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Giannakakis A, Tsifintaris M, Gouzouasis V, Ow GS, Aau MY, Papp C, Ivshina AV, Kuznetsov VA. KDM7A-DT induces genotoxic stress, tumorigenesis, and progression of p53 missense mutation-associated invasive breast cancer. Front Oncol 2024; 14:1227151. [PMID: 38756663 PMCID: PMC11097164 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1227151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024] Open
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Stress-induced promoter-associated and antisense lncRNAs (si-paancRNAs) originate from a reservoir of oxidative stress (OS)-specific promoters via RNAPII pausing-mediated divergent antisense transcription. Several studies have shown that the KDM7A divergent transcript gene (KDM7A-DT), which encodes a si-paancRNA, is overexpressed in some cancer types. However, the mechanisms of this overexpression and its corresponding roles in oncogenesis and cancer progression are poorly understood. We found that KDM7A-DT expression is correlated with highly aggressive cancer types and specific inherently determined subtypes (such as ductal invasive breast carcinoma (BRCA) basal subtype). Its regulation is determined by missense TP53 mutations in a subtype-specific context. KDM7A-DT transcribes several intermediate-sized ncRNAs and a full-length transcript, exhibiting distinct expression and localization patterns. Overexpression of KDM7A-DT upregulates TP53 protein expression and H2AX phosphorylation in nonmalignant fibroblasts, while in semi-transformed fibroblasts, OS superinduces KDM7A-DT expression in a TP53-dependent manner. KDM7A-DT knockdown and gene expression profiling in TP53-missense mutated luminal A BRCA variant, where it is abundantly expressed, indicate its significant role in cancer pathways. Endogenous over-expression of KDM7A-DT inhibits DNA damage response/repair (DDR/R) via the TP53BP1-mediated pathway, reducing apoptosis and promoting G2/M checkpoint arrest. Higher KDM7A-DT expression in BRCA is associated with KDM7A-DT locus gain/amplification, higher histologic grade, aneuploidy, hypoxia, immune modulation scores, and activation of the c-myc pathway. Higher KDM7A-DT expression is associated with relatively poor survival outcomes in patients with luminal A or Basal subtypes. In contrast, it is associated with favorable outcomes in patients with HER2+ER- or luminal B subtypes. KDM7A-DT levels are coregulated with critical transcripts and proteins aberrantly expressed in BRCA, including those involved in DNA repair via non-homologous end joining and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition pathway. In summary, KDM7A-DT and its si-lncRNA exhibit several intrinsic biological and clinical characteristics that suggest important roles in invasive BRCA and its subtypes. KDM7A-DT-defined mRNA and protein subnetworks offer resources for identifying clinically relevant RNA-based signatures and prospective targets for therapeutic intervention.
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- Antonis Giannakakis
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
- Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
- University Research Institute for the Study of Genetic & Malignant Disorders in Childhood, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
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- Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Urology, The State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
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- Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- Bioinformatics Institute, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
- Department of Urology, The State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The State University of New York (SUNY) Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, United States
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Rajpurohit YS, Sharma DK, Lal M, Soni I. A perspective on tumor radiation resistance following high-LET radiation treatment. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol 2024; 150:226. [PMID: 38696003 PMCID: PMC11065934 DOI: 10.1007/s00432-024-05757-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2024] [Accepted: 04/22/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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High-linear energy transfer (LET) radiation is a promising alternative to conventional low-LET radiation for therapeutic gain against cancer owing to its ability to induce complex and clustered DNA lesions. However, the development of radiation resistance poses a significant barrier. The potential molecular mechanisms that could confer resistance development are translesion synthesis (TLS), replication gap suppression (RGS) mechanisms, autophagy, epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) activation, release of exosomes, and epigenetic changes. This article will discuss various types of complex clustered DNA damage, their repair mechanisms, mutagenic potential, and the development of radiation resistance strategies. Furthermore, it highlights the importance of careful consideration and patient selection when employing high-LET radiotherapy in clinical settings.
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- Yogendra Singh Rajpurohit
- Molecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 2-46-S, Modular Lab, A-Block, Mumbai, 400085, India.
- Homi Bhabha National Institute, DAE- Deemed University, Mumbai, 400094, India.
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- Molecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 2-46-S, Modular Lab, A-Block, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- Molecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, 2-46-S, Modular Lab, A-Block, Mumbai, 400085, India
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- Homi Bhabha National Institute, DAE- Deemed University, Mumbai, 400094, India
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Shiraishi Y, Matsuya Y, Fukunaga H. Possible mechanisms and simulation modeling of FLASH radiotherapy. Radiol Phys Technol 2024; 17:11-23. [PMID: 38184508 DOI: 10.1007/s12194-023-00770-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/08/2024]
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FLASH radiotherapy (FLASH-RT) has great potential to improve patient outcomes. It delivers radiation doses at an ultra-high dose rate (UHDR: ≥ 40 Gy/s) in a single instant or a few pulses. Much higher irradiation doses can be administered to tumors with FLASH-RT than with conventional dose rate (0.01-0.40 Gy/s) radiotherapy. UHDR irradiation can suppress toxicity in normal tissues while sustaining antitumor efficiency, which is referred to as the FLASH effect. However, the mechanisms underlying the effects of the FLASH remain unclear. To clarify these mechanisms, the development of simulation models that can contribute to treatment planning for FLASH-RT is still underway. Previous studies indicated that transient oxygen depletion or augmented reactions between secondary reactive species produced by irradiation may be involved in this process. To discuss the possible mechanisms of the FLASH effect and its clinical potential, we summarized the physicochemical, chemical, and biological perspectives as well as the development of simulation modeling for FLASH-RT.
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- Yuta Shiraishi
- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, N12 W5 Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0812, Japan
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Japan Healthcare University, 3-11-1-50 Tsukisamu-Higashi, Toyohira-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 062-0053, Japan
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, N12 W5 Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, N12 W5 Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-0812, Japan.
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Bivehed E, Hellman B, Wenson L, Stenerlöw B, Söderberg O, Heldin J. Visualizing DNA single- and double-strand breaks in the Flash comet assay by DNA polymerase-assisted end-labelling. Nucleic Acids Res 2024; 52:e22. [PMID: 38261985 PMCID: PMC10899772 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkae009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 01/02/2024] [Indexed: 01/25/2024] Open
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In the comet assay, tails are formed after single-cell gel electrophoresis if the cells have been exposed to genotoxic agents. These tails include a mixture of both DNA single-strand breaks (SSBs) and double-strand breaks (DSBs). However, these two types of strand breaks cannot be distinguished using comet assay protocols with conventional DNA stains. Since DSBs are more problematic for the cells, it would be useful if the SSBs and DSBs could be differentially identified in the same comet. In order to be able to distinguish between SSBs and DSBs, we designed a protocol for polymerase-assisted DNA damage analysis (PADDA) to be used in combination with the Flash comet protocol, or on fixed cells. By using DNA polymerase I to label SSBs and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase to label DSBs with fluorophore-labelled nucleotides. Herein, TK6-cells or HaCat cells were exposed to either hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), ionising radiation (X-rays) or DNA cutting enzymes, and then subjected to a comet protocol followed by PADDA. PADDA offers a wider detection range, unveiling previously undetected DNA strand breaks.
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- Erik Bivehed
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala SE-751 24, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala SE-751 24, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala SE-751 24, Sweden
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- Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Rudbeck Laboratory, Uppsala SE-751 85, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala SE-751 24, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Biomedical Centre, Uppsala SE-751 24, Sweden
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Coll RP, Bright SJ, Martinus DKJ, Georgiou DK, Sawakuchi GO, Manning HC. Alpha Particle-Emitting Radiopharmaceuticals as Cancer Therapy: Biological Basis, Current Status, and Future Outlook for Therapeutics Discovery. Mol Imaging Biol 2023; 25:991-1019. [PMID: 37845582 DOI: 10.1007/s11307-023-01857-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2023] [Revised: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Critical advances in radionuclide therapy have led to encouraging new options for cancer treatment through the pairing of clinically useful radiation-emitting radionuclides and innovative pharmaceutical discovery. Of the various subatomic particles used in therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, alpha (α) particles show great promise owing to their relatively large size, delivered energy, finite pathlength, and resulting ionization density. This review discusses the therapeutic benefits of α-emitting radiopharmaceuticals and their pairing with appropriate diagnostics, resulting in innovative "theranostic" platforms. Herein, the current landscape of α particle-emitting radionuclides is described with an emphasis on their use in theranostic development for cancer treatment. Commonly studied radionuclides are introduced and recent efforts towards their production for research and clinical use are described. The growing popularity of these radionuclides is explained through summarizing the biological effects of α radiation on cancer cells, which include DNA damage, activation of discrete cell death programs, and downstream immune responses. Examples of efficient α-theranostic design are described with an emphasis on strategies that lead to cellular internalization and the targeting of proteins involved in therapeutic resistance. Historical barriers to the clinical deployment of α-theranostic radiopharmaceuticals are also discussed. Recent progress towards addressing these challenges is presented along with examples of incorporating α-particle therapy in pharmaceutical platforms that can be easily converted into diagnostic counterparts.
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- Ryan P Coll
- Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1881 East Rd, Houston, TX, 77054, USA
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 6565 MD Anderson Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 6565 MD Anderson Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1881 East Rd, Houston, TX, 77054, USA
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 6565 MD Anderson Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Cancer Systems Imaging, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1881 East Rd, Houston, TX, 77054, USA.
- Cyclotron Radiochemistry Facility, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1881 East Rd, Houston, TX, 77054, USA.
