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The adaptive imbalance in base excision-repair enzymes generates microsatellite instability in chronic inflammation
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posted on 2023-05-17, 20:19 authored by Hofseth, LJ, Khan, MA, Mark AmbroseMark Ambrose, Nikolayeva, O, Xu-Welliver, M, Kartalou, M, Hussain, SP, Roth, RB, Zhou, X, Mechanic, LE, Zurer, I, Rotter, V, Samson, LD, Harris, CCChronic infection and associated inflammation are key contributors to human carcinogenesis. Ulcerative colitis (UC) is an oxyradical overload disease and is characterized by free radical stress and colon cancer proneness. Here we examined tissues from noncancerous colons of ulcerative colitis patients to determine (a) the activity of two base excision-repair enzymes, AAG, the major 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase, and APE1, the major apurinic site endonuclease; and (b) the prevalence of microsatellite instability (MSI). AAG and APE1 were significantly increased in UC colon epithelium undergoing elevated inflammation and MSI was positively correlated with their imbalanced enzymatic activities. These latter results were supported by mechanistic studies using yeast and human cell models in which overexpression of AAG and/or APE1 was associated with frameshift mutations and MSI. Our results are consistent with the hypothesis that the adaptive and imbalanced increase in AAG and APE1 is a novel mechanism contributing to MSI in patients with UC and may extend to chronic inflammatory or other diseases with MSI of unknown etiology.
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Publication title
Journal of Clinical InvestigationVolume
112Issue
12Pagination
1887-94ISSN
0021-9738Department/School
Tasmanian School of MedicinePublisher
Amer Soc Clinical Investigation IncPlace of publication
35 Research Dr, Ste 300, Ann Arbor, USA, Mi, 48103Rights statement
Copyright 2003 American Society for Clinical InvestigationRepository Status
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