Structural alterations of the aprt locus induced by deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate pool imbalances in Chinese hamster ovary cells.

AUTOR(ES)

Goncalves, O

RESUMO

Mutants induced at the adenine phosphoribosyl transferase (aprt) locus by dTTP or dCTP pool imbalances were examined for alterations in genomic DNA sequences. No observable changes were detected by Southern blot analysis of most mutant DNAs, suggesting induction of base pair alterations or other events below our level of detection (approximately 30 base pairs). However, in a few strains (11 from a total collection of 125 mutant cell strains), we were able to localize these events to restriction endonuclease recognition sequences when the mutations resulted in the loss or gain of a particular site. The distribution of lost or gained sites in aprt-deficient mutants induced by the two types of pool imbalances clearly varied, with those occurring in a mutator strain with increased dCTP clustering at one end of the aprt gene. Mutants induced by dTTP also revealed novel events: multiple restriction site modifications in a small region of the aprt gene in one mutant and a small (approximately 50 base pairs) insertion or duplication of DNA sequences. As in previous studies, very few deletion or insertion mutants were detected at the aprt locus. The significance of these findings in terms of the known biochemical and genetic consequences of these pool imbalances is discussed.

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