DNA切除修复与转录偶联

细胞DNA受到某些环境理化因子损伤后,其中活性转录基因和DNA转录链上的损伤被优先切除修复,这种DNA选择性修复直接与基因转录过程偶联．在大肠杆菌中已分离到实现此功能的转录修复偶联因子（TRCF）,是由mdf基因编码的一种具有ATPase活性的DNA结合蛋白．在真核细胞中,发现某些DNA修复蛋白也在DNA转录中起作用,如人DNA切除修复基因ERCG－3编码产物,是转录因子TFⅡH中最大亚基p89,酵母切除修复基因RAD3就是编码因子b的最大亚基p85．     

人XPB基因在核苷酸剪切修复和基因转录中的分子机制

核苷酸剪切修复(NER)途径是维持生物体基因组稳定的重要机制。人着色性干皮病B组(xeroderma pigmentosum group B,XPB)基因又名ERCC3基因,它既是NER途径不可缺少的成员又是转录因子TFIIH的最大p89亚基。它是具有从3’端→5’端依赖ATP的单链DNA解旋酶活性的蛋白质,执行依赖DNA的ATP酶和解旋酶功能,在损伤DNA修复和基因转录中均起重要作用,并将两者有机偶联。该基因突变将导致3种不同的遗传疾病：着色性干皮病(xeroderma pigmentosum,XP),科凯恩氏综合征(cockayne’s syndrome,CS),毛发硫营养不艮(trichothiodystrophy,TTD)。其基因型通过在DNA修复和转录中的功能与表型联系起来。另外,XPB与p53存在物理和功能上的相互作用。现从XPB的3个方面即“一个基因,两种功能,3种疾病”作一综述。     

西北地区汉族人核苷酸剪切修复蛋白的表达与头颈鳞癌发病风险的相关性研究

目的:初步探讨西北地区汉族人核苷酸剪切修复蛋白表达水平与头颈鳞癌发病风险的相关性,从翻译水平为头颈鳞癌提供新的筛检标志物。方法:收集118例头颈鳞癌患者和88例健康对照,均为西北地区汉族人。通过反向蛋白芯片实验检测研究对象外周血淋巴细胞中的5个核心核苷酸剪切修复蛋白的相对表达水平,采用卡方检验分析两组间一般特征的差异,并计算蛋白相对表达水平间的差异,logistic回归计算OR值及95%CI,最后通过绘制接受者操作特性曲线评价模型的诊断价值。结果:病例组XPB (Xeroderma pigmentosum, complementation group B)的表达水平显著低于对照组(P=0.013)。Logistic回归分析结果显示XPB高表达者相比,其低表达者头颈鳞癌患病风险的OR为1.74(95%CI,0.99-3.06)。此外,XPB的蛋白表达水平降低与SCCHN风险增加之间存在剂量反应关系(P_(trend)=0.042)。最后,我们通过接受者操作特性曲线计算曲线下面积,评估XPB表达水平的效应对于头颈鳞癌易感性筛检能力。包含XPB表达水平的效应模型中曲线下面积显著改善(P=0. 048)。结论:在西北地区汉族人中XPB的相对表达水平的降低与头颈鳞癌患病风险的增加相关。XPB表达水平的降低可能在既往吸烟者的头颈鳞癌患病风险中发挥更重要的作用。     

