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Das S, Forrest J, Kuzminov A. Synthetic lethal mutants in Escherichia coli define pathways necessary for survival with RNase H deficiency. J Bacteriol 2023; 205:e0028023. [PMID: 37819120 PMCID: PMC10601623 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00280-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/09/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Ribonucleotides frequently contaminate DNA and, if not removed, cause genomic instability. Consequently, all organisms are equipped with RNase H enzymes to remove RNA-DNA hybrids (RDHs). Escherichia coli lacking RNase HI (rnhA) and RNase HII (rnhB) enzymes, the ∆rnhA ∆rnhB double mutant, accumulates RDHs in its DNA. These RDHs can convert into RNA-containing DNA lesions (R-lesions) of unclear nature that compromise genomic stability. The ∆rnhAB double mutant has severe phenotypes, like growth inhibition, replication stress, sensitivity to ultraviolet radiation, SOS induction, increased chromosomal fragmentation, and defects in nucleoid organization. In this study, we found that RNase HI deficiency also alters wild-type levels of DNA supercoiling. Despite these severe chromosomal complications, ∆rnhAB double mutant survives, suggesting that dedicated pathways operate to avoid or repair R-lesions. To identify these pathways, we systematically searched for mutants synthetic lethal (colethal) with the rnhAB defect using an unbiased color screen and a candidate gene approach. We identified both novel and previously reported rnhAB-colethal and -coinhibited mutants, characterized them, and sorted them into avoidance or repair pathways. These mutants operate in various parts of nucleic acid metabolism, including replication fork progression, R-loop prevention and removal, nucleoid organization, tRNA modification, recombinational repair, and chromosome-dimer resolution, demonstrating the pleiotropic nature of RNase H deficiency. IMPORTANCE Ribonucleotides (rNs) are structurally very similar to deoxyribonucleotides. Consequently, rN contamination of DNA is common and pervasive across all domains of life. Failure to remove rNs from DNA has severe consequences, and all organisms are equipped with RNase H enzymes to remove RNA-DNA hybrids. RNase H deficiency leads to complications in bacteria, yeast, and mouse, and diseases like progressive external ophthalmoplegia (mitochondrial defects in RNASEH1) and Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (defects in RNASEH2) in humans. Escherichia coli ∆rnhAB mutant, deficient in RNases H, has severe chromosomal complications. Despite substantial problems, nearly half of the mutant population survives. We have identified novel and previously confirmed pathways in various parts of nucleic acid metabolism that ensure survival with RNase H deficiency.
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- Sneha Das
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA
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Tripathi D, Oldenburg DJ, Bendich AJ. Ribonucleotide and R-Loop Damage in Plastid DNA and Mitochondrial DNA during Maize Development. PLANTS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 12:3161. [PMID: 37687407 PMCID: PMC10489836 DOI: 10.3390/plants12173161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 08/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/29/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
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Although the temporary presence of ribonucleotides in DNA is normal, their persistence represents a form of DNA damage. Here, we assess such damage and damage defense to DNA in plastids and mitochondria of maize. Shoot development proceeds from meristematic, non-pigmented cells containing proplastids and promitochondria at the leaf base to non-dividing green cells in the leaf blade containing mature organelles. The organellar DNAs (orgDNAs) become fragmented during this transition. Previously, orgDNA damage and damage defense of two types, oxidative and glycation, was described in maize, and now a third type, ribonucleotide damage, is reported. We hypothesized that ribonucleotide damage changes during leaf development and could contribute to the demise of orgDNAs. The levels of ribonucleotides and R-loops in orgDNAs and of RNase H proteins in organelles were measured throughout leaf development and in leaves grown in light and dark conditions. The data reveal that ribonucleotide damage to orgDNAs increased by about 2- to 5-fold during normal maize development from basal meristem to green leaf and when leaves were grown in normal light conditions compared to in the dark. During this developmental transition, the levels of the major agent of defense, RNase H, declined. The decline in organellar genome integrity during maize development may be attributed to oxidative, glycation, and ribonucleotide damages that are not repaired.
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- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA; (D.T.); (D.J.O.)
