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Leung WY, Murray V. The influence of DNA methylation on the sequence specificity of UVB- and UVC-induced DNA damage. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2021; 221:112225. [PMID: 34090037 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2021.112225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Revised: 05/23/2021] [Accepted: 05/26/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Ultraviolet light (UV) is one of the most common DNA damaging agents in the human environment. This paper examined the influence of DNA methylation on the level of UVB- and UVC-induced DNA damage. A purified DNA sequence containing CpG dinucleotides was methylated with a CpG methylase. We employed the linear amplification technique and the end-labelling approach followed by capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence to investigate the sequence specificity of UV-induced DNA damage. The linear amplification technique mainly detects cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) adducts, while the end-labelling approach mainly detects 6-4 photoproduct (6-4PP) lesions. The levels of CPD and 6-4PP adducts detected in methylated/unmethylated labelled sequences were analysed. The comparison showed that 5-methyl-cytosine significantly reduced the level of both CPD and 6-4PP adducts after UVB (308 nm) and UVC (254 nm) irradiation compared with the non-methylated counterpart.
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- Wai Y Leung
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Khoe CV, Chung LH, Murray V. The sequence specificity of UV-induced DNA damage in a systematically altered DNA sequence. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2018; 183:88-100. [PMID: 29698913 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2018.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2018] [Revised: 03/27/2018] [Accepted: 04/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The sequence specificity of UV-induced DNA damage was investigated in a specifically designed DNA plasmid using two procedures: end-labelling and linear amplification. Absorption of UV photons by DNA leads to dimerisation of pyrimidine bases and produces two major photoproducts, cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and pyrimidine(6-4)pyrimidone photoproducts (6-4PPs). A previous study had determined that two hexanucleotide sequences, 5'-GCTC*AC and 5'-TATT*AA, were high intensity UV-induced DNA damage sites. The UV clone plasmid was constructed by systematically altering each nucleotide of these two hexanucleotide sequences. One of the main goals of this study was to determine the influence of single nucleotide alterations on the intensity of UV-induced DNA damage. The sequence 5'-GCTC*AC was designed to examine the sequence specificity of 6-4PPs and the highest intensity 6-4PP damage sites were found at 5'-GTTC*CC nucleotides. The sequence 5'-TATT*AA was devised to investigate the sequence specificity of CPDs and the highest intensity CPD damage sites were found at 5'-TTTT*CG nucleotides. It was proposed that the tetranucleotide DNA sequence, 5'-YTC*Y (where Y is T or C), was the consensus sequence for the highest intensity UV-induced 6-4PP adduct sites; while it was 5'-YTT*C for the highest intensity UV-induced CPD damage sites. These consensus tetranucleotides are composed entirely of consecutive pyrimidines and must have a DNA conformation that is highly productive for the absorption of UV photons.
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- Clairine V Khoe
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Chung LH, Murray V. An extended sequence specificity for UV-induced DNA damage. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2017; 178:133-142. [PMID: 29149689 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.10.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Revised: 10/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/28/2017] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The sequence specificity of UV-induced DNA damage was determined with a higher precision and accuracy than previously reported. UV light induces two major damage adducts: cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and pyrimidine(6-4)pyrimidone photoproducts (6-4PPs). Employing capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence and taking advantages of the distinct properties of the CPDs and 6-4PPs, we studied the sequence specificity of UV-induced DNA damage in a purified DNA sequence using two approaches: end-labelling and a polymerase stop/linear amplification assay. A mitochondrial DNA sequence that contained a random nucleotide composition was employed as the target DNA sequence. With previous methodology, the UV sequence specificity was determined at a dinucleotide or trinucleotide level; however, in this paper, we have extended the UV sequence specificity to a hexanucleotide level. With the end-labelling technique (for 6-4PPs), the consensus sequence was found to be 5'-GCTC*AC (where C* is the breakage site); while with the linear amplification procedure, it was 5'-TCTT*AC. With end-labelling, the dinucleotide frequency of occurrence was highest for 5'-TC*, 5'-TT* and 5'-CC*; whereas it was 5'-TT* for linear amplification. The influence of neighbouring nucleotides on the degree of UV-induced DNA damage was also examined. The core sequences consisted of pyrimidine nucleotides 5'-CTC* and 5'-CTT* while an A at position "1" and C at position "2" enhanced UV-induced DNA damage.
