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Nicklas JA, Carter EW, Albertini RJ. Both PIGA and PIGL mutations cause GPI-a deficient isolates in the Tk6 cell line. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2015; 56:663-73. [PMID: 25970100 PMCID: PMC4607541 DOI: 10.1002/em.21953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Molecular analysis of proaerolysin selected glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor (GPI-a) deficient isolates in the TK6 cell line was performed. Initial studies found that the expected X-linked PIGA mutations were rare among the spontaneous isolates but did increase modestly after ethyl methane sulfate (EMS) treatment (but to only 50% of isolates). To determine the molecular bases of the remaining GPI-a deficient isolates, real-time analysis for all the 25 autosomal GPI-a pathway genes was performed on the isolates without PIGA mutations, determining that PIGL mRNA was absent for many. Further analysis determined these isolates had several different homozygous deletions of the 5' region of PIGL (17p12-p22) extending 5' (telomeric) through NCOR1 and some into the TTC19 gene (total deletion >250,000 bp). It was determined that the TK6 parent had a hemizygous deletion in 17p12-p22 (275,712 bp) extending from PIGL intron 2 into TTC19 intron 7. Second hit deletions in the other allele in the GPI-a deficient isolates led to the detected homozygous deletions. Several of the deletion breakpoints including the original first hit deletion were sequenced. As strong support for TK6 having a deletion, a number of the isolates without PIGA mutations nor homozygous PIGL deletions had point mutations in the PIGL gene. These studies show that the GPI-a mutation studies using TK6 cell line could be a valuable assay detecting point and deletion mutations in two genes simultaneously.
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- Janice A. Nicklas
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
- Correspondence to: Janice A. Nicklas, Genetic Toxicology Laboratory, University of Vermont, 665 Spear St., Burlington, VT 05405,
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- Center for Clinical and Translational Science, Biomedical Informatics Unit, University of Vermont, Burlington,VT
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- Department of Pathology, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT
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Adar S, Izhar L, Hendel A, Geacintov N, Livneh Z. Repair of gaps opposite lesions by homologous recombination in mammalian cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 37:5737-48. [PMID: 19654238 PMCID: PMC2761288 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Damages in the DNA template inhibit the progression of replication, which may cause single-stranded gaps. Such situations can be tolerated by translesion DNA synthesis (TLS), or by homology-dependent repair (HDR), which is based on transfer or copying of the missing information from the replicated sister chromatid. Whereas it is well established that TLS plays an important role in DNA damage tolerance in mammalian cells, it is unknown whether HDR operates in this process. Using a newly developed plasmid-based assay that distinguishes between the three mechanisms of DNA damage tolerance, we found that mammalian cells can efficiently utilize HDR to repair DNA gaps opposite an abasic site or benzo[a]pyrene adduct. The majority of these events occurred by a physical strand transfer (homologous recombination repair; HRR), rather than a template switch mechanism. Furthermore, cells deficient in either the human RAD51 recombination protein or NBS1, but not Rad18, exhibited decreased gap repair through HDR, indicating a role for these proteins in DNA damage tolerance. To our knowledge, this is the first direct evidence of gap-lesion repair via HDR in mammalian cells, providing further molecular insight into the potential activity of HDR in overcoming replication obstacles and maintaining genome stability.
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- Sheera Adar
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Activation of cAMP signaling inhibits DNA damage-induced apoptosis in BCP-ALL cells through abrogation of p53 accumulation. Blood 2009; 114:608-18. [PMID: 19451550 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-02-204883] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In lymphocytes, the second messenger cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) plays a well-established antiproliferative role through inhibition of G(1)/S transition and S-phase progression. We have previously demonstrated that, during S-phase arrest, cAMP inhibits the action of S phase-specific cytotoxic compounds, leading to reduction in their apoptotic response. In this report, we provide evidence that cAMP can also inhibit the action of DNA-damaging agents independently of its effect on S phase. Elevation of cAMP in B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia cells is shown to profoundly inhibit the apoptotic response to ionizing radiation, anthracyclins, alkylating agents, and platinum compounds. We further demonstrate that this effect depends on the ability of elevated cAMP levels to quench DNA damage-induced p53 accumulation by increasing the p53 turnover, resulting in attenuated Puma and Bax induction, mitochondrial outer membrane depolarization, caspase activation, and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase cleavage. On the basis of our findings, we suggest that cAMP levels may influence p53 function in malignant cells that retain wild-type p53, potentially affecting p53 both as a tumor suppressor during cancer initiation and maintenance, and as an effector of the apoptotic response to DNA-damaging agents during anticancer treatment.
