![Page 1: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Roles for RecQ Helicases inTelomere Preservation
Patricia L. Opresko
University of Pittsburgh Department of Environmental and Occupational HealthBridgeside Point100 Technology Drive, Suite 350Pittsburgh, PA [email protected]
![Page 2: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Werner Syndrome
14 Years Old
48 Years Old
Symptoms Average Age of Onset (yrs)Greying of hair 20Wrinkling of the skin 25.3Loss of hair 25.8Cataracts 30Skin Ulcers 30Diabetes (type II) 34.2Death 47
OsteoporosisAtherosclerosisCancer
![Page 3: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
RecQ, E. coli
Sgs1, S. cer.
Rqh1, S. pombe
RecQL, H. sapiens
BLM, H. sapiens
WRN, H. sapiens
RecQ4, H. sapiens
RecQ5β, H. sapiens
FFA-1, X. laevis
RecQ5β, D. melanogaster
Helicase3’ to 5’
Exonuclease3’ to 5’
Acidic NLSRecQconserved
HRDC
RecQ Family “Care Takers” of the Genome
![Page 4: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Cellular defects in WS cell lines
• Mitotic Homologous DNA Recombination– Defect in resolving
intermediates
• Genomic Instability– Chromosomal
rearrangements,translocations, dicentrics
– Large deletions
• DNA Repair– Hypersensitivity to
4-NQODNA crosslinking agentstopoisomerase inhibitorsmethyl methanesulfonate
• Replication– Reduced replicative lifespan– Extended S-phase • Telomere instability
![Page 5: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Telomere-Associated Replicative Senescence
Telomerase
ALT
senescence
Germ
Somatic
+ exogenoustelomerase
telomere-dependent
Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron.
Adult stem
Germ cells:sufficient telomerase activity- no shortening
Adult stem cells: variable levels of telomerase activity- slow shortening
Somatic cells:most have no telomerase activity- exhibit faster rates of shortening
Cancer cells:90% show high telomerase activity10% use an alternative pathway- no telomere loss
senescence
![Page 6: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Loss of telomeric
DNAproteins
Activate DNA damage response
Senescence/ Apoptosis
3’
CLOSED
(TTAGGG)n
(AATCCC)n
Telomeres Protect Chromosome EndsComplex of Protein and DNA
TRF1TRF2
POT1
Bind duplex repeats
Binds single strand DNATTAGGGTTAG
Genomic instability
DNA RepairALT (HR)
Telomerase
OPEN
(AATCCC)n
(TTAGGG)n3’
Shelterin/ 6 protein complex
![Page 7: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Telomere Dysfunction Contributes to WS Pathology
Exhibit telomere loss1. Accelerated decrease of mean telomere lengths (Shulz 1996)2. Increased loss of telomeres from sister chromatids
(Crabbe 2004)
Expression of either WRN or telomerase can prevent1. Premature senescence (Wyllie 2000)2. Sister telomere loss (Crabbe 2004)3. Accumulation of aberrant chromosomes (fusions, breaks, translocations)
(Crabbe 2007)
Wrn-/- mice appear normal
late generation Wrn-/-Terc-/- mice with shortened telomeres exhibit WS phenotypes (Chang 2004, Du 2004)
WS primary fibroblasts
Mouse models
![Page 8: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Telomere Replication
Evidence For WRN Activity at Telomeres
HcRed-PCNAECFP-TRF1EYFP-WRN
WRN localizes to telomeres in S-phase telomerase deficient cells • In telomerase-negative ALT cells (Opresko 2004)
• In primary fibroblasts- WRN helicase prevents the loss of telomeres replicated from the G-rich
lagging strand; by CO-FISH (Crabbe 2004).- Pot1a and FEN1 defects also cause preferential loss of lagging
strand telomeres (Wu 2006; Saharia 2008)
3’
![Page 9: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Evidence For WRN Activity at Telomeres
WRN and POT1 suppress aberrant telomere recombination and exchanges(Laud 2005, Wu 2006, He 2006, Li 2008)
Late generation Wrn-/-Terc-/- mice and Pot1a-/- mice exhibit:
increased telomeric sister chromatid exchangesintra-telomere recombination
WS human and Pot1a -/- mouse cells exhibit
increased telomere circlesHJ cleavage of telomere T-loop
Telomere Recombination
Griffith et al 1999, Cell
![Page 10: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
WRN and BLM Roles at Telomeres
Telomere BindingProteins
TRF1 POT1TRF2
WRN BLM
intra- or inter-telomericG-quadruplex
3’
Hypothesis: WRN and BLM protein cooperate with telomeric proteins to dissociate alternate DNA structures at telomeres during replication and repair
• TRF2 recruits WRN and BLM to telomeric DNA (Opresko 2002; Machwe 2004)• POT1 physically binds WRN in HeLa cells (BLM interaction is weaker)
(Opresko 2005)
3’3’5’
5’3’
3’
5’3’
Inter-telomeric D-loopIntra-telomeric D-loop
![Page 11: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
POT1 stimulates the WRN and BLM helicase activity
X-WRN - + + + + - RecQ - + + + + +POT1 - - ▲ + POT1 - - ▲
Opresko 2005
X-WRN - + + + + POT1 - - ▲ +
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 1805
1015202530354045
% D
ispl
acem
ent
Time (min.)
