1 Department of Gene Vectors, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and
Health, Marchioninistrasse 25, 81377 München, Germany
2 Institute for Immunology, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and
Health, Marchioninistrasse 25, 81377 München, Germany
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: schepers{at}gsf.de)
Accepted 11 June 2003
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Summary |
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Key words: oriP, Replication, Cell cycle, EBNA1, ORC
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Introduction |
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Following the separation of the replicated chromatids at mitosis, the
genome has to acquire replication competence during the subsequent G1 phase.
This is achieved by the sequential formation of pre-replicative complexes
(pre-RC), a process also called licensing. ORC is chromatin bound during the
entire cell cycle, whereas the Cdc6 and Cdt1 proteins, the first factors of
the pre-RC assembly, are recruited in early G1 or late mitosis of the
proceeding cell cycle. Both Cdc6p and Cdt1p are required for loading the
minichromosome maintenance complex (MCM2-MCM7) onto chromatin
(Cocker et al., 1996;
Coleman et al., 1996
;
Maiorano et al., 2000
;
Nishitani et al., 2000
;
Tanaka and Diffley, 2002
).
Mcm2p-Mcm7p are not only essential for the initiation process but are also
required for the progression of replication forks during S phase
(Labib et al., 2000
). Once
Mcm2p-Mcm7p are assembled on chromatin, the functions of Cdc6p and Cdt1p are
no longer necessary (Cook et al.,
2002
; Jares and Blow,
2000
). In the next step, the pre-RCs are reorganized to establish
the pre-initiation complexes (Diffley and
Labib, 2002
; Takisawa et al.,
2000
). This process depends on the presence of the MCM2-MCM7
complex. The subsequent activation of origins during initiation requires the
activity of two cell-cycle-regulated kinases: cyclin-dependent kinases and
Cdc7 (Bousset and Diffley,
1998
; Donaldson et al.,
1998a
,b
).
Eukaryotes possess multiple safeguard mechanisms that prevent
re-replication within a single cell cycle. These include mechanisms that
negatively regulate ORC subunits, Cdc6p, Cdt1p and Mcm2p-Mcm7p
(Bell and Dutta, 2002;
Kelly and Brown, 2000
;
Nguyen et al., 2001
). One such
mechanism in metazoan eukaryotes appears to involve the release of Orc1p from
chromatin during S phase (Asano and
Wharton, 1999
; Keller et al.,
2002
; Kreitz et al.,
2001
; Ladenburger et al.,
2002
; Li and DePamphilis,
2002
; Mendez and Stillman,
2000
; Mendez et al.,
2002
; Natale et al.,
2000
). However, it is currently controversial whether this ORC
subunit is completely released from chromatin during S phase and degraded, or
whether Orc1p is only selectively released from DNA with ongoing replication
(Kreitz et al., 2001
;
Ladenburger et al., 2002
;
Li and DePamphilis, 2002
;
Mendez et al., 2002
;
Natale et al., 2000
). By
contrast, other laboratories report that Orc1p remains chromatin associated
throughout the cell cycle (Okuno et al.,
2001
; Tatsumi et al.,
2000
). The smallest ORC subunit, Orc6p, although essential, seems
to be dispensable for origin recognition. It was shown that budding yeast
Orc6p is not necessary for autonomous replicating sequence (ARS) binding and
complex building (Lee and Bell,
1997
). The human homologue is bound to chromatin throughout the
cell cycle (Mendez et al.,
2002
). Co-immunoprecipitation experiments with other ORC subunits
indicate that HsOrc6p is the most weakly bound ORC constituent
(Dhar and Dutta, 2000
;
Vashee et al., 2001
).
Viral systems have always played an important role in studying eukaryotic
replication. During latency, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) replicates exactly once
per cell cycle by using the cellular replication machinery
(Yates, 1996). The latent
origin of DNA replication of EBV, oriP, was originally discovered as
an element that supports the replication and maintenance of extra-chromosomal
episomes (Yates et al., 1984
;
Yates, 1996
). The
oriP is a 1.8 kbp fragment that consists of two essential elements -
the family of repeats (FR) and the dyad symmetry (DS) element
(Reisman et al., 1985
). FR is
a cluster of 20 binding sites for the viral transactivator EBNA1. This element
mediates the maintenance of oriP-dependent episomes and functions as
a transcriptional enhancer (Aiyar et al.,
1998
; Reisman et al.,
1985
; Wysokenski and Yates,
1989
). The DS element contains four EBNA1 binding sites and is the
site at or near which initiation occurs. We and others have shown that the
presence of this element is crucial for recruiting ORC to the latent origin
(Chaudhuri et al., 2001
;
Schepers et al., 2001
).
Deleting the DS element not only abolishes ORC binding but also reduces
replication initiation at oriP to background levels
(Norio et al., 2000
). These
data are complemented by the observation that EBNA1 and ORC interact with each
other, supporting the suggestion that EBNA1 functions as a loading factor
tethering ORC to oriP (Schepers
et al., 2001
). The assumption that oriP is regulated like
a chromosomal origin is indirectly supported by the findings that Geminin, a
cell-cycle-regulated inhibitor of Cdt1p
(Tada et al., 2001
;
Wohlschlegel et al., 2000
),
blocks latent viral replication and that HsMcm2p is found at this origin
(Chaudhuri et al., 2001
;
Dhar et al., 2001
;
Hirai and Shirakata,
2001
).
