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Query: EC:5.99.1.2 (topoisomerase)
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Nuclei from K21 murine mastocytoma cells do not form topoisomerase II-DNA adducts in response to amsacrine in the absence of a cytoplasmic factor tentatively identified as a type of casein kinase (Darkin, S.J. and Ralph, R.K. (1991) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1088, 285-291). The stimulatory activity was present in extracts from cells grown in horse serum but not in calf serum. Activity was lost following growth arrest by serum deprivation. In contrast, topoisomerase II activity in isolated nuclei did not decline during growth arrest. These results suggest that the resistance of some non-cycling tumour cells to anti-cancer drugs may result from decreased activation of topoisomerase II.
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PMID:Regulation of topoisomerase II by murine mastocytoma cells. 132 75

DNA topoisomerase I has been purified to electrophoretic homogeneity from ovaries of the frog Xenopus laevis. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of the most purified fraction revealed a single major band at 110 kDa and less abundant minor bands centered at 62 kDa. Incubation of the most purified fraction with immobilized calf intestinal alkaline phosphatase abolished all DNA topoisomerase enzymatic activity in a time-dependent reaction. Treatment of the dephosphorylated X. laevis DNA topoisomerase I with a X. laevis casein kinase type II activity and ATP restored DNA topoisomerase activity to a level higher than that observed in the most purified fraction. In vitro labeling experiments which employed the most purified DNA topoisomerase I fraction, [gamma-32P]ATP, and the casein kinase type II enzyme showed that both the 110- and 62-kDa bands became phosphorylated in approximately molar proportions. Phosphoamino acid analysis showed that only serine residues became phosphorylated. Phosphorylation was accompanied by an increase in DNA topoisomerase activity in vitro. Dephosphorylation of DNA topoisomerase I appears to block formation of the initial enzyme-substrate complex on the basis of the failure of the dephosphorylated enzyme to nick DNA in the presence of camptothecin. We conclude that X. laevis DNA topoisomerase I is partially phosphorylated as isolated and that this phosphorylation is essential for expression of enzymatic activity in vitro. On the basis of the ability of the casein kinase type II activity to reactivate dephosphorylated DNA topoisomerase I, we speculate that this kinase may contribute to the physiological regulation of DNA topoisomerase I activity.
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PMID:Regulation of Xenopus laevis DNA topoisomerase I activity by phosphorylation in vitro. 283 26

Nucleolin [C23 or 100 kilodaltons (kDa)] is the major nucleolar phosphorylated protein in exponentially growing Chinese hamster ovary cells. A nucleolar cyclic nucleotide independent protein kinase copurified with nucleolin in a complex which could be dissociated by hydroxyapatite chromatography. The kinase was stimulated by spermine and inhibited by heparin and presented most of the properties of nuclear casein kinase NII. Kinetic analyses showed the apparent Km value for nucleolin (7 X 10(-4) mg/mL) to be lower than those for other casein kinase II substrates such as nuclear protein HMG 14 (0.15 mg/mL), topoisomerase I (0.025 mg/mL), or topoisomerase II (0.04 mg/mL). Similarly, Vmax values were higher for nucleolin than for other substrates. Nucleolin thus appears to be a natural preferential substrate of nucleolar casein kinase NII. The kinase phosphorylated nucleolin in vitro at serine residues in a 29-kDa CNBr fragment located near the amino terminus of the molecule. The enzyme labeled typical casein kinase II sites. These sites were found predominantly in two highly acidic tryptic fragments designated A (residues 21-49) and C (residues 180-221) which contained serines having at least two acidic residues on their carboxyl-terminal sides. These results demonstrate the existence in the nucleolus of a type of NII protein kinase that uses a protein involved in ribosome assembly as preferential substrate.
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PMID:Phosphorylation of nucleolin by a nucleolar type NII protein kinase. 342 11

Two sublines of LY murine lymphoma, differing in sensitivity to CPT, served as source of topoisomerase I in order to compare the enzyme's properties. The activity of topoisomerase I isolated from LY-S cells of reduced sensitivity to CPT increased about 2-times more upon phosphorylation with casein kinase but was inhibited to a lesser extent upon dephosphorylation with alkaline phosphatase than the enzyme from the CPT-sensitive LY-R cells. The in vitro phosphorylation of LY-S enzyme restored its sensitivity to CPT. The in vitro incorporation of 32P into topoisomerase protein was about 1.7-times higher in LY-S than in LY-R enzyme. A reversed incorporation ratio was observed upon metabolic labelling. The level of topoisomerase I protein, determined by Western blot analysis using scleroderma anti-topoisomerase I antibodies, was about 1.5-times higher in LY-S than in LY-R cells. The level of topoisomerase I mRNA was similar in both sublines. These results indicate that the reduced sensitivity of LY-S cells to CPT is based on the lowered phosphorylation of topoisomerase I protein but does not depend on the expression of topoisomerase I gene.
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PMID:Topoisomerase I is differently phosphorylated in two sublines of L5178Y mouse lymphoma cells. 799 92

