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Plant J ; 119(4): 2021-2032, 2024 Aug.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38963754

RESUMEN

DNA glycosylases initiate the base excision repair (BER) pathway by catalyzing the removal of damaged or mismatched bases from DNA. The Arabidopsis DNA glycosylase methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 4 like (MBD4L) is a nuclear enzyme triggering BER in response to the genotoxic agents 5-fluorouracil and 5-bromouracil. To date, the involvement of MBD4L in plant physiological processes has not been analyzed. To address this, we studied the enzyme functions in seeds. We found that imbibition induced the MBD4L gene expression by generating two alternative transcripts, MBD4L.3 and MBD4L.4. Gene activation was stronger in aged than in non-aged seeds. Seeds from mbd4l-1 mutants displayed germination failures when maintained under control or ageing conditions, while 35S:MBD4L.3/mbd4l-1 and 35S:MBD4L.4/mbd4l-1 seeds reversed these phenotypes. Seed nuclear DNA repair, assessed by comet assays, was exacerbated in an MBD4L-dependent manner at 24 h post-imbibition. Under this condition, the BER genes ARP, APE1L, and LIG1 showed higher expression in 35S:MBD4L.3/mbd4l-1 and 35S:MBD4L.4/mbd4l-1 than in mbd4l-1 seeds, suggesting that these components could coordinate with MBD4L to repair damaged DNA bases in seeds. Interestingly, the ATM, ATR, BRCA1, RAD51, and WEE1 genes associated with the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway were activated in mbd4l-1, but not in 35S:MBD4L.3/mbd4l-1 or 35S:MBD4L.4/mbd4l-1 seeds. These results indicate that MBD4L is a key enzyme of a BER cascade that operates during seed imbibition, whose deficiency would cause genomic damage detected by DDR, generating a delay or reduction in germination.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Arabidopsis , Arabidopsis , ADN Glicosilasas , Reparación del ADN , Germinación , Semillas , Semillas/genética , Semillas/metabolismo , Arabidopsis/genética , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , ADN Glicosilasas/metabolismo , ADN Glicosilasas/genética , Regulación de la Expresión Génica de las Plantas , Daño del ADN
2.
Sci Rep ; 14(1): 15506, 2024 07 05.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38969725

RESUMEN

Relatively low levels of antioxidant enzymes coupled with high oxygen metabolism result in the formation of numerous oxidative DNA damages in the tissues of the central nervous system. Recently, kynurenic acid (KYNA), knowns for its neuroprotective properties, has gained increasing attention in this context. Therefore, our hypothesis assumed that increased KYNA levels in the brain would positively influence mRNA expression of selected enzymes of the base excision repair pathway as well as enhance their efficiency in excising damaged nucleobases in specific areas of the sheep brain. The study was conducted on adult anestrous sheep (n = 18), in which two different doses of KYNA (20 and 100 µg/day) were infused into the third brain ventricle for three days. Molecular and biochemical analysis included the hypothalamus (preoptic and mediol-basal areas), hippocampus (CA3 field) and amygdala (central amygdaloid nucleus), dissected from the brain of sheep euthanized immediately after the last infusion. The results revealed a significant increase P < 0.001) in the relative mRNA abundance of N-methylpurine DNA glycosylase (MPG) following administration of both dose of KYNA across all examined tissues. The transcription of thymine-DNA glycosylase (TDG) increased significantly (P < 0.001) in all tissues in response to the lower KYNA dose compared to the control group. Moreover, 8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG) DNA glycosylase (OGG1) mRNA levels were also higher in both animal groups (P < 0.001). In addition, in the hypothalamus, hippocampus and amygdala, AP endonuclease 1 (APE1) mRNA expression increased under both doses of KYNA. Moreover, the both dose of KYNA significantly stimulated the efficiency of 8-oxoG excision in hypothalamus and amygdala (P < 0.05-0.001). The lower and higher doses of KYNA significantly influenced the effectiveness of εA and εC in all structures (P < 0.01-0.001). In conclusion, the favorable effect of KYNA in the brain may include the protection of genetic material in nerve and glial cells by stimulating the expression and efficiency of BER pathway enzymes.


