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Fan C, Chen K, Wang Y, Ball EV, Stenson PD, Mort M, Bacolla A, Kehrer-Sawatzki H, Tainer JA, Cooper DN, Zhao H. Profiling human pathogenic repeat expansion regions by synergistic and multi-level impacts on molecular connections. Hum Genet 2023; 142:245-274. [PMID: 36344696 PMCID: PMC10290229 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-022-02500-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Whilst DNA repeat expansions cause numerous heritable human disorders, their origins and underlying pathological mechanisms are often unclear. We collated a dataset comprising 224 human repeat expansions encompassing 203 different genes, and performed a systematic analysis with respect to key topological features at the DNA, RNA and protein levels. Comparison with controls without known pathogenicity and genomic regions lacking repeats, allowed the construction of the first tool to discriminate repeat regions harboring pathogenic repeat expansions (DPREx). At the DNA level, pathogenic repeat expansions exhibited stronger signals for DNA regulatory factors (e.g. H3K4me3, transcription factor-binding sites) in exons, promoters, 5'UTRs and 5'genes but were not significantly different from controls in introns, 3'UTRs and 3'genes. Additionally, pathogenic repeat expansions were also found to be enriched in non-B DNA structures. At the RNA level, pathogenic repeat expansions were characterized by lower free energy for forming RNA secondary structure and were closer to splice sites in introns, exons, promoters and 5'genes than controls. At the protein level, pathogenic repeat expansions exhibited a preference to form coil rather than other types of secondary structure, and tended to encode surface-located protein domains. Guided by these features, DPREx ( http://biomed.nscc-gz.cn/zhaolab/geneprediction/# ) achieved an Area Under the Curve (AUC) value of 0.88 in a test on an independent dataset. Pathogenic repeat expansions are thus located such that they exert a synergistic influence on the gene expression pathway involving inter-molecular connections at the DNA, RNA and protein levels.
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- Cong Fan
- Department of Medical Research Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, 107 Yan Jiang West Road, Guangzhou, 500001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 500001, China
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- School of Life Science, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 500001, China
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 6767 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 6767 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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- Department of Medical Research Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, 107 Yan Jiang West Road, Guangzhou, 500001, People's Republic of China.
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Rowan BA, Oldenburg DJ, Bendich AJ. RecA maintains the integrity of chloroplast DNA molecules in Arabidopsis. J Exp Bot 2010; 61:2575-88. [PMID: 20406785 PMCID: PMC2882256 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erq088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2010] [Revised: 03/15/2010] [Accepted: 03/16/2010] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Although our understanding of mechanisms of DNA repair in bacteria and eukaryotic nuclei continues to improve, almost nothing is known about the DNA repair process in plant organelles, especially chloroplasts. Since the RecA protein functions in DNA repair for bacteria, an analogous function may exist for chloroplasts. The effects on chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) structure of two nuclear-encoded, chloroplast-targeted homologues of RecA in Arabidopsis were examined. A homozygous T-DNA insertion mutation in one of these genes (cpRecA) resulted in altered structural forms of cpDNA molecules and a reduced amount of cpDNA, while a similar mutation in the other gene (DRT100) had no effect. Double mutants exhibited a similar phenotype to cprecA single mutants. The cprecA mutants also exhibited an increased amount of single-stranded cpDNA, consistent with impaired RecA function. After four generations, the cprecA mutant plants showed signs of reduced chloroplast function: variegation and necrosis. Double-stranded breaks in cpDNA of wild-type plants caused by ciprofloxacin (an inhibitor of Escherichia coli gyrase, a type II topoisomerase) led to an alteration of cpDNA structure that was similar to that seen in cprecA mutants. It is concluded that the process by which damaged DNA is repaired in bacteria has been retained in their endosymbiotic descendent, the chloroplast.
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- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 91895 USA
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Eukaryotic Holliday junction (HJ) resolvases have attracted much attention recently with the identification of at least three distinct proteins that can cleave model HJs in vitro. However, the specific DNA structure(s) that these proteins act upon in the cell is unknown. Here, we describe a system in budding yeast to directly and quantitatively monitor in vivo HJ resolution. We found that Yen1 acts redundantly with Mus81, but not Slx1, to resolve a model HJ in vivo. This functional overlap specifically extends to the repair/bypass of lesions that impede the progression of replication forks but not to the repair of double-strand breaks induced by ionizing radiation. Together, these results suggest a direct role for Yen1 in the response to DNA damage and implicate overlapping HJ resolution functions of Yen1 with Mus81 during replication fork repair.