Topoisomerase I (Topo I) is involved in many cellular functions that involve unwinding of supercoiled DNA, such as transcription and replication. Topo I is also the target of autoimmune antibodies in progressive systemic sclerosis (scleroderma), and abnormal regulation of Topo I may influence the excessive production of collagen found in scleroderma. Topo I is phosphorylated in vivo at serine residues and, in vitro, the activity of Topo I is increased by phosphorylation by casein kinase type II (CKII) and protein kinase C (PKC). In this study, a protein kinase activity from rat liver nuclei is shown to copurify with Topo I during Bio-Rex 70 cation exchange chromatography. The kinase can phosphorylate Topo I at serine residues, resulting in a threefold increase in topoisomerase activity. A relatively tight association between this kinase and Topo I is demonstrated by the ability to coprecipitate the kinase with scleroderma autoimmune anti-Topo I antibodies. The kinase activity is similar to CKII since it is Ca2+ and cyclic nucleotide independent, it can utilize either ATP or GTP as phosphate donor, and it can phosphorylate casein and phosvitin, but not histones. However, unlike typical CKII, the Topo I-associated kinase could utilize Mn2+ almost as well as Mg2+, it is not stimulated by polyamines, and it does not appear to undergo autophosphorylation. In conclusion, we demonstrate that rat liver Topo I is relatively tightly associated with a CKII-like protein kinase that can phosphorylate and activate Topo I. These findings provide corroborative evidence that CKII, or a CKII-like protein kinase, is a physiologic regulator of Topo I.
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PMID:A casein kinase type II (CKII)-like nuclear protein kinase associates with, phosphorylates, and activates topoisomerase I. 826 Jan 98

A Z-DNA binding protein has been isolated and characterized by biochemical means from Drosophila melanogaster tissue culture cells and embryos. This protein shares the following properties with the known, cloned Drosophila topoisomerase II: (1) expression of an ATP-dependent relaxation activity on supercoiled DNA; (2) a monomer mass of 165 kDa in SDS denaturing gels; (3) a sedimentation coefficient, S20,w, of approximately 10 S for the active enzyme; (4) cross-reactivity for the respective monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies; (5) generation of covalent enzyme-DNA intermediates at preferred cutting sites in the Drosophila HSP70 intergenic spacer region; (6) inhibition of DNA relaxation activity by antitumor drugs, e.g., the etoposide VM26, and by monospecific antibodies raised against the protein; and (7) in vitro phosphorylation by a casein kinase activity. However, we have identified new properties for our topoisomerase II preparation not previously reported for the conventionally isolated enzyme: (1) The enzyme binds to Z-DNA with an affinity 2 orders of magnitude greater than that for B-DNA. (2) The binding to Z-DNA is increased 5-10-fold by GTP or GTP-gamma-S. (3) GTP and GTP-gamma-S inhibit the catalytic activity of topoisomerase II through a proposed allosteric mechanism. (4) Z-DNA inhibits the relaxation of closed circular supercoiled DNA. (5) The preparation consists of a single polypeptide chain of 165 kDa on denaturing SDS gels with no evidence of proteolytic degradation. We postulate that the Z-DNA binding activity of undegraded topoisomerase II may be important in targeting the enzyme both to structural motifs required for chromatin organization and to sites of local supercoiling. Some of these features arise during processes such as replication and gene expression and may be more frequent during embryogenesis and early development.
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PMID:Z-DNA binding and inhibition by GTP of Drosophila topoisomerase II. 838 19

The p53 tumour suppressor protein plays a key role in the integration of stress signals. Multi-site phosphorylation of p53 may play an integral part in the transmission of these signals and is catalysed by many different protein kinases including an unidentified p53-N-terminus-targeted protein kinase (p53NK) which phosphorylates a group of sites at the N-terminus of the protein. In this paper, we present evidence that the delta and epsilon isoforms of casein kinase 1 (CK1delta and CK1epsilon) show identical features to p53NK and can phosphorylate p53 both in vitro and in vivo. Recombinant, purified glutathione S-transferase (GST)-CK1delta and GST-CK1epsilon fusion proteins each phosphorylate p53 in vitro at serines 4, 6 and 9, the sites recognised by p53NK. Furthermore, p53NK (i) co-purifies with CK1delta/epsilon, (ii) shares identical kinetic properties to CK1delta/epsilon, and (iii) is inhibited by a CK1delta/epsilon-specific inhibitor (IC261). In addition, CK1delta is also present in purified preparations of p53NK as judged by immunoanalysis using a CK1delta-specific monoclonal antibody. Treatment of murine SV3T3 cells with IC261 specifically blocked phosphorylation in vivo of the CK1delta/epsilon phosphorylation sites in p53, indicating that p53 interacts physiologically with CK1delta and/or CK1epsilon. Similarly, over-expression of a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-CK1delta fusion protein led to hyper-phosphorylation of p53 at its N-terminus. Treatment of MethAp53ts cells with the topoisomerase-directed drugs etoposide or camptothecin led to increases in both CK1delta-mRNA and -protein levels in a manner dependent on the integrity of p53. These data suggest that p53 is phosphorylated by CK1delta and CK1epsilon and additionally that there may be a regulatory feedback loop involving p53 and CK1delta.
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PMID:p53 is phosphorylated in vitro and in vivo by the delta and epsilon isoforms of casein kinase 1 and enhances the level of casein kinase 1 delta in response to topoisomerase-directed drugs. 934 7

