title: Repair of 8-methoxypsoralen photoinduced cross-links in yeast. Analysis by alkaline step-elution and electron microscopy.
abstract: The repair of interstrand cross-links induced by 8-methoxypsoralen plus UVA (365 nm) radiation DNA was analyzed in diploid strains of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The strains employed were the wild-type D7 and derivatives homozygous for the rad18-1 or the rad3-12 mutation. Alkaline step-elution and electron microscopy were performed to follow the process of induction and removal of photoinduced cross-links. In accordance with previous reports, the D7 rad3-12 strain failed to remove the induced lesions and could not incise cross-links. The strain D7 rad18-1 was nearly as efficient in the removal of 8-MOP photoadducts after 2 h of post-treatment incubation as the D7 RAD+ wild-type strain. However, as demonstrated by alkaline step-elution and electron microscopic analysis, the first incision step at DNA cross-links was three times more effective in D7 rad18-1 than in D7 RAD+. This is consistent with the hypothesis that the RAD18 gene product is involved in the filling of gaps resulting from persistent non-informational DNA lesions generated by the endonucleolytic processing of DNA cross-links. Absence of this gene product may lead to extensive strand breakage and decreased recognition of such lesions by structural repair systems.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Mutagenesi e Differenziamento C.N.R., Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cundari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dardalhon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rousset
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Averbeck
mesh_terms: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004260:DNA Repair; D004271:DNA, Fungal / Q000235:genetics / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008730:Methoxsalen / Q000633:toxicity*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000187:drug effects*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D004271:DNA, Fungal; D005656:Fungal Proteins; D008730:Methoxsalen