title: UV damage and repair in the domain of the human c-myc oncogene.
abstract: We have used a modification of the Southern hybridization method to analyze the removal of UV-induced pyrimidine cyclobutane dimers from the domain of the c-myc oncogene. The study was performed in human COLO320HSR cells, which exhibit a 30- to 40-fold amplification of c-myc that is maintained in a marker chromosome as a homogeneously staining region. Intron 2 and the region upstream from the gene showed better dimer removal than intron 1 or the region downstream from the c-myc gene. Regions showing less repair coincide with regions that are hotspots for mutations and chromosome translocations. Therefore, it is proposed that the inefficiency of DNA repair may play an important role in the origin of c-myc rearrangements.
authors.affiliation: IMBICE, La Plata, Argentina.
authors.forename: N O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Alitalo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: De La Chapelle
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000235:genetics; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics; D004260:DNA Repair; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D016259:Genes, myc / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers / Q000235:genetics; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D011740:Pyrimidine Dimers