Journal: Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis
Article Title: Oxidative DNA Damage Exacerbates the Mutagenic Potential of Alternative DNA Structures via Altered DNA Repair Processing
doi: 10.1002/em.70059
Figure Lengend Snippet: Mutation frequencies of B‐DNA and H‐DNA sequences with or without oxidative damage and XPA, a key NER protein. B‐DNA‐ or H‐DNA‐forming reporter sequences were exposed to different levels of oxidative stress (−, +, or ++) and then transfected into human U2OS cell lines with either (A and B) wild type or (C and D) XPA knockout phenotypes to allow for DNA repair processing. Mutation frequencies were quantified (A and C) using a blue‐white screening assay. Each condition represents the average of at least three replicates (+SEM). Statistical comparisons between conditions were performed using a two‐way ANOVA with significance indicated as p < 0.05 (*), or < 0.01 (**). Mutation spectra were then determined (B and D) using Sanger sequencing, with at least 15 mutants analyzed per condition and classified as point mutations (1 bp), small deletions (< 15 bp), or large deletions (> 15 bp). Mutation spectra ratios are shown per condition as a ratio of mutation frequency.
Article Snippet: Wild‐type U2OS cells (ATCC, #HTB‐96) were used unless otherwise specified, including the CRISPR‐Cas9 knockout U2OS cell lines for either OGG1, APE1, or XPA (provided by Dr. Robert Sobol, Brown University) and previously characterized (Bordelon ).
Techniques: Mutagenesis, Transfection, Knock-Out, Screening Assay, Sequencing