Collaborating functions of BLM and DNA topoisomerase I in regulating human rDNA transcription

Patrick M. Grierson; Samir Acharya; Joanna Groden

doi:10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2012.12.002

Collaborating functions of BLM and DNA topoisomerase I in regulating human rDNA transcription

Patrick M. Grierson
, Samir Acharya
, Joanna Groden

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Abstract

Bloom's syndrome (BS) is an inherited disorder caused by loss of function of the recQ-like BLM helicase. It is characterized clinically by severe growth retardation and cancer predisposition. BLM localizes to PML nuclear bodies and to the nucleolus; its deficiency results in increased intra- and inter-chromosomal recombination, including hyper-recombination of rDNA repeats. Our previous work has shown that BLM facilitates RNA polymerase I-mediated rRNA transcription in the nucleolus (Grierson et al., 2012 [18]). This study uses protein co-immunoprecipitation and in vitro transcription/translation (IVTT) to identify a direct interaction of DNA topoisomerase I with the C-terminus of BLM in the nucleolus. In vitro helicase assays demonstrate that DNA topoisomerase I stimulates BLM helicase activity on a nucleolar-relevant RNA:DNA hybrid, but has an insignificant effect on BLM helicase activity on a control DNA:DNA duplex substrate. Reciprocally, BLM enhances the DNA relaxation activity of DNA topoisomerase I on supercoiled DNA substrates. Our study suggests that BLM and DNA topoisomerase I function coordinately to modulate RNA:DNA hybrid formation as well as relaxation of DNA supercoils in the context of nucleolar transcription.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	89-96
Number of pages	8
Journal	Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis
Volume	743-744
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2012.12.002
State	Published - Mar 2013

Keywords

BLM helicase
Bloom's syndrome
DNA topoisomerase I
Nucleolus
RNA polymerase I
RRNA transcription

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