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Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimer Hyperhotspots as Sensitive Indicators of Keratinocyte UV Exposure†

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PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY
Volume 98, Issue 5, Pages 987-997

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/php.13683

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  1. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences [1R01ES030562]

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CPD hyperhotspots, identified in melanocytes and fibroblasts, are highly susceptible to UV-induced damage and can be used as sensitive indicators for measuring past UV exposure and predicting future skin cancer risk in keratinocytes.
The dominant DNA damage generated by UV exposure is the cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD), which alters skin cell physiology and induces cell death and mutation. Genome-wide nucleotide-resolution analysis of CPDs in melanocytes and fibroblasts has identified CPD hyperhotspots, pyrimidine-pyrimidine sites hundreds of fold more susceptible to the generation of CPDs than the genomic average. Identifying hyperhotspots in keratinocytes could enable measuring individual past UV exposure in small skin samples and predicting future skin cancer risk. We therefore exposed neonatal human epidermal keratinocytes to narrowband UVB and quantified CPDs using the adductSeq high-throughput DNA sequencing method. Keratinocytes contained thousands of CPD hyperhotspots, with a UVB-sensitivity up to 550 fold greater than the genomic average. As with melanocytes, the most sensitive sites were located in promoter regions at ETS-family transcription factor binding sequence motifs, near RNA processing genes. Moreover, they lay at sequence motifs bound to ETS1 in CpG islands. These genes were specifically upregulated in skin and the CPD hyperhotspots were mutated in a fraction of keratinocyte cancers. Crucially for their biological importance and practical application, CPD hyperhotspot locations and UV-sensitivity ranking demonstrated high reproducibility across experiments and across skin donors. CPD hyperhotspots are therefore sensitive indicators of UV exposure.

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