Contributions of DNA repair and damage response pathways to the non-linear genotoxic responses of alkylating agents

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• 作者：Joanna Klapacz^a ; ^{jklapacz@dow.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; Lynn H. Pottenger^a ; ^b ; Bevin P. Engelward^c ; Christopher D. Heinen^d ; George E. Johnson^e ; Rebecca A. Clewell^f ; Paul L. Carmichael^g ; Yeyejide Adeleye^g ; Melvin E. Andersen^f
• 关键词：AAG ; alkyladenine DNA glycosylase ; ATM ; ataxia telangiectasia mutated ; BER ; base excision repair ; BPD ; break point dose ; BMD ; benchmark dose ; BMDL ; benchmark dose lower confidence limit ; CSBP ; computational systems biology pathway ; DSB ; double strand breaks ; DDR ; DNA damage response ; DRCs ; DNA repair centers ; EMS ; ethylmethanesulfonate ; ENU ; ethylnitrosourea ; FYDR ; fluorescent yellow direct repeat ; HR ; homologous repair ; MGMT ; methylguanine methyl transferase ; MMS ; methylmethane sulfonate ; MNNG
• 刊名：Mutation Research/Reviews in Mutation Research
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：January-March 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：767
• 期：Complete
• 页码：77-91
• 全文大小：4361 K

文摘

From a risk assessment perspective, DNA-reactive agents are conventionally assumed to have genotoxic risks at all exposure levels, thus applying a linear extrapolation for low-dose responses. New approaches discussed here, including more diverse and sensitive methods for assessing DNA damage and DNA repair, strongly support the existence of measurable regions where genotoxic responses with increasing doses are insignificant relative to control. Model monofunctional alkylating agents have in vitro and in vivo datasets amenable to determination of points of departure (PoDs) for genotoxic effects. A session at the 2013 Society of Toxicology meeting provided an opportunity to survey the progress in understanding the biological basis of empirically-observed PoDs for DNA alkylating agents. Together with the literature published since, this review discusses cellular pathways activated by endogenous and exogenous alkylation DNA damage. Cells have evolved conserved processes that monitor and counteract a spontaneous steady-state level of DNA damage. The ubiquitous network of DNA repair pathways serves as the first line of defense for clearing of the DNA damage and preventing mutation. Other biological pathways discussed here that are activated by genotoxic stress include post-translational activation of cell cycle networks and transcriptional networks for apoptosis/cell death. The interactions of various DNA repair and DNA damage response pathways provide biological bases for the observed PoD behaviors seen with genotoxic compounds. Thus, after formation of DNA adducts, the activation of cellular pathways can lead to the avoidance of a mutagenic outcome. The understanding of the cellular mechanisms acting within the low-dose region will serve to better characterize risks from exposures to DNA-reactive agents at environmentally-relevant concentrations.