Reduction of DNA Topoisomerase Top2 reprograms the epigenetic landscape and extends health and life span across species
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ABSTRACT: DNA topoisomerases are essential molecular machines that manage DNA topology in the cell and play important roles in DNA replication and transcription. We find that knocking down the enzyme Topoisomerase IIβ (Top2b) increases the lifespan of S. cerevisiae, C. elegans, and mice. TOP2B reduction also extends the health span of mice and alleviates the characteristics and pathologies of aging in multiple tissues. At the cellular/molecular level, TOP2 reduction attenates the major hallmarks of aging, such as cellular senescence, deregulated nutrient-sensing, epigenetic alterations, and lysosomal biogenesis. We observed that TOP2 reduction significantly alters the epigenetic landscape in various mouse tissues toward those of the young animals, and differentially down-regulates genes with active promoter and high expression. Our observations suggest that TOP2 reduction confers longevity effect across species via a conserved mechanism, and may be used as a novel therapeutic strategy for countering aging.
Project description:The catalytic cycle of topoisomerase 2 (TOP2) enzymes proceeds via a transient DNA double-strand break (DSB) intermediate termed the TOP2 cleavage complex (TOP2cc), in which the TOP2 protein is covalently bound to DNA. Anti-cancer agents such as etoposide operate by stabilising TOP2ccs, ultimately generating genotoxic TOP2-DNA protein crosslinks that require processing and repair. Here, we identify RAD54L2 as a factor promoting TOP2cc resolution. We demonstrate that RAD54L2 acts through a novel mechanism together with ZNF451 and independent of TDP2. Our work suggests a model wherein RAD54L2 recognises sumoylated-TOP2 and, using its ATPase activity, promotes TOP2cc resolution and prevents DSB exposure. These findings suggest RAD54L2-mediated TOP2cc resolution as a potential mechanism for cancer-therapy resistance and highlight RAD54L2 as an attractive candidate for drug discovery.
Project description:Hypoxic stress responses are crucial for cellular and organismal survival and provoke gene regulation in diverse biological pathways including cell cycle progression and energy metabolism. Here, we identified that topoisomerase IIβ (TOP2B) regulates DNA topology and transcription in hypoxiainducible genes (HIGs) in a DNA-PK-dependent manner. Cellular, mutational, and genomic analyses showed antagonistic relation between TOP2B and DNA-PK. TOP2B associates with HIGs and represses transcription by suppressing negative supercoiling formation under normoxic conditions.Under hypoxia, TOP2B is released, whereas DNA-PK and HIF1a are recruited to and activate HIGs.
Project description:DNA topoisomerases solve topological problems during chromosome metabolism. We investigated where and when Top1 and Top2 are recruited on replicating chromosomes and how their inactivation affects fork integrity and DNA damage checkpoint activation. We show that, in the context of replicating chromatin, Top1 and Top2 act within a 600 bp region spanning the moving forks. Top2 exhibits additional S-phase clusters at specific intergenic loci, mostly containing promoters. TOP1 ablation does not affect fork progression and stability and does not cause activation of the Rad53 checkpoint kinase. top2 mutants accumulate sister chromatid junctions in S phase without affecting fork progression and activate Rad53 at the M/G1 transition. top1 top2 double mutants exhibit fork block and processing, and phosphorylation of Rad53 and γH2A in S phase. The exonuclease Exo1 influences fork processing and DNA damage checkpoint activation in top1 top2 mutants. Our data are consistent with a coordinated action of Top1 and Top2 in counteracting the accumulation of torsional stress and sister chromatid entanglement at replication forks, thus preventing the diffusion of topological changes along large chromosomal regions. A failure in resolving fork-related topological constrains during S phase may therefore result in abnormal chromosome transitions, DNA damage checkpoint activation and chromosome breakage during segregation. Keywords: ChIP-chip analysis
Project description:Topoisomerase II (Top2) is an essential enzyme that decatenates DNA via a transient Top2-DNA covalent intermediate. This intermediate can be stabilised by a class of drugs termed Top2 poisons, resulting in massive DNA damage. Thus, Top2 activity is a double-edged sword that needs to be carefully controlled to maintain genome stability. We show that Uls1, an ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling (Snf2) enzyme, can alter Top2 chromatin binding and prevent Top2 poisoning in yeast. Deletion mutants of ULS1 are hypersensitive to the Top2 poison acriflavine (ACF), activating the DNA damage checkpoint. We map Uls1’s Top2 interaction domain and show that this, together with its ATPase activity, is essential for Uls1 function. By performing ChIP-seq, we show that ACF leads to a general increase in Top2 binding across the genome. We map Uls1 binding sites and identify tRNA genes as key regions where Uls1 associates after ACF treatment. Importantly, the presence of Uls1 at these sites prevents ACF-dependent Top2 accumulation. Our data reveal the effect of Top2 poisons on the global Top2 binding landscape and highlights the role of Uls1 in antagonising Top2 function. Remodelling Top2 binding is thus an important new means by which Snf2 enzymes promote genome stability.
