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Repair of neocarzinostatin-induced deoxyribonucleic acid damage in human lymphoblastoid cells: possible involvement of apurinic/apyrimidinic sites as intermediates

Journal Article · · Biochemistry; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/bi00562a008· OSTI ID:5802016
Neocarzinostatin (NCS) induces repair in a xeroderma pigmentosum lymphoblastoid line deficient in the ability to repair DNA damage induced with (acetoxyacetylamino)fluorene. Repair was demonstrated by the induction of repair synthesis and by the disappearance of NCS-induced single-strand breaks and/or alkaline-labile sites in DNA. Estimation of NCS-induced repair patch size indicated that only a few nucleotides were inserted per repaired region. NCS-treated bacteriophage T7 DNA requires incubation with alkaline phosphatase to make it a substrate for DNA polymerase I. NCS-reacted T7 DNA, even after phosphatase treatment, is not a substrate for a DNA polymerase ..cap alpha.. obtained from human lymphoma cells. NCS-treated T7 DNA did serve as a substrate for the DNA polymerase ..cap alpha.. when incubated with an apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) endonuclease with associated 5'-3'-exonuclease activity. The results suggest that NCS-induced AP sites could be intermediates for the in vivo repair synthesis.
DOE Contract Number:
EY-76-S-02-2040
OSTI ID:
5802016
Journal Information:
Biochemistry; (United States), Journal Name: Biochemistry; (United States) Vol. 19; ISSN BICHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English