Project description:Whole genome sequencing data for the manuscript: DNA polymerase and mismatch repair deficient cancers exert distinct genome-wide microsatellite signatures
| EGAS00001004816 | EGA
Project description:Mutation Signatures in UVA- and UVB-treated yeast
Project description:We used a novel high-throughput sequencing method known as UVDE-seq to map the formation of UV-induced 6-4 photoproducts (6-4PP) and atypical thymidine-adenine (TA) photoproducts at single nucleotide resolution across the yeast genome in wild-type and rad16 mutant cells, which are deficient in GG-NER. We also analyzed 6-4PP and TA photoproducts in UV-irradiated yeast genomic DNA (i.e., naked DNA).
Project description:Repair of UV damage from the transcribed strand (TS) of yeast genes is rapid due to the transcription coupled nucleotide excision repair (TC-NER) pathway. TC-NER is triggered when RNA polymerase stalls at UV damage, such as a UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD). During transcription, the histone methyltransferase Set2 methylates histone H3K36, but it is not known if Set2 regulates TC-NER. Here, we report genome-wide repair maps of UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) in yeast cells lacking Set2.
Project description:We characterized the role of H3K36 methylation in regulating repair of UV damage from the transcribed strand (TS) of yeast genes by the transcription coupled nucleotide excision repair (TC-NER) pathway. TC-NER is triggered when RNA polymerase stalls at UV damage, such as a UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD). During transcription, the histone methyltransferase Set2 methylates histone H3K36, but it is not known if H3K36 methylation regulates TC-NER. Here, we report genome-wide repair maps of UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) in yeast cells containing mutants in histone H3K36 (or set2).
Project description:Transcription coupled-nucleotide excision repair (TC-NER) repairs DNA lesions that stall RNA polymerase II (Pol II) transcription. Here, we show that the C-terminal domain (CTD) of elongation factor-1 (Elf1) plays a critical role in TC-NER in yeast. Analysis of genome-wide repair of UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) using CPD-seq indicates that the Elf1 CTD is required for efficient Rad26-dependent and Rad26-independent TC-NER across the yeast genome. The Elf1-CTD is also important for TC-NER in rad16∆ cells deficient in GG-NER. Finally, we show that a mutant in the Elf1-CTD (elf1-Y99A) that disrupts binding to a subunit of TFIIH affects Rad26-independent repair in a rad26∆ mutant background.
2024-05-31 | GSE243603 | GEO
Project description:Mutation signatures specific to DNA alkylating agents in yeast and cancers
Project description:Cockayne syndrome (CS) is a rare genetic neurodevelopmental disorder, characterized by a deficiency in the transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair pathway. Mutation of Cockayne syndrome B (CSB) affects basal transcription which is considered a major cause of CS neurological dysfunction. Here, we generated a rat model by mimicking a nonsense mutation in the CSB(ERCC6) gene of CS-B patients. CSB-deficient rats exhibit the well-known CS repair characteristics: inability to resume RNA synthesis from stalled RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) and persistent gamma H2AX overexpression after UV damage. In contrast to that of the Csb-/- mouse models, the cerebella of the CSB-deficient rats are more profoundly affected. Both the molecular and the granular layers of the cerebellum cortex showed significant atrophy. The white matter of the cerebellum demonstrated high GFAP staining indicative of reactive astrogliosis. RNA-seq analysis of CSB-deficient rat cerebella revealed that even in the absence of UV damage, CSB affects the expression of hundreds of genes, many of which are neuronal genes, suggesting that transcription dysregulation could contribute to the neurological features in CSB rat models.