In this study, we compare the cell cycle dynamics of protein complexes site specifically at oriP and at cellular chromatin using chromatin-immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and chromatin-binding assays. We show that EBNA1, HsOrc3p and some HsOrc6p are associated with specific sequences throughout the cell cycle, whereas HsOrc1p and Mcm2p-Mcm7p are recruited to oriP and to global chromatin in a cell-cycle-dependent manner. In addition, we evaluate the chromatin and oriP association of pre-RC components in G0-arrested cells. Components of the core ORC remain associated with DNA, whereas Mcm2p-Mcm7p and HsOrc6 are completely released from global chromatin and oriP. The affinity of HsOrc1p changes in G0-arrested cells but this subunit is not completely liberated from DNA.
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Materials and Methods |
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Antibodies and affinity purification
Polyclonal antibodies directed against HsMcm3p and HsMcm7p were raised as
described (Burkhart et al.,
1995; Schulte et al.,
1995
). HsOrc1p-, HsOrc3p- and EBNA1-specific antibodies have
already been described (Schepers et al.,
2001
). Polyclonal antibodies were affinity purified against
bacterially expressed antigen using the Sulfolink kit (Pierce) according to
the manufacturers instructions. Rat monoclonal antibodies directed against
HsOrc6p were raised against bacterially expressed full-length HsOrc6p as
described (Schepers et al.,
2001
). HsOrc6 was obtained from the Resource Centre and
Primary Database (clone IMAGp222413).
Commercially available antibodies used in this study are: anti-HsOrc4 (Transduction Laboratories; code #83120), anti-Cyclin B1 (Neomarkers, AB1; clone V152), anti-Cyclin A (Neomarkers, Ab2; clone HE12) and anti-Cyclin E (Neomarkers, Ab6; Clone CyA06).
Centrifugal elutriation and flow cytometry
Centrifugal elutriation (Beckman J6-MC centrifuge) was used to separate the
different cell cycle phases. For ChIP experiments, 5x109
logarithmically growing A39 cells were washed with PBS and resuspended in 50
ml Hanks' balanced salt solution (HBSS) supplemented with 1% foetal calf serum
(FCS), 1 mM EDTA and 0.25 U ml-1 DNase I (Roche). Cells were
injected in a JE-5.0 rotor with a large separation chamber at 1500 rpm and a
flow rate of 30 ml per minute controlled with a Cole-Palmer Masterflex pump.
The rotor speed was kept constant and 400 ml fractions were collected at
increasing flow rates (35 ml per minute to 100 ml per minute). Individual
fractions were counted and processed for the chromatin-binding assay as
described below. For chromatin-binding experiments with Raji cells,
5x108 cells were prepared as described above and resuspended
in 10 ml HBSS medium. Distinct cell cycle fractions were separated in the
JE-6B elutriation system using a Sanderson chamber (Beckman). Rotor speed was
kept constant at 2000 rpm and 150 ml fractions were collected with an
increasing medium flow rate (9 ml per minute to 40 ml per minute).
For G0 experiments, A39 cells were grown to high density and kept in stationary phase for at least 3 days. Polyploid cells and cells with a sub-2C DNA content were separated from resting cells with the same centrifugal elutriation protocol as used for Raji cells. The DNA content of the different fractions was determined by flow cytometry (Becton Dickinson) using standard procedures.
Chromatin-binding assay
The separation of soluble and chromatin-bound proteins is based on a
protocol by Mendez and Stillman (Mendez
and Stillman, 2000) with modifications. 1x107
cells were harvested, washed with PBS and resuspended in 250 µl hypotonic
buffer A [10 mM Hepes pH 7.9, 10 mM KCl, 1.5 mM MgCl2, 0.34 M
sucrose, 10% glycerol, 1 mM DTT, protease inhibitor mix Complete©
(Roche)]. Cells were lysed by adding 0.04% Triton X-100 and incubated for 10
minutes on ice. Samples were centrifuged (4 minutes, 1300 g,
4°C) to separate soluble cytosolic and nucleosolic proteins from
chromatin. The chromatin-enriched fraction was washed with 250 µl
low-stringency buffer B (3 mM EDTA, 0.2 mM EGTA, 1 mM DTT) and centrifuged (4
minutes, 1600 g, 4°C). Chromatin-bound proteins were
extracted with 250 µl ice-cold RIPA buffer (150 mM NaCl, 0.1% SDS, 0.5%
sodium deoxycholate, 1% NP40, 50 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.0) by incubation on ice for
30 minutes and centrifuged (10 minutes, 16,000 g, 4°C).
The protein concentration was determined (BCA, Pierce) and equal amounts of
soluble and chromatin-bound proteins respectively were analysed by immunoblot
analysis. To inhibit the 26S proteasome, all buffers were complemented with 25
µM MG132 (a specific proteasome inhibitor). A 10 mM stock solution was
prepared in DMSO. Whole cell extract was prepared by lysing cells in ice-cold
RIPA buffer as described above. The lysates were centrifuged (10 minutes,
16,000 g, 4°C) and supernatants were supplemented with
Laemmli buffer.