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- Long H Chung
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Law YK, Forties RA, Liu X, Poirier MG, Kohler B. Sequence-dependent thymine dimer formation and photoreversal rates in double-stranded DNA. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2014; 12:1431-9. [PMID: 23727985 DOI: 10.1039/c3pp50078k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The kinetics of thymine-thymine cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (TT-CPD) formation was studied at 23 thymine-thymine base steps in two 247-base pair DNA sequences irradiated at 254 nm. Damage was assayed site-specifically and simultaneously on both the forward and reverse strands by detecting emission from distinguishable fluorescent labels at the 5'-termini of fragments cleaved at CPD sites by T4 pyrimidine dimer glycosylase and separated by gel electrophoresis. The total DNA strand length of nearly 1000 bases made it possible to monitor damage at all 9 tetrads of the type XTTY, where X and Y are non-thymine bases. TT-CPD yields for different tetrads were found to vary by as much as an order of magnitude, but similar yields were observed at all instances of a given tetrad. Kinetic analysis of CPD formation at 23 distinct sites reveals that both the formation and reversal photoreactions depend sensitively on the identity of the nearest-neighbour bases on the 5' and the 3' side of a photoreactive TT base step. The lowest formation and reversal rates occur when two purine bases flank a TT step, while the highest formation and reversal rates are observed for tetrads with at least one flanking C. Overall, the results show that the probabilities of CPD formation and photoreversal depend principally on interactions with nearest-neighbour bases.
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- Yu Kay Law
- Biophysics Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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Murray V, Nguyen TV, Chen JK. The use of automated sequencing techniques to investigate the sequence selectivity of DNA-damaging agents. Chem Biol Drug Des 2012; 80:1-8. [PMID: 22416919 DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0285.2012.01379.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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In this review, the use of automated DNA sequencing techniques to determine the sequence specificity of compounds that interact with DNA is discussed. The sequence specificity of a DNA-damaging agent is an essential element in determining the cellular mechanism of action of a drug. A number of DNA-damaging compounds are mutagenic, carcinogenic, as well as being widely used as cancer chemotherapeutic agents. The distribution of lesions in a sequence of DNA can give vital clues in the determination of the precise mechanism of interaction of the agent with DNA. The DNA sequence specificity of a number of DNA-damaging agents has been delineated using automated DNA sequencing technology, and these studies are discussed in this review. The current state-of-the-art methodology involves capillary electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection usually on an Applied Biosystems ABI 3730 capillary sequencer. This current technique has higher resolution, greater sensitivity, higher precision, more rapid separation times, is safer and easier to perform than previous methods. The two main methods to determine the DNA sequence selectivity of compounds that interact with DNA are described: end labelling and the polymerase stop assay. The interaction of the antitumour drug, bleomycin, with DNA is utilized to illustrate the recent technological advances.
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- Vincent Murray
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.
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Novarina D, Amara F, Lazzaro F, Plevani P, Muzi-Falconi M. Mind the gap: keeping UV lesions in check. DNA Repair (Amst) 2011; 10:751-9. [PMID: 21602108 PMCID: PMC3171152 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.04.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Cells respond to genotoxic insults by triggering a DNA damage checkpoint surveillance mechanism and by activating repair pathways. Recent findings indicate that the two processes are more related than originally thought. Here we discuss the mechanisms involved in responding to UV-induced lesions in different phases of the cell cycle and summarize the most recent data in a model where Nucleotide Excision Repair (NER) and exonucleolytic activities act in sequence leading to checkpoint activation in non replicating cells. The critical trigger is likely represented by problematic intermediates that cannot be completely or efficiently repaired by NER. In S phase cells, on the other hand, the replicative polymerases, blocked by bulky UV lesions, re-initiate DNA synthesis downstream of the lesions, leaving behind a ssDNA tract. If these gaps are not rapidly refilled, checkpoint kinases will be activated.