北方地区汉族人核苷酸剪切修复基因mRNA的表达与头颈鳞癌发病风险的初步研究

目的:探讨我国北方汉族人核苷酸剪切修复(Nucleotide excision repair,NER)基因mRNA的表达水平与头颈鳞癌发病风险的相关性,为头颈鳞癌的诊断提供新的生物学标志物。方法:收集205例头颈鳞癌患者和176例健康对照,均为我国北方地区汉族人。通过实时定量聚合酶链反应实验检测研究对象外周血淋巴细胞中的5个核心核苷酸剪切修复基因mRNA的相对表达情况。对病例和对照之间一般特征的分布差异进行卡方检验,通过Wilcoxon秩和检验计算不同基因的mRNA表达水平的差异。采用logistic回归计算优势比(OR值)及95%置信区间(95%CI)。此外,通过ROC曲线评价NER基因模型的诊断价值。结果:病例组DDB1的mRNA表达低于对照组(P=0.075)。在logistic回归分析中,矫正年龄、性别、吸烟状况和饮酒因素后,DDB1的mRNA相对表达水平与SCCHN患病风险关系的ORs,在第二、第三和第四四分位数水平中分别为1.90(95%CI,1.02-3.54)、1.54(95%CI,0.82-2.87)和1.88(95%CI,1.00-3.52),分布与其mRNA的高表达水平相比。此外,DDB1(Ptrend=0.036)的蛋白表达水平降低与SCCHN风险增加之间也存在剂量反应关系)。ROC曲线提示DDB1表达水平与性别结合的效应模型中AUC显著改善(P=0.046)。结论:我国北方汉族DDB1的mRNA相对表达的降低与SCCHN患病风险的增加显著相关。     

DNA连接酶的结构与功能

在ＤＮＡ合成中 ,合成方向为 5′→ 3′ ,即一条链上是连续复制的 ,而另一条链的复制是不连续的 ,必须先合成岗崎片段 (真核细胞的岗崎片段为 10 0ｂｐ ,原核细胞的为 10 0 0ｂｐ)。ＤＮＡ连接酶的作用就是催化岗崎片段的连接以完成ＤＮＡ的合成。另外 ,ＤＮＡ连接酶在ＤＮＡ修复过程中也起重要作用 ,如在切除修复中 ,切除损伤的ＤＮＡ片段 ,以未受损伤的链作为模板合成一条新的ＤＮＡ链后 ,ＤＮＡ连接酶将新合成的ＤＮＡ链与原来的ＤＮＡ链之间的缺口封闭完成ＤＮＡ的修复。ＤＮＡ链未封闭的缺口对细胞具有潜在的危险性 ,所以 ,ＤＮＡ连接…     

DSB重组修复与肿瘤关系的研究进展

DNA损伤未及时有效地修复可导致基因组不稳定,增加肿瘤发生率。DSB是基因突变、染色体断裂的主要原因之一,并对肿瘤发生、发展具有一定影响,其修复主要是通过HR和NHEJ两条重组途径完成的。本综述了国外近来对DSB重组修复的HR和NHEJ途径,其与肿瘤抑制蛋白如P53、ATM、BRCA1和BRCA2之间的联系;DSB重组修复异常与某些肿瘤及具有肿瘤易感特征的共济失调性毛细血管扩张症和Nijmegen断裂综合征等疾病之间关系的研究进展。     

转录因子FBI-1的结构与功能

FBI-1是一个新近发现的和转录相关的胞内蛋白,属于POK蛋白家族成员。FBI-1通过直接结合DNA或者与其他蛋白形成复合物影响目的基因的转录水平,从而推动肿瘤的生长、促进细胞黏附拮抗凋亡、促进前体细胞分化。     

抗癌药物顺铂对DNA结构的影响

本文采用脉冲激光荧光技术及常规的荧光分光光度计详细地研究了顺铂对DNA变性温度的影响,DNA氢键受损的碱基对数随温度变化,DNA的G—C碱基含量对顺铂作用效果以及顺铂浓度的影响,初步探讨了抗癌药物顺铂对DNA的结构影响.     

