Singlet oxygen mediates the UVA-induced generation of the photoaging-associated mitochondrial common deletion.

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Mutations of mitochondrial (mt) DNA accumulate during normal aging. The most frequent mutation is a 4,977-base pair deletion also called the common deletion, which is increased in photoaged skin. Oxidative stress may play a major role in the generation of large scale mtDNA deletions, but direct proof for this has been elusive. We therefore assessed whether the common deletion can be generated in vitro through UV...

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