scholarly journals Homologous recombination enhancement conferred by the Z-DNA motif d(TG)30 is abrogated by simian virus 40 T antigen binding to adjacent DNA sequences.

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 794-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
W P Wahls ◽  
P D Moore

The Z-DNA motif polydeoxythymidylic-guanylic [d(TG)].polydeoxyadenylic-cytidylic acid [d(AC)], present throughout eucaryotic genomes, is capable of readily forming left-handed Z-DNA in vitro and has been shown to promote homologous recombination. The effects of simian virus 40 T-antigen-dependent substrate replication upon the stimulation of recombination conferred by the Z-DNA motif d(TG)30 were analyzed. Presence of d(TG)30 adjacent to a T-antigen-binding site I can stimulate homologous recombination between nonreplicating plasmids, providing that T antigen is absent, in both simian CV-1 cells and human EJ cells (W. P. Wahls, L. J. Wallace, and P. D. Moore, Mol. Cell. Biol. 10:785-793). It has also been shown elsewhere that the presence of d(TG)n not adjacent to the T-antigen-binding site can stimulate homologous recombination in simian virus 40 molecules replicating in the presence of T antigen (P. Bullock, J. Miller, and M. Botchan, Mol. Cell. Biol. 6:3948-3953, 1986). However, it is demonstrated here that d(TG)30 nine base pairs distant from a T-antigen-binding site bound with T antigen does not stimulate recombination between either replicating or nonreplicating substrates in somatic cells. The bound T antigen either prevents the d(TG)30 sequence from acquiring a recombinogenic configuration (such as left-handed Z-DNA), or it prevents the interaction of recombinase proteins with the sequence by stearic hindrance.

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 794-800
Author(s):  
W P Wahls ◽  
P D Moore

The Z-DNA motif polydeoxythymidylic-guanylic [d(TG)].polydeoxyadenylic-cytidylic acid [d(AC)], present throughout eucaryotic genomes, is capable of readily forming left-handed Z-DNA in vitro and has been shown to promote homologous recombination. The effects of simian virus 40 T-antigen-dependent substrate replication upon the stimulation of recombination conferred by the Z-DNA motif d(TG)30 were analyzed. Presence of d(TG)30 adjacent to a T-antigen-binding site I can stimulate homologous recombination between nonreplicating plasmids, providing that T antigen is absent, in both simian CV-1 cells and human EJ cells (W. P. Wahls, L. J. Wallace, and P. D. Moore, Mol. Cell. Biol. 10:785-793). It has also been shown elsewhere that the presence of d(TG)n not adjacent to the T-antigen-binding site can stimulate homologous recombination in simian virus 40 molecules replicating in the presence of T antigen (P. Bullock, J. Miller, and M. Botchan, Mol. Cell. Biol. 6:3948-3953, 1986). However, it is demonstrated here that d(TG)30 nine base pairs distant from a T-antigen-binding site bound with T antigen does not stimulate recombination between either replicating or nonreplicating substrates in somatic cells. The bound T antigen either prevents the d(TG)30 sequence from acquiring a recombinogenic configuration (such as left-handed Z-DNA), or it prevents the interaction of recombinase proteins with the sequence by stearic hindrance.


1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 903-911
Author(s):  
W Traut ◽  
E Fanning

The core origin of simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA replication is composed of a 64-base-pair sequence encompassing T-antigen-binding site II and adjacent sequences on either side. A 7-base-pair sequence to the early side of T-antigen-binding site II which is conserved among the papovavirus genomes SV40, BK, JC, and SA12 was recently shown to be part of a 10-base-pair sequence required for origin activity (S. Deb, A.L. DeLucia, C.-P. Baur, A. Koff, and P. Tegtmeyer, Mol. Cell. Biol. 6:1663-1670, 1986), but its functional role was not defined. In the present report, we have used gel retention assays to identify a monkey cell factor that interacts specifically with double-stranded DNA carrying this sequence and also binds to single-stranded DNA. DNA-protein complexes formed with extracts from primate cells are more abundant and display electrophoretic mobilities distinct from those formed with rodent cell extracts. The binding activity of the factor on mutant templates is correlated with the replication activity of the origin. The results suggest that the monkey cell factor may be involved in SV40 DNA replication.