Asunto(s)
Encéfalo , ADN Glicosilasas , Reparación del ADN , Ácido Quinurénico , Animales , Reparación del ADN/efectos de los fármacos , Ovinos , Ácido Quinurénico/metabolismo , ADN Glicosilasas/metabolismo , ADN Glicosilasas/genética , Encéfalo/metabolismo , Encéfalo/efectos de los fármacos , Hipotálamo/metabolismo , Hipotálamo/efectos de los fármacos , ARN Mensajero/metabolismo , ARN Mensajero/genética , Daño del ADN/efectos de los fármacos , ADN-(Sitio Apurínico o Apirimidínico) Liasa/metabolismo , ADN-(Sitio Apurínico o Apirimidínico) Liasa/genética , Femenino , Hipocampo/metabolismo , Hipocampo/efectos de los fármacos , Reparación por Escisión
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Int J Mol Sci ; 25(11)2024 May 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38892193

RESUMEN

The DNA building blocks 2'-deoxynucleotides are enantiomeric, with their natural ß-D-configuration dictated by the sugar moiety. Their synthetic ß-L-enantiomers (ßLdNs) can be used to obtain L-DNA, which, when fully substituted, is resistant to nucleases and is finding use in many biosensing and nanotechnology applications. However, much less is known about the enzymatic recognition and processing of individual ßLdNs embedded in D-DNA. Here, we address the template properties of ßLdNs for several DNA polymerases and the ability of base excision repair enzymes to remove these modifications from DNA. The Klenow fragment was fully blocked by ßLdNs, whereas DNA polymerase κ bypassed them in an error-free manner. Phage RB69 DNA polymerase and DNA polymerase ß treated ßLdNs as non-instructive but the latter enzyme shifted towards error-free incorporation on a gapped DNA substrate. DNA glycosylases and AP endonucleases did not process ßLdNs. DNA glycosylases sensitive to the base opposite their cognate lesions also did not recognize ßLdNs as a correct pairing partner. Nevertheless, when placed in a reporter plasmid, pyrimidine ßLdNs were resistant to repair in human cells, whereas purine ßLdNs appear to be partly repaired. Overall, ßLdNs are unique modifications that are mostly non-instructive but have dual non-instructive/instructive properties in special cases.


Asunto(s)
Daño del ADN , Reparación del ADN , Humanos , ADN/química , ADN/metabolismo , Nucleótidos/química , Nucleótidos/metabolismo , Conformación de Ácido Nucleico , ADN Polimerasa beta/metabolismo , ADN Polimerasa beta/química , ADN Polimerasa Dirigida por ADN/metabolismo , ADN Polimerasa Dirigida por ADN/química , Estereoisomerismo
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Biomolecules ; 14(6)2024 Jun 12.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38927084

RESUMEN

Clickable nucleosides, most often 5-ethynyl-2'-deoxyuridine (EtU), are widely used in studies of DNA replication in living cells and in DNA functionalization for bionanotechology applications. Although clickable dNTPs are easily incorporated by DNA polymerases into the growing chain, afterwards they might become targets for DNA repair systems or interfere with faithful nucleotide insertion. Little is known about the possibility and mechanisms of these post-synthetic events. Here, we investigated the repair and (mis)coding properties of EtU and two bulkier clickable pyrimidine nucleosides, 5-(octa-1,7-diyn-1-yl)-U (C8-AlkU) and 5-(octa-1,7-diyn-1-yl)-C (C8-AlkC). In vitro, EtU and C8-AlkU, but not C8-AlkC, were excised by SMUG1 and MBD4, two DNA glycosylases from the base excision repair pathway. However, when placed into a plasmid encoding a fluorescent reporter inactivated by repair in human cells, EtU and C8-AlkU persisted for much longer than uracil or its poorly repairable phosphorothioate-flanked derivative. DNA polymerases from four different structural families preferentially bypassed EtU, C8-AlkU and C8-AlkC in an error-free manner, but a certain degree of misincorporation was also observed, especially evident for DNA polymerase ß. Overall, clickable pyrimidine nucleotides could undergo repair and be a source of mutations, but the frequency of such events in the cell is unlikely to be considerable.


