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L15- DNA repair Flashcards

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DNA integrity can be looked at in 2 ways

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  • at the level of nucleotdie- mutations
  • at the level of chromsosomes (nondisjunction)
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if DNA integrity is lost

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pathogenic

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types of DNA breaks

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Single stranded

double stranded

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single stranded damage

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One strand will remain intact

Not as bad as DS break

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double stranded damage

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breaking the double strand is very damage

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which compoenents of DNA can be dmaaged

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all components e.g. bases and sugar phosphate backbone

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what causes DNA damage

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exogenous and endogenous sources

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endogenous causes of DNA damage

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error in DNA replication (replication stress)

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exogenous sources of DNA damage

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Anti-cancer Drugs

Mutagenic chemical - smoking

Alkylation agents

Radiation

Ionising – most comes from radon gas in the ground

Free radicals

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what usually happens when healthy DNA becoems damaged

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is damaged DNA can be recognised by DNA repair mechanisms which makes the DNA healthy again.

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when does m utation occur

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when DNA damage is not recognised or repair mechanisms dont work

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endogenous sources of single stranded damage

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i. Replication stress
ii. Free radicals

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exogenous sources of single stranded damage

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i. Deamination due to nitrites
ii. UV radiation

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exogenous sources of double stranded dmaage

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X-ray/Y-ray

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definititon of replciation stress

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‘Inefficient replication that leads to replication fork slowing, stalling and/ breakage.’

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replication stress is an example of

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an endogenous source of damage, which causes replication stress

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how many factors causes replication stress

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3

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outline 3 factors which cause replication stress

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1) Replication machinery defects

  • Misincorporation by DNA polymerase
  • Proofreading error by DNA polymerase

2) Replication fork hindrance

  • Forward and backward slippage
  • e.g. Trinucleotide repeats

3) Defects in response pathway

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replication machinery defects

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Misincorporation by DNA polymerase

Proofreading error by DNA polymerase

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what leads to replciation fork hindrance

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repetitive DNA

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types of replication fork hindrance

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forward slippage

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backward slippage

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what sort of mutation is forward slippage

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deletion mutation

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what type of mutation is backward slippage
insertion mutation
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forward slippage mechanism
New strand has an extra nucleotide (A) Newly synthesised strand loops out
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backward slippage mechanism
New strand is missing a nucleotide (A) Template strand loops out
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backward fork slippage leads to
trinuclotide expansion seen in Huntingotns and fragile x syndrome
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Huntingtons disease is a
trinucleotide repeat disorder
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which gene is affected in huntingtons
HTT gene
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which codon affected
CAG repeat- polyglutamine
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CAG repeats cause
neurone degenration - mutant protiein aggregates in neurones affecting basal ganglia
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when DNA damage levels are too high or persist the cell can .... (3)
* goes into senescence (G0) * undergoes apoptosis * undergoes uncrontrolled cell division- tumour
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when do the cell cycle checkpoint occur
G1 When entering the S phase G2 checkpoint Checkpoint in. mitosis
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G1 checkpoint
is the environment favoruable to enter DNA replication
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G2 checkpoint
is all DNA replicated? is all DNA damage repaired?
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checkpoint in mitosis
are all chromosmes properly attache to the mitotic spindle?
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repair mechanisms for single stranded breaks in DNA
1) Mismatch repair 2) Base Excision repair 3) Nucleotide excision repair
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what is G0 (senecence)
Permanent cell cycle arrest- will never divide again (wont pass bad DNA), but will continue with normal function
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mismatches occur due to
endogenous errors during replication - DNA polyemerase adds wrong nucleotide (happens 1/100,000 nucleotides)
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what proofreads DNA and reduces error rate
Exonucleases- attached to DNA polymerases -checks the for mismatches and replaces with correct nucleotide Reduces error rate
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DNA repair mechanism for endogenous causes of ssDNA breaks
mismatch repair mechanism
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mismatch repair emchanism
1. Mismatch is detected in newly synthesised DNA 2. New DNA strand is cut and mispaired nucleotides and neighbour removed 3. Missing patch is replaced with correct nucleotides by DNA polymerase 4. A DNA ligase seals the gap in DNA backbone
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exogneous causes of ssDNA breaks
harmful chemical or physical agents
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harmful chemicals
Nitrites and nitrosamines in cured or pickled food
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Nitrites and nitrosamines in cured or pickled food cause
deamination ## Footnote e.g. Removal of amino group from nitrogen bases (change cytosine à uracil)
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DNA repair mechanism when deamination occurs e.g. Removal of amino group from nitrogen bases (change cytosine à uracil)
base-excision repair
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base excision repair
1) Converts a cytosine base into a uracil 2) The uracil is detected and removed, leaving a base-less nucleotide 3) The base-less nucleotide is removed, leaving a small hole in the DNA backbone 4) The hole is filled with the right base by a DNA polymerase and the gap is sealed by a ligase
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physical agent swhich cause ssDNA damage
UV radiation
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UV radiation causes
* UV radiation creates pyrimidine dimers (most often with 2 adjacent thymine) * Thymines forms bonds with eachother distorting the whole DNA strand
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what is used to repair ssDNA dmaage caused by UV radiation
nucleotide exicision repair
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nucleotide exicision repair
1) UV radiation produces thymine dimer 2) Once dimer has been detected, the surrounding DNA is opened to form a bubble 3) Enzymes (exonucleases) cut the damaged region out of the bubble 4) A DNA polymerase replaces the excised (cut-out) DNA and ligase seals the backbone
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dsDNA breaks cause
most delterious damage
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what causes ds breaks
exognous cause: ionising radiation (X-ray and Y-ray)
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X-ray and Y-rays
* Can break phosphate backbone of both DNA strands * Causes double stranded breaks * Usually not a clean break- often an over hanging region
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DNA repair mechanissm for ds breaks
1) Non-homologous end joining 2) Homologous directed repair
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ssDNA repair meechanism
- mismatch - base excision repair - nucleotide exicision repair
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non homologus end joining
1. DNA protein kinase(KU70/80) binds to each end of the broken DNA and recruits artemis 2. Artemis cuts off jagged ends 3. Ligase enzymes binds two ends of DNA
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non homologus end joining involves
loss of some geentic information - error prone repair
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how does homolgous recombination occur
We have 23 pairs of homologous chromosomes that have similar genetic material and code for the same traits- similar nucleotide sequences… therefore a double stranded break can be repaired using a sister chromatid
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1. outline homologous recombination
A protein complex called MRN binds to each end of the broken DNA and recruits exonucleases which remove nucleotides from one strand of the DNA End 1 is placed next to a similar nucleotide sequence called the homologous sequence and starts to base pair with complementary region This creates a loop in the homologous DNA DNA polymerase synthesises nucleotides to extend end 1 until it reaches a sequence which is complementary to end 2 End 1 releases the homologous DNA and its last few nucleotides bind to the last few nucleotides of end 1 DNA polymerase fills the gap on both sides of the union and DNA ligase seals the bond
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homologus recombination is
more reliable than non-homolopgus end joining - no loss of genetic info
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