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Porwollik S, Wong RMY, Helm RA, Edwards KK, Calcutt M, Eisenstark A, McClelland M. DNA amplification and rearrangements in archival Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2 cultures. J Bacteriol 2004; 186:1678-82. [PMID: 14996798 PMCID: PMC355959 DOI: 10.1128/jb.186.6.1678-1682.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Variations in genome size and gene order were observed in archival Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium cultures stored for over 40 years. In one strain, microarray analysis revealed a large, stable amplification. PCR analysis of the same strain revealed a genomic duplication that underwent a translocation. Other strains had smaller duplications and deletions. These results demonstrate that storage in stabs over time at room temperature not only allows for further bacterial growth but also may produce an environment that selects for a variety of mutations, including genomic rearrangements.
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Sutton A, Buencamino R, Eisenstark A. rpoS mutants in archival cultures of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium. J Bacteriol 2000; 182:4375-9. [PMID: 10913067 PMCID: PMC94605 DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.16.4375-4379.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Long-term survival under limited growth conditions presents bacterial populations with unique environmental challenges. The existence of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium cultures undisturbed in sealed nutrient agar stab vials for 34 to 45 years offered a unique opportunity to examine genetic variability under natural conditions. We have initiated a study of genetic changes in these archival cultures. We chose to start with examination of the rpoS gene since, among gram-negative bacteria, many genes needed for survival are regulated by RpoS, the stationary-phase sigma factor. In each of 27 vials examined, cells had the rpoS start codon UUG instead of the expected AUG of Salmonella and Escherichia coli strains recorded in GenBank. Ten of the 27 had additional mutations in the rpoS gene compared with the X77752 wild-type strain currently recorded in GenBank. The rpoS mutations in the 10 strains included two deletions as well as point mutations that altered amino acid sequences substantially. Since these stored strains were derived from ancestral cells inoculated decades ago and remained undisturbed, it is assumed that the 10 rpoS mutations occurred during storage. Since the remaining 17 sequences were wild type (other than in the start codon), it is obvious that rpoS remained relatively stable during decades of sealed storage.
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- A Sutton
- Cancer Research Center, Columbia, Missouri 65201, USA
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Ahmad SI, Kirk SH, Eisenstark A. Thymine metabolism and thymineless death in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Annu Rev Microbiol 1999; 52:591-625. [PMID: 9891809 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.52.1.591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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For many years it has been known that thymine auxotrophic microorganisms undergo cell death in response to thymine starvation [thymineless death (TLD)]. This effect is unusual in that deprivation of many other nutritional requirements has a biostatic, but not lethal, effect. Studies of numerous microbes have indicated that thymine starvation has both direct and indirect effects. The direct effects involve both single- and double-strand DNA breaks. The former may be repaired effectively, but the latter lead to cell death. DNA damaged by thymine starvation is a substrate for DNA repair processes, in particular recombinational repair. Mutations in recBCD recombinational repair genes increase sensitivity to thymineless death, whereas mutations in RecF repair protein genes enhance the recovery process. This suggests that the RecF repair pathway may be critical to cell death, perhaps because it increases the occurrence of double-strand DNA breaks with unique DNA configurations at lesion sites. Indirect effects in bacteria include elimination of plasmids, loss of transforming ability, filamentation, changes in the pool sizes of various nucleotides and nucleosides and in their excretion, and phage induction. Yeast cells show effects similar to those of bacteria upon thymine starvation, although there are some unique features. The mode of action of certain anticancer drugs and antibiotics is based on the interruption of thymidylate metabolism and provides a major impetus for further studies on TLD. There are similarities between TLD of bacteria and death of eukaryotic cells. Also, bacteria have "survival" genes other than thy (thymidylate synthetase), and this raises the question of whether there is a relationship between the two. A model is presented for a molecular basis of TLD.
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- S I Ahmad
- Department of Life Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, England.
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Kunz BA, Kohalmi SE, Kunkel TA, Mathews CK, McIntosh EM, Reidy JA. International Commission for Protection Against Environmental Mutagens and Carcinogens. Deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate levels: a critical factor in the maintenance of genetic stability. Mutat Res 1994; 318:1-64. [PMID: 7519315 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1110(94)90006-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 185] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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DNA precursor pool imbalances can elicit a variety of genetic effects and modulate the genotoxicity of certain DNA-damaging agents. These and other observations indicate that the control of DNA precursor concentrations is essential for the maintenance of genetic stability, and suggest that factors which offset this control may contribute to environmental mutagenesis and carcinogenesis. In this article, we review the biochemical and genetic mechanisms responsible for regulating the production and relative amounts of intracellular DNA precursors, describe the many outcomes of perturbations in DNA precursor levels, and discuss implications of such imbalances for sensitivity to DNA-damaging agents, population monitoring, and human diseases.
