Genome‐wide impact of cytosine methylation and DNA sequence context on UV‐induced CPD formation

Author:

Wilson Hannah E.1,Wyrick John J.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Molecular Biosciences Washington State University Pullman Washington USA

Abstract

AbstractExposure to ultraviolet (UV) light is the primary etiological agent for skin cancers because UV damages cellular DNA. The most frequent form of UV damage is the cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD), which consists of covalent linkages between neighboring pyrimidine bases in DNA. In human cells, the 5′ position of cytosine bases in CG dinucleotides is frequently methylated, and methylated cytosines in the TP53 tumor suppressor are often sites of mutation hotspots in skin cancers. It has been argued that this is because cytosine methylation promotes UV‐induced CPD formation; however, the effects of cytosine methylation on CPD formation are controversial, with conflicting results from previous studies. Here, we use a genome‐wide method known as CPD‐seq to map UVB‐ and UVC‐induced CPDs across the yeast genome in the presence or absence in vitro methylation by the CpG methyltransferase M.SssI. Our data indicate that cytosine methylation increases UVB‐induced CPD formation nearly 2‐fold relative to unmethylated DNA, but the magnitude of induction depends on the flanking sequence context. Sequence contexts with a 5′ guanine base (e.g., GCCG and GTCG) show the strongest induction due to cytosine methylation, potentially because these sequence contexts are less efficient at forming CPD lesions in the absence of methylation. We show that cytosine methylation also modulates UVC‐induced CPD formation, albeit to a lesser extent than UVB. These findings can potentially reconcile previous studies, and define the impact of cytosine methylation on UV damage across a eukaryotic genome.

Funder

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis,Genetics (clinical),Epidemiology

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