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Mechetin GV, Zharkov DO. DNA Damage Response and Repair in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:127. [PMID: 36672868 PMCID: PMC9859301 DOI: 10.3390/genes14010127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2022] [Revised: 12/28/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) is an approach to the radiotherapy of solid tumors that was first outlined in the 1930s but has attracted considerable attention recently with the advent of a new generation of neutron sources. In BNCT, tumor cells accumulate 10B atoms that react with epithermal neutrons, producing energetic α particles and 7Li atoms that damage the cell's genome. The damage inflicted by BNCT appears not to be easily repairable and is thus lethal for the cell; however, the molecular events underlying the action of BNCT remain largely unaddressed. In this review, the chemistry of DNA damage during BNCT is outlined, the major mechanisms of DNA break sensing and repair are summarized, and the specifics of the repair of BNCT-induced DNA lesions are discussed.
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- Grigory V. Mechetin
- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, 8 Lavrentieva Ave., 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, 2 Pirogova St., 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, 8 Lavrentieva Ave., 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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Tatin X, Muggiolu G, Sauvaigo S, Breton J. Evaluation of DNA double-strand break repair capacity in human cells: Critical overview of current functional methods. MUTATION RESEARCH. REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH 2021; 788:108388. [PMID: 34893153 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2021.108388] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2021] [Revised: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are highly deleterious lesions, responsible for mutagenesis, chromosomal translocation or cell death. DSB repair (DSBR) is therefore a critical part of the DNA damage response (DDR) to restore molecular and genomic integrity. In humans, this process is achieved through different pathways with various outcomes. The balance between DSB repair activities varies depending on cell types, tissues or individuals. Over the years, several methods have been developed to study variations in DSBR capacity. Here, we mainly focus on functional techniques, which provide dynamic information regarding global DSB repair proficiency or the activity of specific pathways. These methods rely on two kinds of approaches. Indirect techniques, such as pulse field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), the comet assay and immunofluorescence (IF), measure DSB repair capacity by quantifying the time-dependent decrease in DSB levels after exposure to a DNA-damaging agent. On the other hand, cell-free assays and reporter-based methods directly track the repair of an artificial DNA substrate. Each approach has intrinsic advantages and limitations and despite considerable efforts, there is currently no ideal method to quantify DSBR capacity. All techniques provide different information and can be regarded as complementary, but some studies report conflicting results. Parameters such as the type of biological material, the required equipment or the cost of analysis may also limit available options. Improving currently available methods measuring DSBR capacity would be a major step forward and we present direct applications in mechanistic studies, drug development, human biomonitoring and personalized medicine, where DSBR analysis may improve the identification of patients eligible for chemo- and radiotherapy.
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- Xavier Tatin
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IRIG, SyMMES, 38000 Grenoble, France; LXRepair, 5 Avenue du Grand Sablon, 38700 La Tronche, France
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- LXRepair, 5 Avenue du Grand Sablon, 38700 La Tronche, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IRIG, SyMMES, 38000 Grenoble, France.
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Abramenkovs A, Stenerlöw B. Removal of heat-sensitive clustered damaged DNA sites is independent of double-strand break repair. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0209594. [PMID: 30592737 PMCID: PMC6310273 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are the most deleterious lesions that can arise in cells after ionizing radiation or radiometric drug treatment. In addition to prompt DSBs, DSBs may also be produced during repair, evolving from a clustered DNA damaged site, which is composed of two or more distinct lesions that are located within two helical turns. A specific type of cluster damage is the heat-sensitive clustered site (HSCS), which transforms into DSBs upon treatment at elevated temperatures. The actual lesions or mechanisms that mediate the HSCS transformation into DSBs are unknown. However, there are two possibilities; either these lesions are transformed into DSBs due to DNA lesion instability, e.g., transfer of HSCS into single-strand breaks (SSBs), or they are formed due to local DNA structure instability, e.g., DNA melting, where two SSBs on opposite strands meet and transform into a DSB. The importance of these processes in living cells is not understood, but they significantly affect estimates of DSB repair capacity. In this study, we show that HSCS removal in human cells is not affected by defects in DSB repair or inhibition of DSB repair. Under conditions where rejoining of prompt DSBs was almost completely inhibited, heat-sensitive DSBs were successfully rejoined, without resulting in increased DSB levels, indicating that HSCS do not transfer into DSB in cells under physiological conditions. Furthermore, analysis by atomic force microscopy suggests that prolonged heating of chromosomal DNA can induce structural changes that facilitate transformation of HSCS into DSB. In conclusion, the HSCS do not generate additional DSBs at physiological temperatures in human cells, and the repair of HSCS is independent of DSB repair.