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- Ye Dee Tay
- From the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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- From the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DS, United Kingdom
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Chromosomal DNA is a dynamic structure that can adopt a variety of non-canonical (i.e., non-B) conformations. In this regard, at least 10 different forms of non-B DNA conformations have been identified; many of them have been found to be mutagenic, and associated with human disease development. Despite the importance of non-B DNA structures in genetic instability and DNA metabolic processes, mechanisms by which instability occurs remain largely undefined. The purpose of this review is to summarize current methodologies that are used to address questions in the field of non-B DNA structure-induced genetic instability. Advantages and disadvantages of each method will be discussed. A focused effort to further elucidate the mechanisms of non-B DNA-induced genetic instability will lead to a better understanding of how these structure-forming sequences contribute to the development of human disease.
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- Guliang Wang
- Department of Carcinogenesis, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park-Research Division, 1808 Park Road 1-C, Smithville, TX 78957
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- Department of Carcinogenesis, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park-Research Division, 1808 Park Road 1-C, Smithville, TX 78957
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- Department of Carcinogenesis, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park-Research Division, 1808 Park Road 1-C, Smithville, TX 78957
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Regions of genomic DNA containing repetitive nucleotide sequences can adopt a number of different structures in addition to the canonical B-DNA form: many of these non-B DNA structures are causative factors in genetic instability and human disease. Although chromosomal DNA replication through such repetitive sequences has been considered a major cause of non-B form DNA structure-induced genetic instability, it is also observed in non-proliferative tissues. In this review, we discuss putative mechanisms responsible for the mutagenesis induced by non-B DNA structures in the absence of chromosomal DNA replication.
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- Guliang Wang
- Department of Carcinogenesis, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park-Research Division, 1808 Park Road 1-C, Smithville, TX 78957
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- Department of Carcinogenesis, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park-Research Division, 1808 Park Road 1-C, Smithville, TX 78957
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Ashcroft BA, Spadola Q, Qamar S, Zhang P, Kada G, Bension R, Lindsay S. An AFM/rotaxane molecular reading head for sequence-dependent DNA structures. Small 2008; 4:1468-1475. [PMID: 18680093 PMCID: PMC2597423 DOI: 10.1002/smll.65476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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DNA secondary structure may prove to be a significant obstacle both for enzymes that process DNA through an orifice and for the passage of DNA through nanopores proposed for some novel sequencing schemes. A nanomechanical molecular "tape reader" is assembled by threading a nanopore over DNA and pulling it using an atomic force microscope. Its formation is confirmed by studying the force required to open hairpins under that geometry. Unfolding induced by this 0.7-nm-diameter aperture requires 40 times more force than that reported for pulling on the ends of the DNA. Kinetic analysis shows that much less strain is required to destabilize the double helix in this geometry. Consequently, much more force is required to provide the free energy needed for opening.
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- Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 875601, Tempe, AZ 85287, (USA)
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- Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 875601, Tempe, AZ 85287, (USA)
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- Agilent Technologies, Nanotechnology Measurements Division Roemerstr. 18, 4020 Linz (Austria)
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- Neotech Development Co. LLC, 310 Summit Ave., Brighton, MA 02135-7504 (USA)
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- The Biodesign Institute, Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, PO Box 875601, Tempe, AZ 85281 (USA), Fax: 480-727-2378 E-mail:
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Ashcroft BA, Spadola Q, Qamar S, Zhang P, Kada G, Bension R, Lindsay S. An AFM/rotaxane molecular reading head for sequence-dependent DNA structures. Small 2008; 4:1468-75. [PMID: 18680093 PMCID: PMC2597423 DOI: 10.1002/smll.200800233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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DNA secondary structure may prove to be a significant obstacle both for enzymes that process DNA through an orifice and for the passage of DNA through nanopores proposed for some novel sequencing schemes. A nanomechanical molecular "tape reader" is assembled by threading a nanopore over DNA and pulling it using an atomic force microscope. Its formation is confirmed by studying the force required to open hairpins under that geometry. Unfolding induced by this 0.7-nm-diameter aperture requires 40 times more force than that reported for pulling on the ends of the DNA. Kinetic analysis shows that much less strain is required to destabilize the double helix in this geometry. Consequently, much more force is required to provide the free energy needed for opening.
