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Query: EC:3.1.30.2 (endonuclease)
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The previously reported extensive DNA strand breakage in resting murine splenic lymphocytes is not an artifact of the extraction or assay procedure. The benzamide inhibitors of poly(ADP ribose) synthetase (pADPRS), such as 5-methoxybenzamide (MBA), had been shown to block the strand break repair occurring within 2 h of activation of splenic lymphocytes by the mitogen concanavalin A (conA); the inhibitors also blocked early events in proliferation, such as blast formation, as well as entry into S phase. Inhibitors of pADPRS blocked lymphocyte proliferation by inhibiting the activity of this enzyme, rather than by non-specific effects. Aphidicolin, an inhibitor of alpha-polymerase, also prevented DNA strand break repair in conA-stimulated cells but, unlike MBA, did not prevent blast formation. DNA strand breaks accumulated in the presence of MBA at the same linear rate (300-400/h) in both resting and conA-treated cells. We and others had hypothesized that this accumulation was due to a continuous production of strand breaks in lymphocytes, leading to their accumulation in presence of repair inhibitors. However, incubation of the cells with aphidicolin at concentrations that inhibited repair did not result in any increase in strand breaks. The hypothesis of continuous cycling of breaks is incorrect; accumulation of breaks was due to some indirect effect of MBA, such as a possible disinhibition of an ADP-ribosylation-sensitive endonuclease described in other cell types. All of the early stages of lymphocyte proliferation, including blast transformation (but not DNA synthesis) require ADP ribosylation. Repair of DNA strand breaks is not a precondition for blast formation, though experiments involving the combined effects of MBA and aphidicolin showed that repair of the breaks is essential in order for the cells to replicate their DNA. Our data are consistent with a model suggesting that DNA strand breaks introduced into differentiated cells act as an additional safety-catch mechanism that restrains them from replicating their genetic material but not from undergoing the early stages of proliferation.
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PMID:Early nuclear events in lymphocyte proliferation. The role of DNA strand break repair and ADP ribosylation. 309 84

Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity was measured in a crude nuclear fraction isolated from HeLa cells. It was found that the addition of ammonium sulfate or other salts to the standard incubation medium inhibited the formation of poly(ADP-ribose). Through the use of alkaline sucrose density gradients it was also noted that this same increase in ionic strength inhibited the in vitro breakdown of the HeLa DNA. Additional experiments with alkaline sucrose density gradients and deoxyribonuclease I showed that the in vitro activity of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase is largely dependent upon DNA fragmentation but that DNA fragmentation at least in vitro is not dependent upon the formation of poly(ADP-ribose). These observations imply that this nuclear enzyme is not extremely sensitive to changes in the ionic strength of the reaction media but is affected indirectly, supposedly through changes in the endonuclease activity of the HeLa nuclei. If this proves to be true, then the addition of salt to the incubation medium for poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase could prove to be a valuable tool for the study of ADP-ribosylation reactions.
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PMID:Increased ionic strength: effects on DNA fragmentation and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase activity in HeLa nuclei. 309 21

The endogenous poly(ADP-ribosyl)--nonhistone protein conjugates were isolated from dimethyl-sulfate-treated rat hepatoma AH 7974 cells using aminophenylboronic-acid--agarose chromatography. Seven major components could be discerned on dodecyl sulfate gels (molecular mass 43, 60, 66, 86, 100, 110 and 170 kDa) while control cells indicated only slight staining at above 200 kDa. The most abundant conjugate formed in response to alkylation damage was further purified using preparative gel electrophoresis and identified on the basis of its intrinsic enzymic activity as automodified poly(APD-ribose) synthase. In addition, topoisomerase I activity was found associated with a 60-kDa peptide. ADP-ribosylated endonuclease and actin were not detect-able. The purified conjugate fraction contained maximally 8.8 nmol/mg ADP-ribose and 7.9 nmol/mg oligo(ADP-ribose) with a mean chain length of 2.3 residues. The modifying (ADP-ribosyl)n groups were attached to its acceptors by a hydroxylamine-insensitive bond and had practically no effect on the DNA affinity of either poly(ADP-ribose) synthase or topoisomerase I.
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PMID:Poly(ADP-ribose) synthase is the major endogenous nonhistone acceptor for poly(ADP-ribose) in alkylated rat hepatoma cells. 312 14