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- Andris Abramenkovs
- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Reynolds P, Anderson JA, Harper JV, Hill MA, Botchway SW, Parker AW, O'Neill P. The dynamics of Ku70/80 and DNA-PKcs at DSBs induced by ionizing radiation is dependent on the complexity of damage. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:10821-31. [PMID: 23012265 PMCID: PMC3510491 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are biologically one of the most important cellular lesions and possess varying degrees of chemical complexity. The notion that the repairability of more chemically complex DSBs is inefficient led to the concept that the extent of DSB complexity underlies the severity of the biological consequences. The repair of DSBs by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) has been extensively studied but it remains unknown whether more complex DSBs require a different sub-set of NHEJ protein for their repair compared with simple DSBs. To address this, we have induced DSBs in fluorescently tagged mammalian cells (Ku80-EGFP, DNA-PKcs-YFP or XRCC4-GFP, key proteins in NHEJ) using ultra-soft X-rays (USX) or multi-photon near infrared (NIR) laser irradiation. We have shown in real-time that simple DSBs, induced by USX or NIR microbeam irradiation, are repaired rapidly involving Ku70/80 and XRCC4/Ligase IV/XLF. In contrast, DSBs with greater chemical complexity are repaired slowly involving not only Ku70/80 and XRCC4/Ligase IV/XLF but also DNA-PKcs. Ataxia telangiectasia-mutated inhibition only retards repair of the more chemically complex DSBs which require DNA-PKcs. In summary, the repair of DSBs by NHEJ is highly regulated with pathway choice and kinetics of repair dependent on the chemical complexity of the DSB.
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- Pamela Reynolds
- Department of Oncology, Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology & Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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Magnander K, Elmroth K. Biological consequences of formation and repair of complex DNA damage. Cancer Lett 2012; 327:90-6. [PMID: 22353687 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2012.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2011] [Revised: 02/11/2012] [Accepted: 02/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Endogenous processes or genotoxic agents can induce many types of single DNA damage (single-strand breaks, oxidized bases and abasic sites). In addition, ionizing radiation induces complex lesions such as double-strand breaks and clustered damage. To preserve the genomic stability and prevent carcinogenesis, distinct repair pathways have evolved. Despite this, complex DNA damage can cause severe problems and is believed to contribute to the biological consequences observed in cells exposed to genotoxic stress. In this review, the current knowledge of formation and repair of complex DNA damage is summarized and the risks and biological consequences associated with their repair are discussed.
