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Gautam A, Fawcett H, Burdova K, Brazina J, Caldecott KW. APE1-dependent base excision repair of DNA photodimers in human cells. Mol Cell 2023; 83:3669-3678.e7. [PMID: 37816354 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/12/2023]
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UV irradiation induces "bulky" DNA photodimers such as (6-4)-photoproducts and cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers that are removed by nucleotide excision repair, a complex process defective in the sunlight-sensitive and cancer-prone disease xeroderma pigmentosum. Some bacteria and lower eukaryotes can also repair photodimers by enzymatically simpler mechanisms, but such pathways have not been reported in normal human cells. Here, we have identified such a mechanism. We show that normal human cells can employ a DNA base excision repair process involving NTH1, APE1, PARP1, XRCC1, and FEN1 to rapidly remove a subset of photodimers at early times following UVC irradiation. Loss of these proteins slows the early rate of repair of photodimers in normal cells, ablates their residual repair in xeroderma pigmentosum cells, and increases UVC sensitivity ∼2-fold. These data reveal that human cells can excise photodimers using a long-patch base excision repair process that functions additively but independently of nucleotide excision repair.
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- Amit Gautam
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK; Laboratory of Genome Dynamics, Institute of Molecular Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague 4, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
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Wallace SS. Molecular radiobiology and the origins of the base excision repair pathway: an historical perspective. Int J Radiat Biol 2021; 99:891-902. [DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2021.1908639] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Susan S. Wallace
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
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Boldinova EO, Khairullin RF, Makarova AV, Zharkov DO. Isoforms of Base Excision Repair Enzymes Produced by Alternative Splicing. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20133279. [PMID: 31277343 PMCID: PMC6651865 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20133279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Revised: 06/29/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Transcripts of many enzymes involved in base excision repair (BER) undergo extensive alternative splicing, but functions of the corresponding alternative splice variants remain largely unexplored. In this review, we cover the studies describing the common alternatively spliced isoforms and disease-associated variants of DNA glycosylases, AP-endonuclease 1, and DNA polymerase beta. We also discuss the roles of alternative splicing in the regulation of their expression, catalytic activities, and intracellular transport.
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- Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology, Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University, 9 Parizhskoy Kommuny Str., 420012 Kazan, Russia
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- RAS Institute of Molecular Genetics, 2 Kurchatova Sq., 123182 Moscow, Russia.
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- Novosibirsk State University, 1 Pirogova St., 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia.
- SB RAS Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, 8 Lavrentieva Ave., 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia.
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Ormeño F, Barrientos C, Ramirez S, Ponce I, Valenzuela L, Sepúlveda S, Bitar M, Kemmerling U, Machado CR, Cabrera G, Galanti N. Expression and the Peculiar Enzymatic Behavior of the Trypanosoma cruzi NTH1 DNA Glycosylase. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0157270. [PMID: 27284968 PMCID: PMC4902261 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/26/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiological agent of Chagas’ disease, presents three cellular forms (trypomastigotes, epimastigotes and amastigotes), all of which are submitted to oxidative species in its hosts. However, T. cruzi is able to resist oxidative stress suggesting a high efficiency of its DNA repair machinery.The Base Excision Repair (BER) pathway is one of the main DNA repair mechanisms in other eukaryotes and in T. cruzi as well. DNA glycosylases are enzymes involved in the recognition of oxidative DNA damage and in the removal of oxidized bases, constituting the first step of the BER pathway. Here, we describe the presence and activity of TcNTH1, a nuclear T. cruzi DNA glycosylase. Surprisingly, purified recombinant TcNTH1 does not remove the thymine glycol base, but catalyzes the cleavage of a probe showing an AP site. The same activity was found in epimastigote and trypomastigote homogenates suggesting that the BER pathway is not involved in thymine glycol DNA repair. TcNTH1 DNA-binding properties assayed in silico are in agreement with the absence of a thymine glycol removing function of that parasite enzyme. Over expression of TcNTH1 decrease parasite viability when transfected epimastigotes are submitted to a sustained production of H2O2.Therefore, TcNTH1 is the only known NTH1 orthologous unable to eliminate thymine glycol derivatives but that recognizes and cuts an AP site, most probably by a beta-elimination mechanism. We cannot discard that TcNTH1 presents DNA glycosylase activity on other DNA base lesions. Accordingly, a different DNA repair mechanism should be expected leading to eliminate thymine glycol from oxidized parasite DNA. Furthermore, TcNTH1 may play a role in the AP site recognition and processing.
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- Fernando Ormeño
- Programa de Biología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Programa de Biología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Programa de Biología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Programa de Biología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Programa de Biología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Programa de Biología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Programa de Anatomía y Biología del Desarrollo, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, ICB, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Programa de Biología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- * E-mail: (GC); (NG)
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- Programa de Biología Celular y Molecular, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- * E-mail: (GC); (NG)
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Tokuyama Y, Furusawa Y, Ide H, Yasui A, Terato H. Role of isolated and clustered DNA damage and the post-irradiating repair process in the effects of heavy ion beam irradiation. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2015; 56:446-55. [PMID: 25717060 PMCID: PMC4426916 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rru122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Accepted: 12/17/2014] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Clustered DNA damage is a specific type of DNA damage induced by ionizing radiation. Any type of ionizing radiation traverses the target DNA molecule as a beam, inducing damage along its track. Our previous study showed that clustered DNA damage yields decreased with increased linear energy transfer (LET), leading us to investigate the importance of clustered DNA damage in the biological effects of heavy ion beam radiation. In this study, we analyzed the yield of clustered base damage (comprising multiple base lesions) in cultured cells irradiated with various heavy ion beams, and investigated isolated base damage and the repair process in post-irradiation cultured cells. Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were irradiated by carbon, silicon, argon and iron ion beams with LETs of 13, 55, 90 and 200 keV µm(-1), respectively. Agarose gel electrophoresis of the cells with enzymatic treatments indicated that clustered base damage yields decreased as the LET increased. The aldehyde reactive probe procedure showed that isolated base damage yields in the irradiated cells followed the same pattern. To analyze the cellular base damage process, clustered DNA damage repair was investigated using DNA repair mutant cells. DNA double-strand breaks accumulated in CHO mutant cells lacking Xrcc1 after irradiation, and the cell viability decreased. On the other hand, mouse embryonic fibroblast (Mef) cells lacking both Nth1 and Ogg1 became more resistant than the wild type Mef. Thus, clustered base damage seems to be involved in the expression of heavy ion beam biological effects via the repair process.
