N-methylpurine DNA glycosylase overexpression increases alkylation sensitivity by rapidly removing non-toxic 7-methylguanine adducts

dc.contributor.authorRinne, M L.
dc.contributor.authorHe, Y.
dc.contributor.authorPachkowski, B F.
dc.contributor.authorNakamura, J.
dc.contributor.authorKelley, Mark R.
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-30T13:28:22Z
dc.date.available2014-07-30T13:28:22Z
dc.date.issued2005-05
dc.description.abstractPrevious studies indicate that overexpression of N-methylpurine DNA glycosylase (MPG) dramatically sensitizes cells to alkylating agent-induced cytotoxicity. We recently demonstrated that this sensitivity is preceded by an increased production of AP sites and strand breaks, confirming that overexpression of MPG disrupts normal base excision repair and causes cell death through overproduction of toxic repair intermediates. Here we establish through site-directed mutagenesis that MPG-induced sensitivity to alkylation is dependent on enzyme glycosylase activity. However, in contrast to the sensitivity seen to heterogeneous alkylating agents, MPG overexpression generates no cellular sensitivity to MeOSO2(CH2)2-lexitropsin, an alkylator which exclusively induces 3-meA lesions. Indeed, MPG overexpression has been shown to increase the toxicity of alkylating agents that produce 7-meG adducts, and here we demonstrate that MPG-overexpressing cells have dramatically increased removal of 7-meG from their DNA. These data suggest that the mechanism of MPG-induced cytotoxicity involves the conversion of non-toxic 7-meG lesions into highly toxic repair intermediates. This study establishes a mechanism by which a benign DNA modification can be made toxic through the overexpression of an otherwise well-tolerated gene product, and the application of this principle could lead to improved chemotherapeutic strategies that reduce the peripheral toxicity of alkylating agents.en_US
dc.identifier.citationRinne, M. L., He, Y., Pachkowski, B. F., Nakamura, J., & Kelley, M. R. (2005). N-methylpurine DNA glycosylase overexpression increases alkylation sensitivity by rapidly removing non-toxic 7-methylguanine adducts. Nucleic acids research, 33(9), 2859-2867.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/4799
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectN-methylpurine DNA glycosylaseen_US
dc.subjectalkylating agentsen_US
dc.subjectcancer therapeuticsen_US
dc.titleN-methylpurine DNA glycosylase overexpression increases alkylation sensitivity by rapidly removing non-toxic 7-methylguanine adductsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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