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Tyszczuk-Rotko K, Staniec K, Sztanke K, Sztanke M. First voltammetric analysis of two possible anticancer drug candidates using an unmodified glassy carbon electrode. Sci Rep 2024; 14:17306. [PMID: 39068200 PMCID: PMC11283526 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-68309-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2024] [Accepted: 07/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/30/2024] Open
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Dimethyl 2-[2-(1-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl)hydrazinylidene]butanedioate (DIHB) and 8-(3-chlorophenyl)-2,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[2,1-c][1,2,4]triazine-3,4-dione (HDIT) are promising candidates for anticancer agents, the first analytical procedures of which are presented in this paper. The commercially available unmodified glassy carbon electrode (GCE) was used as a sensor for the individual and simultaneous differential pulse voltammetric (DPV) determination of these possible anticancer drugs. The findings concerning the electrochemical behaviour indicated that DIHB and HDIT display at GCE, as a sensor, the oxidation peaks at 1.18 and 0.98 V, respectively (vs. Ag/AgCl, 3.0 mol L-1 KCl) in the 0.125 mol L-1 acetate buffer of pH = 4.5, which were employed for their quantification. Various experimental parameters were carefully investigated, to achieve high sensitivity in voltammetric measurements. Finally, under the optimised conditions (t of 60 s, ΔEA of 75 mV, ν of 225 mV s-1, and tm of 2 ms), the proposed DPV procedure with the GCE demonstrated broad linear sensing ranges (1-200 nmol L-1-DIHB and 5-200 nmol L-1-HDIT), boasting the detection limits of 0.18 nmol L-1 for DIHB and 1.1 nmol L-1 for HDIT. Moreover, the developed procedure was distinguished by good selectivity, repeatability of DIHB and HDIT signals and sensor reproducibility. The practical application of this method was demonstrated by analysing the urine reference material without any prior treatment. The results showed that this environmentally friendly approach, with a modification-free sensor, is suitable for the sensitive, selective and rapid quantification of DIHB and HDIT.
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- Katarzyna Tyszczuk-Rotko
- Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, 20-031, Lublin, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Institute of Chemical Sciences, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, 20-031, Lublin, Poland
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- Laboratory of Bioorganic Compounds Synthesis and Analysis, Medical University of Lublin, 4A Chodźki Street, 20-093, Lublin, Poland
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- Department of Medical Chemistry, Medical University of Lublin, 4A Chodźki Street, 20-093, Lublin, Poland.
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Cadet J, Angelov D, Di Mascio P, Wagner JR. Contribution of oxidation reactions to photo-induced damage to cellular DNA. Photochem Photobiol 2024. [PMID: 38970297 DOI: 10.1111/php.13990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2024] [Revised: 06/14/2024] [Accepted: 06/15/2024] [Indexed: 07/08/2024]
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This review article is aimed at providing updated information on the contribution of immediate and delayed oxidative reactions to the photo-induced damage to cellular DNA/skin under exposure to UVB/UVA radiations and visible light. Low-intensity UVC and UVB radiations that operate predominantly through direct excitation of the nucleobases are very poor oxidizing agents giving rise to very low amounts of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine and DNA strand breaks with respect to the overwhelming bipyrimidine dimeric photoproducts. The importance of these two classes of oxidatively generated damage to DNA significantly increases together with a smaller contribution of oxidized pyrimidine bases upon UVA irradiation. This is rationalized in terms of sensitized photooxidation reactions predominantly mediated by singlet oxygen together with a small contribution of hydroxyl radical that appear to also be implicated in the photodynamic effects of the blue light component of visible light. Chemiexcitation-mediated formation of "dark" cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers in UVA-irradiated melanocytes is a recent major discovery that implicates in the initial stage, a delayed generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species giving rise to triplet excited carbonyl intermediate and possibly singlet oxygen. High-intensity UVC nanosecond laser radiation constitutes a suitable source of light to generate pyrimidine and purine radical cations in cellular DNA via efficient biphotonic ionization.
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- Jean Cadet
- Département de Médecine nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Biologie et de Modélisation de la Cellule LMBC, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
- Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center IBG, Dokuz Eylul University, Balçova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Chemistry, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Département de Médecine nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
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Abdelshafy AM, Neetoo H, Al-Asmari F. Antimicrobial Activity of Hydrogen Peroxide for Application in Food Safety and COVID-19 Mitigation: An Updated Review. J Food Prot 2024; 87:100306. [PMID: 38796115 DOI: 10.1016/j.jfp.2024.100306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 05/20/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
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Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is a well-known agent with a broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity against pathogenic bacteria, fungi, and viruses. It is a colorless liquid and commercially available in aqueous solution over a wide concentration range. It has been extensively used in the food industry by virtue of its strong oxidizing property and its ability to cause cellular oxidative damage in microbial cells. This review comprehensively documents recent research on the antimicrobial activity of H2O2 against organisms of concern for the food industry, as well as its effect against SARS-CoV-2 responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, factors affecting the antimicrobial effectiveness of H2O2, different applications of H2O2 as a sanitizer or disinfectant in the food industry as well as safety concerns associated with H2O2 are discussed. Finally, recent efforts in enhancing the antimicrobial efficacy of H2O2 are also outlined.
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- Asem M Abdelshafy
- Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University - Assiut Branch, Assiut 71524, Egypt.
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- Agricultural and Food Science Department, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius.
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia.
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Markovitsi D. On the Use of the Intrinsic DNA Fluorescence for Monitoring Its Damage: A Contribution from Fundamental Studies. ACS OMEGA 2024; 9:26826-26837. [PMID: 38947837 PMCID: PMC11209687 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.4c02256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2024] [Revised: 05/02/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
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The assessment of DNA damage by means of appropriate fluorescent probes is widely spread. In the specific case of UV-induced damage, it has been suggested to use the emission of dimeric photoproducts as an internal indicator for the efficacy of spermicidal lamps. However, in the light of fundamental studies on the UV-induced processes, outlined in this review, this is not straightforward. It is by now well established that, in addition to photodimers formed via an electronic excited state, photoionization also takes place with comparable or higher quantum yields, depending on the irradiation wavelength. Among the multitude of final lesions, some have been fully characterized, but others remain unknown; some of them may emit, while others go undetected upon monitoring fluorescence, the result being strongly dependent on both the irradiation and the excitation wavelength. In contrast, the fluorescence of undamaged nucleobases associated with emission from ππ* states, localized or excitonic, appearing at wavelengths shorter than 330 nm is worthy of being explored to this end. Despite its low quantum yield, it is readily detected nowadays. Its intensity decreases due to the disappearance of the reacting nucleobases and the loss of exciton coherence provoked by the presence of lesions, independently of their type. Thus, it could potentially provide valuable information about the DNA damage induced, not only by UV radiation but also by other sanitizing or therapeutic agents.
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- Dimitra Markovitsi
- Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS,
Institut de Chimie Physique, UMR8000, 91405 Orsay, France
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Zhou Q, Guo W, Hu Z, Yan S, Jie J, Su H. Can methylated purine bases act as photoionization hotspots? Photochem Photobiol 2024; 100:368-379. [PMID: 37792888 DOI: 10.1111/php.13862] [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] [Received: 05/29/2023] [Revised: 09/12/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/06/2023]
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The direct photoionization of DNA canonical bases under ultraviolet radiation is difficult due to the high ionization potentials. According to previous quantum chemical calculations, methylation can have great influence on the ionization potential. Are methylated nucleobases prone to photoionization and cause DNA damage? As an important epigenetic modification in transcription, expression, and regulation of genes, it is of great biological significance to explore the effect of methylation on base photoionization from the experimental perspective. Herein, we study the photoionization behavior of methylated purines 6 mA and 6mG at 266 nm using a nanosecond transient UV-Vis spectroscopy. The hydrated electron and methylated base radicals are observed, indicating the occurrence of photoionization for both 6mG and 6 mA. We measured one-photon ionization yields to be (5.0 ± 0.2) × 10-3 and (1.4 ± 0.2) × 10-3 for 6mG and 6 mA, respectively. These are higher than those of (dA)20 and (dA20 )·(dT20 ) previously reported, indicating that methylation significantly promotes base photoionization with a stronger effect than base stacking, consistent with calculations in literature. Given that the hydrated electrons and methylated base radicals from photoionization can trigger a cascade of deleterious reactions, the methylated purine bases may act as hotspots of DNA photoionization damage of living organisms.