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- Yuka Tokuyama
- Analytical Research Center for Experimental Sciences, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan
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- Heavy Ion Radiobiology Research Group, Research Center for Charged Particle Therapy, National Institute of Radiobiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage Ward, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, 4-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba Ward, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
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- Analytical Research Center for Experimental Sciences, Saga University, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan
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Fukuyo M, Nakano T, Zhang Y, Furuta Y, Ishikawa K, Watanabe-Matsui M, Yano H, Hamakawa T, Ide H, Kobayashi I. Restriction-modification system with methyl-inhibited base excision and abasic-site cleavage activities. Nucleic Acids Res 2015; 43:2841-52. [PMID: 25697504 PMCID: PMC4357717 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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The restriction-modification systems use epigenetic modification to distinguish between self and nonself DNA. A modification enzyme transfers a methyl group to a base in a specific DNA sequence while its cognate restriction enzyme introduces breaks in DNA lacking this methyl group. So far, all the restriction enzymes hydrolyze phosphodiester bonds linking the monomer units of DNA. We recently reported that a restriction enzyme (R.PabI) of the PabI superfamily with half-pipe fold has DNA glycosylase activity that excises an adenine base in the recognition sequence (5′-GTAC). We now found a second activity in this enzyme: at the resulting apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) (abasic) site (5′-GT#C, # = AP), its AP lyase activity generates an atypical strand break. Although the lyase activity is weak and lacks sequence specificity, its covalent DNA–R.PabI reaction intermediates can be trapped by NaBH4 reduction. The base excision is not coupled with the strand breakage and yet causes restriction because the restriction enzyme action can impair transformation ability of unmethylated DNA even in the absence of strand breaks in vitro. The base excision of R.PabI is inhibited by methylation of the target adenine base. These findings expand our understanding of genetic and epigenetic processes linking those in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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- Masaki Fukuyo
- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan Department of Evolutionary Studies of Biosystems, School of Advanced Sciences, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI), Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan Department of Molecular Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba 260-8670, Japan
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- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan
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- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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- Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639, Japan Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
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Nemec AA, Wallace SS, Sweasy JB. Variant base excision repair proteins: contributors to genomic instability. Semin Cancer Biol 2010; 20:320-8. [PMID: 20955798 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2010.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Cells sustain endogenous DNA damage at rates greater than 20,000 DNA lesions per cell per day. These damages occur largely as a result of the inherently unstable nature of DNA and the presence of reactive oxygen species within cells. The base excision repair system removes the majority of DNA lesions resulting from endogenous DNA damage. There are several enzymes that function during base excision repair. Importantly, there are over 100 germline single nucleotide polymorphisms in genes that function in base excision repair and that result in non-synonymous amino acid substitutions in the proteins they encode. Somatic variants of these enzymes are also found in human tumors. Variant repair enzymes catalyze aberrant base excision repair. Aberrant base excision repair combined with continuous endogenous DNA damage over time has the potential to lead to a mutator phenotype. Mutations that arise in key growth control genes, imbalances in chromosome number, chromosomal translocations, and loss of heterozygosity can result in the initiation of human cancer or its progression.
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- Antonia A Nemec
- Department of Therapeutic Radiology, 15 York Street, New Haven, CT 06510, United States
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Brown KL, Roginskaya M, Zou Y, Altamirano A, Basu AK, Stone MP. Binding of the human nucleotide excision repair proteins XPA and XPC/HR23B to the 5R-thymine glycol lesion and structure of the cis-(5R,6S) thymine glycol epimer in the 5'-GTgG-3' sequence: destabilization of two base pairs at the lesion site. Nucleic Acids Res 2009; 38:428-40. [PMID: 19892827 PMCID: PMC2811006 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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The 5R thymine glycol (5R-Tg) DNA lesion exists as a mixture of cis-(5R,6S) and trans-(5R,6R) epimers; these modulate base excision repair. We examine the 7:3 cis-(5R,6S):trans-(5R,6R) mixture of epimers paired opposite adenine in the 5′-GTgG-3′ sequence with regard to nucleotide excision repair. Human XPA recognizes the lesion comparably to the C8-dG acetylaminoflourene (AAF) adduct, whereas XPC/HR23B recognition of Tg is superior. 5R-Tg is processed by the Escherichia coli UvrA and UvrABC proteins less efficiently than the C8-dG AAF adduct. For the cis-(5R, 6S) epimer Tg and A are inserted into the helix, remaining in the Watson–Crick alignment. The Tg N3H imine and A N6 amine protons undergo increased solvent exchange. Stacking between Tg and the 3′-neighbor G•C base pair is disrupted. The solvent accessible surface and T2 relaxation of Tg increases. Molecular dynamics calculations predict that the axial conformation of the Tg CH3 group is favored; propeller twisting of the Tg•A pair and hydrogen bonding between Tg OH6 and the N7 atom of the 3′-neighbor guanine alleviate steric clash with the 5′-neighbor base pair. Tg also destabilizes the 5′-neighbor G•C base pair. This may facilitate flipping both base pairs from the helix, enabling XPC/HR23B recognition prior to recruitment of XPA.
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- Kyle L Brown
- Department of Chemistry and Center in Molecular Toxicology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235, USA
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Brown KL, Basu AK, Stone MP. The cis-(5R,6S)-thymine glycol lesion occupies the wobble position when mismatched with deoxyguanosine in DNA. Biochemistry 2009; 48:9722-33. [PMID: 19772348 PMCID: PMC2761728 DOI: 10.1021/bi900695e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Oxidative damage to 5-methylcytosine in DNA, followed by deamination, yields thymine glycol (Tg), 5,6-dihydroxy-5,6-dihydrothymine, mispaired with deoxyguanosine. The structure of the 5R Tg·G mismatch pair has been refined using a combination of simulated annealing and isothermal molecular dynamics calculations restrained by NMR-derived distance restraints and torsion angle restraints in 5′-d(G1T2G3C4G5Tg6G7T8T9T10G11T12)-3′·5′-d(A13C14A15A16A17C18G19C20G21C22A23C24)-3′; Tg = 5R Tg. In this duplex the cis-5R,6S:trans-5R,6R equilibrium favors the cis-5R,6S epimer [Brown, K. L., Adams, T., Jasti, V. P., Basu, A. K., and Stone, M. P. (2008) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 130, 11701−11710]. The cis-5R,6S Tg lesion is in the wobble orientation such that Tg6O2 is proximate to G19 N1H and Tg6 N3H is proximate to G19O6. Both Tg6 and the mismatched nucleotide G19 remain stacked in the helix. The Tg6 nucleotide shifts toward the major groove and stacks below the 5′-neighbor base G5, while its complement G19 stacks below the 5′-neighbor C20. In the 3′-direction, stacking between Tg6 and the G7·C18 base pair is disrupted. The solvent-accessible surface area of the Tg nucleotide increases as compared to the native Watson−Crick hydrogen-bonded T·A base pair. An increase in T2 relaxation rates for the Tg6 base protons is attributed to puckering of the Tg base, accompanied by increased disorder at the Tg·G mismatch pair. The axial vs equatorial conformation of the Tg6 CH3 group cannot be determined with certainty from the NMR data. The rMD trajectories suggest that in either the axial or equatorial conformations the cis-5R,6S Tg lesion does not form strong intrastrand hydrogen bonds with the imidazole N7 atom of the 3′-neighbor purine G7. The wobble pairing and disorder of the Tg·G mismatch correlate with the reduced thermodynamic stability of the mismatch and likely modulate its recognition by DNA base excision repair systems.
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- Kyle L Brown
- Department of Chemistry, Center in Molecular Toxicology, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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Felício D, Almeida C, Silva A, Leitão A. Hydrogen peroxide induces a specific DNA base change profile in the presence of the iron chelator 2,2’ dipyridyl in Escherichia coli. Braz J Med Biol Res 2009. [DOI: 10.1590/s0100-879x2009007500001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
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Chen ZQ, Zhang CH, Xue Y. Theoretical Studies on the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of the N-Glycosidic Bond Cleavage in Deoxythymidine Glycol. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:10409-20. [PMID: 19719287 DOI: 10.1021/jp903334j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Ze-qin Chen
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology in Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology in Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, People’s Republic of China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Technology in Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, and College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, China West Normal University, Nanchong 637002, People’s Republic of China
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The DNA base excision repair (BER) pathway repairs alkylation and oxidative DNA damage caused by endogenous and exogenous agents, including chemotherapeutic agents. Upon removal of the damaged base AP endonuclease 1 (Ape1), a critical component of the pathway cleaves the abasic site to facilitate repair. Ape1 is a multifunctional protein which plays a role not only in DNA repair but it also functions as a reduction-oxidation factor, known as Ref-1 in the literature, to increase the DNA binding ability of several transcription factors involved in different growth signaling pathways. Elevated levels of Ape1 have been linked to resistance to chemotherapy, poor prognosis, and poor survival. Reducing the amount of Ape1 protein in cancer cells and tumors using RNA interference and anti-sense oligonucleotide technology sensitizes mammalian tumor cells to a variety of laboratory and chemotherapeutic agents. Therefore, selective inhibition of Ape1's DNA repair activity is a promising avenue to develop novel cancer therapeutics.