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Molecular basis for processing of topoisomerase 1-triggered DNA damage by Apn2/APE2. Cell Rep 2022; 41:111448. [DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2021] [Revised: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Sui Y, Epstein A, Dominska M, Zheng DQ, Petes T, Klein H. Ribodysgenesis: sudden genome instability in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae arising from RNase H2 cleavage at genomic-embedded ribonucleotides. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:6890-6902. [PMID: 35748861 PMCID: PMC9262587 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac536] [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] [Received: 03/24/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Ribonucleotides can be incorporated into DNA during replication by the replicative DNA polymerases. These aberrant DNA subunits are efficiently recognized and removed by Ribonucleotide Excision Repair, which is initiated by the heterotrimeric enzyme RNase H2. While RNase H2 is essential in higher eukaryotes, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae can survive without RNase H2 enzyme, although the genome undergoes mutation, recombination and other genome instability events at an increased rate. Although RNase H2 can be considered as a protector of the genome from the deleterious events that can ensue from recognition and removal of embedded ribonucleotides, under conditions of high ribonucleotide incorporation and retention in the genome in a RNase H2-negative strain, sudden introduction of active RNase H2 causes massive DNA breaks and genome instability in a condition which we term 'ribodysgenesis'. The DNA breaks and genome instability arise solely from RNase H2 cleavage directed to the ribonucleotide-containing genome. Survivors of ribodysgenesis have massive loss of heterozygosity events stemming from recombinogenic lesions on the ribonucleotide-containing DNA, with increases of over 1000X from wild-type. DNA breaks are produced over one to two divisions and subsequently cells adapt to RNase H2 and ribonucleotides in the genome and grow with normal levels of genome instability.
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- Yang Sui
- State Key Laboratory of Motor Vehicle Biofuel Technology, Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China,Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Motor Vehicle Biofuel Technology, Ocean College, Zhejiang University, Zhoushan 316021, China,Hainan Institute of Zhejiang University, Sanya 572000, China,ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Hangzhou 311200, China
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- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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- To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +1 212 263 5778;
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Vanoevelen JM, Bierau J, Grashorn JC, Lambrichs E, Kamsteeg EJ, Bok LA, Wevers RA, van der Knaap MS, Bugiani M, Frisk JH, Colnaghi R, O'Driscoll M, Hellebrekers DMEI, Rodenburg R, Ferreira CR, Brunner HG, van den Wijngaard A, Abdel-Salam GMH, Wang L, Stumpel CTRM. DTYMK is essential for genome integrity and neuronal survival. Acta Neuropathol 2022; 143:245-262. [PMID: 34918187 PMCID: PMC8742820 DOI: 10.1007/s00401-021-02394-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Revised: 12/03/2021] [Accepted: 12/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Nucleotide metabolism is a complex pathway regulating crucial cellular processes such as nucleic acid synthesis, DNA repair and proliferation. This study shows that impairment of the biosynthesis of one of the building blocks of DNA, dTTP, causes a severe, early-onset neurodegenerative disease. Here, we describe two unrelated children with bi-allelic variants in DTYMK, encoding dTMPK, which catalyzes the penultimate step in dTTP biosynthesis. The affected children show severe microcephaly and growth retardation with minimal neurodevelopment. Brain imaging revealed severe cerebral atrophy and disappearance of the basal ganglia. In cells of affected individuals, dTMPK enzyme activity was minimal, along with impaired DNA replication. In addition, we generated dtymk mutant zebrafish that replicate this phenotype of microcephaly, neuronal cell death and early lethality. An increase of ribonucleotide incorporation in the genome as well as impaired responses to DNA damage were observed in dtymk mutant zebrafish, providing novel pathophysiological insights. It is highly remarkable that this deficiency is viable as an essential component for DNA cannot be generated, since the metabolic pathway for dTTP synthesis is completely blocked. In summary, by combining genetic and biochemical approaches in multiple models we identified loss-of-function of DTYMK as the cause of a severe postnatal neurodegenerative disease and highlight the essential nature of dTTP synthesis in the maintenance of genome stability and neuronal survival.
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- Jo M Vanoevelen
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
- GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud UMC, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatrics, Màxima Medical Center, 5504 DB, Veldhoven, The Netherlands
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- Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Radboud UMC, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neuropathology, VUMC, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RH, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, BN1 9RH, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Translational Metabolic Laboratory, Radboud UMC, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud UMC, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- MHENS School of Neuroscience, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Donders Institute of Neuroscience, Radboud UMC, 6525 GA, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Human Genetics and Genome Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, 12311, Egypt
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- Department of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 75007, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, 6229 ER, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Riva V, Garbelli A, Casiraghi F, Arena F, Trivisani CI, Gagliardi A, Bini L, Schroeder M, Maffia A, Sabbioneda S, Maga G. Novel alternative ribonucleotide excision repair pathways in human cells by DDX3X and specialized DNA polymerases. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 48:11551-11565. [PMID: 33137198 PMCID: PMC7672437 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Removal of ribonucleotides (rNMPs) incorporated into the genome by the ribonucleotide excision repair (RER) is essential to avoid genetic instability. In eukaryotes, the RNaseH2 is the only known enzyme able to incise 5' of the rNMP, starting the RER process, which is subsequently carried out by replicative DNA polymerases (Pols) δ or ϵ, together with Flap endonuclease 1 (Fen-1) and DNA ligase 1. Here, we show that the DEAD-box RNA helicase DDX3X has RNaseH2-like activity and can support fully reconstituted in vitro RER reactions, not only with Pol δ but also with the repair Pols β and λ. Silencing of DDX3X causes accumulation of rNMPs in the cellular genome. These results support the existence of alternative RER pathways conferring high flexibility to human cells in responding to the threat posed by rNMPs incorporation.