Asunto(s)
Química Clic , Reparación del ADN , Nucleótidos de Pirimidina , Humanos , Nucleótidos de Pirimidina/química , Nucleótidos de Pirimidina/metabolismo , ADN Polimerasa Dirigida por ADN/metabolismo , Desoxiuridina/análogos & derivados , Desoxiuridina/química , Desoxiuridina/metabolismo , ADN/metabolismo , ADN/química , ADN/genética , Replicación del ADN , Uracil-ADN Glicosidasa/metabolismo
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Free Radic Biol Med ; 213: 470-487, 2024 03.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38301978

RESUMEN

The NTHL1 and NEIL1-3 DNA glycosylases are major enzymes in the removal of oxidative DNA base lesions, via the base excision repair (BER) pathway. It is expected that lack of these DNA glycosylases activities would render cells vulnerable to oxidative stress, promoting cell death. Intriguingly, we found that single, double, triple, and quadruple DNA glycosylase knockout HAP1 cells are, however, more resistant to oxidative stress caused by genotoxic agents than wild type cells. Furthermore, glutathione depletion in NEIL deficient cells further enhances resistance to cell death induced via apoptosis and ferroptosis. Finally, we observed higher basal level of glutathione and differential expression of NRF2-regulated genes associated with glutathione homeostasis in the NEIL triple KO cells. We propose that lack of NEIL DNA glycosylases causes aberrant transcription and subsequent errors in protein synthesis. This leads to increased endoplasmic reticulum stress and proteotoxic stress. To counteract the elevated intracellular stress, an adaptive response mediated by increased glutathione basal levels, rises in these cells. This study reveals an unforeseen role of NEIL glycosylases in regulation of resistance to oxidative stress, suggesting that modulation of NEIL glycosylase activities is a potential approach to improve the efficacy of e.g. anti-inflammatory therapies.


Asunto(s)
ADN Glicosilasas , Reparación del ADN , Reparación del ADN/genética , ADN Glicosilasas/genética , ADN Glicosilasas/metabolismo , Estrés Oxidativo/genética , Daño del ADN/genética , Apoptosis/genética
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Int J Mol Sci ; 25(2)2024 Jan 22.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38279342

RESUMEN

Numerous studies have shown that oxidative modifications of guanine (7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine, 8-oxoG) can affect cellular functions. 7,8-Dihydro-8-oxoadenine (8-oxoA) is another abundant paradigmatic ambiguous nucleobase but findings reported on the mutagenicity of 8-oxoA in bacterial and eukaryotic cells are incomplete and contradictory. Although several genotoxic studies have demonstrated the mutagenic potential of 8-oxoA in eukaryotic cells, very little biochemical and bioinformatics data about the mechanism of 8-oxoA-induced mutagenesis are available. In this review, we discuss dual coding properties of 8-oxoA, summarize historical and recent genotoxicity and biochemical studies, and address the main protective cellular mechanisms of response to 8-oxoA. We also discuss the available structural data for 8-oxoA bypass by different DNA polymerases as well as the mechanisms of 8-oxoA recognition by DNA repair enzymes.


Asunto(s)
Adenina , ADN Polimerasa Dirigida por ADN , Animales , Adenina/química , ADN Polimerasa Dirigida por ADN/metabolismo , Estrés Oxidativo , Daño del ADN , Mutágenos , Mamíferos/metabolismo , Reparación del ADN
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Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom ; 1872(2): 140974, 2024 02 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38065227