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Rossi M, Bang JK, Mazur S, Iera JA, Phillips DC, Zambetti GP, Appella DH. Induction of apoptosis promoted by Bang52; a small molecule that downregulates Bcl-x(L). Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2009; 19:2429-34. [PMID: 19349174 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2009.03.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2009] [Accepted: 03/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Cancer cells evade death by over-producing specific proteins that inhibit apoptosis. One such group of proteins is the Bcl-2 family, of which Bcl-x(L) is an important member. This protein binds and inhibits BAK, another protein that promotes apoptosis. While the development of chemical inhibitors that block Bcl-x(L)-BAK association have been the focus of intense research efforts, we demonstrate in this manuscript an alternative strategy to downregulate Bcl-x(L). We have identified a small molecule (Bang52) that induces apoptosis in a lymphoblast-derived cell line by lowering levels of Bcl-x(L). Since Bang52 bears no resemblance to any chemical binder of Bcl-x(L) we believe that degradation of the protein is stimulated by a new type of pathway. These findings highlight a novel approach to the development of small molecules that promote apoptosis.
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- Matteo Rossi
- Laboratory of Cell Biology, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Kakavas VK, Konstantinos KV, Plageras P, Panagiotis P, Vlachos TA, Antonios VT, Papaioannou A, Agelos P, Noulas VA, Argiris NV. PCR-SSCP: a method for the molecular analysis of genetic diseases. Mol Biotechnol 2007; 38:155-63. [PMID: 18219595 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-007-9006-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2007] [Accepted: 09/14/2007] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) is a reproducible, rapid and quite simple method for the detection of deletions/insertions/rearrangements in polymerase chain reaction amplified DNA. All the details for the use of PCR-SSCP are presented in the direction of genetic diseases (beta-thalassaemia, cystic fibrosis), optimum gel conditions, sensitivity and the latest modifications of the method, which are applied in most laboratories. This non-radioactive PCR-SSCP method can be reliably used to identify mutations in patients (beta-globin, CFTR), provided suitable controls are available. Moreover, it is widely used for mutation identification in carriers (beta-thalassaemia, cystic fibrosis), making it particularly useful in population screening.
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- V Konstantinos Kakavas
- Laboratory of Clinical Chemistry, School of Medical Laboratories, Faculty of Health and Care, Highest Technological Institute of Larissa, Greece.
