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Genome-wide demethylation promotes triplet repeat instability independently of homologous recombination

Dion, Vincent ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4953-7637, Lin, Yunfu, Price, Brandee A., Fyffe, Sharyl L., Seluanov, Andrei, Gorbunova, Vera and Wilson, John H. 2008. Genome-wide demethylation promotes triplet repeat instability independently of homologous recombination. {DNA} Repair 7 (2) , 313--320. 10.1016/j.dnarep.2007.11.002

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Abstract

Trinucleotide repeat instability is intrinsic to a family of human neurodegenerative diseases. The mechanism leading to repeat length variation is unclear. We previously showed that treatment with the demethylating agent 5-aza-2′-deoxycytidine (5-aza-CdR) dramatically increases triplet repeat instability in mammalian cells. Based on previous reports that demethylation increases homologous recombination (HR), and our own observations that HR destabilizes triplet repeats, we hypothesized that demethylation alters repeat stability by stimulating HR. Here, we test that hypothesis at the adenosine phosphoribosyl transferase (Aprt) locus in CHO cells, where CpG demethylation and HR have both been shown to increase CAG repeat instability. We find that the rate of HR at the Aprt locus is not altered by demethylation. The spectrum of recombinants, however, was shifted from the usual 6:1 ratio of conversions to crossovers to more equal proportions in 5-aza-CdR-treated cells. The subtle influences of demethylation on HR at the Aprt locus are not sufficient to account for its dramatic effects on repeat instability. We conclude that 5-aza-CdR promotes triplet repeat instability independently of HR.

Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Last Modified: 25 Oct 2022 13:36
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/120292

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