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- Aditi Bapat
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Yamada M, Matsui K, Katafuchi A, Takamune M, Nohmi T. Development of Tester Strains Deficient in Nth/Nei DNA Glycosylases to Selectively Detect the Mutagenicity of Oxidized DNA Pyrimidines. Genes Environ 2009. [DOI: 10.3123/jemsge.31.69] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Dynamic compartmentalization of base excision repair proteins in response to nuclear and mitochondrial oxidative stress. Mol Cell Biol 2008; 29:794-807. [PMID: 19029246 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.01357-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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DNAs harbored in both nuclei and mitochondria of eukaryotic cells are subject to continuous oxidative damage resulting from normal metabolic activities or environmental insults. Oxidative DNA damage is primarily reversed by the base excision repair (BER) pathway, initiated by N-glycosylase apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) lyase proteins. To execute an appropriate repair response, BER components must be distributed to accommodate levels of genotoxic stress that may vary considerably between nuclei and mitochondria, depending on the growth state and stress environment of the cell. Numerous examples exist where cells respond to signals, resulting in relocalization of proteins involved in key biological transactions. To address whether such dynamic localization contributes to efficient organelle-specific DNA repair, we determined the intracellular localization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae N-glycosylase/AP lyases, Ntg1 and Ntg2, in response to nuclear and mitochondrial oxidative stress. Fluorescence microscopy revealed that Ntg1 is differentially localized to nuclei and mitochondria, likely in response to the oxidative DNA damage status of the organelle. Sumoylation is associated with targeting of Ntg1 to nuclei containing oxidative DNA damage. These studies demonstrate that trafficking of DNA repair proteins to organelles containing high levels of oxidative DNA damage may be a central point for regulating BER in response to oxidative stress.
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Brown KL, Adams T, Jasti VP, Basu AK, Stone MP. Interconversion of the cis-5R,6S- and trans-5R,6R-thymine glycol lesions in duplex DNA. J Am Chem Soc 2008; 130:11701-10. [PMID: 18681438 PMCID: PMC2646635 DOI: 10.1021/ja8016544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Thymine glycol (Tg), 5,6-dihydroxy-5,6-dihydrothymine, is formed in DNA by the reaction of thymine with reactive oxygen species. The 5R Tg lesion was incorporated site-specifically into 5'-d(G(1)T(2)G(3)C(4)G(5)Tg(6)G(7)T(8)T(9)T(10)G(11)T(12))-3'; Tg = 5R Tg. The Tg-modified oligodeoxynucleotide was annealed with either 5'-d(A(13)C(14)A(15)A(16)A(17)C(18)A(19)C(20)G(21)C(22)A(23)C(24))-3', forming the Tg(6) x A(19) base pair, corresponding to the oxidative damage of thymine in DNA, or 5'-d(A(13)C(14)A(15)A(16)A(17)C(18)G(19)C(20)G(21)C(22)A(23)C(24))-3', forming the mismatched Tg(6) x G(19) base pair, corresponding to the formation of Tg following oxidative damage and deamination of 5-methylcytosine in DNA. At 30 degrees C, the equilibrium ratio of cis-5R,6S:trans-5R,6R epimers was 7:3 for the duplex containing the Tg(6) x A (19) base pair. In contrast, for the duplex containing the Tg(6) x G(19) base pair, the cis-5R,6S:trans-5R,6R equilibrium favored the cis-5R,6S epimer; the level of the trans-5R,6R epimer remained below the level of detection by NMR. The data suggested that Tg disrupted hydrogen bonding interactions, either when placed opposite to A(19) or G(19). Thermodynamic measurements indicated a 13 degrees C reduction of T(m) regardless of whether Tg was placed opposite dG or dA in the complementary strand. Although both pairings increased the free energy of melting by 3 kcal/mol, the melting of the Tg x G pair was more enthalpically favored than was the melting of the Tg x A pair. The observation that the position of the equilibrium between the cis-5R,6S and trans-5R,6R thymine glycol epimers in duplex DNA was affected by the identity of the complementary base extends upon observations that this equilibrium modulates the base excision repair of Tg [Ocampo-Hafalla, M. T.; Altamirano, A.; Basu, A. K.; Chan, M. K.; Ocampo, J. E.; Cummings, A., Jr.; Boorstein, R. J.; Cunningham, R. P.; Teebor, G. W. DNA Repair (Amst) 2006, 5, 444-454].
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- Kyle L Brown
- Department of Chemistry, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235, USA
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Ocampo-Hafalla MT, Altamirano A, Basu AK, Chan MK, Ocampo JEA, Cummings A, Boorstein RJ, Cunningham RP, Teebor GW. Repair of thymine glycol by hNth1 and hNeil1 is modulated by base pairing and cis-trans epimerization. DNA Repair (Amst) 2006; 5:444-54. [PMID: 16446124 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2005.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2005] [Revised: 12/08/2005] [Accepted: 12/12/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Oxidation of thymine yields 5,6-dihydroxy-5,6-dihydrothymine (thymine glycol. Tg) which, as cis 5S,6R and 5R,6S 2'-deoxyribonucleoside diastereoisomers (dTg1, dTg2), are in equilibrium with their trans 5S,6S and 5R,6R epimers. The stereoselective excision of Tg from DNA by the mammalian orthologs of E. coli DNA N-glycosylase/AP lyases Nth and Nei was reported using substrates in which Tg opposed adenine. Since we showed that Tg is the major product of oxidation of 5-methylcytosine, we asked if the opposing purine influenced stereospecific enzymatic excision. The human ortholog hNth1 released Tg2 much more rapidly than Tg1 regardless of the opposing purine. In contrast, hNeil1 released Tg non-stereoselectively, but the rate of excision was much greater when Tg opposed guanine. Remarkably, the kinetics of excision of Tg by hNth1 and hNeil1 were biphasic, describing a double exponential curve which yielded two rate constants. We suggest that the greater rate constant describes the rate of enzymatic excision of Tg. The smaller rate constant represents the equilibrium constant for the cis and trans epimerization of dTg1 and dTg2 in high molecular weight DNA. Thus, only one of the epimers of dTg1 and dTg2 are enzymatically processed but it is not yet known whether it is cis or trans. Thus, base excision repair of Tg in mammals is mediated by at least two DNA N-glycosylase/AP lyases which are affected by the nature of the diastereoisomer of dTg, the rate of cis-trans epimerization of each diastereoisomer, and the nature of the opposing purine.
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Scicchitano DA, Olesnicky EC, Dimitri A. Transcription and DNA adducts: what happens when the message gets cut off? DNA Repair (Amst) 2005; 3:1537-48. [PMID: 15474416 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2004.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2004] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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DNA damage located within a gene's transcription unit can cause RNA polymerase to stall at the modified site, resulting in a truncated transcript, or progress past, producing full-length RNA. However, it is not immediately apparent why some lesions pose strong barriers to elongation while others do not. Studies using site-specifically damaged DNA templates have demonstrated that a wide range of lesions can impede the progress of elongating transcription complexes. The collected results of this work provide evidence for the idea that subtle structural elements can influence how an RNA polymerase behaves when it encounters a DNA adduct during elongation. These elements include: (1) the ability of the RNA polymerase active site to accommodate the damaged base; (2) the size and shape of the adduct, which includes the specific modified base; (3) the stereochemistry of the adduct; (4) the base incorporated into the growing transcript; and (5) the local DNA sequence.