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Tsai MH, Chen X, Chandramouli GVR, Chen Y, Yan H, Zhao S, Keng P, Liber HL, Coleman CN, Mitchell JB, Chuang EY. Transcriptional responses to ionizing radiation reveal that p53R2 protects against radiation-induced mutagenesis in human lymphoblastoid cells. Oncogene 2005; 25:622-32. [PMID: 16247478 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The p53 protein has been implicated in multiple cellular responses related to DNA damage. Alterations in any of these cellular responses could be related to increased genomic instability. Our previous study has shown that mutations in p53 lead to hypermutability to ionizing radiation. To investigate further how p53 is involved in regulating mutational processes, we used 8K cDNA microarrays to compare the patterns of gene expression among three closely related human cell lines with different p53 status including TK6 (wild-type p53), NH32 (p53-null), and WTK1 (mutant p53). Total RNA samples were collected at 1, 3, 6, 9, and 24 h after 10 Gy gamma-irradiation. Template-based clustering analysis of the gene expression over the time course showed that 464 genes are either up or downregulated by at least twofold following radiation treatment. In addition, cluster analyses of gene expression profiles among these three cell lines revealed distinct patterns. In TK6, 165 genes were upregulated, while 36 genes were downregulated. In contrast, in WTK1 75 genes were upregulated and 12 genes were downregulated. In NH32, only 54 genes were upregulated. Furthermore, we found several genes associated with DNA repair namely p53R2, DDB2, XPC, PCNA, BTG2, and MSH2 that were highly induced in TK6 compared to WTK1 and NH32. p53R2, which is regulated by the tumor suppressor p53, is a small subunit of ribonucleotide reductase. To determine whether it is involved in radiation-induced mutagenesis, p53R2 protein was inhibited by siRNA in TK6 cells and followed by 2 Gy radiation. The background mutation frequencies at the TK locus of siRNA-transfected TK6 cells were about three times higher than those seen in TK6 cells. The mutation frequencies of siRNA-transfected TK6 cells after 2 Gy radiation were significantly higher than the irradiated TK6 cells without p53R2 knock down. These results indicate that p53R2 was induced by p53 protein and is involved in protecting against radiation-induced mutagenesis.
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- M-H Tsai
- Radiation Biology and Oncology Branches, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Schäfer J, Bachtler J, Engling A, Little JB, Weber KJ, Wenz F. Suppression of apoptosis and clonogenic survival in irradiated human lymphoblasts with different TP53 status. Radiat Res 2002; 158:699-706. [PMID: 12452772 DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2002)158[0699:soaacs]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The influence of radiation-induced apoptosis on radiosensitivity was studied in a set of closely related human lymphoblastoid cell lines differing in TP53 status. The clonogenic survival of irradiated TK6 cells (expressing wild-type TP53), WTK1 cells (overexpressing mutant TP53), and TK6E6 cells (negative for TP53 owing to transfection with HPV16 E6) was assessed in relation to the induction of apoptosis and its suppression by caspase inhibition or treatment with PMA as well as after treatment with caffeine. Measurements using the alkaline comet assay and pulsed-field electrophoresis of the induction and repair of DNA strand breaks showed similar kinetics of the processing of early DNA damage in these cell lines. The cytochalasin B micronucleus assay revealed identical levels of residual damage in the first postirradiation mitosis of these cells. Abrogation of TP53-dependent apoptosis in TK6E6 cells resulted in a distinct increase in radioresistance. Further suppression of apoptosis as observed in WTK1 cells overexpressing mutant TP53 apparently was not responsible for the high radioresistance of WTK1 cells, since other means of highly efficient suppression of apoptosis (caspase inhibition or PMA treatment) increased the clonogenic survival of irradiated TK6 cells only to levels similar to those of TK6E6 cells with abrogated TP53-dependent apoptosis. Considering the similar levels of residual chromosomal damage in TK6E6 cells and WTK1 cells, a hitherto unknown mechanism of tolerance needs to be inferred for these TP53 mutant cells. This residual damage tolerance, however, appears to require an intact G2/M-phase checkpoint function since the relative radioresistance of the WTK1 cells was completely lost upon caffeine treatment, which also resulted in a failure of the TK6 and TK6E6 cells to execute apoptosis. In this situation, the cellular response seems to be dominated entirely by TP53-independent mitotic failure.
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- Jörg Schäfer
- Radiobiology Section, Department of Radiotherapy, University of Heidelberg, INF 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Sonoda E, Takata M, Yamashita YM, Morrison C, Takeda S. Homologous DNA recombination in vertebrate cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:8388-94. [PMID: 11459980 PMCID: PMC37448 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.111006398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The RAD52 epistasis group genes are involved in homologous DNA recombination, and their primary structures are conserved from yeast to humans. Although biochemical studies have suggested that the fundamental mechanism of homologous DNA recombination is conserved from yeast to mammals, recent studies of vertebrate cells deficient in genes of the RAD52 epistasis group reveal that the role of each protein is not necessarily the same as that of the corresponding yeast gene product. This review addresses the roles and mechanisms of homologous recombination-mediated repair with a special emphasis on differences between yeast and vertebrate cells.
