title: Innate inflammation induced by the 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase-1-KRAS-NF-κB pathway.
abstract: 8-Oxoguanine-DNA glycosylase-1 (OGG1) is the primary enzyme for repairing 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG) via the DNA base excision repair pathway (OGG1-BER). Accumulation of 8-oxoG in the genomic DNA leads to genetic instability and carcinogenesis and is thought to contribute to the worsening of various inflammatory and disease processes. However, the disease mechanism is unknown. In this study, we proposed that the mechanistic link between OGG1-BER and proinflammatory gene expression is OGG1's guanine nucleotide exchange factor activity, acquired after interaction with the 8-oxoG base and consequent activation of the small GTPase RAS. To test this hypothesis, we used BALB/c mice expressing or deficient in OGG1 in their airway epithelium and various molecular biological approaches, including active RAS pulldown, reporter and Comet assays, small interfering RNA-mediated depletion of gene expression, quantitative RT-PCR, and immunoblotting. We report that the OGG1-initiated repair of oxidatively damaged DNA is a prerequisite for GDP → GTP exchange, KRAS-GTP-driven signaling via MAP kinases and PI3 kinases and mitogen-stress-related kinase-1 for NF-κB activation, proinflammatory chemokine/cytokine expression, and inflammatory cell recruitment to the airways. Mice deficient in OGG1-BER showed significantly decreased immune responses, whereas a lack of other Nei-like DNA glycosylases (i.e., NEIL1 and NEIL2) had no significant effect. These data unveil a previously unidentified role of OGG1-driven DNA BER in the generation of endogenous signals for inflammation in the innate signaling pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555;
authors.forename: Leopoldo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Aguilera-Aguirre
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555;
authors.forename: Attila
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bacsi
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555;
authors.forename: Zsolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Radak
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; and.
authors.forename: Tapas K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Hazra
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555;
authors.forename: Sankar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitra
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; and Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555.
authors.forename: Sanjiv
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sur
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; and Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555.
authors.forename: Allan R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Brasier
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555;
authors.forename: Xueqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ba
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; Sealy Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555 sboldogh@utmb.edu.
authors.forename: Istvan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Boldogh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D016207:Cytokines / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage; D045647:DNA Glycosylases / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004260:DNA Repair; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007249:Inflammation / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D020556:Neutrophil Infiltration / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras) / Q000378:metabolism*; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; D018836:Inflammation Mediators; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D016328:NF-kappa B; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D016283:Proto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras); C485990:Ogg1 protein, mouse; C495971:Hras protein, mouse