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- David A Scicchitano
- Department of Biology, New York University, 1009 Silver Center, 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003, USA.
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A potentially lethal form of DNA/RNA modification, a cleavage complex, occurs when a nucleic acid-processing enzyme that acts via a transient covalent intermediate becomes trapped at its site of action. A number of overlapping pathways act to repair these lesions and many of the enzymes involved are those that catalyze recombinational-repair processes. A protein, Tdp1, has been identified that reverses cleavage-complex formation by specifically hydrolyzing a tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiester bond. The study of these pathways is both interesting and pertinent as they modulate the effectiveness of many antitumor/antibacterial drugs that act by stabilizing cleavage-complexes in vivo.
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- John C Connelly
- Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Kings Buildings, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, United Kingdom.
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High-resolution structural studies of protein-DNA complexes have proven to be an invaluable means of understanding the diverse functions of proteins that manage the genome. Most of the structures determined to date represent proteins bound noncovalently to various DNA sequences or structures. Although noncovalent complexation is often adequate to study the structures of proteins that have robust, specific interactions with DNA, it is poorly suited to the study of transient intermediates in enzyme-catalyzed DNA processing reactions or of complexes that exist in multiple equilibrating forms. In recent years, strategies developed for the covalent trapping of protein-DNA complexes have begun to show promise as a window into an otherwise inaccessible world of structure.
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- Gregory L Verdine
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
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Boon EM, Livingston AL, Chmiel NH, David SS, Barton JK. DNA-mediated charge transport for DNA repair. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2003; 100:12543-7. [PMID: 14559969 PMCID: PMC240652 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2035257100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 183] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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MutY, like many DNA base excision repair enzymes, contains a [4Fe4S]2+ cluster of undetermined function. Electrochemical studies of MutY bound to a DNA-modified gold electrode demonstrate that the [4Fe4S] cluster of MutY can be accessed in a DNA-mediated redox reaction. Although not detectable without DNA, the redox potential of DNA-bound MutY is approximately 275 mV versus NHE, which is characteristic of HiPiP iron proteins. Binding to DNA is thus associated with a change in [4Fe4S]3+/2+ potential, activating the cluster toward oxidation. Given that DNA charge transport chemistry is exquisitely sensitive to perturbations in base pair structure, such as mismatches, we propose that this redox process of MutY bound to DNA exploits DNA charge transport and provides a DNA signaling mechanism to scan for mismatches and lesions in vivo.
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- Elizabeth M. Boon
- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125; and Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125; and Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125; and Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125; and Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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- Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125; and Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112
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Rosenquist TA, Zaika E, Fernandes AS, Zharkov DO, Miller H, Grollman AP. The novel DNA glycosylase, NEIL1, protects mammalian cells from radiation-mediated cell death. DNA Repair (Amst) 2003; 2:581-91. [PMID: 12713815 DOI: 10.1016/s1568-7864(03)00025-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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DNA damage mediated by reactive oxygen species generates miscoding and blocking lesions that may lead to mutations or cell death. Base excision repair (BER) constitutes a universal mechanism for removing oxidatively damaged bases and restoring the integrity of genomic DNA. In Escherichia coli, the DNA glycosylases Nei, Fpg, and Nth initiate BER of oxidative lesions; OGG1 and NTH1 proteins fulfill a similar function in mammalian cells. Three human genes, designated NEIL1, NEIL2 and NEIL3, encode proteins that contain sequence homologies to Nei and Fpg. We have cloned the corresponding mouse genes and have overexpressed and purified mNeil1, a DNA glycosylase that efficiently removes a wide spectrum of mutagenic and cytotoxic DNA lesions. These lesions include the two cis-thymineglycol(Tg) stereoisomers, guanine- and adenine-derived formamidopyrimidines, and 5,6-dihydrouracil. Two of these lesions, fapyA and 5S,6R thymine glycol, are not excised by mOgg1 or mNth1. We have also used RNA interference technology to establish embryonic stem cell lines deficient in Neil1 protein and showed them to be sensitive to low levels of gamma-irradiation. The results of these studies suggest that Neil1 is an essential component of base excision repair in mammalian cells; its presence may contribute to the redundant repair capacity observed in Ogg1 -/- and Nth1 -/- mice.
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- Thomas A Rosenquist
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794, USA.
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Marenstein DR, Chan MK, Altamirano A, Basu AK, Boorstein RJ, Cunningham RP, Teebor GW. Substrate specificity of human endonuclease III (hNTH1). Effect of human APE1 on hNTH1 activity. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:9005-12. [PMID: 12519758 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m212168200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Base excision repair of oxidized pyrimidines in human DNA is initiated by the DNA N-glycosylase/apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) lyase, human NTH1 (hNTH1), the homolog of Escherichia coli endonuclease III (Nth). In contrast to Nth, the DNA N-glycosylase activity of hNTH1 is 7-fold greater than its AP lyase activity when the DNA substrate contains a thymine glycol (Tg) opposite adenine (Tg:A) (Marenstein, D. R., Ocampo, M. T. A., Chan, M. K., Altamirano, A., Basu, A. K., Boorstein, R. J., Cunningham, R. P., and Teebor, G. W. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276, 21242-21249). When Tg is opposite guanine (Tg:G), the two activities are of the same specific activity as the AP lyase activity of hNTH1 against Tg:A (Ocampo, M. T. A., Chaung, W., Marenstein, D. R., Chan, M. K., Altamirano, A., Basu, A. K., Boorstein, R. J., Cunningham, R. P., and Teebor, G. W. (2002) Mol. Cell. Biol. 22, 6111-6121). We demonstrate here that hNTH1 was inhibited by the product of its DNA N-glycosylase activity directed against Tg:G, the AP:G site. In contrast, hNTH1 was not as inhibited by the AP:A site arising from release of Tg from Tg:A. Addition of human APE1 (AP endonuclease-1) increased dissociation of hNTH1 from the DNA N-glycosylase-generated AP:A site, resulting in abrogation of AP lyase activity and an increase in turnover of the DNA N-glycosylase activity of hNTH1. Addition of APE1 did not abrogate hNTH1 AP lyase activity against Tg:G. The stimulatory protein YB-1 (Marenstein et al.), added to APE1, resulted in an additive increase in both activities of hNTH1 regardless of base pairing. Tg:A is formed by oxidative attack on thymine opposite adenine. Tg:G is formed by oxidative attack on 5-methylcytosine opposite guanine (Zuo, S., Boorstein, R. J., and Teebor, G. W. (1995) Nucleic Acids Res. 23, 3239-3243). It is possible that the in vitro substrate selectivity of mammalian NTH1 and the concomitant selective stimulation of activity by APE1 are indicative of selective repair of oxidative damage in different regions of the genome.