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- B A Kunz
- Microbiology Department, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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Glickman BW, Allen FL, Horsfall MJ. Mutational specificity of thymine deprivation-induced mutation in the lacI gene of Escherichia coli. Mutat Res 1988; 200:177-82. [PMID: 3292904 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(88)90080-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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LacI- mutants obtained following 2 and 6 h of thymine deprivation were cloned and sequenced. The mutational spectra recovered were dissimilar. After 2 h of starvation the majority of mutations were base substitutions, largely G:C----C:G transversions. Frameshift mutations but not deletions were observed. In contrast, following 6 h of starvation, with the exception of the G:C----C:G transversion, all possible base substitutions were recovered. Moreover, several deletions but no frameshift events were observed. The differences in the mutational spectra recovered after the two periods of thymine deprivation highlight the role of altered nucleotide pools and the potential influence of DNA replication and repair mechanisms.
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- B W Glickman
- Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ont., Canada
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Kunz BA, Glickman BW. Mechanism of mutation by thymine starvation in Escherichia coli: clues from mutagenic specificity. J Bacteriol 1985; 162:859-64. [PMID: 3888966 PMCID: PMC215854 DOI: 10.1128/jb.162.3.859-864.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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To probe the mechanisms of mutagenesis induced by thymine starvation, we examined the mutational specificity of this treatment in strains of Escherichia coli that are wild type (Ung+) or deficient in uracil-DNA-glycosylase (Ung-). An analysis of Ung+ his-4 (ochre) revertants revealed that the majority of induced DNA base substitution events were A:T----G:C transitions. However, characterization of lacI nonsense mutations induced by thymine starvation demonstrated that G:C----A:T transitions and all four possible transversions also occurred. In addition, thymineless episodes led to reversion of the trpE9777 frameshift allele. Although the defect in uracil-DNA-glycosylase did not appear to affect the frequency of total mutations induced in lacI by thymine deprivation, the frequency of nonsense mutations was reduced by 30%, and the spectrum of nonsense mutations was altered. Furthermore, the reversion of trpE9777 was decreased by 90% in the Ung- strain. These findings demonstrate that in E. coli, thymine starvation can induce frameshift mutations and all types of base substitutions. The analysis of mutational specificity indicates that more than a single mechanism is involved in the induction of mutation by thymine depletion. We suggest that deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate pool imbalances, the removal of uracil incorporated into DNA during thymine starvation, and the induction of recA-dependent DNA repair functions all may play a role in thymineless mutagenesis.
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Silber J, Bazin C, Le Menn A. Inhibitors of thymidylate synthesis increase whereas thymidine decreases meiotic recombination in Drosophila melanogaster. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1985; 199:53-4. [PMID: 3158797 DOI: 10.1007/bf00327508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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We have demonstrated the effect of different media on meiotic recombination in Drosophila melanogaster. Recombination is more frequent when the medium is deprived of bases, nucleosides and nucleotides. We have shown that two inhibitors of thymidylate (dTMP) synthesis - aminopterin inhibiting dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) and fluorodeoxyuridine (FUdR) inhibiting thymidylate synthetase - result in a significant increase in meiotic recombination in the yellow/white region on the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster. Moreover the addition of thymidine to the richest medium significantly lowers normal recombination. Such studies represent a powerful tool for future studies on the mechanism of meiotic recombination.
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Experimental evidence indicates that while thymine starvation induces primarily A:T----G:C transitions in bacteria, it also may cause other uncharacterized base substitutions as well as frameshifts and deletions. However, models have been proposed to explain only the induction of point mutations by thymine deprivation. In this study, we demonstrate that thymine nucleotide depletion induces both point mutations in the his-4 and 1acI genes of Escherichia coli and reversion of the frameshift mutations trpE9777, trpA21, trpA540, and trpA9813. Analysis of the 1acI amber spectrum revealed that thymine starvation resulted in G:C----A:T transitions and all possible transversions. A defect in uracil-DNA glycosylase has little effect on the induction of 1acI- mutations but reduces substantially the induction of trpE9777 revertants. These data show that the mutagenic specificity of thymine nucleotide depletion is not limited to A:T----G:C transitions and suggest that removal of uracil from DNA plays a role in the generation of frameshift mutations by thymine deprivation. A model that involves nucleotide misincorporation into DNA and induction of error-prone repair functions in response to thymine starvation is proposed to account for these findings.
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Hori T, Ayusawa D, Seno T. Thymidylate stress and sister chromatid exchanges. BASIC LIFE SCIENCES 1984; 29 Pt A:149-59. [PMID: 6532417 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-4889-4_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Koyama H, Ayusawa D, Tsuji M, Seno T. Thymidineless death and mutation induction in cultured mouse FM3A cell mutants deficient in thymidylate synthase. Mutat Res 1982; 105:433-8. [PMID: 7155163 DOI: 10.1016/0165-7992(82)90190-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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DeVries JK, Wallace SS. Reversion of bacteriophage T4rII mutants by high levels of pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1982; 186:101-5. [PMID: 7050620 DOI: 10.1007/bf00422919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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High levels of pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides, but not purine deoxyribonucleosides, increase the reversion rate of bacteriophage T4rII mutants to r+. This increased reversion rate is not observed when a thymidine kinase mutation is introduced into the bacteriophage, but the high reversion rate persists when the host, E. coli, harbors a thymidine kinase mutation.
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Kunz BA. Genetic effects of deoxyribonucleotide pool imbalances. ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 1982; 4:695-725. [PMID: 6761109 DOI: 10.1002/em.2860040609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Kunz BA, Barclay BJ, Game JC, Little JG, Haynes RH. Induction of mitotic recombination in yeast by starvation for thymine nucleotides. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1980; 77:6057-61. [PMID: 6449701 PMCID: PMC350212 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.77.10.6057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The biosynthesis of thymine nucleotides in Saccharomyces cerevisiae can be inhibited either by genetic lesions in the structural gene for thymidylate synthetase (TMP1) or by drugs that prevent the methylation of dUMP to dTMP. This methylation can be blocked by folate antagonists. We find that 5-fluoro-dUMP (FdUMP) is also an effective inhibitor in vivo. Inhibition of dTMP biosynthesis by these three different routes causes thymineless death. In addition to being cytotoxic, we find that FdUMP is highly recombinagenic in yeast but does not induce nuclear gene mutations. Provision of exogenous dTMP eliminates this induced mitotic recombination and cell killing. Similar results were obtained when a thymineless condition was provoked in cells by antifolate drugs or by dTMP deprivation in strains auxotrophic for this nucleotide. These findings show that, in contrast to the situation in prokaryotes, starvation for thymine nucleotides in yeast induces genetic recombination but is not mutagenic.
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Wurtz EA, Sears BB, Rabert DK, Shepherd HS, Gillham NW, Boynton JE. A specific increase in chloroplast gene mutations following growth of Chlamydomonas in 5-fluorodeoxyuridine. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1979; 170:235-42. [PMID: 156870 DOI: 10.1007/bf00267056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Barclay BJ, Little JG. Genetic damage during thymidylate starvation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1978; 160:33-40. [PMID: 347246 DOI: 10.1007/bf00275116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Thymidylate starvation in a yeast mutant auxotrophic for dTMP caused cell death and the induction of mutations in the mitochondrial genome. After 24 h of starvation almost all surviving cells were respiratory deficient petites. In addition, shorter episodes of dTMP starvation induced chloramphenicol and erythromycin resistant mutants, indicating the occurrence of mitochondrial point mutations. Suboptimal concentrations of exogenous thymidylate were also found to induce petites and a decline in cell viability and the magnitude of these effects was acutely dependent upon the dTMP concentration. Cesium chloride gradient analysis of DNA from cells undergoing thymineless incubation revealed a progressive loss of mitochondrial DNA, and a decrease in the molecular weight of nuclear DNA.
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To clarify the relationship between thymineless death and thymineless mutagenesis, the induction of arginine revertants of Escherichia coli TAU-bar by thymine starvation was examined in physiological terms. Induced revertants were detectable both on minimal medium lacking arginine and minimal medium supplemented with 1 mug of arginine per ml. Substantial thymineless mutagenesis occurred during the period before the onset of thymineless death. Mutagenesis and loss of viability were observed upon incubation in medium lacking thymine and arginine, and both were inhibited upon incubation in medium lacking thymine and uracil. Mutagenesis also occurred during thymine starvation at 25 C, where there was relatively little loss of viability. At 37 C thymineless mutagenesis did not require complete thymine starvation, and the induction of revertants appeared to be initiated at the same suboptimal thymine concentration at which lethality was first detectable. Mutagenesis was found not to occur preferentially at the growing point of deoxyribonucleic acid replication. These results suggest that thymineless mutagenesis does not involve simply errors in base pairing due to the absence of thymine. The data also suggest that the induction of mutations and thymineless death are due to the same primary event but that mutagenesis is the more sensitive response.
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Basilico C, Meiss HK. Methods for selecting and studying temperature-sensitive mutants of BHK-21 cells. Methods Cell Biol 1974; 8:1-22. [PMID: 4366305 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(08)60440-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Bresler SE, Mosevitsky MI, Vyacheslavov LG. Mutations as possible replication errors in bacteria growing under conditions of thymine deficiency. Mutat Res 1973; 19:281-93. [PMID: 4201996 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(73)90228-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Bresler S, Mosevitsky M, Vyacheslavov L. Complete mutagenesis in a bacterial population induced by thymine starvation on solid media. Nature 1970; 225:764-6. [PMID: 4983895 DOI: 10.1038/225764a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Bridges BA, Law J, Munson RJ. Mutagenesis in Escherichia coli. II. Evidence for a common pathway for mutagenesis by ultraviolet light, ionizing radiation and thymine deprivation. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1968; 103:266-73. [PMID: 4890343 DOI: 10.1007/bf00273698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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