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Shikazono N, Akamatsu K. The role of DNA polymerase I in tolerating single-strand breaks generated at clustered DNA damage in Escherichia coli. Sci Rep 2024; 14:19124. [PMID: 39155334 PMCID: PMC11330960 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-69823-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 08/08/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024] Open
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Clustered DNA damage, when multiple lesions are generated in close proximity, has various biological consequences, including cell death, chromosome aberrations, and mutations. It is generally perceived as a hallmark of ionizing radiation. The enhanced mutagenic potential of lesions within a cluster has been suggested to result, at least in part, from the selection of the strand with the mutagenic lesion as the preferred template strand, and that this process is relevant to the tolerance of persistent single-strand breaks generated during an attempted repair. Using a plasmid-based assay in Escherichia coli, we examined how the strand bias is affected in mutant strains deficient in different DNA polymerase I activities. Our study revealed that the strand-displacement and 5'-flap endonuclease activities are required for this process, while 3'-to-5' exonuclease activity is not. We also found the strand template that the mutagenic lesion was located on, whether lagging or leading, had no effect on this strand bias. Our results imply that an unknown pathway operates to repair/tolerate the single-strand break generated at a bi-stranded clustered damage site, and that there exist different backup pathways, depending on which DNA polymerase I activity is compromised.
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- Naoya Shikazono
- Kansai Institute for Photon Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619-0215, Japan.
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- Kansai Institute for Photon Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619-0215, Japan
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Strand with mutagenic lesion is preferentially used as a template in the region of a bi-stranded clustered DNA damage site in Escherichia coli. Sci Rep 2020; 10:9737. [PMID: 32546758 PMCID: PMC7297740 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66651-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The damaging potential of ionizing radiation arises largely from the generation of clustered DNA damage sites within cells. Previous studies using synthetic DNA lesions have demonstrated that models of clustered DNA damage exhibit enhanced mutagenic potential of the comprising lesions. However, little is known regarding the processes that lead to mutations in these sites, apart from the fact that base excision repair of lesions within the cluster is compromised. Unique features of the mutation frequencies within bi-stranded clusters have led researchers to speculate that the strand containing the mutagenic lesion is preferentially used as the template for DNA synthesis. To gain further insights into the processing of clustered DNA damage sites, we used a plasmid-based assay in E. coli cells. Our findings revealed that the strand containing a mutagenic lesion within a bi-stranded clustered DNA damage site is frequently used as the template. This suggests the presence of an, as yet unknown, strand synthesis process that is unrelated to base excision repair, and that this process plays an important role in mutagenesis. The length of the region of strand preference was found to be determined by DNA polymerase I.
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Shikazono N, Akamatsu K. Mutagenic potential of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-oxoG) is influenced by nearby clustered lesions. Mutat Res 2018; 810:6-12. [PMID: 29870902 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2018.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2018] [Revised: 04/13/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Ionizing radiation causes various different types of DNA damage. If not repaired, DNA damage can have detrimental effects. Previous studies indicate that the spatial distribution of DNA lesions induced by ionizing radiation is highly relevant to the ensuing biological effects. Clustered DNA damage, consisting of DNA lesions in close proximity, has been studied in detail, and has enhanced mutagenic potential depending on the configuration of the lesions. However, it is not known whether clustered DNA damage affects the mutagenic potential of a sufficiently separated, isolated lesion. Using synthetic damage constructs, we investigated the mutagenic potential of an isolated 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-oxoG) separated by at least 7 bp from other lesions. Under the spatial distribution of DNA lesions tested in the present study, neighboring clustered DNA lesions likely retarded the processing of the isolated 8-oxoG and resulted in enhanced mutation frequency. However, the enhanced mutagenic potential was dependent on which strand the isolated 8-oxoG was located. Our results indicate that the processing of a bi-stranded cluster could affect the mutagenic outcome of a nearby isolated lesion, separated up to ∼20 bp.
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- Naoya Shikazono
- Department of Quantum life Science, Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes of Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa-shi, Kyoto, 619-0215 Japan.
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- Department of Quantum life Science, Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes of Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, 8-1-7 Umemidai, Kizugawa-shi, Kyoto, 619-0215 Japan.
