DNMTs are required for delayed genome instability caused by radiation

Armstrong, Christine A., Jones, George Tripp, Anderson, Rhona, Iyer, Pooja, Narayanan, Deepan, Sandhu, Jatinderpal, Singh, Rajinder, Talbot, Christopher J. and Tufarelli, Cristina (2012) DNMTs are required for delayed genome instability caused by radiation. Epigenetics, 7 (8). pp. 892-902. ISSN 1559-2294

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Abstract

The ability of ionizing radiation to initiate genomic instability has been harnessed in the clinic where the localized delivery of controlled doses of radiation is used to induce cell death in tumor cells. Though very effective as a therapy, tumor relapse can occur in vivo and its appearance has been attributed to the radio-resistance of cells with stem cell-like features. The molecular mechanisms underlying these phenomena are unclear but there is evidence suggesting an inverse correlation between radiation-induced genomic instability and global hypomethylation. To further investigate the relationship between DNA hypomethylation, radiosensitivity and genomic stability in stem-like cells we have studied mouse embryonic stem cells containing differing levels of DNA methylation due to the presence or absence of DNA methyltransferases. Unexpectedly, we found that global levels of methylation do not determine radiosensitivity. In particular, radiation-induced delayed genomic instability was observed at the Hprt gene locus only in wild-type cells. Furthermore, absence of Dnmt1 resulted in a 10-fold increase in de novo Hprt mutation rate, which was unaltered by radiation. Our data indicate that functional DNMTs are required for radiation-induced genomic instability, and that individual DNMTs play distinct roles in genome stability. We propose that DNMTS may contribute to the acquirement of radio-resistance in stem-like cells.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1006815
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Medicine > Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.4161/epi.21094
Depositing User: Liu, Mr Zhenxing
Date Deposited: 15 Apr 2014 13:50
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 20:21
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/2529

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