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- Valentina Riva
- Institute of Molecular Genetics IGM-CNR 'Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza', via Abbiategrasso 207, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics IGM-CNR 'Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza', via Abbiategrasso 207, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics IGM-CNR 'Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza', via Abbiategrasso 207, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics IGM-CNR 'Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza', via Abbiategrasso 207, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnology, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Siena, Via A. De Gasperi 2, I-53100 Siena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, Via A. Moro 2, University of Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, Via A. Moro 2, University of Siena, I-53100 Siena, Italy
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- Kathleen Lonsdale Institute for Human Health Research, Biology Department, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics IGM-CNR 'Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza', via Abbiategrasso 207, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics IGM-CNR 'Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza', via Abbiategrasso 207, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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- Institute of Molecular Genetics IGM-CNR 'Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza', via Abbiategrasso 207, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
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Schellenberg MJ, Appel CD, Riccio AA, Butler LR, Krahn JM, Liebermann JA, Cortés-Ledesma F, Williams RS. Ubiquitin stimulated reversal of topoisomerase 2 DNA-protein crosslinks by TDP2. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:6310-6325. [PMID: 32356875 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Revised: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 2 (TDP2) reverses Topoisomerase 2 DNA-protein crosslinks (TOP2-DPCs) in a direct-reversal pathway licensed by ZATTZNF451 SUMO2 E3 ligase and SUMOylation of TOP2. TDP2 also binds ubiquitin (Ub), but how Ub regulates TDP2 functions is unknown. Here, we show that TDP2 co-purifies with K63 and K27 poly-Ubiquitinated cellular proteins independently of, and separately from SUMOylated TOP2 complexes. Poly-ubiquitin chains of ≥ Ub3 stimulate TDP2 catalytic activity in nuclear extracts and enhance TDP2 binding of DNA-protein crosslinks in vitro. X-ray crystal structures and small-angle X-ray scattering analysis of TDP2-Ub complexes reveal that the TDP2 UBA domain binds K63-Ub3 in a 1:1 stoichiometric complex that relieves a UBA-regulated autoinhibitory state of TDP2. Our data indicates that that poly-Ub regulates TDP2-catalyzed TOP2-DPC removal, and TDP2 single nucleotide polymorphisms can disrupt the TDP2-Ubiquitin interface.
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- Matthew J Schellenberg
- Structural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, US Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Structural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, US Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Structural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, US Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Structural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, US Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Structural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, US Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa (CABIMER), CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Junta de Andalucía, 41092 Sevilla, Spain
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- Centro Andaluz de Biología Molecular y Medicina Regenerativa (CABIMER), CSIC-Universidad de Sevilla Universidad Pablo de Olavide-Junta de Andalucía, 41092 Sevilla, Spain.,Topology and DNA breaks Group, Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO), Madrid 28029, Spain
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- Structural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, US Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Álvarez-Quilón A, Wojtaszek JL, Mathieu MC, Patel T, Appel CD, Hustedt N, Rossi SE, Wallace BD, Setiaputra D, Adam S, Ohashi Y, Melo H, Cho T, Gervais C, Muñoz IM, Grazzini E, Young JTF, Rouse J, Zinda M, Williams RS, Durocher D. Endogenous DNA 3' Blocks Are Vulnerabilities for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Deficiency and Are Reversed by the APE2 Nuclease. Mol Cell 2020; 78:1152-1165.e8. [PMID: 32516598 PMCID: PMC7340272 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/13/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
The APEX2 gene encodes APE2, a nuclease related to APE1, the apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease acting in base excision repair. Loss of APE2 is lethal in cells with mutated BRCA1 or BRCA2, making APE2 a prime target for homologous recombination-defective cancers. However, because the function of APE2 in DNA repair is poorly understood, it is unclear why BRCA-deficient cells require APE2 for viability. Here we present the genetic interaction profiles of APE2, APE1, and TDP1 deficiency coupled to biochemical and structural dissection of APE2. We conclude that the main role of APE2 is to reverse blocked 3' DNA ends, problematic lesions that preclude DNA synthesis. Our work also suggests that TOP1 processing of genomic ribonucleotides is the main source of 3'-blocking lesions relevant to APEX2-BRCA1/2 synthetic lethality. The exquisite sensitivity of BRCA-deficient cells to 3' blocks indicates that they represent a tractable vulnerability in homologous recombination-deficient tumor cells.