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- Qian Zhou
- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
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Eng ZH, Abdul Aziz A, Ng KL, Mat Junit S. Changes in antioxidant status and DNA repair capacity are corroborated with molecular alterations in malignant thyroid tissue of patients with papillary thyroid cancer. Front Mol Biosci 2023; 10:1237548. [PMID: 37692064 PMCID: PMC10484572 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2023.1237548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Accepted: 08/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/12/2023] Open
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Introduction: Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) accounts for approximately 80% of all thyroid cancer cases. The mechanism of PTC tumourigenesis is not fully understood, but oxidative imbalance is thought to play a role. To gain further insight, this study evaluated antioxidant status, DNA repair capacity and genetic alterations in individuals diagnosed with benign thyroid lesion in one lobe (BTG) and PTC lesion in another. Methods: Individuals with coexisting BTG and PTC lesions in their thyroid lobes were included in this study. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) level, ABTS radical scavenging activity, ferric reducing antioxidant capacity, glutathione peroxidase and superoxide dismutase activities were measured in the thyroid tissue lysate. The expression of selected genes and proteins associated with oxidative stress defence and DNA repair were analysed through quantitative real-time PCR and Western blotting. Molecular alterations in genomic DNA were analysed through whole-exome sequencing and the potentially pathogenic driver genes filtered through Cancer-Related Analysis of Variants Toolkit (CRAVAT) analysis were subjected to pathway enrichment analysis using Metascape. Results: Significantly higher ROS level was detected in the PTC compared to the BTG lesions. The PTC lesions had significantly higher expression of GPX1, SOD2 and OGG1 but significantly lower expression of CAT and PRDX1 genes than the BTG lesions. Pathway enrichment analysis identified "regulation of MAPK cascade," "positive regulation of ERK1 and ERK2 cascade" and "negative regulation of reactive oxygen species metabolic process" to be significantly enriched in the PTC lesions only. Four pathogenic genetic variants were identified in the PTC lesions; BRAF V600E, MAP2K7-rs2145142862, BCR-rs372013175 and CD24 NM_001291737.1:p.Gln23fs while MAP3K9 and G6PD were among 11 genes that were mutated in both BTG and PTC lesions. Conclusion: Our findings provided further insight into the connection between oxidative stress, DNA damage, and genetic changes associated with BTG-to-PTC transformation. The increased oxidative DNA damage due to the heightened ROS levels could have heralded the BTG-to-PTC transformation, potentially through mutations in the genes involved in the MAPK signalling pathway and stress-activated MAPK/JNK cascade. Further in-vitro functional analyses and studies involving a larger sample size would need to be carried out to validate the findings from this pilot study.
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- Zing Hong Eng
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Xiao S, Fleming AM, Burrows CJ. Sequencing for oxidative DNA damage at single-nucleotide resolution with click-code-seq v2.0. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:8997-9000. [PMID: 37401666 PMCID: PMC10909242 DOI: 10.1039/d3cc02699j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/05/2023]
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Oxidative damage to DNA nucleotides has many cellular outcomes that could be aided by the development of sequencing methods. Herein, the previously reported click-code-seq method for sequencing a single damage type is redeveloped to enable the sequencing of many damage types by making simple changes to the protocol (i.e., click-code-seq v2.0).
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- Songjun Xiao
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, USA.
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Li W, Fang K, Yuan H, Li D, Li H, Chen Y, Luo X, Zhang L, Ye X. Acid-induced Poria cocos alkali-soluble polysaccharide hydrogel: Gelation behaviour, characteristics, and potential application in drug delivery. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 242:124383. [PMID: 37030457 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2023] [Revised: 04/01/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2023]
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Poria cocos alkali-soluble polysaccharide (PCAP), a water-insoluble β-glucan, is the main component of the total dried sclerotia of Poria cocos. However, its gelation behaviour and properties have yet to be comprehensively studied. In this study, an acid-induced physical hydrogel based on natural PCAP is fabricated. The acid-induced gelation in PCAP is explored with respect to the pH and polysaccharide concentration. PCAP hydrogels are formed in the pH range of 0.3-10.5, and the lowest gelation concentration is 0.4 wt%. Furthermore, dynamic rheological, fluorescence, and cyclic voltammetry measurements are performed to elucidate the gelation mechanism. The results reveal that hydrogen bonds and hydrophobic interactions play a dominant role in gel formation. Subsequently, the properties of the PCAP hydrogels are investigated using rheological measurements, scanning electron microscopy, gravimetric analysis, free radical scavenging, MTT assays, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays. The PCAP hydrogels exhibit a porous network structure and cytocompatibility, in addition to good viscoelastic, thixotropic, water-holding, swelling, antioxidant, and anti-inflammatory activities. Furthermore, using rhein as a model drug for encapsulation, it is demonstrated that its cumulative release behaviour from the PCAP hydrogel is pH dependent. These results indicate the potential of PCAP hydrogels for application in biological medicine and drug delivery.
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- Wan Li
- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China; Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resource and Chemistry of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hubei Province, College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
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- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China; Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Resource and Chemistry of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Hubei Province, College of Pharmacy, Hubei University of Chinese Medicine, Wuhan, China.
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Tew DJ, Hebert JM, Schmier BJ. Discovery and properties of a monoclonal antibody targeting 8-oxoA, an oxidized adenine lesion in DNA and RNA. Redox Biol 2023; 62:102658. [PMID: 36989571 PMCID: PMC10074937 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2023.102658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/04/2023] [Indexed: 03/17/2023] Open
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8-oxoA, a major oxidation product of adenosine, is a mispairing, mutagenic lesion that arises in DNA and RNA when •OH radicals or one-electron oxidants attack the C8 adenine atom or polymerases misincorporate 8-oxo(d)ATP. The danger of 8-oxoA is underscored by the existence of dedicated cellular repair machinery that explicitly excise it from DNA, the attenuation of translation induced by 8-oxoA-mRNA or damaged ribosomes, and its potency as a TLR7 agonist. Here we present the discovery, purification, and biochemical characterization of a new mouse IgGk1 monoclonal antibody (6E4) that specifically targets 8-oxoA. Utilizing an AchE-based competitive ELISA assay, we demonstrate the selectivity of 6E4 for 8-oxoA over a plethora of canonical and chemically modified nucleosides including 8-oxoG, A, m6A, 2-oxoA, and 5-hoU. We further show the ability of 6E4 to exclusively recognize 8-oxoA in nucleoside triphosphates (8-oxoATP) and DNA/RNA oligonucleotides containing a single 8-oxoA. 6E4 also binds 8-oxoA in duplex DNA/RNA antigens where the lesion is either paired correctly or base mismatched. Our findings define the 8-oxoAde nucleobase as the critical epitope and indicate mAb 6E4 is ideally suited for a broad range of immunological applications in nucleic acid detection and quality control.
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Robert G, Wagner JR, Cadet J. Oxidatively generated tandem DNA modifications by pyrimidinyl and 2-deoxyribosyl peroxyl radicals. Free Radic Biol Med 2023; 196:22-36. [PMID: 36603668 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2022.12.104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2022] [Revised: 12/27/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Molecular oxygen sensitizes DNA to damage induced by ionizing radiation, Fenton-like reactions, and other free radical-mediated reactions. It rapidly converts carbon-centered radicals within DNA into peroxyl radicals, giving rise to a plethora of oxidized products consisting of nucleobase and 2-deoxyribose modifications, strand breaks and abasic sites. The mechanism of formation of single oxidation products has been extensively studied and reviewed. However, much evidence shows that reactive peroxyl radicals can propagate damage to vicinal components in DNA strands. These intramolecular reactions lead to the dual alteration of two adjacent nucleotides, designated as tandem or double lesions. Herein, current knowledge about the formation and biological implications of oxidatively generated DNA tandem lesions is reviewed. Thus far, most reported tandem lesions have been shown to arise from peroxyl radicals initially generated at pyrimidine bases, notably thymine, followed by reaction with 5'-flanking bases, especially guanine, although contiguous thymine lesions have also been characterized. Proper biomolecular processing is impaired by several tandem lesions making them refractory to base excision repair and potentially more mutagenic.
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- Gabriel Robert
- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiobiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1H 5N4, Canada
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiobiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1H 5N4, Canada.
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiobiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12e Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, Québec, J1H 5N4, Canada.