+POT1POT1• Increases the amount and rate of WRN strand
displacement; also BLM helicase
• Does not alter WRN or BLM unwinding of a non-telomeric fork
• Does not alter unwinding by bacterial helicases UvrD and RecQ
(TTAGGG)45’ 5’34 bp
![Page 12: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
34 bp
3’
5’ 5’
3’
5’
3’
▪ WRN exonuclease is inefficient on short ssDNA
▪ WRN is inactive on blunt ended duplex DNA
▪ Junctions in the substrate active the exonuclease at blunt ends
WRN Helicase and Exonuclease Cooperate to Dissociate Fork-like Substrates
exohelicase
5’3’
exonucleasehelicase
▪ Also cooperate to release invading strand of a D-loop
X
![Page 13: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
WRN - + + + + + + POT1 - - R Δ
D-loop
shortenedproducts
(TTAGGG)4
shortenedproducts
WRN - + + + + + + + + POT1 - - -
ATP + + - + + + - - -
• POT1 does not alter the WRN exonuclease in the absence of ATP/helicase activity
Native Gel
(Opresko, JBC 2005)
(TTAGGG)4
34 bp
POT1 Limits WRN Exonuclease by Stimulating WRN Helicase
![Page 14: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
2nd Binding cycle
1st Binding cycle
Possible Mechanisms of WRN Helicase Stimulation by POT1
POT1
WRN helicase
WRN exo
X
X
5’3’
(TTAGGG)4
> 39 nt
< 33 nt
X
> 39 nt
![Page 15: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
%TD 71 71 71 69
WRN - + + + + POT1 - -
Sho
rter
Pro
duct
sCan POT1 Pre-loading Stimulate WRN Helicase ?
(TTAGGG)4
34 bp3’
POT1 pre-loading - is not sufficient to stimulate WRN helicase- does not prevent WRN activity
WRN - + + + + POT1 - -
% TD 89 89 88 73
WRN - + + + + POT1 - -
(TTAGGG)4
22 bp3’(TTAGGG)4
22 bp3’
%TD 66 63 61 51
![Page 16: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
WRN - + + + + - - - + + + -- - + - - +
shortenedproducts
POT1 and RPA Differ in Regulation of WRN onOpen Telomeric Ends
POT1WRN helicase
WRN exo
POT1
SSBP
RPA
6x↓ 19x↑
3’36 bp
(TTAGGG)7
POT1 inhibits WRN, RPA stimulates
WRN - + + + +POT1 - -
Non-telomeric tail
3’36 bp
(TTAGGG)3TTAG
POT1 inhibition requires a telomeric tail
![Page 17: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Addition of a 5’ ssDNA Tail (Fork) RestoresPOT1 Stimulation of WRN
3’
36 bp
(TTAGGG)7
WRN - + + + + -POT1 - - +
Shorter
Products
- + + + + - -
Telomeric Tail
exo helicase
+ATP +ATPγS (no helicase activity)
![Page 18: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
GGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAG
3’ tail sequence
GGTTACGGTTAGGGTTAGGG
GGTTAGGGTTAGGCTTAGGG
CTGTTTGCATCGATCTGCMix
Tel
Tel-A
Tel-B
Tel-G
GGTTAGGGTTAGGGTTAGGG
1.5
3.7
1.8
2.3
2.6
Fold Increase
Inta
ct T
elom
eric
Pro
duct
POT1 (nM)
Tel
MixTel-A
Tel-B
0 20 40 60 80 100 120
2
4
Tel-G3
1
POT1 Pre-loading Promotes WRN HelicaseUnwinding of Telomeric Forks
= POT1 binding site
POT1 loading near the junction (Tel-B) is more important for WRN stimulation
3’
(TTAGGG)3 TTAG
![Page 19: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Stimulation
Inhibition of activity
No effect
Stimulation
Effect on WRN Helicase
Substrate
