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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 265, Issue 25, 14875-14880, 09, 1990

Preferential DNA repair of alkali-labile sites within the active insulin gene

SP LeDoux, NJ Patton, JW Nelson, WA Bohr and GL Wilson
Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Univeristy of South Alabama, Mobile 36688.

DNA damage and repair were studied in a DNA fragment containing the insulin gene after treatment of cells with methylnitrosourea. For these studies, two clonal isolates from the same rat insulinoma cell line which differ in that the insulin gene is transcribed in one (RINr 38) and is silent in the other (RINr B2) were utilized. Both the determination of immunologically reactive insulin released and the expression of insulin mRNA were used to verify that the gene was transcribed in the RINr 38 cells and not in the RINr B2 cells. Repair kinetics for the removal of alkali-labile sites were comparable across the entire genome in the RINr 38 and RINr B2 cells as determined using alkaline sucrose gradient sedimentation and a 32P end-labeling assay for the quantitation of N7-methylguanine. Quantitative DNA blot analysis was utilized to assess the formation and repair of alkali- labile sites within the restriction fragment containing the insulin gene. Alkali-labile sites appeared to be formed equally within the restriction fragment containing the insulin gene in both the RINr 38 and RINr B2 cells. However, at 24 h, 60% of the lesions were removed from the fragment in the RINr 38 cells, where the gene was transcribed, compared to the removal of only 20% in the RINr B2 cells, where the gene was silent. Thus, it appears that alkali-labile sites induced by exposure to methylnitrosourea are repaired more efficiently in the DNA fragment containing the insulin gene when it is actively transcribed.
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