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Eccles LJ, Menoni H, Angelov D, Lomax ME, O'Neill P. Efficient cleavage of single and clustered AP site lesions within mono-nucleosome templates by CHO-K1 nuclear extract contrasts with retardation of incision by purified APE1. DNA Repair (Amst) 2015; 35:27-36. [PMID: 26439176 PMCID: PMC4655832 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2015.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2015] [Revised: 08/25/2015] [Accepted: 08/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Clustered DNA damage is a unique characteristic of radiation-induced DNA damage and the formation of these sites poses a serious challenge to the cell's repair machinery. Within a cell DNA is compacted, with nucleosomes being the first order of higher level structure. However, few data are reported on the efficiency of clustered-lesion processing within nucleosomal DNA templates. Here, we show retardation of cleavage of a single AP site by purified APE1 when contained in nucleosomal DNA, compared to cleavage of an AP site in non-nucleosomal DNA. This retardation seen in nucleosomal DNA was alleviated by incubation with CHO-K1 nuclear extract. When clustered DNA damage sites containing bistranded AP sites were present in nucleosomal DNA, efficient cleavage of the AP sites was observed after treatment with nuclear extract. The resultant DSB formation led to DNA dissociating from the histone core and nucleosomal dispersion. Clustered damaged sites containing bistranded AP site/8-oxoG residues showed no retardation of cleavage of the AP site but retardation of 8-oxoG excision, compared to isolated lesions, thus DSB formation was not seen. An increased understanding of processing of clustered DNA damage in a nucleosomal environment may lead to new strategies to enhance the cytotoxic effects of radiotherapeutics.
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- Laura J Eccles
- CRUK-MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Université de Lyon, Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire de la Cellule, CNRS-UMR 5239, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69007, France
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- Université de Lyon, Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire de la Cellule, CNRS-UMR 5239, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 69007, France
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- CRUK-MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK-MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK.
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Watanabe R, Rahmanian S, Nikjoo H. Spectrum of Radiation-Induced Clustered Non-DSB Damage - A Monte Carlo Track Structure Modeling and Calculations. Radiat Res 2015; 183:525-40. [PMID: 25909147 DOI: 10.1667/rr13902.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The aim of this report is to present the spectrum of initial radiation-induced cellular DNA damage [with particular focus on non-double-strand break (DSB) damage] generated by computer simulations. The radiation types modeled in this study were monoenergetic electrons (100 eV-1.5 keV), ultrasoft X-ray photons Ck, AlK and TiK, as well as some selected ions including 3.2 MeV/u proton; 0.74 and 2.4 MeV/u helium ions; 29 MeV/u nitrogen ions and 950 MeV/u iron ions. Monte Carlo track structure methods were used to simulate damage induction by these radiation types in a cell-mimetic condition from a single-track action. The simulations took into account the action of direct energy deposition events and the reaction of hydroxyl radicals on atomistic linear B-DNA segments of a few helical turns including the water of hydration. Our results permitted the following conclusions: a. The absolute levels of different types of damage [base damage, simple and complex single-strand breaks (SSBs) and DSBs] vary depending on the radiation type; b. Within each damage class, the relative proportions of simple and complex damage vary with radiation type, the latter being higher with high-LET radiations; c. Overall, for both low- and high-LET radiations, the ratios of the yields of base damage to SSBs are similar, being about 3.0 ± 0.2; d. Base damage contributes more to the complexity of both SSBs and DSBs, than additional SSB damage and this is true for both low- and high-LET radiations; and e. The average SSB/DSB ratio for low-LET radiations is about 18, which is about 5 times higher than that for high-LET radiations. The hypothesis that clustered DNA damage is more difficult for cells to repair has gained currency among radiobiologists. However, as yet, there is no direct in vivo experimental method to validate the dependence of kinetics of DNA repair on DNA damage complexity (both DSB and non-DSB types). The data on the detailed spectrum of DNA damage presented here, in particular the non-DSB type, provide a good basis for testing mechanistic models of DNA repair kinetics such as base excision repair.
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- Ritsuko Watanabe
- a Research Group for Radiation Effect Analysis, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Ibaraki, 319-1195, Japan
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Cunniffe S, Walker A, Stabler R, O'Neill P, Lomax ME. Increased mutability and decreased repairability of a three-lesion clustered DNA-damaged site comprised of an AP site and bi-stranded 8-oxoG lesions. Int J Radiat Biol 2014; 90:468-79. [PMID: 24597750 PMCID: PMC4059193 DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2014.899449] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Purpose Ionizing radiation induces DNA damage, some of which are present in clusters, defined as two or more lesions within one to two helical turns of DNA by passage of a single radiation track. These clusters are thought to contribute to the detrimental effects of radiation, in part due to the compromised repair of clustered DNA damaged sites. Materials and methods The repair of three-lesion cluster present in oligonucleotides were determined in vitro using the hamster cell line CHO-K1 nuclear extract or purified proteins involved in base excision repair. The mutagenic potential of these clusters present in a plasmid was determined using an Escherichia coli reporter assay. Results We have shown that the repair of an abasic (AP) site within a three-lesion cluster, comprised of an AP site and bi-stranded 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-oxoG) lesions, is retarded compared to that of an isolated AP site in an in vitro base excision repair (BER) assay. Further, the mutation frequency of the clustered damaged site is up to three times greater than that of an isolated 8-oxoG lesion. Conclusions As a consequence of enhanced mutagenic potential of clusters, non-double-strand break (DSB) DNA damage may contribute to the detrimental effects of radiation, in addition to the effects of DSB.