ChIP assay and PCR analysis
For ChIP experiments, 1x107 nuclei were prepared for each
immunoprecipitation as described above. Nuclei were washed at a concentration
of 1x108 nuclei ml-1 in ice-cold buffer A
supplemented with 200 mM NaCl. After centrifugation (1300 g, 5
minutes, 4°C) nuclei were carefully resuspended in 1 ml buffer A. Then, 9
ml pre-warmed buffer A supplemented with 1.1% formaldehyde were added and the
nuclei cross-linked for 10 minutes at 37°C. Fixed nuclei were washed twice
with PBS with 0.5% NP40, resolved in 2.7 ml LSB (10 mM Hepes pH 7.9, 10 mM
KCl, 1.5 mM MgCl2) and lysed by adding 300 µl 20% Sarkosyl. The
chromatin was transferred onto a 40 ml sucrose cushion (LSB plus 100 mM
sucrose) and centrifuged (10 minutes, 4°C, 4000 g).
Supernatant was removed and the chromatin was resuspended in 2 ml TE and
sonicated (Branson sonifier 250-D, 35% amplitude, 2 minutes in 1 second
intervals). For partial DNA digests, 2 mM CaCl2 and 8 U micrococcal
nuclease (MNase) (Roche) were added to the chromatin and incubated for 10
minutes at 37°C. The reaction was stopped by adding 5 mM EGTA.
For immunoprecipitation, the extract was adjusted with 1/10 volume of
11x NET (550 mM Tris-HCl pH 7.4, 1.65 M NaCl, 5.5 mM EDTA, 5.5% NP40).
10 µg affinity-purified polyclonal antibodies (HsOrc3p, HsMcm3/7p), 15
µl of polyclonal HsOrc1p antiserum or 50 µl supernatant of monoclonal
antibodies (EBNA1, HsOrc6p) were added respectively. The immunoprecipitation
and purification of co-precipitated DNA was performed as illustrated
(Schepers et al., 2001).
Real-time PCR analysis was performed according to the manufacturers
instructions using the same parameters and primer pairs as described
(Schepers et al., 2001
). A
detailed protocol for the ChIP experiments are available
(http://haema145.gsf.de/).
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Results |
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To compare the cell-cycle- and sequence-dependent binding of pre-RC
components to oriP and global cellular chromatin, we separated
different cell cycle phases of logarithmically growing human lymphoblastoid
B-cell line A39 (Schepers et al.,
2001) by centrifugal elutriation. The advantage of this method is
that cells have not been treated by drugs that might interfere with metabolism
and cause pleiotropic effects. The chromatin-binding assay described by Mendez
and Stillman (Mendez and Stillman,
2000
) was modified and used to analyse the presence of proteins on
global chromatin. Briefly, cells were lysed in a hypotonic buffer containing
Triton X-100 and sucrose. Nuclei were collected by low-speed centrifugation
and washed in a low-stringency buffer. Proteins remaining associated with the
chromatin were extracted and analysed by immunoblot analysis. To test the
quality of the separation and cell cycle progression, fluorescence-activated
cell sorting (FACS) profiles of the different fractions were determined in
parallel with the chromatin association of cyclins E, A and B1
(Fig. 1A). Cyclin E was
chromatin bound during G1 until cells entered S phase (fractions 35-55) and
was then released. Cyclins A and B1 accumulated during S phase. Cyclin A
dissociated from chromatin when cells entered mitosis, whereas cyclin B1
remained associated (fraction 90). The expression pattern of the cyclins at
the different stages of the cell cycle indicate that centrifugal elutriation
is a suitable way to analyse cell-cycle-dependent changes on chromatin.
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Fig. 1B shows the cell cycle
behaviour of EBNA1 and several pre-RC components. Only a small proportion of
EBNA1 protein was stably associated with chromatin throughout the cell cycle.
EBNA1 is a very abundant protein (20,000-40,000 copies per cell), whereas each
oriP contains only 24 EBNA1-binding sites
(Sternas et al., 1990).
Mini-EBV episomes are maintained with an average copy number of five to ten
per cell (Schepers et al.,
2001
). The biochemical separation of soluble and
chromatin-enriched fractions indicated that the great majority of HsOrc2 to
HsOrc4p was constantly bound to chromatin throughout the cell cycle. No
cell-cycle-dependent changes were monitored for HsOrc6p but only half of the
total amount of this subunit was associated with chromatin
(Fig. 1B). The largest subunit
of HsOrc, HsOrc1p, changed its chromatin association during the cell cycle. It
was chromatin bound during G1 phase and dissociated partly from chromatin as
cells progressed through S phase (Fig.
1B,C). This indicates that human ORC is a dynamic complex with
HsOrc1p as the temporally controlled component.
The chromatin association of HsMcm3p and HsMcm7p was tightly cell cycle
regulated (Fig. 1B,C). The
proportion of these proteins bound to chromatin kept increasing from early G1
phase until the G1-S transition, when cyclins A and B1 became activated.
Subsequently, HsMcm2p-HsMcm7p were released from chromatin during S phase.
Liberation of HsMcm2p-HsMcm7p paralleled the chromatin release of HsOrc1p,
indicating that the temporal order of origin activation might be responsible
for the disassembly of the origin complex.