植物转录因子的结构与功能

介绍了植物中一些已知转录因子的结构和功能,同时对相关的其它真核生物中的转录因子也作了简要介绍。     

BRCA1和BRCA2与DNA损伤修复及转录调控

乳腺癌和卵巢癌敏感基因BRCA1和BRCA2与同源重组,DNA损伤修复,胚胎生长,转录调控及遍在蛋白化有关,其中,BRCA1和BRCA2在DNA损伤修复和转录调控中功能的确定,将有助于探讨和阐明两者的肿瘤抑制功能及其机理,作者将综述近年来有关BRCA1和BRCA2在DNA损伤修复和转录调控中功能研究的最新进展。     

XPD和ECC1 基因多态性与进展期结直肠癌患者铂剂为基础化疗方案 治疗的毒副作用 *

目的:探讨着色性干皮病基因D(Xeroderma Pigmentosum D,XPD)和剪切修复交叉互补基因l(Excision Repair Cross Complementing Gene 1,ERCCl)多态性基因型与以铂类为基础的化疗方案治疗结直肠癌的毒副作用的关系。方法:采用聚合酶链反应--限制性片段长度多态性(Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism,PCR-RFLP)分析方法,对我院2010年12月至2013年12月应用含奥沙利铂方案治疗的42例汉族进展期结直肠癌患者的XPD和XRCCl的多态性基因型进行分析,比较不同基因型与临床病理因素及化疗不良反应的关系。结果:XPD、ERCC1的单核苷酸多态性(Single Nucleotide Polymorphism,SNP)分布与年龄、性别、淋巴转移、肿瘤的部位、化疗史、分化程度、器官转移个数差异无统计学意义(P>0.05);XPD基因型中,其中AA基因型以骨髓抑制、恶心呕吐为主,AG基因型以腹泻及肝肾损伤为主,GG基因型以神经毒性及口腔黏膜炎为主,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05);ERCC1基因型中,LG基因型以骨髓抑制、恶心呕吐及腹泻等症状为主,LL基因型以肝肾损伤、神经毒性及口腔黏膜炎为主,差异有统计学意义(P<0.05)。结论:XPD和ERCCl的基因型可能与结直肠癌铂类药物化疗的不良反应有关。     

uvrC Gene Function in Excision Repair in Toluene-Treated Escherichia coli

We have examined the role of the uvrC gene in UV excision repair by studying incision, excision, repair synthesis, and DNA strand reformation in Escherichia coli mutants made permeable to nucleoside triphosphates by toluene treatment. After irradiation, incisions occur normally in uvrC cells in the presence of nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), a ligase-blocking agent, but cannot be detected otherwise. We conclude that repair incisions are followed by a ligation event in uvrC mutants, masking incision. However, a uvrC polA12 mutant accumulates incisions only slightly less efficiently than a polA12 strain without NMN. Excision of pyrimidine dimers is defective in uvrC mutants (polA(+) or polA12) irrespective of the presence or absence of NMN. DNA polymerase I-dependent, NMN-stimulated repair synthesis, which is demonstrable in wild-type cells, is absent in uvrC polA(+) cells, but the uvrC polA12 mutant exhibits a UV-specific, ATP-dependent repair synthesis like parental polA12 strains. A DNA polymerase I-mediated reformation of high-molecular-weight DNA takes place efficiently in uvrC polA(+) mutants after incision accumulation, and the uvrC polA12 mutant shows more reformation than the polA12 strain after incision. These results indicate that normal incision occurs in uvrC mutants, but there appears to be a defect in the excision of pyrimidine dimers, allowing resealing via ligation at the site of the incision. The lack of NMN-stimulated repair synthesis in uvrC polA(+) cells indicates that incision is not the only requirement for repair synthesis.     

