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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
11
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1997-3-31
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pubmed:abstractText |
Human cell extracts perform an aberrant form of DNA synthesis on methylated plasmids [1], which represents processing of O6-methylguanine (O6-meG). Here, we show that extracts of colorectal carcinoma cells with defects in the mismatch repair proteins that normally correct replication errors do not carry out this synthesis. hMSH2-defective LoVo cell extracts (hMSH for human MutS homologue) performed O6-meG-dependent DNA synthesis only after the addition of the purified hMutS alpha mismatch recognition complex. Processing of O6-meG by mismatch correction requires PCNA and therefore probably DNA polymerase delta and/or epsilon. Mismatch repair-defective cells withstand O6-meG in their DNA [2], making them tolerant to methylating agents. Methylation-tolerant HeLaMR clones, with a mutator phenotype and a defect in either mismatch recognition or correction in vitro, also performed little O6-meG-dependent DNA synthesis. Assays of pairwise combinations of tolerant and colorectal carcinoma cell extracts identified hMLH1 as the missing mismatch repair function in a group of tolerant clones. The absence of processing by extracts of methylation-tolerant cells provides the first biochemical evidence that lethality of DNA O6-meG derives from its interaction with mismatch repair.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
IM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
Nov
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pubmed:issn |
0960-9822
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:day |
1
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pubmed:volume |
6
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
1528-31
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2006-11-15
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pubmed:meshHeading | |
pubmed:year |
1996
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Processing of O6-methylguanine by mismatch correction in human cell extracts.
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pubmed:affiliation |
Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article,
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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