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ArticleOncogene2006

Radiation-induced transgenerational alterations in genome stability and DNA damage.

R C Barber, P Hickenbotham, T Hatch, D Kelly, N Topchiy, G M Almeida, G D D Jones, G E Johnson, J M Parry, K Rothkamm and 1 more

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Article in Oncogene, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

R C BarberDepartment of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, Leicestershire, UK.
P Hickenbotham
T Hatch
D Kelly
N Topchiy
G M Almeida
G D D Jones
G E Johnson
J M Parry
K Rothkamm
Y E Dubrova

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mutation induction in directly exposed cells is currently regarded as the main component of the genetic risk of ionizing radiation for humans. However, recent data on the transgenerational increases in mutation rates in the offspring of irradiated parents indicate that the genetic risk could be greater than predicted previously. Here, we have analysed transgenerational changes in mutation rates and DNA damage in the germline and somatic tissues of non-exposed first-generation offspring of irradiated inbred male CBA/Ca and BALB/c mice. Mutation rates at an expanded simple tandem repeat DNA locus and a protein-coding gene (hprt) were significantly elevated in both the germline (sperm) and somatic tissues of all the offspring of irradiated males. The transgenerational changes in mutation rates were attributed to the presence of a persistent subset of endogenous DNA lesions (double- and single-strand breaks), measured by the phosphorylated form of histone H2AX (gamma-H2AX) and alkaline Comet assays. Such remarkable transgenerational destabilization of the F(1) genome may have important implications for cancer aetiology and genetic risk estimates. Our data also provide important clues on the still unknown mechanisms of radiation-induced genomic instability.

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DNA DamageGenomic InstabilityAnimalsBase SequenceComet AssayDNADNA PrimersDNA RepairHypoxanthine PhosphoribosyltransferaseMaleMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred CBAMutationTandem Repeat SequencesDNADNA PrimersHypoxanthine Phosphoribosyltransferase

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PMID16751800

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