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Liao H, Yang S, Liang Z, Xiao L, Xie S, Lin P, Xia F, Fang C, Chen Q, Ling D, Li F. A Cancer Cell Selective Replication Stress Nano Amplifier Promotes Replication Fork Catastrophe to Overcome Radioresistance. ACS NANO 2023; 17:18548-18561. [PMID: 37706454 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c06774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/15/2023]
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Replication stress (RS) induced by DNA damage plays a significant role in conferring the anticancer effects of radiotherapy and is tightly associated with radioresistance of cancer cells. Amplification of RS represents an effective approach to improving the efficacy of radiotherapy, although the development of selective RS amplifiers remains an unexplored frontier. We herein present an RS nano amplifier (RSNA) consisting of a catalytic FePt nanoparticle loaded with the chemotherapeutic doxorubicin (DOX), which selectively exacerbates RS in cancer cells by promoting replication fork (RF) catastrophe. RSNA converts the excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) in cancer cells into oxygen, enhancing the DNA-damaging effects of radiotherapy to create more template lesions that impede RF progression in coalition with DOX. After radiation, ROS scavenging by RSNA accelerates RF progression through damaged template strands, increasing the frequency of RF collapse into double-strand breaks. Moreover, pretreatment with RSNA accumulates cancer cells in the S phase, exposing more RFs to radiation-induced RS. These effects of RSNA convergently maximize RS in cancer cells, effectively overcoming the radioresistance of cancer cells without affecting normal cells. Our study demonstrates the feasibility of selectively amplifying RS to boost radiotherapy.
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- Hongwei Liao
- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, National Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- WLA Laboratories, Shanghai 201203, China
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- Institute of Pharmaceutics, Hangzhou Institute of Innovative Medicine, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
- WLA Laboratories, Shanghai 201203, China
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Sampadi B, Vermeulen S, Mišovic B, Boei JJ, Batth TS, Chang JG, Paulsen MT, Magnuson B, Schimmel J, Kool H, Olie CS, Everts B, Vertegaal ACO, Olsen JV, Ljungman M, Jeggo PA, Mullenders LHF, Vrieling H. Divergent Molecular and Cellular Responses to Low and High-Dose Ionizing Radiation. Cells 2022; 11:cells11233794. [PMID: 36497055 PMCID: PMC9739411 DOI: 10.3390/cells11233794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Cancer risk after ionizing radiation (IR) is assumed to be linear with the dose; however, for low doses, definite evidence is lacking. Here, using temporal multi-omic systems analyses after a low (LD; 0.1 Gy) or a high (HD; 1 Gy) dose of X-rays, we show that, although the DNA damage response (DDR) displayed dose proportionality, many other molecular and cellular responses did not. Phosphoproteomics uncovered a novel mode of phospho-signaling via S12-PPP1R7, and large-scale dephosphorylation events that regulate mitotic exit control in undamaged cells and the G2/M checkpoint upon IR in a dose-dependent manner. The phosphoproteomics of irradiated DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) repair-deficient cells unveiled extended phospho-signaling duration in either a dose-dependent (DDR signaling) or independent (mTOR-ERK-MAPK signaling) manner without affecting signal magnitude. Nascent transcriptomics revealed the transcriptional activation of genes involved in NRF2-regulated antioxidant defense, redox-sensitive ERK-MAPK signaling, glycolysis and mitochondrial function after LD, suggesting a prominent role for reactive oxygen species (ROS) in molecular and cellular responses to LD exposure, whereas DDR genes were prominently activated after HD. However, how and to what extent the observed dose-dependent differences in molecular and cellular responses may impact cancer development remain unclear, as the induction of chromosomal damage was found to be dose-proportional (10-200 mGy).
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- Bharath Sampadi
- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
- Correspondence: (B.S.); (H.V.)
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Proteomics Program, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rogel Cancer Center and Center for RNA Biomedicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rogel Cancer Center and Center for RNA Biomedicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Parasitology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333ZA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell and Chemical Biology, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Proteomics Program, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Science, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3B, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Rogel Cancer Center and Center for RNA Biomedicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Genetics, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine (RIeM), Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, 2333ZC Leiden, The Netherlands
- Correspondence: (B.S.); (H.V.)
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Hafez N, Modather El-Awadly Z, Arafa RK. UCH-L3 structure and function: Insights about a promising drug target. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 227:113970. [PMID: 34752952 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2021.113970] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Revised: 10/29/2021] [Accepted: 10/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
Abstract
In the past few years, researchers have shed light on the immense importance of ubiquitin in numerous regulatory pathways. The post-translational addition of mono or poly-ubiquitin molecules namely "ubiquitinoylation" is therefore pivotal to maintain the cell's vitality, maturation, differentiation, and division. Part of conserving homeostasis stems from maintaining the ubiquitin pool in the vicinity of the cell's intracellular environment; this crucial role is played by deubiquitylating enzymes (DUBs) that cleave ubiquitin molecules from target molecules. To date, they are categorized into 7 families with ubiquitin carboxyl c-terminal de-hydrolase family (UCH) as the most common and well-studied. Ubiquitin C-terminal hydrolase L (UCH-L3) is a significant protein in this family as it has been implicated in many molecular and cellular processes with its mRNA identified in a range of body tissues including the brain. It goes without saying that it manifests in maintaining health and when abnormally regulated in disease. As it is an attractive small molecule drug target, scientists have used high throughput screening (HTS) and other drug discovery methods to discover inhibitors for this enzyme for the treatment of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. In this review we present an overview of UCH-L3 catalytic mechanism, structure, its role in DNA repair and cancer along with the inhibitors discovered so far to halt its activity.
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- Noha Hafez
- Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Science and Technology, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Cairo, 12578, Egypt
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- Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Science and Technology, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Cairo, 12578, Egypt
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- Biomedical Sciences Program, University of Science and Technology, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Cairo, 12578, Egypt; Drug Design and Discovery Laboratory, Helmy Institute for Medical Sciences, Zewail City of Science and Technology, Cairo, 12578, Egypt.
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Sharma M, Anand P, Padwad YS, Dogra V, Acharya V. DNA damage response proteins synergistically affect the cancer prognosis and resistance. Free Radic Biol Med 2022; 178:174-188. [PMID: 34848370 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2021.11.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 11/19/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Amplification of oxidative stress can be utilized as a strategy to attenuate cancer progression by instigating apoptosis. However, the duration of positive response to such therapies is limited, as cancer cells eventually develop resistance. The underlying molecular mechanisms of cancer cells to escape apoptosis under oxidative stress is unknown. Employing big data, and its integration with transcriptome, proteome and network analysis in six cancer types revealed system-level interactions between DNA damage response (DDR) proteins, including; DNA damage repair, cell cycle checkpoints and anti-apoptotic proteins. Cancer system biology is used to elucidate mechanisms for cancer progression, but networks defining mechanisms causing resistance is less explored. Using system biology, we identified DDR hubs between G1-S and M phases that were associated with bad prognosis. The increased expression of DDR network was involved in resistance under high oxidative stress. We validated our findings by combining H2O2 induced oxidative stress and DDR inhibitors in human lung cancer cells to conclude the necessity of targeting a 'disease-causing network'. Collectively, our work provides insights toward designing strategies for network pharmacology to combat resistance in cancer research.
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- Meetal Sharma
- Functional Genomics and Complex System Lab, Department of Biotechnology, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, 176 061, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology Lab, Dietetics & Nutrition Technology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, 176 061, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology Lab, Dietetics & Nutrition Technology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, 176 061, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India.
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- Plant Molecular Biology and Stress Signalling Lab, Department of Biotechnology, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, 176 061, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India.
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- Functional Genomics and Complex System Lab, Department of Biotechnology, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, Himachal Pradesh, 176 061, India; Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, 201002, India.
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Schubert I. Boon and Bane of DNA Double-Strand Breaks. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22105171. [PMID: 34068283 PMCID: PMC8153287 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22105171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2021] [Revised: 05/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), interrupting the genetic information, are elicited by various environmental and endogenous factors. They bear the risk of cell lethality and, if mis-repaired, of deleterious mutation. This negative impact is contrasted by several evolutionary achievements for DSB processing that help maintaining stable inheritance (correct repair, meiotic cross-over) and even drive adaptation (immunoglobulin gene recombination), differentiation (chromatin elimination) and speciation by creating new genetic diversity via DSB mis-repair. Targeted DSBs play a role in genome editing for research, breeding and therapy purposes. Here, I survey possible causes, biological effects and evolutionary consequences of DSBs, mainly for students and outsiders.
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- Ingo Schubert
- Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), OT Gatersleben, D-06466 Seeland, Germany
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Strand with mutagenic lesion is preferentially used as a template in the region of a bi-stranded clustered DNA damage site in Escherichia coli. Sci Rep 2020; 10:9737. [PMID: 32546758 PMCID: PMC7297740 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66651-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The damaging potential of ionizing radiation arises largely from the generation of clustered DNA damage sites within cells. Previous studies using synthetic DNA lesions have demonstrated that models of clustered DNA damage exhibit enhanced mutagenic potential of the comprising lesions. However, little is known regarding the processes that lead to mutations in these sites, apart from the fact that base excision repair of lesions within the cluster is compromised. Unique features of the mutation frequencies within bi-stranded clusters have led researchers to speculate that the strand containing the mutagenic lesion is preferentially used as the template for DNA synthesis. To gain further insights into the processing of clustered DNA damage sites, we used a plasmid-based assay in E. coli cells. Our findings revealed that the strand containing a mutagenic lesion within a bi-stranded clustered DNA damage site is frequently used as the template. This suggests the presence of an, as yet unknown, strand synthesis process that is unrelated to base excision repair, and that this process plays an important role in mutagenesis. The length of the region of strand preference was found to be determined by DNA polymerase I.
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Differential Repair Protein Recruitment at Sites of Clustered and Isolated DNA Double-Strand Breaks Produced by High-Energy Heavy Ions. Sci Rep 2020; 10:1443. [PMID: 31996740 PMCID: PMC6989695 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58084-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair is crucial to maintain genomic stability. The fidelity of the repair depends on the complexity of the lesion, with clustered DSBs being more difficult to repair than isolated breaks. Using live cell imaging of heavy ion tracks produced at a high-energy particle accelerator we visualised simultaneously the recruitment of different proteins at individual sites of complex and simple DSBs in human cells. NBS1 and 53BP1 were recruited in a few seconds to complex DSBs, but in 40% of the isolated DSBs the recruitment was delayed approximately 5 min. Using base excision repair (BER) inhibitors we demonstrate that some simple DSBs are generated by enzymatic processing of base damage, while BER did not affect the complex DSBs. The results show that DSB processing and repair kinetics are dependent on the complexity of the breaks and can be different even for the same clastogenic agent.