Project description:Hypoxic stress responses are crucial for cellular and organismal survival and provoke gene regulation in diverse biological pathways including cell cycle progression and energy metabolism. Here, we identified that topoisomerase IIβ (TOP2B) regulates DNA topology and transcription in hypoxiainducible genes (HIGs) in a DNA-PK-dependent manner. Cellular, mutational, and genomic analyses showed antagonistic relation between TOP2B and DNA-PK. TOP2B associates with HIGs and represses transcription by suppressing negative supercoiling formation under normoxic conditions.Under hypoxia, TOP2B is released, whereas DNA-PK and HIF1a are recruited to and activate HIGs.Intriguingly, DNA-PK is responsible for TOP2B to be repressive because DNA-PK knockout overturns both TOP2B activity and release and increases the expression of a number of HIGs. Mutational and genomic analyses confirmed that DNA-PK phosphorylates TOP2B at T1403 to stimulate TOP2B catalysis for DNA topological relaxation, which is important for controlled HIG transcription. Collectively, our findings suggest a novel role of TOP2B and DNA-PK-mediated TOP2B regulation as important transcriptional elements in HIG expression. We propose that TOP2B catalysis modulated by protein phosphorylation is coordinated with transcriptional activation and determines DNA topology to stimulate Pol II transcription in response to hypoxic stresses.
Project description:DNA topoisomerases solve topological problems during chromosome metabolism. We investigated where and when Top1 and Top2 are recruited on replicating chromosomes and how their inactivation affects fork integrity and DNA damage checkpoint activation. We show that, in the context of replicating chromatin, Top1 and Top2 act within a 600 bp region spanning the moving forks. Top2 exhibits additional S-phase clusters at specific intergenic loci, mostly containing promoters. TOP1 ablation does not affect fork progression and stability and does not cause activation of the Rad53 checkpoint kinase. top2 mutants accumulate sister chromatid junctions in S phase without affecting fork progression and activate Rad53 at the M/G1 transition. top1 top2 double mutants exhibit fork block and processing, and phosphorylation of Rad53 and γH2A in S phase. The exonuclease Exo1 influences fork processing and DNA damage checkpoint activation in top1 top2 mutants. Our data are consistent with a coordinated action of Top1 and Top2 in counteracting the accumulation of torsional stress and sister chromatid entanglement at replication forks, thus preventing the diffusion of topological changes along large chromosomal regions. A failure in resolving fork-related topological constrains during S phase may therefore result in abnormal chromosome transitions, DNA damage checkpoint activation and chromosome breakage during segregation. Keywords: ChIP-chip analysis S. cerevisiae chromosomes IIIâV, and chromosome VI highdensity oligonucleotide microarrays were provided by Affymetrix Custom Express Service (SC3456a520015F, P/N 520015; rikDACF, P/N 510636, respectively). Sequence and position of oligonucleotides on the microarrays are available from Affymetrix. ChIP was carried out as previously described (Katou et al. 2003; Katou et al. 2006): we disrupted 1.5 x 108 cells byMulti-beads shocker (MB400U, Yasui Kikai) using glass beads. Anti-HA monoclonal antibody HA.11 (16B12) (CRP Inc.) and anti-Flag monoclonal antibody M2 (Sigma-Aldrich) were used for chromatin immunoprecipitation. ChIPed DNA was purified and amplified by random priming as described (Katou et al. 2003): a total of 10 μg of amplified DNA was digested with DNaseI to a mean size of 100 bp, purified, and the fragments were end-labelled with biotin-N6-ddATP23. Hybridization, washing, staining and scanning were performed according to the manufacturerâs instruction (Affymetrix). Primary data analyses were carried out using the Affymetrix microarray Suite version 5.0 software to obtain hybridization intensity, fold change value, change P-value and detection P-value for each locus. For the discrimination of positive and negative signals for the