Summary of POT1 Modulation of WRN Activity
3’
3’
3’
3’
=(TTAGGG)nExonuclease notaltered directly
POT1 binding mode may regulate WRN activity
3’
OFF
POT1 WRN
ON
3’POT1
WRNATC-5’
![Page 20: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Kibe et al MBC, 2007, p. 2378.Fission Yeast Taz1 and RPA Are Synergistically Required to Prevent Rapid Telomere Loss
POT1 May Protect Telomeric Ends fromFraying by DNA Helicases
• Yeast lacking Taz1 (TRF2) and expressing mutant RPA (mRPA)exhibit rapid telomere loss
• Telomere loss is suppressed ifRqh1 (RecQ) is knocked out ORPOT1 is overexpressed
• Coating of the telomeric tail with POT1 vs. RPA has profound consequences for WRN helicaseactivity
![Page 21: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
WRN - + + + + POT1 - -
POT1 nMR
atio
of l
ong:
shor
tun
wou
nd fo
rks
POT1 Does Not Retain WRN on Telomeric Forks During Unwinding
0.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
4.0
5.0
0 50 100 150
POT1 does not alter the ratio of unwound long telomeric forks to short mixed sequence forks
POT1 bound to ssDNAproduct
3’
3’
Telomeric 34 bp
Mix 22 bp
MCM helicase N-terminus increases the ratio of unwound long:short duplexes- acts as a processivity clamp (Barry et al 2007, NAR)
![Page 22: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Summary and Conclusions
1. POT1 stimulates WRN and BLM helicases, but not E. coli RecQ- species specific
2. POT1 pre-loading on telomeric tails:A. is not sufficient to stimulate WRN; does not recruit WRN
B. inhibits WRN activity on 3’ tailed telomeric duplexes- POT1 protects telomeres in the OPEN form
C. stimulates WRN unwinding of telomeric forks- POT1 interaction with the ssDNA/dsDNA junction regulates WRN
3. POT1 does not retain WRN on telomeric forks during unwinding- stimulation is by preventing strand re-annealing rather than WRN
dissociation
4. WRN show increased processivity on plasmid D-loops compared to oligomeric D-loops- POT1 stimulates WRN helicase on telomeres in the CLOSED form
![Page 23: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Roles for WRN Protein at Telomeric Ends
Replication stallin telomere
Fork collapse and DS break
Sister telomereloss
Restore replication fork
Initiation of HRmediated repair
T-SCEshortened telomere
- WRN +WRN
- WRN - WRN
+ WRN
Dissociate withoutstrand cross over
Resolve withstrand cross over
telomerase
POT1
TRF2
WRN helicase
WRN exo5’3’
exonucleasehelicase 5’3’ exonucleasehelicase
3’
5’3’
exonucleasehelicase
![Page 24: Roles for RecQ Helicases in Telomere Preservationic + exogenous telomerase telomere-dependent Modified from Campisi 2001 Exp. Geron. A dul t s t e Germ cells: sufficient telomerase](https://reader036.vdocuments.us/reader036/viewer/2022081601/60f7064f92e87978507eba53/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Acknowledgements• Vilhelm Bohr, NIA• Ming Lei, U. of Michigan• Peter Baumann, Stowers Inst.• James Keck, U. of Wisconsin• Walter Chazin, Vanderbilt
Funding• Ellison Medical Foundation• NIEHS
Opresko lab• Jerry Nora• Greg Sowd• Fujun Liu• Rama Damerla