Depurination of Colibactin-Derived Interstrand Cross-Links
Open Access
- 24 January 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Biochemistry
- Vol. 59 (7), 892-900
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.9b01070
Abstract
Colibactin is a genotoxic gut microbiome metabolite long suspected of playing an etiological role in colorectal cancer. Evidence suggests that colibactin forms DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs) in eukaryotic cells and activates ICL repair pathways, leading to the production of ICL-dependent DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Here we show that colibactin ICLs can evolve directly to DNA DSBs. Using the topology of supercoiled plasmid DNA as a proxy for alkylation adduct stability, we find that colibactin-derived ICLs are unstable toward depurination and elimination of the 3′ phosphate. This ICL degradation pathway leads progressively to single strand breaks (SSBs) and subsequently DSBs. The spontaneous conversion of ICLs to DSBs is consistent with the finding that nonhomologous end joining repair-deficient cells are sensitized to colibactin-producing bacteria. The results herein refine our understanding of colibactin-derived DNA damage and underscore the complexities underlying the DSB phenotype.Funding Information
- National Cancer Institute (R01CA215553)
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