Fig. 1C summarizes in a polygon
plot the proportion of protein chromatin association with cell cycle
progression. The quantification of chromatin-bound HsOrc1p indicated a
relative stable, even chromatin association during G1 phase, whereas the
HsMcm2p-HsMcm7p kept accumulating until the onset of S phase. Both
HsMcm2p-HsMcm7p and HsOrc1p were released during S phase, although 10% of
the HsMcm2p-HsMcm7p and 25-30% of HsOrc1p remained associated with chromatin
during G2 and mitosis, relative to maximal levels seen in association with
chromatin at earlier times.
At least four independent experiments were performed. We found that the
HsOrc1p was rapidly degraded within the soluble fractions. The amount was
consistent within one experiment but slight variations were observed between
independent experiments (data not shown). To determine, whether the
degradation was 26S proteasome dependent, we analysed the total amount of
HsOrc1p in the presence or absence of the specific proteasome inhibitor MG132
(Fig. 1B, bottom). Equivalent
amounts of whole cell extracts were separated and analysed by immunoblotting.
HsOrc1p was sensitive to the proteasome after the G1-S transition in the
absence of MG132 but was stabilized if the inhibitor was added to the lysis
buffer. This indicates that the degradation of HsOrc1p occurred after cell
lysis and not in vivo, because the proteasome inhibitor was only added to the
RIPA lysis buffer and not to the cell culture medium. The cell-cycle-dependent
chromatin association was not affected by MG132, indicating that only the
soluble portion of HsOrc1p was susceptible to proteasome-dependent
degradation. All cell cycle experiments were repeated with the Burkitt's
lymphoma cell line Raji (data not shown). The cell cycle behaviour of the
investigated proteins in Raji cells corresponded in principle to our results
obtained with A39 cells and data published for other cell lines, although
HsOrc1p appears not to be completely released from chromatin
(Mendez and Stillman, 2000;
Ritzi et al., 1998
).
To complete the cell cycle analysis, we also investigated chromatin
association of pre-RC components in G0-arrested cells. Therefore, A39 cells
were grown to high density causing arrest after 3 days with a 2C DNA-content
(Fig. 1D). Chromatin-binding
assays indicated that neither cyclin A nor cyclin B1 were detectable, whereas
cyclin E levels seemed to be unaffected. A similar result was observed by
Ohtsubo et al. (Ohtsubo et al.,
1995) and it is very likely that the CDK2/cyclin-E complex is
masked by high levels of p27 (Hara et al.,
2001
; Nakayama et al.,
2001
; Reed, 2002
).
Chromatin association of EBNA1 appeared to be slightly reduced in quiescent
cells compared with logarithmically growing cells.
HsORC is a dynamic complex during the proliferative cycle and so the levels
of DNA-bound ORC constituents were different in G0-arrested and
logarithmically growing cells. Levels of HsOrc2p-HsOrc4p were constant in
arrested cells, and these proteins remained chromatin associated
(Fig. 1D). By contrast,
chromatin-bound and soluble HsOrc6p decreased in G0 cells
(Fig. 1D). About 50% of HsOrc1p
disappeared from global chromatin in quiescent cells
(Fig. 1D). Again, no HsOrc1p
could be detected in the supernatants. Similar results were obtained in the
presence of MG132 (data not shown). In summary, our results prove that HsOrc1p
is the only ORC subunit regulated at protein level of the proliferative cycle.
Resting cells illustrated a reduced chromatin association of HsOrc1p.
Chromatin-bound HsMcm2p-HsMcm7p and HsOrc6p were hardly detectable in
G0-arrested cells. The total amount of Mcm2p-Mcm7p was reduced in quiescent
cells, indicating reduced protein synthesis. In differentiated cells, HsMcm3p
has a half-life of 24 hours, whereas the amount of HsOrc2p does not
change (Musahl et al.,
1998
).
EBNA1 is associated with oriP throughout the cell cycle
The second part of this study focuses on the complex protein-DNA dynamics
at a specific origin of DNA replication, the latent origin of EBV
(oriP). We used five of the nine cell cycle fractions obtained by
centrifugal elutriation (40 ml minute-1, 50 ml minute-1,
60 ml minute-1, 80 ml minute-1, 90 ml
minute-1; Fig. 1A)
to analyse the dynamics of protein complexes at oriP by ChIP combined
with real-time PCR (an outline of the mini-EBV 1478.A and primer locations is
given in Fig. 2A). Nuclei were
prepared following the protocol for the chromatin-binding assay. Before
fixation with formaldehyde, nuclei were washed with a buffer containing 200 mM
sodium chloride. Preparing nuclei according to the chromatin-binding protocol
allowed a direct comparison of the situation at the chromatin level with the
dynamics site-specifically observed at oriP. ChIP experiments were
performed with DNA fragments of average length 300-500 bp. The data shown in
Fig. 2B confirmed that EBNA1 is
bound to both oriP elements throughout the cell cycle. This result
agrees with previous reports (Hsieh et
al., 1993; Niller et al.,
1995
). The overall level compared with the isotype control was
several-hundred-fold higher in the region of oriP (primer pairs sc3
to sc8) and reduced to 11-18 times 2 kbp up- and downstream of oriP
(sc2 and sc10, Fig. 2B,
Table 1A).
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To calculate the enrichment of a specific immunoprecipitation, the same
analysis procedure was used as described before
(Schepers et al., 2001).