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Nickoloff JA, Sharma N, Taylor L. Clustered DNA Double-Strand Breaks: Biological Effects and Relevance to Cancer Radiotherapy. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E99. [PMID: 31952359 PMCID: PMC7017136 DOI: 10.3390/genes11010099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 01/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Cells manage to survive, thrive, and divide with high accuracy despite the constant threat of DNA damage. Cells have evolved with several systems that efficiently repair spontaneous, isolated DNA lesions with a high degree of accuracy. Ionizing radiation and a few radiomimetic chemicals can produce clustered DNA damage comprising complex arrangements of single-strand damage and DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). There is substantial evidence that clustered DNA damage is more mutagenic and cytotoxic than isolated damage. Radiation-induced clustered DNA damage has proven difficult to study because the spectrum of induced lesions is very complex, and lesions are randomly distributed throughout the genome. Nonetheless, it is fairly well-established that radiation-induced clustered DNA damage, including non-DSB and DSB clustered lesions, are poorly repaired or fail to repair, accounting for the greater mutagenic and cytotoxic effects of clustered lesions compared to isolated lesions. High linear energy transfer (LET) charged particle radiation is more cytotoxic per unit dose than low LET radiation because high LET radiation produces more clustered DNA damage. Studies with I-SceI nuclease demonstrate that nuclease-induced DSB clusters are also cytotoxic, indicating that this cytotoxicity is independent of radiogenic lesions, including single-strand lesions and chemically "dirty" DSB ends. The poor repair of clustered DSBs at least in part reflects inhibition of canonical NHEJ by short DNA fragments. This shifts repair toward HR and perhaps alternative NHEJ, and can result in chromothripsis-mediated genome instability or cell death. These principals are important for cancer treatment by low and high LET radiation.
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- Jac A. Nickoloff
- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; (N.S.); (L.T.)
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Critchley WR, Reid A, Morris J, Naish JH, Stone JP, Ball AL, Major T, Clark D, Waldron N, Fortune C, Lagan J, Lewis GA, Ainslie M, Schelbert EB, Davis DM, Schmitt M, Fildes JE, Miller CA. The effect of 1.5 T cardiac magnetic resonance on human circulating leucocytes. Eur Heart J 2019; 39:305-312. [PMID: 29165554 DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Accepted: 10/20/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Aims Investigators have proposed that cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) should have restrictions similar to those of ionizing imaging techniques. We aimed to investigate the acute effect of 1.5 T CMR on leucocyte DNA integrity, cell counts, and function in vitro, and in a large cohort of patients in vivo. Methods and results In vitro study: peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were isolated from healthy volunteers, and histone H2AX phosphorylation (γ-H2AX) expression, leucocyte counts, and functional parameters were quantified using flow cytometry under the following conditions: (i) immediately following PBMC isolation, (ii) after standing on the benchside as a temperature and time control, (iii) after a standard CMR scan. In vivo study: blood samples were taken from 64 consecutive consenting patients immediately before and after a standard clinical scan. Samples were analysed for γ-H2AX expression and leucocyte counts. CMR was not associated with a significant change in γ-H2AX expression in vitro or in vivo, although there were significant inter-patient variations. In vitro cell integrity and function did not change with CMR. There was a significant reduction in circulating T cells in vivo following CMR. Conclusion 1.5 T CMR was not associated with DNA damage in vitro or in vivo. Histone H2AX phosphorylation expression varied markedly between individuals; therefore, small studies using γ-H2AX as a marker of DNA damage should be interpreted with caution. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance was not associated with loss of leucocyte viability or function in vitro. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance was associated with a statistically significant reduction in viable leucocytes in vivo.
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- William R Critchley
- Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR), Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Research, School of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Room 2.12 Core Technology Facility, Grafton Street, University of Manchester, M13 9NT Manchester, UK.,The Transplant Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, M23 9LT Manchester, UK
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- North West Heart Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, M23 9LT Manchester, UK.,Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, 3rd Floor-Core Technology Facility, 46 Grafton Street, M13 9PL Manchester UK
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, M23 9LT Manchester, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, 3rd Floor-Core Technology Facility, 46 Grafton Street, M13 9PL Manchester UK
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- Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR), Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Research, School of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Room 2.12 Core Technology Facility, Grafton Street, University of Manchester, M13 9NT Manchester, UK.,The Transplant Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, M23 9LT Manchester, UK
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- Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR), Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Research, School of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Room 2.12 Core Technology Facility, Grafton Street, University of Manchester, M13 9NT Manchester, UK.,The Transplant Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, M23 9LT Manchester, UK
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- Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR), Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Research, School of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Room 2.12 Core Technology Facility, Grafton Street, University of Manchester, M13 9NT Manchester, UK.,The Transplant Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, M23 9LT Manchester, UK
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- Wythenshawe Alliance Medical Cardiac MRI Unit, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, M23 9LT Manchester, UK
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- North West Heart Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, M23 9LT Manchester, UK
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- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, 3rd Floor-Core Technology Facility, 46 Grafton Street, M13 9PL Manchester UK
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- North West Heart Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, M23 9LT Manchester, UK.,Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, 3rd Floor-Core Technology Facility, 46 Grafton Street, M13 9PL Manchester UK
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- North West Heart Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, M23 9LT Manchester, UK.,Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, 3rd Floor-Core Technology Facility, 46 Grafton Street, M13 9PL Manchester UK
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- North West Heart Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, M23 9LT Manchester, UK
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- Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 3550 Terrace St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.,Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, UPMC, 200 Lothrop St., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR), Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Research, School of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Room 2.12 Core Technology Facility, Grafton Street, University of Manchester, M13 9NT Manchester, UK
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- North West Heart Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, M23 9LT Manchester, UK
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- Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR), Division of Infection, Immunity and Respiratory Research, School of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Room 2.12 Core Technology Facility, Grafton Street, University of Manchester, M13 9NT Manchester, UK.,The Transplant Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, M23 9LT Manchester, UK
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- North West Heart Centre, Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Southmoor Road, Wythenshawe, M23 9LT Manchester, UK.,Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, 3rd Floor-Core Technology Facility, 46 Grafton Street, M13 9PL Manchester UK.,Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Division of Cell-Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine, School of Biology, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, M13 9PT Manchester, UK
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Prusinski Fernung LE, Al-Hendy A, Yang Q. A Preliminary Study: Human Fibroid Stro-1 +/CD44 + Stem Cells Isolated From Uterine Fibroids Demonstrate Decreased DNA Repair and Genomic Integrity Compared to Adjacent Myometrial Stro-1 +/CD44 + Cells. Reprod Sci 2018; 26:619-638. [PMID: 29954254 DOI: 10.1177/1933719118783252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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CONTEXT Although uterine fibroids (UFs) continue to place a major burden on female reproductive health, the mechanisms behind their origin remain undetermined. Normal myometrial stem cells may be transformed into tumor-initiating stem cells, causing UFs, due to unknown causes of somatic mutations in MED12, found in up to 85% of sporadically formed UFs. It is well established in other tumor types that defective DNA repair increases the risk of such tumorigenic somatic mutations, mechanisms not yet studied in UFs. OBJECTIVE To examine the putative cause(s) of this stem cell transformation, we analyzed DNA repair within stem cells from human UFs compared to those from adjacent myometrium to determine whether DNA repair in fibroid stem cells is compromised. DESIGN Human fibroid (F) and adjacent myometrial (Myo) stem cells were isolated from fresh tissues, and gene expression relating to DNA repair was analyzed. Fibroid stem cells differentially expressed DNA repair genes related to DNA double- (DSBs) and single-strand breaks. DNA damage was measured using alkaline comet assay. Additionally, DNA DSBs were induced in these stem cells and DNA DSB repair evaluated (1) by determining changes in phosphorylation of DNA DSB-related proteins and (2) by determining differences in γ-H2AX foci formation and relative DNA repair protein RAD50 expression. RESULTS Overall, F stem cells demonstrated increased DNA damage and altered DNA repair gene expression and signaling, suggesting that human F stem cells demonstrate impaired DNA repair. CONCLUSIONS Compromised F stem cell DNA repair may contribute to further mutagenesis and, consequently, further growth and propagation of UF tumors.
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- Lauren E Prusinski Fernung
- 1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA
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- 1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA.,2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- 2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Small de novo CNVs as biomarkers of parental exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation of caesium-137. Sci Rep 2018; 8:5914. [PMID: 29651024 PMCID: PMC5897394 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23813-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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The radiological accident in Goiania in 1987 caused a trail of human contamination, animal, plant and environmental by a radionuclide. Exposure to ionizing radiation results in different types of DNA lesions. The mutagenic effects of ionizing radiation on the germline are special concern because they can endures for several generations, leading to an increase in the rate of mutations in children of irradiated parents. Thus, to evaluate the biological mechanisms of ionizing radiation in somatic and germline cells, with consequent determination of the rate mutations, is extremely important for the estimation of genetic risks. Recently it was established that Chromosomal Microarray Analysis is an important tool for detecting wide spectra of gains or losses in the human genome. Here we present the results of the effect of accidental exposure to low doses of ionizing radiation on the formation of CNVs in the progeny of a human population accidentally exposed to Caesium-137 during the radiological accident in Goiânia, Brazil.
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Nickoloff JA, Boss MK, Allen CP, LaRue SM. Translational research in radiation-induced DNA damage signaling and repair. Transl Cancer Res 2017; 6:S875-S891. [PMID: 30574452 PMCID: PMC6298755 DOI: 10.21037/tcr.2017.06.02] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Radiotherapy is an effective tool in the fight against cancer. It is non-invasive and painless, and with advanced tumor imaging and beam control systems, radiation can be delivered to patients safely, generally with minor or no adverse side effects, accounting for its increasing use against a broad range of tumors. Tumors and normal cells respond to radiation-induced DNA damage by activating a complex network of DNA damage signaling and repair pathways that determine cell fate including survival, death, and genome stability. DNA damage response (DDR) proteins represent excellent targets to augment radiotherapy, and many agents that inhibit key response proteins are being combined with radiation and genotoxic chemotherapy in clinical trials. This review focuses on how insights into molecular mechanisms of DDR pathways are translated to small animal preclinical studies, to clinical studies of naturally occurring tumors in companion animals, and finally to human clinical trials. Companion animal studies, under the umbrella of comparative oncology, have played key roles in the development of clinical radiotherapy throughout its >100-year history. There is growing appreciation that rapid translation of basic knowledge of DNA damage and repair systems to improved radiotherapy practice requires a comprehensive approach that embraces the full spectrum of cancer research, with companion animal clinical trials representing a critical bridge between small animal preclinical studies, and human clinical trials.