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- Alejandro Álvarez-Quilón
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Structural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Repare Therapeutics, 7210 Frederick-Banting, Suite 100, St-Laurent, QC H4S 2A1, Canada
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- Structural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Structural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Structural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
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- National Research Council Canada Human Health Therapeutics Research Center, 6100 Royalmount Avenue, Montreal, QC H4P 2R2, Canada
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- National Research Council Canada Human Health Therapeutics Research Center, 6100 Royalmount Avenue, Montreal, QC H4P 2R2, Canada
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- Repare Therapeutics, 7210 Frederick-Banting, Suite 100, St-Laurent, QC H4S 2A1, Canada
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- MRC Protein Phosphorylation and Ubiquitylation Unit, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, UK
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- Repare Therapeutics, 7210 Frederick-Banting, Suite 100, St-Laurent, QC H4S 2A1, Canada
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- Structural Cell Biology Group, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, 600 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada; Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada.
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Ribonucleotide incorporation in yeast genomic DNA shows preference for cytosine and guanosine preceded by deoxyadenosine. Nat Commun 2020; 11:2447. [PMID: 32415081 PMCID: PMC7229183 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16152-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Despite the abundance of ribonucleoside monophosphates (rNMPs) in DNA, sites of rNMP incorporation remain poorly characterized. Here, by using ribose-seq and Ribose-Map techniques, we built and analyzed high-throughput sequencing libraries of rNMPs derived from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA of budding and fission yeast. We reveal both common and unique features of rNMP sites among yeast species and strains, and between wild type and different ribonuclease H-mutant genotypes. We demonstrate that the rNMPs are not randomly incorporated in DNA. We highlight signatures and patterns of rNMPs, including sites within trinucleotide-repeat tracts. Our results uncover that the deoxyribonucleotide immediately upstream of the rNMPs has a strong influence on rNMP distribution, suggesting a mechanism of rNMP accommodation by DNA polymerases as a driving force of rNMP incorporation. Consistently, we find deoxyadenosine upstream from the most abundant genomic rCMPs and rGMPs. This study establishes a framework to better understand mechanisms of rNMP incorporation in DNA. Ribonucleoside monophosphates are incorporated by DNA polymerases into double-stranded DNA. Here, the authors use ribose-seq and Ribose-Map techniques to reveal that signatures and patterns of ribonucleotide incorporation in yeast mitochondrial and nuclear DNA show preference for cytosine and guanosine preceded by deoxyadenosine.
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Riccio AA, Schellenberg MJ, Williams RS. Molecular mechanisms of topoisomerase 2 DNA-protein crosslink resolution. Cell Mol Life Sci 2020; 77:81-91. [PMID: 31728578 PMCID: PMC6960353 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-019-03367-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 10/11/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The compaction of DNA and the continuous action of DNA transactions, including transcription and DNA replication, create complex DNA topologies that require Type IIA Topoisomerases, which resolve DNA topological strain and control genome dynamics. The human TOP2 enzymes catalyze their reactions via formation of a reversible covalent enzyme DNA-protein crosslink, the TOP2 cleavage complex (TOP2cc). Spurious interactions of TOP2 with DNA damage, environmental toxicants and chemotherapeutic "poisons" perturbs the TOP2 reaction cycle, leading to an accumulation of DNA-protein crosslinks, and ultimately, genomic instability and cell death. Emerging evidence shows that TOP2-DNA protein crosslink (DPC) repair entails multiple strand break repair activities, such as removal of the poisoned TOP2 protein and rejoining of the DNA ends through homologous recombination (HR) or non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). Herein, we discuss the molecular mechanisms of TOP2-DPC resolution, with specific emphasis on the recently uncovered ZATTZnf451-licensed TDP2-catalyzed TOP2-DPC reversal mechanism.
