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X-ray structure and mechanism of RNA polymerase II stalled at an antineoplastic monofunctional platinum-DNA adduct.

ABSTRACT: DNA is a major target of anticancer drugs. The resulting adducts interfere with key cellular processes, such as transcription, to trigger downstream events responsible for drug activity. cis-Diammine(pyridine)chloroplatinum(II), cDPCP or pyriplatin, is a monofunctional platinum(II) analogue of the widely used anticancer drug cisplatin having significant anticancer properties with a different spectrum of activity. Its novel structure-activity properties hold promise for overcoming drug resistance and improving the spectrum of treatable cancers over those responsive to cisplatin. However, the detailed molecular mechanism by which cells process DNA modified by pyriplatin and related monofunctional complexes is not at all understood. Here we report the structure of a transcribing RNA polymerase II (pol II) complex stalled at a site-specific monofunctional pyriplatin-DNA adduct in the active site. The results reveal a molecular mechanism of pol II transcription inhibition and drug action that is dramatically different from transcription inhibition by cisplatin and UV-induced 1,2-intrastrand cross-links. Our findings provide insight into structure-activity relationships that may apply to the entire family of monofunctional DNA-damaging agents and pave the way for rational improvement of monofunctional platinum anticancer drugs.

SUBMITTER: Wang D

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2906855 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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X-ray structure and mechanism of RNA polymerase II stalled at an antineoplastic monofunctional platinum-DNA adduct.

Wang Dong D Zhu Guangyu G Huang Xuhui X Lippard Stephen J SJ

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20100506 21

DNA is a major target of anticancer drugs. The resulting adducts interfere with key cellular processes, such as transcription, to trigger downstream events responsible for drug activity. cis-Diammine(pyridine)chloroplatinum(II), cDPCP or pyriplatin, is a monofunctional platinum(II) analogue of the widely used anticancer drug cisplatin having significant anticancer properties with a different spectrum of activity. Its novel structure-activity properties hold promise for overcoming drug resistance ...[more]

PMID: 20448203

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Project description:Transcription inhibition by platinum anticancer drugs is an important component of their mechanism of action. Phenanthriplatin, a cisplatin derivative containing phenanthridine in place of one of the chloride ligands, forms highly potent monofunctional adducts on DNA having a structure and spectrum of anticancer activity distinct from those of the parent drug. Understanding the functional consequences of DNA damage by phenanthriplatin for the normal functions of RNA polymerase II (Pol II), the major cellular transcription machinery component, is an important step toward elucidating its mechanism of action. In this study, we present the first systematic mechanistic investigation that addresses how a site-specific phenanthriplatin-DNA d(G) monofunctional adduct affects the Pol II elongation and transcriptional fidelity checkpoint steps. Pol II processing of the phenanthriplatin lesion differs significantly from that of the canonical cisplatin-DNA 1,2-d(GpG) intrastrand cross-link. A majority of Pol II elongation complexes stall after successful addition of CTP opposite the phenanthriplatin-dG adduct in an error-free manner, with specificity for CTP incorporation being essentially the same as for undamaged dG on the template. A small portion of Pol II undergoes slow, error-prone bypass of the phenanthriplatin-dG lesion, which resembles DNA polymerases that similarly switch from high-fidelity replicative DNA processing (error-free) to low-fidelity translesion DNA synthesis (error-prone) at DNA damage sites. These results provide the first insights into how the Pol II transcription machinery processes the most abundant DNA lesion of the monofunctional phenanthriplatin anticancer drug candidate and enrich our general understanding of Pol II transcription fidelity maintenance, lesion bypass, and transcription-derived mutagenesis. Because of the current interest in monofunctional, DNA-damaging metallodrugs, these results are of likely relevance to a broad spectrum of next-generation anticancer agents being developed by the medicinal inorganic chemistry community.

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X-ray structure and mechanism of RNA polymerase II stalled at an antineoplastic monofunctional platinum-DNA adduct.

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X-ray structure and mechanism of RNA polymerase II stalled at an antineoplastic monofunctional platinum-DNA adduct.

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