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- Brian A. Ashcroft
- Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 875601, Tempe, AZ 85287, (USA)
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- Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 875601, Tempe, AZ 85287, (USA)
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- Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 875601, Tempe, AZ 85287, (USA)
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- Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, PO Box 875601, Tempe, AZ 85287, (USA)
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- Agilent Technologies, Nanotechnology Measurements Division Roemerstr. 18, 4020 Linz (Austria)
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- Neotech Development Co. LLC, 310 Summit Ave., Brighton, MA 02135-7504 (USA)
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- The Biodesign Institute, Department of Physics, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Arizona State University, PO Box 875601, Tempe, AZ 85281 (USA), Fax: 480-727-2378 E-mail:
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The halogen bond, a noncovalent interaction involving polarizable chlorine, bromine, or iodine molecular substituents, is now being exploited to control the assembly of small molecules in the design of supramolecular complexes and new materials. We demonstrate that a halogen bond formed between a brominated uracil and phosphate oxygen can be engineered to direct the conformation of a biological molecule, in this case to define the conformational isomer of a four-stranded DNA junction when placed in direct competition against a classic hydrogen bond. As a result, this bromine interaction is estimated to be approximately 2-5 kcal/mol stronger than the analogous hydrogen bond in this environment, depending on the geometry of the halogen bond. This study helps to establish halogen bonding as a potential tool for the rational design and construction of molecular materials with DNA and other biological macromolecules.
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- Andrea Regier Voth
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, ALS 2011, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-7503
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, ALS 2011, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-7503
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, ALS 2011, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-7503
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Fierro-Fernández M, Hernández P, Krimer DB, Stasiak A, Schvartzman JB. Topological locking restrains replication fork reversal. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007; 104:1500-5. [PMID: 17242356 PMCID: PMC1780069 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0609204104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Two-dimensional agarose gel electrophoresis, psoralen cross-linking, and electron microscopy were used to study the effects of positive supercoiling on fork reversal in isolated replication intermediates of bacterial DNA plasmids. The results obtained demonstrate that the formation of Holliday-like junctions at both forks of a replication bubble creates a topological constraint that prevents further regression of the forks. We propose that this topological locking of replication intermediates provides a biological safety mechanism that protects DNA molecules against extensive fork reversals.
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- Marta Fierro-Fernández
- *Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Departamento de Biología Celulor, del Desarrollo, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; and
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- *Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Departamento de Biología Celulor, del Desarrollo, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; and
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- *Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Departamento de Biología Celulor, del Desarrollo, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; and
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- Laboratoire d'Analyse Ultrastructurale, Faculté de Biologie et de Médecine, Université de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny, Switzerland
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- *Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Departamento de Biología Celulor, del Desarrollo, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain; and
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Malins DC, Anderson KM, Stegeman JJ, Jaruga P, Green VM, Gilman NK, Dizdaroglu M. Biomarkers signal contaminant effects on the organs of English sole (Parophrys vetulus) from Puget Sound. Environ Health Perspect 2006; 114:823-9. [PMID: 16759979 PMCID: PMC1480518 DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Fish living in contaminated environments accumulate toxic chemicals in their tissues. Biomarkers are needed to identify the resulting health effects, particularly focusing on early changes at a subcellular level. We used a suite of complementary biomarkers to signal contaminant-induced changes in the DNA structure and cellular physiology of the livers and gills of English sole (Parophrys vetulus) . These sediment-dwelling fish were obtained from the industrialized lower Duwamish River (DR) in Seattle, Washington, and from Quartermaster Harbor (QMH) , a relatively clean reference site in south Puget Sound. Fourier transform-infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (LC/MS) , and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) identified potentially deleterious alterations in the DNA structure of the DR fish livers and gills, compared with the QMH fish. Expression of CYP1A (a member of the cytochrome P450 multigene family of enzymes) signaled changes in the liver associated with the oxidation of organic xenobiotics, as previously found with the gill. The FT-IR models demonstrated that the liver DNA of the DR fish had a unique structure likely arising from exposure to environmental chemicals. Analysis by LC/MS and GC/MS showed higher concentrations of DNA base lesions in the liver DNA of the DR fish, suggesting that these base modifications contributed to this discrete DNA structure. A comparable analysis by LC/MS and GC/MS of base modifications provided similar results with the gill. The biomarkers described are highly promising for identifying contaminant-induced stresses in fish populations from polluted and reference sites and, in addition, for monitoring the progress of remedial actions.
