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Geuting V, Reul C, Löbrich M. ATM release at resected double-strand breaks provides heterochromatin reconstitution to facilitate homologous recombination. PLoS Genet 2013; 9:e1003667. [PMID: 23935532 PMCID: PMC3731223 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003667] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Accepted: 06/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) and homologous recombination (HR) represent the two main pathways for repairing DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). During the G2 phase of the mammalian cell cycle, both processes can operate and chromatin structure is one important factor which determines DSB repair pathway choice. ATM facilitates the repair of heterochromatic DSBs by phosphorylating and inactivating the heterochromatin building factor KAP-1, leading to local chromatin relaxation. Here, we show that ATM accumulation and activity is strongly diminished at DSBs undergoing end-resection during HR. Such DSBs remain unrepaired in cells devoid of the HR factors BRCA2, XRCC3 or RAD51. Strikingly, depletion of KAP-1 or expression of phospho-mimic KAP-1 allows repair of resected DSBs in the absence of BRCA2, XRCC3 or RAD51 by an erroneous PARP-dependent alt-NHEJ process. We suggest that DSBs in heterochromatin elicit initial local heterochromatin relaxation which is reversed during HR due to the release of ATM from resection break ends. The restored heterochromatic structure facilitates HR and prevents usage of error-prone alternative processes. Double-strand breaks (DSBs) are critical DNA lesions because they can lead to cell death or, which is even more devastating, the formation of genomic rearrangements. Cells are equipped with two main pathways to repair such lesions, homologous recombination (HR) and non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ). HR is an error-free process and completely restores the genetic information, whereas NHEJ has the potential to form genomic rearrangements. We have previously shown that the structure of the chromatin is one important factor which determines the choice between these two pathways, such that DSBs localizing to highly condensed heterochromatic regions are mainly repaired by HR and breaks in more open euchromatic DNA undergo repair by NHEJ. Here, we investigate this aspect of DSB repair pathway choice. We show that DSB end-resection, which channels DSB repair into the process of HR, counteracts the profound local relaxation which initially takes place at the break site and reconstitutes the heterochromatic structure. Cells which are genetically modified, such that they cannot reconstitute the heterochromatic structure at resected DSBs, fail to employ HR and instead repair heterochromatic DSBs by alternative NHEJ mechanisms. Thus, chromatin modifications which occur during the process of end-resection prevent error-prone repair pathways from generating genomic rearrangements.
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- Verena Geuting
- Darmstadt University of Technology, Radiation Biology and DNA Repair, Darmstadt, Germany
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Ogiwara H, Ui A, Shiotani B, Zou L, Yasui A, Kohno T. Curcumin suppresses multiple DNA damage response pathways and has potency as a sensitizer to PARP inhibitor. Carcinogenesis 2013; 34:2486-97. [PMID: 23825154 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgt240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) are promising anticancer drugs, particularly for the treatment of tumors deficient in the DNA damage response (DDR). However, it is challenging to design effective therapeutic strategies for use of these compounds against cancers without DDR deficiencies. In this context, combination therapies in which PARP inhibitors are used alongside DDR inhibitors have elicited a great deal of interest. Curcumin, a component of turmeric (Curcuma longa), has been tested in clinical studies for its chemosensitizing potential; however, the mechanisms of chemosensitization by curcumin have not been fully elucidated. This study demonstrates that curcumin suppresses three major DDR pathways: non-homologous end joining (NHEJ), homologous recombination (HR) and the DNA damage checkpoint. Curcumin suppresses the histone acetylation at DNA double-strand break (DSB) sites by inhibiting histone acetyltransferase activity, thereby reducing recruitment of the key NHEJ factor KU70/KU80 to DSB sites. Curcumin also suppresses HR by reducing expression of the BRCA1 gene, which regulates HR, by impairing histone acetylation at the BRCA1 promoter. Curcumin also inhibits ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related protein (ATR) kinase (IC50 in vitro = 493 nM), resulting in impaired activation of ATR-CHK1 signaling, which is necessary for HR and the DNA damage checkpoint pathway. Thus, curcumin suppresses three DDR pathways by inhibiting histone acetyltransferases and ATR. Concordantly, curcumin sensitizes cancer cells to PARP inhibitors by enhancing apoptosis and mitotic catastrophe via inhibition of both the DNA damage checkpoint and DSB repair. Our results indicate that curcumin is a promising sensitizer for PARP inhibitor-based therapy.
