scholarly journals Mitotic replisome disassembly in vertebrates

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Priego Moreno ◽  
Rebecca M. Jones ◽  
Divyasree Poovathumkadavil ◽  
Agnieszka Gambus
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Ubiquitin Ligase ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Replication Forks ◽  
Replication Machinery ◽  
Replicative Helicase ◽  
Egg Extract ◽  
Eukaryotic Dna ◽  
Higher Eukaryotes

ABSTRACTRecent years have brought a breakthrough in our understanding of the process of eukaryotic DNA replication termination. We have shown that the process of replication machinery (replisome) disassembly at the termination of DNA replication forks in S-phase of the cell cycle is driven through polyubiquitylation of one of the replicative helicase subunits Mcm7. Our previous work in C.elegans embryos suggested also an existence of a back-up pathway of replisome disassembly in mitosis. Here we show, that in Xenopus laevis egg extract, any replisome retained on chromatin after S-phase is indeed removed from chromatin in mitosis. This mitotic disassembly pathway depends on formation of K6 and K63 ubiquitin chains on Mcm7 by TRAIP ubiquitin ligase and activity of p97/VCP protein segregase. The mitotic replisome pathway is therefore conserved through evolution in higher eukaryotes. However, unlike in lower eukaryotes it does not require SUMO modifications. This process can also remove any helicases from chromatin, including “active” stalled ones, indicating a much wider application of this pathway than just a “back-up” for terminated helicases.

scholarly journals Mitotic replisome disassembly depends on TRAIP ubiquitin ligase activity

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. e201900390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Priego Moreno ◽  
Rebecca M Jones ◽  
Divyasree Poovathumkadavil ◽  
Shaun Scaramuzza ◽  
Agnieszka Gambus
Keyword(s):  
Caenorhabditis Elegans ◽  
Xenopus Laevis ◽  
Ubiquitin Ligase ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Replication Forks ◽  
Replication Machinery ◽  
Replicative Helicase ◽  
Egg Extract ◽  
Ubiquitin Ligase Activity ◽  
Mitotic Chromatin

We have shown previously that the process of replication machinery (replisome) disassembly at the termination of DNA replication forks in the S-phase is driven through polyubiquitylation of one of the replicative helicase subunits (Mcm7) by Cul2LRR1 ubiquitin ligase. Interestingly, upon inhibition of this pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans embryos, the replisomes retained on chromatin were unloaded in the subsequent mitosis. Here, we show that this mitotic replisome disassembly pathway exists in Xenopus laevis egg extract and we determine the first elements of its regulation. The mitotic disassembly pathway depends on the formation of K6- and K63-linked ubiquitin chains on Mcm7 by TRAIP ubiquitin ligase and the activity of p97/VCP protein segregase. Unlike in lower eukaryotes, however, it does not require SUMO modifications. Importantly, we also show that this process can remove all replisomes from mitotic chromatin, including stalled ones, which indicates a wide application for this pathway over being just a “backup” for terminated replisomes. Finally, we characterise the composition of the replisome retained on chromatin until mitosis.

scholarly journals The p97 cofactor Ubxn7 facilitates replisome disassembly during S-phase

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeynep Tarcan ◽  
Divyasree Poovathumkadavil ◽  
Aggeliki Skagia ◽  
Agnieszka Gambus
Keyword(s):  
Dna Replication ◽  
Molecular Mechanism ◽  
Protein Complexes ◽  
Ubiquitin Ligases ◽  
S Phase ◽  
E3 Ubiquitin Ligases ◽  
Replication Machinery ◽  
Replicative Helicase ◽  
Cellular Processes ◽  
Eukaryotic Dna

Complex cellular processes are driven by the regulated assembly and disassembly of large multi-protein complexes. In eukaryotic DNA replication, whilst we are beginning to understand the molecular mechanism for assembly of the replication machinery (replisome), we still know relatively little about the regulation of its disassembly at replication termination. Over recent years, the first elements of this process have emerged, revealing that the replicative helicase, at the heart of the replisome, is polyubiquitylated prior to unloading and that this unloading requires p97 segregase activity. Two different E3 ubiquitin ligases are now known to ubiquitylate the helicase under different conditions: Cul2Lrr1 and TRAIP. Here we have found two p97 cofactors, Ubxn7 and Faf1, which can interact with p97 during replisome disassembly in S-phase. Only Ubxn7 however facilitates efficient replisome disassembly through its interaction with both Cul2Lrr1 and p97. Our data therefore characterise Ubxn7 as the first substrate-specific p97 cofactor regulating replisome disassembly in vertebrates.