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- Amanda A Riccio
- Department of Health and Human Services, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Department of Health and Human Services, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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- Department of Health and Human Services, Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
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Tumbale PP, Jurkiw TJ, Schellenberg MJ, Riccio AA, O'Brien PJ, Williams RS. Two-tiered enforcement of high-fidelity DNA ligation. Nat Commun 2019; 10:5431. [PMID: 31780661 PMCID: PMC6882888 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-13478-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/05/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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DNA ligases catalyze the joining of DNA strands to complete DNA replication, recombination and repair transactions. To protect the integrity of the genome, DNA ligase 1 (LIG1) discriminates against DNA junctions harboring mutagenic 3'-DNA mismatches or oxidative DNA damage, but how such high-fidelity ligation is enforced is unknown. Here, X-ray structures and kinetic analyses of LIG1 complexes with undamaged and oxidatively damaged DNA unveil that LIG1 employs Mg2+-reinforced DNA binding to validate DNA base pairing during the adenylyl transfer and nick-sealing ligation reaction steps. Our results support a model whereby LIG1 fidelity is governed by a high-fidelity (HiFi) interface between LIG1, Mg2+, and the DNA substrate that tunes the enzyme to release pro-mutagenic DNA nicks. In a second tier of protection, LIG1 activity is surveilled by Aprataxin (APTX), which suppresses mutagenic and abortive ligation at sites of oxidative DNA damage.
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- Percy P Tumbale
- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1150 W Medical Center Drive Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA
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- Biological Chemistry, University of Michigan, 1150 W Medical Center Drive Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 111 TW Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC, 27709, USA.
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Lietard J, Damha MJ, Somoza MM. Large-Scale Photolithographic Synthesis of Chimeric DNA/RNA Hairpin Microarrays To Explore Sequence Specificity Landscapes of RNase HII Cleavage. Biochemistry 2019; 58:4389-4397. [PMID: 31631649 PMCID: PMC6838787 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Ribonuclease HII (RNase HII) is an essential endoribonuclease that binds to double-stranded DNA with RNA nucleotide incorporations and cleaves 5' of the ribonucleotide at RNA-DNA junctions. Thought to be present in all domains of life, RNase HII protects genomic integrity by initiating excision repair pathways that protect the encoded information from rapid degradation. There is sparse evidence that the enzyme cleaves some substrates better than others, but a large-scale study is missing. Such large-scale studies can be carried out on microarrays, and we employ chemical photolithography to synthesize very large combinatorial libraries of fluorescently labeled DNA/RNA chimeric sequences that self-anneal to form hairpin structures that are substrates for Escherichia coli RNase HII. The relative activity is determined by the loss of fluorescence upon cleavage. Each substrate includes a double-stranded 5 bp variable region with one to five consecutive ribonucleotide substitutions. We also examined the effect of all possible single and double mismatches, for a total of >9500 unique structures. Differences in cleavage efficiency indicate some level of substrate preference, and we identified the 5'-dC/rC-rA-dX-3' motif in well-cleaved substrates. The results significantly extend known patterns of RNase HII sequence specificity and serve as a template using large-scale photolithographic synthesis to comprehensively map landscapes of substrate specificity of nucleic acid-processing enzymes.
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- Jory Lietard
- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry , University of Vienna , Althanstraße 14 (UZA II) , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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- Department of Chemistry , McGill University , 801 Rue Sherbrooke Ouest , Montreal , QC H3A 0B8 , Canada
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry , University of Vienna , Althanstraße 14 (UZA II) , 1090 Vienna , Austria
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Wanrooij PH, Chabes A. Ribonucleotides in mitochondrial DNA. FEBS Lett 2019; 593:1554-1565. [PMID: 31093968 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2019] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The incorporation of ribonucleotides (rNMPs) into DNA during genome replication has gained substantial attention in recent years and has been shown to be a significant source of genomic instability. Studies in yeast and mammals have shown that the two genomes, the nuclear DNA (nDNA) and the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), differ with regard to their rNMP content. This is largely due to differences in rNMP repair - whereas rNMPs are efficiently removed from the nuclear genome, mitochondria lack robust mechanisms for removal of single rNMPs incorporated during DNA replication. In this minireview, we describe the processes that determine the frequency of rNMPs in the mitochondrial genome and summarise recent findings regarding the effect of incorporated rNMPs on mtDNA stability and function.
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- Paulina H Wanrooij
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Umeå University, Sweden.,Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden, Umeå University, Sweden
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Sassa A, Yasui M, Honma M. Current perspectives on mechanisms of ribonucleotide incorporation and processing in mammalian DNA. Genes Environ 2019; 41:3. [PMID: 30700998 PMCID: PMC6346524 DOI: 10.1186/s41021-019-0118-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Ribonucleotides, which are RNA precursors, are often incorporated into DNA during replication. Although embedded ribonucleotides in the genome are efficiently removed by canonical ribonucleotide excision repair (RER), inactivation of RER causes genomic ribonucleotide accumulation, leading to various abnormalities in cells. Mutation of genes encoding factors involved in RER is associated with the neuroinflammatory autoimmune disorder Aicardi–Goutières syndrome. Over the last decade, the biological impact of ribonucleotides in the genome has attracted much attention. In the present review, we particularly focus on recent studies that have elucidated possible mechanisms of ribonucleotide incorporation and repair and their significance in mammals.