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- Hideaki Ogiwara
- Division of Genome Biology, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan
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Schipler A, Iliakis G. DNA double-strand-break complexity levels and their possible contributions to the probability for error-prone processing and repair pathway choice. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:7589-605. [PMID: 23804754 PMCID: PMC3763544 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Although the DNA double-strand break (DSB) is defined as a rupture in the double-stranded DNA molecule that can occur without chemical modification in any of the constituent building blocks, it is recognized that this form is restricted to enzyme-induced DSBs. DSBs generated by physical or chemical agents can include at the break site a spectrum of base alterations (lesions). The nature and number of such chemical alterations define the complexity of the DSB and are considered putative determinants for repair pathway choice and the probability that errors will occur during this processing. As the pathways engaged in DSB processing show distinct and frequently inherent propensities for errors, pathway choice also defines the error-levels cells opt to accept. Here, we present a classification of DSBs on the basis of increasing complexity and discuss how complexity may affect processing, as well as how it may cause lethal or carcinogenic processing errors. By critically analyzing the characteristics of DSB repair pathways, we suggest that all repair pathways can in principle remove lesions clustering at the DSB but are likely to fail when they encounter clusters of DSBs that cause a local form of chromothripsis. In the same framework, we also analyze the rational of DSB repair pathway choice.
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- Agnes Schipler
- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen Medical School, 45122 Essen, Germany
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Kadiyska TK, Todorov TP, Bichev SN, Vazharova RV, Nossikoff AV, Savov AS, Mitev VI. APC promoter 1B deletion in familial polyposis--implications for mutation-negative families. Clin Genet 2013; 85:452-7. [PMID: 23725351 DOI: 10.1111/cge.12210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2013] [Revised: 05/28/2013] [Accepted: 05/28/2013] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Over 1500 adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene mutations have already been identified as causative of familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP). However, routine genetic testing fails to detect mutations in about 10% of classic FAP cases. Recently, it has been shown that a proportion of mutation-negative FAP cases bear molecular changes in deep intronic and regulatory sequences. In this study, we used direct sequencing, followed by multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification (MLPA) of genomic DNA from family members, affected by classic FAP. We first reported the family as mutation negative. With the launch of a new version of MLPA kit, we retested the family and a novel full deletion of promoter 1B was detected. The exact breakpoints of the deletion were determined by array comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) and long range polymerase chain reaction (PCR), followed by direct sequencing. The total APC expression levels were investigated by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay and allele-specific expression (ASE) analysis. The APC gene expression was highly reduced, which indicates causative relationship. We suggest that there is a significant possibility that APC promoter 1B mutations could be found in mutation-negative FAP patients. In the light of our findings it seems reasonable to consider targeted genetic re-analysis of APC promoter 1B region in a larger cohort of unsolved cases.
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- T K Kadiyska
- Department of Medical Chemistry and Biochemitry, Sofia Medical University, Sofia, Bulgaria; Department of Medical Genetics, Genetic Medico-Diagnostic Laboratory Genica, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Shin JS, Tut TG, Yang T, Lee CS. Radiotherapy response in microsatellite instability related rectal cancer. KOREAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2013; 47:1-8. [PMID: 23482947 PMCID: PMC3589603 DOI: 10.4132/koreanjpathol.2013.47.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Preoperative radiotherapy may improve the resectability and subsequent local control of rectal cancers. However, the extent of radiation induced regression in these tumours varies widely between individuals. To date no reliable predictive marker of radiation sensitivity in rectal cancer has been identified. At the cellular level, radiation injury initiates a complex molecular network of DNA damage response (DDR) pathways that leads to cell cycle arrest, attempts at re-constituting the damaged DNA and should this fail, then apoptosis. This review presents the details which suggest the roles of DNA mismatch repair proteins, the lack of which define a distinct subset of colorectal cancers with microsatellite instability (MSI), in the DDR pathways. Hence routine assessment of the MSI status in rectal cancers may potentially serve as a predictor of radiotherapy response, thereby improving patient stratification in the administration of this otherwise toxic treatment.
