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ReviewParasites & vectors2019

DNA damage response and repair in perspective: Aedes aegypti, Drosophila melanogaster and Homo sapiens.

Maria Beatriz S Mota, Marcelo Alex Carvalho, Alvaro N A Monteiro, Rafael D Mesquita

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Review in Parasites & vectors, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
35citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Maria Beatriz S MotaDepartamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Marcelo Alex CarvalhoInstituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Alvaro N A MonteiroCancer Epidemiology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA.
Rafael D MesquitaDepartamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. rdmesquita@iq.ufrj.br.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BRMoffitt Cancer Center · USRio de Janeiro Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology · BR

Funding

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico INCT - Entomologia Molecular ConsortiumConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico PhD fellowship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe maintenance of genomic integrity is the responsibility of a complex network, denominated the DNA damage response (DDR), which controls the lesion detection and DNA repair. The main repair pathways are base excision repair (BER), nucleotide excision repair (NER), mismatch repair (MMR), homologous recombination repair (HR) and non-homologous end joining repair (NHEJ). They correct double-strand breaks (DSB), single-strand breaks, mismatches and others, or when the damage is quite extensive and repair insufficient, apoptosis is activated.

methodsIn this study we used the BLAST reciprocal best-hit methodology to search for DDR orthologs proteins in Aedes aegypti. We also provided a comparison between Ae. aegypti, D. melanogaster and human DDR network.

resultsOur analysis revealed the presence of ATR and ATM signaling, including the H2AX ortholog, in Ae. aegypti. Key DDR proteins (orthologs to RAD51, Ku and MRN complexes, XP-components, MutS and MutL) were also identified in this insect. Other proteins were not identified in both Ae. aegypti and D. melanogaster, including BRCA1 and its partners from BRCA1-A complex, TP53BP1, PALB2, POLk, CSA, CSB and POLβ. In humans, their absence affects DSB signaling, HR and sub-pathways of NER and BER. Seven orthologs not known in D. melanogaster were found in Ae. aegypti (RNF168, RIF1, WRN, RAD54B, RMI1, DNAPKcs, ARTEMIS).

conclusionsThe presence of key DDR proteins in Ae. aegypti suggests that the main DDR pathways are functional in this insect, and the identification of proteins not known in D. melanogaster can help fill gaps in the DDR network. The mapping of the DDR network in Ae. aegypti can support mosquito biology studies and inform genetic manipulation approaches applied to this vector.

Indexed as

DNA DamageDNA RepairAedesAnimalsDrosophila melanogasterDrosophila ProteinsHumansSignal TransductionDrosophila ProteinsAedes aegyptiDDRDNA damage responseDNA repair

Identifiers

PMID31711518
PMCPMC6849265
OpenAlexW2987378717

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