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- E Sonoda
- Department of Radiation Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida Konoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Moore SM, Cannon JS, Tanhehco YC, Hamzeh FM, Ambinder RF. Induction of Epstein-Barr virus kinases to sensitize tumor cells to nucleoside analogues. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2001; 45:2082-91. [PMID: 11408227 PMCID: PMC90604 DOI: 10.1128/aac.45.7.2082-2091.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in the tumor cells of some EBV-associated malignancies may facilitate selective killing of these tumor cells. We show that treatment of an EBV(+) Burkitt's lymphoma cell line with 5-azacytidine led to a dose-dependent induction of EBV lytic antigen expression, including expression of the viral thymidine kinase (TK) and phosphotransferase (PT). Azacytidine treatment for 24 h modestly sensitized the cell line to all nucleosides tested. To better characterize EBV TK with regard to various nucleoside analogues, we expressed EBV TK in stable cell clones. Two EBV TK-expressing clones were moderately sensitive to high doses of acyclovir and penciclovir (PCV) (62.5 to 500 microM) and to lower doses of ganciclovir (GCV) and bromovinyldeoxyuridine (BVdU) (10 to 100 microM) compared to a control clone and were shown to phosphorylate GCV. Similar experiments in a transient overexpression system showed more killing of cells transfected with the EBV TK expression vector than of cells transfected with the control mutant vector (50 microM GCV for 4 days). A putative PT was also studied in the transient transfection system and appeared similar to the TK in phosphorylating GCV and conferring sensitivity to GCV, but not in BVdU- or PCV-mediated cell killing. Induction of EBV kinases in combination with agents such as GCV merits further evaluation as an alternative strategy to gene therapy for selective killing of EBV-infected cells.
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- S M Moore
- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21231, USA
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Thompson LH, Schild D. The contribution of homologous recombination in preserving genome integrity in mammalian cells. Biochimie 1999; 81:87-105. [PMID: 10214914 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(99)80042-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Although it is clear that mammalian somatic cells possess the enzymatic machinery to perform homologous recombination of DNA molecules, the importance of this process in mitigating DNA damage has been uncertain. An initial genetic framework for studying homologous recombinational repair (HRR) has come from identifying relevant genes by homology or by their ability to correct mutants whose phenotypes are suggestive of recombinational defects. While yeast has been an invaluable guide, higher eukaryotes diverge in the details and complexity of HRR. For eliminating DSBs, HRR and end-joining pathways share the burden, with HRR contributing critically during S and G2 phases. It is likely that the removal of interstrand cross-links is absolutely dependent on efficient HRR, as suggested by the extraordinary sensitivity of the ercc1, xpf/ercc4, xrcc2, and xrcc3 mutants to cross-linking chemicals. Similarly, chromosome stability in untreated cells requires intact HRR, which may eliminate DSBs arising during DNA replication and thereby prevent chromosome aberrations. Complex regulation of HRR by cell cycle checkpoint and surveillance functions is suggested not only by direct interactions between human Rad51 and p53, c-Abl, and BRCA2, but also by very high recombination rates in p53-deficient cells.