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- Joo-Shik Shin
- Discipline of Pathology, University of Western Sydney School of Medicine, Liverpool, NSW, Australia. ; Cancer Pathology and Cell Biology Laboratory, Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research, Liverpool, NSW, Australia. ; Department of Anatomical Pathology, Liverpool Hospital, Sydney South West Area Pathology Service, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
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Kumala S, Fujarewicz K, Jayaraju D, Rzeszowska-Wolny J, Hancock R. Repair of DNA strand breaks in a minichromosome in vivo: kinetics, modeling, and effects of inhibitors. PLoS One 2013; 8:e52966. [PMID: 23382828 PMCID: PMC3559499 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 11/26/2012] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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To obtain an overall picture of the repair of DNA single and double strand breaks in a defined region of chromatin in vivo, we studied their repair in a ∼170 kb circular minichromosome whose length and topology are analogous to those of the closed loops in genomic chromatin. The rate of repair of single strand breaks in cells irradiated with γ photons was quantitated by determining the sensitivity of the minichromosome DNA to nuclease S1, and that of double strand breaks by assaying the reformation of supercoiled DNA using pulsed field electrophoresis. Reformation of supercoiled DNA, which requires that all single strand breaks have been repaired, was not slowed detectably by the inhibitors of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 NU1025 or 1,5-IQD. Repair of double strand breaks was slowed by 20–30% when homologous recombination was supressed by KU55933, caffeine, or siRNA-mediated depletion of Rad51 but was completely arrested by the inhibitors of nonhomologous end-joining wortmannin or NU7441, responses interpreted as reflecting competition between these repair pathways similar to that seen in genomic DNA. The reformation of supercoiled DNA was unaffected when topoisomerases I or II, whose participation in repair of strand breaks has been controversial, were inhibited by the catalytic inhibitors ICRF-193 or F11782. Modeling of the kinetics of repair provided rate constants and showed that repair of single strand breaks in minichromosome DNA proceeded independently of repair of double strand breaks. The simplicity of quantitating strand breaks in this minichromosome provides a usefull system for testing the efficiency of new inhibitors of their repair, and since the sequence and structural features of its DNA and its transcription pattern have been studied extensively it offers a good model for examining other aspects of DNA breakage and repair.
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- Slawomir Kumala
- Laval University Cancer Research Centre, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Québec, Canada
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- Bioinformatics Group, Institute of Automatic Control, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
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- Laval University Cancer Research Centre, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Québec, Canada
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- Biosystems Group, Institute of Automatic Control, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland
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- Laval University Cancer Research Centre, Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, Québec, Canada
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Tosato V, Grüning NM, Breitenbach M, Arnak R, Ralser M, Bruschi CV. Warburg effect and translocation-induced genomic instability: two yeast models for cancer cells. Front Oncol 2013; 2:212. [PMID: 23346549 PMCID: PMC3548335 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2012.00212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Yeast has been established as an efficient model system to study biological principles underpinning human health. In this review we focus on yeast models covering two aspects of cancer formation and progression (i) the activity of pyruvate kinase (PK), which recapitulates metabolic features of cancer cells, including the Warburg effect, and (ii) chromosome bridge-induced translocation (BIT) mimiking genome instability in cancer. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an excellent model to study cancer cell metabolism, as exponentially growing yeast cells exhibit many metabolic similarities with rapidly proliferating cancer cells. The metabolic reconfiguration includes an increase in glucose uptake and fermentation, at the expense of respiration and oxidative phosphorylation (the Warburg effect), and involves a broad reconfiguration of nucleotide and amino acid metabolism. Both in yeast and humans, the regulation of this process seems to have a central player, PK, which is up-regulated in cancer, and to occur mostly on a post-transcriptional and post-translational basis. Furthermore, BIT allows to generate selectable translocation-derived recombinants ("translocants"), between any two desired chromosomal locations, in wild-type yeast strains transformed with a linear DNA cassette carrying a selectable marker flanked by two DNA sequences homologous to different chromosomes. Using the BIT system, targeted non-reciprocal translocations in mitosis are easily inducible. An extensive collection of different yeast translocants exhibiting genome instability and aberrant phenotypes similar to cancer cells has been produced and subjected to analysis. In this review, we hence provide an overview upon two yeast cancer models, and extrapolate general principles for mimicking human disease mechanisms in yeast.
