant derivatives were inserted into the same position at the mouse chromosome 8 by cre-mediated recombination. Nascent strand abundance assays revealed that the rat origin acts as a replicator at the ectopic mouse locus. Mutation of site C in the rat origin, which binds an Orc1-binding protein AlF-C in vitro, resulted in a significant reduction of the replicator activity in the mouse cells. Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays indicated that the reduction of replicator activity was paralleled with the reduced binding of AlF-C and Orc1, suggesting that sequence-specific binding of AlF-C to the ectopic rat origin leads to enhanced replicator activity in cooperation with Orc1. Involvement of AlF-C in replication in vivo was further examined for the aldB origin at its original rat locus and for a different rat origin identified in the present study, which contained an AlF-C-binding site. ChIP assays revealed that both replication origins bind AlF-C and Orc1. We think that the results presented here may represent one mode of origin recognition in mammalian cells.
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- Hiroyuki Minami
- Cryobiosystem Research Center, Iwate University, Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550, Japan
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Das-Bradoo S, Ricke RM, Bielinsky AK. Interaction between PCNA and diubiquitinated Mcm10 is essential for cell growth in budding yeast. Mol Cell Biol 2006; 26:4806-17. [PMID: 16782870 PMCID: PMC1489165 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.02062-05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The minichromosome maintenance protein 10 (Mcm10) is an evolutionarily conserved factor that is essential for replication initiation and elongation. Mcm10 is part of the eukaryotic replication fork and interacts with a variety of proteins, including the Mcm2-7 helicase and DNA polymerase alpha/primase complexes. A motif search revealed a match to the proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA)-interacting protein (PIP) box in Mcm10. Here, we demonstrate a direct interaction between Mcm10 and PCNA that is alleviated by mutations in conserved residues of the PIP box. Interestingly, only the diubiquitinated form of Mcm10 binds to PCNA. Diubiquitination of Mcm10 is cell cycle regulated; it first appears in late G(1) and persists throughout S phase. During this time, diubiquitinated Mcm10 is associated with chromatin, suggesting a direct role in DNA replication. Surprisingly, a Y245A substitution in the PIP box of Mcm10 that inhibits the interaction with PCNA abolishes cell proliferation. This severe-growth phenotype, which has not been observed for analogous mutations in other PCNA-interacting proteins, is rescued by a compensatory mutation in PCNA that restores interaction with Mcm10-Y245A. Taken together, our results suggest that diubiquitinated Mcm10 interacts with PCNA to facilitate an essential step in DNA elongation.
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- Sapna Das-Bradoo
- University of Minnesota, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics, 321 Church Street SE, 6-155 Jackson Hall, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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Grainge I, Gaudier M, Schuwirth BS, Westcott SL, Sandall J, Atanassova N, Wigley DB. Biochemical analysis of a DNA replication origin in the archaeon Aeropyrum pernix. J Mol Biol 2006; 363:355-69. [PMID: 16978641 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.07.076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2006] [Revised: 07/26/2006] [Accepted: 07/26/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We have characterised the interaction of the Aeropyrum pernix origin recognition complex proteins (ORC1 and ORC2) with DNA using DNase I footprinting. Each protein binds upstream of its respective gene. However, ORC1 protein alone interacts more tightly with an additional region containing multiple origin recognition box (ORB) sites that we show to be a replication origin. At this origin, there are four ORB elements disposed either side of an A+T-rich region. An ORC1 protein dimer binds at each of these ORB sites. Once all four ORB sites have bound ORC1 protein, there is a transition to a higher-order assembly with a defined alteration in topology and superhelicity. Furthermore, after this transition, the A+T-rich region becomes sensitive to digestion by DNase I and P1 nuclease, revealing that the transition promotes distortion of the DNA in this region, presumably as a prelude to loading of MCM helicase.
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- Ian Grainge
- Cancer Research UK, Clare Hall Laboratories, The London Research Institute, Blanche Lane, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Herts EN6 3LD, UK
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Donato JJ, Chung SCC, Tye BK. Genome-wide hierarchy of replication origin usage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. PLoS Genet 2006; 2:e141. [PMID: 16965179 PMCID: PMC1560401 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2006] [Accepted: 07/25/2006] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Replication origins in a genome are inherently different in their base sequence and in their response to temporal and cell cycle regulation signals for DNA replication. To investigate the chromosomal determinants that influence the efficiency of initiation of DNA replication genome-wide, we made use of a reverse strategy originally used for the isolation of replication initiation mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In yeast, replication origins isolated from chromosomes support the autonomous replication of plasmids. These replication origins, whether in the context of a chromosome or a plasmid, will initiate efficiently in wild-type cells but show a dramatically contrasted efficiency of activation in mutants defective in the early steps of replication initiation. Serial passages of a genomic library of autonomously replicating sequences (ARSs) in such a mutant allowed us to select for constitutively active ARSs. We found a hierarchy of preferential initiation of ARSs that correlates with local transcription patterns. This preferential usage is enhanced in mutants defective in the assembly of the prereplication complex (pre-RC) but not in mutants defective in the activation of the pre-RC. Our findings are consistent with an interference of local transcription with the assembly of the pre-RC at a majority of replication origins. The length of S phase regulated by the rate of DNA synthesis varies dramatically during the development of metazoans. Key to this regulation is the number of replication origins utilized in different developmental stages. A fundamental question is whether there is a hierarchy in the usage of replication origins under different conditions and if so, what are the determinants for preferential usage. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, replication origins isolated in DNA fragments are known as autonomously replicating sequences (ARSs). To gain insight into the determinants that regulate replication origin usage, genomic ARSs that are preferentially used under adverse conditions for replication initiation were identified. One of the determinants appears to be the local transcription pattern. Transcriptional activity directed towards an ARS correlates with reduced efficiency of replication initiation of that ARS. This transcriptional interference appears to be targeted at the assembly of the prereplication complex. These results are consistent with the deregulated initiation patterns observed in early developing Xenopus embryos that are devoid of transcription. Other yet-to-be-identified factors are also important in determining the efficiency of replication origin usage.
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- Justin J Donato
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America
- * To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:
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Fu H, Wang L, Lin CM, Singhania S, Bouhassira EE, Aladjem MI. Preventing gene silencing with human replicators. Nat Biotechnol 2006; 24:572-6. [PMID: 16604060 DOI: 10.1038/nbt1202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2005] [Accepted: 02/09/2006] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Transcriptional silencing, one of the major impediments to gene therapy in humans, is often accompanied by replication during late S-phase. We report that transcriptional silencing and late replication were prevented by DNA sequences that can initiate DNA replication (replicators). When replicators were included in silencing-prone transgenes, they did not undergo transcriptional silencing, replicated early and maintained histone acetylation patterns characteristic of euchromatin. A mutant replicator, which could not initiate replication, could not prevent gene silencing and replicated late when included in identical transgenes and inserted at identical locations. These observations suggest that replicators introduce epigenetic chromatin changes that facilitate initiation of DNA replication and affect gene silencing. Inclusion of functional replicators in gene therapy vectors may provide a tool for stabilizing gene expression patterns.
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- Haiqing Fu
- Laboratory of Molecular Pharmacology, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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