Expression of nucleotide excision repair in Alzheimer's disease is higher in brain tissue than in blood.
Neurosci Lett
; 672: 53-58, 2018 04 13.
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Age-related changes are increased in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), including oxidative stress and DNA damage. We propose that genotoxic stress and DNA repair responses influence neurodegeneration in the pathogenesis of AD. Here, we focus on nucleotide excision repair (NER). Real-time qPCR and mass spectrometry were employed to determine the expression levels of selected NER components. The mRNA levels of the genes encoding the NER proteins RAD23B, RPA1, ERCC1, PCNA and LIG3 as well as the NER-interacting base excision repair protein MPG in blood and brain tissue from four brain regions in patients with AD or mild cognitive impairment and healthy controls (HC), were assessed. NER mRNA levels were significantly higher in brain tissue than in blood. Further, LIG3 mRNA levels in the frontal cortex was higher in AD versus HC, while mRNA levels of MPG and LIG3 in entorhinal cortex and RPA1 in the cerebellum were lower in AD versus HC. In blood, RPA1 and ERCC1 mRNA levels were lower in AD patients than in HC. Alterations in gene expression of NER components between brain regions were associated with AD, connecting DNA repair to AD pathogenesis and suggesting a distinct role for NER in the brain.
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Antígeno Nuclear de Célula em Proliferação
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Enzimas Reparadoras do DNA
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Proteínas de Ligação a DNA
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Reparo do DNA
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Endonucleases
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Proteína de Replicação A
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Doença de Alzheimer
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DNA Ligase Dependente de ATP
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Proteínas de Ligação a Poli-ADP-Ribose
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2018
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