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  1. Article ; Online: Pol X DNA polymerases contribute to NHEJ flexibility.

    Lieber, Michael R

    Nature structural & molecular biology

    2023  Volume 30, Issue 1, Page(s) 5–8

    MeSH term(s) DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase/metabolism ; DNA/genetics ; DNA Repair ; DNA Replication
    Chemical Substances DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase (EC 2.7.7.7) ; DNA (9007-49-2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-01-01
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2126708-X
    ISSN 1545-9985 ; 1545-9993
    ISSN (online) 1545-9985
    ISSN 1545-9993
    DOI 10.1038/s41594-022-00904-6
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  2. Article ; Online: The flexible and iterative steps within the NHEJ pathway.

    Watanabe, Go / Lieber, Michael R

    Progress in biophysics and molecular biology

    2023  Volume 180-181, Page(s) 105–119

    Abstract: Cellular and biochemical studies of nonhomologous DNA end joining (NHEJ) have long established that nuclease and polymerase action are necessary for the repair of a very large fraction of naturally-arising double-strand breaks (DSBs). This conclusion is ... ...

    Abstract Cellular and biochemical studies of nonhomologous DNA end joining (NHEJ) have long established that nuclease and polymerase action are necessary for the repair of a very large fraction of naturally-arising double-strand breaks (DSBs). This conclusion is derived from NHEJ studies ranging from yeast to humans and all genetically-tractable model organisms. Biochemical models derived from recent real-time and structural studies have yet to incorporate physical space or timing for DNA end processing. In real-time single molecule FRET (smFRET) studies, we analyzed NHEJ synapsis of DNA ends in a defined biochemical system. We described a Flexible Synapsis (FS) state in which the DNA ends were in proximity via only Ku and XRCC4:DNA ligase 4 (X4L4), and in an orientation that would not yet permit ligation until base pairing between one or more nucleotides of microhomology (MH) occurred, thereby allowing an in-line Close Synapsis (CS) state. If no MH was achievable, then XLF was critical for ligation. Neither FS or CS required DNA-PKcs, unless Artemis activation was necessary to permit local resection and subsequent base pairing between the two DNA ends being joined. Here we conjecture on possible 3D configurations for this FS state, which would spatially accommodate the nuclease and polymerase processing steps in an iterative manner. The FS model permits repeated attempts at ligation of at least one strand at the DSB after each round of nuclease or polymerase action. In addition to activation of Artemis, other possible roles for DNA-PKcs are discussed.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; Ku Autoantigen/metabolism ; DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded ; DNA End-Joining Repair ; DNA/chemistry ; DNA Repair
    Chemical Substances Ku Autoantigen (EC 4.2.99.-) ; DNA (9007-49-2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2023-05-05
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 209302-9
    ISSN 1873-1732 ; 0079-6107
    ISSN (online) 1873-1732
    ISSN 0079-6107
    DOI 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2023.05.001
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  3. Article: The RNA tether model for human chromosomal translocation fragile zones.

    Liu, Di / Hsieh, Chih-Lin / Lieber, Michael R

    Trends in biochemical sciences

    2024  

    Abstract: One of the two chromosomal breakage events in recurring translocations in B cell neoplasms is often due to the recombination-activating gene complex (RAG complex) releasing DNA ends before end joining. The other break occurs in a fragile zone of 20-600 ... ...

    Abstract One of the two chromosomal breakage events in recurring translocations in B cell neoplasms is often due to the recombination-activating gene complex (RAG complex) releasing DNA ends before end joining. The other break occurs in a fragile zone of 20-600 bp in a non-antigen receptor gene locus, with a more complex and intriguing set of mechanistic factors underlying such narrow fragile zones. These factors include activation-induced deaminase (AID), which acts only at regions of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA). Recent work leads to a model involving the tethering of AID to the nascent RNA as it emerges from the RNA polymerase. This mechanism may have relevance in class switch recombination (CSR) and somatic hypermutation (SHM), as well as broader relevance for other DNA enzymes.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2024-03-14
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 194216-5
    ISSN 1362-4326 ; 0968-0004 ; 0376-5067
    ISSN (online) 1362-4326
    ISSN 0968-0004 ; 0376-5067
    DOI 10.1016/j.tibs.2024.02.003
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  4. Article ; Online: Dynamics of the Artemis and DNA-PKcs Complex in the Repair of Double-Strand Breaks.

