Ascorbic Acid and Thiol Antioxidants Suppress Spontaneous Mutagenesis in a Cu,Zn-superoxide Dismutase-deficient Mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  • Nagira Kohta
    Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science
  • Tamura Sayaka
    Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science
  • Kawano Shinji
    Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science
  • Ikeda Shogo
    Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Okayama University of Science

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  • Ascorbic Acid and Thiol Antioxidants Suppress Spontaneous Mutagenesis in a Cu,Zn-superoxide Dismutase-deficient Mutant of <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>

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Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD1) is a critical enzyme in the cellular antioxidant system. The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae SOD1 mutant (SOD1Δ) exhibits a moderate mutator phenotype under aerobic conditions. The mutation frequency of a SOD1Δ strain determined by a CAN1 forward-mutation assay was about 12-fold higher than that of the parental strain. Base substitutions G·CT·A, G·CA·T, and A·TC·G were most commonly observed in CAN1 mutants, indicating that the mutations are caused mainly by oxidative DNA damage. The mutation frequency of SOD1Δ was reduced in a dose-dependent manner by cultivating it in the presence of ascorbic acid, implying that the SOD1Δ mutant can be used as a tester strain for small molecule antioxidants. Exogenous glutathione and N-acetylcystein also alleviated the mutator phenotype. The results indicate that ascorbic acid and thiol antioxidants are able to efficiently protect cells against oxidative damage-induced mutagenesis. In this assay, no apparent mutation suppression was seen for other categories of antioxidants including resveratrol, Trolox and melatonin.<br>

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