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Nucleic Acids Res ; 51(6): 2931-2949, 2023 04 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-36869664

RESUMO

Bacterial nucleotide excision repair (NER), mediated by the UvrA, UvrB and UvrC proteins is a multistep, ATP-dependent process, that is responsible for the removal of a very wide range of chemically and structurally diverse DNA lesions. DNA damage removal is performed by UvrC, an enzyme possessing a dual endonuclease activity, capable of incising the DNA on either side of the damaged site to release a short single-stranded DNA fragment containing the lesion. Using biochemical and biophysical approaches, we have probed the oligomeric state, UvrB- and DNA-binding abilities and incision activities of wild-type and mutant constructs of UvrC from the radiation resistant bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans. Moreover, by combining the power of new structure prediction algorithms and experimental crystallographic data, we have assembled the first model of a complete UvrC, revealing several unexpected structural motifs and in particular, a central inactive RNase H domain acting as a platform for the surrounding domains. In this configuration, UvrC is maintained in a 'closed' inactive state that needs to undergo a major rearrangement to adopt an 'open' active state capable of performing the dual incision reaction. Taken together, this study provides important insight into the mechanism of recruitment and activation of UvrC during NER.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias , Reparo do DNA , Deinococcus , Endodesoxirribonucleases , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Dano ao DNA , DNA Helicases/metabolismo , DNA Bacteriano/metabolismo , Endodesoxirribonucleases/metabolismo , Escherichia coli/genética
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Int J Mol Sci ; 21(23)2020 Dec 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33287345

RESUMO

Cancer is the second leading cause of death with tens of millions of people diagnosed with cancer every year around the world. Most radio- and chemotherapies aim to eliminate cancer cells, notably by causing severe damage to the DNA. However, efficient repair of such damage represents a common mechanism of resistance to initially effective cytotoxic agents. Thus, development of new generation anticancer drugs that target DNA repair pathways, and more particularly the base excision repair (BER) pathway that is responsible for removal of damaged bases, is of growing interest. The BER pathway is initiated by a set of enzymes known as DNA glycosylases. Unlike several downstream BER enzymes, DNA glycosylases have so far received little attention and the development of specific inhibitors of these enzymes has been lagging. Yet, dysregulation of DNA glycosylases is also known to play a central role in numerous cancers and at different stages of the disease, and thus inhibiting DNA glycosylases is now considered a valid strategy to eliminate cancer cells. This review provides a detailed overview of the activities of DNA glycosylases in normal and cancer cells, their modes of regulation, and their potential as anticancer drug targets.


Assuntos
DNA Glicosilases/metabolismo , Animais , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Antineoplásicos/uso terapêutico , Dano ao DNA , DNA Glicosilases/antagonistas & inibidores , DNA Glicosilases/química , Reparo do DNA , Suscetibilidade a Doenças , Ativação Enzimática/efeitos dos fármacos , Regulação Enzimológica da Expressão Gênica/efeitos dos fármacos , Humanos , Terapia de Alvo Molecular , Neoplasias/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias/etiologia , Neoplasias/metabolismo , Neoplasias/patologia , Relação Estrutura-Atividade
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ACS Chem Biol ; 15(4): 990-1003, 2020 04 17.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32125823

RESUMO

The Y-box binding protein 1 (YB1) is an established metastatic marker: high expression and nuclear localization of YB1 correlate with tumor aggressiveness, drug resistance, and poor patient survival in various tumors. In the nucleus, YB1 interacts with and regulates the activities of several nuclear proteins, including the DNA glycosylase, human endonuclease III (hNTH1). In the present study, we used Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) and AlphaLISA technologies to further characterize this interaction and define the minimal regions of hNTH1 and YB1 required for complex formation. This work led us to design an original and cost-effective FRET-based biosensor for the rapid in vitro high-throughput screening for potential inhibitors of the hNTH1-YB1 complex. Two pilot screens were carried out, allowing the selection of several promising compounds exhibiting IC50 values in the low micromolar range. Interestingly, two of these compounds bind to YB1 and sensitize drug-resistant breast tumor cells to the chemotherapeutic agent, cisplatin. Taken together, these findings demonstrate that the hNTH1-YB1 interface is a druggable target for the development of new therapeutic strategies for the treatment of drug-resistant tumors. Moreover, beyond this study, the simple design of our biosensor defines an innovative and efficient strategy for the screening of inhibitors of therapeutically relevant protein-protein interfaces.