    Watanabe, Go / Lieber, Michael R

    Journal of molecular biology

    2022  Volume 434, Issue 23, Page(s) 167858

    Abstract: Pathologic chromosome breaks occur in human dividing cells ∼10 times per day, and physiologic breaks occur in each lymphoid cell many additional times per day. Nonhomologous DNA end joining (NHEJ) is the major pathway for the repair of all of these ... ...

    Abstract Pathologic chromosome breaks occur in human dividing cells ∼10 times per day, and physiologic breaks occur in each lymphoid cell many additional times per day. Nonhomologous DNA end joining (NHEJ) is the major pathway for the repair of all of these double-strand breaks (DSBs) during most of the cell cycle. Nearly all broken DNA ends require trimming before they can be suitable for joining by ligation. Artemis is the major nuclease for this purpose. Artemis is tightly regulated by one of the largest protein kinases, which tethers Artemis to its surface. This kinase is called DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (or DNA-PKcs) because it is only active when it encounters a broken DNA end. With this activation, DNA-PKcs permits the Artemis catalytic domain to enter a large cavity in the center of DNA-PKcs. Given this remarkably tight supervision of Artemis by DNA-PKcs, it is an appropriate time to ask what we know about the Artemis:DNA-PKcs complex, as we integrate recent structural information with the biochemistry of the complex and how this relates to other NHEJ proteins and to V(D)J recombination in the immune system.
    MeSH term(s) Humans ; DNA End-Joining Repair ; DNA-Activated Protein Kinase/chemistry ; DNA-Activated Protein Kinase/genetics ; DNA-Activated Protein Kinase/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Endonucleases/metabolism ; Nuclear Proteins/metabolism ; DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded
    Chemical Substances DNA-Activated Protein Kinase (EC 2.7.11.1) ; DNA-Binding Proteins ; Endonucleases (EC 3.1.-) ; Nuclear Proteins ; DCLRE1C protein, human (EC 3.1.-)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-10-19
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Review ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 80229-3
    ISSN 1089-8638 ; 0022-2836
    ISSN (online) 1089-8638
    ISSN 0022-2836
    DOI 10.1016/j.jmb.2022.167858
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  5. Article ; Online: Transposons to V(D)J Recombination: Evolution of the RAG Reaction.

    Lieber, Michael R

    Trends in immunology

    2019  Volume 40, Issue 8, Page(s) 668–670

    Abstract: Evolutionarily, how RAG endonucleases in vertebrate immune systems could shed dangerous transposon-like propensities, and instead, support the organized assembly of antigen receptor variable domains, has been unclear. Recent structural work by Schatz and ...

    Abstract Evolutionarily, how RAG endonucleases in vertebrate immune systems could shed dangerous transposon-like propensities, and instead, support the organized assembly of antigen receptor variable domains, has been unclear. Recent structural work by Schatz and colleagues (Nature, 2019) identifies features of the RAG endonuclease deemed to be key in supporting this critical change in vertebrate advancement.
    MeSH term(s) Domestication ; Endonucleases ; Receptors, Antigen ; Recombinases ; V(D)J Recombination
    Chemical Substances Receptors, Antigen ; Recombinases ; Endonucleases (EC 3.1.-)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-07-13
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Comment
    ZDB-ID 2036831-8
    ISSN 1471-4981 ; 1471-4906
    ISSN (online) 1471-4981
    ISSN 1471-4906
    DOI 10.1016/j.it.2019.06.007
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  6. Article ; Online: The mechanisms of human lymphoid chromosomal translocations and their medical relevance.

    Liu, Di / Lieber, Michael R

    Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology

    2021  Volume 57, Issue 3, Page(s) 227–243

    Abstract: The most common human lymphoid chromosomal translocations involve concurrent failures of the recombination activating gene (RAG) complex and Activation-Induced Deaminase (AID). These are two enzymes that are normally expressed for purposes of the two ... ...