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- Jac A Nickoloff
- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Flint Animal Cancer Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Flint Animal Cancer Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Flint Animal Cancer Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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- Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Flint Animal Cancer Center, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
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Bhattacharya S, Asaithamby A. Repurposing DNA repair factors to eradicate tumor cells upon radiotherapy. Transl Cancer Res 2017; 6:S822-S839. [PMID: 30613483 DOI: 10.21037/tcr.2017.05.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide. Almost 50% of all cancer patients undergo radiation therapy (RT) during treatment, with varying success. The main goal of RT is to kill tumor cells by damaging their DNA irreversibly while sparing the surrounding normal tissue. The outcome of RT is often determined by how tumors recognize and repair their damaged DNA. A growing body of evidence suggests that tumors often show abnormal expression of DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair genes that are absent from normal cells. Defects in a specific DNA repair pathway make tumor cells overly dependent on alternative or backup pathways to repair their damaged DNA. These tumor cell-specific abnormalities in the DNA damage response (DDR) machinery can potentially be used as biomarkers for treatment outcomes or as targets for sensitization to ionizing radiation (IR). An improved understanding of genetic or epigenetic alterations in the DNA repair pathways specific to cancer cells has paved the way for new treatments that combine pharmacological exploitation of tumor-specific molecular vulnerabilities with IR. Inhibiting DNA repair pathways has the potential to greatly enhance the therapeutic ratio of RT. In this review, we will discuss DNA repair pathways in active cells and how these pathways are deregulated in tumors. We will also describe the impact of targeting cancer-specific aberrations in the DDR as a treatment strategy to improve the efficacy of RT. Finally, we will address the current roadblocks and future prospects of these approaches.
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- Souparno Bhattacharya
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Dillon MT, Barker HE, Pedersen M, Hafsi H, Bhide SA, Newbold KL, Nutting CM, McLaughlin M, Harrington KJ. Radiosensitization by the ATR Inhibitor AZD6738 through Generation of Acentric Micronuclei. Mol Cancer Ther 2017; 16:25-34. [PMID: 28062704 PMCID: PMC5302142 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-16-0239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Revised: 10/21/2016] [Accepted: 11/01/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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AZD6738 is an orally active ATR inhibitor (ATRi) currently in phase I clinical trials. We found in vitro growth inhibitory activity of this ATRi in a panel of human cancer cell lines. We demonstrated radiosensitization by AZD6738 to single radiation fractions in multiple cancer cell lines independent of both p53 and BRCA2 status by the clonogenic assay. Radiosensitization by AZD6738 to clinically relevant doses of fractionated radiation was demonstrated in vitro using a 3D tumor spheroid model and, in vivo, AZD6738 radiosensitized by abrogating the radiation-induced G2 cell-cycle checkpoint and inhibiting homologous recombination. Mitosis with damaged DNA resulted in mitotic catastrophe as measured by micronucleus formation by live-cell fluorescent-ubiquitination cell-cycle imaging of cell-cycle progression and nuclear morphology. Induction of micronuclei was significantly more prominent for AZD6738 compared with inhibition of the downstream kinase CHK1 alone at isoeffective doses. Micronuclei were characterized as acentric chromosomal fragments, which displayed characteristics of increased DNA damage and cell-cycle dyssynchrony when compared with the primary nucleus. Mol Cancer Ther; 16(1); 25-34. ©2016 AACR.
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- Magnus T. Dillon
- Targeted Therapy Team, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Targeted Therapy Team, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Targeted Therapy Team, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Targeted Therapy Team, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Targeted Therapy Team, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Targeted Therapy Team, Division of Radiotherapy and Imaging, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
- The Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
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Hill MA, O'Neill P, McKenna WG. Comments on potential health effects of MRI-induced DNA lesions: quality is more important to consider than quantity. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2016; 17:1230-1238. [PMID: 27550664 PMCID: PMC5081138 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jew163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 07/13/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly being used in cardiology to detect heart disease and guide therapy. It is mooted to be a safer alternative to imaging techniques, such as computed tomography (CT) or coronary angiographic imaging. However, there has recently been an increased interest in the potential long-term health risks of MRI, especially in the light of the controversy resulting from a small number of research studies reporting an increase in DNA damage following exposure, with calls to limit its use and avoid unnecessary examination, according to the precautionary principle. Overall the published data are somewhat limited and inconsistent; the ability of MRI to produce DNA lesions has yet to be robustly demonstrated and future experiments should be carefully designed to optimize sensitivity and benchmarked to validate and assess reproducibility. The majority of the current studies have focussed on the initial induction of DNA damage, and this has led to comparisons between the reported induction of γH2AX and implied double-strand break (DSB) yields produced following MRI with induction by imaging techniques using ionizing radiation. However, γH2AX is not only a marker of classical double-ended DSB, but also a marker of stalled replication forks and in certain circumstances stalled DNA transcription. Additionally, ionizing radiation is efficient at producing complex DNA damage, unique to ionizing radiation, with an associated reduction in repairability. Even if the fields associated with MRI are capable of producing DNA damage, the lesions produced will in general be simple, similar to those produced by endogenous processes. It is therefore inappropriate to try and infer cancer risk by simply comparing the yields of γH2AX foci or DNA lesions potentially produced by MRI to those produced by a given exposure of ionizing radiation, which will generally be more biologically effective and have a greater probability of leading to long-term health effects. As a result, it is important to concentrate on more relevant downstream end points (e.g. chromosome aberration production), along with potential mechanisms by which MRI may lead to DNA lesions. This could potentially involve a perturbation in homeostasis of oxidative stress, modifying the background rate of endogenous DNA damage induction. In summary, what the field needs at the moment is more research and less fear mongering.
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- M A Hill
- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Gray Laboratories, ORCRB Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Gray Laboratories, ORCRB Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Gray Laboratories, ORCRB Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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Lang PY, Nanjangud GJ, Sokolsky-Papkov M, Shaw C, Hwang D, Parker JS, Kabanov AV, Gershon TR. ATR maintains chromosomal integrity during postnatal cerebellar neurogenesis and is required for medulloblastoma formation. Development 2016; 143:4038-4052. [PMID: 27803059 PMCID: PMC5117143 DOI: 10.1242/dev.139022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Microcephaly and medulloblastoma may both result from mutations that compromise genomic stability. We report that ATR, which is mutated in the microcephalic disorder Seckel syndrome, sustains cerebellar growth by maintaining chromosomal integrity during postnatal neurogenesis. Atr deletion in cerebellar granule neuron progenitors (CGNPs) induced proliferation-associated DNA damage, p53 activation, apoptosis and cerebellar hypoplasia in mice. Co-deletions of either p53 or Bax and Bak prevented apoptosis in Atr-deleted CGNPs, but failed to fully rescue cerebellar growth. ATR-deficient CGNPs had impaired cell cycle checkpoint function and continued to proliferate, accumulating chromosomal abnormalities. RNA-Seq demonstrated that the transcriptional response to ATR-deficient proliferation was highly p53 dependent and markedly attenuated by p53 co-deletion. Acute ATR inhibition in vivo by nanoparticle-formulated VE-822 reproduced the developmental disruptions seen with Atr deletion. Genetic deletion of Atr blocked tumorigenesis in medulloblastoma-prone SmoM2 mice. Our data show that p53-driven apoptosis and cell cycle arrest - and, in the absence of p53, non-apoptotic cell death - redundantly limit growth in ATR-deficient progenitors. These mechanisms may be exploited for treatment of CGNP-derived medulloblastoma using ATR inhibition.
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- Patrick Y Lang
- Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Department of Neurology, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Molecular Cytogenetics Core Facility, Memorial Sloan Kettering Research Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery and Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Molecular Cytogenetics Core Facility, Memorial Sloan Kettering Research Center, New York, NY 10021, USA
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- Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery and Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Genetics, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery and Division of Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Department of Neurology, UNC School of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Cuaron JJ, Chang C, Lovelock M, Higginson DS, Mah D, Cahlon O, Powell S. Exponential Increase in Relative Biological Effectiveness Along Distal Edge of a Proton Bragg Peak as Measured by Deoxyribonucleic Acid Double-Strand Breaks. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2016; 95:62-69. [PMID: 27084629 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2016.02.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2015] [Revised: 02/01/2016] [Accepted: 02/03/2016] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE To quantify the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of the distal edge of the proton Bragg peak, using an in vitro assay of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). METHODS AND MATERIALS U2OS cells were irradiated within the plateau of a spread-out Bragg peak and at each millimeter position along the distal edge using a custom slide holder, allowing for simultaneous measurement of physical dose. A reference radiation signal was generated using photons. The DNA DSBs at 3 hours (to assess for early damage) and at 24 hours (to assess for residual damage and repair) after irradiation were measured using the γH2AX assay and quantified via flow cytometry. Results were confirmed with clonogenic survival assays. A detailed map of the RBE as a function of depth along the Bragg peak was generated using γH2AX measurements as a biological endpoint. RESULTS At 3 hours after irradiation, DNA DSBs were higher with protons at every point along the distal edge compared with samples irradiated with photons to similar doses. This effect was even more pronounced after 24 hours, indicating that the impact of DNA repair is less after proton irradiation relative to photons. The RBE demonstrated an exponential increase as a function of depth and was measured to be as high as 4.0 after 3 hours and as high as 6.0 after 24 hours. When the RBE-corrected dose was plotted as a function of depth, the peak effective dose was extended 2-3 mm beyond what would be expected with physical measurement. CONCLUSIONS We generated a highly comprehensive map of the RBE of the distal edge of the Bragg peak, using a direct assay of DNA DSBs in vitro. Our data show that the RBE of the distal edge increases with depth and is significantly higher than previously reported estimates.