scholarly journals Nonperiodic Activity of the Human Anaphase-Promoting Complex–Cdh1 Ubiquitin Ligase Results in Continuous DNA Synthesis Uncoupled from Mitosis

2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (20) ◽  
pp. 7613-7623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Storgaard Sørensen ◽  
Claudia Lukas ◽  
Edgar R. Kramer ◽  
Jan-Michael Peters ◽  
Jiri Bartek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Cell Division ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Dna Synthesis ◽  
Ubiquitin Ligase ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Kinase Inhibitor ◽  
Cyclin B1 ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Anaphase Promoting Complex

ABSTRACT Ubiquitin-proteasome-mediated destruction of rate-limiting proteins is required for timely progression through the main cell cycle transitions. The anaphase-promoting complex (APC), periodically activated by the Cdh1 subunit, represents one of the major cellular ubiquitin ligases which, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae andDrosophila spp., triggers exit from mitosis and during G1 prevents unscheduled DNA replication. In this study we investigated the importance of periodic oscillation of the APC-Cdh1 activity for the cell cycle progression in human cells. We show that conditional interference with the APC-Cdh1 dissociation at the G1/S transition resulted in an inability to accumulate a surprisingly broad range of critical mitotic regulators including cyclin B1, cyclin A, Plk1, Pds1, mitosin (CENP-F), Aim1, and Cdc20. Unexpectedly, although constitutively assembled APC-Cdh1 also delayed G1/S transition and lowered the rate of DNA synthesis during S phase, some of the activities essential for DNA replication became markedly amplified, mainly due to a progressive increase of E2F-dependent cyclin E transcription and a rapid turnover of the p27Kip1 cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor. Consequently, failure to inactivate APC-Cdh1 beyond the G1/S transition not only inhibited productive cell division but also supported slow but uninterrupted DNA replication, precluding S-phase exit and causing massive overreplication of the genome. Our data suggest that timely oscillation of the APC-Cdh1 ubiquitin ligase activity represents an essential step in coordinating DNA replication with cell division and that failure of mechanisms regulating association of APC with the Cdh1 activating subunit can undermine genomic stability in mammalian cells.

scholarly journals BM28, a human member of the MCM2-3-5 family, is displaced from chromatin during DNA replication.

1995 ◽  
Vol 129 (6) ◽  
pp. 1433-1445 ◽  
Author(s):  
I T Todorov ◽  
A Attaran ◽  
S E Kearsey
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Posttranslational Modifications ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Present Evidence ◽  
Nuclear Binding ◽  
Eukaryotic Dna ◽  
Triton X ◽  
Related Proteins ◽  
Phase Proceeds

We have recently cloned and characterized a human member (BM28) of the MCM2-3-5 family of putative relication factors (Todorov, I.T., R. Pepperkok, R.N. Philipova, S. Kearsey, W. Ansorge, and D. Werner. 1994. J. Cell Sci. 107:253-265). While this protein is located in the nucleus throughout interphase, we report here a dramatic alteration in its nuclear binding during the cell cycle. BM28 is retained in the nucleus after Triton X-100 extraction in G1 and early S phase cells, but is progressively lost as S phase proceeds, and little BM28 is retained in detergent-extracted G2 nuclei. BM28 that is resistant to extraction in G1 nuclei is removed by DNase I digestion, suggesting that the protein is chromatin associated. In addition, we present evidence for variations in the electrophoretic mobility of BM28 that may reflect posttranslational modifications of BM28 during the cell cycle. During mitosis, BM28 is present as a fast-migrating form, but on entry into G1, the protein is converted into a slow-migrating form. With the onset of S phase, the slow-migrating form is progressively converted into the fast form. BM28 is phosphorylated at all stages of the cell cycle, but during interphase the fast form is hyperphosphorylated compared with the slow form. These apparent changes in modification may reflect or effect changes in the nuclear binding of BM28. The behavior of BM28 is not dissimilar to related proteins in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, such as Mcm2p, which are excluded from the nucleus after DNA replication. We speculate that BM28 may be involved in the control that limits eukaryotic DNA replication to one round per cell cycle.