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Fleming AM, Xiao S, Chabot MB, Burrows CJ. Fluorophore-mediated Photooxidation of the Guanine Heterocycle. J PHYS ORG CHEM 2022; 35:e4325. [PMID: 36388261 PMCID: PMC9642976 DOI: 10.1002/poc.4325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Fluorescent dyes are routinely used to visualize DNA or RNA in various experiments, and some dyes also act as photosensitizers capable of catalyzing oxidation reactions. The present studies explored whether the common labeling dyes fluorescein, rhodamine, BODIPY, or cyanine3 (Cy3) can function as photosensitizers to oxidize nucleic acid polymers. Photoirradiation of each dye in the presence of the guanine (G) heterocycle, which is the most sensitive toward oxidation, identified slow rates of nucleobase oxidation in the nucleoside and DNA contexts. For all four fluorophores studied, the only product detected was spiroiminodihydantoin (Sp) suggesting the dyes functioned as Type II photosensitizers and generate singlet oxygen (1O2). The nucleoside reactions were then conducted in D2O solutions, known to increase the lifetime of 1O2, which resulted in a ~6-fold increase in the Sp yield, further supporting the classification of these dyes as Type II photosensitizers. Lastly, we inspected the pattern of G reactivity with the dyes upon photoirradiation in the context of a parallel-stranded G-quadruplex. The G nucleotides in the two exterior G-tetrads were found to be oxidation prone, providing the third line of evidence that the dyes are Type II photooxidants. The present work found that the common dyes fluorescein, rhodamine, BODIPY, or Cy3 can drive G oxidation but with a slow rate and low overall yield. This will likely not impact many experiments using dyes to study nucleic acids except for those that have long exposures with high-intensity lights, such as sequencing-by-synthesis experiments using fluorescence as the readout.
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- Aaron M. Fleming
- 315 South 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850
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- 315 South 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850
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- 315 South 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850
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- 315 South 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850
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Manage SAH, Fleming AM, Chen HN, Burrows CJ. Cysteine Oxidation to Sulfenic Acid in APE1 Aids G-Quadruplex Binding While Compromising DNA Repair. ACS Chem Biol 2022; 17:2583-2594. [PMID: 36037088 PMCID: PMC9931449 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.2c00511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease-1 (APE1) is a base excision repair (BER) enzyme that is also engaged in transcriptional regulation. Previous work demonstrated that the enzymatic stalling of APE1 on a promoter G-quadruplex (G4) recruits transcription factors during oxidative stress for gene regulation. Also, during oxidative stress, cysteine (Cys) oxidation is a post-translational modification (PTM) that can change a protein's function. The current study provides a quantitative survey of cysteine oxidation to sulfenic acid in APE1 and how this PTM at specific cysteine residues affects the function of APE1 toward the NEIL3 gene promoter G4 bearing an abasic site. Of the seven cysteine residues in APE1, five (C65, C93, C208, C296, and C310) were prone to carbonate radical anion oxidation to yield sulfenic acids that were identified and quantified by mass spectrometry. Accordingly, five Cys-to-serine (Ser) mutants of APE1 were prepared and found to have attenuated levels of endonuclease activity, depending on the position, while KD values generally decreased for G4 binding, indicating greater affinity. These data support the concept that cysteine oxidation to sulfenic acid can result in modified APE1 that enhances G4 binding at the expense of endonuclease activity during oxidative stress. Cysteine oxidation to sulfenic acid residues should be considered as one of the factors that may trigger a switch from base excision repair activity to transcriptional modulation by APE1.
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- Shereen A. Howpay Manage
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E., Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, United States
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Dietary and Antioxidant Vitamins Limit the DNA Damage Mediated by Oxidative Stress in the Mother-Newborn Binomial. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12071012. [PMID: 35888100 PMCID: PMC9323630 DOI: 10.3390/life12071012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Revised: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 07/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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During pregnancy, appropriate nutritional support is necessary for the development of the foetus. Maternal nutrition might protect the foetus from toxic agents such as free radicals due to its antioxidant content. In this study, 90 mothers and their children were recruited. DNA damage mediated by oxidative stress (OS) was determined by the levels of 8-hidroxy-2′-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) in the plasma of women and umbilical cord blood. The mothers and newborns were categorised into tertiles according to their 8-OHdG levels for further comparison. No relevant clinical differences were observed in each group. A strong correlation was observed in the mother−newborn binomial for 8-OHdG levels (Rho = 0.694, p < 0.001). In the binomial, a lower level of 8-OHdG was associated with higher consumption of calories, carbohydrates, lipids, and vitamin A (p < 0.05). In addition, the levels of 8-OHdG were only significantly lower in newborns from mothers with a higher consumption of vitamin A and E (p < 0.01). These findings were confirmed by a significant negative correlation between the 8-OHdG levels of newborns and the maternal consumption of vitamins A and E, but not C (Rho = −0.445 (p < 0.001), −0.281 (p = 0.007), and −0.120 (p = 0.257), respectively). Multiple regression analysis showed that the 8-OHdG levels in mothers and newborns inversely correlated with vitamin A (β = −1.26 (p = 0.016) and −2.17 (p < 0.001), respectively) and pregestational body mass index (β = −1.04 (p = 0.007) and −0.977 (p = 0.008), respectively). In conclusion, maternal consumption of vitamins A and E, but not C, might protect newborns from DNA damage mediated by OS.
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3 a edizione Giornate della ricerca scientifica e delle esperienze professionali dei giovani: Società Italiana di Igiene, Medicina Preventiva e Sanità Pubblica (SItI) 25-26 marzo 2022. JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND HYGIENE 2022; 63:E1-E57. [PMID: 36017074 PMCID: PMC9364697 DOI: 10.15167/2421-4248/jpmh2022.63.1s1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Urbano T, Filippini T, Wise LA, Lasagni D, De Luca T, Sucato S, Polledri E, Malavolti M, Rigon C, Santachiara A, Pertinhez TA, Baricchi R, Fustinoni S, Vinceti M. Associations of urinary and dietary cadmium with urinary 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine and blood biochemical parameters. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2022; 210:112912. [PMID: 35150710 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2022.112912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/05/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Cadmium is a heavy metal with established adverse effects on human health, namely on bone, liver and kidney function and the cardiovascular system. We assessed cadmium exposure and its correlation with biomarkers of toxicity. We recruited 137 non-smoking blood donors without a history of chronic disease or cancer who resided in the Northern Italy province of Reggio Emilia (mean age 47 years, range 30-60 years) in the 2017-2019 period. We used a semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire to estimate dietary cadmium intake and urine samples to assess concentrations of urinary cadmium and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG). Median urinary cadmium and 8-oxodG concentrations were 0.21 μg/L (interquartile range (IQR): 0.11-0.34 μg/L) and 3.21 μg/g creatinine (IQR: 2.21-4.80 μg/g creatinine), respectively, while median dietary cadmium intake was 6.16 μg/day (IQR: 5.22-7.93 μg/day). We used multivariable linear and spline regression models to estimate mean differences exposure concentrations. Dietary and urinary cadmium were positively correlated, and both were positively and linearly correlated with 8-oxodG. We found a positive association of urinary cadmium with blood alanine aminotransferase (ALT), total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol and thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) concentrations. We also observed a positive association with triglycerides, in both linear (beta regression coefficient = 77.03, 95% confidence interval 32.27-121.78) and non-linear spline regression analyses. Despite the positive correlation between dietary and urinary cadmium estimates, dietary cadmium intake showed inconsistent results with the study endpoints and generally weaker associations, suggesting a decreased capacity to reflect actual cadmium exposure. Overall, these findings suggest that even low levels of cadmium exposure may adversely alter hematological and biochemical variables and induce oxidative stress.
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- Teresa Urbano
- CREAGEN - Environmental, Genetic and Nutritional Epidemiology Research Center, Section of Public Health, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- CREAGEN - Environmental, Genetic and Nutritional Epidemiology Research Center, Section of Public Health, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Transfusion Medicine Unit, AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Transfusion Medicine Unit, AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
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- CREAGEN - Environmental, Genetic and Nutritional Epidemiology Research Center, Section of Public Health, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- CREAGEN - Environmental, Genetic and Nutritional Epidemiology Research Center, Section of Public Health, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Transfusion Medicine Unit, AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy; IRCCS Ca' Granda Foundation Maggiore Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- CREAGEN - Environmental, Genetic and Nutritional Epidemiology Research Center, Section of Public Health, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy; Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
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Cadet J, Angelov D, Wagner JR. Hydroxyl radical is predominantly involved in oxidatively generated base damage to cellular DNA exposed to ionizing radiation. Int J Radiat Biol 2022; 98:1-7. [PMID: 35475423 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2022.2067363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Revised: 03/29/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Jean Cadet
- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
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- Laboratoire de Biologie et de Modélisation de la Cellule LBMC, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France
- Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center IBG, Dokuz Eylul University Health Campus, Balçova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Département de Médecine Nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
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Reduction of thymine radicals by Tryptophan: A study of CIDNP kinetics. J Photochem Photobiol A Chem 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2021.113761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Islam MS, Parvin MS, Islam ME. The protective and antioxidant effects of Hygrophila schulli seeds on oxidative damage of DNA and RBC cellular membrane. Heliyon 2022; 8:e08767. [PMID: 35146152 PMCID: PMC8802844 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e08767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 05/16/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Medicinal plants are sources of antioxidant which may protect the body against oxidative stress related diseases and can be used as human food supplements. In this investigation, seeds of Hygrophila schulli (M. R. Almeida & S. M. Almeida) (Fam.-Acanthaceae), a herbaceous plant well known for its medicinal properties, has been examined for antioxidant activity of crude methanolic extract (CME) and its fraction using in vitro and in vivo assay as well as their protective activity against oxidative damage of DNA and RBC. Total phenolic and flavonoid content have also been estimated using the aluminum chloride colorimetric and Folin-Ciocalteu method. Among the different fractions of CME, Ethyl acetate fraction (EAF) had higher antioxidant activity in vitro assay and was selected for in vivo antioxidant activity in cadmium intoxicated mice. The EAF showed a significant (p < 0.05) increase in serum catalase and SOD activity compared to the control group. TBARS levels were restored to 17.42 and 19.19 nmol/mg protein, respectively, after treatment with EAF and standard ascorbic acid (AA); compared to the normal group (14.96 nmol/mg protein). Similarly, levels of albumin, bilirubin, uric acid, and alkaline phosphatase were also brought back to normal levels. EAF's protective role against oxidative damage of DNA has shown a significant reduction in destroying of nicked DNA. RBC as a target of oxidation by H2O2 and HOCl, EAF showed inhibition of oxidation in a concentration-dependent manner, compared to standard gallic acid. In this study, we confirmed that EAF could scavenge reactive oxygen species (ROS) thus preventing DNA strand scission and the extract can be used as a functional food or nutraceutical product for health benefits.