Briefly, the amplification efficiency Econst for each primer pair was
determined with a series of tenfold dilutions. Econst is the basis of
the enrichment equation N = N0 x
(Econst)n, where N is the number of
molecules, N0 is the number of starting molecules and
n is the number of cycles. The specific enrichment of a fragment is
the difference between the crossing points (Cp)
of the specific immunoprecipitate and the threshold level. The threshold level
is defined as the enrichment of a fragment in an immunoprecipitate with an
isotype antibody (for monoclonal anibodies) or the pre-immune control (for
polyclonal antibodies).
The results indicated that the oriP flanking regions are 11- to 18-fold enriched (sc2 and sc10, respectively) in EBNA1-specific immunoprecipitates compared with the isotype control (Table 1A). This co-precipitation of remote DNA fragments can be caused by two different effects. First, some DNA fragments might be long enough to allow the amplification of more distal fragments. Second, a weak and non-sequence-specific DNA-binding activity of EBNA1 might cause coimmunoprecipitation of any DNA fragment. To distinguish between these possibilities, we used an additional remote DNA segment (primer pair I3, Fig. 2A). The reference fragment I3 contains no known functional element and is distal to any EBNA1-binding site. In EBNA1-specific immunoprecipitations, this region was ninefold more enriched than in the isotype control (Cp difference: 3.2 cycles, Table 1A). To take this non-sequence-specific DNA-binding activity of EBNA1 into account, we divided the enrichment of all amplicons with the mean value of the remote I3 locus (Table 1B). The sequence-specific enrichment of EBNA1 at oriP (sc3-sc8) was up to 75-fold above this reference level, whereas the flanking regions showed no sequence-specific increase.
Chromatin-binding experiments with G0-arrested cells revealed a moderate
decrease in the amount of chromatin-bound EBNA1 compared with a
logarithmically growing culture (Fig.
1D). In contrast to this observation, the ChIP experiment
indicated no detectable difference between cycling and resting cells
(Fig. 5). It is likely that
EBNA1 consensus motifs that are present in the cellular genome release EBNA1
in resting cells. These sites are probably nonfunctional
(Kang et al., 2001). The
ability to replicate is probably one of the last properties that is given up
by EBV when entering G0.
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Cell-cycle-independent oriP binding of HsOrc subunits
The chromatin-binding assay indicated that HsOrc1p is bound to chromatin in
the G1 phase of the cell cycle and is at least partly released during S phase.
All other HsOrc subunits examined remained associated with chromatin
throughout the cell cycle. To test whether HsOrc subunits are bound to
oriP sequences cell cycle dependently, we analysed the
oriP-specific binding of HsOrc1p, HsOrc3p and HsOrc6p in ChIP
experiments (Fig. 3). HsOrc3p,
a member of the ORC core complex (Vashee
et al., 2001), was constantly bound to oriP. The binding
affinity peaked near the DS element, as has been described before with
asynchronous cells (sc5 and sc6, Fig.
3A) (Schepers,
2001
). Reference fragment I3 showed an accumulation that was also
cell cycle independent and, on average, 2.3 times above the DNA amount
co-precipitated with the pre-immune control. We used the I3 binding level as a
reference to calculate the specific enrichment of the scanning fragments
located at oriP (Table
2A). The DS elements flanking amplicons sc5 and sc6 were enriched
20-fold, whereas basically no accumulation was detected 2 kbp to both sides of
this oriP element (Fig.
3A).
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ChIP experiments confirmed a weak oriP-association of HsOrc6p. The enrichment levels obtained in HsOrc6p ChIP experiments were considerably lower than for HsOrc3p (three times versus 20 times above I3 level; Fig. 3B, Table 2B). In addition, the standard deviation was remarkably high even though seven independent experiments were carried out. There might be several reasons for this finding. It is possible that HsOrc6p is not constantly bound to the complex, which results in less efficient cross-linking and co-precipitation of specific DNA fragments. We also analysed whether the experimental set up might also influence the DNA-binding efficiency and cross-linked cells before and after preparing nuclei. No difference could be detected between the two protocols (data not shown), indicating that HsOrc6 has per se a low affinity to the complex. According to the chromatin-binding experiment, HsOrc3p remained bound to oriP in G0-arrested cells whereas HsOrc6p disappeared completely (Fig. 1D, Fig. 5). In summary, our findings indicate that HsOrc3p and HsOrc6p are not cell cycle regulated. Compared with HsOrc3, HsOrc6 is only weakly attached to the complex, and it will be interesting to find out whether any particular function is linked to this characteristic.
HsOrc1p oriP-binding is cell cycle regulated
Cell cycle ChIP experiments with HsOrc1p-specific antibodies demonstrated
more enrichment of DS-proximal DNA fragments in early cell cycle phases than
in later phases (Fig. 3C,
Table 2C). Scanning fragments
at the DS element (sc4 to sc7) indicated a cell-cycle-dependent DNA-binding
pattern. More distal segments appeared to be cell cycle independent (sc2, sc3,
sc8 and sc10) and similar to the reference I3. The HsOrc1p-specific enrichment
of the I3 amplicon was 2.4 times and in the same range as co-precipitated with
the HsOrc3p antibody.
