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Gutierrez-Bayona NE, Scruggs SS, Yang HC, Chai M, Gross ML, Taylor JS. Post- and Pre-Radiolabeling Assays for anti Thymidine Cyclobutane Dimers as Intrinsic Photoprobes of Various Types of G-Quadruplexes, Reverse Hoogsteen Hairpins, and Other Non-B DNA Structures. Biochemistry 2023; 62:2269-2279. [PMID: 37459251 PMCID: PMC10474795 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.3c00155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/02/2023]
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G-quadruplexes are thought to play an important role in gene regulation and telomere maintenance, but developing probes for their presence and location is challenging due to their transitory and highly dynamic nature. The majority of probes for G-quadruplexes have relied on antibody or small-molecule binding agents, many of which can also alter the dynamics and relative populations of G-quadruplexes. Recently, it was discovered that ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation of human telomeric DNA and various G-quadruplex forming sequences found in human promoters, as well as reverse Hoogsteen hairpins, produces a unique class of non-adjacent anti cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs). Therefore, one can envision using a pulse of UVB light to irreversibly trap these non-B DNA structures via anti CPD formation without perturbing their dynamics, after which the anti CPDs can be identified and mapped. As a first step toward this goal, we report radioactive post- and pre-labeling assays for the detection of non-adjacent CPDs and illustrate their use in detecting trans,anti T=(T) CPD formation in a human telomeric DNA sequence. Both assays make use of snake venom phosphodiesterase (SVP) to degrade the trans,anti T=(T) CPD-containing DNA to the tetranucleotide pTT=(pTT) corresponding to CPD formation between the underlined T's of two separate dinucleotides while degrading the adjacent syn TT CPDs to the trinucleotide pGT=T. In the post-labeling assay, calf intestinal phosphodiesterase is used to dephosphorylate the tetranucleotides, which are then rephosphorylated with kinase and [32P]-ATP to produce radiolabeled mono- and diphosphorylated tetranucleotides. The tetranucleotides are confirmed to be non-adjacent CPDs by 254 nm photoreversion to the dinucleotide p*TT. In the pre-labeling assay, radiolabeled phosphates are introduced into non-adjacent CPD-forming sites by ligation prior to irradiation, thereby eliminating the dephosphorylation and rephosphorylation steps. The assays are also demonstrated to detect the stereoisomeric cis,anti T=(T) CPD.
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri 63130-4899, United States
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Handke W, Gravemann U, Müller TH, Wagner FF, Schulze TJ, Seltsam A. New ultraviolet C light-based method for pathogen inactivation of red blood cell units. Transfusion 2022; 62:2314-2323. [PMID: 36087025 DOI: 10.1111/trf.17098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 08/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pathogen inactivation (PI) technologies for platelet concentrates and plasma are steadily becoming more established, but new PI treatment options for red blood cells (RBCs), the most commonly used blood component, still need to be developed. We present a novel approach to inactivating pathogens in RBC units employing ultraviolet C (UVC) light. METHODS Whole blood-derived leukoreduced RBCs suspended in PAGGS-C, a third generation additive solution, served as test samples, and RBCs in PAGGS-C or SAG-M as controls. Vigorous agitation and hematocrit reduction by diluting the RBCs with additional additive solution during illumination ensured that UVC light penetrated and inactivated the nine bacteria and eight virus species tested. Bacterial and viral infectivity assays and in vitro analyses were performed to evaluate the system's PI capacity and to measure the RBC quality, metabolic, functional, and blood group serological parameters of UVC-treated versus untreated RBCs during 36-day storage. RESULTS UVC treatment of RBCs in the PAGGS-C additive solution did not alter RBC antigen expression, but significantly influenced some in vitro parameters. Compared to controls, hemolysis was higher in UVC-treated RBC units, but was still below 0.8% at 36 days of storage. Extracellular potassium increased early after PI treatment and reached ≤70 mmol/L by the end of storage. UVC-treated RBC units had higher glucose and 2,3-diphosphoglycerate levels than controls. CONCLUSION As UVC irradiation efficiently reduces the infectivity of relevant bacteria and viruses while maintaining the quality of RBCs, the proposed method offers a new approach for PI of RBC concentrates.
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- Wiebke Handke
- Bavarian Red Cross Blood Service, Nuremberg, Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Springe, Germany
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- Bavarian Red Cross Blood Service, Nuremberg, Germany
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Cloutier M, De Korte D. Residual risks of bacterial contamination for
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platelet components. Vox Sang 2022; 117:879-886. [DOI: 10.1111/vox.13272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Marc Cloutier
- Medical Affairs and Innovation Héma‐Québec Québec Canada
- Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bio‐informatics Université Laval Québec Canada
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- Blood Cell Research Sanquin Research Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Product and Process Development Sanquin Blood Bank Amsterdam The Netherlands
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Hossain F. Sources, enumerations and inactivation mechanisms of four emerging viruses in aqueous phase. JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH 2022; 20:396-440. [PMID: 36366995 DOI: 10.2166/wh.2022.263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Emergence and re-emergence of four types of severely infectious viruses have claimed significant numbers of lives when anthropogenic activities contribute to the mutagenesis of these pathogens and infectivity of these pathogens has been noticeably altered. However, both point and non-point sources can transport these viruses in water treatment and resource recovery facilities (RRF) where the presence of these pathogens in aerosolized form or in suspension can cause astronomical public health concerns. Hence, numerous scientific studies have been reviewed to comprehend the possible inactivation mechanisms of those viruses in aqueous phase where thermal-, photo-, and chemical-inactivation have confirmed their effectiveness in restraining those viruses and inactivation mechanisms are the major focuses to apprehend the quick and cost-effective virus removal process from water and RRF. Although practical applications of nano-sized disinfectants have challenged researchers, those disinfectants can completely kill the viruses and hamper RNA/DNA replication without any sign of reactivation or repair. Moreover, limitations and future research potential are discussed so that efficacious strategic management for a treatment facility can be developed at the forefront of fighting tactics against an epidemic or a pandemic. Enumerations, besides state-of-the-art detection techniques with gene sequences, are mentioned for these viruses.
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- Fahim Hossain
- Department of Environmental Engineering, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, KSA E-mail:
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Peyrane F, Denhez C, Guillaume D, Clivio P. Anti Regiospecificity in the Photosensitized Cycloaddition of 4-Tetrazolouracil Nucleoside †. Photochem Photobiol 2021; 98:640-648. [PMID: 34655494 DOI: 10.1111/php.13541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The [2 + 2] photocycloaddition of natural pyrimidine nucleobases is devoid of regioselectivity. Although modified pyrimidines have been developed to selectively obtain syn-cyclobutane isomers, the targeted formation of anti-cyclobutane isomers has not been addressed yet. Herein, using NMR analyses and DFT calculations, we demonstrate that the acetone photosensitized excitation of the 4-tetrazolouracil motif in the nucleoside series specifically provides anti-cyclobutane photoproducts in 51% yield. In addition, the cis stereomer formation is preferred over the trans-cyclobutane formation (71:29).
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- Frédéric Peyrane
- Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles, CNRS, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Reims, Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, Reims, France.,MaSCA, P3M, UFR des Sciences Exactes et Naturelles, Reims, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Reims, Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, Reims, France
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- Institut de Chimie Moléculaire de Reims, Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, Reims, France
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Baptista MS, Cadet J, Greer A, Thomas AH. Photosensitization Reactions of Biomolecules: Definition, Targets and Mechanisms. Photochem Photobiol 2021; 97:1456-1483. [PMID: 34133762 DOI: 10.1111/php.13470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 06/13/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Photosensitization reactions have been demonstrated to be largely responsible for the deleterious biological effects of UV and visible radiation, as well as for the curative actions of photomedicine. A large number of endogenous and exogenous photosensitizers, biological targets and mechanisms have been reported in the past few decades. Evolving from the original definitions of the type I and type II photosensitized oxidations, we now provide physicochemical frameworks, classifications and key examples of these mechanisms in order to organize, interpret and understand the vast information available in the literature and the new reports, which are in vigorous growth. This review surveys in an extended manner all identified photosensitization mechanisms of the major biomolecule groups such as nucleic acids, proteins, lipids bridging the gap with the subsequent biological processes. Also described are the effects of photosensitization in cells in which UVA and UVB irradiation triggers enzyme activation with the subsequent delayed generation of superoxide anion radical and nitric oxide. Definitions of photosensitized reactions are identified in biomolecules with key insights into cells and tissues.