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- Siobhan Cunniffe
- Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford , Oxford , UK
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Shikazono N, Akamatsu K, Takahashi M, Noguchi M, Urushibara A, O'Neill P, Yokoya A. Significance of DNA polymerase I in in vivo processing of clustered DNA damage. Mutat Res 2013; 749:9-15. [PMID: 23958410 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2013.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2013] [Revised: 07/11/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We examined the biological consequences of bi-stranded clustered damage sites, consisting of a combination of DNA lesions, such as a 1-nucleotide gap (GAP), an apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site, and an 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-oxoG), using a bacterial plasmid-based assay. Following transformation with the plasmid containing bi-stranded clustered damage sites into the wild type strain of Escherichia coli, transformation frequencies were significantly lower for the bi-stranded clustered GAP/AP lesions (separated by 1bp) than for either a single GAP or a single AP site. When the two lesions were separated by 10-20bp, the transformation efficiencies were comparable with those of the single lesions. This recovery of transformation efficiency for separated lesions requires DNA polymerase I (Pol I) activity. Analogously, the mutation frequency was found to depend on the distance separating lesions in a bi-stranded cluster containing a GAP and an 8-oxoG, and Pol I was found to play an important role in minimising mutations induced as a result of clustered lesions. The mutagenic potential of 8-oxoG within the bi-stranded lesions does not depend on whether it is situated on the leading or lagging strand. These results indicate that the biological consequences of clustered DNA damage strongly depend on the extent of repair of the strand breaks as well as the DNA polymerase in lesion-avoidance pathways during replication.
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- Naoya Shikazono
- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata-Shirane, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan; Advanced Research Science Centre, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata-Shirane, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan.
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Sedletska Y, Radicella JP, Sage E. Replication fork collapse is a major cause of the high mutation frequency at three-base lesion clusters. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:9339-48. [PMID: 23945941 PMCID: PMC3814351 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Unresolved repair of clustered DNA lesions can lead to the formation of deleterious double strand breaks (DSB) or to mutation induction. Here, we investigated the outcome of clusters composed of base lesions for which base excision repair enzymes have different kinetics of excision/incision. We designed multiply damaged sites (MDS) composed of a rapidly excised uracil (U) and two oxidized bases, 5-hydroxyuracil (hU) and 8-oxoguanine (oG), excised more slowly. Plasmids harboring these U-oG/hU MDS-carrying duplexes were introduced into Escherichia coli cells either wild type or deficient for DNA n-glycosylases. Induction of DSB was estimated from plasmid survival and mutagenesis determined by sequencing of surviving clones. We show that a large majority of MDS is converted to DSB, whereas almost all surviving clones are mutated at hU. We demonstrate that mutagenesis at hU is correlated with excision of the U placed on the opposite strand. We propose that excision of U by Ung initiates the loss of U-oG-carrying strand, resulting in enhanced mutagenesis at the lesion present on the opposite strand. Our results highlight the importance of the kinetics of excision by base excision repair DNA n-glycosylases in the processing and fate of MDS and provide evidence for the role of strand loss/replication fork collapse during the processing of MDS on their mutational consequences.