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Fleming AM, Burrows CJ. Chemistry of ROS-mediated oxidation to the guanine base in DNA and its biological consequences. Int J Radiat Biol 2022; 98:452-460. [PMID: 34747670 PMCID: PMC8881305 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2021.2003464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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PURPOSE One outcome of DNA damage from hydroxyl radical generated by ionizing radiation (IR) or by the Fenton reaction is oxidation of the nucleobases, especially guanine (G). While 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (OG) is a commonly studied oxidized lesion, several others are formed in high abundance, including 5-carboxamido-5-formamido-2-iminohydantoin (2Ih), a prevalent product in in vitro chemistry that is challenging to study from cellular sources. In this short review, we have a goal of explaining new insights into hydroxyl radical-induced oxidation chemistry of G in DNA and comparing it to endogenous DNA damage, as well as commenting on the biological outcomes of DNA base damage. CONCLUSIONS Pathways of oxidation of G are discussed and a comparison is made between IR (hydroxyl radical chemistry) and endogenous oxidative stress that largely forms carbonate radical anion as a reactive intermediate. These pathways overlap with the formation of OG and 2Ih, but other guanine-derived lesions are more pathway specific. The biological consequences of guanine oxidation include both mutagenesis and epigenetics; a new mechanism of gene regulation via the base excision repair pathway is described for OG, whereas the impact of IR in forming guanine modifications may be to confound this process in addition to introduction of mutagenic sites.
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Angelov D, Lone IN, Menoni H, Cadet J. Interstrand Crosslinking Involving Guanine: A New Major UVC Laser-Induced Biphotonic Oxidatively Generated DNA Damage. Photochem Photobiol 2021; 98:662-670. [PMID: 34958483 DOI: 10.1111/php.13587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Several classes of oxidatively generated DNA damage including oxidized purine and pyrimidine bases, interstrand base crosslinks and DNA-protein crosslinks have been previously shown to be generated in both isolated DNA and cellular DNA upon exposure to either 266 nm laser irradiation or one-electron oxidants. In this study, we provide evidence that biphotonic ionization of guanine bases by UVC laser irradiation of double-stranded deoxyoligonucleotides in aerated aqueous solutions induces the formation of interstrand cross-links (ICLs). This is supported by various experiments including sequencing gel analyses of formed photoproducts and effects of UVC laser intensity on their formation. This constitutes a novel example of the diversity of reactions of guanine radical cation that can be generated by various one-electron oxidants including UVC laser biphotonic ionization, direct effect of ionization radiation and type I photosensitizers. However, the exact structure of the interstrand base adducts that is a challenging analytical issue remains to be further established. Examples of relevant biochemical/structural applications of biphotonic induction of ICLs in DNA samples by high-intensity UVC laser pulses are provided.
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- Dimitar Angelov
- Université de Lyon, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon, CNRS, Laboratoire de Biologie et de Modélisation de la Cellule LBMC, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69007, Lyon, France.,Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center IBG, Dokuz Eylul University Health Campus, Balçova, Izmir, 35330, Turkey
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- Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center IBG, Dokuz Eylul University Health Campus, Balçova, Izmir, 35330, Turkey
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- Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS UMR 5309, INSERM U1209, Institute for Advanced Biosciences IAB, Site Santé - Allée des Alpes, 38700, La Tronche, France
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- Département de Médecine nucléaire et Radiobiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada, J1H 5N4
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Estébanez S, Rivera AM, Neyra Recky JR, Thomas AH, Lhiaubet-Vallet V, Lorente C. Pterin-photosensitization of thymine under anaerobic conditions in the presence of guanine. Free Radic Biol Med 2021; 174:321-328. [PMID: 34339797 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.07.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2021] [Revised: 07/20/2021] [Accepted: 07/25/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Pterin (Ptr) is a model photosensitizer that acts mainly through type I mechanism and is able to photoinduce the one-electron oxidation of purine and pyrimidine nucleobases. However, under anaerobic conditions Ptr reacts with thymine (T) to form photoadducts (Ptr-T) but does not lead to the photodegradation of guanine (G), which is the nucleobase with the lowest ionization potential. Accordingly, G is thermodynamically able to reduce the radicals of the other nucleobases and has been described in this sense as the "hole sink" of the DNA double helix. Here we analyze by steady-state and time-resolved studies the effect of G in the anaerobic photosensitization of T by Ptr, using nucleotides and oligonucleotides of different sequences. We demonstrated that G is able to reduce T radicals but does not prevent the formation of Ptr-T adducts. Our results suggest that after the encounter between the excited Ptr and T, and completion of the electron transfer step, part of the radicals escape from the solvent cage, to further react with other species. However, a proportion of radicals do not escape and evolve to photoadducts before separation. We provide new evidence that contributes to understand the photosensitizing properties of Ptr in the absence of O2, the mechanism of formation of photoadducts in the DNA and the protective role of G towards the photodamage in other nucleobases.
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- Sandra Estébanez
- 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, Diagonal 113 y 64, 1900, La Plata, Argentina
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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, Diagonal 113 y 64, 1900, La Plata, Argentina
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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, Diagonal 113 y 64, 1900, La Plata, Argentina
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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, Diagonal 113 y 64, 1900, La Plata, Argentina
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- Instituto Universitario Mixto de Tecnología Química (UPV-CSIC), Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Avenida de los Naranjos, s/n, 46022, Valencia, Spain
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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, Diagonal 113 y 64, 1900, La Plata, Argentina.
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Fleming AM, Burrows CJ. Oxidative stress-mediated epigenetic regulation by G-quadruplexes. NAR Cancer 2021; 3:zcab038. [PMID: 34541539 PMCID: PMC8445369 DOI: 10.1093/narcan/zcab038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 09/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Many cancer-associated genes are regulated by guanine (G)-rich sequences that are capable of refolding from the canonical duplex structure to an intrastrand G-quadruplex. These same sequences are sensitive to oxidative damage that is repaired by the base excision repair glycosylases OGG1 and NEIL1–3. We describe studies indicating that oxidation of a guanosine base in a gene promoter G-quadruplex can lead to up- and downregulation of gene expression that is location dependent and involves the base excision repair pathway in which the first intermediate, an apurinic (AP) site, plays a key role mediated by AP endonuclease 1 (APE1/REF1). The nuclease activity of APE1 is paused at a G-quadruplex, while the REF1 capacity of this protein engages activating transcription factors such as HIF-1α, AP-1 and p53. The mechanism has been probed by in vitro biophysical studies, whole-genome approaches and reporter plasmids in cellulo. Replacement of promoter elements by a G-quadruplex sequence usually led to upregulation, but depending on the strand and precise location, examples of downregulation were also found. The impact of oxidative stress-mediated lesions in the G-rich sequence enhanced the effect, whether it was positive or negative.
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- Aaron M Fleming
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, USA
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Robinson J, Raguseo F, Nuccio SP, Liano D, Di Antonio M. DNA G-quadruplex structures: more than simple roadblocks to transcription? Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:8419-8431. [PMID: 34255847 PMCID: PMC8421137 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2021] [Revised: 07/01/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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It has been >20 years since the formation of G-quadruplex (G4) secondary structures in gene promoters was first linked to the regulation of gene expression. Since then, the development of small molecules to selectively target G4s and their cellular application have contributed to an improved understanding of how G4s regulate transcription. One model that arose from this work placed these non-canonical DNA structures as repressors of transcription by preventing polymerase processivity. Although a considerable number of studies have recently provided sufficient evidence to reconsider this simplistic model, there is still a misrepresentation of G4s as transcriptional roadblocks. In this review, we will challenge this model depicting G4s as simple 'off switches' for gene expression by articulating how their formation has the potential to alter gene expression at many different levels, acting as a key regulatory element perturbing the nature of epigenetic marks and chromatin architecture.