Analysing the obtained results in more detail revealed that the Cp
values of the sections sc4-sc7 were 1.0-1.5 Cp cycles higher in early
cell cycle phases than in later phases, when most origins had already fired.
This difference indicated that 50-70% of oriP-bound HsOrc1p are
released during S and G2/M (Table
2C). The release of HsOrc1p was in the same range as observed with
the chromatin-binding assay (Fig.
1C). These data are the means of seven independent experiments.
Nevertheless, the standard deviations were relatively high, especially for the
G1 fractions. To find out whether the Cp differences were
statistically significant, we performed a Krustall-Wallis analysis of the nine
independent groups (fragments sc2-sc10 and I3). For sc4-sc7, a statistic
probability of P0.05 was determined, indicating statistically
significant differences within each group (data not shown). We subsequently
performed the Wilcoxon Rank Sum test for these four groups to determine which
independent pairs within each population were significantly different. These
methods were used because no normal distribution and equal variances could be
presupposed. The independent Wilcoxon test evaluated that the differences
between the early and late cell cycle phases are significant within the groups
sc4-sc7 (data not shown). We would like to point out that, for the G1/S
fraction, the significance was generally higher (P
0.05) than for
the G1 fraction (0.05
P
0.10), reflecting the higher variances
in the G1 population. The results obtained with these ChIP experiments agree
with the results of the chromatin-binding experiment
(Fig. 1B), which indicated a
similar decrease of chromatin-bound HsOrc1p levels. We postulate from these
data that HsOrc1p shows a cell-cycle-dependent DNA-binding activity at the
DS-element of oriP.
We first assumed that the higher variances found in the G1-fraction of
HsOrc1p experiments are caused by a resting (G0) subpopulation that cannot be
separated from cells in G1 by elutrial centrifugation. To test this
hypothesis, we performed ChIP and chromatin-binding experiments with cells
arrested in G0. ChIP experiments with HsOrc1p antibodies indicated that, in G0
cells, the amount of DS-proximal bound HsOrc1p was reduced to the G2/M level
(Cp=1.9 cycles), whereas the I3 levels remained similar
(Fig. 3C, Fig. 5). These data also imply
that the high variances of G1 cells cannot be explained by a G0 subpopulation.
Logarithmically growing cells showed an intermediate enrichment. The
chromatin-binding experiment indicated that
50% of chromatin-bound
HsOrc1p was released in G0 cells (Fig.
1D), which is consistent with the amount released from
oriP (Fig. 5).
Cell-cycle-dependent association of the HsMcm2p-HsMcm7p complex with
oriP
We used the same procedure to test whether members of the MCM2-MCM7 complex
associate specifically at oriP or whether there are differences
between the different MCM2-MCM7 subcomplexes. Therefore, we chose antibodies
directed against Mcm3p for the Mcm3p/Mcm5p dimer, and against Mcm7p for the
Mcm4p/Mcm6p/Mcm7p trimer (Burkhart et al.,
1995; Musahl et al.,
1995
). HsMcm2p-HsMcm7p are expressed to high levels in mammalian
cells and remain nuclear even during mitosis
(Schulte et al., 1995
). As for
the EBNA1 ChIP experiments, nuclei were washed with a buffer containing 200 mM
sodium chloride before the formaldehyde cross-linking step. This step should
minimize nonspecific protein-DNA interactions.
Fig. 4 shows the profile of the
cell-cycle-regulated interaction of Mcm2p-Mcm7p with oriP sequences.
The association of Mcm3p (Fig.
4A, Table 3A) and
Mcm7p (Fig. 4B,
Table 3B) with oriP
was high during G1 until cells entered S phase. A decrease was observed during
S phase and levels remained low during G2 and mitosis.
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The general oriP-binding profile of Mcm2p-Mcm7p is similar to that
known from S. cerevisiae and to the chromatin-binding experiment
described above. Mcm2p-Mcm7p accumulated at origin-proximal sequences during
G1 and were released from chromatin with ongoing replication
(Fig. 4,
Table 3). The spatial and
temporal differences between the two MCM2-MCM7 subcomplexes were similar. Both
Mcm proteins showed a broader distribution over the oriP locus than
the ORC subunits investigated. PCR fragment sc8, for example, had a similar
amplification rate to the DS element proximal scanning fragments. This might
reflect the fact that several MCM2-MCM7 complexes are loaded per origin
(Donovan et al., 1997;
Edwards et al., 2002
;
Mahbubani et al., 1997
).
Elements sc2 and sc3, which are separated from all other oriP
fragments analysed by FR, showed neither cell-cycle-specific nor
sequence-specific enrichment. The binding pattern of sc10 was similar to the
reference I3.
Both Mcm2p-Mcm7p ChIP experiments proved a cell-cycle-independent
DNA-binding activity at I3, which was 5.9-fold (Mcm3p) and 6.3-fold (Mcm7p)
above the pre-immune control respectively. Remnant amounts of Mcm2p-Mcm7p have
also been observed by others (Alexandrow et
al., 2002; Schaarschmidt et
al., 2002
). This could be due to the lower concentration of Triton
X-100 (0.04%) used to lyse cells, with up to 0.5% being used for others
(Kreitz et al., 2001
). The
more stringent conditions might disrupt interactions, which remain intact
under our conditions. The association profiles of both Mcm proteins analysed
displayed a slight increase at the DS element proximal fragments in the G2/M
fraction, which might indicate that rebinding of the MCM2-MCM7 complex occurs
in late mitosis. Although this hypothesis could, in principle, be tested by
nocodazole block and release experiments, such experiments are not feasible in
immortalized LCL because these cell lines are not released synchronously after
nocodazole treatment (data not shown).