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- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et de Radiobiologie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, USA.,Ph.D. Program in Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas (INIFTA), Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP), CCT La Plata-CONICET, La Plata, Argentina
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Francés-Monerris A, Hognon C, Douki T, Monari A. Photoinduced DNA Lesions in Dormant Bacteria: The Peculiar Route Leading to Spore Photoproducts Characterized by Multiscale Molecular Dynamics*. Chemistry 2020; 26:14236-14241. [PMID: 32597544 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202002484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Some bacterial species enter a dormant state in the form of spores to resist to unfavorable external conditions. Spores are resistant to a wide series of stress agents, including UV radiation, and can last for tens to hundreds of years. Due to the suspension of biological functions, such as DNA repair, they accumulate DNA damage upon exposure to UV radiation. Differently from active organisms, the most common DNA photoproducts in spores are not cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers, but rather the so-called spore photoproducts. This noncanonical photochemistry results from the dry state of DNA and its binding to small, acid-soluble proteins that drastically modify the structure and photoreactivity of the nucleic acid. Herein, multiscale molecular dynamics simulations, including extended classical molecular dynamics and quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics based dynamics, are used to elucidate the coupling of electronic and structural factors that lead to this photochemical outcome. In particular, the well-described impact of the peculiar DNA environment found in spores on the favored formation of the spore photoproduct, given the small free energy barrier found for this path, is rationalized. Meanwhile, the specific organization of spore DNA precludes the photochemical path that leads to cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer formation.
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- Antonio Francés-Monerris
- Université de Lorraine and CNRS, LPCT UMR 7019, 54000, Nancy, France
- Departament de Química Física, Universitat de València, 46100, Burjassot, Spain
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- Université de Lorraine and CNRS, LPCT UMR 7019, 54000, Nancy, France
- Université de Lorraine and CNRS, CRAN UMR 7039, 54000, Nancy, France
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- SyMMES, CEA, CNRS, IRIG, University Grenoble Alpes, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- Université de Lorraine and CNRS, LPCT UMR 7019, 54000, Nancy, France
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Praditya D, Friesland M, Gravemann U, Handke W, Todt D, Behrendt P, Müller TH, Steinmann E, Seltsam A. Hepatitis E virus is effectively inactivated in platelet concentrates by ultraviolet C light. Vox Sang 2020; 115:555-561. [PMID: 32383163 DOI: 10.1111/vox.12936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Revised: 03/28/2020] [Accepted: 04/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES As previous investigations have shown, THERAFLEX UV-Platelets, a UVC-based pathogen inactivation (PI) system, is effective against non-enveloped transfusion-relevant viruses such as hepatitis A virus (HAV), which are insensitive to most PI treatments for blood products. This study investigated the PI efficacy of THERAFLEX UV-Platelets against HEV in platelet concentrates (PCs). MATERIALS AND METHODS Buffy coat-derived PCs in additive solution were spiked with cell culture-derived HEV and treated with the THERAFLEX UV-Platelets system using various doses of UVC (0·05, 0·10, 0·15 and 0·20 (standard) J/cm2 ). Titres of infectious virus in pre- and post-treatment samples were determined using a large-volume plating assay to improve the detection limit of the virus assay. RESULTS THERAFLEX UV-Platelets dose-dependently inactivated HEV in PCs. The standard UVC dose inactivated the virus to below the limit of detection, corresponding to a mean log reduction of greater than 3·5. CONCLUSION Our study demonstrates that the THERAFLEX UV-Platelets system effectively inactivates HEV in PCs.
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- Dimas Praditya
- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany.,Research Center for Biotechnology, Indonesian Institute of Science, Cibinong, Indonesia
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- Institute of Experimental Virology, Twincore Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, A Joint Venture Between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Springe, Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Springe, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Institute of Experimental Virology, Twincore Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, A Joint Venture Between the Medical School Hannover (MHH) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Hannover, Germany.,Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.,German Centre for Infection Research, Hannover-Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Medical Virology, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Springe, Germany
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Chen H, Cui Z, Hejazi L, Yao L, Walmsley SJ, Rizzo CJ, Turesky RJ. Kinetics of DNA Adducts and Abasic Site Formation in Tissues of Mice Treated with a Nitrogen Mustard. Chem Res Toxicol 2020; 33:988-998. [PMID: 32174110 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.0c00012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Nitrogen mustards (NM) are an important class of chemotherapeutic drugs used in the treatment of malignant tumors. The accepted mechanism of action of NM is through the alkylation of DNA bases. NM-adducts block DNA replication in cancer cells by forming cytotoxic DNA interstrand cross-links. We previously characterized several adducts formed by reaction of bis(2-chloroethyl)ethylamine (NM) with calf thymus (CT) DNA and the MDA-MB-231 mammary tumor cell line. The monoalkylated N7-guanine (NM-G) adduct and its cross-link (G-NM-G) were major lesions. The cationic NM-G undergoes a secondary reaction through depurination to form an apurinic (AP) site or reacts with hydroxide to yield the stable ring-opened N5-substituted formamidopyrimidine (NM-Fapy-G) adduct. Both of these lesions are mutagenic and may contribute to secondary tumor development, a major clinical limitation of NM chemotherapy. We established a kinetic model with NM-treated female mice and measured the rates of formation and removal of NM-DNA adducts and AP sites. We employed liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) to measure NM-G, G-NM-G, and NM-Fapy-G adducts in liver, lung, and spleen over 168 h. NM-G reached a maximum level within 6 h in all organs and then rapidly declined. The G-NM-G cross-link and NM-FapyG were more persistent with half-lives over three-times longer than NM-G. We quantified AP site lesions in the liver and showed that NM treatment increased AP site levels by 3.7-fold over the basal levels at 6 h. The kinetics of AP site repair closely followed the rate of removal of NM-G; however, AP sites remained 1.3-fold above basal levels 168 h post-treatment with NM. Our data provide new insights into NM-induced DNA damage and biological processing in vivo. The quantitative measurement of the spectrum of NM adducts and AP sites can serve as biomarkers in the design and assessment of the efficacy of novel chemotherapeutic regimens.
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37067, United States
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Pathogen reduction of blood components during outbreaks of infectious diseases in the European Union: an expert opinion from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control consultation meeting. BLOOD TRANSFUSION = TRASFUSIONE DEL SANGUE 2019; 17:433-448. [PMID: 31846608 DOI: 10.2450/2019.0288-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Pathogen reduction (PR) of selected blood components is a technology that has been adopted in practice in various ways. Although they offer great advantages in improving the safety of the blood supply, these technologies have limitations which hinder their broader use, e.g. increased costs. In this context, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), in co-operation with the Italian National Blood Centre, organised an expert consultation meeting to discuss the potential role of pathogen reduction technologies (PRT) as a blood safety intervention during outbreaks of infectious diseases for which (in most cases) laboratory screening of blood donations is not available. The meeting brought together 26 experts and representatives of national competent authorities for blood from thirteen European Union and European Economic Area (EU/EEA) Member States (MS), Switzerland, the World Health Organization, the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines and Health Care of the Council of Europe, the US Food and Drug Administration, and the ECDC. During the meeting, the current use of PRTs in the EU/EEA MS and Switzerland was verified, with particular reference to emerging infectious diseases (see Appendix). In this article, we also present expert discussions and a common view on the potential use of PRT as a part of both preparedness and response to threats posed to blood safety by outbreaks of infectious disease.
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Hu CW, Chang YJ, Cooke MS, Chao MR. DNA Crosslinkomics: A Tool for the Comprehensive Assessment of Interstrand Crosslinks Using High Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2019; 91:15193-15203. [PMID: 31670503 PMCID: PMC6891145 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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DNA-DNA crosslinks, especially interstrand crosslinks (ICLs), cause cytotoxicity via blocking replication and transcription. Most measurements of ICLs lack sensitivity and structural information. Here, a high resolution, accurate mass spectrometry (HRMS) method was developed to comprehensively determine the untargeted, totality of DNA crosslinks, a.k.a. DNA crosslinkomics. Two novel features were introduced into this method: the accurate mass neutral losses of both two 2-deoxyribose (dR) and one dR groups will screen for ICLs as modified dinucleosides; the accurate mass neutral losses of both of the two nucleobases and one nucleobase will detect unstable DNA crosslinks, that could undergo depurination. Our crosslinkomics approach was tested by screening for crosslinks in formaldehyde- and chlorambucil-treated calf thymus DNA. The results showed that all expected drug-bridged crosslinks were detected successfully, along with various unexpected crosslinks. Using HRMS, the molecular formula and chemical structures of these unexpected crosslinks were determined. The formation of apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site-derived crosslinks, at levels comparable to those for drug-bridged crosslinks, highlighted their novel, potential role in cytotoxicity. Our new crosslinkomics approach can detect expected and unexpected environmental and drug-induced crosslinks in biological samples. This broadens the existing cellular DNA adductome and offers the potential to become a powerful tool in precision medicine.
