DNA repair, oncogenes and carcinogenesis.
DNA repair, oncogenes and carcinogenesis.
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DNA 修复、癌基因和致癌作用。
DOI:
10.1093/carcin/9.5.691
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发表时间:
1988
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影响因子:
4.7
通讯作者:
Topal,MD
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作者:
Topal,MD
The methylating agent N-methyl-/v'-nitrosourea (MNU*) is surprisingly biased in its activation of Harvey-ray (H-ras) protooncogene in rat mammary tumors (reviewed in ref. 1; see Table 2 therein). Single doses of MNU activated H-ras by a G to A base change in 61 of 61 tumors harboring NIH-3T3-transforming DNA (1). In all 61 tumors, the same G was mutated. Natural selection for mutations that impart growth advantages to the cell is the explanation generally given for this positional bias (2). While attractive, this explanation is inconsistent with the efficiencies of transformation of NIH 3T3 cells by mutations at other positions in H-ras (Table I). For example, mutating either the first or second G of H-ras codon 12 to A gives almost identical transformation efficiencies. One explanation for this contradiction may lie with trying to compare transformation efficiencies of activated ras in different tissues with that in NIH 3T3 cells. There are alternative explanations for mutation at particular positions that I would like to consider here:(i) some DNA sequences may present particular base positions as easy targets to the mutagen;(ii) some DNA sequences may hide mutagenic lesions from repair activities so that the lesions persist. Evidence for the first explanation comes from studies of aflatoxin (3), ethylating agents (4) and nitrogen mustard (5) binding to DNA. For MNU, incorporation of O^-methyldGTP into DNA during DNA replication in vitro indicates that the tetrahedral methyl group at (fG does not fit equally well everywhere in the DNA helix (6).Evidence for the second explanation comes from the biological consequences of C^-methyldGTP incorporation and C^-methylguanine (C^-methylG) oligonucleotide site-directed mutagenesis, which demonstrated that C^-methylG mutagenesis and repair are non-uniform (7). A consensus sequence that appears to inhibit repair was derived. A computer search for related DNA sequences found the portion of the H-ras oncogene that contains the MNU activation site.
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影响因子:
4.7
作者:
Cordeiro-Stone,M;Topal,MD;Kaufman,DG
通讯作者:
Kaufman,DG
影响因子:
64.8
作者:
M. D. Topal;J. R. Fresco
通讯作者:
J. R. Fresco
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.79.7.2211
发表时间:
1982-01-01
期刊:
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
影响因子:
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作者:
TOPAL, MD;BAKER, MS
通讯作者:
BAKER, MS
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.80.1.6
发表时间:
1983
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
Muench,KF;Misra,RP;Humayun,MZ
通讯作者:
Humayun,MZ
影响因子:
4.7
作者:
D. Toorchen;M. D. Topal
通讯作者:
D. Toorchen;M. D. Topal