J 2008

Base excision repair, aging and health span

XU, Guogang, Maryane HERZIG, Vladimír ROTREKL and Christi, A. WALTER

Basic information

Original name

Base excision repair, aging and health span

Name in Czech

Bázově excizní oprava, stárnutí a délka života

Authors

XU, Guogang (156 China), Maryane HERZIG (840 United States of America), Vladimír ROTREKL (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Christi, A. WALTER (840 United States of America)

Edition

Mechanisms of ageing and development, Ireland, Elsevier Science Ireland, 2008, 0047-6374

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.915

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14110/08:00107021

Organization unit

Faculty of Medicine

UT WoS

000257816100003

Keywords in English

Base excision repair; Aging; DNA damage; Mutagenesis; Health span

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 30/4/2020 00:35, Mgr. Michal Petr

Abstract

V originále

DNA damage and mutagenesis are suggested to contribute to aging through their ability to mediate cellular dysfunction. The base excision repair (BER) pathway ameliorates a large number of DNA lesions that arise spontaneously. Many of these lesions are reported to increase with age. The specific BER protein that appears to limit activity varies among tissues. DNA polymerase-beta is reduced in brain from aged mice and rats while AP endonuclease is reduced in spermatogenic cells obtained from old mice. The differences in proteins that appear to limit BER activity among tissues may represent true tissue-specific differences in activity or may be due to differences in techniques, environmental conditions or other unidentified differences among the experimental approaches. Much remains to be addressed concerning the potential role of BER in aging and age-related health span.