Detection of Circular Telomeric DNA without 2D Gel Electrophoresis
| Autor: | Margit Dlaska, Conrad Anderl, Wolfgang Eisterer, Oliver E. Bechter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Electrophoresis
Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis biology Circular bacterial chromosome genetic processes DNA Restriction Enzymes Cell Biology General Medicine Telomere Sensitivity and Specificity Molecular biology Article Restriction fragment enzymes and coenzymes (carbohydrates) Telomeric dna Cell Line Tumor Genetics biology.protein Humans A-DNA DNA Circular Telomerase Molecular Biology Recombination In vitro recombination |
| Zdroj: | DNA and Cell Biology. 27:489-496 |
| ISSN: | 1557-7430 1044-5498 |
| DOI: | 10.1089/dna.2008.0741 |
| Popis: | The end of linear chromosomes forms a lasso-like structure called the t-loop. Such t-loops resemble a DNA recombination intermediate, where the single-stranded 3' overhang is arrested in a stretch of duplex DNA. Presumably, such a t-loop can also be deleted via a recombination process. This would result in the occurrence of circular extrachromosomal telomeric DNA (t-circles), which are known to be abundantly present in immortal cells engaging the recombination-based alternative lengthening of telomeres pathway (ALT pathway). Little is known about the basic mechanism of telomeric recombination in these cells and what ultimately causes the generation of such t-circles. Current standard procedures for detecting these molecules involve 2D gel electrophoresis or electron microscopy. However, both methods are labor intense and sophisticated to perform. Here, we present a simpler, faster, and equally sensitive method for detecting t-circles. Our approach is a telomere restriction fragment assay that involves the enzymatic preservation of circular DNA with Klenow enzyme followed by Bal31 degradation of the remaining linear DNA molecules. We show that with this approach t-circles can be detected in ALT cell lines, whereas no t-circles are present in telomerase-positive cell lines. We consider our approach a valid method in which t-circle generation is the experimental readout. |
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