The cell lines described in the present study were isolated as part of an effort to understand resistance to topoisomerase (topo) II inhibitors. To that end, 50 sublines were isolated from four human breast cancer cell lines, i.e., MCF-7, T47D, MDA-MB-231, and ZR-75B. As an initial step, a concentration that would be lethal to the majority of cells (IC99) was selected for both VP-16 and mAMSA, for each cell line. The identification of an increasing number of putative drug resistance-related proteins provided the opportunity to examine expression of the corresponding genes in the selected cell lines. Northern blot analysis revealed different responses to the selecting agents in the different cell lines. Previous studies examining expression of multidrug resistance (MDR)-1 in resistant cell lines had found undetectable levels in all cells. In the ZR-75B sublines, increased expression of MDR-associated protein (MRP) and canalicular multispecific organic anion transporter (cMOAT) was observed, and when the relative levels of overexpression were compared, a high correlation was found. In contrast, increased expression of MRP was observed in some of the MDA-MB-231 sublines, without a concomitant increase in cMOAT expression. Finally, in both T47D and MCF-7 sublines, increased expression of cMOAT or MRP was observed infrequently, and where it occurred, was of a much smaller magnitude. In the analysis of expression of MRP, the highest levels were found in the ZR-75B and MDA-MB-231 sublines, with lower levels in the MCF-7 and T47D clones. Similarly, differences in the expression of topo IIalpha were observed among the sublines. Although the differences in expression appear to depend on the parental cell line from which the resistant sublines were derived, a strong correlation was observed between the expression of MRP and the levels of topo IIalpha. Cell lines with low levels of MRP had lower levels of topo IIalpha, while those with high levels of MRP maintained higher levels of topo IIalpha. While a reduced topo IIalpha level was common, there did not appear to be a compensating increase in the expression of topo IIbeta or topo I or casein kinase (CK) IIalpha in any of the cell lines. While the possibility that such compensation could occur has been discussed and even reported in some cell lines, such an adaptation was not observed in the present study, suggesting that it is not common.
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PMID:Expression of drug resistance genes in VP-16 and mAMSA-selected human carcinoma cells. 1147 29

We previously reported that phosphorylation of topoisomerase (topo) IIalpha at serine-1106 (Ser-1106) regulates enzyme activity and sensitivity to topo II-targeted drugs. In this study we demonstrate that phosphorylation of Ser-1106, which is flanked by acidic amino acids, is regulated in vivo by casein kinase (CK) Idelta and/or CKIepsilon, but not by CKII. The CKI inhibitors, CKI-7 and IC261, reduced Ser-1106 phosphorylation and decreased formation of etoposide-stabilized topo II-DNA cleavable complex. In contrast, the CKII inhibitor, 5,6-dichlorobenzimidazole riboside, did not affect etoposide-stabilized topo II-DNA cleavable complex formation. Since, IC261 specifically targets the Ca(2+)-regulated isozymes, CKIdelta and CKIepsilon, we examined the effect of down-regulating these enzymes on Ser-1106 phosphorylation. Down-regulation of these isozymes with targeted si-RNAs led to hypophosphorylation of the Ser-1106 containing peptide. However, si-RNA-mediated down-regulation of CKIIalpha and alpha' did not alter Ser-1106 phosphorylation. Furthermore, reduced phosphorylation of Ser-1106, observed in HRR25 (CKIdelta/epsilon homologous gene)-deleted Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells transformed with human topo IIalpha, was enhanced following expression of human CKIepsilon. Down-regulation of CKIdelta and CKIepsilon also led to reduced formation of etoposide stabilized topo II-DNA cleavable complex. These results provide strong support for an essential role of CKIdelta/epsilon in phosphorylating Ser-1106 in human topo IIalpha and in regulating enzyme function.
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PMID:Casein kinase I delta/epsilon phosphorylates topoisomerase IIalpha at serine-1106 and modulates DNA cleavage activity. 1904 76