Targeted nuclear irradiation with a proton microbeam induces oxidative DNA base damage and triggers the recruitment of DNA glycosylases OGG1 and NTH1

DNA is the major target of radiation therapy of malignant tumors. Ionizing radiation (IR) induces a variety of DNA lesions, including chemically modified bases and strand breaks. The use of proton beam therapy for cancer treatment is ramping up, as it is expected to reduce normal tissue damage. Thus...

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Published in:DNA repair 2024-01, Vol.133, p.103610-103610, Article 103610
Main Authors: Robeska, Elena, Lalanne, Kévin, Vianna, François, Sutcu, Haser Hasan, Khobta, Andriy, Busso, Didier, Radicella, J Pablo, Campalans, Anna, Baldeyron, Céline
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Language:English
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DNA - metabolism
DNA Damage
DNA Glycosylases - metabolism
DNA Repair
Humans
Life Sciences
Oxidative Stress
Protons
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Summary:DNA is the major target of radiation therapy of malignant tumors. Ionizing radiation (IR) induces a variety of DNA lesions, including chemically modified bases and strand breaks. The use of proton beam therapy for cancer treatment is ramping up, as it is expected to reduce normal tissue damage. Thus, it is important to understand the molecular mechanisms of recognition, signaling, and repair of DNA damage induced by protons in the perspective of assessing not only the risk associated with human exposure to IR but also the possibility to improve the efficacy of therapy. Here, we used targeted irradiation of nuclear regions of living cells with controlled number of protons at a high spatio-temporal resolution to detect the induced base lesions and characterize the recruitment kinetics of the specific DNA glycosylases to DNA damage sites. We show that localized irradiation with 4 MeV protons induces, in addition to DNA double strand breaks (DSBs), the oxidized bases 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG) and thymine glycol (TG) at the site of irradiation. Consistently, the DNA glycosylases OGG1 and NTH1, capable of excising 8-oxoG and TG, respectively, and initiating the base excision repair (BER) pathway, are recruited to the site of damage. To our knowledge, this is the first direct evidence indicating that proton microbeams induce oxidative base damage, and thus implicating BER in the repair of DNA lesions induced by protons.
ISSN:1568-7864
1568-7856
DOI:10.1016/j.dnarep.2023.103610