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- Daniele Novarina
- Dipartimento di Scienze Biomolecolari e Biotecnologie, Università degli Studi di Milano. Via Celoria 26, 20133 Milano, Italy
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Matallana-Surget S, Meador JA, Joux F, Douki T. Effect of the GC content of DNA on the distribution of UVB-induced bipyrimidine photoproducts. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2008; 7:794-801. [PMID: 18597027 DOI: 10.1039/b719929e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Solar UV radiation is a major mutagen that damages DNA through the formation of dimeric photoproducts between adjacent thymine and cytosine bases. A major effect of the GC content of the genome is thus anticipated, in particular in prokaryotes where this parameter significantly varies among species. We quantified the formation of UV-induced photolesions within both isolated and cellular DNA of bacteria of different GC content. First, we could unambiguously show the favored formation of cytosine-containing photoproducts with increasing GC content (from 28 to 72%) in isolated DNA. Thymine-thymine cyclobutane dimer was a minor lesion at high GC content. This trend was confirmed by an accurate and quantitative analysis of the photochemical data based on the exact dinucleotide frequencies of the studied genomes. The observation of the effect of the genome composition on the distribution of photoproducts was then confirmed in living cells, using two marine bacteria exhibiting different GC content. Because cytosine-containing photoproducts are highly mutagenic, it may be predicted that species with genomes exhibiting a high GC content are more susceptible to UV-induced mutagenesis.
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- Sabine Matallana-Surget
- UPMC Univ Paris 06, UMR 7621, Laboratoire d'Océanographie Biologique de Banyuls, Observatoire Océanologique, F-66651, Banyuls/mer, France
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Courdavault S, Baudouin C, Sauvaigo S, Mouret S, Candéias S, Charveron M, Favier A, Cadet J, Douki T. Unrepaired Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers Do Not Prevent Proliferation of UV-B-irradiated Cultured Human Fibroblasts¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2004.tb00004.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Courdavault S, Baudouin C, Sauvaigo S, Mouret S, Candéias S, Charveron M, Favier A, Cadet J, Douki T. Unrepaired cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers do not prevent proliferation of UV-B-irradiated cultured human fibroblasts. Photochem Photobiol 2004; 79:145-51. [PMID: 15068027 DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2004)079<0145:ucpddn>2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Mutagenic and carcinogenic UV-B radiation is known to damage DNA mostly through the formation of bipyrimidine photoproducts, including cyclobutane dimers (CPD) and (6-4) photoproducts ((6-4) PP). Using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry, we investigated the formation and repair of thymine-thymine (TT) and thymine-cytosine (TC) CPD and (6-4) PP in the DNA of cultured human dermal fibroblasts. A major observation was that the rate of repair of the photoproducts did not depend on the identity of the modified pyrimidines. In addition, removal of CPD was found to significantly decrease with increasing applied UV-B dose, whereas (6-4) PP were efficiently repaired within less than 24 h, irrespective of the dose. As a result, a relatively large amount of CPD remained in the genome 48 h after the irradiation. Because the overall applied doses (<500 J m(-2)) were chosen to induce moderate cytotoxicity, fibroblasts could recover their proliferation capacities after transitory cell cycle arrest, as shown by 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdUrd) incorporation and flow cytometry analysis. It could thus be concluded that UV-B-irradiated cultured primary human fibroblasts normally proliferate 48 h after irradiation despite the presence of high levels of CPD in their genome. These observations emphasize the role of CPD in the mutagenic effects of UV-B.
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- Sophie Courdavault
- Laboratoire Lésions des Acides Nucléiques, Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, CEA/DSM/Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, CEA-Grenoble, France
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Douki T, Laporte G, Cadet J. Inter-strand photoproducts are produced in high yield within A-DNA exposed to UVC radiation. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:3134-42. [PMID: 12799441 PMCID: PMC162242 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Far-UV irradiation of DNA leads to the dimerization of pyrimidine bases, resulting in the formation of cyclobutane type dimers and (6-4) photoproducts. In the dry state, an additional thymine dimeric photolesion, the spore photoproduct, is also generated. While most photoproducts are expected to be produced between adjacent pyrimidines, little attention has been paid to lesions involving bases located on different DNA strands. Using HPLC- mass spectrometry analysis of enzymatically digested DNA, we observed that, in the dry state, inter-strand dimeric photoproducts represented 30% of the total yield of dimeric thymine lesions. The major inter-strand damage was found to be the spore photoproduct. Formation of inter-strand lesions in significant yield could be obtained in solution upon modification of the DNA conformation as the result of the addition of large amounts of ethanol. In both cases, DNA is in the A-form, which is characterized by a high compaction, likely to favor inter-strand photoreactions. Since the latter DNA conformation is also predominant in bacterial spores, the formation and repair of dimeric photoproducts involving thymine bases located on different DNA strands may thus be relevant in terms of deleterious effects of UV radiation to the latter microorganisms.
