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Yoshiyama KO, Okamoto NL, Hidema J, Higashitani A. 222 nm far-UVC efficiently introduces nerve damage in Caenorhabditis elegans. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0281162. [PMID: 36719882 PMCID: PMC9888708 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Far-ultraviolet radiation C light (far-UVC; 222 nm wavelength) has received attention as a safer light for killing pathogenic bacteria and viruses, as no or little DNA damage is observed after irradiation in mammalian skin models. Far-UVC does not penetrate deeply into tissues; therefore, it cannot reach the underlying critical basal cells. However, it was unclear whether far-UVC (222-UVC) irradiation could cause more biological damage at shallower depths than the 254 nm UVC irradiation (254-UVC), which penetrates more deeply. This study investigated the biological effects of 222- and 254-UVC on the small and transparent model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. At the same energy level of irradiation, 222-UVC introduced slightly less cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer damage to naked DNA in solution than 254-UVC. The survival of eggs laid during 0-4 h after irradiation showed a marked decrease with 254-UVC but not 222-UVC. In addition, defect of chromosomal condensation was observed in a full-grown oocyte by 254-UVC irradiation. In contrast, 222-UVC had a significant effect on the loss of motility of C. elegans. The sensory nervous system, which includes dopamine CEP and PVD neurons on the body surface, was severely damaged by 222-UVC, but not by the same dose of 254-UVC. Interestingly, increasing 254-UVC irradiation by about 10-fold causes similar damage to CEP neurons. These results suggest that 222-UVC is less penetrating, so energy transfer occurs more effectively in tissues near the surface, causing more severe damage than 254-UVC.
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
- Division for the Establishment of Frontier Sciences of the Organization for Advanced Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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Dhakal R, Yosofvand M, Yavari M, Abdulrahman R, Schurr R, Moustaid-Moussa N, Moussa H. Review of Biological Effects of Acute and Chronic Radiation Exposure on Caenorhabditis elegans. Cells 2021; 10:cells10081966. [PMID: 34440735 PMCID: PMC8392105 DOI: 10.3390/cells10081966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 07/25/2021] [Accepted: 07/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Knowledge regarding complex radiation responses in biological systems can be enhanced using genetically amenable model organisms. In this manuscript, we reviewed the use of the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), as a model organism to investigate radiation’s biological effects. Diverse types of experiments were conducted on C. elegans, using acute and chronic exposure to different ionizing radiation types, and to assess various biological responses. These responses differed based on the type and dose of radiation and the chemical substances in which the worms were grown or maintained. A few studies compared responses to various radiation types and doses as well as other environmental exposures. Therefore, this paper focused on the effect of irradiation on C. elegans, based on the intensity of the radiation dose and the length of exposure and ways to decrease the effects of ionizing radiation. Moreover, we discussed several studies showing that dietary components such as vitamin A, polyunsaturated fatty acids, and polyphenol-rich food source may promote the resistance of C. elegans to ionizing radiation and increase their life span after irradiation.
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- Rabin Dhakal
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79401, USA; (R.D.); (M.Y.)
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79401, USA; (R.D.); (M.Y.)
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA; (M.Y.); (N.M.-M.)
- Obesity Research Institute, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
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- Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA;
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- Cancer Center, UMC Health System, Lubbock, TX 79430, USA;
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA; (M.Y.); (N.M.-M.)
- Obesity Research Institute, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79401, USA; (R.D.); (M.Y.)
- Obesity Research Institute, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-806-834-6271
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Maremonti E, Brede DA, Olsen AK, Eide DM, Berg ES. Ionizing radiation, genotoxic stress, and mitochondrial DNA copy-number variation in Caenorhabditis elegans: droplet digital PCR analysis. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2020; 858-860:503277. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2020.503277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2020] [Revised: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Maremonti E, Eide DM, Rossbach LM, Lind OC, Salbu B, Brede DA. In vivo assessment of reactive oxygen species production and oxidative stress effects induced by chronic exposure to gamma radiation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Free Radic Biol Med 2020; 152:583-596. [PMID: 31805397 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.11.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Revised: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 11/28/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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In the current study, effects of chronic exposure to ionizing gamma radiation were assessed in the radioresistant nematode Caenorhabditis elegans in order to understand whether antioxidant defences (AODs) could ameliorate radical formation, or if increased ROS levels would cause oxidative damage. This analysis was accompanied by phenotypical as well as molecular investigations, via assessment of reproductive capacity, somatic growth and RNA-seq analysis. The use of a fluorescent reporter strain (sod1::gfp) and two ratiometric biosensors (HyPer and Grx1-roGFP2) demonstrated increased ROS production (H2O2) and activation of AODs (SOD1 and Grx) in vivo. The data showed that at dose-rates ≤10 mGy h-1 defence mechanisms were able to prevent the manifestation of oxidative stress. In contrast, at dose-rates ≥40 mGy h-1 the continuous formation of radicals caused a redox shift, which lead to oxidative stress transcriptomic responses, including changes in mitochondrial functions, protein degradation, lipid metabolism and collagen synthesis. Moreover, genotoxic effects were among the most over-represented functions affected by chronic gamma irradiation, as indicated by differential regulation of genes involved in DNA damage, DNA repair, cell-cycle checkpoints, chromosome segregation and chromatin remodelling. Ultimately, the exposure to gamma radiation caused reprotoxic effects, with >20% reduction in the number of offspring per adult hermaphrodite at dose-rates ≥40 mGy h-1, accompanied by the down-regulation of more than 300 genes related to reproductive system, apoptosis, meiotic functions and gamete development and fertilization.
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- Erica Maremonti
- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA) Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway; Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CoE CERAD), 1432 Ås, Norway.
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- Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Lovisenberggata 8, 0456, Oslo, Norway; Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CoE CERAD), 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA) Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway; Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CoE CERAD), 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA) Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway; Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CoE CERAD), 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA) Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway; Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CoE CERAD), 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA) Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway; Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CoE CERAD), 1432 Ås, Norway
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Maremonti E, Eide DM, Oughton DH, Salbu B, Grammes F, Kassaye YA, Guédon R, Lecomte-Pradines C, Brede DA. Gamma radiation induces life stage-dependent reprotoxicity in Caenorhabditis elegans via impairment of spermatogenesis. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 695:133835. [PMID: 31425988 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Revised: 07/31/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The current study investigated life stage, tissue and cell dependent sensitivity to ionizing radiation of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Results showed that irradiation of post mitotic L4 stage larvae induced no significant effects with respect to mortality, morbidity or reproduction at either acute dose ≤6 Gy (1500 mGy·h-1) or chronic exposure ≤15 Gy (≤100 mGy·h-1). In contrast, chronic exposure from the embryo to the L4-young adult stage caused a dose and dose-rate dependent reprotoxicity with 43% reduction in total brood size at 6.7 Gy (108 mGy·h-1). Systematic irradiation of the different developmental stages showed that the most sensitive life stage was L1 to young L4. Exposure during these stages was associated with dose-rate dependent genotoxic effects, resulting in a 1.8 to 2 fold increase in germ cell apoptosis in larvae subjected to 40 or 100 mGy·h-1, respectively. This was accompanied by a dose-rate dependent reduction in the number of spermatids, which was positively correlated to the reprotoxic effect (0.99, PCC). RNAseq analysis of nematodes irradiated from L1 to L4 stage revealed a significant enrichment of differentially expressed genes related to both male and hermaphrodite reproductive processes. Gene network analysis revealed effects related to down-regulation of genes required for spindle formation and sperm meiosis/maturation, including smz-1, smz-2 and htas-1. Furthermore, the expression of a subset of 28 set-17 regulated Major Sperm Proteins (MSP) required for spermatid production was correlated (R2 0.80) to the reduction in reproduction and the number of spermatids. Collectively these observations corroborate the impairment of spermatogenesis as the major cause of gamma radiation induced life-stage dependent reprotoxic effect. Furthermore, the progeny of irradiated nematodes showed significant embryonal DNA damage that was associated with persistent effect on somatic growth. Unexpectedly, these nematodes maintained much of their reproductive capacity in spite of the reduced growth.
