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Nucleotide Excision Repair Removes Thymidine Analog 5-Ethynyl-2’-deoxyuridine From the Human Genome


ABSTRACT: 5-Ethynyl-2’-deoxyuridine (EdU) is one of the several thymidine analogs that are used in labeling DNA in cells and in DNA combing (DNA fiber analysis) to study DNA replication1-5. We wished to use these analogs to investigate the repair complex (DNA-protein) of nucleotide excision repair. UV irradiated human cell lines were incubated with EdU, BrdU, IdU, CldU, F-ara-EdU or AmdU to incorporate these analogs into the 26-27 nucleotide long excision repair products. Unexpectedly, we found that EdU even in the absence of DNA damage was released in the form of 26-27nt-long oligomers. We conclude that EdU is incorporated into replicating DNA and is recognized as damage by the nucleotide excision repair system and removed from the genome followed by repair synthesis and re-incorporation into DNA, thus creating futile cycle that leads to cell death. This property of EdU, which was not seen with any of the other thymidine analogs, may be taken advantage of in treating cancer, in particular brain cancers because EdU crosses blood-brain barrier.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE202784 | GEO | 2022/08/02

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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