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- Jenna Robinson
- Imperial College London, Chemistry Department, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, UK
- Institute of Chemical Biology, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, UK
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- Imperial College London, Chemistry Department, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, UK
- Institute of Chemical Biology, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, UK
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- Imperial College London, Chemistry Department, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, UK
- Institute of Chemical Biology, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, UK
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- Imperial College London, Chemistry Department, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, UK
- Institute of Chemical Biology, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, UK
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- Imperial College London, Chemistry Department, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, UK
- Institute of Chemical Biology, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, 82 Wood Lane, London W12 0BZ, UK
- The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK
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Muruzabal D, Sanz-Serrano J, Sauvaigo S, Treillard B, Olsen AK, López de Cerain A, Vettorazzi A, Azqueta A. Validation of the in vitro comet assay for DNA cross-links and altered bases detection. Arch Toxicol 2021; 95:2825-2838. [PMID: 34196753 PMCID: PMC8298235 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-021-03102-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Mechanistic toxicology is gaining weight for human health risk assessment. Different mechanistic assays are available, such as the comet assay, which detects DNA damage at the level of individual cells. However, the conventional alkaline version only detects strand breaks and alkali-labile sites. We have validated two modifications of the in vitro assay to generate mechanistic information: (1) use of DNA-repair enzymes (i.e., formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase, endonuclease III, human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase I and human alkyladenine DNA glycosylase) for detection of oxidized and alkylated bases as well as (2) a modification for detecting cross-links. Seven genotoxicants with different mechanisms of action (potassium bromate, methyl methanesulfonate, ethyl methanesulfonate, hydrogen peroxide, cisplatin, mitomycin C, and benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide), as well as a non-genotoxic compound (dimethyl sulfoxide) and a cytotoxic compound (Triton X-100) were tested on TK-6 cells. We were able to detect with high sensitivity and clearly differentiate oxidizing, alkylating and cross-linking agents. These modifications of the comet assay significantly increase its sensitivity and its specificity towards DNA lesions, providing mechanistic information regarding the type of damage.
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- Damián Muruzabal
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Navarra, C/Irunlarrea 1, 31009, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Navarra, C/Irunlarrea 1, 31009, Pamplona, Spain
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- LXRepair, Biopolis, 5 Avenue du Grand Sablon, 38700, La Tronche, France
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- Section of Molecular Toxicology, Department of Environmental Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Skøyen, PO Box 222, 0213, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Navarra, C/Irunlarrea 1, 31009, Pamplona, Spain
- IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Pamplona, Spain
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Navarra, C/Irunlarrea 1, 31009, Pamplona, Spain.
- IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Pamplona, Spain.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Navarra, C/Irunlarrea 1, 31009, Pamplona, Spain
- IdiSNA, Navarra Institute for Health Research, Pamplona, Spain
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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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Bull GD, Thompson KC. The oxidation of guanine by photoionized 2-aminopurine. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpap.2021.100025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Fleming AM, Burrows CJ. Iron Fenton oxidation of 2'-deoxyguanosine in physiological bicarbonate buffer yields products consistent with the reactive oxygen species carbonate radical anion not the hydroxyl radical. Chem Commun (Camb) 2021; 56:9779-9782. [PMID: 32716425 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc04138f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Product analysis from the iron Fenton oxidation of 2'-deoxyguanosine found reactions in bicarbonate buffer yield 8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine and spiroiminodihyantoin consistent with CO3˙-. Reactions in phosphate buffer furnished high yields of sugar oxidation products consistent with HO˙. These observations change the view of DNA oxidation products from the iron-Fenton reaction.
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- Aaron M Fleming
- Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, USA.
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- Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, USA.
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Zhou J, Yang D, Liu G, Li S, Feng W, Yang G, He J, Shan Y. Highly sensitive detection of DNA damage in living cells by SERS and electrochemical measurements using a flexible gold nanoelectrode. Analyst 2021; 146:2321-2329. [PMID: 33623934 DOI: 10.1039/d1an00220a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Guanine (G) oxidation products, such as 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and 8-oxo-guanine (8-OXOG), have been widely studied as promising biomarkers for DNA oxidative damage. In this work, we develop a new method to detect G oxidative products released from live cells after chromium (vi) ion or hydrogen peroxide treatments by using a glass nanopipette-based flexible gold nanoelectrode (fGNE). Specific response to G oxidative products with high sensitivity can be detected from the fGNE tip through integrated electrochemical measurements and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. The fGNE apex can be positioned very close to the cell membrane noninvasively because of its high flexibility and nanoscale tip size. With the assistance of the electrophoretic force, the fGNEs can effectively collect and detect the G-derived DNA damage products released from individual cells in the cell culture medium with high sensitivity.
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- Jing Zhou
- School of Chemistry and Life Science, Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Changchun University of Technology, Changchun 130012, China.
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Excision of Oxidatively Generated Guanine Lesions by Competitive DNA Repair Pathways. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22052698. [PMID: 33800059 PMCID: PMC7962115 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22052698] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2021] [Revised: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The base and nucleotide excision repair pathways (BER and NER, respectively) are two major mechanisms that remove DNA lesions formed by the reactions of genotoxic intermediates with cellular DNA. It is generally believed that small non-bulky oxidatively generated DNA base modifications are removed by BER pathways, whereas DNA helix-distorting bulky lesions derived from the attack of chemical carcinogens or UV irradiation are repaired by the NER machinery. However, existing and growing experimental evidence indicates that oxidatively generated DNA lesions can be repaired by competitive BER and NER pathways in human cell extracts and intact human cells. Here, we focus on the interplay and competition of BER and NER pathways in excising oxidatively generated guanine lesions site-specifically positioned in plasmid DNA templates constructed by a gapped-vector technology. These experiments demonstrate a significant enhancement of the NER yields in covalently closed circular DNA plasmids (relative to the same, but linearized form of the same plasmid) harboring certain oxidatively generated guanine lesions. The interplay between the BER and NER pathways that remove oxidatively generated guanine lesions are reviewed and discussed in terms of competitive binding of the BER proteins and the DNA damage-sensing NER factor XPC-RAD23B to these lesions.
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Ferino A, Xodo LE. Effect of DNA Glycosylases OGG1 and Neil1 on Oxidized G-Rich Motif in the KRAS Promoter. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:1137. [PMID: 33498912 PMCID: PMC7865940 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22031137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2021] [Revised: 01/19/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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The promoter of the Kirsten ras (KRAS) proto-oncogene contains, upstream of the transcription start site, a quadruplex-forming motif called 32R with regulatory functions. As guanine under oxidative stress can be oxidized to 8-oxoguanine (8OG), we investigated the capacity of glycosylases 8-oxoguanine glycosylase (OGG1) and endonuclease VIII-like 1 (Neil1) to excise 8OG from 32R, either in duplex or G-quadruplex (G4) conformation. We found that OGG1 efficiently excised 8OG from oxidized 32R in duplex but not in G4 conformation. By contrast, glycosylase Neil1 showed more activity on the G4 than the duplex conformation. We also found that the excising activity of Neil1 on folded 32R depended on G4 topology. Our data suggest that Neil1, besides being involved in base excision repair pathway (BER), could play a role on KRAS transcription.
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- Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department of Medicine, P.le Kolbe 4, 33100 Udine, Italy;
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Housh K, Jha JS, Haldar T, Amin SBM, Islam T, Wallace A, Gomina A, Guo X, Nel C, Wyatt JW, Gates KS. Formation and repair of unavoidable, endogenous interstrand cross-links in cellular DNA. DNA Repair (Amst) 2020; 98:103029. [PMID: 33385969 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2020.103029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Genome integrity is essential for life and, as a result, DNA repair systems evolved to remove unavoidable DNA lesions from cellular DNA. Many forms of life possess the capacity to remove interstrand DNA cross-links (ICLs) from their genome but the identity of the naturally-occurring, endogenous substrates that drove the evolution and retention of these DNA repair systems across a wide range of life forms remains uncertain. In this review, we describe more than a dozen chemical processes by which endogenous ICLs plausibly can be introduced into cellular DNA. The majority involve DNA degradation processes that introduce aldehyde residues into the double helix or reactions of DNA with endogenous low molecular weight aldehyde metabolites. A smaller number of the cross-linking processes involve reactions of DNA radicals generated by oxidation.
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- Kurt Housh
- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States; University of Missouri, Department of Biochemistry, Columbia, MO 65211, United States.