Base Excision Repair

Base excision repair (BER) corrects DNA damage from oxidation, deamination and alkylation. Such base lesions cause little distortion to the DNA helix structure. BER is initiated by a DNA glycosylase that recognizes and removes the damaged base, leaving an abasic site that is further processed by short-patch repair or long-patch repair that largely uses different proteins to complete BER. At least 11 distinct mammalian DNA glycosylases are known, each recognizing a few related lesions, frequently with some overlap in specificities. Impressively, the damaged bases are rapidly identified in a vast excess of normal bases, without a supply of energy. BER protects against cancer, aging, and neurodegeneration and takes place both in nuclei and mitochondria. More recently, an important role of uracil-DNA glycosylase UNG2 in adaptive immunity was revealed. Furthermore, other DNA glycosylases may have important roles in epigenetics, thus expanding the repertoire of BER proteins.Base excision repair (BER) corrects small base lesions that do not significantly distort the DNA helix structure. Such damage typically results from deamination, oxidation, or methylation (Fig. 1). Much of the damage is the result of spontaneous decay of DNA (Lindahl 1993), although similar damage may also be caused by environmental chemicals, radiation, or treatment with cytostatic drugs. BER takes place in nuclei, as well as in mitochondria, largely using different isoforms of proteins or genetically distant proteins. The identification of Escherichia coli uracil-DNA glycosylase (Ung) in 1974 by Tomas Lindahl marks the discovery of BER. Lindahl searched for an enzyme activity that would act on genomic uracil resulting from cytosine deamination. Such an activity was found, but rather unexpectedly, it was not a nuclease. Instead, Lindahl identified an enzyme that cleaved the bond between uracil and deoxyribose. The resulting abasic site (AP-site) was suggested to be further processed by an AP-endonuclease, an exonuclease, a DNA polymerase, and a ligase. Thus, the fundamental steps in the BER pathway were outlined already in the very first paper (Lindahl 1974). Enzymes that cleave the bond between deoxyribose and a modified or mismatched DNA base are now called DNA glycosylases. Collectively these enzymes initiate base excision repair of a large number of base lesions, each recognized by one or a few DNA glycosylases with overlapping specificities.Open in a separate windowFigure 1.Chemistry of common base lesions and abasic sites.This relatively brief review focuses on recent advances in the mechanism and function of BER with a focus on mammalian proteins. The current view is that BER is important in relation to cancer, neurodegeneration, and aging (Jeppesen et al. 2011; Wallace et al. 2012). Because of limited space, we have referred to reviews for the majority of results published more than 6–7 years ago. Also, for more detailed analyses of different aspects of BER, the reader is referred to excellent reviews on BER proteins and pathways published in Huffman et al. (2005), Beard and Wilson (2006), Berti and McCann (2006), Cortázar et al. (2007), Kavli et al. (2007), Sousa et al. (2007), Tubbs et al. (2007), Berger et al. (2008), Robertson et al. (2009), Friedman and Stivers (2010), Wilson et al. (2010), Svilar et al. (2011), and Jacobs and Schar (2012).     

Alternative Excision Repair Pathways

Alternative excision repair (AER) is a category of excision repair initiated by a single nick, made by an endonuclease, near the site of DNA damage, and followed by excision of the damaged DNA, repair synthesis, and ligation. The ultraviolet (UV) damage endonuclease in fungi and bacteria introduces a nick immediately 5′ to various types of UV damage and initiates its excision repair that is independent of nucleotide excision repair (NER). Endo IV-type apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonucleases from Escherichia coli and yeast and human Exo III-type AP endonuclease APEX1 introduce a nick directly and immediately 5′ to various types of oxidative base damage besides the AP site, initiating excision repair. Another endonuclease, endonuclease V from bacteria to humans, binds deaminated bases and cleaves the phosphodiester bond located 1 nucleotide 3′ of the base, leading to excision repair. A single-strand break in DNA is one of the most frequent types of DNA damage within cells and is repaired efficiently. AER makes use of such repair capability of single-strand breaks, removes DNA damage, and has an important role in complementing BER and NER.NER and base excision repair (BER) are the major excision repair pathways present in almost all organisms. In NER, dual incisions are introduced, the damaged DNA between the incised sites is then removed, and DNA synthesis fills the single-stranded gap, followed by ligation. In BER, an AP site, formed by depurination or created by a base damage-specific DNA glycosylase, is recognized by an AP endonuclease that introduces a nick immediately 5′ to the AP site, followed by repair synthesis, removal of the AP site, and final ligation. Besides these two fundamental excision repair systems, investigators have found another category of excision repair—AER—an example of which is the excision repair of UV damage, initiated by an endonuclease called UV damage endonuclease (UVDE). UVDE introduces a single nick immediately 5′ to various types of UV lesions as well as other types of base damage, and this nick leads to the removal of the lesions by an AER process designated as UVDE-mediated excision repair (UVER or UVDR). Genetic analysis in Schizosaccharomyces pombe indicates that UVER provides cells with an extremely rapid removal of UV lesions, which is important for cells exposed to UV in their growing phase.Endo IV–type AP endonucleases from Escherichia coli and budding yeast and the Exo III–type human AP endonuclease APEX1 are able to introduce a nick at various types of oxidative base damage and initiate a form of excision repair that has been designated as nucleotide incision repair (NIR). Endonuclease V (ENDOV) from bacteria to humans recognizes deaminated bases, introduces a nick 1 nucleotide 3′ of the base, and leads to excision repair initiated by the nick. These endonucleases introduce a single nick near the DNA-damage site, leaving 3′-OH termini, and initiate repair of both the DNA damage and the nick. The mechanisms of AER may be similar to those of single-strand break (SSB) repair or BER except for the initial nicking process. However, how DNA damage is recognized determines the repair process within the cell. This article discusses the mechanisms and functional roles of AER. We begin with AER of UV damage, because genetic analysis has shown functional differences between this AER and NER in S. pombe.     