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- Chiung-Wen Hu
- Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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- Oxidative Stress Group, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
- Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, United States
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- Department of Occupational Safety and Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
- Department of Occupational Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung 402, Taiwan
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Gravemann U, Handke W, Müller TH, Seltsam A. Bacterial inactivation of platelet concentrates with the THERAFLEX UV-Platelets pathogen inactivation system. Transfusion 2018; 59:1324-1332. [PMID: 30588633 DOI: 10.1111/trf.15119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Revised: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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BACKGROUND The THERAFLEX UV-Platelets system (Maco Pharma) uses ultraviolet C (UVC) light for pathogen inactivation (PI) of platelet concentrates (PCs) without any additional photoactive compound. The aim of the study was to systematically investigate bacterial inactivation with this system under conditions of intended use. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS The robustness of the system was evaluated by assessing its capacity to inactivate high concentrations of different bacterial species in accordance with World Health Organization guidelines. The optimal use of the PI system was explored in time-to-treatment experiments by testing its ability to sterilize PCs contaminated with low levels of bacteria on the day of manufacture (target concentration, 100 colony-forming units/unit). The bacteria panel used for spiking experiments in this study included the World Health Organization International Repository Platelet Transfusion Relevant Reference Strains (n = 14), commercially available strains (n = 13), and in-house clinical isolates (n = 2). RESULTS Mean log reduction factors after UVC treatment ranged from 3.1 to 7.5 and varied between different strains of the same species. All PCs (n = 12/species) spiked with up to 200 colony-forming units/bag remained sterile until the end of storage when UVC treated 6 hours after spiking. UVC treatment 8 hours after spiking resulted in single breakthrough contaminations with the fast-growing species Escherichia coli and Streptococcus pyogenes. CONCLUSION The UVC-based THERAFLEX UV-Platelets system efficiently inactivates transfusion-relevant bacterial species in PCs. The comprehensive data from this study may provide a valuable basis for the optimal use of this UVC-based PI system.
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- Ute Gravemann
- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Institute Springe, Springe, Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Institute Springe, Springe, Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Institute Springe, Springe, Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Institute Springe, Springe, Germany
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Gravemann U, Handke W, Lambrecht B, Schmidt JP, Müller TH, Seltsam A. Ultraviolet C light efficiently inactivates nonenveloped hepatitis A virus and feline calicivirus in platelet concentrates. Transfusion 2018; 58:2669-2674. [PMID: 30267410 DOI: 10.1111/trf.14957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2018] [Revised: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Nonenveloped transfusion-transmissible viruses such as hepatitis A virus (HAV) and hepatitis E virus (HEV) are resistant to many of the common virus inactivation procedures for blood products. This study investigated the pathogen inactivation (PI) efficacy of the THERAFLEX UV-Platelets system against two nonenveloped viruses: HAV and feline calicivirus (FCV), in platelet concentrates (PCs). STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS PCs in additive solution were spiked with high titers of cell culture-derived HAV and FCV, and treated with ultraviolet C at various doses. Pre- and posttreatment samples were taken and the level of viral infectivity determined at each dose. For some samples, large-volume plating was performed to improve the detection limit of the virus assay. RESULTS THERAFLEX UV-Platelets reduced HAV titers in PCs to the limit of detection, resulting in a virus reduction factor of greater than 4.2 log steps, and reduced FCV infectivity in PCs by 3.0 ± 0.2 log steps. CONCLUSIONS THERAFLEX UV-Platelets effectively inactivates HAV and FCV in platelet units.
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- Ute Gravemann
- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Springe, Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Springe, Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Springe, Germany
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Eickmann M, Gravemann U, Handke W, Tolksdorf F, Reichenberg S, Müller TH, Seltsam A. Inactivation of Ebola virus and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus in platelet concentrates and plasma by ultraviolet C light and methylene blue plus visible light, respectively. Transfusion 2018; 58:2202-2207. [PMID: 29732571 PMCID: PMC7169708 DOI: 10.1111/trf.14652] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2018] [Revised: 03/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/23/2018] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ebola virus (EBOV) and Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS‐CoV) have been identified as potential threats to blood safety. This study investigated the efficacy of the THERAFLEX UV‐Platelets and THERAFLEX MB‐Plasma pathogen inactivation systems to inactivate EBOV and MERS‐CoV in platelet concentrates (PCs) and plasma, respectively. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS PCs and plasma were spiked with high titers of cell culture–derived EBOV and MERS‐CoV, treated with various light doses of ultraviolet C (UVC; THERAFLEX UV‐Platelets) or methylene blue (MB) plus visible light (MB/light; THERAFLEX MB‐Plasma), and assessed for residual viral infectivity. RESULTS UVC reduced EBOV (≥4.5 log) and MERS‐CoV (≥3.7 log) infectivity in PCs to the limit of detection, and MB/light decreased EBOV (≥4.6 log) and MERS‐CoV (≥3.3 log) titers in plasma to nondetectable levels. CONCLUSIONS Both THERAFLEX UV‐Platelets (UVC) and THERAFLEX MB‐Plasma (MB/light) effectively reduce EBOV and MERS‐CoV infectivity in platelets and plasma, respectively.
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- Markus Eickmann
- Institute for Virology, Philipps University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Springe, Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Springe, Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Springe, Germany
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Nicholson WL, Schuerger AC, Douki T. The Photochemistry of Unprotected DNA and DNA inside Bacillus subtilis Spores Exposed to Simulated Martian Surface Conditions of Atmospheric Composition, Temperature, Pressure, and Solar Radiation. ASTROBIOLOGY 2018; 18:393-402. [PMID: 29589975 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2017.1721] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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DNA is considered a potential biomarker for life-detection experiments destined for Mars. Experiments were conducted to examine the photochemistry of bacterial DNA, either unprotected or within Bacillus subtilis spores, in response to exposure to simulated martian surface conditions consisting of the following: temperature (-10°C), pressure (0.7 kPa), atmospheric composition [CO2 (95.54%), N2 (2.7%), Ar (1.6%), O2 (0.13%), and H2O (0.03%)], and UV-visible-near IR solar radiation spectrum (200-1100 nm) calibrated to 4 W/m2 of UVC (200-280 nm). While the majority (99.9%) of viable spores deposited in multiple layers on spacecraft-qualified aluminum coupons were inactivated within 5 min, a detectable fraction survived for up to the equivalent of ∼115 martian sols. Spore photoproduct (SP) was the major lesion detected in spore DNA, with minor amounts of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD), in the order TT CPD > TC CPD >> CT CPD. In addition, the (6-4)TC, but not the (6-4)TT, photoproduct was detected in spore DNA. When unprotected DNA was exposed to simulated martian conditions, all photoproducts were detected. Surprisingly, the (6-4)TC photoproduct was the major photoproduct, followed by SP ∼ TT CPD > TC CPD > (6-4)TT > CT CPD > CC CPD. Differences in the photochemistry of unprotected DNA and spore DNA in response to simulated martian surface conditions versus laboratory conditions are reviewed and discussed. The results have implications for the planning of future life-detection experiments that use DNA as the target, and for the long-term persistence on Mars of forward contaminants or their DNA. Key Words: Bacillus subtilis-DNA-Mars-Photochemistry-Spore-Ultraviolet. Astrobiology 18, 393-402.
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- Wayne L Nicholson
- 1 Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida , Merritt Island, Florida, USA
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- 2 Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida , Merritt Island, Florida, USA
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- 3 Univ. Grenoble Alpes , CEA, CNRS, INAC, SyMMES/CIBEST, Grenoble, France
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Lu C, Smith-Carpenter JE, Taylor JSA. Evidence for Reverse Hoogsteen Hairpin Intermediates in the Photocrosslinking of Human Telomeric DNA Sequences. Photochem Photobiol 2018; 94:685-697. [PMID: 29418001 DOI: 10.1111/php.12898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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UVB irradiation of human telomeric d(GGGTTA)3 GGG sequences in potassium ion solution crosslinks the first and third TTA segments through anti cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) formation. The photocrosslinking reaction was first proposed to occur through a form 3 two-tetrad G-quadruplex in which the lateral four-nucleotide GTTA loop can interact with an adjacent TTA loop. Curiously, the reaction does not occur with sodium ion, which was explained by the formation of a basket structure which only has three-nucleotide TTA loops that cannot interact. Sequences known or expected to favor the two-tetrad basket did not show enhanced photocrosslinking, suggesting that some other structure was the reactive intermediate. Herein, we report that anti CPDs form in human telomeric DNA sequences with lithium ion that is known to disfavor G-quadruplex formation, as well as with potassium ion when the bases are modified to interfere with G-quartet formation. We also show that anti CPDs form in sequences containing A's in place of G's that cannot form Hoogsteen hairpins, but can form reverse Hoogsteen hairpins. These results suggest that reverse Hoogsteen hairpins may play a hitherto unrecognized role in the biology and photoreactivity of DNA in telomeres, and possibly in other purine-rich sequences found in regulatory regions.
