NEIL1

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NEIL1
Gene ontology
Molecular function
Cellular component
Biological process
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Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001256552
NM_024608
NM_001352519
NM_001352520

NM_028347
NM_001357409

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001243481
NP_078884
NP_001339448
NP_001339449

NP_082623
NP_001344338

Location (UCSC)Chr 15: 75.35 – 75.36 MbChr 9: 57.05 – 57.06 Mb
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Endonuclease VIII-like 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NEIL1 gene.[5][6]

NEIL1 belongs to a class of DNA glycosylases homologous to the bacterial Fpg/Nei family. These glycosylases initiate the first step in base excision repair by cleaving bases damaged by reactive oxygen species (ROS) and introducing a DNA strand break via the associated lyase reaction.[6]

Targets

NEIL1 recognizes (targets) and removes certain ROS-damaged bases and then incises the abasic site via β,δ elimination, leaving 3′ and 5′ phosphate ends. NEIL1 recognizes oxidized pyrimidines, formamidopyrimidines, thymine residues oxidized at the methyl group, and both stereoisomers of thymine glycol.[7] The best substrates for human NEIL1 appear to be the hydantoin lesions, guanidinohydantoin, and spiroiminodihydantoin that are further oxidation products of 8-oxoG. NEIL1 is also capable of removing lesions from single-stranded DNA as well as from bubble and forked DNA structures. Because the expression of NEIL1 is cell-cycle dependent, and because it acts on forked DNA structures and interacts with PCNA and FEN-1, it has been proposed that NEIL1 functions in replication associated DNA repair.

Deficiency in cancer

NEIL1 is one of the

non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors,[9] 42% were hypermethylated in the NEIL1 promoter region. This was the most frequent DNA repair deficiency found among the 8 DNA repair genes tested. NEIL1 was also one of six DNA repair genes found to be hypermethylated in their promoter regions in colorectal cancer.[10]

While other DNA repair genes, such as

MGMT and MLH1, are often evaluated for epigenetic repression in many types of cancer,[citation needed
] epigenetic deficiency of NEIL1 is usually not evaluated, but might be of importance in such cancers as well.

DNA damage appears to be the primary underlying cause of cancer.

mutational errors during DNA replication due to error-prone translesion synthesis. Excess DNA damage may also increase epigenetic alterations due to errors during DNA repair.[12][13] Such mutations and epigenetic alterations may give rise to cancer (see malignant neoplasms
).

In colon cancer,

germ line mutations in DNA repair genes cause only 2–5% of cases.[14] However, methylation of the promoter region of DNA repair genes (including NEIL1[10]), are frequently associated with colon cancers and may be an important causal factor for these cancers.[citation needed
]

Memory retention

NEIL1 promotes short-term spatial memory retention. Mice lacking NEIL1 have impaired memory retention in a water maze test.[15]

Stroke prevention

NEIL1 also protects against ischemic stroke-induced brain dysfunction and death in mice.[15] NEIL1 deficiency causes brain damage and a functionally defective outcome in a mouse model of stroke.

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000140398Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000032298Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: NEIL1 nei endonuclease VIII-like 1 (E. coli)".
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