Resistance to Nucleotide Excision Repair of Bulky Guanine Adducts Opposite Abasic Sites in DNA Duplexes and Relationships between Structure and Function

The nucleotide excision repair of certain bulky DNA lesions is abrogated in some specific non-canonical DNA base sequence contexts, while the removal of the same lesions by the nucleotide excision repair mechanism is efficient in duplexes in which all base pairs are complementary. Here we show that the nucleotide excision repair activity in human cell extracts is moderate-to-high in the case of two stereoisomeric DNA lesions derived from the pro-carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene (cis- and trans-B[a]P-N ²-dG adducts) in a normal DNA duplex. By contrast, the nucleotide excision repair activity is completely abrogated when the canonical cytosine base opposite the B[a]P-dG adducts is replaced by an abasic site in duplex DNA. However, base excision repair of the abasic site persists. In order to understand the structural origins of these striking phenomena, we used NMR and molecular spectroscopy techniques to evaluate the conformational features of 11mer DNA duplexes containing these B[a]P-dG lesions opposite abasic sites. Our results show that in these duplexes containing the clustered lesions, both B[a]P-dG adducts adopt base-displaced intercalated conformations, with the B[a]P aromatic rings intercalated into the DNA helix. To explain the persistence of base excision repair in the face of the opposed bulky B[a]P ring system, molecular modeling results suggest how the APE1 base excision repair endonuclease, that excises abasic lesions, can bind productively even with the trans-B[a]P-dG positioned opposite the abasic site. We hypothesize that the nucleotide excision repair resistance is fostered by local B[a]P residue—DNA base stacking interactions at the abasic sites, that are facilitated by the absence of the cytosine partner base in the complementary strand. More broadly, this study sets the stage for elucidating the interplay between base excision and nucleotide excision repair in processing different types of clustered DNA lesions that are substrates of nucleotide excision repair or base excision repair mechanisms.     

核苷酸切除修复基因XPA反义RNA表达载体的构建及其抑瘤功能

采用RT PCR方法扩增出 4 2 6bp着色性干皮病A(xerodermapigmentosumgroupA ,XPA)cDNA片段 (2～ 4 2 7bp) ,反向插入pcDNA3 1质粒构建XPA反义RNA表达载体 .经测序证实 ,该片段序列与XPAmRNA对应片段完全互补 .通过脂质体Lipofectamine 2 0 0 0将重组质粒转染肺癌A5 4 9细胞 ,RT PCR检测表明转染XPA反义RNA重组质粒能够抑制肺癌细胞XPAmRNA表达 ;MTT实验表明转染XPA反义RNA的肺癌细胞对顺铂敏感性增强 .本研究为深入探讨NER途径基因功能及临床克服肿瘤耐药提出了一个新的思路