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- Yuliya Sedletska
- Institut Curie, Centre de Recherche, F-91405 Orsay, France; CNRS UMR3348, F-91405 Orsay, France and CEA, Institut de Radiobiologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, 18 route du Panorama, F-92265 Fontenay aux Roses, France
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Georgakilas AG, O'Neill P, Stewart RD. Induction and Repair of Clustered DNA Lesions: What Do We Know So Far? Radiat Res 2013; 180:100-109. [DOI: 10.1667/rr3041.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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Differential effects of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibition on DNA break repair in human cells are revealed with Epstein-Barr virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:6590-5. [PMID: 22493268 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1118078109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors can generate synthetic lethality in cancer cells defective in homologous recombination. However, the mechanism(s) by which they affect DNA repair has not been established. Here we directly determined the effects of PARP inhibition and PARP1 depletion on the repair of ionizing radiation-induced single- and double-strand breaks (SSBs and DSBs) in human lymphoid cell lines. To do this, we developed an in vivo repair assay based on large endogenous Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) circular episomes. The EBV break assay provides the opportunity to assess quantitatively and simultaneously the induction and repair of SSBs and DSBs in human cells. Repair was efficient in G1 and G2 cells and was not dependent on functional p53. shRNA-mediated knockdown of PARP1 demonstrated that the PARP1 protein was not essential for SSB repair. Among 10 widely used PARP inhibitors, none affected DSB repair, although an inhibitor of DNA-dependent protein kinase was highly effective at reducing DSB repair. Only Olaparib and Iniparib, which are in clinical cancer therapy trials, as well as 4-AN inhibited SSB repair. However, a decrease in PARP1 expression reversed the ability of Iniparib to reduce SSB repair. Because Iniparib disrupts PARP1-DNA binding, the mechanism of inhibition does not appear to involve trapping PARP at SSBs.
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The mutagenic potential of 8-oxoG/single strand break-containing clusters depends on their relative positions. Mutat Res 2012; 732:34-42. [PMID: 22261346 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2011.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Revised: 12/12/2011] [Accepted: 12/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The biological consequences of clusters containing a single strand break and base lesion(s) remain largely unknown. In the present study we determined the mutagenicities of two- and three-lesion clustered damage sites containing a 1-nucleotide gap (GAP) and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine(s) (8-oxoG(s)) in Escherichia coli. The mutation frequencies (MFs) of bi-stranded two-lesion clusters (GAP/8-oxoG), especially in mutY-deficient strains, were high and were similar to those for bi-stranded clusters with 8-oxoG and base lesions/AP sites, suggesting that the GAP is processed with an efficiency similar to the efficiency of processing a base lesion or an AP site within a cluster. The MFs of tandem two-lesion clusters comprised of a GAP and an 8-oxoG on the same strand were comparable to or less than the MF of a single 8-oxoG. The mutagenic potential of three-lesion clusters, which were comprised of a tandem lesion (a GAP and an 8-oxoG) and an opposing single 8-oxoG, was higher than that of a single 8-oxoG, but was no more than that of a bi-stranded 8-oxoGs. We suggest that incorporation of a nucleotide opposite 8-oxoG is less mutagenic when a GAP is present in a cluster than when a GAP is absent. Our observations indicate that the repair of a GAP is retarded by an opposing 8-oxoG, but not by a tandem 8-oxoG, and that the extent of GAP repair determines the biological consequences.
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Sage E, Harrison L. Clustered DNA lesion repair in eukaryotes: relevance to mutagenesis and cell survival. Mutat Res 2011; 711:123-33. [PMID: 21185841 PMCID: PMC3101299 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2010.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2010] [Revised: 12/10/2010] [Accepted: 12/17/2010] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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A clustered DNA lesion, also known as a multiply damaged site, is defined as ≥ 2 damages in the DNA within 1-2 helical turns. Only ionizing radiation and certain chemicals introduce DNA damage in the genome in this non-random way. What is now clear is that the lethality of a damaging agent is not just related to the types of DNA lesions introduced, but also to how the damage is distributed in the DNA. Clustered DNA lesions were first hypothesized to exist in the 1990s, and work has progressed where these complex lesions have been characterized and measured in irradiated as well as in non-irradiated cells. A clustered lesion can consist of single as well as double strand breaks, base damage and abasic sites, and the damages can be situated on the same strand or opposing strands. They include tandem lesions, double strand break (DSB) clusters and non-DSB clusters, and base excision repair as well as the DSB repair pathways can be required to remove these complex lesions. Due to the plethora of oxidative damage induced by ionizing radiation, and the repair proteins involved in their removal from the DNA, it has been necessary to study how repair systems handle these lesions using synthetic DNA damage. This review focuses on the repair process and mutagenic consequences of clustered lesions in yeast and mammalian cells. By examining the studies on synthetic clustered lesions, and the effects of low vs high LET radiation on mammalian cells or tissues, it is possible to extrapolate the potential biological relevance of these clustered lesions to the killing of tumor cells by radiotherapy and chemotherapy, and to the risk of cancer in non-tumor cells, and this will be discussed.
