Thymines opposite to bulky aristolactam-DNA adducts in duplex DNA are not targeted by human thymine-DNA glycosylase
Background Consumption of aristolochic acids (AA) from the plant Aristolochia results in the formation of bulky aristolactam-dA (dA-AL) and aristolactam-dG (dG-AL) adducts in cellular DNA ultimately leading to the development of urothelial cancer. Intriguingly, the dA-AL adducts induce A•T→T•A trans...
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| author | Diana Manapkyzy Gulzhan Zhamanbayeva Viktoriya Sidorenko Radha Bonala Francis Johnson Bakhyt T. Matkarimov Dmitry Zharkov Murat K. Saparbaev Sabira Taipakova |
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| description | Background Consumption of aristolochic acids (AA) from the plant Aristolochia results in the formation of bulky aristolactam-dA (dA-AL) and aristolactam-dG (dG-AL) adducts in cellular DNA ultimately leading to the development of urothelial cancer. Intriguingly, the dA-AL adducts induce A•T→T•A transversions in tumor cells preferentially in CpA*→TpG context. The human mismatch-specific thymine-DNA glycosylase (TDG) protects cells against mutagenesis induced by spontaneous deamination of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) by removing thymine opposite to guanine in a CpG context in the base excision repair (BER) pathway. Nevertheless, challenges for DNA glycosylases to the faithful discrimination between non-damaged and damaged DNA strands do exist, such as mismatched pairs between two canonical bases, which may result due to DNA polymerase errors during replication. Previously, we demonstrated that TDG is prone to aberrant excision of T opposite to damaged adenine in duplex DNA in CpA*/TpG context. Methods In the present work, using in vitro reconstitution assays, we investigated whether TDG participates in the aberrant removal of thymine opposite to dA-AL adducts in duplex DNA. Results We have demonstrated that TDG either does not excise thymine or does so with extremely low efficiency when it is paired with dA-AL or dG-ALII adducts in duplex DNA. At the same time, TDG excises with high efficiency thymine opposite to guanine and hypoxanthine in T•G and T•Hx mispairs. Discussion These findings strongly suggest that the human TDG is not involved in the aberrant DNA repair of AA-induced DNA damage. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a519a7e7d4cb4f0a85ceacf97c7d8a3d2025-07-06T15:05:11ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592025-07-0113e1957710.7717/peerj.19577Thymines opposite to bulky aristolactam-DNA adducts in duplex DNA are not targeted by human thymine-DNA glycosylaseDiana Manapkyzy0Gulzhan Zhamanbayeva1Viktoriya Sidorenko2Radha Bonala3Francis Johnson4Bakhyt T. Matkarimov5Dmitry Zharkov6Murat K. Saparbaev7Sabira Taipakova8Scientific Research Institute of Biology and Biotechnology Problems, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, KazakhstanScientific Research Institute of Biology and Biotechnology Problems, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, KazakhstanDepartment of Pharmacological Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, United StatesDepartment of Pharmacological Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, United StatesDepartment of Pharmacological Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY, United StatesL. N. Gumilev Eurasian National University, Astana, KazakhstanDepartment of Natural Sciences, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, RussiaDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, KazakhstanScientific Research Institute of Biology and Biotechnology Problems, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, KazakhstanBackground Consumption of aristolochic acids (AA) from the plant Aristolochia results in the formation of bulky aristolactam-dA (dA-AL) and aristolactam-dG (dG-AL) adducts in cellular DNA ultimately leading to the development of urothelial cancer. Intriguingly, the dA-AL adducts induce A•T→T•A transversions in tumor cells preferentially in CpA*→TpG context. The human mismatch-specific thymine-DNA glycosylase (TDG) protects cells against mutagenesis induced by spontaneous deamination of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) by removing thymine opposite to guanine in a CpG context in the base excision repair (BER) pathway. Nevertheless, challenges for DNA glycosylases to the faithful discrimination between non-damaged and damaged DNA strands do exist, such as mismatched pairs between two canonical bases, which may result due to DNA polymerase errors during replication. Previously, we demonstrated that TDG is prone to aberrant excision of T opposite to damaged adenine in duplex DNA in CpA*/TpG context. Methods In the present work, using in vitro reconstitution assays, we investigated whether TDG participates in the aberrant removal of thymine opposite to dA-AL adducts in duplex DNA. Results We have demonstrated that TDG either does not excise thymine or does so with extremely low efficiency when it is paired with dA-AL or dG-ALII adducts in duplex DNA. At the same time, TDG excises with high efficiency thymine opposite to guanine and hypoxanthine in T•G and T•Hx mispairs. Discussion These findings strongly suggest that the human TDG is not involved in the aberrant DNA repair of AA-induced DNA damage.https://peerj.com/articles/19577.pdfDNA glycosylaseDNA repairBase excision repairAristolochic acidAristolactam-adenine adductT to A transversions |
| spellingShingle | Diana Manapkyzy Gulzhan Zhamanbayeva Viktoriya Sidorenko Radha Bonala Francis Johnson Bakhyt T. Matkarimov Dmitry Zharkov Murat K. Saparbaev Sabira Taipakova Thymines opposite to bulky aristolactam-DNA adducts in duplex DNA are not targeted by human thymine-DNA glycosylase PeerJ DNA glycosylase DNA repair Base excision repair Aristolochic acid Aristolactam-adenine adduct T to A transversions |
| title | Thymines opposite to bulky aristolactam-DNA adducts in duplex DNA are not targeted by human thymine-DNA glycosylase |
| title_full | Thymines opposite to bulky aristolactam-DNA adducts in duplex DNA are not targeted by human thymine-DNA glycosylase |
| title_fullStr | Thymines opposite to bulky aristolactam-DNA adducts in duplex DNA are not targeted by human thymine-DNA glycosylase |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thymines opposite to bulky aristolactam-DNA adducts in duplex DNA are not targeted by human thymine-DNA glycosylase |
| title_short | Thymines opposite to bulky aristolactam-DNA adducts in duplex DNA are not targeted by human thymine-DNA glycosylase |
| title_sort | thymines opposite to bulky aristolactam dna adducts in duplex dna are not targeted by human thymine dna glycosylase |
| topic | DNA glycosylase DNA repair Base excision repair Aristolochic acid Aristolactam-adenine adduct T to A transversions |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/19577.pdf |
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