title: Trapping of DNA nucleotide excision repair factors by nonrepairable carcinogen adducts.
abstract: Nucleotide excision repair is part of a cellular defense system that protects genome integrity.Here, this versatile repair system was challenged with mixtures of DNA adducts that were generated to mimic the wide spectrum of bulky lesions produced by complex genotoxic insults. Probing human excision activity with substrate combinations instead of single lesions resulted in a strong bias for particular base adducts, such that the repair factors were immobilized on a small fraction of damaged DNA, whereas the simultaneous excision of other sites was suppressed. Immobilization of excision factors was also induced by nonrepairable decoy adducts, thereby revealing a mechanism of repair inhibition because of hijacking of critical subunits. Thus, the efficiency of excision repair in response to bulky carcinogen-DNA damage is dependent on an antagonistic interaction with both substrate and decoy adducts.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Zürich-Tierspital, CH-8008 Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Tonko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Buterin
authors.forename: Martin T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Hess
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gunz
authors.forename: Nicholas E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Geacintov
authors.forename: Leon H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Mullenders
authors.forename: Hanspeter
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naegeli
mesh_terms: D015073:2-Acetylaminofluorene / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism / Q000633:toxicity; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000737:chemistry*; D004249:DNA Damage; D011088:DNA Ligases / Q000378:metabolism; D004260:DNA Repair; D004586:Electrophoresis; D006801:Humans; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D018736:DNA Adducts; C057270:cisplatin-DNA adduct; D004247:DNA; D015073:2-Acetylaminofluorene; D011088:DNA Ligases; D002945:Cisplatin