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- Evelyne Sage
- Institut Curie, Bât. 110, Centre Universitaire, 91405 Orsay, France
- CNRS UMR3348, Bât. 110, Centre Universitaire, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, LSUHSC-S, Shreveport, LA
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Eccles LJ, O'Neill P, Lomax ME. Delayed repair of radiation induced clustered DNA damage: friend or foe? Mutat Res 2010; 711:134-41. [PMID: 21130102 PMCID: PMC3112496 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2010.11.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2010] [Revised: 11/18/2010] [Accepted: 11/25/2010] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A signature of ionizing radiation exposure is the induction of DNA clustered damaged sites, defined as two or more lesions within one to two helical turns of DNA by passage of a single radiation track. Clustered damage is made up of double strand breaks (DSB) with associated base lesions or abasic (AP) sites, and non-DSB clusters comprised of base lesions, AP sites and single strand breaks. This review will concentrate on the experimental findings of the processing of non-DSB clustered damaged sites. It has been shown that non-DSB clustered damaged sites compromise the base excision repair pathway leading to the lifetime extension of the lesions within the cluster, compared to isolated lesions, thus the likelihood that the lesions persist to replication and induce mutation is increased. In addition certain non-DSB clustered damaged sites are processed within the cell to form additional DSB. The use of E. coli to demonstrate that clustering of DNA lesions is the major cause of the detrimental consequences of ionizing radiation is also discussed. The delayed repair of non-DSB clustered damaged sites in humans can be seen as a “friend”, leading to cell killing in tumour cells or as a “foe”, resulting in the formation of mutations and genetic instability in normal tissue.
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- Laura J Eccles
- DNA Damage Group, Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK.
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Völker J, Plum G, Klump HH, Breslauer KJ. Energetic coupling between clustered lesions modulated by intervening triplet repeat bulge loops: allosteric implications for DNA repair and triplet repeat expansion. Biopolymers 2010; 93:355-69. [PMID: 19890964 PMCID: PMC3902826 DOI: 10.1002/bip.21343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Clusters of closely spaced oxidative DNA lesions present challenges to the cellular repair machinery. When located in opposing strands, base excision repair (BER) of such lesions can lead to double strand DNA breaks (DSB). Activation of BER and DSB repair pathways has been implicated in inducing enhanced expansion of triplet repeat sequences. We show here that energy coupling between distal lesions (8oxodG and/or abasic sites) in opposing DNA strands can be modulated by a triplet repeat bulge loop located between the lesion sites. We find this modulation to be dependent on the identity of the lesions (8oxodG vs. abasic site) and the positions of the lesions (upstream vs. downstream) relative to the intervening bulge loop domain. We discuss how such bulge loop-mediated lesion crosstalk might influence repair processes, while favoring DNA expansion, the genotype of triplet repeat diseases.
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- Jens Völker
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854
- IBET Inc, 1507 Chambers Road, Suite 301, Columbus, OH 43212
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch 7800, South Africa
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 610 Taylor Rd, Piscataway, NJ 08854
- The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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Eccles LJ, Lomax ME, O'Neill P. Hierarchy of lesion processing governs the repair, double-strand break formation and mutability of three-lesion clustered DNA damage. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 38:1123-34. [PMID: 19965771 PMCID: PMC2831305 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp1070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Ionising radiation induces clustered DNA damage sites which pose a severe challenge to the cell’s repair machinery, particularly base excision repair. To date, most studies have focussed on two-lesion clusters. We have designed synthetic oligonucleotides to give a variety of three-lesion clusters containing abasic sites and 8-oxo-7, 8-dihydroguanine to investigate if the hierarchy of lesion processing dictates whether the cluster is cytotoxic or mutagenic. Clusters containing two tandem 8-oxoG lesions opposing an AP site showed retardation of repair of the AP site with nuclear extract and an elevated mutation frequency after transformation into wild-type or mutY Escherichia coli. Clusters containing bistranded AP sites with a vicinal 8-oxoG form DSBs with nuclear extract, as confirmed in vivo by transformation into wild-type E. coli. Using ung1 E. coli, we propose that DSBs arise via lesion processing rather than stalled replication in cycling cells. This study provides evidence that it is not only the prompt formation of DSBs that has implications on cell survival but also the conversion of non-DSB clusters into DSBs during processing and attempted repair. The inaccurate repair of such clusters has biological significance due to the ultimate risk of tumourigenesis or as potential cytotoxic lesions in tumour cells.
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- Laura J Eccles
- CRUK-MRC Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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Byrne S, Cunniffe S, O'Neill P, Lomax ME. 5,6-Dihydrothymine Impairs the Base Excision Repair Pathway of a Closely Opposed AP Site or Single-Strand Break. Radiat Res 2009; 172:537-49. [DOI: 10.1667/rr1830.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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