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- L H Thompson
- Biology and Biotechnology Research Program, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94551-0808, USA
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Takata M, Sasaki MS, Sonoda E, Morrison C, Hashimoto M, Utsumi H, Yamaguchi-Iwai Y, Shinohara A, Takeda S. Homologous recombination and non-homologous end-joining pathways of DNA double-strand break repair have overlapping roles in the maintenance of chromosomal integrity in vertebrate cells. EMBO J 1998; 17:5497-508. [PMID: 9736627 PMCID: PMC1170875 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/17.18.5497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 887] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Eukaryotic cells repair DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by at least two pathways, homologous recombination (HR) and non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ). Rad54 participates in the first recombinational repair pathway while Ku proteins are involved in NHEJ. To investigate the distinctive as well as redundant roles of these two repair pathways, we analyzed the mutants RAD54(-/-), KU70(-/-) and RAD54(-/-)/KU70(-/-), generated from the chicken B-cell line DT40. We found that the NHEJ pathway plays a dominant role in repairing gamma-radiation-induced DSBs during G1-early S phase while recombinational repair is preferentially used in late S-G2 phase. RAD54(-/-)/KU70(-/-) cells were profoundly more sensitive to gamma-rays than either single mutant, indicating that the two repair pathways are complementary. Spontaneous chromosomal aberrations and cell death were observed in both RAD54(-/-) and RAD54(-/-)/KU70(-/-) cells, with RAD54(-/-)/KU70(-/-) cells exhibiting significantly higher levels of chromosomal aberrations than RAD54(-/-) cells. These observations provide the first genetic evidence that both repair pathways play a role in maintaining chromosomal DNA during the cell cycle.
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- M Takata
- Department of Molecular Immunology and Allergology, Kyoto University Medical School, Konoe Yoshida, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8315, Japan
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Evans HH, Horng MF, Ricanati M, Deahl JT, Oleinick NL. Mutagenicity of photodynamic therapy as compared to UVC and ionizing radiation in human and murine lymphoblast cell lines. Photochem Photobiol 1997; 66:690-6. [PMID: 9383992 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1997.tb03208.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The mutagenicity of photodynamic therapy (PDT) using red light and either Photofrin (porfimer sodium) (PF) or aluminum phthalocyanine (AlPc) as the photosensitizer was determined at the thymidine kinase (TK) locus in the human lymphoblastic cell lines, TK6 and WTK1, and was compared to the mutagenicity of UVC and X-radiation in these cells as well as the mutagenicity of PDT in murine L5178Y lymphoblastic cell lines. Photodynamic therapy was found not to be mutagenic in TK6 cells, which possess an active p53 gene and which are relatively deficient in recombination and repair of DNA double-strand breaks. In contrast, PDT with either sensitizer was significantly mutagenic in WTK1 cells, which harbor an inactivating mutation in the p53 gene and are relatively efficient in recombination and double-strand break repair as compared to TK6 cells. The induced mutant frequency in WTK1 cells with PF as the photosensitizer was similar to that induced by UVC radiation but lower than that induced by X-radiation at equitoxic fluences/doses. The mutant frequency induced by PDT in WTK1 cells with either photosensitizer was much lower than that induced in murine lymphoblasts at equitoxic fluences. The TK6 and WTK1 cells did not differ in their sensitivity to the cytotoxic effects of PDT, but the level of PDT-induced apoptosis was greater in TK6 than in WTK1 cells. These results indicate that the mutagenicity of PDT varies in different types of cells and may be related to the repair capabilities as well as the p53 status of the cells.
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- H H Evans
- Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4942, USA
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Moynahan ME, Jasin M. Loss of heterozygosity induced by a chromosomal double-strand break. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1997; 94:8988-93. [PMID: 9256422 PMCID: PMC22995 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.94.17.8988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The repair of chromosomal double-strand breaks (DSBs) is necessary for genomic integrity in all organisms. Genetic consequences of misrepair include chromosomal loss, deletion, and duplication resulting in loss of heterozygosity (LOH), a common finding in human solid tumors. Although work with radiation-sensitive cell lines suggests that mammalian cells primarily rejoin DSBs by nonhomologous mechanisms, alternative mechanisms that are implicated in chromosomal LOH, such as allelic recombination, may also occur. We have examined chromosomal DSB repair between homologs in a gene targeted mammalian cell line at the retinoblastoma (Rb) locus. We have found that allelic recombinational repair occurs in mammalian cells and is increased at least two orders of magnitude by the induction of a chromosomal DSB. One consequence of allelic recombination is LOH at the Rb locus. Some of the repair events also resulted in other types of genetic instability, including deletions and duplications. We speculate that mammalian cells may have developed efficient nonhomologous DSB repair processes to bypass allelic recombination and the potential for reduction to homozygosity.