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- Donald C Malins
- Biochemical Oncology Program, Pacific Northwest Research Institute, Seattle, Washington 98122, USA.
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Malins DC, Gilman NK, Green VM, Wheeler TM, Barker EA, Anderson KM. A cancer DNA phenotype in healthy prostates, conserved in tumors and adjacent normal cells, implies a relationship to carcinogenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:19093-6. [PMID: 16361440 PMCID: PMC1323211 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509630102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A cancer DNA phenotype, identical to the DNA structure of tumors, has been identified in the prostate glands of certain healthy men over 55 years of age. We now show that the same DNA signature exists in normal tissues adjacent to tumors. This finding implies that the phenotype is maintained in normal prostate cells from its inception through tumor development. The presence of the phenotype in tumors, adjacent normal cells, and in the normal prostate cells of certain older men suggests that it is a potentially critical factor in tumor development and may serve as an early biomarker for cancer risk assessment. Intervention to inhibit the development of the phenotype in healthy men, or to eliminate it once formed, may suppress or even prevent tumor formation.
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- Donald C Malins
- Biochemical Oncology Program, Pacific Northwest Research Institute, 720 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122, USA.
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Malins DC, Gilman NK, Green VM, Wheeler TM, Barker EA, Vinson MA, Sayeeduddin M, Hellström KE, Anderson KM. Metastatic cancer DNA phenotype identified in normal tissues surrounding metastasizing prostate carcinomas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2004; 101:11428-31. [PMID: 15280533 PMCID: PMC509217 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0404572101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Fourier transform-infrared statistical models have the proven ability to identify subtle structural changes in DNA at various stages of tumor development. Using these models, we show evidence for a metastatic cancer DNA phenotype in histologically normal prostate tissues surrounding metastasizing tumors. Strikingly, the DNA base and backbone structures of the metastatic phenotype are indistinguishable from those of the metastasizing prostate tumors but distinctly different from the structure recently reported for the primary cancer DNA phenotype. These findings suggest that the DNA structure linked to the development of metastasis is preordained in progenitor cells relatively early in multistep tumorigenesis. The substantial structural differences found between the primary and metastatic cancer DNA phenotypes suggest that each evolves through a separate pathway. The metastatic phenotype is potentially an early predictor of metastatic disease. Interventions that inhibit its formation would be expected to also inhibit the development of metastatic tumors.
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- Donald C Malins
- Biochemical Oncology Program, Pacific Northwest Research Institute, 720 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122, USA.
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Holliday junctions are four-stranded DNA complexes that are formed during recombination and related DNA repair events. Much work has focused on the overall structure and properties of four-way junctions in solution, but we are just now beginning to understand these complexes at the atomic level. The crystal structures of two all-DNA Holliday junctions have been determined recently from the sequences d(CCGGGACCGG) and d(CCGGTACCGG). A detailed comparison of the two structures helps to distinguish distortions of the DNA conformation that are inherent to the cross-overs of the junctions in this crystal system from those that are consequences of the mismatched dG.dA base-pair in the d(CCGGGACCGG) structure. This analysis shows that the junction itself perturbs the sequence-dependent conformational features of the B-DNA duplexes and the associated patterns of hydration in the major and minor grooves only minimally. This supports the idea that a DNA four-way junction can be assembled at relatively low energetic cost. Both structures show a concerted rotation of the adjacent duplex arms relative to B-DNA, and this is discussed in terms of the conserved interactions between the duplexes at the junctions and further down the helical arms. The interactions distant from the strand cross-overs of the junction appear to be significant in defining its macroscopic properties, including the angle relating the stacked duplexes across the junction.
