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Break-induced replication is a source of mutation clusters underlying kataegis
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Break-induced replication is a source of mutation clusters underlying kataegis

Cynthia J Sakofsky, Steven A Roberts, Ewa Malc, Piotr A Mieczkowski, Michael A Resnick, Dmitry A Gordenin and Anna Malkova
Cell reports (Cambridge), Vol.7(5), pp.1640-1648
06/12/2014
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2014.04.053
PMCID: PMC4274036
PMID: 24882007
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2014.04.053View
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Abstract

Clusters of simultaneous multiple mutations can be a source of rapid change during carcinogenesis and evolution. Such mutation clusters have been recently shown to originate from DNA damage within long single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) formed at resected double-strand breaks and dysfunctional replication forks. Here, we identify double-strand break (DSB)-induced replication (BIR) as another powerful source of mutation clusters that formed in nearly half of wild-type yeast cells undergoing BIR in the presence of alkylating damage. Clustered mutations were primarily formed along the track of DNA synthesis and were frequently associated with additional breakage and rearrangements. Moreover, the base specificity, strand coordination, and strand bias of the mutation spectrum were consistent with mutations arising from damage in persistent ssDNA stretches within unconventional replication intermediates. Altogether, these features closely resemble kataegic events in cancers, suggesting that replication intermediates during BIR may be the most prominent source of mutation clusters across species.
DNA, Single-Stranded - genetics Genome, Fungal Mutagenesis Saccharomyces cerevisiae - genetics DNA Replication Mutation Rate DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded

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