Abasic Sites and Strand Breaks in DNA Cause Transcriptional Mutagenesis in Escherichia Coli

Overview

Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 2010 Feb 10

PMID 20142484

Citations 25

Authors

Cheryl L Clauson

Kenneth J Oestreich

James W Austin

Paul W Doetsch

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Abstract

DNA damage occurs continuously, and faithful replication and transcription are essential for maintaining cell viability. Cells in nature are not dividing and replicating DNA often; therefore it is important to consider the outcome of RNA polymerase (RNAP) encounters with DNA damage. Base damage in the DNA can affect transcriptional fidelity, leading to production of mutant mRNA and protein in a process termed transcriptional mutagenesis (TM). Abasic (AP) sites and strand breaks are frequently occurring, spontaneous damages that are also base excision repair (BER) intermediates. In vitro studies have demonstrated that these lesions can be bypassed by RNAP; however this has never been assessed in vivo. This study demonstrates that RNAP is capable of bypassing AP sites and strand breaks in Escherichia coli and results in TM through adenine incorporation in nascent mRNA. Elimination of the enzymes that process these lesions further increases TM; however, such mutants can still complete repair by other downstream pathways. These results show that AP sites and strand breaks can result in mutagenic RNAP bypass and have important implications for the biologic endpoints of DNA damage.

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