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- Dina R Marenstein
- Department of Pathology and the Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Ocampo MTA, Chaung W, Marenstein DR, Chan MK, Altamirano A, Basu AK, Boorstein RJ, Cunningham RP, Teebor GW. Targeted deletion of mNth1 reveals a novel DNA repair enzyme activity. Mol Cell Biol 2002; 22:6111-21. [PMID: 12167705 PMCID: PMC134015 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.22.17.6111-6121.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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DNA N-glycosylase/AP (apurinic/apyrimidinic) lyase enzymes of the endonuclease III family (nth in Escherichia coli and Nth1 in mammalian organisms) initiate DNA base excision repair of oxidized ring saturated pyrimidine residues. We generated a null mouse (mNth1(-/-)) by gene targeting. After almost 2 years, such mice exhibited no overt abnormalities. Tissues of mNth1(-/-) mice contained an enzymatic activity which cleaved DNA at sites of oxidized thymine residues (thymine glycol [Tg]). The activity was greater when Tg was paired with G than with A. This is in contrast to Nth1, which is more active against Tg:A pairs than Tg:G pairs. We suggest that there is a back-up mammalian repair activity which attacks Tg:G pairs with much greater efficiency than Tg:A pairs. The significance of this activity may relate to repair of oxidized 5-methyl cytosine residues (5meCyt). It was shown previously (S. Zuo, R. J. Boorstein, and G. W. Teebor, Nucleic Acids Res. 23:3239-3243, 1995) that both ionizing radiation and chemical oxidation yielded Tg from 5meCyt residues in DNA. Thus, this previously undescribed, and hence novel, back-up enzyme activity may function to repair oxidized 5meCyt residues in DNA while also being sufficient to compensate for the loss of Nth1 in the mutant mice, thereby explaining the noninformative phenotype.
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- Maria T A Ocampo
- Department of Pathology and Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Douki T, Vadesne-Bauer G, Cadet J. Formation of 2'-deoxyuridine hydrates upon exposure of nucleosides to gamma radiation and UVC-irradiation of isolated and cellular DNA. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2002; 1:565-9. [PMID: 12659498 DOI: 10.1039/b201612e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The two diastereoisomers of 6-hydroxy-5,6-dihydro-2'-deoxyuridine (dUrd hydrates) are produced upon deamination of the related 2'-deoxycytidine derivatives. Liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry was used to quantify dUrd hydrates. Their rate constant of formation within UVC-irradiated solutions of dCyd was first determined. Their formation was also shown to occur within solutions of either dUrd or dCyd exposed to gamma-rays in the absence of oxygen. dUrd hydrates were then quantified within isolated and cellular DNA exposed to UVC light. In both cases, their yield of formation was found to be, at least, 2 orders of magnitude lower than the overall yield of bipyrimidine photoproducts such as cyclobutane dimers and (6-4) photoproducts.
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- Thierry Douki
- Laboratoire Lésions des Acides Nucléiques, Service de Chimie Inorganique et Biologique, UMR 5046, CEA/DSM/Département de Recherche Fondamentale sur la Matière Condensée, CEA-Grenoble, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 9, France.
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Shatilla A, Ramotar D. Embryonic extracts derived from the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans remove uracil from DNA by the sequential action of uracil-DNA glycosylase and AP (apurinic/apyrimidinic) endonuclease. Biochem J 2002; 365:547-53. [PMID: 11966472 PMCID: PMC1222696 DOI: 10.1042/bj20020375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2002] [Revised: 04/17/2002] [Accepted: 04/19/2002] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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DNA bases continuously undergo modifications in response to endogenous reactions such as oxidation, alkylation or deamination. The modified bases are primarily removed by DNA glycosylases, which cleave the N-glycosylic bond linking the base to the sugar, to generate an apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site, and this latter lesion is highly mutagenic. Previously, no study has demonstrated the processing of these lesions in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Herein, we report the existence of uracil-DNA glycosylase and AP endonuclease activities in extracts derived from embryos of C. elegans. These enzyme activities were monitored using a defined 5'-end (32)P-labelled 42-bp synthetic oligonucleotide substrate bearing a single uracil residue opposite guanine at position 21. The embryonic extract rapidly cleaved the substrate in a time-dependent manner to produce a 20-mer product. The extract did not excise adenine or thymine opposite guanine, although uracil opposite either adenine or thymine was processed. Addition of the highly specific inhibitor of uracil-DNA glycosylase produced by Bacillus subtilis to the extract prevented the formation of the 20-mer product, indicating that removal of uracil is catalysed by uracil-DNA glycosylase. The data suggest that the 20-mer product was generated by a sequential reaction, i.e., removal of the uracil base followed by 5'-cleavage of the AP site. Further analysis revealed that product formation was dependent upon the presence of Mg(2+), suggesting that cleavage of the AP site, following uracil excision, is carried out by a Mg(2+)-dependent AP endonuclease. It would appear that these activities correspond to the first two steps of a putative base-excision-repair pathway in C. elegans.
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- Andrea Shatilla
- University of Montreal, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Guy-Bernier Research Centre, 5415 de l'Assomption, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H1T 2M4
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The principal oxidized cytosine bases, uracil glycol, 5-hydroxycytosine, and 5-hydroxyuracil, are readily bypassed, miscode, and are thus important premutagenic lesions. Similarly the principal oxidation product of guanine, 8-oxoguanine, miscodes with A and is a premutagenic lesion. Most of the thymine and adenine products that retain their ring structure primarily pair with their cognate bases and are not potent premutagenic lesions. Although thymine glycol pairs with its cognate base and is not mutagenic it significantly distorts the DNA molecule and is a lethal lesion. Ring fragmentation, ring contraction, and ring open products of both pyrimidines and purines block DNA polymerases and are potentially lethal lesions. Although these breakdown products have the potential to mispair during translesion synthesis, the mutational spectra of prokaryotic mutants defective in the pyrimidine-specific and/or purine-specific DNA glycosylases do not reflect that expected of the breakdown products. Taken together, the data suggest that the principal biological consequences of endogenously produced and unrepaired free radical-damaged DNA bases are mutations.
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- Susan S Wallace
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Markey Center for Molecular Genetics, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405-0068, USA.
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Boorstein RJ, Cummings A, Marenstein DR, Chan MK, Ma Y, Neubert TA, Brown SM, Teebor GW. Definitive identification of mammalian 5-hydroxymethyluracil DNA N-glycosylase activity as SMUG1. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:41991-7. [PMID: 11526119 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106953200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Purification from calf thymus of a DNA N-glycosylase activity (HMUDG) that released 5-hydroxymethyluracil (5hmUra) from the DNA of Bacillus subtilis phage SPO1 was undertaken. Analysis of the most purified fraction by SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed a multiplicity of protein species making it impossible to identify HMUDG by inspection. Therefore, we renatured the enzyme after SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and assayed slices of the gel for DNA N-glycosylase activity directed against 5hmUra. Maximum enzymatic activity was identified between molecular mass markers 30 and 34 kDa. Protein was extracted from gel slices and subjected to tryptic digestion and analysis by mass spectrometry. Analysis revealed the presence of 11 peptides that were homologous or identical to the sequence of the recently characterized human single-stranded monofunctional uracil DNA N-glycosylase (hSMUG1). The cDNA of hSMUG1 was isolated and expressed as a recombinant glutathione S-transferase fusion protein that was shown to release 5hmUra with 20x the specific activity of the most purified bovine fraction. We conclude that hSMUG1 and HMUDG are the same protein.
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- R J Boorstein
- Department of Pathology and Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Marenstein DR, Ocampo MT, Chan MK, Altamirano A, Basu AK, Boorstein RJ, Cunningham RP, Teebor GW. Stimulation of human endonuclease III by Y box-binding protein 1 (DNA-binding protein B). Interaction between a base excision repair enzyme and a transcription factor. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:21242-9. [PMID: 11287425 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m101594200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Human endonuclease III (hNth1) is a DNA glycosylase/apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) lyase that initiates base excision repair of pyrimidines modified by reactive oxygen species, ionizing, and ultraviolet radiation. Using duplex 2'-deoxyribose oligonucleotides containing an abasic (AP) site, a thymine glycol, or a 5-hydroxyuracil residue as substrates, we found the AP lyase activity of hNth1 was 7 times slower than its DNA glycosylase activity, similar to results reported for murine and human 8-oxoguanine-DNA glycosylase, which are also members of the endonuclease III family. This difference in rates contrasts with the equality of rates found in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae endonuclease III homologs. A yeast two-hybrid screen for potential modulators of hNth1 activity revealed interaction with the damage-inducible transcription factor Y box-binding protein 1 (YB-1), also identified as DNA-binding protein B (DbpB). The in vitro addition of His(6)YB-1 to hNth1 increased the rate of DNA glycosylase and AP lyase activity. Analysis revealed that YB-1 affects the steady state equilibrium between the covalent hNth1-AP site Schiff base ES intermediate and the noncovalent ES intermediate containing the AP aldehydic sugar and the epsilon-amino group of the hNth1 active site lysine. This equilibrium may be a checkpoint in modulating hNth1 activity.
