Abstract |
Although DNA- protein cross-links (DPCs) pose a significant threat to genome stability, they remain a poorly understood class of DNA lesions. To define genetic impacts of DPCs on eukaryotic cells in molecular terms, we used a sensitive Saccharomyces cerevisiae frameshift-detection assay to analyze mutagenesis by formaldehyde (HCHO), and its response to nucleotide excision repair (NER) and translesion DNA synthesis (TLS). Brief exposure to HCHO was mutagenic for NER-defective rad14 strains but not for a corresponding RAD14 strain, nor for a rad14 strain lacking both Polζ and Polη TLS polymerases. This confirmed that HCHO-generated DNA lesions can trigger error-prone TLS and are substrates for the NER pathway. Sequencing revealed that HCHO-induced single-base-pair insertions occurred primarily at one hotspot; most of these insertions were also complex, changing an additional base-pair nearby. Most of the HCHO-induced mutations required both Polζ and Polη, providing a striking example of cooperativity between these two TLS polymerases during bypass of a DNA lesion formed in vivo. The similar molecular properties of HCHO-induced and spontaneous complex +1 insertions detected by this system suggest that DPCs which form in vivo during normal metabolism may contribute characteristic events to the spectra of spontaneous mutations in NER-deficient cells.
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Authors | Dennis Grogan, Sue Jinks-Robertson |
Journal | Mutation research
(Mutat Res)
Vol. 731
Issue 1-2
Pg. 92-8
(Mar 01 2012)
ISSN: 0027-5107 [Print] Netherlands |
PMID | 22197481
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. |
Chemical References |
- RAD14 protein, S cerevisiae
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
- Formaldehyde
- DNA polymerase zeta
- DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
- Rad30 protein
- DNA Repair Enzymes
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Topics |
- Base Sequence
- DNA Damage
- DNA Repair
- DNA Repair Enzymes
(metabolism)
- DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase
(metabolism)
- Formaldehyde
(toxicity)
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis
- Mutation
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
(drug effects, genetics)
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins
(metabolism)
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