title: Increased ROS generation in subsets of OGG1 knockout fibroblast cells.
abstract: Oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (OGG1) is a major base excision repair protein responsible for excision of the mutagenic 8-oxoguanosine (8-oxoG) lesions from the genome. Despite OGG1's importance, the moderate phenotype of Ogg1-null (Ogg1(-/-)) mice is not well understood. This study addresses a mechanism by which Ogg1(-/-) cells limit accumulation of 8-oxoG in their genome. Our data reveal that a subset of Ogg1(-/-) cells shows higher ROS levels ((H)ROS cells), while approximately 85% of Ogg1(-/-) cells exhibit physiological levels of ROS ((L)ROS cells). Ogg1(-/-) cells were sorted based on their DCF fluorescence intensity to obtain (L)ROS and (H)ROS cell cultures. (L)ROS cultures proliferated at a rate comparable to Ogg1(+/+) and gradually accumulated cells exhibiting increased ROS and 8-oxoG levels. (L)ROS cells show a 2.8-fold increase in 8-oxoG level vs. (H)ROS cells (7-27-fold). Mitochondria of (H)ROS cells released more H(2)O(2) than (L)ROS and Ogg1(+/+) cells and were eliminated by apoptotic-like processes. These findings suggest that in the absence of OGG1, a surveillance system is activated that removes cells with extreme 8-oxoG levels from Ogg1(-/-) cultures. Whether similar mechanisms exists in tissues of Ogg1(-/-) mice is the focus of future investigations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch ,Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bacsi
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chodaczek
authors.forename: Tapas K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Hazra
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Konkel
authors.forename: Istvan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boldogh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D016923:Cell Death; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D045647:DNA Glycosylases / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D005838:Genotype; D006151:Guanosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D010641:Phenotype; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D006151:Guanosine; C046215:8-hydroxyguanosine; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; C485990:Ogg1 protein, mouse