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- John J Cuaron
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
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- Texas Center for Proton Therapy, Irving, Texas
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- Procure Proton Therapy Center, Somerset, New Jersey
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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Bourras S, Rouxel T, Meyer M. Agrobacterium tumefaciens Gene Transfer: How a Plant Pathogen Hacks the Nuclei of Plant and Nonplant Organisms. PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2015; 105:1288-1301. [PMID: 26151736 DOI: 10.1094/phyto-12-14-0380-rvw] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Agrobacterium species are soilborne gram-negative bacteria exhibiting predominantly a saprophytic lifestyle. Only a few of these species are capable of parasitic growth on plants, causing either hairy root or crown gall diseases. The core of the infection strategy of pathogenic Agrobacteria is a genetic transformation of the host cell, via stable integration into the host genome of a DNA fragment called T-DNA. This genetic transformation results in oncogenic reprogramming of the host to the benefit of the pathogen. This unique ability of interkingdom DNA transfer was largely used as a tool for genetic engineering. Thus, the artificial host range of Agrobacterium is continuously expanding and includes plant and nonplant organisms. The increasing availability of genomic tools encouraged genome-wide surveys of T-DNA tagged libraries, and the pattern of T-DNA integration in eukaryotic genomes was studied. Therefore, data have been collected in numerous laboratories to attain a better understanding of T-DNA integration mechanisms and potential biases. This review focuses on the intranuclear mechanisms necessary for proper targeting and stable expression of Agrobacterium oncogenic T-DNA in the host cell. More specifically, the role of genome features and the putative involvement of host's transcriptional machinery in relation to the T-DNA integration and effects on gene expression are discussed. Also, the mechanisms underlying T-DNA integration into specific genome compartments is reviewed, and a theoretical model for T-DNA intranuclear targeting is presented.
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- Salim Bourras
- First, second, and third authors: INRA, UMR 1290 INRA-AgroParisTech BIOGER, Avenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01, F-78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- First, second, and third authors: INRA, UMR 1290 INRA-AgroParisTech BIOGER, Avenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01, F-78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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- First, second, and third authors: INRA, UMR 1290 INRA-AgroParisTech BIOGER, Avenue Lucien Brétignières, BP 01, F-78850 Thiverval-Grignon, France
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Li N, Parrish M, Chan TK, Yin L, Rai P, Yoshiyuki Y, Abolhassani N, Tan KB, Kiraly O, Chow VTK, Engelward BP. Influenza infection induces host DNA damage and dynamic DNA damage responses during tissue regeneration. Cell Mol Life Sci 2015; 72:2973-88. [PMID: 25809161 PMCID: PMC4802977 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-015-1879-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2014] [Revised: 02/18/2015] [Accepted: 03/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Influenza viruses account for significant morbidity worldwide. Inflammatory responses, including excessive generation of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS), mediate lung injury in severe influenza infections. However, the molecular basis of inflammation-induced lung damage is not fully understood. Here, we studied influenza H1N1 infected cells in vitro, as well as H1N1 infected mice, and we monitored molecular and cellular responses over the course of 2 weeks in vivo. We show that influenza induces DNA damage to both, when cells are directly exposed to virus in vitro (measured using the comet assay) and also when cells are exposed to virus in vivo (estimated via γH2AX foci). We show that DNA damage, as well as responses to DNA damage persist in vivo until long after virus has been cleared, at times when there are inflammation associated RONS (measured by xanthine oxidase activity and oxidative products). The frequency of lung epithelial and immune cells with increased γH2AX foci is elevated in vivo, especially for dividing cells (Ki-67-positive) exposed to oxidative stress during tissue regeneration. Additionally, we observed a significant increase in apoptotic cells as well as increased levels of DNA double strand break (DSB) repair proteins Ku70, Ku86 and Rad51 during the regenerative phase. In conclusion, results show that influenza induces DNA damage both in vitro and in vivo, and that DNA damage responses are activated, raising the possibility that DNA repair capacity may be a determining factor for tissue recovery and disease outcome.
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- Na Li
- Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 1 CREATE Way, #03-10/11 Innovation Wing, #03-12/13/14 Enterprise Wing, Singapore, 138602 Singapore
- Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, Blk MD4, Level 3, Singapore, 117545 Singapore
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., 16-743, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 1 CREATE Way, #03-10/11 Innovation Wing, #03-12/13/14 Enterprise Wing, Singapore, 138602 Singapore
- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System, Clinical Research Center, MD11, 10 Medical Drive, Level 5, #05-09, Singapore, 117597 Singapore
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- Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 1 CREATE Way, #03-10/11 Innovation Wing, #03-12/13/14 Enterprise Wing, Singapore, 138602 Singapore
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- Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 1 CREATE Way, #03-10/11 Innovation Wing, #03-12/13/14 Enterprise Wing, Singapore, 138602 Singapore
- Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, Blk MD4, Level 3, Singapore, 117545 Singapore
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- Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 1 CREATE Way, #03-10/11 Innovation Wing, #03-12/13/14 Enterprise Wing, Singapore, 138602 Singapore
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., 16-743, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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- Department of Pathology, Yong loo Lin School of Medicine, National University Health System and National University of Singapore, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore, 119074 Singapore
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- Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology, 1 CREATE Way, #03-10/11 Innovation Wing, #03-12/13/14 Enterprise Wing, Singapore, 138602 Singapore
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- Department of Microbiology, National University of Singapore, 5 Science Drive 2, Blk MD4, Level 3, Singapore, 117545 Singapore
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Ave., 16-743, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
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Tsai JY, Chen FH, Hsieh TY, Hsiao YY. Effects of indirect actions and oxygen on relative biological effectiveness: estimate of DSB induction and conversion induced by gamma rays and helium ions. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2015; 56:691-699. [PMID: 25902742 PMCID: PMC4497398 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrv025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2014] [Revised: 03/17/2015] [Accepted: 03/21/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Clustered DNA damage other than double-strand breaks (DSBs) can be detrimental to cells and can lead to mutagenesis or cell death. In addition to DSBs induced by ionizing radiation, misrepair of non-DSB clustered damage contributes extra DSBs converted from DNA misrepair via pathways for base excision repair and nucleotide excision repair. This study aimed to quantify the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) when DSB induction and conversion from non-DSB clustered damage misrepair were used as biological endpoints. The results showed that both linear energy transfer (LET) and indirect action had a strong impact on the yields for DSB induction and conversion. RBE values for DSB induction and maximum DSB conversion of helium ions (LET = 120 keV/μm) to (60)Co gamma rays were 3.0 and 3.2, respectively. These RBE values increased to 5.8 and 5.6 in the absence of interference of indirect action initiated by addition of 2-M dimethylsulfoxide. DSB conversion was ∼1-4% of the total non-DSB damage due to gamma rays, which was lower than the 10% estimate by experimental measurement. Five to twenty percent of total non-DSB damage due to helium ions was converted into DSBs. Hence, it may be possible to increase the yields of DSBs in cancerous cells through DNA repair pathways, ultimately enhancing cell killing.
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- Ju-Ying Tsai
- Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Life Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chang Gung University, Kweishan, Taiwan, Republic of China Radiation Biology Research Center, Institute for Radiological Research, Chang Gung University/Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Section 1, Chien-Kuo N Road, Taichung, 402, Taiwan, Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Chung Shan Medical University, No. 110, Section 1, Chien-Kuo N Road, Taichung, 402, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Gomez-Casal R, Bhattacharya C, Epperly MW, Basse PH, Wang H, Wang X, Proia DA, Greenberger JS, Socinski MA, Levina V. The HSP90 Inhibitor Ganetespib Radiosensitizes Human Lung Adenocarcinoma Cells. Cancers (Basel) 2015; 7:876-907. [PMID: 26010604 PMCID: PMC4491689 DOI: 10.3390/cancers7020814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The molecular chaperone HSP90 is involved in stabilization and function of multiple client proteins, many of which represent important oncogenic drivers in NSCLC. Utilization of HSP90 inhibitors as radiosensitizing agents is a promising approach. The antitumor activity of ganetespib, HSP90 inhibitor, was evaluated in human lung adenocarcinoma (AC) cells for its ability to potentiate the effects of IR treatment in both in vitro and in vivo. The cytotoxic effects of ganetespib included; G2/M cell cycle arrest, inhibition of DNA repair, apoptosis induction, and promotion of senescence. All of these antitumor effects were both concentration- and time-dependent. Both pretreatment and post-radiation treatment with ganetespib at low nanomolar concentrations induced radiosensitization in lung AC cells in vitro. Ganetespib may impart radiosensitization through multiple mechanisms: such as down regulation of the PI3K/Akt pathway; diminished DNA repair capacity and promotion of cellular senescence. In vivo, ganetespib reduced growth of T2821 tumor xenografts in mice and sensitized tumors to IR. Tumor irradiation led to dramatic upregulation of β-catenin expression in tumor tissues, an effect that was mitigated in T2821 xenografts when ganetespib was combined with IR treatments. These data highlight the promise of combining ganetespib with IR therapies in the treatment of AC lung tumors.
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- Roberto Gomez-Casal
- The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
- Department of Medicine, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
- Department of Medicine, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
- Department of Immunology, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, 25 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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- Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., 45 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, MA 02421, USA.
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- The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
- Department of Medicine, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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- The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
- Department of Medicine, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
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Bridges KA, Toniatti C, Buser CA, Liu H, Buchholz TA, Meyn RE. Niraparib (MK-4827), a novel poly(ADP-Ribose) polymerase inhibitor, radiosensitizes human lung and breast cancer cells. Oncotarget 2015; 5:5076-86. [PMID: 24970803 PMCID: PMC4148123 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.2083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The aim of this study was to assess niraparib (MK-4827), a novel poly(ADP-Ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor, for its ability to radiosensitize human tumor cells. Human tumor cells derived from lung, breast and prostate cancers were tested for radiosensitization by niraparib using clonogenic survival assays. Both p53 wild-type and p53-defective lines were included. The ability of niraparib to alter the repair of radiation-induced DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) was determined using detection of γ-H2AX foci and RAD51 foci. Clonogenic survival analyses indicated that micromolar concentrations of niraparib radiosensitized tumor cell lines derived from lung, breast, and prostate cancers independently of their p53 status but not cell lines derived from normal tissues. Niraparib also sensitized tumor cells to H2O2 and converted H2O2-induced single strand breaks (SSBs) into DSBs during DNA replication. These results indicate that human tumor cells are significantly radiosensitized by the potent and selective PARP-1 inhibitor, niraparib, in the in vitro setting. The mechanism of this effect appears to involve a conversion of sublethal SSBs into lethal DSBs during DNA replication due to the inhibition of base excision repair by the drug. Taken together, our findings strongly support the clinical evaluation of niraparib in combination with radiation.