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- D R Marenstein
- Department of Pathology and Kaplan Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Chheda AD, Teebor GW, Cunningham RP. Identification, characterization, and purification of DNA glycosylase/AP lyases by reductive crosslinking to 2'-deoxyribooligonucleotides containing specific base lesions. Methods 2000; 22:180-7. [PMID: 11020333 DOI: 10.1006/meth.2000.1059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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This paper describes a reductive amination crosslinking protocol that facilitates identification and characterization of a class of DNA repair enzymes, DNA glycosylase/AP lyases, which are involved in base excision repair. This crosslinking technique has been used to identify enzymes in crude extracts and in partially purified enzyme preparations, to isolate proteins for sequencing, and to confirm the reaction mechanism of members of this enzyme family. Chemical reduction of the Schiff's base enzyme-substrate intermediate to a stable amine results in the formation of an irreversible covalent bond between the substrate lesion situated within a 2'-deoxyoligonucleotide and the repair enzyme. This complex can be detected by gel electrophoresis and can also be isolated and analyzed by amino acid sequencing.
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- A D Chheda
- Department of Pathology, New York University Medical Center, New York, New York, 10016, USA
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Asagoshi K, Yamada T, Okada Y, Terato H, Ohyama Y, Seki S, Ide H. Recognition of formamidopyrimidine by Escherichia coli and mammalian thymine glycol glycosylases. Distinctive paired base effects and biological and mechanistic implications. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:24781-6. [PMID: 10827172 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m000576200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The activity of prokaryotic and mammalian thymine glycol (Tg) glycosylases including Escherichia coli endonuclease III (Endo III) and endonuclease VIII (Endo VIII) and mouse Endo III homologue (mNth1) for formamidopyrimidine (Fapy) has been investigated using defined oligonucleotide substrates. 2, 6-Diamino-4-hydroxy-5-N-methylformamidopyrimidine, a methylated Fapy derived from guanine, was site specifically incorporated in the oligonucleotide. The substrates containing Fapy:N pairs (N = A, G, C, T) as well as a Tg:A pair, a physiological substrate of Endo III, Endo VIII, and mNth1, were treated by the enzymes and nicked products were quantified by gel electrophoresis. The activity of Endo III and Endo VIII for Fapy varied markedly depending on the paired base, being the highest with G (activity relative to Tg = 0. 55 (Endo III) and 0.41 (Endo VIII)) and the lowest with C (0.05 (Endo III) and 0.06 (Endo VIII)). In contrast, mNth1 recognized all Fapy pairs equally well and the activity was comparable to Tg. The results obtained in the nicking assay were further substantiated by the analysis of the Schiff base intermediate using NaBH(4) trapping assays. These results indicate that Escherichia coli and mammalian Tg glycosylases have a potential activity to recognize Fapy. However, as demonstrated for Fapy:C pairs, their distinctive activities implicate unequal participation in the repair of Fapy lesions in cells.
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- K Asagoshi
- Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan
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Sambandam A, Greenberg MM. The effects of 5R-5,6-dihydro-5-hydroxythymidine on duplex DNA stability and structure. Nucleic Acids Res 1999; 27:3597-602. [PMID: 10446252 PMCID: PMC148606 DOI: 10.1093/nar/27.17.3597] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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An improved method for the chemical synthesis of oligodeoxynucleotides containing 5 R -5,6-dihydro-5-hydroxythymidine (1) at a defined site is reported. UV melting studies carried out on duplexes containing1synthesized in this manner correlate with previously reported enzyme inhibition experiments, as well as computational studies. The melting experiments suggest that1destabilizes duplex DNA, but that the lesion preferentially base pairs to deoxyadenosine. These experiments also suggest that the presence of1in a duplex disrupts base pairing at the 5'-adjacent nucleotide and results in the thermally preferred misincorporation of purines opposite the 5'-deoxyadenosine stacked above 1 at this position. Despite the disruptions in base stacking, the UV melting experiments and enzymatic ligation/electrophoretic migration assays are consistent with the predicted macroscopic duplex structure containing intrahelical nucleotides.
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- A Sambandam
- Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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DNA repair mechanisms are fairly well characterized for nuclear DNA while knowledge regarding the repair mechanisms operable in mitochondria is limited. Several lines of evidence suggest that mitochondria contain DNA repair mechanisms. DNA lesions are removed from mtDNA in cells exposed to various chemicals. Protein activities that process damaged DNA have been detected in mitochondria. As will be discussed, there is evidence for base excision repair (BER), direct damage reversal, mismatch repair, and recombinational repair mechanisms in mitochondria, while nucleotide excision repair (NER), as we know it from nuclear repair, is not present.
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- D L Croteau
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Begley TJ, Cunningham RP. Methanobacterium thermoformicicum thymine DNA mismatch glycosylase: conversion of an N-glycosylase to an AP lyase. PROTEIN ENGINEERING 1999; 12:333-40. [PMID: 10325404 DOI: 10.1093/protein/12.4.333] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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The thymine DNA mismatch glycosylase from Methanobacterium thermoformicicum, a member of the endonuclease III family of repair proteins, excises the pyrimidine base from T-G and U-G mismatches. Unlike endonuclease III, it does not cleave the phosphodiester backbone by a beta-elimination reaction. This cleavage event has been attributed to a nucleophilic attack by the conserved Lys120 of endonuclease III on the aldehyde group at C1' of the deoxyribose and subsequent Schiff base formation. The inability of TDG to perform this beta-elimination event appears to be due to the presence of a tyrosine residue at the position equivalent to Lys120 in endonuclease III. The purpose of this work was to investigate the requirements for AP lyase activity. We replaced Tyr126 in TDG with a lysine residue to determine if this replacement would yield an enzyme with an associated AP lyase activity capable of removing a mismatched pyrimidine. We observed that this replacement abolishes the glycosylase activity of TDG but does not affect substrate recognition. It does, however, convert the enzyme into an AP lyase. Chemical trapping assays show that this cleavage proceeds through a Schiff base intermediate and suggest that the amino acid at position 126 interacts with C1' on the deoxyribose sugar.
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- T J Begley
- Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY at Albany, Albany, NY 12222, USA
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Stierum RH, Croteau DL, Bohr VA. Purification and characterization of a mitochondrial thymine glycol endonuclease from rat liver. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:7128-36. [PMID: 10066771 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.11.7128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Mitochondrial DNA is exposed to oxygen radicals produced during oxidative phosphorylation. Accumulation of several kinds of oxidative lesions in mitochondrial DNA may lead to structural genomic alterations, mitochondrial dysfunction, and associated degenerative diseases. The pyrimidine hydrate thymine glycol, one of many oxidative lesions, can block DNA and RNA polymerases and thereby exert negative biological effects. Mitochondrial DNA repair of this lesion is important to ensure normal mitochondrial DNA metabolism. Here, we report the purification of a novel rat liver mitochondrial thymine glycol endonuclease (mtTGendo). By using a radiolabeled oligonucleotide duplex containing a single thymine glycol lesion, damage-specific incision at the modified thymine was observed upon incubation with mitochondrial protein extracts. After purification using cation exchange, hydrophobic interaction, and size exclusion chromatography, the most pure active fractions contained a single band of approximately 37 kDa on a silver-stained gel. MtTGendo is active within a broad KCl concentration range and is EDTA-resistant. Furthermore, mtTGendo has an associated apurinic/apyrimidinic-lyase activity. MtTGendo does not incise 8-oxodeoxyguanosine or uracil-containing duplexes or thymine glycol in single-stranded DNA. Based upon functional similarity, we conclude that mtTGendo may be a rat mitochondrial homolog of the Escherichia coli endonuclease III protein.
