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1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Molecular biology of nucleotide excision repair-deficient diseases

Research Project

Project/Area Number 08407073
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Human genetics
Research InstitutionOsaka University

Principal Investigator

TANAK Kiyoji  Osaka University, Institute for Moleculara and Cellular Biology, Professor, 細胞生体工学センター, 教授 (80144450)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) SAIJO Masafumi  Osaka University, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Assistant Profes, 細胞生体工学センター, 助手 (90221986)
NAKATSU Yoshimichi  Osaka University, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Assistant Profes, 細胞生体工学センター, 助手 (00207820)
Project Period (FY) 1996 – 1998
KeywordsDNA repair / transcription / xeroderma pigmentosum / Cockayne syndrome / microinjection / ultraviolet light / skin cancer / gene targeting
Research Abstract

Nucleotide excision repair (NER) removes a wide variety of lesions from the genome and is defective in the genetic disorders xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) and Cockayne syndrome (CS). Complementation studies revealed that 7 genes are involved in XP (XPA-XPG) and 2 in CS (GSA, CSB). There are two subpathways in NER : transcription-coupled (TC-)NER accomplishing efficient removal of lesions blocking transcription and the slower global genome (GG-)NER.TFIIH, of which two subunits are XPB and XPD, is an essential component of NER and basal transcription machinery. (1) We showed that TFIIH has some affinity for DNA, but does not show any preference for UV-damaged DNA.TFIIH binds to XPA-DNA complexes in an UV damage-dependent manner by a direct protein-protein interaction with XPA, suggesting that an enhancement of the affinity of XPA protein for TFIIH could arise from conformational changes of XPA when it binds to UV lesions on the DNA.(2) The solution structure of the central domain of XPA was … More determened by NMR spectroscopy. The central domain consists of a zinc-containing subdomain and a C-terminal subdomain. The zinc-containing subdomain has a compact globular structure and is distinct from the zinc-fingers found in transcription factors. The C-terminal subdomain folds into a novel alpha/beta structure with a positively charged superficial cleft. From the NMR spectra of the complexes, DNA and RPA binding surfaces are suggested (3) We recently discovered a novel 855-amino acid protein, XAB2 (XPA-binding protein 2) by virtue of its ability to interact with XPA in yeast two hybrid system. Immunoprecipitation analysis demonstrated that XAB2 is associated with the TC-NER-specific proteins GSA, CSB and RNA polymerase II in vivo. Antibodies against XAB2 inhibited both TC-NER and transcription when microinjected into living fibroblasts. These results indicate that XAB2 is a novel component involved in TC-NER and transcription. (4) We examined the spectrum of p53 mutations found in 40 UV-induced skin tumors of XPA deficient mice. p53 mutations were detected in 48% of the tumors. Almost all the mutations were induced at dipyrimidine sites. 93% of the mutations were C * T and CC * TT transitions. However, 72% of the mutations at dipyrimidine sites could be ascribed to damage on the transcribed strands and no evident mutational hot spots were detected. Thus, XPA deficient mice showed significant mutation features that might be characteristic of the NER deficiency and may provide a good animal model for the analysis of the high incidence of skin cancer in XPA patients.. Less

