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ArticleNucleic acids research2024

Distinct DNA repair mechanisms prevent formaldehyde toxicity during development, reproduction and aging.

Matthias Rieckher, Christian Gallrein, Natividad Alquezar-Artieda, Nour Bourached-Silva, Pavana Lakshmi Vaddavalli, Devin Mares, Maria Backhaus, Timon Blindauer, Ksenia Greger, Eva Wiesner and 2 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Matthias RieckherInstitute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease, Medical Faculty, University and University Hospital of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, 50931 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1945-9474
Christian GallreinInstitute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease, Medical Faculty, University and University Hospital of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
Natividad Alquezar-ArtiedaJosep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), Ctra de Can Ruti, Camí de les Escoles s/n, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Nour Bourached-SilvaJosep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), Ctra de Can Ruti, Camí de les Escoles s/n, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
Pavana Lakshmi VaddavalliInstitute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease, Medical Faculty, University and University Hospital of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
Devin MaresInstitute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease, Medical Faculty, University and University Hospital of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
Maria BackhausInstitute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease, Medical Faculty, University and University Hospital of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
Timon BlindauerInstitute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease, Medical Faculty, University and University Hospital of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
Ksenia GregerInstitute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease, Medical Faculty, University and University Hospital of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
Eva WiesnerInstitute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease, Medical Faculty, University and University Hospital of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, 50931 Cologne, Germany.
Lucas B PontelJosep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), Ctra de Can Ruti, Camí de les Escoles s/n, 08916 Badalona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8384-3422
Björn SchumacherInstitute for Genome Stability in Aging and Disease, Medical Faculty, University and University Hospital of Cologne, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 26, 50931 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6097-5238

Funding

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft 496650118Deutsche Krebshilfe 70114555European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR RYC2021-032395-IGeneralitat de Catalunya 2021 SGR 01309John Templeton Foundation 61734José Carreras Leukämie-Stiftung DJCLS 04 R/2023MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 PID2022-136694NB-I00 FEDER
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Formaldehyde (FA) is a recognized environmental and metabolic toxin implicated in cancer development and aging. Inherited mutations in the FA-detoxifying enzymes ADH5 and ALDH2 genes lead to FA overload in the severe multisystem AMeD syndrome. FA accumulation causes genome damage including DNA-protein-, inter- and intra-strand crosslinks and oxidative lesions. However, the influence of distinct DNA repair systems on organismal FA resistance remains elusive. We have here investigated the consequence of a range of DNA repair mutants in a model of endogenous FA overload generated by downregulating the orthologs of human ADH5 and ALDH2 in C. elegans. We have focused on the distinct components of nucleotide excision repair (NER) during developmental growth, reproduction and aging. Our results reveal three distinct modes of repair of FA-induced DNA damage: Transcription-coupled repair (TCR) operating NER-independently during developmental growth or through NER during adulthood, and, in concert with global-genome (GG-) NER, in the germline and early embryonic development. Additionally, we show that the Cockayne syndrome B (CSB) factor is involved in the resolution of FA-induced DNA-protein crosslinks, and that the antioxidant and FA quencher N-acetyl-l-cysteine (NAC) reverses the sensitivity of detoxification and DNA repair defects during development, suggesting a therapeutic intervention to revert FA-pathogenic consequences.

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AgingCaenorhabditis elegansCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsDNA DamageDNA RepairFormaldehydeReproductionAcetylcysteineAldehyde DehydrogenaseAldehyde OxidoreductasesAnimalsHumansMutationTranscription, GeneticAcetylcysteineAldehyde DehydrogenaseAldehyde OxidoreductasesCaenorhabditis elegans ProteinsFormaldehydeformaldehyde dehydrogenase, glutathione-independent

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PMCPMC11317141

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