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Chapter 6: Molecular Mechanisms of DNA Repair Flashcards

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Mammalian cells have specialized pathways to sense, respond to and repair _____________ such as ___________________.

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specific damage formats
base damage, SSBs, DSBs, sugar damage, DNA-DNA and DNA-protein crosslinks

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There are different repair pathways for repairing DNA damage depending on _____________.

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stage of the cell cycle

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Eukaryotic cell mechanisms to restore the structural integrity of DNA includes
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5.
6.

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  1. direct repair of defects
  2. nucleotide excision repair
  3. base excision repair
  4. mismatch repair
  5. homologous recombination
  6. non-homologous end-joining
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) fixes ___________ such as ___________ produced by UV irradiation.

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bulky lesions
pyrimidine dimers

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Base excision repair (BER) repairs __________ and __________.

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damaged bases
SSBs

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Mismatch repairs corrects ____________ and ________ as they occur during _________.

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mismatched nucleotides
small loops
replication

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Homologous recombination repairs ___________.

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DSBs

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Non-homologous end-joining repairs ___________.

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DSBs

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The types of lesions caused by ionizing radiation are _________, __________, _________, _________, __________, _________, and _________.

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base damage
AP sites
SSBs
DSBs
dimers
bulky adducts
base mismatches

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Oxidative stress is the imbalance between _____________ and a biological systems ability to _____________.

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production of ROS
detoxify the ROS/repair the resulting damage

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Disturbances in the normal redox state of tissues can cause toxic effects through the production of __________ and ________ that _________ of the cell.

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peroxides
free radicals
damage all components

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Some ROS can act as messengers through ____________.

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redox signaling

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Oxidative stress in humans can be negative as it is involved in ___________ such as _____________. However it can also be positive in that they are used for __________ by __________.

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disease
sickle cell, Parkinsons, heart failure, Alzheimer’s, bipolar, etc.
attacking and killing pathogens
immune system

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Superoxide is produced in significant amounts ____________.

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intracellularly

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The major reactive oxygen species (ROS) are ________, _________, __________, ________, __________, and _________.

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singlet oxygen
superoxide
hydrogen peroxide
hydroxyl radical
nitric oxide
HOCl/HOBr/HOI

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_____________ is formed after absorption of energy.

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Singlet oxygen

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Superoxide comes from _____________ from electron transport; activated ____________; __________ and __________.

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leakage of electrons
phagocytes
xanthine oxidase
flavoenzymes

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18
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Superoxide is ________ oxidizing, _________ reductive.

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weakly
mostly

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___________ has similar binding energy to pre-hydrated electron. They both cause __________ damage.

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Superoxide
reductive

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The enzyme defenses for superoxide is __________. The products are __________.

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superoxide dismutase
H2O2 + O2

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Hydrogen peroxide is _________ oxidizing.

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weakly

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___________ is produced from superoxide via SOD.

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hydrogen peroxide

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________ is the major target of ionizing radiation however more research is being conducted on contribution of __________ damage to cell death induced by radiation.

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DNA
cytoplasm

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Irradiation of the cytoplasm perturbs ___________ which might contribute to the activation of ___________ that could impact upon the damaging effects of radiation.

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intracellular metabolic redox reactions
protective or damaging processes

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The free radicals produced by ionizing radiation are _______, ________, _______, and _______.
ROS RNS RHS (reactive halogenated species) prehydrated electron
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Transient generation of ROS/RNS/RHS has been detected within ________ of exposing the cell to IR.
minutes
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________ and ________ are the sources for ROS/RHS/RNS.
mitochondrion cytoplasm
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__________ act as signaling molecules, ________ plays a role in immune defense.
ROS/RNS RHS
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amount of ROS produced by IR at clinically relevant radiation doses is __________ then the background (endogenous) ROS level produced by _____________ of the cell.
1000 fold lower oxidative metabolism
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The lethal radiation dose for a human body is _________.
4 Gy
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The unit _______ is use for radiation dose.
Gy
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ROS are generated during __________. Most damage _______ but sometimes _________. Most errors are _________ but some can _________.
respiration can be repaired there will be mistakes silent cause serious disease
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If an amine group on DNA is moved, then there ____________ which causes damage.
cannot be H-bond
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DNA is monitored by a swarm of proteins which ___________.
monitor the integrity
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If DNA was not repairable, _________ could not exist.
life
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Defects in damage sensing machinery/DNA repair processes can be correlated with ___________ of disease.
increase incidence
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When bacteria are exposed to deadly doses of UV radiation they can suddenly recover if ____________.
illuminated with visible blue light
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The two nucleotide excision repair pathways are __________ and __________.
global genome repair (GG-NER) transcription-coupled repair (TC-NER)
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GG-NER is ________ so lesions can be removed from DNA that ________ or ________ for genes.
genome-wide encodes does not encode
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TC-NER only removes lesions in the DNA strands of ____________.
actively transcribed genes
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TC-NER removes _________ from the site of damage to allow for repair of proteins.
RNA polymerase
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The steps of NER are: 1. ___________ 2. _________ that bracket the lesion. 3. __________ of the region containing the adducts. 4. ____________ in the gap region. 5. ____________.
damage recognition DNA incisions removal repair synthesis DNA ligation
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A human equivalent to ________ helps set the circadian clock.
photolyase
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DNA photolyase repairs ___________ and _________.
cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers 6-4 photoproducts
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MMR removes ______ and ________ mismatches that occur during replication.
base-base small insertion
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The process of MMR is: 1. ____________ that transduce the signal of a mismatched base pair. 2. ____________. 3. Newly synthesized strand harboring mismatch is __________ and _________ nucleotides are excised. 4. ________ and _______ of excised DNA tract is completed.
identification of mismatch by sensors MMR factors are recruited identified, incorrect/altered resynthesis, ligation
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Defects in DNA mismatch repair increases the risk of developing _____________.
hereditary colon cancer
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pyrimidine dimers are caused by __________ not __________.
UV radiation ionizing radiation
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Base excision repair, homologous recombination and nonhomologous end joining _________ radiation damage.
repair
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Nucleotide excision repair, transcription coupled repair and mismatch repair _________ radiation damage.
do not
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DNA damage _______ mutation rate, _________ cell death. Mutations in XARCC1 ________ cell death.
increase does not affect increase
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Defects in BER may lead to ________ mutation rate and ________ result in cellular radiosensitivity. Exception is __________ which _______ radiation sensitivity.
increased do not XRCC1 increases
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Mutation in NER genes ________ lead to ionizing radiation sensitivity.
does not
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DNA DSBs can be repaired by __________ and __________.
homologous recombination repair (HRR) nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ)
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HRR uses ____________ in repair as a template.
undamaged DNA strand
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NHEJ mediates __________.
end to end joining
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___________ is an error-free process. _________ is error-prone.
Homologous recombination NHEJ
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HRR primarily occurs in ________ whereas NHEJ occurs in _________. However they are not mutually exclusive and have been found active in ________.
late S/G2 phase G1 phase late S/G2 phase
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DSB has _________ of total damage but is __________ because _________ to repair.
smaller fraction more important difficult

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