RESUMEN

NEIL glycosylases, including NEIL1, NEIL2, and NEIL3, play a crucial role in the base excision DNA repair pathway (BER). The classical importin pathway mediated by importin α/ß and cargo proteins containing nuclear localization sequences (NLS) is the most common transport mechanism of DNA repair proteins to the nucleus. Previous studies have identified putative NLSs located at the C-terminus of NEIL3 and NEIL1. Crystallographic, bioinformatics, calorimetric (ITC), and fluorescence assays were used to investigate the interaction between NEIL1 and NEIL3 putative NLSs and importin-α (Impα). Our findings showed that NEIL3 contains a typical cNLS, with medium affinity for the major binding site of Impα. In contrast, crystallographic analysis of NEIL1 NLS revealed its binding to Impα, but with high B-factors and a lack of electron density at the linker region. ITC and fluorescence assays indicated no detectable affinity between NEIL1 NLS and Impα. These data suggest that NEIL1 NLS is a non-classical NLS with low affinity to Impα. Additionally, we compared the binding mode of NEIL3 and NEIL1 with Mus musculus Impα to human isoforms HsImpα1 and HsImpα3, which revealed interesting binding differences for HsImpα3 variant. NEIL3 is a classical medium affinity monopartite NLS, while NEIL1 is likely to be an unclassical low-affinity bipartite NLS. The base excision repair pathway is one of the primary systems involved in repairing DNA. Thus, understanding the mechanisms of nuclear transport of NEIL proteins is crucial for comprehending the role of these proteins in DNA repair and disease development.


Asunto(s)
ADN Glicosilasas , alfa Carioferinas , Animales , Ratones , Humanos , alfa Carioferinas/genética , alfa Carioferinas/metabolismo , Transporte Activo de Núcleo Celular , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Señales de Localización Nuclear/genética , ADN Glicosilasas/metabolismo
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DNA Repair (Amst) ; 133: 103605, 2024 Jan.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38042029

RESUMEN

Oxidative damage is a major source of genomic instability in all organisms with the aerobic metabolism. 8-Oxoguanine (8-oxoG), an abundant oxidized purine, is mutagenic and must be controlled by a dedicated DNA repair system (GO system) that prevents G:C→T:A transversions through an easily formed 8-oxoG:A mispair. In some forms, the GO system is present in nearly all cellular organisms. However, recent studies uncovered many instances of viruses possessing non-canonical nucleotides in their genomes. The features of genome damage and maintenance in such cases of alternative genetic chemistry remain barely explored. In particular, 2,6-diaminopurine (Z nucleotide) completely substitutes for A in the genomes of some bacteriophages, which have evolved pathways for dZTP synthesis and specialized polymerases that prefer dZTP over dATP. Here we address the ability of the GO system enzymes to cope with oxidative DNA damage in the presence of Z in DNA. DNA polymerases of two different structural families (Klenow fragment and RB69 polymerase) were able to incorporate dZMP opposite to 8-oxoG in the template, as well as 8-oxodGMP opposite to Z in the template. Fpg, a 8-oxoguanine-DNA glycosylase that discriminates against 8-oxoG:A mispairs, also did not remove 8-oxoG from 8-oxoG:Z mispairs. However, MutY, a DNA glycosylase that excises A from pairs with 8-oxoG, had a significantly lower activity on Z:8-oxoG mispairs. Similar preferences were observed for Fpg and MutY from different bacterial species (Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Lactococcus lactis). Overall, the relaxed control of 8-oxoG in the presence of the Z nucleotide may be a source of additional mutagenesis in the genomes of bacteriophages or bacteria that have survived the viral invasion.


Asunto(s)
ADN Glicosilasas , Nucleótidos , Humanos , Nucleótidos/metabolismo , Reparación del ADN , ADN Glicosilasas/metabolismo , Estrés Oxidativo , Daño del ADN , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Genoma Viral
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Plant J ; 115(6): 1633-1646, 2023 09.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37278489

