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Previous issue date: 2010-06-28 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cient?fico e Tecnol?gico / Riboflavin is a vitamin very important in aerobic organisms, as a precursor of many coenzymes involved in the electron transporter chain. However, after photosensitization of riboflavin with UV or visible light, it generates reactive oxygen
species (ROS), which can oxidize the DNA. The repair of oxidative lesions on DNA occurs through the base excision repair pathway (BER), where APE1 endonuclease plays a central role. On the other hand, the nucleotide excision repair pathway (NER)
repairs helix-distorting lesions. Recently, it was described the participation of NERproteins in the repair of oxidative damage and in stimulation of repair function fromAPE1. The aim of this research was to evaluate the cytotoxic effects of photosensitized riboflavin (RF*) in cells proficient and deficient in NER, correlating with APE1 expression. For this propose, the cells were treated with RF* and it was performed the cell viability assay, extraction of whole proteins, cells fractionation,
immunoblotting, indirect immunofluorescence and analysis of polymorphisms of BER gens. The results evidenced that cells deficient in XPA and CSB proteins were more sensitive to RF*. However, XPC-deficient cells presented similar resistance to MRC5- SV cells, which is proficient in NER. These results indicate that XPA and CSB proteins have an important role on repair of oxidative lesions induced by RF*. Additionally, it was evidenced that single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in BER
enzymes may influence in sensitivity of NER-deficient cell lines. Concerning the APE1 expression, the results showed that expression of this protein after treatment with RF* only changed in XPC-deficient cells. Though, it was observed that APE1 is recruited and is bound to chromatin in MRC5-SV and XPA cells after treatment with RF*. The results also showed the induction of DNA damage after treatment with RF*, through the analysis of-H2AX, since the treatment promoted an increase of endogenous levels of this phosphorylated protein, which acts signaling double strand-break on DNA. On the other hand, in XPC-deficient cells, regardless of resistance of RF*, the endogenous levels of APE1 are extremely reduced when
compared with other cell lines and APE1 is not bound to chromatin after treatment with RF*. These results conclude that RF* was able to induce cell death in NERdeficient
cells, where XPA and CSB cells were more sensitive when compared with MRC5-SV and XPC-deficient cells. This last result is potentially very interesting, since XPC-deficient cell line presents low levels of APE1. Additionally, the results evidenced that APE1 protein can be involved in the repair of oxidative damage induced by RF*, because APE1 is recruited and bound strongly to chromatin after treatment. / A riboflavina ? uma vitamina de fundamental import?ncia em organismos aer?bios, sendo precursora de importantes coenzimas que participam da cadeia transportadora de el?trons. Contudo, ap?s a sensibiliza??o da riboflavina com luz UV
ou luz vis?vel, observou-se a forma??o de esp?cies reativas de oxig?nio (EROs), as quais podem oxidar o DNA. O reparo de les?es oxidativas no DNA ocorre principalmente atrav?s da via de reparo por excis?o de bases (BER), na qual a endonuclease APE1 exerce um papel central. Por sua vez, a via de reparo por
excis?o de nucleot?deos (NER) atua reparando les?es no DNA que causam distor??es na dupla h?lice. Recentemente tem sido descrito a participa??o da via NER na remo??o de danos oxidativos e na estimula??o da fun??o de reparo de APE1. Desta forma, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi analisar os efeitos citot?xicos da riboflavina fotossensibilizada (RF*) em c?lulas proficientes e deficientes na via NER, correlacionando ? express?o de APE1. Para tanto, as linhagens proficientes e
deficientes no NER foram submetidas ao tratamento com RF* e em seguida foram realizados os ensaios de viabilidade celular, extra??o de prote?nas totais, fracionamento celular, immunoblotting, imunofluoresc?ncia indireta e a an?lise de
polimorfismos em genes da via BER. Os resultados evidenciaram perfis de sensibilidade distintos ao estresse oxidativo induzido pela RF*, onde as linhagens XPA e CSB foram mais sens?veis, enquanto a linhagem XPC mostrou resist?ncia similar ? linhagem MRC5-SV, a qual ? proficiente na via NER. Esses resultados
indicam que as prote?nas XPA e CSB possuem um importante papel no reparo das les?es oxidativas induzidas pela RF*. Al?m disso, foi demonstrado que polimorfismos em um ?nico nucleot?deo (SNPs) em enzimas do BER podem influenciar na sensibilidade dessas linhagens. Em rela??o ?s an?lises dos n?veis de express?o de APE1, os resultados mostraram que houve altera??o na express?o dessa prote?na ap?s o tratamento com RF* somente na linhagem deficiente em XPC. Por?m, observou-se que APE1 ? recrutada e se torna ligada ? cromatina ap?s o tratamento nas linhagens MRC5-SV e XPA. Os resultados tamb?m comprovaram a indu??o de danos ap?s o tratamento com RF* atrav?s do estudo da prote?na-H2AX, pois o tratamento provocou um aumento nos n?veis end?genos desta
prote?na fosforilada, a qual atua na sinaliza??o de quebras de fita dupla no DNA. Por?m, na linhagem XPC, al?m de ter sido observado uma curva de sobreviv?ncia semelhante ? linhagem MRC5-SV, os n?veis end?genos de APE1 s?o significativamente reduzidos quando comparados com as outras linhagens e APE1
n?o se encontra ligada ? cromatina ap?s tratamento com RF*. Conclui-se que a RF* foi capaz de induzir a morte celular em linhagens deficientes no sistema de reparo por excis?o de nucleot?deos, onde as linhagens XPA e CSB foram mais sens?veis
quando comparadas ? linhagem normal MRC5-SV e ? linhagem XPC. Este ?ltimo resultado ? potencialmente interessante, considerando que a linhagem XPC apresenta baixos n?veis prot?icos de APE1. Adicionalmente, os resultados comprovaram que a prote?na APE1 pode estar envolvida no reparo de danos
oxidativos causados pela RF*, j? que APE1 ? recrutada na cromatina e se liga fortemente a esta ap?s o tratamento.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:IBICT/oai:repositorio.ufrn.br:123456789/13055 |
| Date | 28 June 2010 |
| Creators | Melo, Julliane Tamara Ara?jo de |
| Contributors | CPF:00297997750, http://lattes.cnpq.br/1083882171718362, Lajus, Tirzah Braz Petta, CPF:03254085485, http://lattes.cnpq.br/9979644969955564, Scortecci, K?tia Castanho, CPF:13451112825, http://lattes.cnpq.br/4808910380593455, Souza-pinto, Nadja Cristhina de, CPF:13767111845, http://lattes.cnpq.br/7088639503480810, Lima, Lucymara Fassarela Agnez |
| Publisher | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Programa de P?s-Gradua??o em Ci?ncias Biol?gicas, UFRN, BR, Biodiversidade; Biologia Estrutural e Funcional. |
| Source Sets | IBICT Brazilian ETDs |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFRN, instname:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, instacron:UFRN |
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