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- M E Moynahan
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Cornell University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Despite being derived from the same donor, the human lymphoblastoid cell lines WTK1 and TK6 have markedly different responses to low LET radiation. We originally observed that WTK1 was more resistant to the cytotoxic effects of X-irradiation, but significantly more sensitive to mutation induction at both the TK and HPRT loci. In an effort to better understand these properties, we have examined the effects of alpha-particles on these cells. Relative to TK6, WTK1 has enhanced survival and mutation after both X-ray and alpha-particle exposure. While the HPRT locus was significantly more mutable in WTK1 as a function of alpha-particle versus X-ray dose, the TK locus was only slightly more sensitive to alpha-particle mutagenesis. In addition, the slowly growing TK mutants that constitute the majority of X-ray-induced TK mutants of TK6 were recovered in lower proportions following alpha-particle exposures. This is consistent with the further finding that in both cell lines, loss of heterozygosity occurred in a smaller fraction of alpha-induced TK mutants than X-ray-induced mutants. These results are consistent with our previous model suggesting that WTK1 has an error-prone repair pathway that is either missing or deficient in TK6, and further suggest that this pathway may be involved in the processing of alpha-particle-induced damage.
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- S A Amundson
- Life Sciences Division LS-6, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA
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Amundson SA, Chen DJ. Inverse dose-rate effect for mutation induction by gamma-rays in human lymphoblasts. Int J Radiat Biol 1996; 69:555-63. [PMID: 8648243 DOI: 10.1080/095530096145562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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In order to define further the effects of differences in recombinational proficiency on cell survival and mutation by ionizing radiation, we exposed the syngenic cell lines TK6 and WTK1 to continuous low dose-rate gamma-irradiation. We previously demonstrated that acute X-ray exposure results in lower survival and lower mutation induction at both the thymidine kinase (tk) and the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (hprt) loci in TK6 cells compared with WTK1 cells. These differences were attributed in part to reduced levels of recombination in the TK6 line relative to WTK1. Using a low dose rate 137Cs irradiator, we exposed asynchronous growing populations of these cells to gamma-rays at 14.3, 6.7 and 2.7 cGy/h. Both cell lines exhibited a dose-rate effect on survival. Compared with acute doses, the low dose-rates also protected against mutation induction at the hrpt locus in WTK1, but protection was inversely related to dose-rate. There was also a slight inverse dose-rate effect in TK6, with mutation induction at the lowest dose-rate exceeding that at acute exposures.
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- S A Amundson
- National Cancer Institute, National Institudes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Little JB, Nagasawa H, Keng PC, Yu Y, Li CY. Absence of radiation-induced G1 arrest in two closely related human lymphoblast cell lines that differ in p53 status. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:11033-6. [PMID: 7744731 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.19.11033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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In order to examine more precisely the role of p53 in the activation of the G1/S checkpoint by ionizing radiation, we examined two human lymphoblast cell lines derived from the same donor. The TK6 line had a doubling time of 12.2 h and expressed wild type p53, while the WTK1 line had a doubling time of 12.7 h and expressed mutant p53. The two lines differ significantly in their susceptibility to radiation-induced cell killing and apoptosis. Cells were examined by flow cytometry at regular intervals from 0 to 12 h after irradiation with two different doses designed to yield equivalent survival levels in both cell lines. In some experiments, cells were incubated with colcemid to block them in the first postirradiation mitosis and prevent contamination of the flow cytometric profiles with second cycle cells. There was no significant difference between the two cell lines in the progression of irradiated cells out of G1 and into the S and G2 phases of the cell cycle. In particular, there was no evidence for a prolonged arrest in G1 in the TK6 cell line expressing wild type p53. Furthermore, expression of the p53 downstream genes WAF1/CIP1 and RB appeared normal in TK6 cells. These results suggest that factors other than those in the p53 signal transduction pathway alone may be required to activate the G1/S checkpoint in irradiated human cells and that apoptosis and G1 arrest may utilize different pathways.
