HOFR, Ctirad, Ivona NEČASOVÁ, Eliška JANOUŠKOVÁ, Tomáš JANOVIČ, Martin STOJASPAL and Pavel VEVERKA. HOW TO TRAIN OUR CELLS TO BECOME YOUNGER – QUANTITATIVE BIOPHYSICS OF HUMAN TELOMERASE AND ITS GUARD SHELTERIN. Online. In František Foret, Jana Křenková, Iveta Drobníková, Karel Klepárník, Jan Přikryl. 15 th International Interdisciplinary Meeting on Bioanalysis - Conference Proceedings. Česká republika: Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the CAS, v. v. i., Brno, Czech Republic, 2018, p. 59-63. ISBN 978-80-904959-7-5.
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Original name HOW TO TRAIN OUR CELLS TO BECOME YOUNGER – QUANTITATIVE BIOPHYSICS OF HUMAN TELOMERASE AND ITS GUARD SHELTERIN
Authors HOFR, Ctirad (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Ivona NEČASOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Eliška JANOUŠKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tomáš JANOVIČ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Martin STOJASPAL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Pavel VEVERKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
Edition Česká republika, 15 th International Interdisciplinary Meeting on Bioanalysis - Conference Proceedings, p. 59-63, 5 pp. 2018.
Publisher Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the CAS, v. v. i., Brno, Czech Republic
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Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 10403 Physical chemistry
Country of publisher Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form electronic version available online
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14740/18:00101393
Organization unit Central European Institute of Technology
ISBN 978-80-904959-7-5
Keywords in English Telomere; SHELTERIN
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Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Pavla Foltynová, Ph.D., učo 106624. Changed: 11/3/2019 12:51.
Abstract
Telomere maintenance is a highly coordinated process that controls cell aging. Misregulation of telomere maintenance is linked to cancer and telomere-shortening syndromes. Recent studies have shown that the TEL-patch is a cluster of amino acids onthe surface of the shelterin component TPP1 that is essential for the recruitment of telomerase to the telomere in human cells. The Cech laboratory (Colorado University Boulder) and our laboratory (Masaryk University) optimized an in vitro assay to quantitatively measure binding of the TEL-patch to telomerase and extension of the first telomeric repeat. We quantified how the TEL-patch contributes to the translocation and stabilizes the association between telomerase and telomeric DNA substrates, providing a molecular explanation for its contributions to telomerase recruitment and action. Additionally, we quantitatively described interactions of TRF2 - central shelterin subunit that folds human telomeres into loops to prevent unwanted DNA repair and chromosome end joining. We found that the basic B-domain of TRF2 stabilizes the displacement loop (D-loop) and thus reduces unwinding by RPA and BLM helicase, whereas the formation of the RAP1–TRF2 complex restores DNA unwinding. To understand how the B-domain of TRF2 affects DNA binding and D-loop processing, we analyzed DNA binding of full-length TRF2 and a truncated TRF2 construct lacking the B-domain. We found that the Bdomain improves TRF2’s binding to DNA via enhanced long-range electrostatic interactions. We determined a structural envelope model revealing that the B-domain is flexible in solution but becomes rigid upon binding to telomeric DNA. We propose a mechanism for how the Bdomain stabilizes the D-loop and contributes to improved DNA affinity of TRF2 in general. Additionally, we suggest how human RAP1 regulates TRF2 attraction and specificity to DNA and thus degree of telomere protection by shelterin.
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GA16-20255S, research and development projectName: Molekulární mechanismus inhibice telomerázy: cílené zastavení dělení nádorových buněk
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
LQ1601, research and development projectName: CEITEC 2020 (Acronym: CEITEC2020)
Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR
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