    Abstract The most common human lymphoid chromosomal translocations involve concurrent failures of the recombination activating gene (RAG) complex and Activation-Induced Deaminase (AID). These are two enzymes that are normally expressed for purposes of the two site-specific DNA recombination processes: V(D)J recombination and class switch recombination (CSR). First, though it is rare, a low level of expression of AID can introduce long-lived T:G mismatch lesions at 20-600 bp fragile zones. Second, the V(D)J recombination process can occasionally fail to rejoin coding ends, and this failure may permit an opportunity for Artemis:DNA-dependent kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) to convert the T:G mismatch sites at the fragile zones into double-strand breaks. The 20-600 bp fragile zones must be, at least transiently, in a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) state for the first step to occur, because AID only acts on ssDNA. Here we discuss the key DNA sequence features that lead to AID action at a fragile zone, which are (a) the proximity and density of strings of cytosine nucleotides (C-strings) that cause a B/A-intermediate DNA conformation; (b) overlapping AID hotspots that contain a methyl CpG (WRCG), which AID converts to a long-lived T:G mismatch; and (c) transcription, which, though not essential, favors increased ssDNA in the fragile zone. We also summarize chromosomal features of the focal fragile zones in lymphoid malignancies and discuss the clinical relevance of understanding the translocation mechanisms. Many of the key principles covered here are also relevant to chromosomal translocations in non-lymphoid somatic cells as well.
    MeSH term(s) Base Sequence ; DNA ; Humans ; Immunoglobulin Class Switching ; Translocation, Genetic
    Chemical Substances DNA (9007-49-2)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2021-12-07
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 1000977-2
    ISSN 1549-7798 ; 1381-3455 ; 1040-9238
    ISSN (online) 1549-7798
    ISSN 1381-3455 ; 1040-9238
    DOI 10.1080/10409238.2021.2004576
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  7. Article ; Online: Structural analysis of the basal state of the Artemis:DNA-PKcs complex.

    Watanabe, Go / Lieber, Michael R / Williams, Dewight R

    Nucleic acids research

    2022  Volume 50, Issue 13, Page(s) 7697–7720

    Abstract: Artemis nuclease and DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) are key components in nonhomologous DNA end joining (NHEJ), the major repair mechanism for double-strand DNA breaks. Artemis activation by DNA-PKcs resolves hairpin DNA ends ... ...

    Abstract Artemis nuclease and DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs) are key components in nonhomologous DNA end joining (NHEJ), the major repair mechanism for double-strand DNA breaks. Artemis activation by DNA-PKcs resolves hairpin DNA ends formed during V(D)J recombination. Artemis deficiency disrupts development of adaptive immunity and leads to radiosensitive T- B- severe combined immunodeficiency (RS-SCID). An activated state of Artemis in complex with DNA-PK was solved by cryo-EM recently, which showed Artemis bound to the DNA. Here, we report that the pre-activated form (basal state) of the Artemis:DNA-PKcs complex is stable on an agarose-acrylamide gel system, and suitable for cryo-EM structural analysis. Structures show that the Artemis catalytic domain is dynamically positioned externally to DNA-PKcs prior to ABCDE autophosphorylation and show how both the catalytic and regulatory domains of Artemis interact with the N-HEAT and FAT domains of DNA-PKcs. We define a mutually exclusive binding site for Artemis and XRCC4 on DNA-PKcs and show that an XRCC4 peptide disrupts the Artemis:DNA-PKcs complex. All of the findings are useful in explaining how a hypomorphic L3062R missense mutation of DNA-PKcs could lead to insufficient Artemis activation, hence RS-SCID. Our results provide various target site candidates to design disruptors for Artemis:DNA-PKcs complex formation.
    MeSH term(s) DNA Repair ; DNA-Activated Protein Kinase/chemistry ; DNA-Activated Protein Kinase/genetics ; DNA-Activated Protein Kinase/metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry ; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism ; Endonucleases/chemistry ; Endonucleases/metabolism ; Humans ; Nuclear Proteins/metabolism ; Severe Combined Immunodeficiency/genetics
    Chemical Substances DNA-Binding Proteins ; Nuclear Proteins ; DNA-Activated Protein Kinase (EC 2.7.11.1) ; PRKDC protein, human (EC 2.7.11.1) ; DCLRE1C protein, human (EC 3.1.-) ; Endonucleases (EC 3.1.-)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-07-08
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 186809-3
    ISSN 1362-4962 ; 1362-4954 ; 0301-5610 ; 0305-1048
    ISSN (online) 1362-4962 ; 1362-4954
    ISSN 0301-5610 ; 0305-1048
    DOI 10.1093/nar/gkac564
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  8. Article ; Online: AID and Reactive Oxygen Species Can Induce DNA Breaks within Human Chromosomal Translocation Fragile Zones.

