Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 55, Issue -, Pages 63-72Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.11.009
Keywords
Cadmium; Chromium(VI); Arsenic; ROS; Thiols; Zinc finger structures; DNA repair; Signal transduction; Tumor suppressor functions; Free radicals
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [HA2372/5-1]
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The carcinogenicity of cadmium, arsenic, and chromium(VI) compounds has been recognized for some decades. However, the underlying molecular mechanisms seem to be complex and are not completely understood at present. Although, with the exception of chromium(VI), direct DNA damage seems to be of minor importance, interactions with DNA repair processes, tumor suppressor functions, and signal transduction pathways have been described in diverse biological systems. In addition to the induction of damage to cellular macromolecules by reactive oxygen species, the interference with cellular redox regulation by reaction with redox-sensitive protein domains or amino acids may provide one plausible mechanism involved in metal carcinogenicity. Consequences are the distortion of zinc-binding structures and the activation or inactivation of redox-regulated signal transduction pathways, provoking metal-induced genomic instability. Nevertheless, the relevance of the respective mechanisms depends on the actual metal or metal species under consideration and more research is needed to further strengthen this hypothesis. (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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