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ArticleNature communications2025

FAN1-mediated translesion synthesis and POLQ/HELQ-mediated end joining generate interstrand crosslink-induced mutations.

Jip Verschuren, Robin van Schendel, Ivo van Bostelen, Alex E E Verkennis, Puck Knipscheer, Marcel Tijsterman

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Beyond Short Microhomologies: Mismatch-Compatible Pol θ-Mediated DNA Damage Repair.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026
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6 authors.

Jip Verschuren *Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Robin van Schendel *Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7068-0679
Ivo van BostelenDepartment of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8269-2298
Alex E E VerkennisOncode Institute, Hubrecht Institute-KNAW and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Puck KnipscheerDepartment of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4198-0132
Marcel TijstermanDepartment of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands. m.tijsterman@lumc.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8465-9002

Funding

Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport) OP.393
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To counteract the damaging effects of DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs), cells have evolved various specialized ICL repair pathways. However, how ICL repair impacts genetic integrity remains incompletely understood. Here, we determined the mutagenic consequences of psoralen ICL repair in the animal model C. elegans and identify two mutagenic repair mechanisms: (i) translesion synthesis through POLH and REV1/3-mediated bypass, leading to single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNVs), and (ii) end joining via POLQ or HELQ action resulting in deletions. While we found no role for the Fanconi anemia genes FANCD2 and FANCI, disruption of TRAIP, which triggers unloading of the CMG helicase at sites of blocked replication, led to a strikingly altered repair profile, suggesting a role for DNA replication in the etiology of ICL-induced deletions. TRAIP deficiency did not affect SNV formation; instead, we found these SNVs to depend on the functionality of the Fanconi anemia-associated nuclease FAN1.

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Caenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseDNA End-Joining RepairDNA HelicasesDNA RepairExodeoxyribonucleasesMutationAnimalsDNA DamageDNA ReplicationPolymorphism, Single NucleotideTranslesion DNA SynthesisCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsDNA-Directed DNA PolymeraseDNA HelicasesExodeoxyribonucleases

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PMID40082407
PMCPMC11906846

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