    Pannunzio, Nicholas R / Lieber, Michael R

    Molecular cell

    2019  Volume 73, Issue 3, Page(s) 639

    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-02-08
    Publishing country United States
    Document type Journal Article ; Published Erratum
    ZDB-ID 1415236-8
    ISSN 1097-4164 ; 1097-2765
    ISSN (online) 1097-4164
    ISSN 1097-2765
    DOI 10.1016/j.molcel.2019.01.020
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  9. Article ; Online: Mechanisms of human lymphoid chromosomal translocations.

    Lieber, Michael R

    Nature reviews. Cancer

    2016  Volume 16, Issue 6, Page(s) 387–398

    Abstract: Analysis of chromosomal translocation sequence locations in human lymphomas has provided valuable clues about the mechanism of the translocations and when they occur. Biochemical analyses on the mechanisms of DNA breakage and rejoining permit formulation ...

    Abstract Analysis of chromosomal translocation sequence locations in human lymphomas has provided valuable clues about the mechanism of the translocations and when they occur. Biochemical analyses on the mechanisms of DNA breakage and rejoining permit formulation of detailed models of the human chromosomal translocation process in lymphoid neoplasms. Most human lymphomas are derived from B cells in which a DNA break at an oncogene is initiated by activation-induced deaminase (AID). The partner locus in many cases is located at one of the antigen receptor loci, and this break is generated by the recombination activating gene (RAG) complex or by AID. After breakage, the joining process typically occurs by non-homologous DNA end-joining (NHEJ). Some of the insights into this mechanism also apply to translocations that occur in non-lymphoid neoplasms.
    MeSH term(s) Animals ; DNA End-Joining Repair ; Humans ; Immunoglobulins/genetics ; Lymphoma, B-Cell/genetics ; Lymphoma, T-Cell/genetics ; Translocation, Genetic ; V(D)J Recombination
    Chemical Substances Immunoglobulins
    Language English
    Publishing date 2016-05-24
    Publishing country England
    Document type Journal Article ; Review
    ZDB-ID 2062767-1
    ISSN 1474-1768 ; 1474-175X
    ISSN (online) 1474-1768
    ISSN 1474-175X
    DOI 10.1038/nrc.2016.40
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  10. Article ; Online: Constitutively active Artemis nuclease recognizes structures containing single-stranded DNA configurations.

    Pannunzio, Nicholas R / Lieber, Michael R

    DNA repair

    2019  Volume 83, Page(s) 102676

    Abstract: The Artemis nuclease recognizes and endonucleolytically cleaves at single-stranded to double-stranded DNA (ss/dsDNA) boundaries. It is also a key enzyme in the non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) DNA double-strand break repair pathway. Previously, a ... ...

    Abstract The Artemis nuclease recognizes and endonucleolytically cleaves at single-stranded to double-stranded DNA (ss/dsDNA) boundaries. It is also a key enzyme in the non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) DNA double-strand break repair pathway. Previously, a truncated form, Artemis-413, was developed that is constitutively active both in vitro and in vivo. Here, we use this constitutively active form of Artemis to detect DNA structures with ss/dsDNA boundaries that arise under topological stress. Topoisomerases prevent abnormal levels of torsional stress through modulation of positive and negative supercoiling. We show that overexpression of Artemis-413 in yeast cells carrying genetic mutations that ablate topoisomerase activity have an increased frequency of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Based on the biochemical activity of Artemis, this suggests an increase in ss/dsDNA-containing structures upon increased torsional stress, with DSBs arising due to Artemis cutting at these ss/dsDNA structures. Camptothecin targets topoisomerase IB (Top1), and cells treated with camptothecin show increased DSBs. We find that expression of Artemis-413 in camptothecin-treated cells leads to a reduction in DSBs, the opposite of what we find with topoisomerase genetic mutations. This contrast between outcomes not only confirms that topoisomerase mutation and topoisomerase poisoning have distinct effects on cells, but also demonstrates the usefulness of Artemis-413 to study changes in DNA structure.
    MeSH term(s) DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded ; DNA, Single-Stranded/chemistry ; DNA, Single-Stranded/genetics ; DNA, Single-Stranded/metabolism ; Deoxyribonucleases/metabolism ; Models, Molecular ; Mutation ; Nucleic Acid Conformation ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/enzymology ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism
    Chemical Substances DNA, Single-Stranded ; Deoxyribonucleases (EC 3.1.-)
    Language English
    Publishing date 2019-07-26
    Publishing country Netherlands
    Document type Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
    ZDB-ID 2071608-4
    ISSN 1568-7856 ; 1568-7864
    ISSN (online) 1568-7856
    ISSN 1568-7864
    DOI 10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.102676
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