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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 3
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
Despite increasing utilization of rAAV vectors in gene transfer applications, several aspects of the biology of these vectors remain poorly understood. We have visualized the conversion of rAAV vector genomes from single-stranded to double-stranded DNA in real time. We report that rAAV DNA accumulates into discrete foci inside the nucleus. These rAAV foci are defined in number, increase in size over time after transduction, are relatively immobile, and their presence correlates with the efficiency of cell transduction. These structures overlap with, or lie in close proximity to, the foci in which proteins of the MRN (MRE11-RAD50-NBS1) complex as well as the MDC1 protein accumulate after DNA damage. The downregulation of MRN or MDC1 by RNA interference markedly increases both the formation of rAAV foci and the extent of rAAV transduction. Chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments indicate that the MRE11 protein associates with the incoming rAAV genomes and that this association decreases upon cell treatment with DNA damaging agents. These findings are consistent with a model whereby cellular DNA-damage-response proteins restrict rAAV transduction by negatively regulating rAAV genome processing.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9533
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
121
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
349-57
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18216333-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-DNA, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-DNA Repair, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-DNA Repair Enzymes, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-Dependovirus, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-Genome, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-Lac Operon, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-RNA Interference, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-Recombination, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:18216333-Trans-Activators
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Processing of recombinant AAV genomes occurs in specific nuclear structures that overlap with foci of DNA-damage-response proteins.
pubmed:affiliation
Molecular Biology Laboratory, Scuola Normale Superiore, AREA della Ricerca del CNR, Via Moruzzi 1, Pisa, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural