Table 1.
Endogenous DNA lesions | Notes | Refs. [163,164] |
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Single base mismatches | Polymerase and mismatch defects | [163,165] |
Mismatched loops | Mismatch deficiencies | [165] |
Abasic sites | Abasic sites; BER* | [165] |
8-Oxoguanosine | Free radicals | [166] |
5-Hydroxycytosine | Free radicals | [166] |
Single-strand breaks | Free radicals; base excision repair | [16,167] |
Cytosine methylation | Physiological | [168] |
Triple helix formation | Physiological | [169] |
Apoptotic chromatin fragmentation | Ubiquitous during apoptosis | [164,170–172] |
Exogenous DNA lesions | [163] | |
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UV lesions | Dimers and 6,4-photoproducts | [173,174] |
IR-induced DNA breaks | Both single- and double-strand breaks | [16] |
O6- or N7- or O3-methylguanine | Alkylating drugs (MNNG, MMS, TMZ)* | [45,53,175] |
O6-dA-benzo[a]pyrene adducts | Intercalated carcinogenic adducts | [176] |
N2-dG-benzo[a]pyrene adducts | Minor groove carcinogenic adducts | [177,178] |
N2-dG-benzo[c]phenanthrene adducts | Intercalated carcinogenic adducts | [178] |
N6-ethenoadenine | Carcinogenic vinyl adduct | [179] |
N2-dG-ethyl adducts | Produced by acetaldehyde (alcohol) | [180] |
N2-dG-crotonaldehyde adducts | Exogenous carcinogens and endogenous | [181] |
BER: base excision repair; MNNG: methylnitronitrosoguanine; MMS: methylmethanesulfonate; TMZ: temozolomide.