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- Valentina Tosato
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Trieste, Italy
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Ramsden DA, Asagoshi K. DNA polymerases in nonhomologous end joining: are there any benefits to standing out from the crowd? ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2012; 53:741-751. [PMID: 22987211 DOI: 10.1002/em.21725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2012] [Revised: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 07/17/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Chromosome breaks, often with damaged or missing DNA flanking the break site, are an important threat to genome stability. They are repaired in vertebrates primarily by nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ). NHEJ is unique among the major DNA repair pathways in that a continuous template cannot be used by DNA polymerases to instruct replacement of damaged or lost DNA. Nevertheless, at least 3 out of the 17 mammalian DNA polymerases are specifically employed by NHEJ. Biochemical and structural studies are further revealing how each of the polymerases employed by NHEJ possesses distinct and sophisticated means to overcome the barriers this pathway presents to polymerase activity. Still unclear, though, is how the resulting network of overlapping and nonoverlapping polymerase activities contributes to repair in cells.
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- Dale A Ramsden
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Wei F, Yan J, Tang D, Lin X, He L, Xie Y, Tao L, Wang S. Inhibition of ERK activation enhances the repair of double-stranded breaks via non-homologous end joining by increasing DNA-PKcs activation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2012; 1833:90-100. [PMID: 23098854 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2012.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2012] [Revised: 10/02/2012] [Accepted: 10/15/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) is one of the major pathways that repairs double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs). Activation of DNA-PK is required for NHEJ. However, the mechanism leading to DNA-PKcs activation remains incompletely understood. We provide evidence here that the MEK-ERK pathway plays a role in DNA-PKcs-mediated NHEJ. In comparison to the vehicle control (DMSO), etoposide (ETOP)-induced DSBs in MCF7 cells were more rapidly repaired in the presence of U0126, a specific MEK inhibitor, based on the reduction of γH2AX and tail moments. Additionally, U0126 increased reactivation of luciferase activity, which resulted from the repair of restriction enzyme-cleaved DSBs. Furthermore, while inhibition of ERK activation using the dominant-negative MEK1K97M accelerated the repair of DSBs, enforcing ERK activation with the constitutively active MEK1Q56P reduced DSB repair. In line with MEK activating ERK1 and ERK2 kinases, knockdown of either ERK1 or ERK2 increased DSB repair. Consistent with the activation of DNA-PKcs being required for NHEJ, we demonstrated that inhibition of ERK activation using U0126, MEK1K97M, and knockdown of ERK1 or ERK2 enhanced ETOP-induced activation of DNA-PKcs. Conversely, enforcing ERK activation by MEK1Q56P reduced ETOP-initiated DNA-PKcs activation. Taken together, we demonstrate that ERK reduces NHEJ-mediated repair of DSBs via attenuation of DNA-PKcs activation.
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- Fengxiang Wei
- The Genetics Laboratory, Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
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Hao JJ, Gong T, Zhang Y, Shi ZZ, Xu X, Dong JT, Zhan QM, Fu SB, Wang MR. Characterization of gene rearrangements resulted from genomic structural aberrations in human esophageal squamous cell carcinoma KYSE150 cells. Gene 2012; 513:196-201. [PMID: 23026210 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2012.09.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2012] [Revised: 07/10/2012] [Accepted: 09/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Chromosomal rearrangements and involved genes have been reported to play important roles in the development and progression of human malignancies. But the gene rearrangements in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) remain to be identified. In the present study, array-based comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) was performed on the ESCC cell line KYSE150. Eight disrupted genes were detected according to the obviously distinct unbalanced breakpoints. The splitting of these genes was validated by dual-color fluorescence in-situ hybridization (FISH). By using rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE), genome walking and sequencing analysis, we further identified gene disruptions and rearrangements. A fusion transcript DTL-1q42.2 was derived from an intrachromosomal rearrangement of chromosome 1. Highly amplified segments of DTL and PTPRD were self-rearranged. The sequences on either side of the junctions possess micro-homology with each other. FISH results indicated that the split DTL and PTPRD were also involved in comprising parts of the derivative chromosomes resulted from t(1q;9p;12p) and t(9;1;9). Further, we found that regions harboring DTL (1q32.3) and PTPRD (9p23) were also splitting in ESCC tumors. The data supplement significant information on the existing genetic background of KYSE150, which may be used as a model for studying these gene rearrangements.
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- Jia-Jie Hao
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Cancer Institute (Hospital), Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100021, China
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Baicalein (5,6,7-trihydroxyflavone) reduces oxidative stress-induced DNA damage by upregulating the DNA repair system. Cell Biol Toxicol 2012; 28:421-33. [PMID: 23011636 DOI: 10.1007/s10565-012-9233-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2012] [Accepted: 09/16/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Oxidative stress caused by reactive oxygen species (ROS) induces DNA base modifications and DNA strand breaks. In this study, the protective effect of baicalein against H(2)O(2)-induced DNA damage was investigated in V79-4 Chinese hamster fibroblast cells. H(2)O(2) treatment increased the levels of intracellular ROS and DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and decreased the level of Ku70 protein and the phosphorylation (activation) of DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit (DNA-PKcs), which are involved in the repair of DSBs by nonhomologous end joining. Baicalein effectively scavenged intracellular ROS induced by H(2)O(2), reduced DSBs, and rescued Ku70 protein level and phosphorylation of DNA-PKcs. In cellular response to DNA base damage, 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase 1 (OGG1) plays a vital role in the removal of 8-oxoguanine (8-OxoG), which is formed mainly by oxidative stress. Baicalein significantly decreased the levels of 8-OxoG induced by H(2)O(2), and this correlated with increases in OGG1 promoter activity and OGG1 mRNA and protein expression. The phosphorylated form of Akt kinase, which is a regulator of OGG1, was sharply decreased by H(2)O(2), but was prevented by baicalein. A specific Akt inhibitor abolished the cytoprotective effects of baicalein, suggesting that OGG1 induction by baicalein involves the Akt pathway. In conclusion, baicalein exerted protective effects against DNA damage induced by oxidative stress by activating DNA repair systems and scavenging ROS.
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Eppink B, Krawczyk PM, Stap J, Kanaar R. Hyperthermia-induced DNA repair deficiency suggests novel therapeutic anti-cancer strategies. Int J Hyperthermia 2012; 28:509-17. [PMID: 22834701 DOI: 10.3109/02656736.2012.695427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Local hyperthermia is an effective treatment modality to augment radio- and chemotherapy-based anti-cancer treatments. Although the effect of hyperthermia is pleotropic, recent experiments revealed that homologous recombination, a pathway of DNA repair, is directly inhibited by hyperthermia. The hyperthermia-induced DNA repair deficiency is enhanced by inhibitors of the cellular heat-shock response. Taken together, these results provide the rationale for the development of novel anti-cancer therapies that combine hyperthermia-induced homologous recombination deficiency with the systemic administration of drugs that specifically affect the viability of homologous recombination deficient cells and/or inhibit the heat-shock response, to locally sensitise cancer cells to DNA damaging agents.
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- Berina Eppink
- Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Cancer Genomics Centre, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Sinha M, Peterson CL. Chromatin dynamics during repair of chromosomal DNA double-strand breaks. Epigenomics 2012; 1:371-85. [PMID: 20495614 DOI: 10.2217/epi.09.22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The integrity of a eukaryotic genome is often challenged by DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Even a single, unrepaired DSB can be a lethal event, or such unrepaired damage can result in chromosomal instability and loss of genetic information. Furthermore, defects in the pathways that respond to and repair DSBs can lead to the onset of several human pathologic disorders with pleiotropic clinical features, including age-related diseases and cancer. For decades, studies have focused on elucidating the enzymatic mechanisms involved in recognizing, signaling and repairing DSBs within eukaryotic cells. The majority of biochemical and genetic studies have used simple, DNA substrates, whereas only recently efforts have been geared towards understanding how the repair machinery deals with DSBs within chromatin fibers, the nucleoprotein complex that packages DNA within the eukaryotic nucleus. The aim of this review is to discuss our recent understanding of the relationship between chromatin structure and the repair of DSBs by homologous recombination. In particular, we discuss recent studies implicating specialized roles for several, distinct ATP-dependent chromatin remodeling enzymes in facilitating multiple steps within the homologous recombination process.
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- Manisha Sinha
- Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 373 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
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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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Berkowska MA, van der Burg M, van Dongen JJM, van Zelm MC. Checkpoints of B cell differentiation: visualizing Ig-centric processes. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2012; 1246:11-25. [PMID: 22236426 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06278.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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The generation of antibody responses and B cell memory can only take place following multiple steps of differentiation. Key molecular processes during precursor B cell differentiation in bone marrow generate unique antibodies. These antibodies are further optimized via molecular modifications during immune responses in peripheral lymphoid organs. Multiple checkpoints ensure proper differentiation of precursor and mature B lymphocytes. Many of these checkpoints have been found disrupted in patients with a primary immunodeficiency. Based on studies in these patients and in mouse models, new insights have been generated in B cell differentiation and antibody responses. Still, in many patients with impaired antibody formation, it remains unclear how B cells are affected. In this perspective, we present 11 critical processes in B cell differentiation. We discuss how defects in these processes can result in impaired checkpoint selection and how they can be visualized in healthy subjects and patients with immunodeficiency or other immunological disease.