1988 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 903-911 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Traut ◽  
E Fanning

The core origin of simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA replication is composed of a 64-base-pair sequence encompassing T-antigen-binding site II and adjacent sequences on either side. A 7-base-pair sequence to the early side of T-antigen-binding site II which is conserved among the papovavirus genomes SV40, BK, JC, and SA12 was recently shown to be part of a 10-base-pair sequence required for origin activity (S. Deb, A.L. DeLucia, C.-P. Baur, A. Koff, and P. Tegtmeyer, Mol. Cell. Biol. 6:1663-1670, 1986), but its functional role was not defined. In the present report, we have used gel retention assays to identify a monkey cell factor that interacts specifically with double-stranded DNA carrying this sequence and also binds to single-stranded DNA. DNA-protein complexes formed with extracts from primate cells are more abundant and display electrophoretic mobilities distinct from those formed with rodent cell extracts. The binding activity of the factor on mutant templates is correlated with the replication activity of the origin. The results suggest that the monkey cell factor may be involved in SV40 DNA replication.


Biochemistry ◽  
1984 ◽  
Vol 23 (25) ◽  
pp. 5938-5944 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric F. Fisher ◽  
Patricia L. Feist ◽  
Serge L. Beaucage ◽  
Richard M. Meyers ◽  
Robert Tjian ◽  
...  

1985 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1391-1399
Author(s):  
J Brady ◽  
G Khoury

We have investigated the role of simian virus 40 (SV40) T-antigen in the induction of late gene expression independent of its function in amplifying templates through DNA replication. Northern blot and S1 nuclease analyses showed that stimulation occurred at the transcriptional level. At least two template elements, the T-antigen-binding sites and the 72-base-pair repeats, appeared to be important for this induction. Using template mutants, we demonstrated that deletions within T-antigen-binding site II decreased T-antigen-mediated late gene expression approximately 10- to 20-fold. In addition, multiple point mutations within a single retained copy of the SV40 72-base-pair repeat decreased T-antigen-mediated late gene expression. Using in vivo competition studies, we demonstrated that competitor DNA fragments containing the SV40 control region (nucleotides 5171 through 272) quantitatively decreased SV40 late gene expression in COS-1 cells. In contrast, competition with a plasmid containing SV40 nucleotides 1 through 294 (which removes all of T-antigen-binding site I and half of site II) was much less efficient. Finally, we demonstrated that in vivo competition experiments employing competitor fragments distal to the T-antigen-binding sites within the late template region (SV40 nucleotides 180 through 2533) resulted in superinduction of late gene expression in COS-1 cells. This finding suggests that negative factors such as repressors or attenuators may modulate late SV40 gene expression before induction. Our results are consistent with a model in which induction of late gene expression involves an interaction of the SV40 origin region with DNA-binding proteins, one of which may be T-antigen. Activation of the SV40 late transcription unit may involve induction of the SV40 enhancer or removal of a repressor-like protein or both.


1995 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 173-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
P A Bullock ◽  
D Denis

The nucleotide positions at which DNA synthesis initiates in vitro, in the vicinity of the simian virus 40 origin, have been determined. Start sites for DNA synthesis are greatly suppressed over the simian virus 40 core origin. Relatively weak start sites are detected over the 21-bp repeats and T-antigen-binding site I; distal to these regions, stronger start sites are detected. Thus, studies using a model system for eukaryotic DNA replication indicate that DNA synthesis events initiate, in general, outside the core origin.


1985 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1391-1399 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Brady ◽  
G Khoury