Glucocorticoid hormones and their synthetic derivatives are widely used in therapy due to their strong anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive potential. While the molecular basis of the anti-inflammatory action is to date at least partially understood, knowledge regarding the mechanism underlying glucocorticoid effects on the immune system is rather fragmentary. The immunosuppression could be attributed to at least two distinct processes: inhibition of the production of growth mediators and glucocorticoid-induced cell death. The mechanism of glucocorticoid-induced cell death can be divided into two steps, a reversible growth inhibition and cell lysis. The first step is characterized by many metabolic alterations typical of the catabolic potential of corticosteroids. After a delay of several hours activation of an endonuclease appears to initiate the lytic phase. By the action of this endonuclease the DNA is fragmented. In opposition to the chromatin damage, poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation is activated in order to stabilize the chromatin structure until the antagonistic potential is exhausted and the cells die. Therefore it can be speculated that the lethal event in glucocorticoid-induced cell death is a destruction of the regular chromatin structure.
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PMID:Glucocorticoid-induced lymphoma cell death: the good and the evil. 312 24

The molecular mechanism of activation of Ca2+/Mg2+-dependent endonuclease in thymocytes of irradiated rats was studied. Thymocyte nuclei of control and irradiated rats were pre-incubated with NAD under conditions favourable for poly ADP-ribosylation. Pre-incubation results in a decrease in the rate of autolytic DNA digestion by Ca2+/Mg2+-dependent endonuclease of 6-7- and 2-3-fold for control and irradiated animals, respectively. The activity of Ca2+/Mg2+-nuclease extracted from the nuclei pre-incubated with NAD is also considerably decreased. The presence of nicotinamide and thymidine in the preincubation medium prevents the suppression of Ca2+/Mg2+-nuclease activity. In the experiments performed with isolated nuclei and permeabilized thymocytes the synthesis of poly(ADP-ribose) does not significantly change within 1 h after irradiation at a dose of 10 Gy, whereas 2 and 3 h after the exposure it decreases by 35-40 and 45-55 per cent, respectively. The activity of poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase in this period is similar to that in the controls. The average size of the de novo synthesized chains of poly(ADP-ribose) increases from 11 to 17 ADP-ribose units by the second hour after irradiation. Inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase in the postirradiation period preceded the internucleosomal fragmentation of chromatin. The results suggest that activation of Ca2+/Mg2+-nuclease in irradiated thymocytes is accounted for by the disturbance of its poly ADP-ribosylation.
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PMID:Inhibition of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase as a possible reason for activation of Ca2+/Mg2+-dependent endonuclease in thymocytes of irradiated rats. 312 76

The diminution of NAD level in mouse thymus lymphocytes precedes their death under the effect of various genotoxic agents and manifests itself by the time of the onset of chromatin degradation. At the same time, in vitro, NAD does not influence the activity of micrococcus nuclease of Ca2+,Mg2+-dependent endonuclease from human spleen. Stimulation of protein poly(ADP-ribosylation) by exogenous NAD does not change the sensitivity of chromatin to micrococcus nuclease. In contrast to hepatocytes, in the thymus, no inhibition of Ca2+,Mg2+-endonuclease, resulting from ADP-ribosylation, occurs which may be due to low activity of ADP-ribosyl transferase in thymocytes. Incubation of thymus lymphocytes with benzamide prior to irradiation does not inhibit chromatin degradation. It is suggested that the decrease in the NAD level is one of the indications of the injury to thymocytes which is not related to the induction of their death. In contrast to thymocytes, the pretreatment of Ehrlich ascites tumor cells with benzamide produces a radiosensitizing effect.
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PMID:[Participation of the NAD-poly(ADP ribose) system in the degradation of chromatin in irradiated thymocytes]. 325 28