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- Chen Lu
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
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Pathogen reduction through additive-free short-wave UV light irradiation retains the optimal efficacy of human platelet lysate for the expansion of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0181406. [PMID: 28763452 PMCID: PMC5538655 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background We recently developed and characterized a standardized and clinical grade human Platelet Lysate (hPL) that constitutes an advantageous substitute for fetal bovine serum (FBS) for human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC) expansion required in cell therapy procedures, avoiding xenogenic risks (virological and immunological) and ethical issues. Because of the progressive use of pathogen-reduced (PR) labile blood components, and the requirement of ensuring the viral safety of raw materials for cell therapy products, we evaluated the impact of the novel procedure known as THERAFLEX UV-Platelets for pathogen reduction on hPL quality (growth factors content) and efficacy (as a medium supplement for hMSC expansion). This technology is based on short-wave ultraviolet light (UV-C) that induces non-reversible damages in DNA and RNA of pathogens while preserving protein structures and functions, and has the main advantage of not needing the addition of any photosensitizing additives (that might secondarily interfere with hMSCs). Methodology / Principal findings We applied the THERAFLEX UV-Platelets procedure on fresh platelet concentrates (PCs) suspended in platelet additive solution and prepared hPL from these treated PCs. We compared the quality and efficacy of PR-hPL with the corresponding non-PR ones. We found no impact on the content of five cytokines tested (EGF, bFGF, PDGF-AB, VEGF and IGF-1) but a significant decrease in TGF-ß1 (-21%, n = 11, p<0.01). We performed large-scale culture of hMSCs from bone marrow (BM) during three passages and showed that hPL or PR-hPL at 8% triggered comparable BM-hMSC proliferation as FBS at 10% plus bFGF. Moreover, after proliferation of hMSCs in an hPL- or PR-hPL-containing medium, their profile of membrane marker expression, their clonogenic potential and immunosuppressive properties were maintained, in comparison with BM-hMSCs cultured under FBS conditions. The potential to differentiate towards the adipogenic and osteogenic lineages of hMSCs cultured in parallel in the three conditions also remained identical. Conclusion / Significance We demonstrated the feasibility of using UV-C-treated platelets to subsequently obtain pathogen-reduced hPL, while preserving its optimal quality and efficacy for hMSC expansion in cell therapy applications.
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A wide variety of clinical conditions, associated with low circulating platelet counts, require platelet transfusion in order to normalize hemostatic function. Although single-donor apheresis platelets bear the lowest risk of transfusion-transmitted infections, pathogen reduction technologies (PRT) are being implemented worldwide to reduce this risk further through inactivation of known, emergent and as yet to be discovered nucleic acid-based pathogens. Human blood platelets are now known to harbor a diverse transcriptome, important to their function and comprised of >5000 protein-coding messenger RNAs and different classes of non-coding RNAs, including microRNAs. Our appreciation of the nucleic acid-dependent functions of platelets is likely to increase. On the other hand, the side effects of PRT on platelet function are underappreciated. Recent evidences suggest that PRT may compromise platelets' responsiveness to agonists, and induce platelet activation. For instance, platelets have the propensity to release proinflammatory microparticles (MPs) upon activation, and the possibility that PRT may enhance the production of platelet MPs in platelet concentrates (PCs) appears likely. With this in mind, it would be timely and appropriate to investigate other means to inactivate pathogens more specifically, or to modify the currently available PRT so to better preserve the platelet function and improve the safety of PCs; platelets' perspective to PRT deserves to be considered.
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- Abdimajid Osman
- a Department of Clinical Chemistry , Region Östergötland , Linköping , Sweden.,b Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine , University of Linköping , Linköping , Sweden
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- c Transfusion Center, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz , Hochhaus Augustusplatz , Mainz , Germany
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- d CHUQ Research Center/CHUL , 2705 Blvd Laurier, Quebec , QC , Canada.,e Faculty of Medicine , Université Laval , Quebec , QC , Canada
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Yang L, Jian Y, Setlow P, Li L. Spore photoproduct within DNA is a surprisingly poor substrate for its designated repair enzyme-The spore photoproduct lyase. DNA Repair (Amst) 2017; 53:31-42. [PMID: 28320593 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2016.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2015] [Revised: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 11/15/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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DNA repair enzymes typically recognize their substrate lesions with high affinity to ensure efficient lesion repair. In UV irradiated endospores, a special thymine dimer, 5-thyminyl-5,6-dihydrothymine, termed the spore photoproduct (SP), is the dominant DNA photolesion, which is rapidly repaired during spore outgrowth mainly by spore photoproduct lyase (SPL) using an unprecedented protein-harbored radical transfer process. Surprisingly, our in vitro studies using SP-containing short oligonucleotides, pUC 18 plasmid DNA, and E. coli genomic DNA found that they are all poor substrates for SPL in general, exhibiting turnover numbers of 0.01-0.2min-1. The faster turnover numbers are reached under single turnover conditions, and SPL activity is low with oligonucleotide substrates at higher concentrations. Moreover, SP-containing oligonucleotides do not go past one turnover. In contrast, the dinucleotide SP TpT exhibits a turnover number of 0.3-0.4min-1, and the reaction may reach up to 10 turnovers. These observations distinguish SPL from other specialized DNA repair enzymes. To the best of our knowledge, SPL represents an unprecedented example of a major DNA repair enzyme that cannot effectively repair its substrate lesion within the normal DNA conformation adopted in growing cells. Factors such as other DNA binding proteins, helicases or an altered DNA conformation may cooperate with SPL to enable efficient SP repair in germinating spores. Therefore, both SP formation and SP repair are likely to be tightly controlled by the unique cellular environment in dormant and outgrowing spore-forming bacteria, and thus SP repair may be extremely slow in non-spore-forming organisms.
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- Linlin Yang
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), 402 North Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), 402 North Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health, Farmington, CT 06030, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), 402 North Blackford Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States; Department of Dermatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, United States.
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Cicchetti A, Berrino A, Casini M, Codella P, Facco G, Fiore A, Marano G, Marchetti M, Midolo E, Minacori R, Refolo P, Romano F, Ruggeri M, Sacchini D, Spagnolo AG, Urbina I, Vaglio S, Grazzini G, Liumbruno GM. Health Technology Assessment of pathogen reduction technologies applied to plasma for clinical use. BLOOD TRANSFUSION = TRASFUSIONE DEL SANGUE 2016; 14:287-386. [PMID: 27403740 PMCID: PMC4942318 DOI: 10.2450/2016.0065-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Although existing clinical evidence shows that the transfusion of blood components is becoming increasingly safe, the risk of transmission of known and unknown pathogens, new pathogens or re-emerging pathogens still persists. Pathogen reduction technologies may offer a new approach to increase blood safety. The study is the output of collaboration between the Italian National Blood Centre and the Post-Graduate School of Health Economics and Management, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy. A large, multidisciplinary team was created and divided into six groups, each of which addressed one or more HTA domains.Plasma treated with amotosalen + UV light, riboflavin + UV light, methylene blue or a solvent/detergent process was compared to fresh-frozen plasma with regards to current use, technical features, effectiveness, safety, economic and organisational impact, and ethical, social and legal implications. The available evidence is not sufficient to state which of the techniques compared is superior in terms of efficacy, safety and cost-effectiveness. Evidence on efficacy is only available for the solvent/detergent method, which proved to be non-inferior to untreated fresh-frozen plasma in the treatment of a wide range of congenital and acquired bleeding disorders. With regards to safety, the solvent/detergent technique apparently has the most favourable risk-benefit profile. Further research is needed to provide a comprehensive overview of the cost-effectiveness profile of the different pathogen-reduction techniques. The wide heterogeneity of results and the lack of comparative evidence are reasons why more comparative studies need to be performed.