RESUMEN

DNA glycosylases remove mispaired or modified bases from DNA initiating the base excision repair (BER) pathway. The DNA glycosylase MBD4 (methyl-CpG-binding domain protein 4) has been functionally characterized in mammals, but not yet in plants, where it is called MBD4-like (MBD4L). Mammalian MBD4 and Arabidopsis recombinant MBD4L excise U and T mispaired with G, as well as 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) and 5-bromouracil (5-BrU) in vitro. Here, we investigate the ability of Arabidopsis MBD4L to remove some of these substrates from the nuclear genome in vivo in coordination with uracil DNA glycosylase (AtUNG). We found that mbd4l mutants are hypersensitive to 5-FU and 5-BrU, as they displayed smaller size, less root growth, and higher cell death than control plants in both media. Using comet assays, we determined BER-associated DNA fragmentation in isolated nuclei and observed reduced DNA breaks in mbd4l plants under both conditions, but particularly with 5-BrU. The use of ung and ung x mbd4l mutants in these assays indicated that both MBD4L and AtUNG trigger nuclear DNA fragmentation in response to 5-FU. Consistently, we here report the nuclear localization of AtUNG based on the expression of AtUNG-GFP/RFP constructs in transgenic plants. Interestingly, MBD4L and AtUNG are transcriptionally coordinated but display not completely overlapping functions. MBD4L-deficient plants showed reduced expression of BER genes and enhanced expression of DNA damage response (DDR) gene markers. Overall, our findings indicate that Arabidopsis MBD4L is critical for maintaining nuclear genome integrity and preventing cell death under genotoxic stress conditions.


Asunto(s)
Arabidopsis , Animales , Arabidopsis/genética , Arabidopsis/metabolismo , ADN/metabolismo , Daño del ADN , Reparación del ADN/genética , Fluorouracilo/metabolismo , Mamíferos/genética , Mamíferos/metabolismo , Uracil-ADN Glicosidasa/genética , Uracil-ADN Glicosidasa/metabolismo
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Int J Mol Sci ; 24(12)2023 Jun 15.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37373320

RESUMEN

Base excision repair (BER) is a cellular process that removes damaged bases arising from exogenous and endogenous sources including reactive oxygen species, alkylation agents, and ionizing radiation. BER is mediated by the actions of multiple proteins which work in a highly concerted manner to resolve DNA damage efficiently to prevent toxic repair intermediates. During the initiation of BER, the damaged base is removed by one of 11 mammalian DNA glycosylases, resulting in abasic sites. Many DNA glycosylases are product-inhibited by binding to the abasic site more avidly than the damaged base. Traditionally, apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1, APE1, was believed to help turn over the glycosylases to undergo multiple rounds of damaged base removal. However, in a series of papers from our laboratory, we have demonstrated that UV-damaged DNA binding protein (UV-DDB) stimulates the glycosylase activities of human 8-oxoguanine glycosylase (OGG1), MUTY DNA glycosylase (MUTYH), alkyladenine glycosylase/N-methylpurine DNA glycosylase (AAG/MPG), and single-strand selective monofunctional glycosylase (SMUG1), between three- and five-fold. Moreover, we have shown that UV-DDB can assist chromatin decompaction, facilitating access of OGG1 to 8-oxoguanine damage in telomeres. This review summarizes the biochemistry, single-molecule, and cell biology approaches that our group used to directly demonstrate the essential role of UV-DDB in BER.


Asunto(s)
Cromatina , ADN Glicosilasas , Humanos , Cromatina/genética , Reparación del ADN , Daño del ADN , ADN Glicosilasas/metabolismo , ADN-(Sitio Apurínico o Apirimidínico) Liasa/metabolismo
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Int J Mol Sci ; 24(12)2023 Jun 18.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37373453

RESUMEN

Chemically modified nucleic acid bases are sources of genomic instability and mutations but may also regulate gene expression as epigenetic or epitranscriptomic modifications. Depending on the cellular context, they can have vastly diverse impacts on cells, from mutagenesis or cytotoxicity to changing cell fate by regulating chromatin organisation and gene expression. Identical chemical modifications exerting different functions pose a challenge for the cell's DNA repair machinery, as it needs to accurately distinguish between epigenetic marks and DNA damage to ensure proper repair and maintenance of (epi)genomic integrity. The specificity and selectivity of the recognition of these modified bases relies on DNA glycosylases, which acts as DNA damage, or more correctly, as modified bases sensors for the base excision repair (BER) pathway. Here, we will illustrate this duality by summarizing the role of uracil-DNA glycosylases, with particular attention to SMUG1, in the regulation of the epigenetic landscape as active regulators of gene expression and chromatin remodelling. We will also describe how epigenetic marks, with a special focus on 5-hydroxymethyluracil, can affect the damage susceptibility of nucleic acids and conversely how DNA damage can induce changes in the epigenetic landscape by altering the pattern of DNA methylation and chromatin structure.


