Transcriptome of UV treated XPD mutant cells (Homo sapiens)

Specific mutations in the XPD subunit of transcription factor IIH result in combined xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)/Cockayne syndrome (CS), a severe DNA repair disorder characterized at the cellular level by a transcriptional arrest following UV irradiation. This transcriptional arrest has always been thought to be the result of faulty transcription-coupled repair. In the present study, we investigate the transcriptional dysregulation that follows UV irradiation in XP-D/CS compared with “pure” XP-D cells or WT cells. We also study how this process is affected by the inhibition of the histone deacetylase Sirt1.