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- Americo Cicchetti
- Postgraduate School of Health Economics and Management (Altems), Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Health Technology Assessment Unit of “Gemelli” Teaching Hospital, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Bioethics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Health Economics and Management (Altems), Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Italian National Blood Centre, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Health Economics and Management (Altems), Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Italian National Blood Centre, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
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- Health Technology Assessment Unit of “Gemelli” Teaching Hospital, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Bioethics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Bioethics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Bioethics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Health Economics and Management (Altems), Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Postgraduate School of Health Economics and Management (Altems), Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Bioethics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Bioethics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Health Technology Assessment Unit of “Gemelli” Teaching Hospital, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
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- Italian National Blood Centre, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
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- Italian National Blood Centre, National Institute of Health, Rome, Italy
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van der Meer PF, Gravemann U, de Korte D, Sumian C, Tolksdorf F, Müller TH, Seltsam A. Effect of increased agitation speed on pathogen inactivation efficacy andin vitroquality in UVC-treated platelet concentrates. Vox Sang 2016; 111:127-34. [DOI: 10.1111/vox.12404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2015] [Revised: 03/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- P. F. van der Meer
- Department of Product and Process Development; Sanquin Blood Bank; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB; Institute Springe; Springe Germany
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- Department of Product and Process Development; Sanquin Blood Bank; Amsterdam The Netherlands
- Department of Blood Cell Research; Sanquin Research; Amsterdam The Netherlands
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- Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB; Institute Springe; Springe Germany
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- Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB; Institute Springe; Springe Germany
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Setlow P, Li L. Photochemistry and Photobiology of the Spore Photoproduct: A 50-Year Journey. Photochem Photobiol 2015; 91:1263-90. [PMID: 26265564 PMCID: PMC4631623 DOI: 10.1111/php.12506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2015] [Accepted: 07/21/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Fifty years ago, a new thymine dimer was discovered as the dominant DNA photolesion in UV-irradiated bacterial spores [Donnellan, J. E. & Setlow R. B. (1965) Science, 149, 308-310], which was later named the spore photoproduct (SP). Formation of SP is due to the unique environment in the spore core that features low hydration levels favoring an A-DNA conformation, high levels of calcium dipicolinate that acts as a photosensitizer, and DNA saturation with small, acid-soluble proteins that alters DNA structure and reduces side reactions. In vitro studies reveal that any of these factors alone can promote SP formation; however, SP formation is usually accompanied by the production of other DNA photolesions. Therefore, the nearly exclusive SP formation in spores is due to the combined effects of these three factors. Spore photoproduct photoreaction is proved to occur via a unique H-atom transfer mechanism between the two involved thymine residues. Successful incorporation of SP into an oligonucleotide has been achieved via organic synthesis, which enables structural studies that reveal minor conformational changes in the SP-containing DNA. Here, we review the progress on SP photochemistry and photobiology in the past 50 years, which indicates a very rich SP photobiology that may exist beyond endospores.
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- Peter Setlow
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, UConn Health, Farmington, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology & Department of Dermatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202
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Van Aelst B, Devloo R, Vandekerckhove P, Compernolle V, Feys HB. Ultraviolet C light pathogen inactivation treatment of platelet concentrates preserves integrin activation but affects thrombus formation kinetics on collagen in vitro. Transfusion 2015; 55:2404-14. [DOI: 10.1111/trf.13137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Revised: 03/03/2015] [Accepted: 03/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Britt Van Aelst
- Transfusion Research CenterBelgian Red Cross‐FlandersGhent Belgium
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- Transfusion Research CenterBelgian Red Cross‐FlandersGhent Belgium
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- Blood Service of the Belgian Red Cross‐FlandersMechelen Belgium
- Department of Public Health and Primary CareCatholic University of LeuvenLeuven Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of GhentGhent Belgium
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- Transfusion Research CenterBelgian Red Cross‐FlandersGhent Belgium
- Blood Service of the Belgian Red Cross‐FlandersMechelen Belgium
- Faculty of Medicine and Health SciencesUniversity of GhentGhent Belgium
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- Transfusion Research CenterBelgian Red Cross‐FlandersGhent Belgium
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Solar UV radiation-induced DNA Bipyrimidine photoproducts: formation and mechanistic insights. Top Curr Chem (Cham) 2015; 356:249-75. [PMID: 25370518 DOI: 10.1007/128_2014_553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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This review chapter presents a critical survey of the main available information on the UVB and UVA bipyrimidine photoproducts which constitute the predominant recipient classes of photo-induced DNA damage. Evidence is provided that UVB irradiation of isolated DNA in aqueous solutions and in cells gives rise to the predominant generation of cis-syn cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and, to a lesser extent, of pyrimidine (6-4) pyrimidone photoproducts (6-4PPs), the importance of which is strongly primary sequence dependent. A notable change in the photoproduct distribution is observed when DNA either in the dry or in desiccated microorganisms is exposed to UVC or UVB photons with an overwhelming formation of 5-(α-thymidyl)-5,6-dihydrothymidine, also called spore photoproduct (dSP), at the expense of CPDs and 6-4PPs. UVA irradiation of isolated and cellular DNA gives rise predominantly to bipyrimidine photoproducts with the overwhelming formation of thymine-containing cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers at the exclusion of 6-4PPs. UVA photons have been shown to modulate the distribution of UVB dimeric pyrimidine photoproducts by triggering isomerization of the 6-4PPs into related Dewar valence isomers. Mechanistic aspects of the formation of bipyrimidine photoproducts are discussed in the light of recent photophysical and theoretical studies.
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Jian Y, Ames DM, Ouyang H, Li L. Photochemical reactions of microcrystalline thymidine. Org Lett 2015; 17:824-7. [PMID: 25668312 DOI: 10.1021/ol5036276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Nucleoside/nucleotide/oligonucleotide photoreactions usually result in a number of products simultaneously due to a wide range of conformers existing at a given time. Such a complicated reaction pattern makes it difficult for one to focus on a single DNA photoproduct and elucidate the requirements for its formation. A rare example of thymidine photoreaction in microcrystals is reported, where 5-thyminyl-5,6-dihydrothymine, e.g., the spore photoproduct (SP), is produced as the dominant species in ∼85% yield. This unprecedented high yield clears the major obstacle for future SP photochemistry studies in detail.
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- Yajun Jian
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) , 402 North Blackford Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States
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Pohler P, Müller M, Winkler C, Schaudien D, Sewald K, Müller TH, Seltsam A. Pathogen reduction by ultraviolet C light effectively inactivates human white blood cells in platelet products. Transfusion 2014; 55:337-47. [DOI: 10.1111/trf.12836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2014] [Revised: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 07/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Petra Pohler
- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB; Institute Springe; Springe Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine; Hannover Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine; Hannover Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine; Hannover Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine; Hannover Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB; Institute Springe; Springe Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB; Institute Springe; Springe Germany
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Ames DM, Lin G, Jian Y, Cadet J, Li L. Unusually large deuterium discrimination during spore photoproduct formation. J Org Chem 2014; 79:4843-51. [PMID: 24820206 PMCID: PMC4049236 DOI: 10.1021/jo500775b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The deuterium-labeling strategy has been widely used and proved highly effective in mechanistic investigation of chemical and biochemical reactions. However, it is often hampered by the incomplete label transfer, which subsequently obscures the mechanistic conclusion. During the study of photoinduced generation of 5-thyminyl-5,6-dihydrothymine, which is commonly called the spore photoproduct (SP), the Cadet laboratory found an incomplete (~67%) deuterium transfer in SP formation, which contrasts to the exclusive transfer observed by the Li laboratory. Here, we investigated this discrepancy by re-examining the SP formation using d3-thymidine. We spiked the d3-thymidine with varying amounts of unlabeled thymidine before the SP photochemistry is performed. Strikingly, our data show that the reaction is highly sensitive to the trace protiated thymidine in the starting material. As many as 17-fold enrichment is detected in the formed SP, which may explain the previously observed one-third protium incorporation. Although commercially available deuterated reagents are generally satisfactory as mechanistic probes, our results argue that attention is still needed to the possible interference from the trace protiated impurity, especially when the reaction yield is low and large isotopic discrimination is involved.
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- David M Ames
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) , 402 North Blackford Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, United States
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Smith JE, Lu C, Taylor JS. Effect of sequence and metal ions on UVB-induced anti cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer formation in human telomeric DNA sequences. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 42:5007-19. [PMID: 24598261 PMCID: PMC4005637 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Irradiation of G-quadruplex forming human telomeric DNA with ultraviolet B (UVB) light results in the formation of anti cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) between loop 1 and loop 3 in the presence of potassium ions but not sodium ions. This was unexpected because the sequences involved favor the nonphotoreactive hybrid conformations in K+ solution, whereas a potentially photoreactive basket conformation is favored in Na+ solution. To account for these contradictory results, it was proposed that the loops are too far apart in the basket conformation in Na+ solution but close enough in a two G-tetrad basket-like form 3 conformation that can form in K+ solution. In the current study, Na+ was still found to inhibit anti CPD formation in sequences designed to stabilize the form 3 conformation. Furthermore, anti CPD formation in K+ solution was slower for the sequence previously shown to exist primarily in the proposed photoreactive form 3 conformation than the sequence shown to exist primarily in a nonphotoreactive hybrid conformation. These results suggest that the form 3 conformation is not the principal photoreactive conformation, and that G-quadruplexes in K+ solution are dynamic and able to access photoreactive conformations more easily than in Na+ solution.
