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A rapid non-radioactive technique for measurement of repair synthesis in primary human fibroblasts by incorporation of Ethynyl deoxyuridine (EdU)

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posted on 2023-06-07, 14:57 authored by Siripan Limsirichaikul, Atsuko Niimi, Heather Fawcett, Alan LehmannAlan Lehmann, Shunichi Yamashita, Tomoo Ogi
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder. Afflicted patients show extreme sun-sensitivity and skin cancer predisposition. XP is in most cases associated with deficient nucleotide excision repair (NER), which is the process responsible for removing photolesions from DNA. Measuring NER activity by nucleotide incorporation into repair patches, termed unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS), is one of the most commonly used assays for XP-diagnosis and NER research. We have established a rapid and accurate procedure for measuring UDS by replacement of thymidine with 5-ethynyl-2-deoxyuridine (EdU). EdU incorporated into repair patches can be directly conjugated to fluorescent azide derivatives, thereby obviating the need for either radiolabeled thymidine or denaturation and antibody detection of incorporated bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU). We demonstrate that the EdU incorporation assay is compatible with conventional techniques such as immunofluorescent staining and labeling of cells with micro-latex beads. Importantly, we can complete the entire UDS assay within half a day from preparation of the assay coverslips; this technique may prove useful as a method for XP diagnosis.

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  • Published

Journal

Nucleic Acids Research

ISSN

0305-1048

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Issue

4

Volume

37

Department affiliated with

  • Sussex Centre for Genome Damage Stability Publications

Notes

In Endnotes Ref: GDSC269

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2009-02-23

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