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- Thierry Douki
- Laboratoire 'Lésions des Acides Nucléiques', Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, FRE 2600, CEA/DSM/Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, CEA-Grenoble, 17 Avenue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
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Rochette PJ, Therrien JP, Drouin R, Perdiz D, Bastien N, Drobetsky EA, Sage E. UVA-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers form predominantly at thymine-thymine dipyrimidines and correlate with the mutation spectrum in rodent cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2003; 31:2786-94. [PMID: 12771205 PMCID: PMC156735 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Ligation-mediated PCR was employed to quantify cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) formation at nucleotide resolution along exon 2 of the adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (aprt) locus in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells following irradiation with either UVA (340-400 nm), UVB (295-320 nm), UVC (254 nm) or simulated sunlight (SSL; lambda > 295 nm). The resulting DNA damage spectrum for each wavelength region was then aligned with the corresponding mutational spectrum generated previously in the same genetic target. The DNA sequence specificities of CPD formation induced by UVC, UVB or SSL were very similar, i.e., in each case the overall relative proportion of this photoproduct forming at TT, TC, CT and CC sites was approximately 28, approximately 26, approximately 16 and approximately 30%, respectively. Furthermore, a clear correspondence was noted between the precise locations of CPD damage hotspots, and of 'UV signature' mutational hotspots consisting primarily of C-->T and CC-->TT transitions within pyrimidine runs. However, following UVA exposure, in strong contrast to the above situation for UVC, UVB or SSL, CPDs were generated much more frequently at TT sites than at TC, CT or CC sites (57% versus 18, 11 and 14%, respectively). This CPD deposition pattern correlates well with the strikingly high proportion of mutations recovered opposite TT dipyrimidines in UVA- irradiated CHO cells. Our results directly implicate the CPD as a major promutagenic DNA photoproduct induced specifically by UVA in rodent cells.
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- Patrick J Rochette
- Division of Pathology, Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University and Unité de Recherche en Génétique Humaine et Moléculaire, Hôpital Saint-François d'Assise, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Québec, QC G1L 3L5, Canada
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Douki T, Cadet J. Formation of the spore photoproduct and other dimeric lesions between adjacent pyrimidines in UVC-irradiated dry DNA. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2003; 2:433-6. [PMID: 12760543 DOI: 10.1039/b300173c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Far-UV irradiation of DNA leads to the formation of several types of dimeric lesions between adjacent pyrimidine bases including cyclobutane dimers, (6-4) photoproducts and Dewar valence isomers In the dry state, an additional specific thymine lesion, the spore photoproduct, is produced. We designed an HPLC-tandem mass spectrometry assay for the detection of the latter lesion. This technique that does not require radio-labelling of DNA allowed the simultaneous quantification of the spore photoproduct and other pyrimidine dimeric photoproducts. Using this approach, the complete distribution of bipyrimidine lesions within UVC-irradiated dry DNA was determined.
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- Thierry Douki
- Laboratoire "Lésions des Acides Nucléiques", Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, FRE 2600, CEA/DSM/Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, CEA-Grenoble, 38054 Grenoble 9, France.
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Ravanat JL, Douki T, Cadet J. Direct and indirect effects of UV radiation on DNA and its components. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. B, BIOLOGY 2001; 63:88-102. [PMID: 11684456 DOI: 10.1016/s1011-1344(01)00206-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 600] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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In this survey, emphasis was placed on the main photoreactions of nucleic acid components, involving both direct and indirect effects. The main UVB- and UVA-induced DNA photoproducts, together with the mechanisms of their formation, are described. Information on the photoproduct distribution within cellular DNA is also provided, taking into account the limitations of the different analytical methods applied to monitor the formation of the DNA damage. Thus, the formation of the main DNA dimeric pyrimidine lesions produced by direct absorption of UVB photons was assessed using a powerful HPLC-tandem mass spectrometry assay. In addition, it was found that UVA photooxidation damage mostly involves the guanine residues of cellular DNA as the result of singlet oxygen generation by still unknown endogenous photosensitizers.