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- Jillian E Smith
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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Singh I, Lian Y, Li L, Georgiadis MM. The structure of an authentic spore photoproduct lesion in DNA suggests a basis for recognition. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA. SECTION D, BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY 2014; 70:752-9. [PMID: 24598744 PMCID: PMC3949526 DOI: 10.1107/s1399004713032987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The spore photoproduct lesion (SP; 5-thymine-5,6-dihydrothymine) is the dominant photoproduct found in UV-irradiated spores of some bacteria such as Bacillus subtilis. Upon spore germination, this lesion is repaired in a light-independent manner by a specific repair enzyme: the spore photoproduct lyase (SP lyase). In this work, a host-guest approach in which the N-terminal fragment of Moloney murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase (MMLV RT) serves as the host and DNA as the guest was used to determine the crystal structures of complexes including 16 bp oligonucleotides with and without the SP lesion at 2.14 and 1.72 Å resolution, respectively. In contrast to other types of thymine-thymine lesions, the SP lesion retains normal Watson-Crick hydrogen bonding to the adenine bases of the complementary strand, with shorter hydrogen bonds than found in the structure of the undamaged DNA. However, the lesion induces structural changes in the local conformation of what is otherwise B-form DNA. The region surrounding the lesion differs significantly in helical form from B-DNA, and the minor groove is widened by almost 3 Å compared with that of the undamaged DNA. Thus, these unusual structural features associated with SP lesions may provide a basis for recognition by the SP lyase.
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- Isha Singh
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA
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Douki T. The variety of UV-induced pyrimidine dimeric photoproducts in DNA as shown by chromatographic quantification methods. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2014; 12:1286-302. [PMID: 23572060 DOI: 10.1039/c3pp25451h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Induction of DNA damage is one of the major consequences of exposure to solar UV radiation in living organisms. UV-induced DNA photoproducts are mostly pyrimidine dimers, including cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers, pyrimidine (6-4) pyrimidone photoproducts and Dewar valence isomers. In the last few decades, a large number of methods have been developed for the quantification of these pyrimidine dimers. The present review emphasizes the contribution of chromatographic techniques to our better understanding of the basic DNA photochemistry and the better description of damage in cells.
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- Thierry Douki
- Laboratoire 'Lésions des Acides Nucléiques', Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1/CEA/Institut Nanoscience et Cryogénie/SCIB, UMR-E3, Grenoble, France.
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Kneuttinger AC, Kashiwazaki G, Prill S, Heil K, Müller M, Carell T. Formation and Direct Repair of UV-induced Dimeric DNA Pyrimidine Lesions. Photochem Photobiol 2013; 90:1-14. [PMID: 24354557 DOI: 10.1111/php.12197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2013] [Accepted: 10/17/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Direct repair of UV-induced DNA lesions represents an elegant method for many organisms to deal with these highly mutagenic and cytotoxic compounds. Although the participating proteins are structurally well investigated, the exact repair mechanism of the photolyase enzymes remains a vivid subject of current research. In this review, we summarize and highlight the recent contributions to this exciting field.
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- Andrea Christa Kneuttinger
- Center for Integrated Protein Sciences at the Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Sciences at the Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Sciences at the Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Sciences at the Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Sciences at the Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Protein Sciences at the Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München, Munich, Germany
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Seltsam A, Müller TH. Update on the use of pathogen-reduced human plasma and platelet concentrates. Br J Haematol 2013; 162:442-54. [PMID: 23710899 DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The use of pathogen reduction technologies (PRTs) for labile blood components is slowly but steadily increasing. While pathogen-reduced plasma is already used routinely, efficacy and safety concerns impede the widespread use of pathogen-reduced platelets. The supportive and often prophylactic nature of blood component therapy in a variety of clinical situations complicates the clinical evaluation of these novel blood products. However, an increasing body of evidence on the clinical efficacy, safety, cost-benefit ratio and development of novel technologies suggests that pathogen reduction has entered a stage of maturity that could further increase the safety margin in haemotherapy. This review summarizes the clinical evidence on PRTs for plasma and platelet products that are currently licensed or under development.
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- Axel Seltsam
- Institute Springe, German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Springe, Germany.
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Meyer A, Vasseur JJ, Morvan F. Synthesis of Monoconjugated and Multiply Conjugated Oligonucleotides by “Click Thiol” Thiol-Michael-Type Additions and by Combination with CuAAC “Click Huisgen”. European J Org Chem 2012. [DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201201311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Development of a DNA-dosimeter system for monitoring the effects of pulsed ultraviolet radiation. ANN MICROBIOL 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s13213-012-0562-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Cadet J, Mouret S, Ravanat JL, Douki T. Photoinduced damage to cellular DNA: direct and photosensitized reactions. Photochem Photobiol 2012; 88:1048-65. [PMID: 22780837 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2012.01200.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 209] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The survey focuses on recent aspects of photochemical reactions to cellular DNA that are implicated through the predominant formation of mostly bipyrimidine photoproducts in deleterious effects of human exposure to sunlight. Recent developments in analytical methods have allowed accurate and quantitative measurements of the main DNA photoproducts in cells and human skin. Highly mutagenic CC and CT bipyrimidine photoproducts, including cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers and pyrimidine (6-4) pyrimidone photoproducts (6-4PPs) are generated in low yields with respect to TT and TC photoproducts. Another striking finding deals with the formation of Dewar valence isomers, the third class of bipyrimidine photoproducts that is accounted for by UVA-mediated isomerization of initially UVB generated 6-4PPs. Cyclobutadithymine (T<>T) has been unambiguously shown to be involved in the genotoxicity of UVA radiation. Thus, T<>T is formed in UVA-irradiated cellular DNA according to a direct excitation mechanism with a higher efficiency than oxidatively generated DNA damage that arises mostly through the Type II photosensitization mechanism. C<>C and C<>T are repaired at rates intermediate between those of T<>T and 6-4TT. Evidence has been also provided for the occurrence of photosensitized reactions mediated by exogenous agents that act either in an independent way or through photodynamic effects.
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- Jean Cadet
- Laboratoire Lésions des Acides Nucléiques, SCIB-UMR-E n°3, CEA/UJF, Institut Nanosciences et Cryogénie, CEA/Grenoble, Grenoble Cedex, France
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Hegde ML, Banerjee S, Hegde PM, Bellot LJ, Hazra TK, Boldogh I, Mitra S. Enhancement of NEIL1 protein-initiated oxidized DNA base excision repair by heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein U (hnRNP-U) via direct interaction. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:34202-11. [PMID: 22902625 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.384032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Repair of oxidized base lesions in the human genome, initiated by DNA glycosylases, occurs via the base excision repair pathway using conserved repair and some non-repair proteins. However, the functions of the latter noncanonical proteins in base excision repair are unclear. Here we elucidated the role of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein-U (hnRNP-U), identified in the immunoprecipitate of human NEIL1, a major DNA glycosylase responsible for oxidized base repair. hnRNP-U directly interacts with NEIL1 in vitro via the NEIL1 common interacting C-terminal domain, which is dispensable for its enzymatic activity. Their in-cell association increases after oxidative stress. hnRNP-U stimulates the NEIL1 in vitro base excision activity for 5-hydroxyuracil in duplex, bubble, forked, or single-stranded DNA substrate, primarily by enhancing product release. Using eluates from FLAG-NEIL1 immunoprecipitates from human cells, we observed 3-fold enhancement in complete repair activity after oxidant treatment. The lack of such enhancement in hnRNP-U-depleted cells suggests its involvement in repairing enhanced base damage after oxidative stress. The NEIL1 disordered C-terminal region binds to hnRNP-U at equimolar ratio with high affinity (K(d) = ∼54 nm). The interacting regions in hnRNP-U, mapped to both termini, suggest their proximity in the native protein; these are also disordered, based on PONDR (Predictor of Naturally Disordered Regions) prediction and circular dichroism spectra. Finally, depletion of hnRNP-U and NEIL1 epistatically sensitized human cells at low oxidative genome damage, suggesting that the hnRNP-U protection of cells after oxidative stress is largely due to enhancement of NEIL1-mediated repair.