Three independent ChIP experiments with Mcm3p- and Mcm7p-specific antibodies were sufficient to obtain statistically relevant data. As with the chromatin-binding experiment, the release of both Mcm2p-Mcm7p was more quantitative than of HsOrc1p (Fig. 3C, Fig. 4). The sequence-independent DNA-binding level of the Mcm2p-Mcm7p was relatively high compared with HsOrc binding. A possible explanation is the high abundance of Mcm2p-Mcm7p, which was also reflected by the observation that the immunoprecipitation of these proteins was not quantitative (data not shown). ChIP experiments with G0-arrested A39 cells confirmed that levels of HsMcm2p-HsMcm7p detected at the reference I3 remained bound to the oriP locus (Fig. 5). At present, we do not know whether this residual binding has any functional significance. In summary, both Mcm3p and Mcm7p showed a cell-cycle-dependent binding both site-specifically to oriP and to global chromatin.
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In a direct comparison with extracts from cell-cyclefractionated cells, we analysed both global chromatin association and origin-specific binding of replication factors in parallel. We used the latent origin of EBV, oriP, as model system. In particular, we were interested to study the dynamics of replication initiation proteins such as the components of ORC and the pre-RC in a quantitative fashion in the course of the cell cycle. The composition of the complex components was also analysed in resting cells, which had acquired a G0 state with respect to chromatin-associated and origin-associated proteins. To our knowledge, no such detailed and thorough study has been carried out before in mammalian cells.
Several aspects of this are noteworthy. (i) The data indicate that all proteins analysed in this study exhibited the same dynamics at oriP as at global chromatin. (ii) Orc constituents were chromatin- and oriP-bound throughout the cell cycle, except HsOrc1p. (iii) Mcm2p-Mcm7p as well as HsOrc1p were recruited to chromatin and oriP during G1 and simultaneously released with ongoing replication. (iv) During G0, the ORC `core', consisting of HsOrc2, HsOrc3, HsOrc4 and HsOrc5 proteins, remains associated with the origin and with global chromatin, whereas HsOrc1p is released from both chromatin and oriP. By contrast, Mcm2p-Mcm7p and HsOrc6p are absent or extremely reduced.
The binding of replication factors to oriP follows the same
kinetics as their association with global chromatin. This observation
indicates that the binding of replication factors to chromatin probably
reflects their specific binding to cellular origins of DNA replication.
Although we have only limited information about the biochemistry and protein
dynamics of a few cis-acting sequences that are bona fide origins of DNA
replication in metazoan cells, it appears that lessons learnt from model
organisms such as S. cerevisiae are valid even in complex metazoan
systems. Moreover, detailed analysis of the chromatin-binding properties of
various ORC subunits, Mcm2p-Mcm7p and EBNA1 proves that oriP follows
the principles of the replication licensing system
(Blow and Laskey, 1988;
Diffley, 1996
;
Diffley et al., 1994
).
This study confirms our previous finding that HsOrc binds at or near the DS
element of oriP (Schepers et al.,
2001). EBNA1, the only viral factor involved in latent DNA
replication, seems to function as a recruiting factor for ORC. EBNA1 is bound
to both essential elements of oriP throughout the cell cycle and
remains bound even during G0. HsOrc3 and HsOrc6 proteins are present on
chromatin throughout the cell cycle. Because HsOrc3p is a member of the ORC
core complex, it is very likely that the other components of the core (HsOrc2,
HsOrc4 and HsOrc5) are also present at oriP, because they are
constantly bound to chromatin (Fig.
1B) (Bell and Dutta,
2002
). In addition, this study clearly suggests that oriP
is regulated like a mammalian origin of DNA replication. Our data provide
evidence for the first time that HsORC and the HsMcm2p-HsMcm7p complex exhibit
the same temporally modulated patterns at oriP as at global
chromatin. HsMcm2p-HsMcm7p accumulate during G1 and most of these proteins is
released during S phase, which is in line with a recent report by
Schaarschmidt et al., who studied the cell-cycle-dependent binding of
Mcm2p-Mcm7p and HsOrc2p at a potential origin at the HsMcm4-promoter
region (Schaarschmidt et al.,
2002
). We found that Mcm2p-Mcm7p are recruited to chromatin and
oriP while cyclin E is active, and are set free again as soon as
cyclin A is recruited and starts to activate origins. The chromatin-binding
experiments also indicate a cell-cycle-dependent chromatin association of
cyclins. Because it is known that cyclin A and cyclin E interact with ORC and
Cdc6p respectively (Furstenthal et al.,
2001
; Romanowski et al.,
2000
), it is tempting to speculate that cyclins are also
associated with oriP, thus integrating latent DNA replication of EBV
into the cell cycle.
