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The base excision repair: mechanisms and its relevance for cancer susceptibility. 2003

P Fortini, and B Pascucci, and E Parlanti, and M D'Errico, and V Simonelli, and E Dogliotti
Laboratory of Comparative Toxicology and Ecotoxicology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.

Base damage or loss occurs at high frequency in the cells (almost 10(4) bases are damaged and hydrolysed per cell per day). DNA repair is fundamental to maintain genomic integrity. Base excision repair (BER) is the main mechanism by which cells correct various types of damaged DNA bases generated either by endogenous or exogenous factors. The widely accepted model for BER mechanism involves five sequential reactions: (i) base removal; (ii) incision of the resulting abasic site; (iii) processing of the generated termini at the strand break; (iv) DNA synthesis, and (v) ligation. In this review, we will briefly summarise the biochemistry of each BER step and will concentrate on the biological relevance of BER as inferred from in vitro and in vivo studies. This information will be the basis for speculation on the potential role of malfunction of BER in human pathology.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009369 Neoplasms New abnormal growth of tissue. Malignant neoplasms show a greater degree of anaplasia and have the properties of invasion and metastasis, compared to benign neoplasms. Benign Neoplasm,Cancer,Malignant Neoplasm,Tumor,Tumors,Benign Neoplasms,Malignancy,Malignant Neoplasms,Neoplasia,Neoplasm,Neoplasms, Benign,Cancers,Malignancies,Neoplasias,Neoplasm, Benign,Neoplasm, Malignant,Neoplasms, Malignant
D004198 Disease Susceptibility A constitution or condition of the body which makes the tissues react in special ways to certain extrinsic stimuli and thus tends to make the individual more than usually susceptible to certain diseases. Diathesis,Susceptibility, Disease,Diatheses,Disease Susceptibilities,Susceptibilities, Disease
D004247 DNA A deoxyribonucleotide polymer that is the primary genetic material of all cells. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms normally contain DNA in a double-stranded state, yet several important biological processes transiently involve single-stranded regions. DNA, which consists of a polysugar-phosphate backbone possessing projections of purines (adenine and guanine) and pyrimidines (thymine and cytosine), forms a double helix that is held together by hydrogen bonds between these purines and pyrimidines (adenine to thymine and guanine to cytosine). DNA, Double-Stranded,Deoxyribonucleic Acid,ds-DNA,DNA, Double Stranded,Double-Stranded DNA,ds DNA
D004260 DNA Repair The removal of DNA LESIONS and/or restoration of intact DNA strands without BASE PAIR MISMATCHES, intrastrand or interstrand crosslinks, or discontinuities in the DNA sugar-phosphate backbones. DNA Damage Response
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D045643 DNA Repair Enzymes Enzymes that are involved in the reconstruction of a continuous two-stranded DNA molecule without mismatch from a molecule, which contained damaged regions. DNA Repair Enzyme,Enzyme, DNA Repair,Enzymes, DNA Repair,Repair Enzyme, DNA,Repair Enzymes, DNA

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