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- Karin Magnander
- Department of Oncology, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Datta K, Purkayastha S, Neumann RD, Pastwa E, Winters TA. Base damage immediately upstream from double-strand break ends is a more severe impediment to nonhomologous end joining than blocked 3'-termini. Radiat Res 2011; 175:97-112. [PMID: 21175352 PMCID: PMC3518376 DOI: 10.1667/rr2332.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are critical cytotoxic lesions that are typically repaired by nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ) in human cells. Our previous work indicated that the highly cytotoxic DSBs formed by (125)I decay possess base damage clustered within 8 to 10 bases of the break and 3'-phosphate (P) and 3'-OH ends. This study examined the effect of such structures on NHEJ in in vitro assays employing either (125)I decay-induced DSB linearized plasmid DNA or structurally defined duplex oligonucleotides. Duplex oligonucleotides that possess either a 3'-P or 3'-phosphoglycolate (PG) or a ligatable 3'-OH end with either an AP site or an 8-oxo-dG 1 nucleotide upstream (-1n) from the 3'-terminus have been examined for reparability. Moderate to severe end-joining inhibition was observed for modified DSB ends or 8-oxo-dG upstream from a 3'-OH end. In contrast, abolition of end joining was observed with duplexes possessing an AP site upstream from a ligatable 3'-OH end or for a lesion combination involving 3'-P plus an upstream 8-oxo-dG. In addition, base mismatches at the -1n position were also strong inhibitors of NHEJ in this system, suggesting that destabilization of the DSB terminus as a result of base loss or improper base pairing may play a role in the inhibitory effects of these structures. Furthermore, we provide data indicating that DSB end joining is likely to occur prior to removal or repair of base lesions proximal to the DSB terminus. Our results show that base damage or base loss near a DSB end may be a severe block to NHEJ and that complex combinations of lesions presented in the context of a DSB may be more inhibitory than the individual lesions alone. In contrast, blocked DSB 3'-ends alone are only modestly inhibitory to NHEJ. Finally, DNA ligase activity is implicated as being responsible for these effects.
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- Kamal Datta
- Nuclear Medicine Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland 92-215
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- Nuclear Medicine Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Pang D, Winters TA, Jung M, Purkayastha S, Cavalli LR, Chasovkikh S, Haddad BR, Dritschilo A. Radiation-generated short DNA fragments may perturb non-homologous end-joining and induce genomic instability. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2011; 52:309-19. [PMID: 21628845 PMCID: PMC5469405 DOI: 10.1269/jrr.10147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Cells exposed to densely ionizing radiation (high-LET) experience more severe biological damage than do cells exposed to sparsely ionizing radiation (low-LET). The prevailing hypothesis is that high-LET radiations induce DNA double strand-breaks (DSB) that are more complex and clustered, and are thereby more challenging to repair. Here, we present experimental data obtained by atomic force microscopy imaging, DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) activity determination, DNA ligation assays, and genomic studies to suggest that short DNA fragments are important products of radiation-induced DNA lesions, and that the lengths of DNA fragments may be significant in the cellular responses to ionizing radiation. We propose the presence of a subset of short DNA fragments that may affect cell survival and genetic stability following exposure to ionizing radiation, and that the enhanced biological effects of high-LET radiation may be explained, in part, by the production of increased quantities of short DNA fragments.
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- Dalong Pang
- Department of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center
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- Radiology and Imaging Sciences Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center
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- Radiology and Imaging Sciences Department, Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health
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- Department of Oncology/Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center
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- Department of Oncology/Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center
- Corresponding author: Anatoly Dritschilo, MD, Department of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, 3800 Reservoir Road, NW, LL Bles Washington, DC 20007
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Tsai TL, Shieh DB, Yeh CS, Tzeng Y, Htet K, Chuang KS, Hwu JR, Su WC. The down regulation of target genes by photo activated DNA nanoscissors. Biomaterials 2010; 31:6545-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.04.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2010] [Accepted: 04/29/2010] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Akamatsu K, Fujii K, Yokoya A. Characterization of lesions induced in linear-formed plasmid DNA by valence ionization and Auger decay at carbon, nitrogen and oxygen. Int J Radiat Biol 2008; 84:1082-92. [PMID: 19061133 DOI: 10.1080/09553000802499220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To study the DNA lesions induced by the Auger decay of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen using ultrasoft X-rays (USX) that are expected to be important with the DNA repair system of living cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS pUC19 plasmid DNA dry samples were irradiated with USX photons at 270 and 560 eV and (60)Co gamma-rays in vacuum at room temperature. The amounts of unaltered base release by the direct radiation effects were quantified using high-performance liquid chromatography. To quantify and characterize the strand break termini the rate at which snake venom phosphodiesterase (SVPD) digested irradiated DNA pretreated with and without calf intestine alkaline phosphatase was measured. Moreover, the piperidine-labile base lesions and abasic sites of the irradiated DNA were estimated using the SVPD method. RESULTS The yields of unaltered base release for 270, 560 eV photons and (60)Co gamma-rays were 0.016, 0.014, and 0.018 micromol/J, respectively. The total 3' termini for the three kinds of photons were around 0.1 micromol/J. The production of 3' termini with phosphate was found to be predominant with respect to that of 3'OH termini for the three kinds of radiation. The yield of piperidine-labile sites for 270 eV ( approximately 0.1 micromol/J) was slightly larger than that for 560 eV ( approximately 0.07 micromol/J) and also for gamma-rays ( approximately 0.082 micromol/J). CONCLUSION Although the Auger process in DNA-constituent atoms was expected to induce Auger-specific lesions in the molecule the chemical endpoints would have been covered with a large number of lesions produced from secondary electrons in the surrounding bulk DNA molecules. The present results, however, suggest that a low-energy electron field produced by the USX photons in the bulk DNA is basically not at all specific to DNA damage being produced when compared with the high-energy electron field produced by (60)Co gamma-rays.