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- Brandt F. Eichman
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, ALS 2011, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-7305, USA
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- Instìtut Pasteur, Unité de, Biochimie Structurale, 25, rue, du Dr. Roux, 75724 Paris, Cedex 15, France
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- Institut de Biologia Molecular, de Barcelona, C.S.I.C., Jordi Girona 18, E-08034, Barcelona, Spain
- Department d’Enginyeria, Quimica, Universitat, Politècnica de Catalunya, Diagonal 647, 08028 Barcelona, Spain
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- Institut de Biologia Molecular, de Barcelona, C.S.I.C., Jordi Girona 18, E-08034, Barcelona, Spain
- Corresponding authors: ;
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, ALS 2011, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-7305, USA
- Corresponding authors: ;
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Mergny JL, Lacroix L, Teulade-Fichou MP, Hounsou C, Guittat L, Hoarau M, Arimondo PB, Vigneron JP, Lehn JM, Riou JF, Garestier T, Hélène C. Telomerase inhibitors based on quadruplex ligands selected by a fluorescence assay. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:3062-7. [PMID: 11248032 PMCID: PMC30607 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.051620698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 251] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/27/2000] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The reactivation of telomerase activity in most cancer cells supports the concept that telomerase is a relevant target in oncology, and telomerase inhibitors have been proposed as new potential anticancer agents. The telomeric G-rich single-stranded DNA can adopt in vitro an intramolecular quadruplex structure, which has been shown to inhibit telomerase activity. We used a fluorescence assay to identify molecules that stabilize G-quadruplexes. Intramolecular folding of an oligonucleotide with four repeats of the human telomeric sequence into a G-quadruplex structure led to fluorescence excitation energy transfer between a donor (fluorescein) and an acceptor (tetramethylrhodamine) covalently attached to the 5' and 3' ends of the oligonucleotide, respectively. The melting of the G-quadruplex was monitored in the presence of putative G-quadruplex-binding molecules by measuring the fluorescence emission of the donor. A series of compounds (pentacyclic crescent-shaped dibenzophenanthroline derivatives) was shown to increase the melting temperature of the G-quadruplex by 2-20 degrees C at 1 microM dye concentration. This increase in T(m) value was well correlated with an increase in the efficiency of telomerase inhibition in vitro. The best telomerase inhibitor showed an IC(50) value of 28 nM in a standard telomerase repeat amplification protocol assay. Fluorescence energy transfer can thus be used to reveal the formation of four-stranded DNA structures, and its stabilization by quadruplex-binding agents, in an effort to discover new potent telomerase inhibitors.
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- J L Mergny
- Laboratoire de Biophysique, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 201, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Unité Mixte 8646, 43 Rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France.
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Bennett M, Krah A, Wien F, Garman E, McKenna R, Sanderson M, Neidle S. A DNA-porphyrin minor-groove complex at atomic resolution: the structural consequences of porphyrin ruffling. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:9476-81. [PMID: 10920199 PMCID: PMC16889 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.160271897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The crystal structure of a B-type DNA hexanucleotide duplex complexed with the porphyrin molecule nickel-[tetra-N-methyl-pyridyl] porphyrin has been solved by multiwavelength anomalous diffraction phasing and refined to an R factor of 11.5% at a resolution of 0.9 A. The structure has been solved and refined as two crystallographically independent duplexes, stacked end to end. Contrary to expectation, the porphyrin molecule is not intercalated into the duplex but is stacked onto the ends of the two-duplex stack. The porphyrin molecule is highly buckled as a consequence of the nickel coordination, which produces large changes in local DNA structure. A second mode of porphyrin binding is apparent as a consequence of crystal packing, which places the ligand in the minor groove of an adjacent duplex. This structure thus provides, to our knowledge, the first atomic visualization of minor-groove binding for a porphyrin molecule. The geometry of groove binding provides a ready explanation for porphyrin-induced DNA strand cleavage at deoxyribose residues.
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- M Bennett
- The Randall Institute, Department of Biomedical Sciences, King's College London, United Kingdom
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Wang Y, Cortez D, Yazdi P, Neff N, Elledge SJ, Qin J. BASC, a super complex of BRCA1-associated proteins involved in the recognition and repair of aberrant DNA structures. Genes Dev 2000; 14:927-39. [PMID: 10783165 PMCID: PMC316544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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We report the identities of the members of a group of proteins that associate with BRCA1 to form a large complex that we have named BASC (BRCA1-associated genome surveillance complex). This complex includes tumor suppressors and DNA damage repair proteins MSH2, MSH6, MLH1, ATM, BLM, and the RAD50-MRE11-NBS1 protein complex. In addition, DNA replication factor C (RFC), a protein complex that facilitates the loading of PCNA onto DNA, is also part of BASC. We find that BRCA1, the BLM helicase, and the RAD50-MRE11-NBS1 complex colocalize to large nuclear foci that contain PCNA when cells are treated with agents that interfere with DNA synthesis. The association of BRCA1 with MSH2 and MSH6, which are required for transcription-coupled repair, provides a possible explanation for the role of BRCA1 in this pathway. Strikingly, all members of this complex have roles in recognition of abnormal DNA structures or damaged DNA, suggesting that BASC may serve as a sensor for DNA damage. Several of these proteins also have roles in DNA replication-associated repair. Collectively, these results suggest that BRCA1 may function as a coordinator of multiple activities required for maintenance of genomic integrity during the process of DNA replication and point to a central role for BRCA1 in DNA repair.