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- J L Ravanat
- Laboratoire Lésions des Acides Nucléiques, Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, UMR 5046, Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, CEA Grenoble, 17 Avenue des Martyrs, F-38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
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UV damage to nucleic acid components. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001. [DOI: 10.1016/s1568-461x(01)80045-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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Murai H, Takeuchi S, Nakatsu Y, Ichikawa M, Yoshino M, Gondo Y, Katsuki M, Tanaka K. Studies of in vivo mutations in rpsL transgene in UVB-irradiated epidermis of XPA-deficient mice. Mutat Res 2000; 450:181-92. [PMID: 10838142 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(00)00024-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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We have established xeroderma pigmentosum group A (XPA) gene-knockout mice with nucleotide excision repair (NER) deficiency, which rapidly developed skin tumors when exposed to a low dose of chronic UV like XP-A patients, confirming that the NER process plays an important role in preventing UVB-induced skin cancer. To examine the in vivo mutation in the UVB-irradiated epidermis, we established XPA (-/-), (+/-) and (+/+) mice carrying the Escherichia coli rpsL transgene with which the mutation frequencies and spectra in the UVB-irradiated epidermal tissue can be examined conveniently. The XPA (-/-) mice showed a higher frequency of UVB-induced mutation in the rpsL transgene with a low dose (150 J/m(2)) of UVB-irradiation than the XPA (+/-) and (+/+) mice, while, at a high dose (900 J/m(2)) they showed almost the same frequency of mutation as the XPA (+/-) and (+/+) mice, probably because of cell death in the epidermis of the XPA (-/-) mice. However, CC-->TT tandem transition, a hallmark of UV-induced mutation, was detected at higher frequency in the XPA (-/-) mice than the XPA (+/-) and (+/+) mice at both doses of UVB. This rpsL/XPA mouse system will be useful for further analyzing the role of NER in the mutagenesis and carcinogenesis induced by various carcinogens.
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- H Murai
- Division of Cellular Genetics, Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology, Osaka University, 1-3 Yamadaoka, Osaka 565-0871, Suita, Japan
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Tian H, Boyd D, Beckwith J. A mutant hunt for defects in membrane protein assembly yields mutations affecting the bacterial signal recognition particle and Sec machinery. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2000; 97:4730-5. [PMID: 10781078 PMCID: PMC18301 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.090087297] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We describe an Escherichia coli genetic screen that yields mutations affecting two different cellular processes: disulfide bond formation and membrane protein assembly. The mutants defective in disulfide bond formation include additional classes of dsbA and dsbB mutations. The membrane protein assembly defective mutants contain a mutation in the secA operon and three mutations in the ffs gene, which encodes 4.5S RNA. These latter mutations are the only ones to be isolated in a gene encoding a component of the bacterial signal recognition particle by screening in vivo for defects in membrane protein insertion. A sensitive method for examining membrane protein localization shows that the ffs and secA locus mutations affect membrane assembly of the polytopic membrane protein, MalF. The ffs mutations also affect the membrane insertion of the FtsQ and the AcrB proteins. Although both the ffs and the secA locus mutations interfere with membrane protein assembly, only the latter also reduces export of a protein containing a cleavable signal sequence.
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- H Tian
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, 200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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Kotturi G, de Boer JG, Koop BF, Glickman BW. Correlation of UV-induced mutational spectra and the in vitro damage distribution at the human hprt gene. Mutat Res 1998; 403:237-48. [PMID: 9726024 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(98)00085-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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We have determined the in vitro DNA damage distribution induced by 254 mm UV in the human hprt gene. The sequence-specific nature of the DNA damage for both main classes of UV-induced photoproducts, i.e., cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and the pyrimidine <6-4> pyrimidone photoproducts (64PyPy), was evaluated. Utilizing an automated DNA sequencer plus auxiliary software, semi-automated analyses were performed for peak quantitation and retention-time to sequence-position correlation. 64PyPy were predominantly formed at 5'-YTC-3' sites (p < 0.02; where Y = C,T). The effect of the 3'flanking nucleotide on the 64PyPy formation at 5'-TC-3' sites was 64PyPy at 5'-TCT-3' sites were induced at lower frequencies compared to 5'-TCM-3' sites (where M = A or C; p < 0.03). No effect of flanking nucleotides was detected for CPDs recovered at 5'-TT-3' sites. Sites of mutations in the hprt gene were compared to the sites of DNA damage. Two regions of frequently mutated nucleotides corresponded to sites of high deposition of damage. The two sites either had a high frequency of CPDs or 64PyPy, which implicated both types of photoproducts as premutagenic lesions.