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- Erica Maremonti
- Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CERAD), Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway.
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- Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CERAD), Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway; Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Lovisenberggata 8, 0456 Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CERAD), Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CERAD), Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Centre for Integrative Genetics (CIGENE), Faculty of Biosciences (BIOVIT), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CERAD), Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PRP-ENV, SERIS, Laboratoire d'ECOtoxicologie des radionucléides (LECO), Cadarache, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PRP-ENV, SERIS, Laboratoire d'ECOtoxicologie des radionucléides (LECO), Cadarache, France
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- Centre for Environmental Radioactivity (CERAD), Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management (MINA), Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), 1432 Ås, Norway
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Yuan F, Zhou J, Xu L, Jia W, Chun L, Xu XZS, Liu J. GABA receptors differentially regulate life span and health span in C. elegans through distinct downstream mechanisms. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2019; 317:C953-C963. [PMID: 31433690 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00072.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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GABA, a prominent inhibitory neurotransmitter, is best known to regulate neuronal functions in the nervous system. However, much less is known about the role of GABA signaling in other physiological processes. Interestingly, recent work showed that GABA signaling can regulate life span via a metabotropic GABAB receptor in Caenorhabditis elegans. However, the role of other types of GABA receptors in life span has not been clearly defined. It is also unclear whether GABA signaling regulates health span. Here, using C. elegans as a model, we systematically interrogated the role of various GABA receptors in both life span and health span. We find that mutations in four different GABA receptors extend health span by promoting resistance to stress and pathogen infection and that two such receptor mutants also show extended life span. Different GABA receptors engage distinct transcriptional factors to regulate life span and health span, and even the same receptor regulates life span and health span via different transcription factors. Our results uncover a novel, profound role of GABA signaling in aging in C. elegans, which is mediated by different GABA receptors coupled to distinct downstream effectors.
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- Fengling Yuan
- International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of Ministry of Education, and College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of Ministry of Education, and College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of Ministry of Education, and College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of Ministry of Education, and College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of Ministry of Education, and College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Life Sciences Institute and Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- International Research Center for Sensory Biology and Technology of Ministry of Science and Technology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of Ministry of Education, and College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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De Magalhaes Filho CD, Henriquez B, Seah NE, Evans RM, Lapierre LR, Dillin A. Visible light reduces C. elegans longevity. Nat Commun 2018; 9:927. [PMID: 29500338 PMCID: PMC5834526 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-02934-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The transparent nematode Caenorhabditis elegans can sense UV and blue-violet light to alter behavior. Because high-dose UV and blue-violet light are not a common feature outside of the laboratory setting, we asked what role, if any, could low-intensity visible light play in C. elegans physiology and longevity. Here, we show that C. elegans lifespan is inversely correlated to the time worms were exposed to visible light. While circadian control, lite-1 and tax-2 do not contribute to the lifespan reduction, we demonstrate that visible light creates photooxidative stress along with a general unfolded-protein response that decreases the lifespan. Finally, we find that long-lived mutants are more resistant to light stress, as well as wild-type worms supplemented pharmacologically with antioxidants. This study reveals that transparent nematodes are sensitive to visible light radiation and highlights the need to standardize methods for controlling the unrecognized biased effect of light during lifespan studies in laboratory conditions.
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- C Daniel De Magalhaes Filho
- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular and Cell Biology Department, Li Ka Shing Center, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA
- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Gene expression laboratory, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 10010 N.Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Gene expression laboratory, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 10010 N.Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Gene expression laboratory, The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 10010 N.Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, USA
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- The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Molecular and Cell Biology Department, Li Ka Shing Center, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 94720, USA.