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- Akira Sassa
- 1Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba, 263-8522 Japan
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- 2Division of Genetics and Mutagenesis, National Institute of Health Sciences, 3-25-26 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210-9501 Japan
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- 2Division of Genetics and Mutagenesis, National Institute of Health Sciences, 3-25-26 Tonomachi, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki 210-9501 Japan
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Fu I, Smith DJ, Broyde S. Rotational and translational positions determine the structural and dynamic impact of a single ribonucleotide incorporated in the nucleosome. DNA Repair (Amst) 2018; 73:155-163. [PMID: 30522887 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2018.11.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Revised: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ribonucleotides misincorporated by replicative DNA polymerases are by far the most common DNA lesion. The presence of ribonucleotides in DNA is associated with genome instability, causing replication stress, chromosome fragility, gross chromosomal rearrangements, and other mutagenic events. Furthermore, nucleosome and chromatin assembly as well as nucleosome positioning are affected by the presence of ribonucleotides. Notably, nucleosome formation is significantly reduced by a single ribonucleotide. Single ribonucleotides are primarily removed from DNA by the ribonucleotide excision repair (RER) pathway via the RNase H2 enzyme, which incises the DNA backbone on the 5'-side of the ribonucleotide. While the structural implications of a single ribonucleotide in free duplex DNA have been well studied, how a single ribonucleotide embedded in nucleosomal DNA impacts nucleosome structure and dynamics, and the possible consequent impact on RER, have not been explored. We have carried out 3.5 μs molecular dynamics simulations of a single ribonucleotide incorporated at various translational and rotational positions in a nucleosome core particle. We find that the presence of the 2'-OH group on the ribose impacts the local conformation and dynamics of both the ribonucleotide and nearby DNA nucleotides as well as their interactions with histones; the nature of these disturbances depends on the rotational and translational setting, including whether the ribose faces toward or away from the histones. The ribonucleotide's preferred C3'-endo pucker is stabilized by interactions with the histones, and furthermore the ribonucleotide can cause dynamic local duplex disturbance involving an abnormal C3'-endo population of the adjacent deoxyribose pucker, minor groove opening, ruptured Watson-Crick pairing, and duplex unwinding that are governed by translation-dependent histone-nucleotide interactions. Possible effects of these disturbances on RER are considered.
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- Iwen Fu
- Department of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY, 10003, United States.
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- Department of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY, 10003, United States.
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- Department of Biology, New York University, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY, 10003, United States.
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Vaisman A, Woodgate R. Ribonucleotide discrimination by translesion synthesis DNA polymerases. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2018; 53:382-402. [PMID: 29972306 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2018.1483889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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The well-being of all living organisms relies on the accurate duplication of their genomes. This is usually achieved by highly elaborate replicase complexes which ensure that this task is accomplished timely and efficiently. However, cells often must resort to the help of various additional "specialized" DNA polymerases that gain access to genomic DNA when replication fork progression is hindered. One such specialized polymerase family consists of the so-called "translesion synthesis" (TLS) polymerases; enzymes that have evolved to replicate damaged DNA. To fulfill their main cellular mission, TLS polymerases often must sacrifice precision when selecting nucleotide substrates. Low base-substitution fidelity is a well-documented inherent property of these enzymes. However, incorrect nucleotide substrates are not only those which do not comply with Watson-Crick base complementarity, but also those whose sugar moiety is incorrect. Does relaxed base-selectivity automatically mean that the TLS polymerases are unable to efficiently discriminate between ribonucleoside triphosphates and deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates that differ by only a single atom? Which strategies do TLS polymerases employ to select suitable nucleotide substrates? In this review, we will collate and summarize data accumulated over the past decade from biochemical and structural studies, which aim to answer these questions.
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- Alexandra Vaisman
- a Laboratory of Genomic Integrity , National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , MD , USA
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- a Laboratory of Genomic Integrity , National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health , Bethesda , MD , USA
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Multiple DNA repair pathways maintain genome stability and ensure that DNA remains essentially unchanged over the life of a cell. Various human diseases occur if DNA repair is compromised, and most of these impact the nervous system, in some cases exclusively. However, it is often unclear what specific endogenous damage underpins disease pathology. Generally, the types of causative DNA damage are associated with replication, transcription, or oxidative metabolism; other direct sources of endogenous lesions may arise from aberrant topoisomerase activity or ribonucleotide incorporation into DNA. This review focuses on the etiology of DNA damage in the nervous system and the genome stability pathways that prevent human neurologic disease.