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- J B Little
- Department of Cancer Biology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Godwin AR, Bollag RJ, Christie DM, Liskay RM. Spontaneous and restriction enzyme-induced chromosomal recombination in mammalian cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:12554-8. [PMID: 7809076 PMCID: PMC45477 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.26.12554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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We have derived Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell hybrids containing herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (tk) heteroalleles for the study of spontaneous and restriction enzyme-induced interchromosomal recombination. These lines allowed us to make a direct comparison between spontaneous intrachromosomal and interchromosomal recombination using the same tk heteroalleles at the same genomic insertion site. We find that the frequency of interchromosomal recombination is less by a factor of at least 5000 than that of intrachromosomal recombination. Our results with mammalian cells differ markedly from results with Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with which similar studies typically give only a 10-to 30-fold difference. Next, to inquire into the fate of double-strand breaks at either of the two different Xho I linker insertion mutations, we electroporated PaeR7I enzyme, an isoschizomer of Xho I, into these hybrids. A priori, these breaks can be repaired either by recombination from the homology or by end-joining. Despite a predicted bias against recovering end-joining products in our system, all cells characterized by enzyme-induced resistance to hypoxanthine/aminopterin/thymidine were, in fact, due to nonhomologous recombination or end-joining. These results are in agreement with other studies that used extrachromosomal sequences to examine the relative efficiencies of end-joining and homologous recombination in mammalian cells, but are in sharp contrast to results of analogous studies in S. cerevisiae, wherein only products of homologous events are detected.
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- A R Godwin
- Department of Genetics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510
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Ruiz-Pacheco R, Chatelain P, Sizonenko PC, Bost M, Garandau P, Sultan C. Genetic and molecular analysis of familial isolated growth hormone deficiency. Hum Genet 1993; 92:273-81. [PMID: 8104861 DOI: 10.1007/bf00244472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Familial isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) has been associated with complete deletions of the hGH-N gene encoding the pituitary growth hormone (GH) in a large number of cases. However, there is still no alternative empirical explanation for the remaining familial or non-familial IGHD cases. We studied a large kindred including five IGHD-affected first cousins to determine possible IGHD inheritance and whether the hGH-N gene was the cause of IGHD in this pedigree. Sex-linked and autosomal recessive transmission of IGHD in this kindred was rejected. Autosomal dominant inheritance was the most probable explanation according to a model of one locus with two alleles, one being dominant for IGHD, under genetic modifiers or epistasis. Southern blotting analysis (BamHI and HindIII digestions) was used to determine whether the hGH-N gene was present in the patients and their family members. Because we found that the hGH-N gene was present, five restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs; HincII, MspI-A and B, and BglII-A and B) linked to the hGH-N gene were used to try to identify the possible RFLP haplotypes in the pedigree that could be markers or associated with the abnormal hGH-N alleles responsible for IGHD. From the haplotype analysis, it appeared that other genes not linked to the hGH-N gene cluster were the cause of the IGHD phenotype in this kindred. An alternative conclusion could be that the hGH-N gene was responsible for IGHD in this kindred, if a mutation (gene conversion) at the MspI-B site or a reciprocal recombination event between the HincII and MspI-B sites occurred from generation P to F1 and a similar event took place from generation F1 to F2. The non-significant GH responses of patients to the growth releasing factor test confirmed that the hGH-N gene structural product or some step in its regulation was responsible for causing IGHD in this kindred. We suggest that genetic micromutations in the hGH-N gene are present and are responsible for IGHD. We developed a method using the polymerase chain reaction to amplify a 790-bp fragment of the hGH-N gene. The fragment spanned from the second part of the dyad symmetry region in the non-transcribed 5' end of the hGH-N gene to 9 bp before the alternative splice-acceptor site in exon 3. The expected fragment was verified by its digestion with seven diagnostic restriction endonucleases (BamHI, FspI, PstI, NdeI, BssHII, BglII and HincII).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- R Ruiz-Pacheco
