title: Human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase suppresses the oxidative stress induced apoptosis through a p53-mediated signaling pathway in human fibroblasts.
abstract: Human 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (hOGG1) is the main defense enzyme against mutagenic effects of cellular 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine. In this study, we investigated the biological role of hOGG1 in DNA damage-related apoptosis induced by hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2))-derived oxidative stress. The down-regulated expression of hOGG1 by its small interfering RNA prominently triggers the H(2)O(2)-induced apoptosis in human fibroblasts GM00637 and human lung carcinoma H1299 cells via the p53-mediated apoptotic pathway. However, the apoptotic responses were specifically inhibited by hOGG1 overexpression. The p53-small interfering RNA transfection into the hOGG1-deficient GM00637 markedly inhibited the H(2)O(2)-induced activation of p53-downstream target proteins such as p21, Noxa, and caspase-3/7, which eventually resulted in the increased cell viability. Although the cell viability of hOGG1-knockdown H1299 p53 null cells was similar to that of the hOGG1 wild-type H1299, after the overexpression of p53 the hOGG1-knockdown H1299 showed the significantly decreased cell viability compared with that of the hOGG1 wild-type H1299 at the same experimental condition. Moreover, the array comparative genome hybridization analyses revealed that the hOGG1-deficient GM00637 showed more significant changes in the copy number of large regions of their chromosomes in response to H(2)O(2) treatment. Therefore, we suggest that although p53 is a major modulator of apoptosis, hOGG1 also plays a pivotal role in protecting cells against the H(2)O(2)-induced apoptosis at the upstream of the p53-dependent pathway to confer a survival advantage to human fibroblasts and human lung carcinomas through maintaining their genomic stability.
authors.affiliation: Korean DNA Repair Research Center, Department of Pharmacology, Chosun University School of Medicine, Gwangju, South Korea.
authors.forename: Cha-Kyung
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Youn
authors.forename: Peter I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Mi-Hwa
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin Sook
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jin-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Hyun
authors.forename: Sang-Joon
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Sang Pil
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Myung Hee
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: In-Youb
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Ho Jin
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: You
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis / Q000235:genetics; D053148:Caspase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D053179:Caspase 7 / Q000378:metabolism; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002470:Cell Survival; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000235:genetics; D045647:DNA Glycosylases / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000633:toxicity; D018384:Oxidative Stress / Q000235:genetics; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; C479058:oxoguanine glycosylase 1, human; D053148:Caspase 3; D053179:Caspase 7