In contrast to S. cerevisiae, there is growing evidence to suggest
that metazoan Orc1p is not only crucial for the ATP/ADP-dependent origin
binding but appears to be also cell cycle regulated
(Asano and Wharton, 1999;
Kreitz et al., 2001
;
Ladenburger et al., 2002
;
Li et al., 2000
;
Li and DePamphilis, 2002
;
Natale et al., 2000
).
Therefore, metazoan Orc1p might be a functionally limiting component for the
formation of pre-RCs in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. It is controversial,
whether Orc1p is completely or only partly released from chromatin during S
phase. HsOrc1p was reported to be completely released in S phase from
chromatin (Fujita et al.,
2002
; Kreitz et al.,
2001
; Mendez et al.,
2002
) and a cellular origin of replication
(Ladenburger et al., 2002
) and
degraded by the proteasome. Reports from other investigators challenge this
idea (Okuno et al., 2001
;
Tatsumi et al., 2000
). Our
data support a model in which HsOrc1p is only selectively released from both
chromatin and oriP in accordance with previous independent
chromatin-binding studies (Asano and
Wharton, 1999
; Li and
DePamphilis, 2002
; Natale et
al., 2000
). The observation that only about half of HsOrc1p is
released from chromatin as well as oriP allows several
interpretations. (i) HsOrc1p might only be released from the `parental' ORC
that was involved in origin activation, whereas the `new' ORC bound to the
second allele contains HsOrc1p. (ii) HsOrc1p might change its affinity to the
core complex (and/or the stability of this interaction) during the cell cycle
and is less well associated when cells progress through S phase. This latter
hypothesis is supported by the observation that HsOrc1p is biochemically only
moderately attached to the Orc2 to Orc5p subcomplex
(Mendez et al., 2002
;
Vashee et al., 2001
). The
rather high variation with HsOrc1p-specific antibodies in our ChIP experiments
could reflect this scenario.
The data presented here are consistent with reports that HsOrc1p is
sensitive to the 26S proteasome during S phase, G2 phase and mitosis. Our
experiments, however, indicate that HsOrc1 is sensitive to the 26S proteasome
after release from DNA but is not degraded in vivo
(Fig. 1B). The observation that
the total amount of HsOrc1p is stable over the cell cycle if a specific
proteasome inhibitor is added to the lysis buffer indicates a modification of
the protein that makes it sensitive to the proteasome. We have, however, been
unable to detect increasing amounts in the soluble fractions in the course of
the cell cycle, regardless of whether MG132 was present or not. This indicates
that the protein is degraded by a cell-cycle-independent proteolytic activity
probably contaminating the soluble fractions that is not inhibited by the
common protease inhibitors but by RIPA. This proteolytic activity would
explain the difficulty of detecting soluble HsOrc1p not only by us but also by
other investigators. Possible modifications of HsOrc1 after chromatin release
include ubiquitylation and/or phosphorylation by cyclin-A/Cdk2
(Laman et al., 2001). The data
provided by our and other studies indicate that Orc1p might be the limiting
subunit of metazoan ORC, a situation very different from S.
cerevisiae, in which Orc1p is a stable constituent of the ORC complex
throughout the cell cycle and is absolutely essential for the DNA-binding
activity of ORC. The mammalian ORC core complex appears to be bound stably to
both chromatin and oriP in resting cells, even with reduced amount of
DNA-associated HsOrc1p. Nevertheless, it will be interesting to learn how the
DNA-binding activity of metazoan ORC is regulated in the partial or complete
absence of Orc1p or whether Orc1p can modulate the ORC-origin interaction.
HsOrc6p appears to be a special case with respect to its loose attachment
to HsORC (Dhar and Dutta,
2000; Keller et al.,
2002
; Vashee et al.,
2001
). Our results indicate that only about half of all HsOrc6
molecules are associated with chromatin. The loose association of HsOrc6p to
HsORC might indicate that Orc6p is less tightly involved in chromatin and
origin recognition similarly to its S. cerevisiae homologue. It is
also possible that this subunit is expressed at much higher levels than the
larger Orc components because it is also involved in other cell processes
(Prasanth et al., 2002
).
Following this hypothesis, the non-sequence-specific binding to DNA was
remarkable in HsOrc6p ChIP experiments compared with all other ORC subunits
analysed. The role of HsOrc6p in G0-phase cells seems to be peculiar for
several reasons. HsOrc6p dissociates completely from chromatin and
oriP, loses its nonspecific DNA-binding characteristics, and is
expressed at low levels.
In conclusion, in this study, we survey the association of HsOrc and
HsMcm2p-HsMcm7p constituents and EBNA1 with cellular chromatin and
oriP. All analysed proteins show the same dynamics (qualitatively and
quantitatively) at oriP as at global chromatin. Our data confirm the
hypothesis of Dhar et al. that oriP is regulated like a chromosomal
origin (Dhar et al., 2001). We
provide direct evidence that oriP is a suitable model system for a
bona fide mammalian origin. We demonstrate that ORC itself is a dynamic
complex. It will be interesting to gain insight into the functional role of
both HsOrc1p and HsOrc6p, which appear to be the two dynamic and presumably
crucial ORC components. In G0-arrested cells, components of the ORC core
complex remain associated with DNA, whereas Mcm2p-Mcm7p, HsOrc1 and HsOrc6
could not be detected. This scenario ensures that origins remain marked in
resting cells and enable a rapid re-entry into the cell cycle.
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