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ArticleScientific reports2021

Bloom syndrome DNA helicase deficiency is associated with oxidative stress and mitochondrial network changes.

Veena Subramanian, Brian Rodemoyer, Vivek Shastri, Lene J Rasmussen, Claus Desler, Kristina H Schmidt

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Veena Subramanian *Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA.
Brian Rodemoyer *Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA.
Vivek ShastriDepartment of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA.
Lene J RasmussenCenter for Healthy Aging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Claus DeslerCenter for Healthy Aging, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Copenhagen, 2200, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kristina H SchmidtDepartment of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, 33620, USA. kschmidt@usf.edu.
University of South Florida · USUniversity of Copenhagen · DKMoffitt Cancer Center · US

Funding

Suppression of translocations by RecQ-like DNA helicasesR01GM081425 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI SCHMIDT, KRISTINA · 2008 to 2018
$2.6M
Function of the Bloom's syndrome DNA helicase in the maintainance of genome integrityR01GM139296 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI SCHMIDT, KRISTINA · 2020 to 2023
$1.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM081425NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM139296
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bloom Syndrome (BS; OMIM #210900; ORPHA #125) is a rare genetic disorder that is associated with growth deficits, compromised immune system, insulin resistance, genome instability and extraordinary predisposition to cancer. Most efforts thus far have focused on understanding the role of the Bloom syndrome DNA helicase BLM as a recombination factor in maintaining genome stability and suppressing cancer. Here, we observed increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and DNA base damage in BLM-deficient cells, as well as oxidative-stress-dependent reduction in DNA replication speed. BLM-deficient cells exhibited increased mitochondrial mass, upregulation of mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM), higher ATP levels and increased respiratory reserve capacity. Cyclin B1, which acts in complex with cyclin-dependent kinase CDK1 to regulate mitotic entry and associated mitochondrial fission by phosphorylating mitochondrial fission protein Drp1, fails to be fully degraded in BLM-deficient cells and shows unscheduled expression in G1 phase cells. This failure to degrade cyclin B1 is accompanied by increased levels and persistent activation of Drp1 throughout mitosis and into G1 phase as well as mitochondrial fragmentation. This study identifies mitochondria-associated abnormalities in Bloom syndrome patient-derived and BLM-knockout cells and we discuss how these abnormalities may contribute to Bloom syndrome.

Indexed as

Oxidative StressAutophagyBloom SyndromeCyclin B1DNA-Binding ProteinsDNA DamageDNA ReplicationEnergy MetabolismFibroblastsG1 PhaseHumansMitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsMitosisReactive Oxygen SpeciesRecQ HelicasesBloom syndrome proteinCyclin B1DNA-Binding ProteinsMitochondrial ProteinsReactive Oxygen SpeciesRecQ HelicasesTFAM protein, humanTranscription Factors

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PMID33495511
PMCPMC7835382
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