scholarly journals LRR1-mediated replisome disassembly promotes DNA replication by recycling replisome components

2021 ◽  
Vol 220 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yilin Fan ◽  
Marielle S. Köberlin ◽  
Nalin Ratnayeke ◽  
Chad Liu ◽  
Madhura Deshpande ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Cell Division ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Ubiquitin Ligase ◽  
Essential Gene ◽  
E3 Ubiquitin Ligase ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Replication Forks ◽  
G2 Phase ◽  
Rate Limiting

After two converging DNA replication forks meet, active replisomes are disassembled and unloaded from chromatin. A key process in replisome disassembly is the unloading of CMG helicases (CDC45–MCM–GINS), which is initiated in Caenorhabditis elegans and Xenopus laevis by the E3 ubiquitin ligase CRL2LRR1. Here, we show that human cells lacking LRR1 fail to unload CMG helicases and accumulate increasing amounts of chromatin-bound replisome components as cells progress through S phase. Markedly, we demonstrate that the failure to disassemble replisomes reduces the rate of DNA replication increasingly throughout S phase by sequestering rate-limiting replisome components on chromatin and blocking their recycling. Continued binding of CMG helicases to chromatin during G2 phase blocks mitosis by activating an ATR-mediated G2/M checkpoint. Finally, we provide evidence that LRR1 is an essential gene for human cell division, suggesting that CRL2LRR1 enzyme activity is required for the proliferation of cancer cells and is thus a potential target for cancer therapy.

scholarly journals Replication-Coupled Chromatin Remodeling: An Overview of Disassembly and Assembly of Chromatin during Replication

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 1113
Author(s):  
Céline Duc ◽  
Christophe Thiriet
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Chromatin Remodeling ◽  
Nuclear Import ◽  
Genomic Dna ◽  
Epigenetic Inheritance ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Chromatin Assembly ◽  
Present Review ◽  
Replication Forks ◽  
Replication Machinery

The doubling of genomic DNA during the S-phase of the cell cycle involves the global remodeling of chromatin at replication forks. The present review focuses on the eviction of nucleosomes in front of the replication forks to facilitate the passage of replication machinery and the mechanism of replication-coupled chromatin assembly behind the replication forks. The recycling of parental histones as well as the nuclear import and the assembly of newly synthesized histones are also discussed with regard to the epigenetic inheritance.

scholarly journals Productive herpesvirus lytic replication in primary effusion lymphoma cells requires S-phase entry

2020 ◽  
Vol 101 (8) ◽  
pp. 873-883 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Hollingworth ◽  
Grant S. Stewart ◽  
Roger J. Grand
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Dna Replication ◽  
Latent Infection ◽  
Primary Effusion Lymphoma ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Lytic Replication ◽  
Replication Forks ◽  
Viral Dna ◽  
Cellular Replication ◽  
Phase Entry

Gammaherpesviruses establish lifelong latent infection in B lymphocytes and are the causative agent of several B-cell malignancies and lymphoproliferative disorders. While a quiescent latent infection allows these pathogens to evade immune detection, initiation of an alternative lifecycle stage, known as lytic replication, is an essential step in the production and dissemination of infectious progeny. Although cessation of cellular proliferation is an eventual consequence of lytic induction, exactly how gammaherpesviruses manipulate the cell cycle prior to amplification of viral DNA remains under debate. Here we show that the onset of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) lytic reactivation in B cells leads to S-phase accumulation and that exit from G1 is required for efficient viral DNA replication. We also show that lytic replication leads to an S-phase-specific activation of the DNA damage response (DDR) that is abrogated when lytic replication is restricted to G0/G1. Finally, we observe that expression of early lytic viral genes results in cellular replication stress with increased stalling of DNA replication forks. Overall, we demonstrate that S-phase entry is important for optimal KSHV replication, that G1 arresting compounds are effective inhibitors of viral propagation, and that lytic-induced cell-cycle arrest could occur through the obstruction of cellular replication forks and subsequent activation of the DDR.

scholarly journals Transcription-Associated Recombination Is Dependent on Replication in Mammalian Cells

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ponnari Gottipati ◽  
Tobias N. Cassel ◽  
Linda Savolainen ◽  
Thomas Helleday
Keyword(s):  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Homologous Recombination ◽  
Mammalian Cells ◽  
Strand Break ◽  
Double Strand Break ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Replication Forks ◽  
Higher Eukaryotes ◽  
Stalled Replication Forks ◽  
Gene Conversions