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Caenorhabditis elegans as a powerful alternative model organism to promote research in genetic toxicology and biomedicine. Arch Toxicol 2017; 91:2029-2044. [PMID: 28299394 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-017-1944-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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In view of increased life expectancy the risk for disturbed integrity of genetic information increases. This inevitably holds the implication for higher incidence of age-related diseases leading to considerable cost increase in health care systems. To develop preventive strategies it is crucial to evaluate external and internal noxae as possible threats to our DNA. Especially the interplay of DNA damage response (DDR) and DNA repair (DR) mechanisms needs further deciphering. Moreover, there is a distinct need for alternative in vivo test systems for basic research and also risk assessment in toxicology. Especially the evaluation of combinational toxicity of environmentally present genotoxins and adverse effects of clinically used DNA damaging anticancer drugs is a major challenge for modern toxicology. This review focuses on the applicability of Caenorhabditis elegans as a model organism to unravel and tackle scientific questions related to the biological consequences of genotoxin exposure and highlights methods for studying DDR and DR. In this regard large-scale in vivo screens of mixtures of chemicals and extensive parallel sequencing are highlighted as unique advantages of C. elegans. In addition, concise information regarding evolutionary conserved molecular mechanisms of the DDR and DR as well as currently available data obtained from the use of prototypical genotoxins and preferential read-outs of genotoxin testing are discussed. The use of established protocols, which are already available in the community, is encouraged to facilitate and further improve the implementation of C. elegans as a powerful genetic model system in genetic toxicology and biomedicine.
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Ermolaeva M, Schumacher B. The innate immune system as mediator of systemic DNA damage responses. Commun Integr Biol 2013; 6:e26926. [PMID: 25210580 PMCID: PMC3922787 DOI: 10.4161/cib.26926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2013] [Revised: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 10/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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DNA damage causally contributes to cancer development and tissue degeneration with aging.(1) Cellular DNA damage responses (DDR) mediate cell cycle arrest to allow time for DNA repair, or induce cellular senescence and apoptosis to eliminate damaged cells.(2) In contrast to cell-autonomous DNA damage responses, it remains less clear how organisms respond to genome instability in certain cell types and how distinct tissues interact when responding to tissue-specific DNA damage. C. elegans comprises an intriguing system to study the interaction between distinct tissues as germ cells evoke conserved DDR mechanisms, while somatic tissues are highly radio resistant.(3) (,) (4) The recent discovery of the "germline DNA damage-induced systemic stress response" (GDISR) sheds new light on non-cell autonomous responses to genome instability.(5) GDISR is mediated by ERK MAP kinase MPK-1 induced putative secreted peptides that are associated with innate immunity. The innate immune response leads to activation of the ubiquitin-proteasome-system (UPS) in somatic tissues, which confers systemic stress resistance. We discuss the role of the innate immunity in mediating systemic DNA damage responses and how UPS activity promotes endurance of somatic tissues.
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- Maria Ermolaeva
- Institute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne; Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne; Cologne, Germany ; Cologne Excellence Cluster for Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD); Institute for Genetics; University of Cologne; Cologne, Germany
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Lans H, Vermeulen W. Nucleotide Excision Repair in Caenorhabditis elegans. Mol Biol Int 2011; 2011:542795. [PMID: 22091407 PMCID: PMC3195855 DOI: 10.4061/2011/542795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2011] [Accepted: 06/18/2011] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) plays an essential role in many organisms across life domains to preserve and faithfully transmit DNA to the next generation. In humans, NER is essential to prevent DNA damage-induced mutation accumulation and cell death leading to cancer and aging. NER is a versatile DNA repair pathway that repairs many types of DNA damage which distort the DNA helix, such as those induced by solar UV light. A detailed molecular model of the NER pathway has emerged from in vitro and live cell experiments, particularly using model systems such as bacteria, yeast, and mammalian cell cultures. In recent years, the versatility of the nematode C. elegans to study DNA damage response (DDR) mechanisms including NER has become increasingly clear. In particular, C. elegans seems to be a convenient tool to study NER during the UV response in vivo, to analyze this process in the context of a developing and multicellular organism, and to perform genetic screening. Here, we will discuss current knowledge gained from the use of C. elegans to study NER and the response to UV-induced DNA damage.
