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- The study investigates how Cu, Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD1) contributes to DNA damage, which could be linked to neurodegenerative diseases.
- The SOD1-H2O2 system leads to DNA strand breaks and the production of specific damaged nucleotides, namely 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine and 1,N2-etheno-2'-deoxyguanosine.
- Findings suggest that copper ions from SOD1 are crucial for this DNA damage, with bicarbonate influencing the levels of these DNA lesions.
Article Abstract
Biomolecule oxidation promoted by Cu, Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD1) has been studied because of its potential role in neurodegenerative diseases. We studied the mechanism of DNA damage promoted by the SOD1-H2O2 system. The system promoted the formation of strand breaks in plasmid DNA and the formation of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodGuo) in calf thymus DNA. We were also able to detect, for the first time, 1,N2-etheno-2'-deoxyguanosine (1,N'-epsilondGuo) in calf thymus DNA exposed to SOD1-H2O2. The addition of a copper chelator caused a decrease in the frequency of 8-oxodGuo and 1,N2-epsilondGuo, indicating the participation of copper ions lost from SOD1 active sites. The addition of bicarbonate increased the levels of both DNA lesions. We conclude that copper liberated from SODI active sites has a central role in the mechanism of DNA damage promoted by SOD1 in the presence of H2O2, and that bicarbonate can modulate the reactivity of released copper.
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