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Life Sci Alliance ; 1(4): e201800121, 2018 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-30456372

RESUMO

Telomeres play crucial roles during tumorigenesis, inducing cellular senescence upon telomere shortening and extensive chromosome instability during telomere crisis. However, it has not been investigated if and how cellular transformation and oncogenic stress alter telomeric chromatin composition and function. Here, we transform human fibroblasts by consecutive transduction with vectors expressing hTERT, the SV40 early region, and activated H-RasV12. Pairwise comparisons of the telomeric proteome during different stages of transformation reveal up-regulation of proteins involved in chromatin remodeling, DNA repair, and replication at chromosome ends. Depletion of several of these proteins induces telomere fragility, indicating their roles in replication of telomeric DNA. Depletion of SAMHD1, which has reported roles in DNA resection and homology-directed repair, leads to telomere breakage events in cells deprived of the shelterin component TRF1. Thus, our analysis identifies factors, which accumulate at telomeres during cellular transformation to promote telomere replication and repair, resisting oncogene-borne telomere replication stress.

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Protoplasma ; 255(2): 715, 2018 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29442174

RESUMO

In the published online version, the affiliations were mixed up. Corrected affiliation section is shown below. Also, the update has also been reflected in the author group section above.

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Protoplasma ; 254(4): 1547-1562, 2017 Jul.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27853871

RESUMO

The life cycle of telomerase involves dynamic and complex interactions between proteins within multiple macromolecular networks. Elucidation of these associations is a key to understanding the regulation of telomerase under diverse physiological and pathological conditions from telomerase biogenesis, through telomere recruitment and elongation, to its non-canonical activities outside of telomeres. We used tandem affinity purification coupled to mass spectrometry to build an interactome of the telomerase catalytic subunit AtTERT, using Arabidopsis thaliana suspension cultures. We then examined interactions occurring at the AtTERT N-terminus, which is thought to fold into a discrete domain connected to the rest of the molecule via a flexible linker. Bioinformatic analyses revealed that interaction partners of AtTERT have a range of molecular functions, a subset of which is specific to the network around its N-terminus. A significant number of proteins co-purifying with the N-terminal constructs have been implicated in cell cycle and developmental processes, as would be expected of bona fide regulatory interactions and we have confirmed experimentally the direct nature of selected interactions. To examine AtTERT protein-protein interactions from another perspective, we also analysed AtTERT interdomain contacts to test potential dimerization of AtTERT. In total, our results provide an insight into the composition and architecture of the plant telomerase complex and this will aid in delineating molecular mechanisms of telomerase functions.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Arabidopsis/isolamento & purificação , Arabidopsis/enzimologia , Telomerase/isolamento & purificação , Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/genética , Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Núcleo Celular/enzimologia , Células Cultivadas , Cromatografia de Afinidade , Expressão Gênica , Domínios e Motivos de Interação entre Proteínas , Mapeamento de Interação de Proteínas , Mapas de Interação de Proteínas , Multimerização Proteica , Espectrometria de Massas em Tandem , Telomerase/genética , Telomerase/metabolismo
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Methods ; 114: 28-38, 2017 02 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27520492

RESUMO

The ends of eukaryotic chromosomes, known as telomeres, consist of repetitive DNA sequences, multiple proteins and noncoding RNAs. Telomeres are dynamic structures that play crucial roles as guardians of genome stability and tumor suppressors. Defects in telomere length or protein composition can accelerate aging and are seen in telomere syndromes, which affect various proliferative tissues such as the bone marrow or the lungs. One of the biggest challenges in the telomere field is to identify the molecular changes at telomeres that occur during normal development, in cancer and in telomere syndromes. To tackle this problem, our laboratory has established a quantitative telomeric chromatin isolation protocol (QTIP) for human cells, in which chromatin is cross-linked, immunopurified and analyzed by mass spectrometry. QTIP involves stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) to compare and identify quantitative differences in telomere protein composition of cells from various states.