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- Muralidhar L Hegde
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, Texas 77555-1079, USA
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Beauchamp S, Lacroix M. Resistance of the genome of Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes to irradiation evaluated by the induction of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers and 6-4 photoproducts using gamma and UV-C radiations. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2011.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Shetlar MD, Chung J. The (α-4) photoconjugates of 5-methylcytosine, 1,5-dimethylcytosine, 1-methylthymine and thymidine. Photochem Photobiol 2012; 88:336-43. [PMID: 22211580 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.01070.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The pyrimidine nucleobases contained in DNA undergo a variety of photoinduced reactions in which two moieties become joined to form a product (e.g. formation of cyclobutane dimers and [6-4] adducts). Herein, we describe a new type of photoconjugation reaction that has been shown to occur for 5-methylcytosine (5-MeC), 1,5-dimethylcytosine (1,5-diMeC), 1-methylthymine and thymidine; in this reaction the 5-methyl group of one nucleobase (or nucleoside) becomes attached to the 4-position of the second moiety. For example, 5-MeC forms α-4'-(5'-methylpyrimidin-2'-one)-5-methylcytosine. The various (α-4) conjugates are produced upon irradiation of the parent compound in frozen aqueous solution at -78.5°C. The UV spectra of these compounds display a characteristic "double humped" profile, similar to that expected from overlaying the spectrum of parent nucleobase with that of a 2'-pyrimidone moiety. Preliminary results suggest that thymine and 5-methyl-2'-deoxycytidine (5-MedCyd) form analogous photoproducts. A variety of other previously unreported photoproducts are described as well for the 5-MeC, 1,5-diMeC and 5-MedCyd systems.
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- Martin D Shetlar
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Shetlar MD, Chung J. The (5‐4) and (6‐4) Adducts of 1‐Methylthymine and Their Dewar Valence Isomers. Photochem Photobiol 2011; 87:802-17. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2011.00932.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yagura T, Makita K, Yamamoto H, Menck CF, Schuch AP. Biological sensors for solar ultraviolet radiation. SENSORS 2011; 11:4277-94. [PMID: 22163847 PMCID: PMC3231322 DOI: 10.3390/s110404277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2011] [Revised: 04/02/2011] [Accepted: 04/04/2011] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation is widely known as a genotoxic environmental agent that affects Earth ecosystems and the human population. As a primary consequence of the stratospheric ozone layer depletion observed over the last decades, the increasing UV incidence levels have heightened the concern regarding deleterious consequences affecting both the biosphere and humans, thereby leading to an increase in scientific efforts to understand the role of sunlight in the induction of DNA damage, mutagenesis, and cell death. In fact, the various UV-wavelengths evoke characteristic biological impacts that greatly depend on light absorption of biomolecules, especially DNA, in living organisms, thereby justifying the increasing importance of developing biological sensors for monitoring the harmful impact of solar UV radiation under various environmental conditions. In this review, several types of biosensors proposed for laboratory and field application, that measure the biological effects of the UV component of sunlight, are described. Basically, the applicability of sensors based on DNA, bacteria or even mammalian cells are presented and compared. Data are also presented showing that on using DNA-based sensors, the various types of damage produced differ when this molecule is exposed in either an aqueous buffer or a dry solution. Apart from the data thus generated, the development of novel biosensors could help in evaluating the biological effects of sunlight on the environment. They also emerge as alternative tools for using live animals in the search for protective sunscreen products.
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- Teiti Yagura
- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; E-Mails: (T.Y.); (A.P.S.)
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- Faculty of Engineering, Takushoku University, Tokyo 193-0985, Japan; E-Mail:
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- Department of Physics, Rikkyo University, Tokyo 171-8501, Japan; E-Mail:
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; E-Mails: (T.Y.); (A.P.S.)
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +55-11-3091-7499; Fax: +55-11-3091-7354
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- Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo 05508-000, Brazil; E-Mails: (T.Y.); (A.P.S.)
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Münzel M, Szeibert C, Glas AF, Globisch D, Carell T. Discovery and synthesis of new UV-induced intrastrand C(4-8)G and G(8-4)C photolesions. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:5186-9. [PMID: 21425860 DOI: 10.1021/ja111304f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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UV irradiation of cellular DNA leads to the formation of a number of defined mutagenic DNA lesions. Here we report the discovery of new intrastrand C(4-8)G and G(8-4)C cross-link lesions in which the C(4) amino group of the cytosine base is covalently linked to the C(8) position of an adjacent dG base. The structure of the novel lesions was clarified by HPLC-MS/MS data for UV-irradiated DNA in combination with chemical synthesis and direct comparison of the synthetic material with irradiated DNA. We also report the ability to generate the lesions directly in DNA with the help of a photoactive precursor that was site-specifically incorporated into DNA. This should enable detailed chemical and biochemical investigations of these lesions.
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- Martin Münzel
- Center for Integrated Protein Science (CIPS(M)) at the Department of Chemistry, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich , Butenandtstrasse 5-13, 81377 Munich, Germany
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Seltsam A, Müller TH. UVC Irradiation for Pathogen Reduction of Platelet Concentrates and Plasma. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 38:43-54. [PMID: 21779205 DOI: 10.1159/000323845] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2010] [Accepted: 12/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Besides the current efforts devoted to microbial risk reduction, pathogen inactivation technologies promise reduction of the residual risk of known and emerging infectious agents. A novel pathogen reduction process for platelets, the THERAFLEX UV-Platelets system, has been developed and is under clinical evaluation for its efficacy and safety. In addition, proof of principle has been shown for UVC treatment of plasma units. The pathogen reduction process is based on application of UVC light of a specific wavelength (254 nm) combined with intense agitation of the blood units to ensure a uniform treatment of all blood compartments. Due to the different absorption characteristics of nucleic acids and proteins, UVC irradiation mainly affects the nucleic acid of pathogens and leukocytes while proteins are largely preserved. UVC treatment significantly reduces the infectivity of platelet units contaminated by disease-causing viruses and bacteria. In addition, it inactivates residual white blood cells in the blood components while preserving platelet function and coagulation factors. Since no photoactive compound needs to be added to the blood units, photoreagent-related adverse events are excluded. Because of its simple and rapid procedure without the need to change the established blood component preparation procedures, UVC-based pathogen inactivation could easily be implemented in existing blood banking procedures.
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- Axel Seltsam
- German Red Cross Blood Service NSTOB, Institute Springe, Germany
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Cuquerella MC, Lhiaubet-Vallet V, Bosca F, Miranda MA. Photosensitised pyrimidine dimerisation in DNA. Chem Sci 2011. [DOI: 10.1039/c1sc00088h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Su DGT, Taylor JSA, Gross ML. A new photoproduct of 5-methylcytosine and adenine characterized by high-performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. Chem Res Toxicol 2010; 23:474-9. [PMID: 20158274 DOI: 10.1021/tx9003962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The UV portion of sunlight is mutagenic and can modify DNA by producing various photoproducts. UV photodamage often occurs at dipyrimidine sites, to give cyclobutane, pyrimidine-(6-4)-pyrimidone (6-4), and pyrimidine-(6-4)-Dewar pyrimidone (Dewar) photoproducts, and at TA and AA sites. There is no reported evidence, however, of UV photoproduct formation between C or 5-methylC ((m)C) and A. Irradiation of d(GTAT(m)CATGAGGTGC) with UVB light at physiological pH gives an unexpected photoproduct that undergoes fast thermal deamination but does not revert to its original structure under UVC irradiation. Evidence from nuclease P1 digestion coupled with electrospray ionization (ESI)-MS/MS is in accord with product formation between (m)C and A. HPLC analysis indicates that deamination gives a T<>A photoproduct that coelutes on reverse-phase chromatography with the well-known TA* photoproduct, formed from an initial [2 + 2] reaction between C5-C6 and C6-C5 of the adjacent thymine and adenine [as shown by Zhao , X. , et al. ( 1996 ) Nucleic Acids Res. 24 , 1554 - 1560 and Davies , R. J. , et al. ( 2007 ) Nucleic Acids Res. 35 , 1048 - 1053 ]. Furthermore, the deamination product of the unknown (m)C<>A photoproduct and the TA* photoproduct undergo nearly identical fragmentation in tandem MS. The evidence, taken together, indicates that the deamination product of the unknown (m)CA photoproduct has the same chemical structure as the TA* photoproduct. Therefore, the unknown photoproduct is referred to as the (m)CA* photoproduct, which, upon deamination, gives the TA* photoproduct.
