title: Preferential repair of nuclear matrix associated DNA in xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group C.
abstract: The distribution of ultraviolet-induced DNA repair patches in the genome of xeroderma pigmentosum cells of complementation group C was investigated by determining the molecular weight distribution of repair labeled DNA and prelabeled DNA in alkaline sucrose gradients after treatment with the dimerspecific endonuclease V of bacteriophage T4. The results were consistent with the data reported by Mansbridge and Hanawalt (1983) and suggest that DNA-repair synthesis in xeroderma pigmentosum cells of complementation group C occurs in localized regions of the genome. Analysis of the spatial distribution of ultraviolet-induced repair patches in DNA loops attached to the nuclear matrix revealed that in xeroderma pigmentosum cells of complementation group C repair patches are preferentially situated near the attachment sites of DNA loops at the nuclear matrix. In normal human fibroblasts we observed no enrichment of repair-labeled DNA at the nuclear matrix and repair patches appeared to be distributed randomly along the DNA loops. The enrichment of repair-labeled DNA at the nuclear matrix in xeroderma pigmentosum cells of complementation group C may indicate that the residual DNA-repair synthesis in these cells occurs preferentially in transcribing regions of the genome.
mesh_terms: D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002843:Chromatin / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004260:DNA Repair; D006801:Humans; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin