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. 1989 May;8(5):1419–1425. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1989.tb03523.x

Joining of linear plasmid DNA is reduced and error-prone in Bloom's syndrome cells.

T M Rünger 1, K H Kraemer 1
PMCID: PMC400969  PMID: 2767047

Abstract

A linearized, replicating, shuttle vector plasmid, pZ189, was used to measure in vivo DNA joining ability of cells from patients with the cancer-prone, immunodeficient, chromosome breakage disorder, Bloom's syndrome (BS). The BS cell lines we studied were reported to contain reduced in vitro activity of DNA ligase I. We assessed in vivo joining ability by transfecting linear plasmids with overlapping or blunt ends (produced by EcoRI or StuI) into BS and normal fibroblast or lymphoblast host cells and measuring the amount of re-joined, replicated plasmids by their ability to transform bacteria. With plasmids having either overlapping or blunt ends we found a 1.3- to 3-fold lower (P less than 0.05) joining efficiency in BS cells than in the normal cells. The mutation frequency of the recovered plasmids was measured by screening for function of the suppressor tRNA contained in pZ189, for plasmid size, for presence of restriction sites, or by DNA sequencing. The spontaneous mutation frequency with the circular plasmid was 0.05-0.08% with both BS cell lines, values 2- to 21-fold higher (P less than 0.03) than with the normal cell lines. The mutation frequency with the linear plasmid passaged through both BS cell lines was 21-52%, values 1.4- to 5.4-fold higher (P less than 0.001) than with the normal lines. Detailed analysis of 210 recovered plasmids revealed an increase (P less than or equal to 0.001) in deletions, insertions or complex mutations at the joining sites, and in point mutations with the EcoRI cut plasmid with the BS cells in comparison to the normal cells.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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