TY - JOUR
T1 - Modulation of DNA base excision repair during neuronal differentiation
AU - Sykora, Peter
AU - Yang, Jenq-Lin
AU - Ferrarelli, Leslie K
AU - Tian, Jingyan
AU - Tadokoro, Takashi
AU - Kulkarni, Avanti
AU - Weissman, Lior
AU - Keijzers, Guido
AU - Wilson, David M
AU - Mattson, Mark P
AU - Bohr, Vilhelm A
N1 - Published by Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2013/7
Y1 - 2013/7
N2 - Neurons are terminally differentiated cells with a high rate of metabolism and multiple biological properties distinct from their undifferentiated precursors. Previous studies showed that nucleotide excision DNA repair is downregulated in postmitotic muscle cells and neurons. Here, we characterize DNA damage susceptibility and base excision DNA repair (BER) capacity in undifferentiated and differentiated human neural cells. The results show that undifferentiated human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells are less sensitive to oxidative damage than their differentiated counterparts, in part because they have robust BER capacity, which is heavily attenuated in postmitotic neurons. The reduction in BER activity in differentiated cells correlates with diminished protein levels of key long patch BER components, flap endonuclease-1, proliferating cell nuclear antigen, and ligase I. Thus, because of their higher BER capacity, proliferative neural progenitor cells are more efficient at repairing DNA damage compared with their neuronally differentiated progeny.
AB - Neurons are terminally differentiated cells with a high rate of metabolism and multiple biological properties distinct from their undifferentiated precursors. Previous studies showed that nucleotide excision DNA repair is downregulated in postmitotic muscle cells and neurons. Here, we characterize DNA damage susceptibility and base excision DNA repair (BER) capacity in undifferentiated and differentiated human neural cells. The results show that undifferentiated human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells are less sensitive to oxidative damage than their differentiated counterparts, in part because they have robust BER capacity, which is heavily attenuated in postmitotic neurons. The reduction in BER activity in differentiated cells correlates with diminished protein levels of key long patch BER components, flap endonuclease-1, proliferating cell nuclear antigen, and ligase I. Thus, because of their higher BER capacity, proliferative neural progenitor cells are more efficient at repairing DNA damage compared with their neuronally differentiated progeny.
U2 - 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.12.016
DO - 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2012.12.016
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 23375654
SN - 0197-4580
VL - 34
SP - 1717
EP - 1727
JO - Neurobiology of Aging
JF - Neurobiology of Aging
IS - 7
ER -