The interplay between mitochondrial functionality and genome integrity in the prevention of human neurologic diseases

Mariarosaria D'Errico, Eleonora Parlanti, Barbara Pascucci, Giuseppe Filomeni, Pier Giorgio Mastroberardino, Eugenia Dogliotti*

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Abstract

As mitochondria are vulnerable to oxidative damage and represent the main source of reactive oxygen species (ROS), they are considered key tuners of ROS metabolism and buffering, whose dysfunction can progressively impact neuronal networks and disease. Defects in DNA repair and DNA damage response (DDR) may also affect neuronal health and lead to neuropathology. A number of congenital DNA repair and DDR defective syndromes, indeed, show neurological phenotypes, and a growing body of evidence indicate that defects in the mechanisms that control genome stability in neurons acts as aging-related modifiers of common neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer, Parkinson's, Huntington diseases and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. In this review we elaborate on the established principles and recent concepts supporting the hypothesis that deficiencies in either DNA repair or DDR might contribute to neurodegeneration via mechanisms involving mitochondrial dysfunction/deranged metabolism.

Original languageEnglish
Article number108977
JournalArchives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Volume710
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Oct 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The research presented in this review has been partially funded by the PRIN-MIUR grant N° 20152CB22L . We are grateful to Valentina Nanni for graphical work and Annalisa Masi for drawing chemical structures.

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© 2021 Elsevier Inc.

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