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Genome duplication in Leishmania major relies on persistent subtelomeric DNA replication

  1. Jeziel Dener Damasceno  Is a corresponding author
  2. Catarina A Marques
  3. Dario Beraldi
  4. Kathryn Crouch
  5. Craig Lapsley
  6. Ricardo Obonaga
  7. Luiz R O Tosi
  8. Richard McCulloch  Is a corresponding author
  1. University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
  2. University of São Paulo, Brazil
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58030
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  1. Jeziel Dener Damasceno
  2. Catarina A Marques
  3. Dario Beraldi
  4. Kathryn Crouch
  5. Craig Lapsley
  6. Ricardo Obonaga
  7. Luiz R O Tosi
  8. Richard McCulloch
(2020)
Genome duplication in Leishmania major relies on persistent subtelomeric DNA replication
eLife 9:e58030.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58030
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Abstract

DNA replication is needed to duplicate a cell's genome in S-phase and segregate it during cell division. Previous work in Leishmania detected DNA replication initiation at just a single region in each chromosome, an organisation predicted to be insufficient for complete genome duplication within S-phase. Here, we show that acetylated histone H3 (AcH3), base J and a kinetochore factor colocalise in each chromosome at only a single locus, which corresponds with previously mapped DNA replication initiation regions and is demarcated by localised G/T skew and G4 patterns. In addition, we describe previously undetected subtelomeric DNA replication in G2/M and G1 phase-enriched cells. Finally, we show that subtelomeric DNA replication, unlike chromosome-internal DNA replication, is sensitive to hydroxyurea and dependent on 9-1-1 activity. These findings indicate that Leishmania's genome duplication programme employs subtelomeric DNA replication initiation, possibly extending beyond S-phase, to support predominantly chromosome-internal DNA replication initiation within S-phase.

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Sequences used in this study have been deposited in the European Nucleotide Archive. Data can be accessed using the accession number PRJEB35027.

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  1. Jeziel Dener Damasceno

    The Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation,, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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  2. Catarina A Marques

    The Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation,, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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  3. Dario Beraldi

    The Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation,, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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  4. Kathryn Crouch

    The Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation,, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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  5. Craig Lapsley

    The Wellcome Trust Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation,, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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  6. Ricardo Obonaga

    Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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  7. Luiz R O Tosi

    Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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  8. Richard McCulloch

    The Wellcome Centre for Molecular Parasitology, Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation,, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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    Richard.McCulloch@glasgow.ac.uk
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Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/N016165/1)

  • Luiz R O Tosi
  • Richard McCulloch

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/R017166/1)

  • Richard McCulloch

European Commission (RECREPEMLE)

  • Jeziel Dener Damasceno

Wellcome (104111)

  • Richard McCulloch

Medical Research Council (MR/S019472/1)

  • Jeziel Dener Damasceno
  • Richard McCulloch

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2020, Damasceno et al.

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  1. Jeziel Dener Damasceno
  2. Catarina A Marques
  3. Dario Beraldi
  4. Kathryn Crouch
  5. Craig Lapsley
  6. Ricardo Obonaga
  7. Luiz R O Tosi
  8. Richard McCulloch
(2020)
Genome duplication in Leishmania major relies on persistent subtelomeric DNA replication
eLife 9:e58030.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.58030

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