Specifically, the extraintestinal nuclei phenotypes resulting from ubc-25 (ok1732 ), lin-36 (n766 ), and cdc-14 (he141 ) mutations were enhanced by 15, 8, and 11 RNAi clones, respectively.
Taking both observations together, the authors postulate the interesting idea that the high incidence of mtDNA mutations is enhanced in the mucosal cells of the patients with UC by a process of oxidative stress caused by the chronic inflammation.
However, the 33% penetrant egg-laying defective (Egl) phenotype associated with the ksr-1 mutation was enhanced to 77% in the ndk-1 ok314 / ndk-1 ok314 / ksr-1(n2526) strain (n=125; Table 3).
However, studies have shown that upon acquisition of a first-step mutation, the likelihood of developing a subsequent mutation is enhanced in comparison to the development of the first-step mutation itself (38 – 40 ).
It was suggested that the probability of a secondary mutation is enhanced only by the increase in cell number within the developing colony and selection acts only to favor growth of the new double mutants within each colony.
The high incidence of mtDNA mutation in colorectal tissues of individuals with UC suggests that the rate of DNA mutation is enhanced in their mucosal cells by oxidative stress caused by chronic inflammation and, hence, malignant transformation occurs more easily than in normal subjects.
Interestingly, the Aβ pathology was enhanced by mutations in the copper transporters Atox1, which interacts with FKBP52, and Ctr1A and was suppressed in FKBP52 mutant flies raised on a copper chelator diet.
For P. aeruginosa strains defective in DNA fidelity and error repair, we found that microcolony initiation and growth was enhanced with increased mutation frequency of the organism.
Genetic analysis indicated that loss-of-function mutations in RACK1A affect the production of rosette leaves, and that the effect of rack1a-1 mutation can be enhanced by the rack1b-2 or rack1c-1 mutation or both.
Because mutation frequencies were enhanced in P. aeruginosa biofilm microcolonies, we examined in more detail whether mutation can influence microcolony growth and development.