Asunto(s)
Daño del ADN , Reparación del ADN , Mutación , Metilación de ADN
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Annu Rev Biochem ; 92: 1-13, 2023 06 20.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37001139

RESUMEN

In this autobiographical article, I reflect on my Swedish background. Then I discuss endogenous DNA alterations and the base excision repair pathway and alternative repair strategies for some unusual DNA lesions. Endogenous DNA damage, such as loss of purine bases and cytosine deamination, is proposed as a major source of cancer-causing mutations.


Asunto(s)
ADN Glicosilasas , Reparación del ADN , Daño del ADN , ADN/genética , ADN/metabolismo , ADN Glicosilasas/metabolismo
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Int J Radiat Biol ; 99(6): 891-902, 2023.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33787444

RESUMEN

PURPOSE: To demonstrate how the search by the Molecular Radiobiologists for enzymes that could recognize and remove DNA damage produced by ionizing radiation was intertwined with the development of the Base Excision Repair pathway. CONCLUSION: The Base Excision Repair pathway repairs the vast majority of radiation-induced DNA damages including base damages, alkali labile lesions, and single strand breaks. It turns out that Base Excision Repair actually evolved to repair some thirty to forty thousand endogenous lesions formed in each of our cells every day. Thus, this process is extremely efficient and accordingly, at relatively low doses of radiation, the single lesions repaired by base excision repair result in few lethal or mutagenic events. This efficiency is a double-edged sword since ionizing radiation-induced hydroxyl radicals produced along the radiation track form both bistranded and tandem clustered lesions in DNA. These damages are recognized by the efficient Base Excision Repair enzymes, which, during attempted repair, lead to double strand breaks and/or multiple lesions that can collapse replication forks. Double strand breaks and other complex or clustered lesions formed by ionizing radiation present distinct challenges to DNA repair systems compared to the relative ease and efficiency by which isolated lesions are repaired.


Asunto(s)
Daño del ADN , Reparación del ADN , ADN/genética , Mutagénesis , Radiación Ionizante
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Dokl Biochem Biophys ; 513(Suppl 1): S82-S86, 2023 Dec.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38337103

RESUMEN

The presence of DNA damage can increase the likelihood of DNA replication errors and promote mutations. In particular, pauses of DNA polymerase at the site of damage can lead to polymerase slippage and the formation of 1-2-nucleotide bulges. Repair of such structures using an undamaged DNA template leads to small deletions. One of the most abundant oxidative DNA lesions, 8-oxoguanine (oxoG), was shown to induce small deletions, but the mechanism of this phenomenon is currently unknown. We studied the aberrant repair of oxoG located in one- and two-nucleotide bulges by the Escherichia coli and human base excision repair systems. Our results indicate that the repair in such substrates can serve as a mechanism for fixing small deletions in bacteria but not in humans.


Asunto(s)
ADN Glicosilasas , Reparación del ADN , Guanina/análogos & derivados , Humanos , ADN Glicosilasas/genética , ADN Glicosilasas/metabolismo , Daño del ADN , ADN/genética , Escherichia coli/genética , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , Nucleótidos
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Int J Mol Sci ; 25(1)2023 Dec 20.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38203235

RESUMEN

Apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites are abundant DNA lesions generated both by spontaneous base loss and as intermediates of base excision DNA repair. In human cells, they are normally repaired by an essential AP endonuclease, APE1, encoded by the APEX1 gene. Other enzymes can cleave AP sites by either hydrolysis or ß-elimination in vitro, but it is not clear whether they provide the second line of defense in living cells. Here, we studied AP site repairs in APEX1 knockout derivatives of HEK293FT cells using a reporter system based on transcriptional mutagenesis in the enhanced green fluorescent protein gene. Despite an apparent lack of AP site-processing activity in vitro, the cells efficiently repaired the tetrahydrofuran AP site analog resistant to ß-elimination. This ability persisted even when the second AP endonuclease homolog, APE2, was also knocked out. Moreover, APEX1 null cells were able to repair uracil, a DNA lesion that is removed via the formation of an AP site. If AP site hydrolysis was chemically blocked, the uracil repair required the presence of NTHL1, an enzyme that catalyzes ß-elimination. Our results suggest that human cells possess at least two back-up AP site repair pathways, one of which is NTHL1-dependent.


