Abstract
AbstractFormaldehyde (FA) is a ubiquitous endogenous and environmental metabolite that is thought to exert cytotoxicity through DNA and DNA-protein crosslinking. We show here that FA can cause cellular damage beyond genotoxicity by triggering oxidative stress, which is prevented by the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase 5 (ADH5/GSNOR). Mechanistically, we determine that endogenous FA reacts with the redox-active thiol group of glutathione (GSH) forming S-hydroxymethyl-GSH, which is metabolized by ADH5 yielding reduced GSH thus preventing redox disruption. We identify theADH5-ortholog gene inCaenorhabditis elegansand show that oxidative stress also underlies FA toxicity in nematodes. Moreover, we show that endogenous GSH can protect cells lacking the Fanconi Anemia DNA repair pathway from FA, which might have broad implications for Fanconi Anemia patients and for healthyBRCA2-mutation carriers. We thus establish a highly conserved mechanism through which endogenous FA disrupts the GSH-regulated cellular redox homeostasis that is critical during development and aging.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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