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- Y Wang
- Verna and Mars McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Eichman BF, Vargason JM, Mooers BH, Ho PS. The Holliday junction in an inverted repeat DNA sequence: sequence effects on the structure of four-way junctions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:3971-6. [PMID: 10760268 PMCID: PMC18126 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.97.8.3971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Holliday junctions are important structural intermediates in recombination, viral integration, and DNA repair. We present here the single-crystal structure of the inverted repeat sequence d(CCGGTACCGG) as a Holliday junction at the nominal resolution of 2. 1 A. Unlike the previous crystal structures, this DNA junction has B-DNA arms with all standard Watson-Crick base pairs; it therefore represents the intermediate proposed by Holliday as being involved in homologous recombination. The junction is in the stacked-X conformation, with two interconnected duplexes formed by coaxially stacked arms, and is crossed at an angle of 41.4 degrees as a right-handed X. A sequence comparison with previous B-DNA and junction crystal structures shows that an ACC trinucleotide forms the core of a stable junction in this system. The 3'-C x G base pair of this ACC core forms direct and water-mediated hydrogen bonds to the phosphates at the crossover strands. Interactions within this core define the conformation of the Holliday junction, including the angle relating the stacked duplexes and how the base pairs are stacked in the stable form of the junction.
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- B F Eichman
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, ALS 2011, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331-7305, USA
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Dai X, Rothman-Denes LB. Sequence and DNA structural determinants of N4 virion RNA polymerase-promoter recognition. Genes Dev 1998; 12:2782-90. [PMID: 9732275 PMCID: PMC317147 DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.17.2782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/1989] [Accepted: 07/07/1998] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Coliphage N4-coded, virion-encapsidated RNA polymerase (vRNAP) is able to bind to and transcribe promoter-containing double-stranded DNAs when the template is supercoiled and Escherichia coli single-stranded DNA-binding protein (Eco SSB) is present. We report that vRNAP-promoter recognition and activity on these templates require specific sequences and a hairpin structure on the template strand. Hairpin extrusion, induced by Mg(II) and physiological superhelical density, is essential to provide the correct DNA structure for polymerase recognition, as mutant promoters that do not form hairpins show reduced in vitro activity. Therefore, a supercoil-induced DNA structural transition regulates N4 vRNAP transcription. Eco SSB activates transcription at physiological superhelical densities by stabilizing the template-strand hairpin. Specific sequences at the promoters are conserved to provide proper contacts for vRNAP, to support hairpin extrusion, or both. We propose a model for in vivo utilization of the vRNAP promoters, and discuss the roles of DNA supercoiling and Eco SSB in promoter activation.
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- X Dai
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA
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Salisbury SA, Wilson SE, Powell HR, Kennard O, Lubini P, Sheldrick GM, Escaja N, Alazzouzi E, Grandas A, Pedroso E. The bi-loop, a new general four-stranded DNA motif. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:5515-8. [PMID: 9159103 PMCID: PMC20809 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.11.5515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The crystal structure of the cyclic octanucleotide d<pATTCATTC> contains two independent molecules that form a novel quadruplex by means of intermolecular Watson-Crick A.T pairs and base stacking. A virtually identical quadruplex composed of G.C pairs was found by earlier x-ray analysis of the linear heptamer d(GCATGCT), when the DNA was looped in the crystal. The close correspondence between these two structures of markedly dissimilar oligonucleotides suggests that they are both examples of a previously unrecognized motif. Their nucleotide sequences have little in common except for two separated 5'-purine-pyrimidine dinucleotides forming the quadruplex, and by implication these so-called "bi-loops" could occur widely in natural DNA. Such structures provide a mechanism for noncovalent linking of polynucleotides in vivo. Their capacity to associate by base stacking, demonstrated in the crystal structure of d(GCATGCT), creates a compact molecular framework made up of four DNA chains within which strand exchange could take place.
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- S A Salisbury
- Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, United Kingdom
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