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Strand-resolved mutagenicity of DNA damage and repair
Anderson C, Talmane L, Luft J, Connelly J, Nicholson M, Verburg J, Pich O, Campbell S, Giaisi M, Wei P, Sundaram V, Connor F, Ginno P, Sasaki T, Gilbert D, López-Bigas N, Semple C, Odom D, Aitken S, Taylor M. Strand-resolved mutagenicity of DNA damage and repair. Nature 2024, 630: 744-751. PMID: 38867042, PMCID: PMC11186772, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07490-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA damageDNA damage-induced mutationsSingle-base resolutionCancer genome evolutionDamage-induced mutationsRepair of DNA damageNucleotide excision repairGenome evolutionMultiple distinct mutationsDNA accessibilityGenomic conditionsReplicative strandProcess genomesDNA base damageTranslesion polymerasesExcision repairDNAMutation patternsMutationsBase damageRepair efficiencyStrandsAlkyl adductsReplicationIdentity fidelityDNA lesion bypass and the stochastic dynamics of transcription-coupled repair
Nicholson M, Anderson C, Odom D, Aitken S, Taylor M. DNA lesion bypass and the stochastic dynamics of transcription-coupled repair. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2024, 121: e2403871121. PMID: 38717857, PMCID: PMC11098089, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2403871121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscription-coupled repairRNA polymerase IIDistribution of mutationsStalling of RNA polymerase IITranscription-coupled repair (TCRDNA damageGene expressionBarriers to gene expressionSites of DNA damageGenome-wide distributionBarrier to transcriptionDamaged DNA strandMammalian model systemsDNA lesion bypassGene bodiesPolymerase IIRNA polymeraseGenetic integrityGene productsDNA base damageLesion bypassAlkylation damageDNA strandsBypass lesionsMutationsSingle-mitosis dissection of acute and chronic DNA mutagenesis and repair
Ginno P, Borgers H, Ernst C, Schneider A, Behm M, Aitken S, Taylor M, Odom D. Single-mitosis dissection of acute and chronic DNA mutagenesis and repair. Nature Genetics 2024, 56: 913-924. PMID: 38627597, PMCID: PMC11096113, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-024-01712-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMutational processesUV damageGenome evolutionGenome-wideTranscribed regionsGenome replicationCancer genomesUV mutationCC dinucleotidesDNA mutagenesisSister cellsDriving evolutionGenomeMutagenesisPunctuated burstsSingle cellsRounds of genome replicationMutationsStrandsCellsMitosisDinucleotideSisterROSReplicationPervasive lesion segregation shapes cancer genome evolution
Aitken S, Anderson C, Connor F, Pich O, Sundaram V, Feig C, Rayner T, Lukk M, Aitken S, Luft J, Kentepozidou E, Arnedo-Pac C, Beentjes S, Davies S, Drews R, Ewing A, Kaiser V, Khamseh A, López-Arribillaga E, Redmond A, Santoyo-Lopez J, Sentís I, Talmane L, Yates A, Semple C, López-Bigas N, Flicek P, Odom D, Taylor M. Pervasive lesion segregation shapes cancer genome evolution. Nature 2020, 583: 265-270. PMID: 32581361, PMCID: PMC7116693, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2435-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChromosome-scale phasingDNA lesionsAcquisition of oncogenic mutationsAlternative allelesGenetic diversityMultiple cell generationsCancer genomesLesion segregationDNA replicationMutagenic DNA lesionsDaughter cellsBase pairsCell divisionCell cycleExogenous mutagensHuman cellsOncogenic selectionOncogenic mutationsMouse liver tumorsDNACell generationDNA base pairsMutationsCellsGenome
2015
Next-generation sequencing is highly sensitive for the detection of beta-catenin mutations in desmoid-type fibromatoses
Aitken S, Presneau N, Kalimuthu S, Dileo P, Berisha F, Tirabosco R, Amary M, Flanagan A. Next-generation sequencing is highly sensitive for the detection of beta-catenin mutations in desmoid-type fibromatoses. Virchows Archiv 2015, 467: 203-210. PMID: 25838078, DOI: 10.1007/s00428-015-1765-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNext-generation sequencingRestriction enzyme digestionMutation-specific restriction enzyme digestionEnzyme digestionIon Torrent Personal Genome MachineDesmoid-type fibromatosesPersonal Genome MachineMutation detection techniquesSpecificity of next-generation sequencingPolymerase chain reaction amplificationPrimer pairsCTNNB1 mutationsMinimal DNAMutational hotspotsBeta-catenin mutationsDetected CTNNB1 mutationsBeta-cateninMutationsDNAParaffin-embedded needle biopsiesSequenceSpindle cell lesionsMultiplex assayRecurrent tumorsNeedle biopsy