Assuntos
Antineoplásicos/análise , Técnicas Biossensoriais/métodos , Desoxirribonuclease (Dímero de Pirimidina)/antagonistas & inibidores , Ligação Proteica/efeitos dos fármacos , Proteína 1 de Ligação a Y-Box/antagonistas & inibidores , Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Cisplatino/farmacologia , Desoxirribonuclease (Dímero de Pirimidina)/metabolismo , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos/efeitos dos fármacos , Transferência Ressonante de Energia de Fluorescência/métodos , Humanos , Células MCF-7 , Projetos Piloto , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/análise , Bibliotecas de Moléculas Pequenas/farmacologia , Proteína 1 de Ligação a Y-Box/metabolismo
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PLoS One ; 12(12): e0189193, 2017.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29232376

RESUMO

General Control Non-derepressible 5 (GCN5) and Alteration/Deficiency in Activation 2 and 3 proteins (ADA2 and ADA3, respectively) are subunits of the Histone AcetylTransferase (HAT) module of SAGA- and ATAC-type co-activators. We previously reported four new interacting partners of human ADA3 identified by screening a human fetal brain cDNA library using yeast two hybrid technology. One of these partners was Apoptosis-Antagonizing Transcription Factor (AATF), also known as Che-1, an RNA polymerase II-binding protein with a number of roles in different cellular processes including regulation of transcription, cell proliferation, cell cycle control, DNA damage responses and apoptosis. Che-1/AATF is a potential therapeutic target for cancer treatments. In this study, we aimed to identify whether besides ADA3, other components of the HAT modules of SAGA and ATAC complexes, human ADA2 and GCN5 also interact with Che-1/AATF. Co-immunoprecipitation and co-localization experiments were used to demonstrate association of AATF both with two ADA2 isoforms, ADA2A and ADA2B and with GCN5 proteins in human cells and yeast two-hybrid assays to delineate domains in the ADA2 and GCN5 proteins required for these interactions. These findings provide new insights into the pathways regulated by ADA-containing protein complexes.


Assuntos
Histona Acetiltransferases/metabolismo , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Transativadores/metabolismo , Acetiltransferases/metabolismo , Proteínas Adaptadoras de Transdução de Sinal/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a DNA , Humanos , Ligação Proteica , Fatores de Transcrição/metabolismo , Ativação Transcricional , Fatores de Transcrição de p300-CBP/metabolismo
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Cell Biochem Biophys ; 66(1): 199-204, 2013 May.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23161103

RESUMO

A considerable number of agents with chemotherapeutic potentials reported over the past years were shown to interfere with the reactions of DNA topoisomerases, the essential enzymes that regulate conformational changes in DNA topology. Gossypol, a naturally occurring bioactive phytochemical is a chemopreventive agent against various types of cancer cell growth with a reported activity on mammalian topoisomerase II. The compounds targeting topoisomerases vary in their mode of action; class I compounds act by stabilizing covalent topoisomerase-DNA complexes resulting in DNA strand breaks while class II compounds interfere with the catalytic function of topoisomerases without generating strand breaks. In this study, we report Gossypol as the interfering agent with type I topoisomerases as well. We also carried out an extensive set of assays to analyze the type of interference manifested by Gossypol on DNA topoisomerases. Our results strongly suggest that Gossypol is a potential class II inhibitor as it blocked DNA topoisomerase reactions with no consequently formed strand breaks.


Assuntos
Quebras de DNA , DNA Topoisomerases Tipo II/química , DNA Topoisomerases Tipo I/química , Gossipol/química , Animais , Ativação Enzimática , Ensaios Enzimáticos , Estabilidade Enzimática , Substâncias Macromoleculares/química , Plasmídeos/química , Inibidores da Topoisomerase I/química , Inibidores da Topoisomerase II/química
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