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| Author(s): |
Carolina Maria Berra
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2008-12-12 |
| Examining board members: |
Carlos Frederico Martins Menck;
Elza Tiemi Sakamoto Hojo;
Nadja Cristhina de Souza Pinto Lardner;
Marilis do Valle Marques;
Luis Eduardo Soares Netto
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| Advisor: | Carlos Frederico Martins Menck |
| Abstract | |
In order to study the participation of NER mechanisms in the removal of oxidative DNA lesions, we examined the effects of photoactivated methylene blue (MB) in vitro and in vivo. Plasmid DNA presents more FPG sensitive sites when MB was photoactivated than non-photoactivated. MB can be incorporated by NER-proficient or deficient cells and is able to generate singlet oxygen (1O2) inside cells. We detected also the presence of 8-oxoG in genomic DNA after treatment. XP-A and XP-C deficient cells are more sensitive to MB treatment and were found to have more oxidative DNA lesions than proficient cells. Also, there are more g-H2AX foci in mutant cells after treatment. However, there is a clear similarity in lesions repair kinetic between proficient and deficient cells. Therefore, these results suggest that photoactivated MB generates oxidative damage and DNA strand breaks both vitro and in vivo assays and that XPA and XPC proteins may also have a role in the protection of cellular oxidative stress, in addition to its participation in repair of UV-induced DNA damage. (AU) | |