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- Dian G T Su
- Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
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Moeller R, Douki T, Rettberg P, Reitz G, Cadet J, Nicholson WL, Horneck G. Genomic bipyrimidine nucleotide frequency and microbial reactions to germicidal UV radiation. Arch Microbiol 2010; 192:521-9. [PMID: 20454780 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-010-0579-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2010] [Revised: 04/13/2010] [Accepted: 04/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The role of the genomic bipyrimidine nucleotide frequency in pyrimidine dimer formation caused by germicidal UV radiation was studied in three microbial reference organisms (Escherichia coli K12, Deinococcus radiodurans R1, spores and cells of Bacillus subtilis 168). The sensitive HPLC tandem mass spectrometry assay was used to identify and quantify the different bipyrimidine photoproducts induced in the DNA of microorganisms by germicidal UV radiation. The yields of photoproducts per applied fluence were very similar among vegetative cells but twofold reduced in spores. This similarity in DNA photoreactivity greatly contrasted with the 11-fold range determined in the fluence causing a decimal reduction of survival. It was also found that the spectrum of UV-induced bipyrimidine lesions was species-specific and the formation rates of bi-thymine and bi-cytosine photoproducts correlated with the genomic frequencies of thymine and cytosine dinucleotides in the bacterial model systems.
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- Ralf Moeller
- German Aerospace Center, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Radiation Biology Department, Research Group 'Astrobiology', Linder Hoehe, 51147 Cologne, Germany.
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Moeller R, Reitz G, Douki T, Cadet J, Horneck G, Stan-Lotter H. UV photoreactions of the extremely haloalkaliphilic euryarchaeon Natronomonas pharaonis. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2010; 73:271-7. [PMID: 20491923 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2010.00893.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to investigate the photobiological responses of the haloalkaliphilic euryarchaeon Natronomonas pharaonis to environmentally relevant polychromatic UV radiation, simulating either the present UV radiation climate (lambda>290 nm) or that of the early Earth (lambda>220 nm), and to monochromatic UVC radiation (lambda=254 nm) for comparison with the literature data. UV-induced bipyrimidine DNA photoproducts were determined using a sensitive and accurate HPLC tandem mass spectrometry assay, allowing to identify and quantify each type of photoproducts formed in the DNA of a UV-irradiated halophilic archaeon. The thymine cytosine (TC) pyrimidine (6-4) pyrimidone photoproduct and the TC cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer accounted for almost 80% of the total induced DNA photolesions, regardless of the wavelength range tested. These prominent formation rates of TC photoproducts correlated with the genomic frequencies of TC dinucleotides in N. pharaonis.
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- Ralf Moeller
- Radiation Biology Department, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Köln, Germany.
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Desnous C, Guillaume D, Clivio P. Spore Photoproduct: A Key to Bacterial Eternal Life. Chem Rev 2009; 110:1213-32. [DOI: 10.1021/cr0781972] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Céline Desnous
- ICSN, UPR CNRS 2301, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France and UMR CNRS 6229, 51 Rue Cognacq Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France
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- ICSN, UPR CNRS 2301, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France and UMR CNRS 6229, 51 Rue Cognacq Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France
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- ICSN, UPR CNRS 2301, 1 Avenue de la Terrasse, 91198 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France and UMR CNRS 6229, 51 Rue Cognacq Jay, 51096 Reims Cedex, France
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Mohr H, Steil L, Gravemann U, Thiele T, Hammer E, Greinacher A, Müller TH, Völker U. A novel approach to pathogen reduction in platelet concentrates using short-wave ultraviolet light. Transfusion 2009; 49:2612-24. [PMID: 19682340 DOI: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2009.02334.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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BACKGROUND Transfusion of platelet concentrates (PCs) is the basic treatment for severe platelet disorders. PCs carry the risk of pathogen transmission, especially bacteria. Pathogen reduction (PR) by addition of photochemical reagents and irradiation with visible or ultraviolet (UV) light can significantly reduce this risk. We present a novel approach for PR in PCs employing UVC light alone. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS UVC PR was evaluated by bacteria and virus infectivity assays. PC quality was investigated by measuring pH, lactate, glucose, hypotonic shock response, platelet aggregation, CD62P expression, and annexin V binding as in vitro parameters. The impact of UVC PR on the platelet proteome was assessed by differential in-gel electrophoresis and compared with changes caused by UVB and gamma-irradiation, respectively. RESULTS Vigorous agitation of loosely placed PCs generated thin fluid layers that allow penetration of UVC light for inactivation of the six bacteria and six of the seven virus species tested. HIV-1 was only moderately inactivated. UVC light at the dose used (0.4 J/cm(2)) had a minor impact on in vitro parameters and on storage stability of treated PCs. Proteome analysis revealed a common set of 92 (out of 793) protein spots being affected by all three types of irradiation. Specific alterations were most pronounced for gamma-irradiation (45 spots), followed by UVB (11 spots) and UVC (2 spots). CONCLUSION UVC irradiation is a potential new method for pathogen reduction in PCs. The data obtained until now justify further development of this process.
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- Harald Mohr
- Blood Center of the German Red Cross Chapters of NSTOB, Institute Springe, Springe, Germany.
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Photocrosslinking of human telomeric G-quadruplex loops by anti cyclobutane thymine dimer formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009; 106:12861-6. [PMID: 19628696 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0902386106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The unusual structural forms of telomere DNA, which protect the ends of chromosomes during replication, may render it vulnerable to unprecedented photodamage, possibly involving nonadjacent bases that are made proximate by folding. The G-quadruplex for the human telomere sequence consisting of a repeating d(TTAGGG) is one unusual form. Tel22, d[AGGG(TTAGGG)(3)], forms a basket structure in the presence of Na(+) and may form multiple equilibrating structures in the presence of K(+) with hybrid-type structures predominating. UVB irradiation of d[AGGG(TTAGGG)(3)] in the presence of Na(+) results in a cis,syn thymine dimer between two adjacent Ts in a TTA loop and a mixture of nonadjacent anti thymine dimers between various loops. Irradiation in the presence of K(+), however, produces, in addition to these same products, a large amount of specific anti thymine dimers formed between either T in loop 1 and the central T in loop 3. These latter species were not observed in the presence of Na(+). Interloop-specific anti thymine dimers are incompatible with hybrid-type structures, but could arise from a chair or basket-type structure or from triplex intermediates involved in interconverting these structures. If these unique nonadjacent anti thymine dimer photoproducts also form in vivo, they would constitute a previously unrecognized type of DNA photodamage that may interfere with telomere replication and present a unique challenge to DNA repair. Furthermore, these unusual anti photoproducts may be used to establish the presence of G-quadruplex or quadruplex-like structures in vivo.
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Bhattacharjee C, Sharan RN. UV-C radiation induced conformational relaxation of pMTa4 DNA inEscherichia colimay be the cause of single strand breaks. Int J Radiat Biol 2009; 81:919-27. [PMID: 16524847 DOI: 10.1080/09553000600566048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE The biological consequences of initial physicochemical events following exposure of DNA to germicidal (254 nm) ultraviolet C (UV-C) radiation are not fully understood despite progress that has been made. In particular the cause of UV-C induced single strand breaks is not known. This question has been addressed in the present investigation. MATERIALS AND METHODS A plasmid construct, pMTa4, was exposed to UV-C in vitro as well as in vivo after transforming the plasmid into a repair proficient wild type and repair deficient, recF, mutant of E. coli. Following UV exposure in vivo, the plasmid was isolated under repair non-permissive and permissive conditions. The plasmid isolate and the pure super-coiled closed circular (CC) topological form of the plasmid were analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis. The dependence of UV-C induced damage and conformational changes on the dose of radiation as well as on the duration of post-irradiation repair incubations was observed. The influence of UV-C on hyperchromic change and intercalation of ethidium bromide into plasmid DNA were also recorded. RESULTS UV-C exposure of pMTa4 DNA in vitro and in vivo induced dose dependent, but sparsely placed, single strand breaks (SSB). While the wild type (AB1157) E. coli was able to repair SSB nearly completely under repair permissive condition, the recF (JC9239) mutant failed to do so. A dose-dependent relaxation of super-structure of CC form of pMTa4 DNA concomitant with enhanced ethidium bromide intercalation into the plasmid DNA was observed. CONCLUSION It is proposed that the conformational relaxation generated negative super-coiling strain on the DNA backbone of CC form of plasmid as well as exposed chemical bonds for hydrolytic cleavage. This might be the cause of the production of sparsely placed single strand breaks in pMTa4 upon exposure to low doses of UV-C.
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- Chaitali Bhattacharjee
- Radiation and Molecular Biology Unit, Department of Biochemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, India
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