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Unité 58, Montpellier, France
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X rays induce interallelic homologous recombination at the human thymidine kinase gene. Mol Cell Biol 1992. [PMID: 1350323 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.12.6.2730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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We have developed a human lymphoblast cell line for the study of interchromosomal homologous recombination at the endogenous thymidine kinase (tk) gene on chromosome 17 (M. B. Benjamin, H. Potter, D. W. Yandell, and J. B. Little, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88:6652-6656, 1991). This cell line (designated 6:86) carries unique heterozygous frameshift mutations in exons 4 and 7 of its endogenous tk alleles and can revert to TK+ by frame-restoring mutations, gene conversion, or reciprocal recombination. Line 6:86 reverts spontaneously to TK+ at a frequency of 10(-7) to 10(-8), and exposures to X-irradiation or the frameshift mutagen ICR-191 induce increased reversion frequencies in a dose-dependent manner. Another cell line (designated 4:2) carries a homozygous exon 7 frameshift and is not expected to revert through mechanisms other than frame-restoring mutation. Line 4:2 reverts to TK+ at a lower spontaneous frequency than does 6:86 but can be induced with similar kinetics by ICR-191. In contrast to line 6:86, however, X rays did not induce detectable reversion of line 4:2. We have characterized a number of 6:86-derived revertants by means of restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis at tk and linked loci, single-strand conformation polymorphisms, and direct transcript sequencing. For X rays, most revertants retain both original mutations in the genomic DNA, and a subset of these frameshift-retaining revertants produce frameshift-free message, indicating that reversion is the result of reciprocal recombination within the tk gene. Frame-restoring point mutations, restoration of original sequences, and phenocopy reversion by acquisition of aminopterin resistance were also found among X-ray-induced revertants, whereas the ICR-191-induced revertants examined show only loss of the exon 7 frameshift.
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Benjamin MB, Little JB. X rays induce interallelic homologous recombination at the human thymidine kinase gene. Mol Cell Biol 1992; 12:2730-8. [PMID: 1350323 PMCID: PMC364467 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.12.6.2730-2738.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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We have developed a human lymphoblast cell line for the study of interchromosomal homologous recombination at the endogenous thymidine kinase (tk) gene on chromosome 17 (M. B. Benjamin, H. Potter, D. W. Yandell, and J. B. Little, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 88:6652-6656, 1991). This cell line (designated 6:86) carries unique heterozygous frameshift mutations in exons 4 and 7 of its endogenous tk alleles and can revert to TK+ by frame-restoring mutations, gene conversion, or reciprocal recombination. Line 6:86 reverts spontaneously to TK+ at a frequency of 10(-7) to 10(-8), and exposures to X-irradiation or the frameshift mutagen ICR-191 induce increased reversion frequencies in a dose-dependent manner. Another cell line (designated 4:2) carries a homozygous exon 7 frameshift and is not expected to revert through mechanisms other than frame-restoring mutation. Line 4:2 reverts to TK+ at a lower spontaneous frequency than does 6:86 but can be induced with similar kinetics by ICR-191. In contrast to line 6:86, however, X rays did not induce detectable reversion of line 4:2. We have characterized a number of 6:86-derived revertants by means of restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis at tk and linked loci, single-strand conformation polymorphisms, and direct transcript sequencing. For X rays, most revertants retain both original mutations in the genomic DNA, and a subset of these frameshift-retaining revertants produce frameshift-free message, indicating that reversion is the result of reciprocal recombination within the tk gene. Frame-restoring point mutations, restoration of original sequences, and phenocopy reversion by acquisition of aminopterin resistance were also found among X-ray-induced revertants, whereas the ICR-191-induced revertants examined show only loss of the exon 7 frameshift.
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- M B Benjamin
- Department of Cancer Biology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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