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- Hannes Lans
- Department of Genetics, Medical Genetics Center, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, Medical Genetics Center, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Mitchell D, Brooks B. Antibodies and DNA Photoproducts: Applications, Milestones and Reference Guide. Photochem Photobiol 2010; 86:2-17. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2009.00673.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Ultraviolet light increases mortality of nematode larvae and can explain patterns of larval availability at pasture. Int J Parasitol 2009; 39:1151-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2009] [Revised: 03/12/2009] [Accepted: 03/13/2009] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Leung MCK, Williams PL, Benedetto A, Au C, Helmcke KJ, Aschner M, Meyer JN. Caenorhabditis elegans: an emerging model in biomedical and environmental toxicology. Toxicol Sci 2008; 106:5-28. [PMID: 18566021 PMCID: PMC2563142 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfn121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 662] [Impact Index Per Article: 41.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2008] [Accepted: 06/10/2008] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has emerged as an important animal model in various fields including neurobiology, developmental biology, and genetics. Characteristics of this animal model that have contributed to its success include its genetic manipulability, invariant and fully described developmental program, well-characterized genome, ease of maintenance, short and prolific life cycle, and small body size. These same features have led to an increasing use of C. elegans in toxicology, both for mechanistic studies and high-throughput screening approaches. We describe some of the research that has been carried out in the areas of neurotoxicology, genetic toxicology, and environmental toxicology, as well as high-throughput experiments with C. elegans including genome-wide screening for molecular targets of toxicity and rapid toxicity assessment for new chemicals. We argue for an increased role for C. elegans in complementing other model systems in toxicological research.
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- Maxwell C. K. Leung
- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27750
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- Department of Environmental Health Science, College of Public University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37240
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37240
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37240
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- Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37240
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- Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27750
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Meyer JN, Boyd WA, Azzam GA, Haugen AC, Freedman JH, Van Houten B. Decline of nucleotide excision repair capacity in aging Caenorhabditis elegans. Genome Biol 2007; 8:R70. [PMID: 17472752 PMCID: PMC1929140 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-5-r70] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2006] [Revised: 11/03/2006] [Accepted: 05/01/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Repair of UVC-induced DNA damage in Caenorhabditis elegans is similar kinetically and genetically to repair in humans, and it slows significantly in aging C. elegans. Background Caenorhabditis elegans is an important model for the study of DNA damage and repair related processes such as aging, neurodegeneration, and carcinogenesis. However, DNA repair is poorly characterized in this organism. We adapted a quantitative polymerase chain reaction assay to characterize repair of DNA damage induced by ultraviolet type C (UVC) radiation in C. elegans, and then tested whether DNA repair rates were affected by age in adults. Results UVC radiation induced lesions in young adult C. elegans, with a slope of 0.4 to 0.5 lesions per 10 kilobases of DNA per 100 J/m2, in both nuclear and mitochondrial targets. L1 and dauer larvae were more than fivefold more sensitive to lesion formation than were young adults. Nuclear repair kinetics in a well expressed nuclear gene were biphasic in nongravid adult nematodes: a faster, first order (half-life about 16 hours) phase lasting approximately 24 hours and resulting in removal of about 60% of the photoproducts was followed by a much slower phase. Repair in ten nuclear DNA regions was 15% and 50% higher in more actively transcribed regions in young and aging adults, respectively. Finally, repair was reduced by 30% to 50% in each of the ten nuclear regions in aging adults. However, this decrease in repair could not be explained by a reduction in expression of nucleotide excision repair genes, and we present a plausible mechanism, based on gene expression data, to account for this decrease. Conclusion Repair of UVC-induced DNA damage in C. elegans is similar kinetically and genetically to repair in humans. Furthermore, this important repair process slows significantly in aging C. elegans, the first whole organism in which this question has been addressed.
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- Joel N Meyer
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Alexander Drive, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Numerous theories of ageing have been proposed, and many have been tested experimentally, particularly using nematode models such as Caenorhabditis elegans. By combining those theories of ageing that remain plausible with recent findings from studies of C. elegans life span mutants, an integrated theory of ageing has been devised. This is formed from 3 interconnected elements: the evolutionary theory of ageing, the oxidative damage theory of ageing, and a nonadaptive programmed ageing theory. This tripartite theory of ageing gives rise to a number of predictions that may be tested experimentally.
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- D Gems
- Department of Biology, University College London, UK.
