Carcinogenesis. 1983;4(2):199-205.

Repair of O6-methylguanine in DNA by demethylation is lacking in Mer- human tumor cell strains.

Yarosh DB, Foote RS, Mitra S, Day RS 3rd.

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The ability of extracts of human tumor cells to demethylate O6-methylguanine (O6-MeG) in DNA was assayed using the synthetic DNA polymer poly(dC,dG,m6dG). Cell strains proficient in repair of O6-MeG in vivo (Mer+ phenotype) contained a methyltransferase activity while repair deficient cells (Mer- phenotype) had little or no activity. Mixing extracts of different Mer- strains did not result in the appearance of the activity. Extracts of Mer- cells did not inhibit the activity in extracts of Mer+ cells. Both Mer+ and Mer- strains contained methylnitrosourea-damage-specific endonuclease activity. The data suggest that the Mer- strains are deficient in methyltransferase and that this is the fundamental reason for their hypersensitivity to the cytotoxic effects of DNA alkylation. The activity was partially purified from a Mer+ colon carcinoma cell strain. Its kinetics parallel the repair of O6-MeG in DNA in vivo and suggest that the activity is inactivated during repair of DNA.

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