P53 binds preferentially to non-B DNA structures formed by the pyrimidine-rich strands of GaA·TTC trinucleotide repeats associated with Friedreich’s ataxia

Helma, Robert, Bažantová, Pavla, Petr, Marek, Adámik, Matej, Renčiuk, Daniel, Tichý, Vlastimil, Pastuchová, Alena, Soldánová, Zuzana, Pečinka, Petr, Bowater, Richard P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2745-7807, Fojta, Miroslav and Brázdová, Marie (2019) P53 binds preferentially to non-B DNA structures formed by the pyrimidine-rich strands of GaA·TTC trinucleotide repeats associated with Friedreich’s ataxia. Molecules, 24 (11). ISSN 1420-3049

[thumbnail of molecules-24-02078]
Preview
PDF (molecules-24-02078) - Published Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution.

Download (1MB) | Preview

Abstract

Expansions of trinucleotide repeats (TNRs) are associated with genetic disorders such as Friedreich’s ataxia. The tumor suppressor p53 is a central regulator of cell fate in response to different types of insults. Sequence and structure-selective modes of DNA recognition are among the main attributes of p53 protein. The focus of this work was analysis of the p53 structure-selective recognition of TNRs associated with human neurodegenerative diseases. Here, we studied binding of full length p53 and several deletion variants to TNRs folded into DNA hairpins or loops. We demonstrate that p53 binds to all studied non-B DNA structures, with a preference for non-B DNA structures formed by pyrimidine (Py) rich strands. Using deletion mutants, we determined the C-terminal DNA binding domain of p53 to be crucial for recognition of such non-B DNA structures. We also observed that p53 in vitro prefers binding to the Py-rich strand over the purine (Pu) rich strand in non-B DNA substrates formed by sequence derived from the first intron of the frataxin gene. The binding of p53 to this region was confirmed using chromatin immunoprecipitation in human Friedreich’s ataxia fibroblast and adenocarcinoma cells. Altogether these observations provide further evidence that p53 binds to TNRs’ non-B DNA structures.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: dna hairpin,dna–protein,frataxin,non-b dna,p53,trinucleotide repeat,analytical chemistry,chemistry (miscellaneous),molecular medicine,pharmaceutical science,drug discovery,physical and theoretical chemistry,organic chemistry,sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1600/1602
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Molecular Microbiology
Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry
Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Biosciences Teaching and Education Research
Related URLs:
Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 17 Jun 2019 08:30
Last Modified: 20 Apr 2023 07:33
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/71402
DOI: 10.3390/molecules24112078

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item