With the use of a reconstituted poly(ADP-ribosyl)ating enzyme system and three purified nucleases, micrococcal nuclease (MN), bull seminal RNase (BS RNase) and Ca2+, Mg2+-dependent endonuclease (BS DNase), as model acceptor proteins for ADP-ribose, the effect of ionic strength on the modification reaction was examined in detail. When these three nucleases were extensively poly(ADP-ribosyl)ated in this system at a low ionic strength (5 mM Tris), they were all inhibited by about 80% and the chain length of the polymer covalently bound to the nucleases was 13 to 23 ADP-ribose units. The observed inhibition was markedly prevented by increasing the ionic strength in the reaction mixture with a concomitant decrease in the polymer size bound to the nucleases. The NaCl concentrations required for decreasing the extent of the inhibition to half of the maximum were calculated to be 20, 50, and 100 mM for MN, BS RNase, and BS DNase, respectively. These values are similar to the NaCl concentrations required for decreasing the average chain lengths of the polymer to half, suggesting that the length of polymer is closely correlated to the extent of inhibition of these nucleases. DNA-binding affinities of these nucleases, expressed in terms of the NaCl concentrations required for eluting the enzymes from DNA-cellulose, were 140, 280, and 340 mM for MN, BS RNase, and BS DNase, respectively. Considering that maintainance of a ternary complex of poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase, acceptor and DNA may be essential for the modification reaction, the relatively strong salt effect observed in the modification of MN may be explained by its low DNA-binding affinity.
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PMID:Effect of ionic strength on chain elongation in ADP-ribosylation of various nucleases. 371 Oct 53

Conformational changes in the chromatin of the cerebral hemisphere of 3-, 14- and 30-day old developing rats were studied before and after its ADP-ribosylation using DNase I and micrococcal nuclease (MNase). The rate and extent of digestion of chromatin by DNase I are the highest at 3-day and decline progressively thereafter. The rate and extent of digestion by MNase do not change during development. ADP-ribosylation of chromosomal proteins was carried out by incubating nuclei with NAD+ for 30 min and was followed by endonuclease digestion. Both the rate and extent of digestion by DNase I and MNase were enhanced after ADP-ribosylation which was the maximum for 3-day rats.
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PMID:ADP-ribosylation induced changes in the conformation of the chromatin of the brain of developing rats. 396 86

Ordinarily, enzymes that catalyze bimolecular reactions involving DNA and nucleoside triphosphates are assayed in terms of the predicted changes in DNA. However, by assay of the enzymes by changes in nucleoside triphosphates, new enzymes may be sought without prior knowledge of the role of DNA in the reaction. This approach was used to isolate two new enzymes from Escherichia coli and one from T4 phage-infected E. coli. In this communication, the general application of this technique and its specific use in the isolation of two DNA-dependent ATPases from E. coli are described. Both enzymes catalyze a DNA-dependent cleavage of ATP to ADP and Pi. The two enzymes can be distinguished by their characteristic activities with different DNAs and synthetic polydeoxynucleotides. Neither of the enzymes shows endonuclease or exonuclease activity in conventional assays. These reactions were studied by isotope-exchange experiments. The discovery of these enzymes attests to the effectiveness of this method to seek new reactions involving nucleic acids. Moreover, our results suggest that other enzymes of nucleic acid metabolism may be found and purified by this new approach.
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PMID:An alternative approach to the study of new enzymatic reactions involving DNA (DNA-dependent ATPases-purification-properties-E. coli). 425 17

1. Polynucleotide phosphorylase was partially purified from the inner membrane of rat liver mitochondria. 2. The partially purified particulate enzyme catalyses phosphorolysis of poly(A), poly(C), poly(U) and RNA to nucleoside diphosphates. 3. It is devoid of nucleoside diphosphate-polymerization activity. 4. Variable amounts of ADP/P(i)-exchange activity are associated with the polynucleotide phosphorylase and are probably due to a different enzyme. 5. ADP is the preferred substrate for exchange, and little or no reaction occurs with other nucleoside diphosphates, but ATP/P(i)-exchange takes place at one-third the rate observed with ADP. 6. The partially purified enzyme is free from the phosphatases found in the crude mitochondrial inner membrane, but is associated with an endonuclease activity and some adenylate kinase activity; no cytidylate kinase activity analogous to the latter was detectable.
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PMID:Partial purification and properties of rat liver mitochondrial polynucleotide phosphorylase. 435 26


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