title: Direct, genome-wide assessment of DNA mutations in single cells.
abstract: DNA mutations are the inevitable consequences of errors that arise during replication and repair of DNA damage. Because of their random and infrequent occurrence, quantification and characterization of DNA mutations in the genome of somatic cells has been difficult. Random, low-abundance mutations are currently inaccessible by standard high-throughput sequencing approaches because they cannot be distinguished from sequencing errors. One way to circumvent this problem and simultaneously account for the mutational heterogeneity within tissues is whole genome sequencing of a representative number of single cells. Here, we show elevated mutation levels in single cells from Drosophila melanogaster S2 and mouse embryonic fibroblast populations after treatment with the powerful mutagen N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea. This method can be applied as a direct measure of exposure to mutagenic agents and for assessing genotypic heterogeneity within tissues or cell populations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gundry
authors.forename: Wenge
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shahina Bano
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Maqbool
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vijg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D005038:Ethylnitrosourea / Q000633:toxicity; D016678:Genome; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D059010:Single-Cell Analysis
chemical_list: D005038:Ethylnitrosourea
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