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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2023

Dissection of DNA damage and repair pathways in live cells by femtosecond laser microirradiation and free-electron modeling.

Michael Schmalz, Xiao-Xuan Liang, Ines Wieser, Caroline Gruschel, Lukas Muskalla, Martin Thomas Stöckl, Roland Nitschke, Norbert Linz, Alfred Leitenstorfer, Alfred Vogel and 1 more

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Michael SchmalzDepartment of Physics, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
Xiao-Xuan LiangInstitute of Biomedical Optics, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8325-1627
Ines WieserDepartment of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
Caroline GruschelDepartment of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0009-0000-7452-5326
Lukas MuskallaDepartment of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
Martin Thomas StöcklDepartment of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.
Roland NitschkeLife Imaging Center and Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9397-8475
Norbert LinzInstitute of Biomedical Optics, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7843-5966
Alfred LeitenstorferDepartment of Physics, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9847-257X
Alfred VogelInstitute of Biomedical Optics, University of Lübeck, 23562 Lübeck, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-4371-9037
Elisa Ferrando-MayDepartment of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5567-8690
University of Konstanz · DEUniversity of Lübeck · DEGerman Cancer Research Center · DEUniversity of Freiburg · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding and predicting the outcome of the interaction of light with DNA has a significant impact on the study of DNA repair and radiotherapy. We report on a combination of femtosecond pulsed laser microirradiation at different wavelengths, quantitative imaging, and numerical modeling that yields a comprehensive picture of photon-mediated and free-electron-mediated DNA damage pathways in live cells. Laser irradiation was performed under highly standardized conditions at four wavelengths between 515 nm and 1,030 nm, enabling to study two-photon photochemical and free-electron-mediated DNA damage in situ. We quantitatively assessed cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) and γH2AX-specific immunofluorescence signals to calibrate the damage threshold dose at these wavelengths and performed a comparative analysis of the recruitment of DNA repair factors xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group C (XPC) and Nijmegen breakage syndrome 1 (Nbs1). Our results show that two-photon-induced photochemical CPD generation dominates at 515 nm, while electron-mediated damage dominates at wavelengths ≥620 nm. The recruitment analysis revealed a cross talk between nucleotide excision and homologous recombination DNA repair pathways at 515 nm. Numerical simulations predicted electron densities and electron energy spectra, which govern the yield functions of a variety of direct electron-mediated DNA damage pathways and of indirect damage by

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DNA DamageElectronsDNA RepairLasersPyrimidine DimersPyrimidine DimersDNA strand breaksnonlinear photodamageoxidative DNA damagereductive DNA damagewavelength selectivity

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PMID37307476
PMCPMC10288657
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