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ArticleGenes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society2017

DNA polymerase kappa protects human cells against MMC-induced genotoxicity through error-free translesion DNA synthesis.

Yuki Kanemaru, Tetsuya Suzuki, Akira Sassa, Kyomu Matsumoto, Noritaka Adachi, Masamitsu Honma, Satoshi Numazawa, Takehiko Nohmi

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Article in Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Mitomycin C-induced DNA double-strand breaks are enhanced by catalytical inactivation of DNA polymerase κ in mice.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2025
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  4. Mammalian DNA Polymerase Kappa Activity and Specificity.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
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  7. Generation, repair and replication of guanine oxidation products.Genes and environment : the official journal of the Japanese Environmental Mutagen Society · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Yuki KanemaruDivision of Genetics and Mutagenesis, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 158-8501 Japan ; Division of Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, Showa University School of Pharmacy, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-0064 Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9934-9488
Tetsuya SuzukiDivision of Genetics and Mutagenesis, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 158-8501 Japan ; Present Addresses: Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8553 Japan.
Akira SassaDivision of Genetics and Mutagenesis, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 158-8501 Japan.
Kyomu MatsumotoToxicology Division, The Institute of Environmental Toxicology, 4321 Uchimoriya-machi, Joso-shi, Ibaraki 303-0043 Japan.
Noritaka AdachiGraduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, 236-0027 Japan.
Masamitsu HonmaDivision of Genetics and Mutagenesis, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 158-8501 Japan.
Satoshi NumazawaDivision of Toxicology, Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, Showa University School of Pharmacy, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 142-0064 Japan.
Takehiko NohmiDivision of Genetics and Mutagenesis, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 158-8501 Japan ; Present Addresses: Biological Safety Research Center, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, 158-8501 Japan.
National Institute of Health Sciences · JPShowa University · JPHiroshima University · JPSociety of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry · USYokohama City University · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInteractions between genes and environment are critical factors for causing cancer in humans. The genotoxicity of environmental chemicals can be enhanced via the modulation of susceptible genes in host human cells. DNA polymerase kappa (Pol κ) is a specialized DNA polymerase that plays an important role in DNA damage tolerance through translesion DNA synthesis. To better understand the protective roles of Pol κ, we previously engineered two human cell lines either deficient in expression of Pol κ (KO) or expressing catalytically dead Pol κ (CD) in Nalm-6-MSH+ cells and examined cytotoxic sensitivity against various genotoxins. In this study, we set up several genotoxicity assays with cell lines possessing altered Pol κ activities and investigated the protective roles of Pol κ in terms of genotoxicity induced by mitomycin C (MMC), a therapeutic agent that induces bulky DNA adducts and crosslinks in DNA.

resultsWe introduced a frameshift mutation in one allele of the thymidine kinase (TK) gene of the KO, CD, and wild-type Pol κ cells (WT), thereby establishing cell lines for the

conclusionsThese results suggest that Pol κ is a modulating factor for the genotoxicity of MMC and also that the established cell lines are useful for evaluating the genotoxicity of chemicals from multiple endpoints in different genetic backgrounds of Pol κ.

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DNA polymerase κGenotoxicity assayMitomycin CNalm-6-MSH+Translesion DNA synthesis

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