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ArticleDNA repair2008

3-Methyladenine DNA glycosylase is important for cellular resistance to psoralen interstrand cross-links.

Ayelet Maor-Shoshani, Lisiane B Meira, Xuemei Yang, Leona D Samson

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Article in DNA repair, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. A novel link to base excision repair?Trends in biochemical sciences · 2010
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  9. DNA interstrand crosslink repair in mammalian cells: step by step.Critical reviews in biochemistry and molecular biology · 2010
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ayelet Maor-ShoshaniBiological Engineering Department and Center for Environmental Health Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Lisiane B Meira
Xuemei Yang
Leona D Samson
Center for Environmental Health · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · US

Funding

TOXICOLOGY CORE UNITP30ES002109 · NIEHS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI NILES, JACQUIN C · 1985 to 2020
$25.6M
IN VIVO ROLE OF DNA ALKYLATION REPAIRR01CA075576 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SAMSON, LEONA D. · 1997 to 2011
$4.9M
EUKARYTIC DNA ALKYLATION REPAIRR01CA055042 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI SAMSON, LEONA D. · 1991 to 2010
$4.8M
NCI NIH HHS CA 055042NCI NIH HHS CA 075576NCI NIH HHS R01 CA055042NCI NIH HHS R01 CA075576NIEHS NIH HHS ES 02109NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES002109
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs), widely used in chemotherapy, are cytotoxic lesions because they block replication and transcription. Repair of ICLs involves proteins from different repair pathways however the precise mechanism is still not completely understood. Here, we report that the 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase (Aag), an enzyme that initiates base excision repair at a variety of alkylated bases, is also involved in the repair of ICLs. Aag(-/-) mouse embryonic stem cells were shown to be more sensitive to the cross-linking agent 4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen than wild-type cells, but no more sensitive than wild-type to the psoralen derivative Angelicin that forms only monoadducts. We show that gamma-H2AX foci formation, a marker for double strand breaks that are formed during ICL repair, is impaired in psoralen treated Aag(-/-) cells in both quantity and kinetics. However, in our in vitro system, purified human AAG can neither bind to the ICL nor cleave it. Taken together, our results suggest that Aag is important for the resistance of mouse ES cells to psoralen-induced ICLs.

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AnimalsCaspase 3DNA GlycosylasesEmbryonic Stem CellsEnzyme ActivationFurocoumarinsHistonesMiceMice, KnockoutMicroscopy, FluorescenceUltraviolet Rays3-methyladenine-DNA glycosylaseangelicinCaspase 3DNA GlycosylasesFurocoumarinsgamma-H2AX protein, mouseHistones

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PMID18571479
PMCPMC2583468
OpenAlexW2028176167

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