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. 1985 Dec 1;4(12):3241–3246. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1985.tb04072.x

Inhibition of DNA synthesis by aphidicolin induces supercoiling in simian virus 40 replicative intermediates.

P Dröge, J M Sogo, H Stahl
PMCID: PMC554649  PMID: 3004946

Abstract

Highly torsionally stressed replicative intermediate SV40 DNA molecules are produced when ongoing replicative DNA synthesis is inhibited by aphidicolin, a specific inhibitor of DNA polymerase alpha. The high negative superhelical density of these molecules can be partially released by intercalating drugs such as chloroquine or ethidium bromide. The torsionally stressed replicative intermediates bind to monoclonal anti-Z-DNA antibodies. Electron microscopy of anti-Z-DNA cross-linked to torsionally stressed replicative intermediates shows that the antibody specifically binds close to the replication forks. The superhelical structures are not formed when SV40 DNA replication is inhibited by both aphidicolin and novobiocin, suggesting that a topoisomerase type II-like enzyme is somehow involved in the introduction of torsional strain in replicative intermediate DNA. One interpretation of our data is that fork movement continues to some rather limited extent when SV40 DNA synthesis in replicative chromatin is blocked by aphidicolin. After deproteinization, the exposed single-stranded DNA branches reassociate to form paranemic DNA structures with left-handed helical stretches, while the reduced linking number of the parental strands induces a high negative superhelical density.

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