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Huang SR, Nováková G, Marek A, Tureček F. The Elusive Noncanonical Isomers of Ionized 9-Methyladenine and 2′-Deoxyadenosine. J Phys Chem A 2020; 125:338-348. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c10293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Shu R. Huang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Bagley Hall, Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Czech Academy of Sciences, Flemingovo nám. 2, 16610 Prague 6, Czech Republic
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Washington, Bagley Hall, Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700, United States
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Sobek J, Schmidt M, Grossmann J, Rehrauer H, Schmidt L, Schlapbach R. Single-molecule chemistry. Part I: monitoring oxidation of G in oligonucleotides using CY3 fluorescence. Methods Appl Fluoresc 2020; 8:035010. [PMID: 32428873 DOI: 10.1088/2050-6120/ab947d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Single-molecule hybridisation of CY3 dye labelled short oligonucleotides to surface immobilised probes was investigated in zero-mode waveguide nanostructures using a modified DNA sequencer. At longer measuring times, we observed changes of the initial hybridisation fluorescence pulse pattern which we attribute to products created by chemical reactions at the nucleobases. The origin is a charge separated state created by a photoinduced electron transfer from nucleobases to the dye followed by secondary reactions with oxygen and water, respectively. The positive charge can migrate through the hybrid resulting in base modifications at distant sites. Static fluorescence spectra were recorded in order to determine the properties of CY3 stacking to different base pairs, and compared to pulse intensities. A characteristic pulse pattern change was assigned to the oxidation of G to 8-oG besides the formation of a number of secondary products that are not yet identified. Further, we present a method to visualise the degree of chemical reactions to gain an overview of ongoing processes. Our study demonstrates that CY3 is able to oxidise nucleobases in ds DNA, and also in ss overhangs. An important finding is the correlation between nucleobase oxidation potential and fluorescence quenching which explains the intensity changes observed in single molecule measurements. The analysis of fluorescence traces provides the opportunity to track complete and coherent reaction sequences enabling to follow the fate of a single molecule over a long period of time, and to observe chemical reactions in real-time. This opens up the opportunity to analyse reaction pathways, to detect new products and short-lived intermediates, and to investigate rare events due to the large number of single molecules observed in parallel.
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- Jens Sobek
- Functional Genomics Center Zurich, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zurich and University of Zurich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zurich, Switzerland
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Endogenous oxidized DNA bases and APE1 regulate the formation of G-quadruplex structures in the genome. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2020; 117:11409-11420. [PMID: 32404420 PMCID: PMC7260947 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1912355117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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G-quadruplex (G4) structures in functionally important genomic regions regulate multiple biological processes in cells. This study demonstrates a genome-wide correlation between the occurrence of endogenous oxidative base damage, activation of BER, and formation of G4 structures. Unbiased mapping of AP sites, APE1 binding, and G4 structures across the genome reveal a distinct distribution of AP sites and APE1 binding, predominantly in G4 sequences. Furthermore, APE1 plays an essential role in regulating the formation of G4 structures and G4-mediated gene expression. Our findings unravel a paradigm-shifting concept that endogenous oxidized DNA base damage and binding of APE1 in key regulatory regions in the genome have acquired a novel function in regulating the formation of G4 structures that controls multiple biological processes. Formation of G-quadruplex (G4) DNA structures in key regulatory regions in the genome has emerged as a secondary structure-based epigenetic mechanism for regulating multiple biological processes including transcription, replication, and telomere maintenance. G4 formation (folding), stabilization, and unfolding must be regulated to coordinate G4-mediated biological functions; however, how cells regulate the spatiotemporal formation of G4 structures in the genome is largely unknown. Here, we demonstrate that endogenous oxidized guanine bases in G4 sequences and the subsequent activation of the base excision repair (BER) pathway drive the spatiotemporal formation of G4 structures in the genome. Genome-wide mapping of occurrence of Apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site damage, binding of BER proteins, and G4 structures revealed that oxidized base-derived AP site damage and binding of OGG1 and APE1 are predominant in G4 sequences. Loss of APE1 abrogated G4 structure formation in cells, which suggests an essential role of APE1 in regulating the formation of G4 structures in the genome. Binding of APE1 to G4 sequences promotes G4 folding, and acetylation of APE1, which enhances its residence time, stabilizes G4 structures in cells. APE1 subsequently facilitates transcription factor loading to the promoter, providing mechanistic insight into the role of APE1 in G4-mediated gene expression. Our study unravels a role of endogenous oxidized DNA bases and APE1 in controlling the formation of higher-order DNA secondary structures to regulate transcription beyond its well-established role in safeguarding the genomic integrity.
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Herl T, Matysik FM. Investigation of the Electrooxidation of Thymine on Screen-Printed Carbon Electrodes by Hyphenation of Electrochemistry and Mass Spectrometry. Anal Chem 2020; 92:6374-6381. [PMID: 32227929 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b05406] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The electrooxidation of thymine on screen-printed carbon electrodes was investigated utilizing different complementary instrumental approaches. The potential-dependent product profile was obtained by recording real-time mass voltammograms. Electrochemical flow cells with integrated disposable electrodes were directly coupled with mass spectrometry to facilitate a very fast detection of electrogenerated species. Thymine dimers were found at a potential of about 1.1 V in ammonium acetate (pH 7.0) and 1.25 V in ammonium hydrogen carbonate electrolyte (pH 8.0). Electrochemistry-capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry measurements revealed that two isobaric isomers of a dimeric oxidation product were formed. Separations at different time intervals between end of oxidation and start of separation showed that these were hydrated over time. An investigation of the pKa values by changing the separation conditions in electrochemistry-capillary electrophoresis-ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy measurements allowed for further characterization of the primary oxidation products. The results showed that both isomers exhibited two deprotonation steps. The oxidation products were further characterized by high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Based on the obtained data, the main oxidation products of thymine in aqueous solution could most likely be identified as N(1)-C(5') and N(1)-C(6') linked dimer species evolving into the corresponding dimer hydrates over time. The presented methods for online characterization of electrochemically pretreated samples showed that not only mass spectrometric data can be obtained by electrochemistry-mass spectrometry but also further characterizations such as the investigation of product stability and the pH-dependent protonation or deprotonation behavior are possible. This is valid not only for stable oxidation products but also for intermediates, as analysis can be carried out within a short time scale. Thus, a vast amount of valuable experimental data can be acquired, which can help in understanding electrooxidation processes.
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- Thomas Herl
- Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Chemo- and Biosensors, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, Chemo- and Biosensors, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Jonely M, Noriega R. Role of Polar Protic Solvents in the Dissociation and Reactivity of Photogenerated Radical Ion Pairs. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:3083-3089. [PMID: 32239936 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b11299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The UV photolysis of bimolecular charge transfer complexes is employed to yield reactive radical ions in their solvent-equilibrated electronic ground state. In polar protic media, noncovalent complexes of 1,2,4,5-tetracyanobenzene and toluene undergo efficient, ultrafast dissociation to ion pairs and equilibrate with their solvent environment before the resulting radical ions engage in electron transfer and proton abstraction on subnanosecond time scales. Solvent molecules play a critical role in these reactive pathways and in the dissociation and relaxation processes that precede them. We report a clear separation of time scales for these relaxation and reactive processes, which implies that solvent-solute interactions can be used as a tool for tuning the reaction pathways of equilibrated radical ions in solution.
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- McKenzie Jonely
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, 315 S. 1400 E, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Anderson RF, Shinde SS, Maroz A, Reynisson J. The reduction potential of the slipped GC base pair in one-electron oxidized duplex DNA. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:642-646. [PMID: 31822872 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp05544d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Redox equilibrium between the low potential aniline radical cation and the guanine in the GC base pair of duplex DNA has been established using pulse radiolysis. We relate the measurement of a radical one-electron reduction potential, E0', of 1.01 ± 0.03 V to the perturbation of the GC base pair to accommodate the neutral guanyl radical in an energetically more stable 'slipped' structure. The formation of the 'slipped' structure is exothermic by -11.4 kcal mol-1 as calculated by DFT, which is inline with our experimental results.
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- Robert F Anderson
- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Victoria Street West, Auckland 1142, New Zealand.
