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ReviewEnvironmental health perspectives2002

Interference by toxic metal ions with DNA repair processes and cell cycle control: molecular mechanisms.

A Hartwig, M Asmuss, I Ehleben, U Herzer, D Kostelac, A Pelzer, T Schwerdtle, A Bürkle

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Review in Environmental health perspectives, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

80 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 300 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

A HartwigInstitut für Lebensmittelchemie und Toxikologie, Universität Karlsruhe, Postfach 6980, D-76128 Karlsruhe, Germany. andrea.hartwig@chemie.uni-karlsruhe.de
M Asmuss
I Ehleben
U Herzer
D Kostelac
A Pelzer
T Schwerdtle
A Bürkle
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nickel, cadmium, cobalt, and arsenic compounds are well-known carcinogens to humans and experimental animals. Even though their DNA-damaging potentials are rather weak, they interfere with the nucleotide and base excision repair at low, noncytotoxic concentrations. For example, both water-soluble Ni(II) and particulate black NiO greatly reduced the repair of DNA adducts induced by benzo[a]pyrene, an important environmental pollutant. Furthermore, Ni(II), As(III), and Co(II) interfered with cell cycle progression and cell cycle control in response to ultraviolet C radiation. As potential molecular targets, interactions with so-called zinc finger proteins involved in DNA repair and/or DNA damage signaling were investigated. We observed an inactivation of the bacterial formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase (Fpg), the mammalian xeroderma pigmentosum group A protein (XPA), and the poly(adenosine diphosphate-ribose)polymerase (PARP). Although all proteins were inhibited by Cd(II) and Cu(II), XPA and PARP but not Fpg were inhibited by Co(II) and Ni(II). As(III) deserves special attention, as it inactivated only PARP, but did so at very low concentrations starting from 10 nM. Because DNA is permanently damaged by endogenous and environmental factors, functioning processing of DNA lesions is an important prerequisite for maintaining genomic integrity; its inactivation by metal compounds may therefore constitute an important mechanism of metal-related carcinogenicity.

Indexed as

DNA RepairZinc FingersAnimalsCell CycleDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA-Formamidopyrimidine GlycosylaseHumansMetals, HeavyN-Glycosyl HydrolasesPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasesXeroderma Pigmentosum Group A ProteinDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA-Formamidopyrimidine GlycosylaseMetals, HeavyN-Glycosyl HydrolasesPoly(ADP-ribose) PolymerasesXeroderma Pigmentosum Group A ProteinXPA protein, human

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PMID12426134
PMCPMC1241248
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