Topoisomerase I is preferentially associated with isolated replicating simian virus 40 molecules after treatment of infected cells with camptothecin.

AUTOR(ES)

Champoux, J J

RESUMO

Detergent extraction of simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA from infected monkey CV-1 cells, after a brief exposure to the drug camptothecin, yields covalent complexes between topoisomerase I and DNA that band with reduced buoyant densities in CsCl. The following lines of evidence indicate that the enzyme is preferentially associated with SV40 replicative intermediates. First, the percentage of the isolated labeled viral DNA that exhibited a reduced buoyant density is inversely proportional to the length of the labeling period and approximately parallels the percentage of replicative intermediates for each labeling time (5 to 60 min). Second, after labeling for 60 min, the isolated low-density material was found to be enriched for replicative intermediates as measured by sedimentation in neutral sucrose. Third, analysis of extracted viral DNA by equilibrium centrifugation in CsCl-propidium diiodide gradients that separate replicating molecules from completed form I DNA revealed that camptothecin pretreatment specifically caused the linkage of topoisomerase I to replicating molecules. In addition, analysis of the low-density material obtained under conditions when only the newly synthesized strands of the replicative intermediates were labeled showed that the enzyme was associated almost exclusively with the parental strands. Taken together, these observations indicate that topoisomerase I is involved in DNA replication, and they are consistent with the hypothesis that the enzyme provides swivels to allow the helix to unwind. The observed bias in the distribution of topoisomerase I on intracellular SV40 DNA could be the result of rapid encapsidation of replicated molecules that precludes the association of topoisomerase I with the DNA or, alternatively, the result of a specific association of the enzyme with replicative intermediates.

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