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Dogliotti E, Hainaut P, Hernandez T, D'Errico M, DeMarini DM. Mutation spectra resulting from carcinogenic exposure: from model systems to cancer-related genes. Recent Results Cancer Res 1998; 154:97-124. [PMID: 10026995 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-46870-4_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The events leading to cancer are complex and interactive. Alteration of cancer genes, such as the tumor suppressor gene p53, plays a central role in this process. Analysis of the frequency, type and site of mutations in important cancer-related genes may provide clues to the identification of etiological factors and sources of exposure. In this chapter we have selected a few examples of environmental human carcinogens and have attempted to use the knowledge of their mechanisms of mutagenesis, as derived from in vitro cell systems, as a key to understanding the complexity of p53 mutation spectra in tumors arising at the putative target organ. The analysis will focus on environmental exposure to UV radiation. The examples of tobacco smoke, dietary aflatoxin and vinyl chloride will be also briefly discussed.
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- E Dogliotti
- Laboratory of Comparative Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Rome, Italy
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Holmquist GP, Gao S. Somatic mutation theory, DNA repair rates, and the molecular epidemiology of p53 mutations. Mutat Res 1997; 386:69-101. [PMID: 9100856 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5742(96)00045-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The theory of somatic mutagenesis predicts that the frequency pattern of induced selectable mutations along a gene is the product of the probability patterns of the several sequential steps of mutagenesis, e.g., damage, repair, polymerase misreading, and selection. Together, the variance of these component steps is propagated to generate a mutagen's induced mutational spectrum along a gene. The step with the greatest component of variance will drive most of the variability of the mutation frequency along a gene. This most variable step, for UV-induced mutations, is the cyclobutyl pyrimidine dimer repair rate. The repair rate of cyclopyrimidine dimers is quite variable from nucleotide position to nucleotide position and we show that this variation along the p53 gene drives the C-->T transition frequency of non-melanocytic skin tumors. On showing that the kinetics of cyclopyrimidine dimer repair at any one nucleotide position are first order, we use this kinetic and the somatic mutation theory to derive Leq, the adduct frequency along a gene as presented to a DNA polymerase after a cell population reaches damage-repair equilibrium from a chronic dose of mutagen. Leq is the product of the first two sequential steps of mutagenesis, damage and repair, and the frequency of this product is experimentally mapped using ligation-mediated PCR. The concept of Leq is applied to mutagenesis theory, chronic dose genetic toxicology, genome evolution, and the practical problems of molecular epidemiology.
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- G P Holmquist
- Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope, Department of Biology, Duarte CA 91010, USA.