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- Kathleen A Bridges
- Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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McCabe N, Hanna C, Walker SM, Gonda D, Li J, Wikstrom K, Savage KI, Butterworth KT, Chen C, Harkin DP, Prise KM, Kennedy RD. Mechanistic Rationale to Target PTEN-Deficient Tumor Cells with Inhibitors of the DNA Damage Response Kinase ATM. Cancer Res 2015; 75:2159-65. [DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-3502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2014] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Belov OV, Krasavin EA, Lyashko MS, Batmunkh M, Sweilam NH. A quantitative model of the major pathways for radiation-induced DNA double-strand break repair. J Theor Biol 2015; 366:115-30. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2014] [Revised: 09/11/2014] [Accepted: 09/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Fang W, Qiu F, Zhang L, Deng J, Zhang H, Yang L, Zhou Y, Lu J. The functional polymorphism of NBS1 p.Glu185Gln is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer in Chinese populations: case-control and a meta-analysis. Mutat Res 2014; 770:61-8. [PMID: 25771871 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2014.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2014] [Revised: 06/21/2014] [Accepted: 07/24/2014] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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NBS1 plays pivotal roles in maintaining genomic stability and cancer development. The exon variant rs1805794G>C (p.Glu185Gln) of NBS1 has been frequently studied in several association studies. However, the results were conflicting. Also, the function of this variant has never been well studied. In the current study, we performed a two centers case-control study and function assays to investigate the effect of the variant rs1805794G>C on lung cancer risk in Chinese, and a meta-analysis to summarize the data on the association between rs1805794G>C and cancer risk. We found that compared with the rs1805794GG genotype, the C genotypes (CG/CC) conferred a significantly increased risk of lung cancer in Chinese (OR=1.40, 95% CI=1.21-1.62) and interacted with medical ionizing radiation exposure on increasing cancer risk (Pinteraction=0.015). The lymphocyte cells from the C genotype individuals developed more chromatid breaks than those from the GG genotype carriers after the X-ray radiation (P=0.036). Moreover, the rs1805794C allele encoding p.185Gln attenuated NBS1's ability to repair DNA damage as the cell lines transfected with NBS1 cDNA expression vector carrying rs1805794C allele had significantly higher DNA breaks than those transfected with NBS1 cDNA expression vector carrying rs1805794G allele (P<0.05). The meta-analysis further confirmed the association between the variant rs1805794G>C and lung cancer risk, that compared with the GG genotype, the carriers of C genotypes had a 1.30-fold risk of cancer (95% CI=1.14-1.49, P=8.49×10(-5)). These findings suggest that the rs1805794G>C of NBS1 may be a functional genetic biomarker for lung cancer.
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- Wenxiang Fang
- The State Key Lab of Respiratory Disease, The Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Collaborative Innovation Center for Environmental Toxicity, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, China
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- The State Key Lab of Respiratory Disease, The Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Collaborative Innovation Center for Environmental Toxicity, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, China
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- The State Key Lab of Respiratory Disease, The Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Collaborative Innovation Center for Environmental Toxicity, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, China
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- Soochow University Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Genetics, Collaborative Innovation Center for Environmental Toxicity, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Department of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510080, China
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- The State Key Lab of Respiratory Disease, The Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Collaborative Innovation Center for Environmental Toxicity, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, China
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- Soochow University Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Genetics, Collaborative Innovation Center for Environmental Toxicity, Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- The State Key Lab of Respiratory Disease, The Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, Collaborative Innovation Center for Environmental Toxicity, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510182, China.
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Hsiao YY, Hung TH, Tu SJ, Tung CJ. Fast Monte Carlo simulation of DNA damage induction by Auger-electron emission. Int J Radiat Biol 2014; 90:392-400. [DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2014.892649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Arlt MF, Rajendran S, Birkeland SR, Wilson TE, Glover TW. Copy number variants are produced in response to low-dose ionizing radiation in cultured cells. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2014; 55:103-113. [PMID: 24327335 PMCID: PMC4086151 DOI: 10.1002/em.21840] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2013] [Accepted: 11/26/2013] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Despite their importance to human genetic variation and disease, little is known about the molecular mechanisms and environmental risk factors that impact copy number variant (CNV) formation. While it is clear that replication stress can lead to de novo CNVs, for example, following treatment of cultured mammalian cells with aphidicolin (APH) and hydroxyurea (HU), the effect of different types of mutagens on CNV induction is unknown. Here we report that ionizing radiation (IR) in the range of 1.5-3.0 Gy effectively induces de novo CNV mutations in cultured normal human fibroblasts. These IR-induced CNVs are found throughout the genome, with the same hotspot regions seen after APH- and HU-induced replication stress. IR produces duplications at a higher frequency relative to deletions than do APH and HU. At most hotspots, these duplications are physically shifted from the regions typically deleted after APH or HU, suggesting different pathways involved in their formation. CNV breakpoint junctions from irradiated samples are characterized by microhomology, blunt ends, and insertions like those seen in spontaneous and APH/HU-induced CNVs and most nonrecurrent CNVs in vivo. The similarity to APH/HU-induced CNVs suggests that low-dose IR induces CNVs through a replication-dependent mechanism, as opposed to replication-independent repair of DSBs. Consistent with this mechanism, a lower yield of CNVs was observed when cells were held for 48 hr before replating after irradiation. These results predict that any environmental DNA damaging agent that impairs replication is capable of creating CNVs.
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- Martin F. Arlt
- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Human Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Curtin NJ. Inhibiting the DNA damage response as a therapeutic manoeuvre in cancer. Br J Pharmacol 2014; 169:1745-65. [PMID: 23682925 DOI: 10.1111/bph.12244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED The DNA damage response (DDR), consisting of an orchestrated network of proteins effecting repair and signalling to cell cycle arrest, to allow time to repair, is essential for cell viability and to prevent DNA damage being passed on to daughter cells. The DDR is dysregulated in cancer with some pathways up-regulated and others down-regulated or lost. Up-regulated pathways can confer resistance to anti-cancer DNA damaging agents. Therefore, inhibitors of key components of these pathways have the potential to prevent this therapeutic resistance. Conversely, defects in a particular DDR pathway may lead to dependence on a complementary pathway. Inhibition of this complementary pathway may result in tumour-specific cell killing. Thus, inhibitors of the DDR have the potential to increase the efficacy of DNA damaging chemotherapy and radiotherapy and have single-agent activity against tumours with a specific DDR defect. This review describes the compounds that have been designed to inhibit specific DDR targets and summarizes the pre-clinical and clinical evaluation of these inhibitors of DNA damage signalling and repair. LINKED ARTICLES This article is part of a themed section on Emerging Therapeutic Aspects in Oncology. To view the other articles in this section visit http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bph.2013.169.issue-8.
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- N J Curtin
- Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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Solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation, mainly UV-B (280-315 nm), is one of the most potent genotoxic agents that adversely affects living organisms by altering their genomic stability. DNA through its nucleobases has absorption maxima in the UV region and is therefore the main target of the deleterious radiation. The main biological relevance of UV radiation lies in the formation of several cytotoxic and mutagenic DNA lesions such as cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs), 6-4 photoproducts (6-4PPs), and their Dewar valence isomers (DEWs), as well as DNA strand breaks. However, to counteract these DNA lesions, organisms have developed a number of highly conserved repair mechanisms such as photoreactivation, excision repair, and mismatch repair (MMR). Photoreactivation involving the enzyme photolyase is the most frequently used repair mechanism in a number of organisms. Excision repair can be classified as base excision repair (BER) and nucleotide excision repair (NER) involving a number of glycosylases and polymerases, respectively. In addition to this, double-strand break repair, SOS response, cell-cycle checkpoints, and programmed cell death (apoptosis) are also operative in various organisms to ensure genomic stability. This review concentrates on the UV-induced DNA damage and the associated repair mechanisms as well as various damage detection methods.
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- Richa
- Laboratory of Photobiology and Molecular Microbiology, Centre of Advanced Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India
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Berdis AJ. Current and emerging strategies to increase the efficacy of ionizing radiation in the treatment of cancer. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2013; 9:167-81. [DOI: 10.1517/17460441.2014.876987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Curtin N, Szabo C. Therapeutic applications of PARP inhibitors: anticancer therapy and beyond. Mol Aspects Med 2013; 34:1217-56. [PMID: 23370117 PMCID: PMC3657315 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2013.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 284] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2012] [Revised: 01/12/2013] [Accepted: 01/18/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The aim of this article is to describe the current and potential clinical translation of pharmacological inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) for the therapy of various diseases. The first section of the present review summarizes the available preclinical and clinical data with PARP inhibitors in various forms of cancer. In this context, the role of PARP in single-strand DNA break repair is relevant, leading to replication-associated lesions that cannot be repaired if homologous recombination repair (HRR) is defective, and the synthetic lethality of PARP inhibitors in HRR-defective cancer. HRR defects are classically associated with BRCA1 and 2 mutations associated with familial breast and ovarian cancer, but there may be many other causes of HRR defects. Thus, PARP inhibitors may be the drugs of choice for BRCA mutant breast and ovarian cancers, and extend beyond these tumors if appropriate biomarkers can be developed to identify HRR defects. Multiple lines of preclinical data demonstrate that PARP inhibition increases cytotoxicity and tumor growth delay in combination with temozolomide, topoisomerase inhibitors and ionizing radiation. Both single agent and combination clinical trials are underway. The final part of the first section of the present review summarizes the current status of the various PARP inhibitors that are in various stages of clinical development. The second section of the present review summarizes the role of PARP in selected non-oncologic indications. In a number of severe, acute diseases (such as stroke, neurotrauma, circulatory shock and acute myocardial infarction) the clinical translatability of PARP inhibition is supported by multiple lines of preclinical data, as well as observational data demonstrating PARP activation in human tissue samples. In these disease indications, PARP overactivation due to oxidative and nitrative stress drives cell necrosis and pro-inflammatory gene expression, which contributes to disease pathology. Accordingly, multiple lines of preclinical data indicate the efficacy of PARP inhibitors to preserve viable tissue and to down-regulate inflammatory responses. As the clinical trials with PARP inhibitors in various forms of cancer progress, it is hoped that a second line of clinical investigations, aimed at testing of PARP inhibitors for various non-oncologic indications, will be initiated, as well.
