title: Low amounts of the DNA repair XPA protein are sufficient to recover UV-resistance.
abstract: DNA integrity is threatened by the damaging effects of physical and chemical agents that can affect its function. Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is one of the most known and flexible mechanisms of DNA repair. This mechanism can recognize and remove damages causing DNA double-helix distortion, including the cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and the pyrimidine-pyrimidone (6-4) photoproducts, promoted by ultraviolet light (UV). The human syndrome xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is clinically characterized chiefly by the early onset of severe photosensitivity of the exposed regions of the skin, a very high incidence of skin cancers and frequent neurological abnormalities. The xpa gene seems to be involved during UV damage recognition, in both global genome repair (GGR) and transcription-coupled repair (TCR). The modulation of xpa expression may modify the DNA repair rate in the cell genome, providing a valuable contribution to an understanding of the NER process. The controlled expression of the cDNA xpa in XP12RO deficient cells was achieved through the transfection of a muristerone-A inducible vector, pINXA. The INXA15 clone shows good induction of the XPA protein and total complementation of XP12RO cell deficiency. Overexpression of this protein resulted in UV cell survival comparable to normal control human cells. Moreover, low expression of the XPA protein in these cells is sufficient for total complementation in cellular UV sensitivity and DNA repair activity. These data demonstrate that XPA protein concentration is not a limiting factor for DNA repair.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Alysson R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Muotri
authors.forename: Maria C N
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Marchetto
authors.forename: Miriam F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Kayo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: Claudimara F P
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Lotfi
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Brumatti
authors.forename: Gustavo P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Amarante-Mendes
authors.forename: Carlos F M
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Menck
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000528:radiation effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017630:Connexins / Q000032:analysis; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000528:radiation effects; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics*; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000528:radiation effects; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D004441:Ecdysterone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D016678:Genome; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum; D051760:Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group A Protein
chemical_list: D017630:Connexins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497314:XPA protein, human; D051760:Xeroderma Pigmentosum Group A Protein; C055348:muristerone A; D004441:Ecdysterone; D004247:DNA