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Pastwa E, Somiari RI, Malinowski M, Somiari SB, Winters TA. In vitro non-homologous DNA end joining assays--the 20th anniversary. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2008; 41:1254-60. [PMID: 19110069 DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2008] [Revised: 11/20/2008] [Accepted: 11/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are the most serious forms of DNA damage in cells. Unrepaired or misrepaired DSBs account for some of the genetic instabilities that lead to mutations or cell death, and consequently, to cancer predisposition. In human cells non-homologous DNA end joining (NHEJ) is the main repair mechanism of these breaks. Systems for DNA end joining study have been developing during the last 20 years. New assays have some advantages over earlier in vitro DSBs repair assays because they are less time-consuming, allow the use of clinical material and examination of the joining DNA ends produced physiologically in mammalian cells. Proteins involved in NHEJ repair pathway can serve as biomarkers or molecular targets for anticancer drugs. Results of studies on NHEJ in cancer could help to select potent repair inhibitors that may selectively sensitize tumor cells to ionizing radiation (IR) and chemotherapy. Here, we review the principles and practice of in vitro NHEJ assays and provide some insights into the future prospects of this assay in cancer diagnosis and treatment.
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- Elzbieta Pastwa
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Medical University of Lodz, Mazowiecka 6/8, 92-215 Lodz, Poland.
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Dobbs TA, Palmer P, Maniou Z, Lomax ME, O'Neill P. Interplay of two major repair pathways in the processing of complex double-strand DNA breaks. DNA Repair (Amst) 2008; 7:1372-83. [PMID: 18571480 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2008.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2008] [Revised: 04/29/2008] [Accepted: 05/07/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Radiation-induced complex double-strand breaks (DSBs) characterised by base lesions, abasic sites or single-strand breaks in close proximity to the break termini, are believed to be a major cause of the biological effects of ionising radiation exposure. It has been hypothesised that complex DSBs pose problems for the repair machinery of the cell. Using a biochemical approach, we have investigated the challenge to two major repair processes: base excision repair and ligation of DSB ends. Double-stranded oligonucleotides were synthesised with 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-oxoG) at defined positions relative to readily ligatable 3'-hydroxy or 5'-phosphate termini. The break termini interfere with removal of 8-oxoG during base excision repair as elucidated from the severely reduced efficiency of 8-oxoG removal by OGG1 with AP endonuclease-1 when in close proximity to break termini. NEIL-1, however, can partially restore processing of complex DSBs in an AP endonuclease-1 independent manner. The influence of 8-oxoG on ligation shows delayed rejoining if 8-oxoG is positioned two to three bases from the 3'-hydroxy or six bases from the 5'-phosphate termini. When two 8-oxoG lesions are positioned across the break junction ligation is severely retarded. This reduced efficiency of repair indicates that complex DSBs are likely to persist longer than simple DSBs in cells, and as a consequence are more significant in contributing to the biological effects of ionising radiation.
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- Tracey A Dobbs
- DNA Damage Group, Radiation Oncology and Biology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford, UK
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