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- Nicola Curtin
- Department of Experimental Cancer Therapy, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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Shikazono N, Akamatsu K, Takahashi M, Noguchi M, Urushibara A, O'Neill P, Yokoya A. Significance of DNA polymerase I in in vivo processing of clustered DNA damage. Mutat Res 2013; 749:9-15. [PMID: 23958410 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2013.07.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2013] [Revised: 07/11/2013] [Accepted: 07/31/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We examined the biological consequences of bi-stranded clustered damage sites, consisting of a combination of DNA lesions, such as a 1-nucleotide gap (GAP), an apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) site, and an 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-oxoG), using a bacterial plasmid-based assay. Following transformation with the plasmid containing bi-stranded clustered damage sites into the wild type strain of Escherichia coli, transformation frequencies were significantly lower for the bi-stranded clustered GAP/AP lesions (separated by 1bp) than for either a single GAP or a single AP site. When the two lesions were separated by 10-20bp, the transformation efficiencies were comparable with those of the single lesions. This recovery of transformation efficiency for separated lesions requires DNA polymerase I (Pol I) activity. Analogously, the mutation frequency was found to depend on the distance separating lesions in a bi-stranded cluster containing a GAP and an 8-oxoG, and Pol I was found to play an important role in minimising mutations induced as a result of clustered lesions. The mutagenic potential of 8-oxoG within the bi-stranded lesions does not depend on whether it is situated on the leading or lagging strand. These results indicate that the biological consequences of clustered DNA damage strongly depend on the extent of repair of the strand breaks as well as the DNA polymerase in lesion-avoidance pathways during replication.
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- Naoya Shikazono
- Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata-Shirane, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan; Advanced Research Science Centre, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 2-4 Shirakata-Shirane, Tokai-mura, Ibaraki 319-1195, Japan.
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Biological consequences of radiation-induced DNA damage: relevance to radiotherapy. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2013; 25:578-85. [PMID: 23849504 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2013.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 422] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2013] [Accepted: 06/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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DNA damage of exposed tumour tissue leading to cell death is one of the detrimental effects of ionising radiation that is exploited, with beneficial consequences, for radiotherapy. The pattern of the discrete energy depositions during passage of the ionising track of radiation defines the spatial distribution of lesions induced in DNA with a fraction of the DNA damage sites containing clusters of lesions, formed over a few nanometres, against a background of endogenously induced individual lesions. These clustered DNA damage sites, which may be considered as a signature of ionising radiation, underlie the deleterious biological consequences of ionising radiation. The concepts developed rely in part on the fact that ionising radiation creates significant levels of clustered DNA damage, including complex double-strand breaks (DSB), to kill tumour cells as clustered damage sites are difficult to repair. This reduced repairability of clustered DNA damage using specific repair pathways is exploitable in radiotherapy for the treatment of cancer. We discuss some potential strategies to enhance radiosensitivity by targeting the repair pathways of radiation-induced clustered damage and complex DNA DSB, through inhibition of specific proteins that are not required in the repair pathways for endogenous damage. The variety and severity of DNA damage from ionising radiation is also influenced by the tumour microenvironment, being especially sensitive to the oxygen status of the cells. For instance, nitric oxide is known to influence the types of damage induced by radiation under hypoxic conditions. A potential strategy based on bioreductive activation of pro-drugs to release nitric oxide is discussed as an approach to deliver nitric oxide to hypoxic tumours during radiotherapy. The ultimate aim of this review is to stimulate thinking on how knowledge of the complexity of radiation-induced DNA damage may contribute to the development of adjuncts to radiotherapy.
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Georgakilas AG, O'Neill P, Stewart RD. Induction and Repair of Clustered DNA Lesions: What Do We Know So Far? Radiat Res 2013; 180:100-109. [DOI: 10.1667/rr3041.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023]
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Zheng J, Deng J, Xiao M, Yang L, Zhang L, You Y, Hu M, Li N, Wu H, Li W, Lu J, Zhou Y. A sequence polymorphism in miR-608 predicts recurrence after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma. Cancer Res 2013; 73:5151-62. [PMID: 23796562 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-13-0395] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is treated with radiotherapy and other modalities, but there is little information on individual genetic factors to help predict and improve patient outcomes. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in mature microRNA (miRNA) sequences have the potential to exert broad impact as miRNAs target many mRNAs. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of SNPs in mature miRNA sequences on clinical outcome in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma receiving radiotherapy. In particular, we analyzed associations between seven SNPs and nasopharyngeal carcinoma locoregional recurrence (LRR) in 837 patients from eastern China, validating the findings in an additional 828 patients from southern China. We found that miR-608 rs4919510C > G exhibited a consistent association with LRR in the discovery set [HR, 2.05; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.35-3.21], the validation set (HR, 2.24; 95% CI, 1.45-3.38), and the combined dataset (HR, 2.08; 95% CI, 1.41-3.26). Biochemical investigations showed that rs4919510C > G affects expression of miR-608 target genes along with nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell growth after irradiation in vivo and in vitro. Notably, X-ray radiation induced more chromatid breaks in lymphocyte cells from rs4919510CC carriers than in those from subjects with other genotypes (P = 0.0024). Our findings reveal rs4919510C > G in miR-608 as a simple marker to predict LRR in patients with radiotherapy-treated nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
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- Jian Zheng
- Laboratory of Cancer Molecular Genetics, Medical College of Soochow University, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Thermodynamic and structural analysis of DNA damage architectures related to replication. J Nucleic Acids 2013; 2013:867957. [PMID: 23710336 PMCID: PMC3655575 DOI: 10.1155/2013/867957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Accepted: 04/02/2013] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Damaged DNA, generated by the abstraction of one of five hydrogen atoms from the 2′-deoxyribose ring of the nucleic acid, can contain a variety of lesions, some of which compromise physiological processes. Recently, DNA damage, resulting from the formation of a C3′-thymidinyl radical in DNA oligomers, was found to be dependent on nucleic acid structure. Architectures relevant to DNA replication were observed to generate larger amounts of strand-break and 1-(2′-deoxy-β-D-threo-pentofuranosyl)thymidine formation than that observed for duplex DNA. To understand how this damage can affect the integrity of DNA, the impact of C3′-thymidinyl radical derived lesions on DNA stability and structure was characterized using biophysical methods. DNA architectures evaluated include duplex DNA (dsDNA), single 3′ or 5′-overhangs (OvHgs), and forks. Thermal melting analysis and differential scanning calorimetry measurements indicate that an individual 3′-OvHg is more destabilizing than a 5′-OvHg. The presence of a terminal 3′ or 5′ phosphate decreases the ΔG25 to the same extent, while the effect of the phosphate at the ss-dsDNA junction of OvHgs is dependent on sequence. Additionally, the effect of 1-(2′-deoxy-β-D-threo-pentofuranosyl)thymidine is found to depend on DNA architecture and proximity to the 3′ end of the damaged strand.
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Folkes LK, O'Neill P. DNA damage induced by nitric oxide during ionizing radiation is enhanced at replication. Nitric Oxide 2013; 34:47-55. [PMID: 23623927 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2013.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Revised: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/16/2013] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a very effective radiosensitizer of hypoxic mammalian cells, at least as efficient as oxygen in enhancing cell death in vitro. NO may induce cell death through the formation of base lesions which are difficult to repair, and if they occur within complex clustered damage common to ionizing radiation, they may lead to replication-induced DNA strand breaks. It has previously been shown that 8-azaguanine and xanthine result from the reaction of guanine radicals with nitric oxide. We have now shown that adenine radicals also react with NO to form hypoxanthine and 8-azaadenine. Cells irradiated in exponential growth in the presence of NO are twice as radiosensitive compared to those irradiated in anoxia alone, whereas confluent cells are less radiosensitive to (•)NO. In addition, the numbers of DNA double strand breaks observed as γH2AX staining following radiosensitization by NO, are higher in exponential cells than in confluent cells. DNA damage, detected as 53BP1 foci, is also higher in HF-19 cells expressing Cyclin A, a marker for cells in S and G2 phases of the cell cycle, following radiosensitization by NO. RAD51 foci are highest in V79-4 cells irradiated in the presence of NO compared to in anoxia, 24h after radiolysis. This work presents evidence that radiosensitization of cells by NO is in part through the formation of specific DNA damage, difficult to repair, which in dividing cells may induce the formation of stalled replication forks and as a consequence replication-induced DNA strand breaks which may lead to cell death.
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- Lisa K Folkes
- Gray Institute for Radiation Oncology and Biology, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK.
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Middle infrared radiation induces G2/M cell cycle arrest in A549 lung cancer cells. PLoS One 2013; 8:e54117. [PMID: 23335992 PMCID: PMC3546001 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2012] [Accepted: 12/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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There were studies investigating the effects of broadband infrared radiation (IR) on cancer cell, while the influences of middle-infrared radiation (MIR) are still unknown. In this study, a MIR emitter with emission wavelength band in the 3-5 µm region was developed to irradiate A549 lung adenocarcinoma cells. It was found that MIR exposure inhibited cell proliferation and induced morphological changes by altering the cellular distribution of cytoskeletal components. Using quantitative PCR, we found that MIR promoted the expression levels of ATM (ataxia telangiectasia mutated), ATR (ataxia-telangiectasia and Rad3-related and Rad3-related), TP53 (tumor protein p53), p21 (CDKN1A, cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor 1A) and GADD45 (growth arrest and DNA-damage inducible), but decreased the expression levels of cyclin B coding genes, CCNB1 and CCNB2, as well as CDK1 (Cyclin-dependent kinase 1). The reduction of protein expression levels of CDC25C, cyclin B1 and the phosphorylation of CDK1 at Thr-161 altogether suggest G(2)/M arrest occurred in A549 cells by MIR. DNA repair foci formation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) marker γ-H2AX and sensor 53BP1 was induced by MIR treatment, it implies the MIR induced G(2)/M cell cycle arrest resulted from DSB. This study illustrates a potential role for the use of MIR in lung cancer therapy by initiating DSB and blocking cell cycle progression.