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- Peter J McKinnon
- Department of Genetics, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA
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Removal of ribonucleotides by p53 protein incorporated during DNA synthesis by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. AIDS 2017; 31:343-353. [PMID: 28081035 DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000001339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE(S) HIV-1 reverse transcriptase frequently incorporates ribonucleotides into the proviral DNA in macrophages, but not in lymphocytes. The enzyme exerts an efficient ribonucleotide-terminated primer extension capacity. Furthermore, ribonucleotide-editing repair is attenuated in macrophages. Tumor suppressor p53 protein, displaying an intrinsic 3'→5' exonuclease activity, was found to be involved in efficient proofreading of base-base mismatches produced during DNA synthesis. As the presence of proofreading activity is cardinal for the DNA synthesis accuracy, it was of interest to assess whether p53 can serve as a trans-acting proofreader for HIV-1 reverse transcriptase during ribonucleotide incorporation. DESIGN We investigated the potential involvement of cytoplasmic p53 in error correction during insertion of ribonucleotides into DNA by recombinant HIV-1 reverse transcriptase in a p53-proficient and deficient background. METHODS Primer extension reactions were carried out to elucidate the incorporation and removal of ribonucleotides. RESULTS The biochemical studies suggest that p53 is involved in a ribonucleotide damage-associated repair mechanism through its capacity to remove preformed 3'-terminal ribonucleotides, to decrease ribonucleotide incorporation and to prevent the 3'-ribo-terminated primer extension during ongoing DNA synthesis by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. A positive correlation exists between the presence of endogenous p53 and decrease in stable incorporation of ribonucleotides into DNA with p53-harboring lysates of HCT116 cells. p53, by preferential removal of purine over pyrimidine ribonucleotides, may affect the ribonucleotide mutation spectra produced by HIV-1 reverse transcriptase. CONCLUSION The data implies that p53 can excise incorrect sugar in addition to base mispairs, thereby expanding the role of p53 in the repair of nucleic acids replication errors.
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Nicolas E, Golemis EA, Arora S. POLD1: Central mediator of DNA replication and repair, and implication in cancer and other pathologies. Gene 2016; 590:128-41. [PMID: 27320729 PMCID: PMC4969162 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2016.06.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2016] [Revised: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
The evolutionarily conserved human polymerase delta (POLD1) gene encodes the large p125 subunit which provides the essential catalytic activities of polymerase δ (Polδ), mediated by 5′–3′ DNA polymerase and 3′–5′ exonuclease moieties. POLD1 associates with three smaller subunits (POLD2, POLD3, POLD4), which together with Replication Factor C and Proliferating Nuclear Cell Antigen constitute the polymerase holoenzyme. Polδ function is essential for replication, with a primary role as the replicase for the lagging strand. Polδ also has an important proofreading ability conferred by the exonuclease activity, which is critical for ensuring replicative fidelity, but also serves to repair DNA lesions arising as a result of exposure to mutagens. Polδ has been shown to be important for multiple forms of DNA repair, including nucleotide excision repair, double strand break repair, base excision repair, and mismatch repair. A growing number of studies in the past decade have linked germline and sporadic mutations in POLD1 and the other subunits of Polδ with human pathologies. Mutations in Polδ in mice and humans lead to genomic instability, mutator phenotype and tumorigenesis. The advent of genome sequencing techniques has identified damaging mutations in the proofreading domain of POLD1 as the underlying cause of some inherited cancers, and suggested that mutations in POLD1 may influence therapeutic management. In addition, mutations in POLD1 have been identified in the developmental disorders of mandibular hypoplasia, deafness, progeroid features and lipodystrophy and atypical Werner syndrome, while changes in expression or activity of POLD1 have been linked to senescence and aging. Intriguingly, some recent evidence suggests that POLD1 function may also be altered in diabetes. We provide an overview of critical Polδ activities in the context of these pathologic conditions.
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- Emmanuelle Nicolas
- Program in Molecular Therapeutics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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- Program in Molecular Therapeutics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA
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- Program in Molecular Therapeutics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 19111, USA.
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Williams JS, Lujan SA, Kunkel TA. Processing ribonucleotides incorporated during eukaryotic DNA replication. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2016; 17:350-63. [PMID: 27093943 PMCID: PMC5445644 DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2016.37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The information encoded in DNA is influenced by the presence of non-canonical nucleotides, the most frequent of which are ribonucleotides. In this Review, we discuss recent discoveries about ribonucleotide incorporation into DNA during replication by the three major eukaryotic replicases, DNA polymerases α, δ and ε. The presence of ribonucleotides in DNA causes short deletion mutations and may result in the generation of single- and double-strand DNA breaks, leading to genome instability. We describe how these ribonucleotides are removed from DNA through ribonucleotide excision repair and by topoisomerase I. We discuss the biological consequences and the physiological roles of ribonucleotides in DNA, and consider how deficiencies in their removal from DNA may be important in the aetiology of disease.
