2011
DOI: 10.1002/emmm.201000114
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To live or to die: a matter of processing damaged DNA termini in neurons

Abstract: Defects in the repair of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage underpin several hereditary neurological diseases in humans. Of the different activities that repair chromosomal DNA breaks, defects in resolving damaged DNA termini are among the most common causes of neuronal cell death. Here, the molecular mechanisms of some of the DNA end processing activities are reviewed and the association with human neurodegenerative disease is discussed.

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“…Notably, accumulation of nuclear PDBs is pathogenic in a number of neurological disorders such as spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy (SCAN1) and ataxia telangiectasia ( 14 ). Given the high metabolic activity and energy demand of cells in the nervous system, the data reported here suggest that accumulation of mitochondrial PDBs may also be pathogenic, disrupting mitochondrial gene transcription and bioenergetics, thereby causing progressive neuronal demise.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Notably, accumulation of nuclear PDBs is pathogenic in a number of neurological disorders such as spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy (SCAN1) and ataxia telangiectasia ( 14 ). Given the high metabolic activity and energy demand of cells in the nervous system, the data reported here suggest that accumulation of mitochondrial PDBs may also be pathogenic, disrupting mitochondrial gene transcription and bioenergetics, thereby causing progressive neuronal demise.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although TDP1 is a well-established pathway for the excision of trapped Top1 cleavage complexes [40, 41], it is clear from studies performed in yeast [2, 31] and human cells [4244] that alternative endonuclease pathways including XPF-ERCC1 and Mus81 are critical to for removing by endonucleolytic cleavage of the 3’-DNA segment covalently attached to Top1. In addition, both HOP_62 and H522 cells express TDP2 protein, which might be compensatory given its reported role in resolving Top1cc in the absence of TDP1 [28, 45] (Fig.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…These 5′-adenylated BER intermediates with 3′-modified or unnatural bases could potentially become cytotoxic and lead to abnormal DNA replication and double-strand breaks. Therefore, repair of the 5′-adenylated BER intermediates by DNA-end processing enzymes is critical to cell viability and genomic stability [35, 51]. …”
Section: Impact Of Pol β Structural Conformations On Channeling Dnmentioning
confidence: 99%