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- R H Stierum
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224-6823, USA
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Loeb LA, Essigmann JM, Kazazi F, Zhang J, Rose KD, Mullins JI. Lethal mutagenesis of HIV with mutagenic nucleoside analogs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:1492-7. [PMID: 9990051 PMCID: PMC15492 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.4.1492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 302] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replicates its genome and mutates at exceptionally high rates. As a result, the virus is able to evade immunological and chemical antiviral agents. We tested the hypothesis that a further increase in the mutation rate by promutagenic nucleoside analogs would abolish viral replication. We evaluated deoxynucleoside analogs for lack of toxicity to human cells, incorporation by HIV reverse transcriptase, resistance to repair when incorporated into the DNA strand of an RNA.DNA hybrid, and mispairing at high frequency. Among the candidates tested, 5-hydroxydeoxycytidine (5-OH-dC) fulfilled these criteria. In seven of nine experiments, the presence of this analog resulted in the loss of viral replicative potential after 9-24 sequential passages of HIV in human CEM cells. In contrast, loss of viral replication was not observed in 28 control cultures passaged in the absence of the nucleoside analog, nor with other analogs tested. Sequence analysis of a portion of the HIV reverse transcriptase gene demonstrated a disproportionate increase in G --> A substitutions, mutations predicted to result from misincorporation of 5-OH-dC into the cDNA during reverse transcription. Thus, "lethal mutagenesis" driven by the class of deoxynucleoside analogs represented by 5-OH-dC could provide a new approach to treating HIV infections and, potentially, other viral infections.
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- L A Loeb
- Joseph Gottstein Memorial Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
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Sarker AH, Ikeda S, Nakano H, Terato H, Ide H, Imai K, Akiyama K, Tsutsui K, Bo Z, Kubo K, Yamamoto K, Yasui A, Yoshida MC, Seki S. Cloning and characterization of a mouse homologue (mNthl1) of Escherichia coli endonuclease III. J Mol Biol 1998; 282:761-74. [PMID: 9743625 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Endonuclease III (endoIII; nth gene product) of Escherichia coli is known to be a DNA repair enzyme having a relatively broad specificity for damaged pyrimidine bases of DNA. Here, we describe the cloning and characterization of the cDNA and the gene for a mouse homologue (mNthl1/mNth1) of endoIII. The cDNA was cloned from a mouse T-cell cDNA library with a probe prepared by PCR using the library and specific PCR primers synthesized based on the reported information of partial amino acid sequences of bovine NTHL1/NTH1 and of EST Data Bases. The cDNA is 1025 nucleotides long and encodes a protein consisting of 300 amino acids with a predicted molecular mass of 33.6 kDa. The amino acid sequence exhibits significant homologies to those of endoIII and its prokaryotic and eukaryotic homologues. The recombinant mNthl1 with a hexahistidine tag was overexpressed in a nth::cmr nei::Kmr double mutant of E. coli, and purified to apparent homogeneity. The enzyme showed thymine glycol DNA glycosylase, urea DNA glycosylase and AP lyase activities. Northern blot analysis indicated that mNthl1 mRNA is about 1 kb and is expressed ubiquitously. A 15 kb DNA fragment containing the mNthl1 gene was cloned from a mouse genomic library and sequenced. The gene consists of six exons and five introns spanning 6.09 kb. The sequenced 5' flanking region lacks a typical TATA box, but contains a CAAT box and putative binding sites for several transcription factors such as Ets, Sp1, AP-1 and AP-2. The mNthl1 gene was shown to lie immediately adjacent to the tuberous sclerosis 2 (Tsc2) gene in a 5'-to-5' orientation by sequence analysis and was assigned to chromosome 17A3 by in situ hybridization.
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- A H Sarker
- Institute of Cellular & Molecular Biology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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Nicolas E, Beggs JM, Haltiwanger BM, Taraschi TF. A new class of DNA glycosylase/apurinic/apyrimidinic lyases that act on specific adenines in single-stranded DNA. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:17216-20. [PMID: 9642291 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.27.17216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Although the biological function of DNA glycosylases is to protect the genome by removal of potentially cytotoxic or mutagenic bases, this investigation describes the existence of natural DNA glycosylases with activity on undamaged, nonmispaired bases. Gelonin, pokeweed antiviral protein, and ricin, previously described as ribosome-inactivating proteins, are shown to damage single-stranded DNA by removal of a protein-specific set of adenines and cleavage at the resulting abasic sites. Using an oligonucleotide as the substrate reveals that the reaction proceeds via the enzyme-DNA imino intermediate characteristic of DNA glycosylase/AP lyases. The adenine glycosylase activity on single-stranded DNA reported here challenges the concept that a normal base has to be in a mismatch to be specifically removed. By contrast to other glycosylases, these enzymes are expected to damage DNA rather than participate in repair processes. The significance of this DNase activity to the biological function of these plant proteins and to their toxicity to animal cells remains to be determined.
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- E Nicolas
- Department of Pathology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA
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Griffiths HR, Mistry P, Herbert KE, Lunec J. Molecular and cellular effects of ultraviolet light-induced genotoxicity. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 1998; 35:189-237. [PMID: 9663376 DOI: 10.1080/10408369891234192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Exposure to the solar ultraviolet spectrum that penetrates the Earth's stratosphere (UVA and UVB) causes cellular DNA damage within skin cells. This damage is elicited directly through absorption of energy (UVB), and indirectly through intermediates such as sensitizer radicals and reactive oxygen species (UVA). DNA damage is detected as strand breaks or as base lesions, the most common lesions being 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8OHdG) from UVA exposure and cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers from UVB exposure. The presence of these products in the genome may cause misreading and misreplication. Cells are protected by free radical scavengers that remove potentially mutagenic radical intermediates. In addition, the glutathione-S-transferase family can catalyze the removal of epoxides and peroxides. An extensive repair capacity exists for removing (1) strand breaks, (2) small base modifications (8OHdG), and (3) bulky lesions (cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers). UV also stimulates the cell to produce early response genes that activate a cascade of signaling molecules (e.g., protein kinases) and protective enzymes (e.g., haem oxygenase). The cell cycle is restricted via p53-dependent and -independent pathways to facilitate repair processes prior to replication and division. Failure to rescue the cell from replication block will ultimately lead to cell death, and apoptosis may be induced. The implications for UV-induced genotoxicity in disease are considered.
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- S H Wilson
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2233, USA.