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Fleming AM, Burrows CJ. Interplay of Guanine Oxidation and G-Quadruplex Folding in Gene Promoters. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:1115-1136. [PMID: 31880930 PMCID: PMC6988379 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Living in an oxygen atmosphere demands an ability to thrive in the presence of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Aerobic organisms have successfully found solutions to the oxidative threats imposed by ROS by evolving an elaborate detoxification system, upregulating ROS during inflammation, and utilizing ROS as messenger molecules. In this Perspective, recent studies are discussed that demonstrate ROS as signaling molecules for gene regulation by combining two emergent properties of the guanine (G) heterocycle in DNA, namely, oxidation sensitivity and a propensity for G-quadruplex (G4) folding, both of which depend upon sequence context. In human gene promoters, this results from an elevated 5'-GG-3' dinucleotide frequency and GC enrichment near transcription start sites. Oxidation of DNA by ROS drives conversion of G to 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (OG) to mark target promoters for base excision repair initiated by OG-glycosylase I (OGG1). Sequence-dependent mechanisms for gene activation are available to OGG1 to induce transcription. Either OGG1 releases OG to yield an abasic site driving formation of a non-canonical fold, such as a G4, to be displayed to apurinic/apyrimidinic 1 (APE1) and stalling on the fold to recruit activating factors, or OGG1 binds OG and facilitates activator protein recruitment. The mechanisms described drive induction of stress response, DNA repair, or estrogen-induced genes, and these pathways are novel potential anticancer targets for therapeutic intervention. Chemical concepts provide a framework to discuss the regulatory or possible epigenetic potential of the OG modification in DNA, in which DNA "damage" and non-canonical folds collaborate to turn on or off gene expression. The next steps for scientific discovery in this growing field are discussed.
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- Aaron M. Fleming
- 315 South 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, USA
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- 315 South 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, USA
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Urbaniak SK, Boguszewska K, Szewczuk M, Kaźmierczak-Barańska J, Karwowski BT. 8-Oxo-7,8-Dihydro-2'-Deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) and 8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) as a Potential Biomarker for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) Development. Molecules 2020; 25:molecules25010202. [PMID: 31947819 PMCID: PMC6982778 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25010202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Revised: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 01/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The growing clinical and epidemiological significance of gestational diabetes mellitus results from its constantly increasing worldwide prevalence, obesity, and overall unhealthy lifestyle among women of childbearing age. Oxidative stress seems to be the most important predictor of gestational diabetes mellitus development. Disturbances in the cell caused by oxidative stress lead to different changes in biomolecules, including DNA. The nucleobase which is most susceptible to oxidative stress is guanine. Its damage results in two main modifications: 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosineor 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine. Their significant level can indicate pathological processes during pregnancy, like gestational diabetes mellitus and probably, type 2 diabetes mellitus after pregnancy. This review provides an overview of current knowledge on the use of 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosineand/or 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine as a biomarker in gestational diabetes mellitus and allows us to understand the mechanism of 8-hydroxy-2′-deoxyguanosineand/or 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine generation during this disease.
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Bhunia S, Kumar A, Ojha AK. Tuning of structural and magnetic properties by intriguing radical-radical interaction by double electron oxidation in U-A-U′ triplex formation. Chem Phys 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2019.110527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Murray V, Hardie ME, Gautam SD. Comparison of Different Methods to Determine the DNA Sequence Preference of Ionising Radiation-Induced DNA Damage. Genes (Basel) 2019; 11:genes11010008. [PMID: 31861886 PMCID: PMC7016695 DOI: 10.3390/genes11010008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 12/18/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Ionising radiation (IR) is known to induce a wide variety of lesions in DNA. In this review, we compared three different techniques that examined the DNA sequence preference of IR-induced DNA damage at nucleotide resolution. These three techniques were: the linear amplification/polymerase stop assay, the end-labelling procedure, and Illumina next-generation genome-wide sequencing. The DNA sequence preference of IR-induced DNA damage was compared in purified DNA sequences including human genomic DNA. It was found that the DNA sequence preference of IR-induced DNA damage identified by the end-labelling procedure (that mainly detected single-strand breaks) and Illumina next-generation genome-wide sequencing (that mainly detected double-strand breaks) was at C nucleotides, while the linear amplification/polymerase stop assay (that mainly detected base damage) was at G nucleotides. A consensus sequence at the IR-induced DNA damage was found to be 5′-AGGC*C for the end-labelling technique, 5′-GGC*MH (where * is the cleavage site, M is A or C, H is any nucleotide except G) for the genome-wide technique, and 5′-GG* for the linear amplification/polymerase stop procedure. These three different approaches are important because they provide a deeper insight into the mechanism of action of IR-induced DNA damage.
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- Vincent Murray
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +61-2-9385-2028; Fax: +61-2-9385-1483
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Fleming AM, Zhu J, Ding Y, Burrows CJ. Location dependence of the transcriptional response of a potential G-quadruplex in gene promoters under oxidative stress. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:5049-5060. [PMID: 30916339 PMCID: PMC6547423 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 02/09/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Oxidation of the guanine (G) heterocycle to 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (OG) in mammalian gene promoters was demonstrated to induce transcription. Potential G-quadruplex forming sequences (PQSs) in promoters have a high density of G nucleotides rendering them highly susceptible to oxidation and possible gene activation. The VEGF PQS with OG or an abasic site were synthesized at key locations in the SV40 or HSV-TK model promoters to determine the location dependency in the gene expression profile in human cells. The PQS location with respect to the transcription start site (TSS) and strand of occupancy (coding versus non-coding strand) are key parameters that determine the magnitude and direction in which gene expression changes with the chemically modified VEGF PQS. The greatest impact observed for OG or F in the PQS context in these promoters was within ∼200 bp of the TSS. Established PQSs found to occur naturally in a similar location relative to the TSS for possible oxidation-induced gene activation include c-MYC, KRAS, c-KIT, HIF-1α, PDGF-A and hTERT. The studies provide experimental constraints that were used to probe bioinformatic data regarding PQSs in the human genome for those that have the possibility to be redox switches for gene regulation.
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- Aaron M Fleming
- 315 South 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, USA
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- 315 South 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, USA
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- 315 South 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, USA
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- 315 South 1400 East, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0850, USA
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Safaeipour M, Jauregui J, Castillo S, Bekarian M, Esparza D, Sanchez M, Stemp EDA. Glutathione Directly Intercepts DNA Radicals To Inhibit Oxidative DNA–Protein Cross-Linking Induced by the One-Electron Oxidation of Guanine. Biochemistry 2019; 58:4621-4631. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- Mary Safaeipour
- Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles, California 90049, United States
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- Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles, California 90049, United States
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- Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles, California 90049, United States
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- Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles, California 90049, United States
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- Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles, California 90049, United States
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- Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles, California 90049, United States
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- Department of Physical Sciences and Mathematics, Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles, California 90049, United States
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Liquid chromatography- mass spectrometry for analysis of DNA damages induced by environmental exposure. Trends Analyt Chem 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2019.115645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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8-OxoG in GC-rich Sp1 binding sites enhances gene transcription in adipose tissue of juvenile mice. Sci Rep 2019; 9:15618. [PMID: 31666587 PMCID: PMC6821754 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52139-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2019] [Accepted: 10/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The oxidation of guanine to 8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG) is the most common type of oxidative DNA lesion. There is a growing body of evidence indicating that 8-oxoG is not only pre-mutagenic, but also plays an essential role in modulating gene expression along with its cognate repair proteins. In this study, we investigated the relationship between 8-oxoG formed under intrinsic oxidative stress conditions and gene expression in adipose and lung tissues of juvenile mice. We observed that transcriptional activity and the number of active genes were significantly correlated with the distribution of 8-oxoG in gene promoter regions, as determined by reverse-phase liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (RP-LC/MS), and 8-oxoG and RNA sequencing. Gene regulation by 8-oxoG was not associated with the degree of 8-oxoG formation. Instead, genes with GC-rich transcription factor binding sites in their promoters became more active with increasing 8-oxoG abundance as also demonstrated by specificity protein 1 (Sp1)- and estrogen response element (ERE)-luciferase assays in human embryonic kidney (HEK293T) cells. These results indicate that the occurrence of 8-oxoG in GC-rich Sp1 binding sites is important for gene regulation during adipose tissue development.
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Ferino A, Rapozzi V, Xodo LE. The ROS-KRAS-Nrf2 axis in the control of the redox homeostasis and the intersection with survival-apoptosis pathways: Implications for photodynamic therapy. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2019; 202:111672. [PMID: 31778952 DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2019.111672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 09/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In highly proliferating cancer cells oncogenic mutations reprogram the metabolism and increase the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Cancer cells prevent ROS accumulation by upregulating antioxidant systems. Here we show that an increase of oxidative stress (ROS and singlet oxygen), generated by photoactivated TMPyP4, results in the upregulation of KRAS and Nrf2, the major regulator of the redox homeostasis. In agreement with a previous observation, the ectopic expression of KRAS G12D or G12 V is found to stimulate Nrf2. This suggests that ROS, KRAS and Nrf2 establish a molecular axis controlling the redox homeostasis in cancer cells. We found that this axis also modulates the function of the NF-kB/Snail/RKIP circuitry, regulating the survival and apoptosis pathways. Our data show that low ROS levels, obtained when Nrf2 is activated by KRAS, results in the upregulation of prosurvival Snail and simultaneous downregulation of proapoptotic RKIP: an expression pattern favouring cell proliferation. By contrast, high ROS levels, obtained when Nrf2 is inhibited by a small molecule (luteolin), favour apoptosis by upregulating proapoptotic RKIP and downregulating prosurvival Snail. The results of this study are useful to design efficient photodynamic therapy (PDT) against cancer. We hypothesize that cancer cells can be sensitized to PDT when the photosensitizer is used in the presence of an inhibitor of Nrf2 (adjuvant). To test this hypothesis, we used luteolin (3',4',5,7-tetrahydroflavone) as Nrf2 inhibitor, since it reduces the expression of Nrf2 and increases intracellular ROS. By means of colony formation and viability assays we found that when Nrf2 is inhibited, PDT shows an increase of efficiency up to 45%.