Asunto(s)
ADN-(Sitio Apurínico o Apirimidínico) Liasa , ADN , Humanos , Daño del ADN/genética , ADN-(Sitio Apurínico o Apirimidínico) Liasa/genética , Endonucleasas , Reparación por Escisión , Uracilo
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Int J Mol Sci ; 23(21)2022 Nov 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36362137

RESUMEN

Azide-alkyne cycloaddition ("click chemistry") has found wide use in the analysis of molecular interactions in living cells. 5-ethynyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran-3-ol (EAP) is a recently developed apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site analog functionalized with an ethynyl moiety, which can be introduced into cells in DNA constructs to perform labeling or cross-linking in situ. However, as a non-natural nucleoside, EAP could be subject to removal by DNA repair and misreading by DNA polymerases. Here, we investigate the interaction of this clickable AP site analog with DNA polymerases and base excision repair enzymes. Similarly to the natural AP site, EAP was non-instructive and followed the "A-rule", directing residual but easily detectable incorporation of dAMP by E. coli DNA polymerase I Klenow fragment, bacteriophage RB69 DNA polymerase and human DNA polymerase ß. On the contrary, EAP was blocking for DNA polymerases κ and λ. EAP was an excellent substrate for the major human AP endonuclease APEX1 and E. coli AP exonucleases Xth and Nfo but was resistant to the AP lyase activity of DNA glycosylases. Overall, our data indicate that EAP, once within a cell, would represent a replication block and would be removed through an AP endonuclease-initiated long-patch base excision repair pathway.


Asunto(s)
ADN-(Sitio Apurínico o Apirimidínico) Liasa , Escherichia coli , Humanos , ADN-(Sitio Apurínico o Apirimidínico) Liasa/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/metabolismo , ADN Polimerasa Dirigida por ADN/metabolismo , Reparación del ADN , Daño del ADN , ADN Polimerasa I/genética , Endonucleasas/metabolismo
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Cells ; 11(20)2022 10 11.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36291061

RESUMEN

Proteins that recognize specific DNA sequences or structural elements often find their cognate DNA lesions in a processive mode, in which an enzyme binds DNA non-specifically and then slides along the DNA contour by one-dimensional diffusion. Opposite to the processive mechanism is distributive search, when an enzyme binds, samples and releases DNA without significant lateral movement. Many DNA glycosylases, the repair enzymes that excise damaged bases from DNA, use processive search to find their cognate lesions. Here, using a method based on correlated cleavage of multiply damaged oligonucleotide substrates we investigate the mechanism of lesion search by three structurally related DNA glycosylases-bacterial endonuclease VIII (Nei) and its mammalian homologs NEIL1 and NEIL2. Similarly to another homologous enzyme, bacterial formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase, NEIL1 seems to use a processive mode to locate its targets. However, the processivity of Nei was notably lower, and NEIL2 exhibited almost fully distributive action on all types of substrates. Although one-dimensional diffusion is often regarded as a universal search mechanism, our results indicate that even proteins sharing a common fold may be quite different in the ways they locate their targets in DNA.


Asunto(s)
ADN Glicosilasas , Desoxirribonucleasa (Dímero de Pirimidina) , Animales , Desoxirribonucleasa (Dímero de Pirimidina)/genética , Desoxirribonucleasa (Dímero de Pirimidina)/metabolismo , ADN-Formamidopirimidina Glicosilasa/genética , ADN-Formamidopirimidina Glicosilasa/metabolismo , Reparación del ADN , ADN Glicosilasas/genética , ADN/metabolismo , Oligonucleótidos , Mamíferos/metabolismo
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Int J Mol Sci ; 23(13)2022 Jun 30.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35806289

RESUMEN

Many proteins consist of two or more structural domains: separate parts that have a defined structure and function. For example, in enzymes, the catalytic activity is often localized in a core fragment, while other domains or disordered parts of the same protein participate in a number of regulatory processes. This situation is often observed in many DNA glycosylases, the proteins that remove damaged nucleobases thus initiating base excision DNA repair. This review covers the present knowledge about the functions and evolution of such noncatalytic parts in DNA glycosylases, mostly concerned with the human enzymes but also considering some unique members of this group coming from plants and prokaryotes.