binding, we compared ChIPed fraction with supernatant fraction by using three criteria. First, the reliability of strength of signal was judged by detection P-value of each locus (P â¥0.025). Second, reliability of binding ratio was judged by change P-value (P ⥠0.025). Third, clusters consisting of at least three contiguous loci that filled the above Bermejo et al. 26 two criteria were selected, because it was known that a single site of proteinâDNA interaction will result in immunoprecipitation of DNA fragments that hybridized not only to the locus of the actual binding site but also to its neighbours. For the analyses of BrdU incorporation, cells were fixed by ice-cold buffer containing 0.1% azide, and then total DNA from 3 x108 cells was purified. DNA was sheared to 300 bp by sonication, denatured, and mixed with 2μg anti-BrdU monoclonal antibody (2B1D5F5H4E2; MBL). Antibody-bound and unbound fractions were subsequently purified, amplified, labelled and hybridized to the DNA chip.
Project description:Aberrant activity of type II topoisomerases (TOP2) often causes blocked double-strand breaks (DSBs), whose inefficient repair can seriously compromise genomic stability. One of the two TOP2 paralogs encoded in vertebrates is TOP2B, which has been linked to essential processes such as transcription or genome organization. Few TOP2B genome-wide maps have been profiled, and a comprehensive study of the mechanisms involved in TOP2B-DNA binding is still lacking. Here, we conduct an in silico approach for the prediction of TOP2B binding sites using publicly available sequencing data. We achieve highly accurate predictions and find that open chromatin and architectural factors are the most informative features. We also validate our predictions on experimental data and generate predicted TOP2B tracks that mirror experimental ones with high precision.
Project description:DNA topoisomerase-2 and high mobility group protein Hmo1 are known to regulate chromatin architecture by regulating gene boundaries. Here we report how these proteins affect global RNA level after inactivation of Top2 and Hmo1. Our data indicate that inactivating Hmo1 has a drastic effect on transcription levels of 20% yeast genes, however, this phenomenon can slightly be rescued by inactivating Top2 functions. Also, we study the Top2 and Top1 role in nucleosome architecture with and without expressing E.coli TopA. In top2-1;top1∆ condition with TopA expressed, it affects the nucleosome occupancy at the global level compared with top2-1;top1∆-Control plasmid. The ChIA-PET (Chromatin interaction analysis by paired-end tag sequencing) method is used to address whether a specific protein is engaged in the chromosomal interactions. Epitope tagged Top2 protein is used as probe in ChIA-PET experiments to map Top2 mediated chromatin-chromatin interactions.
Project description:DNA topoisomerases are required to resolve DNA topological stress. Despite this essential role, abortive topoisomerase activity generates aberrant protein-linked DNA breaks, jeopardising genome stability. Here, to understand the genomic distribution and mechanisms underpinning topoisomerase-induced DNA breaks, we map Top2 DNA cleavage with strand-specific nucleotide resolution across the S. cerevisiae and human genomes—and use the meiotic Spo11 protein to validate the broad applicability of this method to explore the role of diverse topoisomerase family members. Our data characterises Mre11-dependent repair in yeast and defines two strikingly different fractions of Top2 activity in humans: tightly localised CTCF-proximal, and broadly distributed transcription-proximal, the latter correlated with gene length and expression. Moreover, single nucleotide accuracy reveals the influence primary DNA sequence has upon Top2 cleavage—distinguishing sites likely to form canonical DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) from those predisposed to form strand-biased DNA single-strand breaks (SSBs) induced by etoposide (VP16) in vivo. This data set contains maps of Top2 CCs in the S. cerevisiae genome, generated by CC-seq of BY4741 cells -/+ etoposide (VP16).