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Thompson LH. Recognition, signaling, and repair of DNA double-strand breaks produced by ionizing radiation in mammalian cells: the molecular choreography. Mutat Res 2012; 751:158-246. [PMID: 22743550 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2012.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 261] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2011] [Revised: 06/09/2012] [Accepted: 06/16/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The faithful maintenance of chromosome continuity in human cells during DNA replication and repair is critical for preventing the conversion of normal diploid cells to an oncogenic state. The evolution of higher eukaryotic cells endowed them with a large genetic investment in the molecular machinery that ensures chromosome stability. In mammalian and other vertebrate cells, the elimination of double-strand breaks with minimal nucleotide sequence change involves the spatiotemporal orchestration of a seemingly endless number of proteins ranging in their action from the nucleotide level to nucleosome organization and chromosome architecture. DNA DSBs trigger a myriad of post-translational modifications that alter catalytic activities and the specificity of protein interactions: phosphorylation, acetylation, methylation, ubiquitylation, and SUMOylation, followed by the reversal of these changes as repair is completed. "Superfluous" protein recruitment to damage sites, functional redundancy, and alternative pathways ensure that DSB repair is extremely efficient, both quantitatively and qualitatively. This review strives to integrate the information about the molecular mechanisms of DSB repair that has emerged over the last two decades with a focus on DSBs produced by the prototype agent ionizing radiation (IR). The exponential growth of molecular studies, heavily driven by RNA knockdown technology, now reveals an outline of how many key protein players in genome stability and cancer biology perform their interwoven tasks, e.g. ATM, ATR, DNA-PK, Chk1, Chk2, PARP1/2/3, 53BP1, BRCA1, BRCA2, BLM, RAD51, and the MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 complex. Thus, the nature of the intricate coordination of repair processes with cell cycle progression is becoming apparent. This review also links molecular abnormalities to cellular pathology as much a possible and provides a framework of temporal relationships.
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- Larry H Thompson
- Biology & Biotechnology Division, L452, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551-0808, United States.
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Oxidatively generated complex DNA damage: tandem and clustered lesions. Cancer Lett 2012; 327:5-15. [PMID: 22542631 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2012.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2012] [Revised: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 04/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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There is an increasing interest for oxidatively generated complex lesions that are potentially more detrimental than single oxidized nucleobases. In this survey, the recently available information on the formation and processing of several classes of complex DNA damage formed upon one radical hit including mostly hydroxyl radical and one-electron oxidants is critically reviewed. The modifications include tandem base lesions, DNA-protein cross-links and intrastrand (purine 5',8-cyclonucleosides, adjacent base cross-links) and interstrand cross-links. Information is also provided on clustered lesions produced essentially by exposure of cells to ionizing radiation and high energetic heavy ions through the involvement of multiple radical events that induce several lesions DNA in a close spatial vicinity. These consist mainly of double strand breaks (DSBs) and non-DSB clustered lesions that are referred as to oxidatively generated clustered DNA lesions (OCDLs).
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Groth P, Orta ML, Elvers I, Majumder MM, Lagerqvist A, Helleday T. Homologous recombination repairs secondary replication induced DNA double-strand breaks after ionizing radiation. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:6585-94. [PMID: 22505579 PMCID: PMC3413124 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Ionizing radiation (IR) produces direct two-ended DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) primarily repaired by non-homologous end joining (NHEJ). It is, however, well established that homologous recombination (HR) is induced and required for repair of a subset of DSBs formed following IR. Here, we find that HR induced by IR is drastically reduced when post-DNA damage replication is inhibited in mammalian cells. Both IR-induced RAD51 foci and HR events in the hprt gene are reduced in the presence of replication polymerase inhibitor aphidicolin (APH). Interestingly, we also detect reduced IR-induced toxicity in HR deficient cells when inhibiting post-DNA damage replication. When studying DSB formation following IR exposure, we find that apart from the direct DSBs the treatment also triggers formation of secondary DSBs peaking at 7–9 h after exposure. These secondary DSBs are restricted to newly replicated DNA and abolished by inhibiting post-DNA damage replication. Further, we find that IR-induced RAD51 foci are decreased by APH only in cells replicating at the time of IR exposure, suggesting distinct differences between IR-induced HR in S- and G2-phases of the cell cycle. Altogether, our data indicate that secondary replication-associated DSBs formed following exposure to IR are major substrates for IR-induced HR repair.
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- Petra Groth
- Department of Genetics, Microbiology and Toxicology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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Rodriguez-Lafrasse C, Balosso J. [From the carbon track to therapeutic efficiency of hadrontherapy]. Cancer Radiother 2012; 16:16-24. [PMID: 22285783 DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2011.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2011] [Revised: 05/18/2011] [Accepted: 06/16/2011] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Carbon ions, thanks to their relative biological effectiveness much higher than that of photons and protons and their ballistic characteristics similar to those of protons, can effectively treat radioresistant tumours. The reasons for this increased efficiency are found in the microdosimetric and radiobiological features of ions. The energy deposit or linear energy transfer increases along the range and reaches a very high level at the end producing the Bragg peak, where the linear energy transfer is about hundred times higher than that of photons. These massive energy deposits create multiple DNA lesions that are difficult to repair. DNA repair is associated with longer blockage of the cell cycle and more frequent chromosomal aberrations that are lethal to cells. The types of cell death are identical to those triggered in response to photon irradiation, but the response is earlier and more important at equivalent physical dose. Radiobiological differences between carbon ions and photons have been studied for some years and many aspects remain to be explored. In general, these phenomena tend to reduce the differences of radiosensitivity among different tissues. It is therefore in situation where tumours are relatively radioresistant compared to healthy tissue, that carbon ions must be used and not in the opposite situations where the fractionation of low linear energy transfer radiation is sufficient to provide the necessary differential effect to cure the tumour.
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- C Rodriguez-Lafrasse
- Radiobiologie cellulaire et moléculaire, EMR3738, faculté de médecine Lyon-Sud, université Lyon-1, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, BP 12, 69921 Oullins cedex, France.
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The mutagenic potential of 8-oxoG/single strand break-containing clusters depends on their relative positions. Mutat Res 2012; 732:34-42. [PMID: 22261346 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2011.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2011] [Revised: 12/12/2011] [Accepted: 12/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The biological consequences of clusters containing a single strand break and base lesion(s) remain largely unknown. In the present study we determined the mutagenicities of two- and three-lesion clustered damage sites containing a 1-nucleotide gap (GAP) and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine(s) (8-oxoG(s)) in Escherichia coli. The mutation frequencies (MFs) of bi-stranded two-lesion clusters (GAP/8-oxoG), especially in mutY-deficient strains, were high and were similar to those for bi-stranded clusters with 8-oxoG and base lesions/AP sites, suggesting that the GAP is processed with an efficiency similar to the efficiency of processing a base lesion or an AP site within a cluster. The MFs of tandem two-lesion clusters comprised of a GAP and an 8-oxoG on the same strand were comparable to or less than the MF of a single 8-oxoG. The mutagenic potential of three-lesion clusters, which were comprised of a tandem lesion (a GAP and an 8-oxoG) and an opposing single 8-oxoG, was higher than that of a single 8-oxoG, but was no more than that of a bi-stranded 8-oxoGs. We suggest that incorporation of a nucleotide opposite 8-oxoG is less mutagenic when a GAP is present in a cluster than when a GAP is absent. Our observations indicate that the repair of a GAP is retarded by an opposing 8-oxoG, but not by a tandem 8-oxoG, and that the extent of GAP repair determines the biological consequences.
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Aziz K, Nowsheen S, Pantelias G, Iliakis G, Gorgoulis VG, Georgakilas AG. Targeting DNA damage and repair: embracing the pharmacological era for successful cancer therapy. Pharmacol Ther 2011; 133:334-50. [PMID: 22197993 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2011.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2011] [Accepted: 11/30/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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DNA is under constant assault from genotoxic agents which creates different kinds of DNA damage. The precise replication of the genome and the continuous surveillance of its integrity are critical for survival and the avoidance of carcinogenesis. Cells have evolved an arsenal of repair pathways and cell cycle checkpoints to detect and repair DNA damage. When repair fails, typically cell cycle progression is halted and apoptosis is initiated. Here, we review the different sources and types of DNA damage including DNA replication stress and oxidative stress, the repair pathways that cells utilize to repair damaged DNA, and discuss their biological significance, especially with reference to cancer induction and cancer therapy. We also describe the main methodologies currently used for the detection of DNA damage with their strengths and limitations. We conclude with an outline as to how this information can be used to identify novel pharmacological targets for DNA repair pathways or enhancers of DNA damage to develop improved treatment strategies that will benefit cancer patients.
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- K Aziz
- Department of Radiation Oncology & Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
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Yang L, Li Y, Cheng M, Huang D, Zheng J, Liu B, Ling X, Li Q, Zhang X, Ji W, Zhou Y, Lu J. A functional polymorphism at microRNA-629-binding site in the 3'-untranslated region of NBS1 gene confers an increased risk of lung cancer in Southern and Eastern Chinese population. Carcinogenesis 2011; 33:338-47. [PMID: 22114071 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgr272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The genetic variations in NBS1 gene have been reported to be associated with cancer risk. The polymorphisms in 3'-untranslated region (3'-UTR) of NBS1 might affect gene's function and thus contribute to cancer susceptibility. We hypothesized that these polymorphisms of NBS1 are associated with the lung cancer risk. In two independent case-control studies conducted in Southern and Eastern Chinese, we genotyped three tagSNPs (rs14448, rs13312986 and rs2735383) in Southern Chinese and then validated the discovered association in Eastern Chinese. No significant association was observed for rs13312986 and rs14448; we only found that the rs2735383CC genotype had a significantly increased risk of lung cancer under a recessive genetic model in the total 1559 cases versus 1679 controls (odds ratio = 1.40, 95% confidence interval = 1.18-1.66, P = 0.0001) when compared with GG or GC genotypes; the rs2735383CC genotype carriers had lower messenger RNA and protein expression levels in tumor tissues than those of other genotypes as quantitative polymerase chain reaction and western blot shown. Luciferase assay revealed that the rs2735383C allele had a lower transcription activity than G allele, and the hsa-miR-629 but not hsa-miR-499-5P had effect on modulation of NBS1 gene in vitro. We further observed that the X-ray radiation induced more chromatid breaks in lymphocyte cells from the carriers of rs2735383CC homozygote than those from the subjects with other genotypes (P = 0.0008). Our data suggested that the rs2735383G>C variation contributes to an increased risk of lung cancer by diminishing gene's expression through binding of microRNA-629 to the polymorphic site in the 3'-UTR of NBS1 gene.
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- Lei Yang
- The Institute for Chemical Carcinogenesis, The State Key Lab of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Medical University, 195 Dongfengxi Road, Guangzhou 510182, People's Republic of China
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