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  • [Publications] Kuraoka,. et al.: "Identification of a damaged DNA binding domain of the XPA protein." Mutat.Res.362. 87-95 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Saijo, M., et al.: "Sequential binding of DNA repair proteins RPA and ERCC1 to XPA in vitro." Nucl.Acid Res.24. 4719-4724 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Nocentin, S., et al.: "DNA damage recognition by XPA protein promates efficient recruitment of TFIIH." J.Biol.Chem.272. 22991-22994 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Takeuchi, S., et al.: "Strand specificity and absence of hotspots for p53 mutation in UVB-indaced skin tumors of XPA-deficient mice." Cancer Res.58. 641-646 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Ikegami, T.et al.: "Solution stracture of the DNA-and RPA-binding domain of the human repair factor XPA." Nature Structural Biology. 5. 701-706 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Kobayashi, T., et al.: "Mutational analysis of function of xeroderma Pigmentosum group A (XPA) protein in strand specific DNA repair." Nucleic Acied Res.26. 4662-4668 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Kuraoka.L., Morita, E.H., Saijo, M., Matsuda, T., Morikawa, K., Shirakawa, M.& Tanaka, K.: "Indentification of a damaged-DNA binding domain of the XPA protein." Mutat.Res.362. 87-95 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Morita, E.H., Ohkubo, T., Kuraoka, I., Shirakawa, M., Tanaka, K., Morikawa, K.: "Implications of the zinc-finger motif found in the DNA-binding domain of the human XPA protein." Genes to Cells. 1. 437-442 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Enokido, Y., Araki, T., Tanaka, K., Aizawa, S, & Hatanaka, H.: "Involvement of p53 in DNA strand break-induced apoptosis in postmitotic CNS neurons." The Europian Journal of Neuroscience. 8. 1812-1821 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Miyauchi, H., Tanaka, K.& Horio, T.: "Enhanced inflammation and immunosuppression by ultraviolet radiation in xeroderma pigmentosum group A (XPA) model mice." J.Invest.Dermatol.107. 343-348 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Saijo, M., Kuraoka, I., Masutani, C., Hanaoka, F.& Tanaka, K.: "Sequential binding of DNA repair proteins RPA and ERCCI to XPA in vitro." Nucl.Acid.Res.24. 4719-4724 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Kobayashi, T., Kuraoka, I., Saijo, M., Nakatsu, Y., Tanaka, A., Someda, Y., Fukuro, S.& Tanaka, K.: "Mutations in the XPD gene leading to xerodema pigmentosum symptoms." Human Mutation. 9. 322-331 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Enokido, Y., Inamura, N., Toshiyuki, A., Satoh, T., Nakane, H.Yoshino, M.Nakatsu Y., Tanaka, K.& Hatanaka, H.: "The xeroderma pigmentosum group A (XPA) gene is involved in UV-induced but not in Low-K+ medium-induced apoptosis of cultured cerebellar neurons." J.Neurochemistry. 69. 246-251 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Nocentini, S., Coin, F., Saijo, M., Tanaka, K., & Egly, J-M.: "DNA damage recognition by XPA protein promotes efficient recruitment of TFIIH." J.Biol.Chem.272. 22991-22994 (1997)

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  • [Publications] Kaneda, Y., Kaned, Y,Kinoshita, K., Sato.M., Saeki, Y., Yamada, R., Wataya-Kaneda, M., & Tanaka, K.: "The induction of apoptosis in HeLa cells by the loss of LBP-p40." Cell Death and Differentiation. 5. 20-28 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Takeuchi, S., Nakatsu, Y., Nakane, H., Murai, H., Hirota, S., Kitamura, Y., Okuyama, A., & Tanaka, K.: "Stand specificity and absence of hotspots for p53 mutations in UVB-induced skin tumors of XPA-deficient mice." Cancer Research. 58. 641-646 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Yeo, J.P., Natatsu, Y., Goldstein, A.M., Tucker, M.A., Kraemer, K.H., & Tanaka, K.: "RPA2, A gene for 32 kDa subunit of replication protein A on chromosome 1p35-36 is not mutated in patients with familial melanoma, linked to chromosome 1p36." Melanoma Research. 8. 47-52 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Winter, D.B., Phung, Q.H., Umar, A., Baker, S.M., Tarone, R.E., Tanaka.K., Liskay, R.M., Kunkel, T.A., Bohr, V.A., & Gearhart, P.J.: "Altered spectra of hypermutation in antibodies from mice deficient for the DNA mismatch repair protein PMS2." Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA.95. 6953-6958 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Hayashi, T., Takao, M., Tanaka., & Yasui, A.: "ERCC1 mutations in UV-sensitive Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines." Mutation Research. 407. 269-276 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Ikegami, T., Kuraoka, I., Saijo, M., Kodo, N., Y.Kyogoku, Morikawa, K., Tanaka, K., & Shirakawa, M.: "Solution structure of the DNA- and RPA-binding domain of the human repair factor XPA." Nature Structural Biology. 5. 701-706 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Saeki, Y., Wataya-Kaneda, M., Tanaka, K, & Kaneda, Y.: "Sustained transgene expression in vitro and in vivo using an Epstein-Barr virus replicon vector system combined with HVJ-liposomes." Gene Therapy. 5. 1031-1037 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Kobayashi, T., Takeuchi, S., Saijo, M., Nakatsu, Y., Morioka, H., Otsuka, E., Wakasugi, M., Nikaido, O., & Tanaka, K.: "Mutational analysis of a function of xerodema pigmentosum group A (XPA) protein in strand specific DNA repair." Nucleic Acid Research. 26. 4662-4668 (1998)

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  • [Publications] Ikegami, T., kuraoka, I., Saijo, M., Kodo, N., Y,Kyogoku, Morikawa, K., Tanaka, K., & Shirakawa, M.: "Resonance assignments, solution structure, and backbone dynamics of the DNA- and RPA-binding domain of human repair factor XPA." J.Biochem.(in press).

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  • [Publications] Miyauchi-Hashimoto, H., Okamoto, H., H., Tanaka, K., & Horio, T.: "Ultraviolet Radiation-induced suppression of natural killer cell activity is enhanced in xeroderma pigmentosum group A (XPA) model mice." J.Invest.Dermatol.(in press).

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