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- B J Glassner
- Cancer Cell Biology, Division of Toxicology, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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David SS, Williams SD. Chemistry of Glycosylases and Endonucleases Involved in Base-Excision Repair. Chem Rev 1998; 98:1221-1262. [PMID: 11848931 DOI: 10.1021/cr980321h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 424] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Sheila S. David
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
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Bruner SD, Nash HM, Lane WS, Verdine GL. Repair of oxidatively damaged guanine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by an alternative pathway. Curr Biol 1998; 8:393-403. [PMID: 9545197 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(98)70158-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Transversion mutations are caused by 8-oxoguanine (OG), a DNA lesion produced by the spontaneous oxidation of guanine nucleotides, which mis-pairs with adenine during replication. Resistance to this mutagenic threat is mediated by the GO system, the components of which are functionally conserved in bacteria and mammals. To date, only one of three GO system components has been identified in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, namely the OG:C-specific glycosylase/lyase yOgg1. Furthermore, S. cerevisiae has been reported to contain a unique glycosylase/lyase activity, yOgg2, which excises OG residues opposite adenines. Paradoxically, according to the currently accepted model, yOgg2 activity should increase the mutagenicity of OG lesions. Here we report the isolation of yOgg2 and the elucidation of its role in oxidative mutagenesis. RESULTS Borohydride-dependent cross-linking using an OG-containing oligonucleotide substrate led to the isolation of yOgg1 and a second protein, Ntg1, which had previously been shown to process oxidized pyrimidines in DNA. We demonstrate that Ntg1 has OG-specific glycosylase/lyase activity indistinguishable from that of yOgg2. Targeted disruption of the NTG1 gene resulted in complete loss of yOgg2 activity and yeast lacking NTG1 had an elevated rate of A:T to C:G transversions. CONCLUSIONS The Ntg1 and yOgg2 activities are encoded by a single gene. We propose that yOgg2 has evolved to process OG:A mis-pairs that have arisen through mis-incorporation of 8-oxo-dGTP during replication. Thus, the GO system in S. cerevisiae is fundamentally distinct from that in bacteria and mammals.
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- S D Bruner
- Harvard University, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
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Hjertvik M, Erixon K, Ahnström G. Repair of DNA damage in mammalian cells after treatment with UV and dimethyl sulphate: discrimination between nucleotide and base excision repair by their temperature dependence. Mutat Res 1998; 407:87-96. [PMID: 9637237 DOI: 10.1016/s0921-8777(97)00062-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Alkylating agents have been reported to give rise to both short and long patches of repair. The reason for the different patch sizes is not known. One possibility is that alkylating agents can trigger both base and nucleotide excision repair. Another possibility is that base excision repair itself can result in different patch sizes. Recognition and incision at lesions is the rate limiting step in excision repair. In order to discriminate between base and nucleotide excision repair it would be desirable to be able to distinguish between different incision activities. In order to accurately measure incision rates, the rejoining of the strand-breaks formed must be inhibited. We have used two inhibitors, aphidicolin and 3-aminobenzamide. Aphidicolin, an inhibitor of DNA polymerases alpha/delta/epsilon. caused accumulation of single-strand breaks both after UV and dimethylsulphate. 3-Aminobenzamide, an inhibitor of poly(ADP-ribose)-polymerase caused accumulation of single-strand breaks only after alkylating agents and is thus specific for base excision repair. Enzymatic activities can be characterised by their activation energy. In order to discriminate between base and nucleotide excision repair the temperature dependence of incision activities was determined. When the temperature is decreased, the incision rate is reduced to a larger extent for UV than for DMS-induced repair. Incisions in UV-irradiated cells are practically cut off at temperatures of 15 degrees C and below, whereas DMS-exposed cells still are actively repairing at this temperature. In DMS treated cells the temperature dependence was the same whether aphidicolin or 3-aminobenzamide was used, speaking against an involvement of nucleotide excision repair. In addition, cell lines deficient in nucleotide excision repair responded in the same way to aphidicolin after DMS treatment as normal cells and were able to make incisions at 15 degrees C. This indicates that nucleotide excision repair is not to any significant amount involved in repair of DNA damage induced by a methylating agent.
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- M Hjertvik
- Department of Radiobiology, Stockholm University, Sweden
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Mol CD, Parikh SS, Lo TP, Tainer JA. Structural Phylogenetics of DNA Base Excision Repair. DNA Repair (Amst) 1998. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-48770-5_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Jerkovic B, Kung HC, Bolton PH. Purification of thymine glycol DNA and nucleosides by use of boronate chromatography. Anal Biochem 1998; 255:90-4. [PMID: 9448845 DOI: 10.1006/abio.1997.2435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Boronate columns can be used to purify DNAs containing cis-thymine glycol residues and can also be used to purify cis-thymine glycol nucleosides. The boronate group can form a reversible complex with the cis-diol of the thymine glycol but not with the urea residue which is formed by alkaline hydrolysis of the thymine glycol. This method is rapid and appears applicable to a range of nucleic acids. In addition to the purifications of DNAs and nucleosides demonstrated here boronate chromatography may be applicable to assaying the extent and sites of oxidative damage to DNAs.
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- B Jerkovic
- Department of Chemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, USA
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Jiang D, Hatahet Z, Melamede RJ, Kow YW, Wallace SS. Characterization of Escherichia coli endonuclease VIII. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:32230-9. [PMID: 9405426 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.51.32230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli endonuclease VIII (endo VIII) was identified as an enzyme that, like endonuclease III (endo III), removes radiolysis products of thymine including thymine glycol, dihydrothymine, beta-ureidoisobutyric acid, and urea from double-stranded plasmid or phage DNA and cleaves the DNA strand at abasic (AP) sites (Melamede, R. J., Hatahet, Z., Kow, Y. W., Ide., H., and Wallace, S. S. (1994) Biochemistry 33, 1255-1264). Using apparently homogeneous endo VIII protein, we now show that endo VIII removes from double-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotides the stable oxidative products of cytosine, 5-hydroxycytosine and 5-hydroxyuracil. Endo VIII cleaved the damage-containing DNA strand by beta,delta-elimination as does formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase (Fpg). Like Fpg, endo VIII also excised the 5'-terminal deoxyribose phosphate from an endonuclease IV (endo IV) pre-incised AP site. Thus, in addition to amino acid sequence homology (Jiang, D., Hatahet, Z., Blaisdell, J., Melamede, R. J., and Wallace, S. S. (1997) J. Bacteriol. 179, 3773-3782), endo VIII shares a number of catalytic properties with Fpg. In addition, endo VIII specifically bound to oligodeoxynucleotides containing a reduced AP site with a stoichiometry of 1:1 for protein to DNA with an apparent equilibrium dissociation constant of 3.9 nM. Like Fpg and endo III, the DNase I footprint was small with contact sites primarily on the damage-containing strand; unlike Fpg and endo III, the DNA binding of endo VIII to DNA was asymmetric, 3' to the reduced AP site.
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- D Jiang
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The Markey Center for Molecular Genetics, The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, USA
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Schärer OD, Deng L, Verdine GL. Chemical approaches toward understanding base excision DNA repair. Curr Opin Chem Biol 1997; 1:526-31. [PMID: 9667887 DOI: 10.1016/s1367-5931(97)80048-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Despite the importance of DNA repair in protecting the genome, the molecular basis for damage recognition and repair remains poorly understood. In the base excision repair pathway (BER), DNA glycosylases recognize and excise damaged bases from DNA. This review focuses on the recent development of chemical approaches that have been applied to the study of BER enzymes. Several distinctive classes of noncleavable substrate analogs that form stable complexes with DNA glycosylases have recently been designed and synthesized. These analogs have been used for biochemical and structural analyses of protein-DNA complexes involving DNA glycosylases, and for the isolation of a novel DNA glycosylase. An approach to trap covalently a DNA glycosylase-intermediate complex has also been used to elucidate the mechanism of DNA glycosylases.
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- O D Schärer
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Erasmus University, PO Box 1738, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Croteau DL, Bohr VA. Repair of oxidative damage to nuclear and mitochondrial DNA in mammalian cells. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:25409-12. [PMID: 9325246 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.41.25409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 366] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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- D L Croteau
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, NIA, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
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