Cancers from sun-exposed skin accumulate "driver'' mutations, causally implicated in oncogenesis. Because errors incorporated during translesion synthesis (TLS) opposite UV lesions would generate these mutations, TLS mechanisms are presumed to underlie cancer development. To address the role of TLS in skin cancer formation, we determined which DNA polymerase is responsible for generating UV mutations, analyzed the relative contributions of error-free TLS by Pol eta and error-prone TLS by Pol theta to the replication of UV-damaged DNA and to genome stability, and examined the incidence of UV-induced skin cancers in Pol theta(-/-), Pol eta(-/-), and Pol theta(-/-) Pol eta(-/-) mice. Our findings that the incidence of skin cancers rises in Pol theta(-/-) mice and is further exacerbated in Pol theta(-/-) Pol eta(-/-) mice compared with Pol eta(-/-) mice support the conclusion that error-prone TLS by Pol theta provides a safeguard against tumorigenesis and suggest that cancer formation can ensue in the absence of somatic point mutations.
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Konstantinov Institute of Nuclear Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gatchina, Leningrad OblastKonstantinov Institute of Nuclear Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Gatchina, Leningrad Oblast
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Harvard Med Sch, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Div Genet, Boston, MA USA
Harvard Med Sch, Dept Biomed Informat, Boston, MA USA
Russian Acad Sci, Inst Informat Transmiss Problems, Kharkevich Inst, Moscow, RussiaHarvard Med Sch, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Div Genet, Boston, MA USA
Seplyarskiy, Vladimir B.
Akkuratov, Evgeny E.
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St Petersburg State Univ, Inst Translat Biomed, St Petersburg, Russia
Royal Inst Technol, Dept Appl Phys, Sci Life Lab, Stockholm, SwedenHarvard Med Sch, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Div Genet, Boston, MA USA
Akkuratov, Evgeny E.
Akkuratova, Natalia
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St Petersburg State Univ, Inst Translat Biomed, St Petersburg, RussiaHarvard Med Sch, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Div Genet, Boston, MA USA
Akkuratova, Natalia
Andrianova, Maria A.
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Skolkovo Inst Sci & Technol, Skolkovo, RussiaHarvard Med Sch, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Div Genet, Boston, MA USA
Andrianova, Maria A.
Nikolaev, Sergey I.
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Univ Paris Saclay, INSERM, U981, Gustave Roussy Canc Campus, Villejuif, France
Univ Paris 07, St Louis Hosp, Dept Dermatol & Venereol, Paris, FranceHarvard Med Sch, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Div Genet, Boston, MA USA
Nikolaev, Sergey I.
Bazykin, Georgii A.
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Russian Acad Sci, Inst Informat Transmiss Problems, Kharkevich Inst, Moscow, Russia
Skolkovo Inst Sci & Technol, Skolkovo, RussiaHarvard Med Sch, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Div Genet, Boston, MA USA
Bazykin, Georgii A.
Adameyko, Igor
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Karolinska Inst, Dept Physiol & Pharmacol, Stockholm, Sweden
Med Univ Vienna, Ctr Brain Res, Vienna, AustriaHarvard Med Sch, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Div Genet, Boston, MA USA
Adameyko, Igor
Sunyaev, Shamil R.
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Harvard Med Sch, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Div Genet, Boston, MA USA
Harvard Med Sch, Dept Biomed Informat, Boston, MA USAHarvard Med Sch, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Div Genet, Boston, MA USA