We have investigated the role of simian virus 40 (SV40) T-antigen in the induction of late gene expression independent of its function in amplifying templates through DNA replication. Northern blot and S1 nuclease analyses showed that stimulation occurred at the transcriptional level. At least two template elements, the T-antigen-binding sites and the 72-base-pair repeats, appeared to be important for this induction. Using template mutants, we demonstrated that deletions within T-antigen-binding site II decreased T-antigen-mediated late gene expression approximately 10- to 20-fold. In addition, multiple point mutations within a single retained copy of the SV40 72-base-pair repeat decreased T-antigen-mediated late gene expression. Using in vivo competition studies, we demonstrated that competitor DNA fragments containing the SV40 control region (nucleotides 5171 through 272) quantitatively decreased SV40 late gene expression in COS-1 cells. In contrast, competition with a plasmid containing SV40 nucleotides 1 through 294 (which removes all of T-antigen-binding site I and half of site II) was much less efficient. Finally, we demonstrated that in vivo competition experiments employing competitor fragments distal to the T-antigen-binding sites within the late template region (SV40 nucleotides 180 through 2533) resulted in superinduction of late gene expression in COS-1 cells. This finding suggests that negative factors such as repressors or attenuators may modulate late SV40 gene expression before induction. Our results are consistent with a model in which induction of late gene expression involves an interaction of the SV40 origin region with DNA-binding proteins, one of which may be T-antigen. Activation of the SV40 late transcription unit may involve induction of the SV40 enhancer or removal of a repressor-like protein or both.


2010 ◽  
Vol 84 (16) ◽  
pp. 8007-8020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergei Boichuk ◽  
Liang Hu ◽  
Jennifer Hein ◽  
Ole V. Gjoerup

ABSTRACT We demonstrated previously that expression of simian virus 40 (SV40) large T antigen (LT), without a viral origin, is sufficient to induce the hallmarks of a cellular DNA damage response (DDR), such as focal accumulation of γ-H2AX and 53BP1, via Bub1 binding. Here we expand our characterization of LT effects on the DDR. Using comet assays, we demonstrate that LT induces overt DNA damage. The Fanconi anemia pathway, associated with replication stress, becomes activated, since FancD2 accumulates in foci, and monoubiquitinated FancD2 is detected on chromatin. LT also induces a distinct set of foci of the homologous recombination repair protein Rad51 that are colocalized with Nbs1 and PML. The FancD2 and Rad51 foci require neither Bub1 nor retinoblastoma protein binding. Strikingly, wild-type LT is localized on chromatin at, or near, the Rad51/PML foci, but the LT mutant in Bub1 binding is not localized there. SV40 infection was previously shown to trigger ATM activation, which facilitates viral replication. We demonstrate that productive infection also triggers ATR-dependent Chk1 activation and that Rad51 and FancD2 colocalize with LT in viral replication centers. Using small interfering RNA (siRNA)-mediated knockdown, we demonstrate that Rad51 and, to a lesser extent, FancD2 are required for efficient viral replication in vivo, suggesting that homologous recombination is important for high-level extrachromosomal replication. Taken together, the interplay of LT with the DDR is more complex than anticipated, with individual domains of LT being connected to different subcomponents of the DDR and repair machinery.


2000 ◽  
Vol 74 (20) ◽  
pp. 9694-9700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiyi Tang ◽  
Peter Bell ◽  
Peter Tegtmeyer ◽  
Gerd G. Maul

ABSTRACT DNA viruses from several families including herpes simplex virus type 1, adenovirus type 5, and simian virus 40 (SV40), start their transcription and replication adjacent to a specific nuclear domain, ND10. We asked whether a specific viral DNA sequence determines the location of these synthetic activities at such restricted nuclear sites. Partial and overlapping SV40 sequences were introduced into a β-galactosidase expression vector, and the β-galactosidase transcripts were localized by in situ hybridization. Transcripts derived from control plasmids were found throughout the nucleus and at highly concentrated sites but not at ND10. SV40 genomic segments supported ND10-associated transcription only when the origin and the coding sequence for the large T antigen were present. When the large T-antigen coding sequence was eliminated but the T antigen was constitutively expressed in COS-7 cells, the viral origin was sufficient to localize transcription and replication to ND10. Deletion analysis showed that only the large T-antigen binding site II (the core origin) was required but the T antigen was needed for detectable transcription at ND10. Large T antigen expressed from plasmids without the viral core origin did not bind or localize to ND10. Blocking of DNA replication prevented the accumulation of transcripts at ND10, indicating that only sites with replicating templates accumulated transcripts. Transcription at ND10 did not enhance total protein synthesis of plasmid transcripts. These findings suggest that viral transcription at ND10 may only be a consequence of viral genomes directed to ND10 for replication. Although plasmid transcription can take place anywhere in the nucleus, T-antigen-directed replication is apparently restricted to ND10.


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