Asunto(s)
ADN Glicosilasas , ADN/química , Daño del ADN , ADN Glicosilasas/metabolismo , Reparación del ADN , Humanos
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Vavilovskii Zhurnal Genet Selektsii ; 26(4): 341-348, 2022 Jul.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35860677

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One of the main mechanisms of epigenetic regulation in higher eukaryotes is based on the methylation of cytosine at the C5 position with the formation of 5-methylcytosine (mC), which is further recognized by regulatory proteins. In mammals, methylation mainly occurs in CG dinucleotides, while in plants it targets CG, CHG, and CHH sequences (H is any base but G). Correct maintenance of the DNA methylation status is based on the balance of methylation, passive demethylation, and active demethylation. While in mammals active demethylation is based on targeted regulated damage to mC in DNA followed by the action of repair enzymes, demethylation in plants is performed by specialized DNA glycosylases that hydrolyze the N-glycosidic bond of mC nucleotides. The genome of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana encodes four paralogous proteins, two of which, DEMETER (DME) and REPRESSOR OF SILENCING 1 (ROS1), possess 5-methylcytosine-DNA glycosylase activity and are necessary for the regulation of development, response to infections and abiotic stress and silencing of transgenes and mobile elements. Homologues of DME and ROS1 are present in all plant groups; however, outside A. thaliana, they are poorly studied. Here we report the properties of a recombinant fragment of the ROS1 protein from Nicotiana tabacum (NtROS1), which contains all main structural domains required for catalytic activity. Using homologous modeling, we have constructed a structural model of NtROS1, which revealed folding characteristic of DNA glycosylases of the helix- hairpin-helix structural superfamily. The recombinant NtROS1 protein was able to remove mC bases from DNA, and the enzyme activity was barely affected by the methylation status of CG dinucleotides in the opposite strand. The enzyme removed 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (hmC) from DNA with a lower eff iciency, showing minimal activity in the presence of mC in the opposite strand. Expression of the NtROS1 gene in cultured human cells resulted in a global decrease in the level of genomic DNA methylation. In general, it can be said that the NtROS1 protein and other homologues of DME and ROS1 represent a promising scaffold for engineering enzymes to analyze the status of epigenetic methylation and to control gene activity.

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DNA Repair (Amst) ; 115: 103341, 2022 07.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35598473

RESUMEN

Active DNA demethylation plays an important role in controlling methylation patterns in eukaryotes. In plants, the DEMETER-LIKE (DML) family of 5-methylcytosine DNA glycosylases initiates DNA demethylation through a base excision repair pathway. However, it is poorly understood how these DNA demethylases are recruited to their target loci and the role that histone marks play in this process. Arabidopsis REPRESSOR OF SILENCING 1 (ROS1) is a representative enzyme of the DML family, whose members are uniquely characterized by a basic amino-terminal domain mediating nonspecific binding to DNA, a discontinuous catalytic domain, and a conserved carboxy-terminal domain of unknown function. Here, we show that ROS1 interacts with the N-terminal tail of H3 through its C-terminal domain. Importantly, phosphorylation at H3 Ser28, but not Ser10, abrogates ROS1 interaction with H3. Conserved residues at the C-terminal domain are not only required for H3 interaction, but also for efficient DNA binding and catalytic activity. Our findings suggest that the C-terminal domain of ROS1 may function as a histone reader module involved in recruitment of the DNA demethylase activity to specific genomic regions.


Asunto(s)
Proteínas de Arabidopsis , Arabidopsis , 5-Metilcitosina/metabolismo , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , ADN/metabolismo , Metilación de ADN , Histonas/metabolismo , Proteínas Nucleares/metabolismo , Proteínas Tirosina Quinasas/genética , Proteínas Tirosina Quinasas/metabolismo , Proteínas Proto-Oncogénicas/metabolismo
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