PMID- 33258468 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210921 LR - 20211203 IS - 1460-2083 (Electronic) IS - 0964-6906 (Print) IS - 0964-6906 (Linking) VI - 29 IP - 24 DP - 2021 Feb 25 TI - Double strand breaks (DSBs) as indicators of genomic instability in PATRR-mediated translocations. PG - 3872-3881 LID - 10.1093/hmg/ddaa251 [doi] AB - Genomic instability contributes to a variety of potentially damaging conditions, including DNA-based rearrangements. Breakage in the form of double strand breaks (DSBs) increases the likelihood of DNA damage, mutations and translocations. Certain human DNA regions are known to be involved in recurrent translocations, such as the palindrome-mediated rearrangements that have been identified at the breakpoints of several recurrent constitutional translocations: t(11;22)(q23;q11), t(17;22)(q11;q11) and t(8;22) (q24;q11). These breakpoints occur at the center of palindromic AT-rich repeats (PATRRs), which suggests that the structure of the DNA may play a contributory role, potentially through the formation of secondary cruciform structures. The current study analyzed the DSB propensity of these PATRR regions in both lymphoblastoid (mitotic) and spermatogenic cells (meiotic). Initial results found an increased association of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) at PATRR regions in experiments that used SCEs to assay DSBs, combining SCE staining with fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Additional experiments used chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) with antibodies for either markers of DSBs or proteins involved in DSB repair along with quantitative polymerase chain reaction to quantify the frequency of DSBs occurring at PATRR regions. The results indicate an increased rate of DSBs at PATRR regions. Additional ChIP experiments with the cruciform binding 2D3 antibody indicate an increased rate of cruciform structures at PATRR regions in both mitotic and meiotic samples. Overall, these experiments demonstrate an elevated rate of DSBs at PATRR regions, an indication that the structure of PATRR containing DNA may lead to increased breakage in multiple cellular environments. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com. FAU - Correll-Tash, Sarah AU - Correll-Tash S AD - Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. FAU - Lilley, Brenna AU - Lilley B AD - Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. FAU - Salmons Iv, Harold AU - Salmons Iv H AD - Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. FAU - Mlynarski, Elisabeth AU - Mlynarski E AD - Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. FAU - Franconi, Colleen P AU - Franconi CP AD - Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. FAU - McNamara, Meghan AU - McNamara M AD - Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. FAU - Woodbury, Carson AU - Woodbury C AD - Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. FAU - Easley, Charles A AU - Easley CA AD - Department of Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health at the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 30602, USA. FAU - Emanuel, Beverly S AU - Emanuel BS AD - Division of Human Genetics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. AD - Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. LA - eng GR - K22 ES025418/ES/NIEHS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA039926/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Hum Mol Genet JT - Human molecular genetics JID - 9208958 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Chromosomes, Human/*genetics MH - *DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded MH - *Genomic Instability MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Nucleic Acid Conformation MH - *Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid MH - Spermatozoa/metabolism/*pathology MH - *Translocation, Genetic PMC - PMC7906754 EDAT- 2020/12/02 06:00 MHDA- 2021/09/22 06:00 PMCR- 2021/12/01 CRDT- 2020/12/01 08:37 PHST- 2020/02/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/05 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/11/25 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/12/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/09/22 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/12/01 08:37 [entrez] PHST- 2021/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 6013611 [pii] AID - ddaa251 [pii] AID - 10.1093/hmg/ddaa251 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Hum Mol Genet. 2021 Feb 25;29(24):3872-3881. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddaa251.