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DeMarini DM, Shelton ML, Stankowski LF. Mutation spectra in Salmonella of sunlight, white fluorescent light, and light from tanning salon beds: induction of tandem mutations and role of DNA repair. Mutat Res 1995; 327:131-49. [PMID: 7870082 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(94)00179-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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We evaluated the mutagenicity of sunlight (SUN), uncovered coolwhite fluorescent light (FLR), and light from a tanning salon bed (TAN) at the base-substitution allele hisG46 of Salmonella in four DNA repair backgrounds (wild type, uvrB, pKM101, and uvrB + pKM101). Approximately 80% of the radiation emitted by TAN was within the ultraviolet (UV) range, whereas only approximately 10% of the SUN and approximately 1% of the FLR radiation was UV. TAN emitted similar amounts of UVA and UVB, whereas SUN emitted 50-60x and FLR emitted 5-10x more UVA relative to UVB. Based on total dose (UV + visible), the mutagenic potency ranking was TAN > FLR > SUN. Using colony probe hybridization and PCR/DNA sequence analysis, approximately 3000 revertants were analyzed to determine the mutational specificity of the three light sources. The mutation spectra and those induced by 254-nm UV had common features. The uvrB mutation enhanced the mutagenicity of the environmental UV sources more (20-216x) than did the pKM101 plasmid (approximately 20x) relative to wild type DNA repair. All light sources induced equal proportions of transitions and transversions in excision repair-proficient strains, but they induced more transitions relative to transversions in uvrB-containing strains. The majority of the mutations were G.C-->A.T transitions that were induced equally frequently at the first or second position of the CCC codon of the hisG46 allele in all strains except TA1535 (uvrB), where SUN and FLR induced transitions preferentially at the first position, and TAN induced them preferentially at the second position. Identified or presumptive multiple mutations, which constituted the only mutational class enhanced by all three light sources in the presence of uvrB and pKM101 either alone or together, accounted for 3-5% of the induced mutations in the plasmid-containing strains, and their increases (38-82-fold) in TA100 (uvrB, pKM101) were the highest of any mutational class. Of the TAN-induced multiple mutations, 83% (19/23) were CC-->TT tandem transitions. These results show that exposures to the nonsolar environmental UV sources FLR and TAN produce mutations similar to those produced by SUN, a known carcinogen.
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- D M DeMarini
- Genetic Toxicology Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711
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Nelson MA, Einspahr JG, Alberts DS, Balfour CA, Wymer JA, Welch KL, Salasche SJ, Bangert JL, Grogan TM, Bozzo PO. Analysis of the p53 gene in human precancerous actinic keratosis lesions and squamous cell cancers. Cancer Lett 1994; 85:23-9. [PMID: 7923098 DOI: 10.1016/0304-3835(94)90234-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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A biomarker of skin cancer would be beneficial in evaluating the efficacy of potential cancer chemoprevention agents. To this end, we investigated the tumor suppressor gene p53 in precancerous actinic keratosis lesions (AK) and malignant squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) using polymerase chain reaction and single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis (PCR-SSCP) techniques. In addition, p53 protein expression was evaluated using immunohistochemistical analysis with the PAB 1801 monoclonal antibody. Nine out of 13 (69%) SCCs and 8 of 15 (53%) AKs were positive for p53 mutations. In contrast, normal skin samples were negative for p53 mutations. Sequence analysis of AKs and SCCs showed primarily C to T transition mutations. Nuclear immunochemical staining for p53 was observed in 12/15 (80%) AK and 12/13 (92%) SSCs. These results suggest that p53 mutations may be involved in the malignant conversion of AKs to SCCs and that p53 may be useful as a biomarker to study the potential modulatory effects of cancer chemopreventive agents against skin cancer.
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- M A Nelson
- Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson
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Drobetsky EA, Sage E. UV-induced G:C-->A:T transitions at the APRT locus of Chinese hamster ovary cells cluster at frequently damaged 5'-TCC-3' sequences. Mutat Res 1993; 289:131-8. [PMID: 7690880 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(93)90062-k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We have determined the relative frequency in vitro of UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (py <> py) and (6-4) pyrimidine pyrimidone photoproducts (py(6-4)pyo) at individual sites in selected regions of the Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (aprt) gene, and compared this to the observed specificity of UV-induced mutations (Drobetsky et al., 1987, 1989). Our results indicate that G:C-->A:T transition "hotspots" (multiple occurrences) at the chromosomal CHO aprt locus, the majority of which occur at 5'TCC-3', are clearly targeted at sites associated with a relatively high yield of py <> py and/or py(6-4)pyo. We conclude that photoproduct frequency plays a major role in UV-induced transition mutagenesis at 5'-TCC-3' sites at an endogenous locus in a rodent cell line, and that both py(6-4)pyo and py <> py have premutagenic potential.
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- E A Drobetsky
- Institut Curie, Section de Biologie, CNRS URA 1292, Paris, France
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Sage E. Distribution and repair of photolesions in DNA: genetic consequences and the role of sequence context. Photochem Photobiol 1993; 57:163-74. [PMID: 8389052 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1993.tb02273.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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- E Sage
- Institut Curie, Section de Biologie, CNRS URA 1292, Paris, France
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