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ArticleF1000Research2019

The study of protein recruitment to laser-induced DNA lesions can be distorted by photoconversion of the DNA binding dye Hoechst.

Verena Hurst, Susan M Gasser

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Article in F1000Research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Rapid recruitment of p53 to DNA damage sites directs DNA repair choice and integrity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  3. Imaging the Response to DNA Damage in Heterochromatin Domains.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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Verena HurstFriedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, Basel, CH-4058, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-8521-1899
Susan M GasserFriedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Maulbeerstrasse 66, Basel, CH-4058, Switzerland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A commonly used approach for assessing DNA repair factor recruitment in mammalian cells is to induce DNA damage with a laser in the UV or near UV range and follow the local increase of GFP-tagged proteins at the site of damage. Often these measurements are performed in the presence of the blue DNA dye Hoechst, which is used as a photosensitizer. However, a light-induced switch of Hoechst from a blue-light to a green-light emitter will give a false positive signal at the site of damage.  Thus, photoconversion signals must be subtracted from the overall green-light emission to determine true recruitment. Here we demonstrate the photoconversion effect and suggest control experiments to exclude false-positive results.

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AnimalsDNADNA RepairFluorescent DyesLasersLightProteinsDNAFluorescent DyesProteinsDAPIDNA repairHoechstPhotoconversionUV laser

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PMID30828443
PMCPMC6392149

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