ABSTRACT Transcription can enhance recombination; this is a ubiquitous phenomenon from prokaryotes to higher eukaryotes. However, the mechanism of transcription-associated recombination in mammalian cells is poorly understood. Here we have developed a construct with a recombination substrate in which levels of recombination can be studied in the presence or absence of transcription. We observed a direct enhancement in recombination when transcription levels through the substrate were increased. This increase in homologous recombination following transcription is locus specific, since homologous recombination at the unrelated hprt gene is unaffected. In addition, we have shown that transcription-associated recombination involves both short-tract and long-tract gene conversions in mammalian cells, which are different from double-strand-break-induced recombination events caused by endonucleases. Transcription fails to enhance recombination in cells that are not in the S phase of the cell cycle. Furthermore, inhibition of transcription suppresses induction of recombination at stalled replication forks, suggesting that recombination may be involved in bypassing transcription during replication.

scholarly journals Pivotal roles of PCNA loading and unloading on heterochromatin function

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Janke ◽  
Grant King ◽  
Martin Kupiec ◽  
Jasper Rine
Keyword(s):  
Dna Replication ◽  
Transcriptional Silencing ◽  
Structural Features ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Histone Chaperones ◽  
Replication Forks ◽  
Nucleosome Assembly ◽  
Replication Machinery ◽  
Loading And Unloading ◽  
Regulatory Functions

ABSTRACTIn Saccharomyces cerevisiae, heterochromatin structures required for transcriptional silencing of the HML and HMR loci are duplicated in coordination with passing DNA replication forks. Despite major reorganization of chromatin structure, the heterochromatic, transcriptionally-silent states of HML and HMR are successfully maintained throughout S-phase. Mutations of specific components of the replisome diminish the capacity to maintain silencing of HML and HMR through replication. Similarly, mutations in histone chaperones involved in replication-coupled nucleosome assembly reduce gene silencing. Bridging these observations, we determined that the PCNA unloading activity of Elg1 was important for coordinating DNA replication forks with the process of replication-coupled nucleosome assembly to maintain silencing of HML and HMR through S-phase. Collectively these data identified a mechanism by which chromatin reassembly is coordinated with DNA replication to maintain silencing through S-phase.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTDNA replication poses a unique logistical challenge for the cell in that structural features of chromatin and their regulatory functions must be carefully coordinated with passage of replication machinery so faithful duplication of both the genome and its chromatin structures may be achieved. Nucleosome assembly is fundamental to reestablishment of chromatin in the wake of DNA replication, and here a mechanism by which nucleosome assembly is coordinated with DNA replication to maintain silenced chromatin is described.

scholarly journals Mechanisms of eukaryotic replisome disassembly

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (3) ◽  
pp. 823-836
Author(s):  
Sara Priego Moreno ◽  
Agnieszka Gambus
Keyword(s):  
Dna Replication ◽  
Molecular Mechanisms ◽  
S Phase ◽  
Dna Lesions ◽  
Model Organisms ◽  
Replicative Helicase ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Cross Links ◽  
Higher Eukaryotes ◽  
Key Events

DNA replication is a complex process that needs to be executed accurately before cell division in order to maintain genome integrity. DNA replication is divided into three main stages: initiation, elongation and termination. One of the key events during initiation is the assembly of the replicative helicase at origins of replication, and this mechanism has been very well described over the last decades. In the last six years however, researchers have also focused on deciphering the molecular mechanisms underlying the disassembly of the replicative helicase during termination. Similar to replisome assembly, the mechanism of replisome disassembly is strictly regulated and well conserved throughout evolution, although its complexity increases in higher eukaryotes. While budding yeast rely on just one pathway for replisome disassembly in S phase, higher eukaryotes evolved an additional mitotic pathway over and above the default S phase specific pathway. Moreover, replisome disassembly has been recently found to be a key event prior to the repair of certain DNA lesions, such as under-replicated DNA in mitosis and inter-strand cross-links (ICLs) in S phase. Although replisome disassembly in human cells has not been characterised yet, they possess all of the factors involved in these pathways in model organisms, and de-regulation of many of them are known to contribute to tumorigenesis and other pathological conditions.

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