Effect of strand-specific excision repair on the spectra of mutations induced by benzo[a]pyrene-diol epoxide and ultraviolet radiation in diploid human cells

Thesis/Dissertation · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5580344

Ruey-Hwa, Chen

To study the effect of excision repair on the spectra of mutations induced in diploid human cells by UV and [plus minus]-7[beta], 8[alpha]-dihydroxy-9[alpha],10[alpha]-epoxy- 7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene (BPDE), the author synchronized repair-proficient cells, treated them at the beginning of S phase or in G[sub 1] phase several hours prior to the onset of S phase, selected for thioguanine resistant cells, and determined the spectra of mutations in the coding region of the hyproxanthine(guanine)phosphoribosyl-transferase (HPRT) gene in the mutants. As a control, the spectra of mutations similarly induced in repair-deficient xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) cells were compared. There was no difference in the kinds of mutations observed in mutants derived from either cell strain treated with a particular mutagen either in S or in G[sub 1]. With BPDE, the majority were G.C[yields]T.A transversions; with UV, they were mainly G.C.[yields]A.T transitions. The strand distribution of premutagenic lesions in mutants from repair-proficient cells treated in S or G[sub 1] differed significantly. The results strongly support the hypothesis that human cells preferentially repair UV- and BPDE-induced lesions from the transcribed strand of the HPRT gene. To test this, the rate of repair of BPDE adducts from individual strands of the HPRT gene was measured, using the UvrABC exinuclease and Southern hybridizations with strand-specific probes to detect lesions remaining. BPDE lesions were removed from the transcribed strand at a significantly faster rate than from the nontranscribed strand, consistent with my hypothesis. It was found that BPDE adducts were removed faster from either strand of the HPRT gene than from a transcriptionally inactive locus, indicating preferential repair of active genes. The results of these studies provide biochemical and biological evidence of strand-specific DNA repair of BPDE adducts in human cells.

• Research Organization: Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5580344
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ADDUCTS
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
AROMATICS
BENZOPYRENE
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY
BIOLOGICAL REPAIR
CONDENSED AROMATICS
DATA
DNA ADDUCTS
DNA REPAIR
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EPOXIDES
EXCISION REPAIR
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GENE MUTATIONS
GENETIC EFFECTS
HYDROCARBONS
INFORMATION
MAMMALS
MAN
MUTATIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PRIMATES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
REPAIR
ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
VERTEBRATES
XP CELLS