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The utility of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans in studies spanning aspects of development, aging, and radiobiology is reviewed. These topics are interrelated via cellular and DNA repair processes especially in the context of oxidative stress and free-radical metabolism. The relevance of these research topics to problems in space biology is discussed and properties of the space environment are outlined. Exposure to the space-flight environment can induce rapid changes in living systems that are similar to changes occurring during aging; manipulation of these environmental parameters may represent an experimental strategy for studies of development and senscence. The current and future opportunities for such space-flight experimentation are presented.
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- T E Johnson
- Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder 80309
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Niggli HJ, Bayreuther K, Rodemann HP, Röthlisberger R, Francz PI. Mitomycin C-induced postmitotic fibroblasts retain the capacity to repair pyrimidine photodimers formed after UV-irradiation. Mutat Res 1989; 219:231-40. [PMID: 2505069 DOI: 10.1016/0921-8734(89)90005-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The formation and excision of UV-C light-induced cyclobutane-type pyrimidine photodimers were determined in cultures of human skin fibroblasts at time zero and several weeks following treatment with mitomycin C (MMC). Characteristic morphological changes of the fibroblasts and specific shifts in the [35S]methionine polypeptide pattern of total cellular proteins support the notion that MMC accelerates the differentiation pathway from mitotic (MF) to post-mitotic fibroblasts (PMF). No discernible difference could be detected between the fluence-response curves of pyrimidine dimers for untreated and MMC-treated repair-deficient xeroderma pigmentosum cells of group A. Furthermore we investigated the removal of pyrimidine dimers in 3 normal human skin fibroblast strains frequently used in mutation, transformation and aging research. We were able to demonstrate that no significant difference exists in the rate and extent of the excision-repair response to thymine-containing pyrimidine dimers following UV-irradiation shortly after MMC treatment of fibroblasts and in the MMC-induced PMF stage of these cells.
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The (6-4) photoproduct is an important determinant of the lethal and mutagenic effects of UV irradiation of biological systems. The removal of this lesion appears to correlate closely with the early DNA repair responses of mammalian cells, including DNA incision events, repair synthesis and removal of replication blocks. The processing of (6-4) photoproducts and cyclobutane dimers appears to be enzymatically coupled in bacteria and most mammalian cell lines examined (i.e. a mutation affecting the repair of one lesion also often affects the other), although exceptions exist in which repair capacity may be evident for one photoproduct and not the other (e.g. UV61 and the XP revertant cell line). These differences in the processing of the two photoproducts in some cell lines of human and rodent origin suggest that in mammalian cells, different pathways for the repair of (6-4) photoproducts and cyclobutane dimers may be used. This observation is further supported by pleiotropic repair phenotypes such as those observed in CHO complementation class 2 mutants (e.g., UV5, UVL-1, UVL-13, and V-H1). Indirect data, from HCR of UV irradiated reported genes and the cytotoxic responses of UV61, suggest that the (6-4) photoproduct is cytotoxic in mammalian cells and may account for 20 to 30% of the cell killing after UV irradiation of rodent cells. Cytotoxicity of the (6-4) photoproduct may be important in the etiology of sunlight-induced carcinogenesis, affecting mutagenesis as well as tumorigenesis. The intricate photochemistry of the (6-4) photoproduct, its formation and photoisomerization, is in itself extremely interesting and may also be relevant to sunlight carcinogenesis. The data reviewed in this article support the notion that the (6-4) photoproduct and its Dewar photoisomer are important cytotoxic determinants of UV light. The idea that the (6-4) photoproduct is an important component in the spectrum of UV-induced cytotoxic damage may help clarify our understanding of why rodent cells survive the effects of UV irradiation as well as human cells, without apparent cyclobutane dimer repair in the bulk of their DNA. The preferential repair of cyclobutane dimers in essential genes has been proposed to account for this observation (Bohr et al., 1985, 1986; Mellon et al., 1986). The data reviewed here suggest that understanding the repair of a prominent type of noncyclobutane dimer damage, the (6-4) photoproduct, may also be important in resolving this paradox.
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