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- Jessica S. Williams
- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, DHHS, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, United States
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Schellenberg MJ, Perera L, Strom CN, Waters CA, Monian B, Appel CD, Vilas CK, Williams JG, Ramsden DA, Williams RS. Reversal of DNA damage induced Topoisomerase 2 DNA-protein crosslinks by Tdp2. Nucleic Acids Res 2016; 44:3829-44. [PMID: 27060144 PMCID: PMC4857006 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkw228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Mammalian Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 2 (Tdp2) reverses Topoisomerase 2 (Top2) DNA-protein crosslinks triggered by Top2 engagement of DNA damage or poisoning by anticancer drugs. Tdp2 deficiencies are linked to neurological disease and cellular sensitivity to Top2 poisons. Herein, we report X-ray crystal structures of ligand-free Tdp2 and Tdp2-DNA complexes with alkylated and abasic DNA that unveil a dynamic Tdp2 active site lid and deep substrate binding trench well-suited for engaging the diverse DNA damage triggers of abortive Top2 reactions. Modeling of a proposed Tdp2 reaction coordinate, combined with mutagenesis and biochemical studies support a single Mg(2+)-ion mechanism assisted by a phosphotyrosyl-arginine cation-π interface. We further identify a Tdp2 active site SNP that ablates Tdp2 Mg(2+) binding and catalytic activity, impairs Tdp2 mediated NHEJ of tyrosine blocked termini, and renders cells sensitive to the anticancer agent etoposide. Collectively, our results provide a structural mechanism for Tdp2 engagement of heterogeneous DNA damage that causes Top2 poisoning, and indicate that evaluation of Tdp2 status may be an important personalized medicine biomarker informing on individual sensitivities to chemotherapeutic Top2 poisons.
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- Matthew J Schellenberg
- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Epigenetics and Stem Cell Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, US National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Ding J, Taylor MS, Jackson AP, Reijns MAM. Genome-wide mapping of embedded ribonucleotides and other noncanonical nucleotides using emRiboSeq and EndoSeq. Nat Protoc 2015; 10:1433-44. [PMID: 26313479 DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2015.099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Ribonucleotides are the most common noncanonical nucleotides incorporated into the genome of replicating cells. They are efficiently removed by ribonucleotide excision repair initiated by RNase H2 cleavage. In the absence of RNase H2, such embedded ribonucleotides can be used to track DNA polymerase activity in vivo. To determine their precise location in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, we developed embedded ribonucleotide sequencing (emRiboSeq), which uses recombinant RNase H2 to selectively create ligatable 3'-hydroxyl groups, in contrast to alternative methods that use alkaline hydrolysis. EmRiboSeq allows reproducible, strand-specific and potentially quantitative detection of embedded ribonucleotides at single-nucleotide resolution. For the genome-wide mapping of other noncanonical bases, RNase H2 can be replaced with specific nicking endonucleases in this protocol; we term this method endonuclease sequencing (EndoSeq). With the protocol taking <5 d to complete, these methods allow the in vivo study of DNA replication and repair, including the identification of replication origins and termination regions.
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- James Ding
- Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Genetics Unit, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Genetics Unit, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Genetics Unit, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Medical Research Council (MRC) Human Genetics Unit, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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Khan I, Sommers JA, Brosh RM. Close encounters for the first time: Helicase interactions with DNA damage. DNA Repair (Amst) 2015; 33:43-59. [PMID: 26160335 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2015.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
DNA helicases are molecular motors that harness the energy of nucleoside triphosphate hydrolysis to unwinding structured DNA molecules that must be resolved during cellular replication, DNA repair, recombination, and transcription. In vivo, DNA helicases are expected to encounter a wide spectrum of covalent DNA modifications to the sugar phosphate backbone or the nitrogenous bases; these modifications can be induced by endogenous biochemical processes or exposure to environmental agents. The frequency of lesion abundance can vary depending on the lesion type. Certain adducts such as oxidative base modifications can be quite numerous, and their effects can be helix-distorting or subtle perturbations to DNA structure. Helicase encounters with specific DNA lesions and more novel forms of DNA damage will be discussed. We will also review the battery of assays that have been used to characterize helicase-catalyzed unwinding of damaged DNA substrates. Characterization of the effects of specific DNA adducts on unwinding by various DNA repair and replication helicases has proven to be insightful for understanding mechanistic and biological aspects of helicase function in cellular DNA metabolism.
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- Irfan Khan
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH Biomedical Research Center, 251 Bayview Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH Biomedical Research Center, 251 Bayview Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH Biomedical Research Center, 251 Bayview Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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