Assuntos
Imunoprecipitação da Cromatina/métodos , Cromatina/isolamento & purificação , Marcação por Isótopo/métodos , Espectrometria de Massas/métodos , Telômero/química , Cromatina/química , Reagentes de Ligações Cruzadas , Células HeLa , Humanos
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Plant J ; 77(5): 770-81, 2014 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24397874

RESUMO

Although telomere-binding proteins constitute an essential part of telomeres, in vivo data indicating the existence of a structure similar to mammalian shelterin complex in plants are limited. Partial characterization of a number of candidate proteins has not identified true components of plant shelterin or elucidated their functional mechanisms. Telomere repeat binding (TRB) proteins from Arabidopsis thaliana bind plant telomeric repeats through a Myb domain of the telobox type in vitro, and have been shown to interact with POT1b (Protection of telomeres 1). Here we demonstrate co-localization of TRB1 protein with telomeres in situ using fluorescence microscopy, as well as in vivo interaction using chromatin immunoprecipitation. Classification of the TRB1 protein as a component of plant telomeres is further confirmed by the observation of shortening of telomeres in knockout mutants of the trb1 gene. Moreover, TRB proteins physically interact with plant telomerase catalytic subunits. These findings integrate TRB proteins into the telomeric interactome of A. thaliana.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Arabidopsis/metabolismo , Arabidopsis/enzimologia , Telomerase/metabolismo , Proteínas de Ligação a Telômeros/metabolismo , Telômero/metabolismo , Arabidopsis/genética
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Genes Dev ; 27(19): 2099-108, 2013 Oct 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24115768

RESUMO

Mutations in CTC1 lead to the telomere syndromes Coats Plus and dyskeratosis congenita (DC), but the molecular mechanisms involved remain unknown. CTC1 forms with STN1 and TEN1 a trimeric complex termed CST, which binds ssDNA, promotes telomere DNA synthesis, and inhibits telomerase-mediated telomere elongation. Here we identify CTC1 disease mutations that disrupt CST complex formation, the physical interaction with DNA polymerase α-primase (polα-primase), telomeric ssDNA binding in vitro, accumulation in the nucleus, and/or telomere association in vivo. While having diverse molecular defects, CTC1 mutations commonly lead to the accumulation of internal single-stranded gaps of telomeric DNA, suggesting telomere DNA replication defects as a primary cause of the disease. Strikingly, mutations in CTC1 may also unleash telomerase repression and telomere length control. Hence, the telomere defect initiated by CTC1 mutations is distinct from the telomerase insufficiencies seen in classical forms of telomere syndromes, which cause short telomeres due to reduced maintenance of distal telomeric ends by telomerase. Our analysis provides molecular evidence that CST collaborates with DNA polα-primase to promote faithful telomere DNA replication.


Assuntos
Doenças Genéticas Inatas/genética , Mutação , Proteínas de Ligação a Telômeros/genética , Proteínas de Ligação a Telômeros/metabolismo , Telômero/genética , Telômero/metabolismo , Ataxia/genética , Neoplasias Encefálicas/genética , Calcinose/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Núcleo Celular/metabolismo , Cistos do Sistema Nervoso Central/genética , Disceratose Congênita/genética , Regulação da Expressão Gênica , Genes myc/genética , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Leucoencefalopatias/genética , Espasticidade Muscular/genética , Doenças Retinianas/genética , Convulsões/genética , Síndrome , Homeostase do Telômero/genética , Tubulina (Proteína)/genética
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Mol Biosyst ; 7(4): 1013-23, 2011 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-21283914

RESUMO

Recent results suggest that telomerase is involved in many more cellular processes than merely telomere elongation. These include telomere-independent anti-apoptotic, cytoprotective and pro-proliferative effects of telomerase or protection of mitochondrial DNA against oxidative stress. Telomerase also participates in DNA repair and its essential subunits, hTR and hTERT, are able to modulate independently the cell's response to DNA damage. Recent high throughput analyses of gene expression showed that hTERT expression modulates expression of about 300 genes, including genes involved in the regulation of cell cycle progression, proliferation and differentiation. Besides the well-known telomerase catalytic activity of RNA-dependent DNA polymerase, its RNA-dependent RNA polymerase activity was recently described in association with the RNA subunit of mitochondrial RNA processing endoribonuclease, thus suggesting involvement of telomerase in RNA interference processes. These recent discoveries open novel possibilities and entirely unexpected research perspectives, branching off from the mainstream telomere and telomerase research.


Assuntos
Telomerase/metabolismo , Animais , Ciclo Celular/fisiologia , Dano ao DNA/fisiologia , Reparo do DNA/fisiologia , Regulação da Expressão Gênica/fisiologia , Humanos , Mitocôndrias/enzimologia , Neoplasias/enzimologia , Estresse Oxidativo/fisiologia , Transdução de Sinais/fisiologia
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