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- Annalisa Ferino
- Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Udine, P.le Kolbe 4, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Udine, P.le Kolbe 4, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Department of Medicine, Laboratory of Biochemistry, University of Udine, P.le Kolbe 4, 33100 Udine, Italy.
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Hebert SP, Schlegel HB. Computational Study of the Oxidation of Guanine To Form 5-Carboxyamido-5-formamido-2-iminohydantoin (2Ih). Chem Res Toxicol 2019; 32:2295-2304. [PMID: 31571479 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrestox.9b00304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Oxidative damage to DNA leads to a number of two-electron oxidation products of guanine such as 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8oxoG). 5-Carboxyamido-5-formamido-2-iminohydantoin (2Ih) is another two-electron oxidation product that forms in competition with 8oxoG. The pathways for the formation of 2Ih have been studied by density functional theory using the ωB97XD functional with the 6-31+G(d,p) basis set and SMD implicit water solvation plus a small number of explicit water molecules positioned to help stabilize charged species and facilitate reaction steps. For oxidative conditions that produce hydroxyl radical, such as Fenton chemistry, hydroxy radical can add at C4, C5, or C8. Addition at C4 or C5 followed by loss of H2O produces guanine radical. Guanine radical can also be produced directly by oxidation of guanine by reactive oxygen species (ROS). A C5-OH intermediate can be formed by addition of superoxide to C5 of guanine radical followed by reduction. Alternatively, the C5-OH intermediate can be formed by hydroxy radical addition at C5 and oxidation by 3O2. The competition between oxidative and reductive pathways depends on the reaction conditions. Acyl migration of the C5-OH intermediate yields reduced spiroiminodihydantoin (Spred). Subsequent water addition at C8 of Spred and N7-C8 ring opening produces 2Ih. Hydroxy radical addition at C8 can lead to a number of products. Oxidation and tautomerization produces 8oxoG. Alternatively, addition of superoxide at C5 and reduction results in a C5, C8 dihydroxy intermediate. For this species, the low energy pathway to 2Ih is N7-C8 ring opening followed by acyl migration. Ring opening occurs more easily at C8-N9 but leads to a higher energy analogue of 2Ih. Thus, the dominant pathway for the production of 2Ih depends on the nature of the reactive oxygen species and on the presence or absence of reducing agents.
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- Sebastien P Hebert
- Department of Chemistry , Wayne State University , Detroit , Michigan 48202 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Wayne State University , Detroit , Michigan 48202 , United States
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Ma J, Denisov SA, Adhikary A, Mostafavi M. Ultrafast Processes Occurring in Radiolysis of Highly Concentrated Solutions of Nucleosides/Tides. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:ijms20194963. [PMID: 31597345 PMCID: PMC6801490 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20194963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Among the radicals (hydroxyl radical (•OH), hydrogen atom (H•), and solvated electron (esol−)) that are generated via water radiolysis, •OH has been shown to be the main transient species responsible for radiation damage to DNA via the indirect effect. Reactions of these radicals with DNA-model systems (bases, nucleosides, nucleotides, polynucleotides of defined sequences, single stranded (ss) and double stranded (ds) highly polymeric DNA, nucleohistones) were extensively investigated. The timescale of the reactions of these radicals with DNA-models range from nanoseconds (ns) to microseconds (µs) at ambient temperature and are controlled by diffusion or activation. However, those studies carried out in dilute solutions that model radiation damage to DNA via indirect action do not turn out to be valid in dense biological medium, where solute and water molecules are in close contact (e.g., in cellular environment). In that case, the initial species formed from water radiolysis are two radicals that are ultrashort-lived and charged: the water cation radical (H2O•+) and prethermalized electron. These species are captured by target biomolecules (e.g., DNA, proteins, etc.) in competition with their inherent pathways of proton transfer and relaxation occurring in less than 1 picosecond. In addition, the direct-type effects of radiation, i.e., ionization of macromolecule plus excitations proximate to ionizations, become important. The holes (i.e., unpaired spin or cation radical sites) created by ionization undergo fast spin transfer across DNA subunits. The exploration of the above-mentioned ultrafast processes is crucial to elucidate our understanding of the mechanisms that are involved in causing DNA damage via direct-type effects of radiation. Only recently, investigations of these ultrafast processes have been attempted by studying concentrated solutions of nucleosides/tides under ambient conditions. Recent advancements of laser-driven picosecond electron accelerators have provided an opportunity to address some long-term puzzling questions in the context of direct-type and indirect effects of DNA damage. In this review, we have presented key findings that are important to elucidate mechanisms of complex processes including excess electron-mediated bond breakage and hole transfer, occurring at the single nucleoside/tide level.
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- Jun Ma
- Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China.
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, China.
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS/Université Paris-Sud, Bât. 349, 91405 Orsay, CEDEX, France.
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- Department of Chemistry, Oakland University, 146 Library Drive, Rochester, MI 48309, USA.
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique, UMR 8000 CNRS/Université Paris-Sud, Bât. 349, 91405 Orsay, CEDEX, France.
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Horoszko CP, Jena PV, Roxbury D, Rotkin SV, Heller DA. Optical Voltammetry of Polymer-Encapsulated Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2019; 123:24200-24208. [PMID: 32690989 PMCID: PMC7371339 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b07626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT), noncovalently wrapped by a polymeric monolayer, is a nanoscale semiconductor-electrolyte interface under investigation for sensing, photonics, and photovoltaic applications. SWCNT complexes are routinely observed to sensitize various electrochemical/redox phenomena, even in the absence of an external field. While the photoluminescence response to gate voltage depends on the redox potential of the nanotube, analogous optical voltammetry of functionalized carbon nanotubes could be conducted in suspension without applying voltage but by varying the solution conditions as well as the chemistry of the encapsulating polymer. Steady-state photoluminescence, absorbance, and in situ measurements of O2/H2O reactivity show correlation with the pH/pK a-dependent reactivity of π-rich coatings. The nanotube emission responses suggest that the presence of photogenerated potential may explain the observed coating electrochemical reactivity. This work finds that electronic and chemical interactions of the nanotube with the encapsulating polymer may play a critical role in applications that depend on radiative recombination, such as optical sensing.
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- Christopher P. Horoszko
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, United States
- Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Cornell University, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, United States
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- Materials Research Institute and Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Pennsylvania State University, Millennium Science Complex, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, United States
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10065, United States
- Weill Cornell Medicine, Cornell University, New York, New York 10065, United States
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Hardie ME, Murray V. The sequence preference of gamma radiation-induced DNA damage as determined by a polymerase stop assay. Int J Radiat Biol 2019; 95:1613-1626. [PMID: 31498026 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2019.1665216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Purpose: The aim of this paper was to investigate the sequence preference of ionizing radiation (IR)-induced DNA damage as assessed by a linear amplification/polymerase stop (LA/PS) assay. The LA/PS assay is able to detect a wide range of IR-induced DNA lesions and this technique was utilized to quantitatively determine the preferential sites of gamma irradiation-induced DNA lesions in three different DNA sequences.Materials and methods: This analysis was performed on an automated DNA sequencer with capillary electrophoresis and laser-induced fluorescence detection.Results: The main outcome of this study was that G nucleotides were preferentially found at IR-induced polymerase stop sites. The individual nucleotides at the IR-induced DNA damage sites were analyzed and a consensus sequence of 5'-GG* (where * indicates the damaged nucleotide) was observed. In a separate method of analysis, the dinucleotides and trinucleotides at the IR-induced DNA damage sites were examined and 5'-GG* and 5'-G*G dinucleotides and 5'-GG*G trinucleotides were found to be the most prevalent. The use of the LA/PS assay permits a large number of IR-induced DNA lesions to be detected in the one procedure including: double- and single-strand breaks, apurinic/apyrimidinic sites and base damage.Conclusions: It was concluded that 2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5-formamidopyrimidine (Fapy-G) and the degradation products of 8-oxoG were possibly the main lesions detected. To our knowledge, this is the first occasion that the DNA sequence preference of IR-induced DNA damage as detected by a LA/PS assay has been reported.
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- Megan E Hardie
- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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