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ArticleG3 (Bethesda, Md.)2015

Genome-Wide Mutational Signature of the Chemotherapeutic Agent Mitomycin C in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Annie S Tam, Jeffrey S C Chu, Ann M Rose

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Article in G3 (Bethesda, Md.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Annie S TamDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, V5Z 1L3, Canada atam@bccrc.ca.
Jeffrey S C ChuWuHan Frasergen Bioinformatics Co. Ltd., Wuhan, Hubei Province, 430075, China.
Ann M RoseDepartment of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CA

Funding

Canadian Institutes of Health Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer therapy largely depends on chemotherapeutic agents that generate DNA lesions. However, our understanding of the nature of the resulting lesions as well as the mutational profiles of these chemotherapeutic agents is limited. Among these lesions, DNA interstrand crosslinks are among the more toxic types of DNA damage. Here, we have characterized the mutational spectrum of the commonly used DNA interstrand crosslinking agent mitomycin C (MMC). Using a combination of genetic mapping, whole genome sequencing, and genomic analysis, we have identified and confirmed several genomic lesions linked to MMC-induced DNA damage in Caenorhabditis elegans. Our data indicate that MMC predominantly causes deletions, with a 5'-CpG-3' sequence context prevalent in the deleted regions of DNA. Furthermore, we identified microhomology flanking the deletion junctions, indicative of DNA repair via nonhomologous end joining. Based on these results, we propose a general repair mechanism that is likely to be involved in the biological response to this highly toxic agent. In conclusion, the systematic study we have described provides insight into potential sequence specificity of MMC with DNA.

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GenomeGenomicsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCaenorhabditis elegansChromosome MappingComputational BiologyDNA DamageGenes, LethalGenotypeHigh-Throughput Nucleotide SequencingMitomycinMutagenesis, InsertionalMutagensMutationMutation RateAntineoplastic AgentsMitomycinMutagensC. elegansmitomycin Cmodel organismmutation spectrumwhole genome sequencing

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PMID26564951
PMCPMC4704711
OpenAlexW2225224982

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