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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-16
pubmed:abstractText
In the present paper we show that the overexpression of the NL1Tc protein, encoded by the L1Tc non-LTR retrotransposon from Trypanosoma cruzi, led to a reduction of about 60% of DNA damage caused by daunorubicin treatment. This repair effect is not observed in transfected parasites overexpressing the NL1Tc mutated in the aspartic acid located in the active site of the enzyme. In addition, NL1Tc overexpression protects the parasite from the negative effect that daunorubicin has on parasite's growth rate. Thus, parasites overexpressing NL1Tc show, after treatment with 4 microM of daunorubicin, growth rate two to three times higher than the growth rate observed in treated control parasites transformed with the empty vector or overexpressing the mutated NL1Tc. Likewise, parasites overexpressing the NL1Tc protein and irradiated with a single dose of gamma-radiation (6 or 9 Gy) show higher growth rates than the parasites overexpressing the mutated NL1Tc or the control transfected parasites.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
1626
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25-32
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
The endonuclease NL1Tc encoded by the LINE L1Tc from Trypanosoma cruzi protects parasites from daunorubicin DNA damage.
pubmed:affiliation
Departamento de Biología Molecular, Instituto de Parasitología y Biomedicina López Neyra, CSIC, 18001, Granada, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't