ALDH2 mutations and defense against genotoxic aldehydes in cancer and inherited bone marrow failure syndromes

AYH Woo, L Jia - … Research-Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Reactive aldehydes, for instance, formaldehyde and acetaldehyde, are important
endogenous or environmental mutagens by virtue of their abilities to produce a DNA lesion …

A glycolytic metabolite bypasses “two-hit” tumor suppression by BRCA2

LR Kong, K Gupta, AJ Wu, D Perera, R Ivanyi-Nagy… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Summary Knudson's" two-hit" paradigm posits that carcinogenesis requires inactivation of
both copies of an autosomal tumor suppressor gene. Here, we report that the glycolytic …

Fanconi anemia and Aldehyde Degradation Deficiency Syndrome: Metabolism and DNA repair protect the genome and hematopoiesis from endogenous DNA …

A Mu, A Hira, M Mori, Y Okamoto, M Takata - DNA repair, 2023 - Elsevier
We have identified a set of Japanese children with hypoplastic anemia caused by combined
defects in aldehyde degrading enzymes ADH5 and ALDH2. Their clinical characteristics …

The mutagenic properties of formaldehyde and acetaldehyde: reflections on half a century of progress

MJ Thapa, K Chan - … Research-Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Formaldehyde and acetaldehyde are reactive, small compounds that humans are exposed
to routinely, variously from endogenous and exogenous sources. Both small aldehydes are …