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- Magdalena A Berkowska
- Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Jowsey PA, Williams FM, Blain PG. DNA damage responses in cells exposed to sulphur mustard. Toxicol Lett 2012; 209:1-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2011] [Revised: 10/26/2011] [Accepted: 11/09/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Jungmichel S, Clapperton JA, Lloyd J, Hari FJ, Spycher C, Pavic L, Li J, Haire LF, Bonalli M, Larsen DH, Lukas C, Lukas J, MacMillan D, Nielsen ML, Stucki M, Smerdon SJ. The molecular basis of ATM-dependent dimerization of the Mdc1 DNA damage checkpoint mediator. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:3913-28. [PMID: 22234878 PMCID: PMC3351161 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Mdc1 is a large modular phosphoprotein scaffold that maintains signaling and repair complexes at double-stranded DNA break sites. Mdc1 is anchored to damaged chromatin through interaction of its C-terminal BRCT-repeat domain with the tail of γH2AX following DNA damage, but the role of the N-terminal forkhead-associated (FHA) domain remains unclear. We show that a major binding target of the Mdc1 FHA domain is a previously unidentified DNA damage and ATM-dependent phosphorylation site near the N-terminus of Mdc1 itself. Binding to this motif stabilizes a weak self-association of the FHA domain to form a tight dimer. X-ray structures of free and complexed Mdc1 FHA domain reveal a 'head-to-tail' dimerization mechanism that is closely related to that seen in pre-activated forms of the Chk2 DNA damage kinase, and which both positively and negatively influences Mdc1 FHA domain-mediated interactions in human cells prior to and following DNA damage.
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- Stephanie Jungmichel
- Institute of Veterinary Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Zürich - Irchel, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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Chayot R, Montagne B, Ricchetti M. DNA polymerase μ is a global player in the repair of non-homologous end-joining substrates. DNA Repair (Amst) 2012; 11:22-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2010] [Revised: 09/23/2011] [Accepted: 09/27/2011] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Chromosome aberration assays are employed to detect the induction of chromosome breakage (clastogenesis) in somatic and germ cells by direct observation of the chromosomal damage during metaphase analysis, or by indirect observation of chromosomal fragments. Thus, various types of cytogenetic change can be detected such as structural chromosome aberrations (CA), sister chromatid exchanges (SCE), ploidy changes, and micronuclei. Following the induction of the chromosomal damage, most of the aberrations and abnormalities detected by these assays can be detrimental or even lethal to the cell. Their presence, however, indicates a potential to also induce more subtle and therefore transmissible chromosomal damage which survives cell division to produce heritable cytogenetic changes. Usually, induced cytogenetic damage is accompanied by other genotoxic damage such as gene mutations.
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van der Burg M, van Zelm MC, Driessen GJA, van Dongen JJM. New frontiers of primary antibody deficiencies. Cell Mol Life Sci 2012; 69:59-73. [PMID: 22042269 PMCID: PMC11114824 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-011-0836-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2011] [Revised: 09/13/2011] [Accepted: 09/13/2011] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Primary antibody deficiencies (PAD) form the largest group of inherited disorders of the immune system. They are characterized by a marked reduction or absence of serum immunoglobulins (Ig) due to disturbed B cell differentiation and by a poor response to vaccination. PAD can be divided into agammaglobulinemia, Ig class switch recombination deficiencies, and idiopathic hypogammaglobulinemia. Over the past 20 years, defects have been identified in 18 different genes, but in many PAD patients the underlying gene defects have not been found. Diagnosis of known PAD and discovery of new PAD is important for good patient care. In this review, we present the effects of genetic defects in the context of normal B cell differentiation, and we discuss how new technical developments can support understanding and discovering new genetic defects in PAD.
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- Mirjam van der Burg
- Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, 3015 GE Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Renouf B, Soret C, Saandi T, Delalande F, Martin E, Vanier M, Duluc I, Gross I, Freund JN, Domon-Dell C. Cdx2 homeoprotein inhibits non-homologous end joining in colon cancer but not in leukemia cells. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 40:3456-69. [PMID: 22189105 PMCID: PMC3333856 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr1242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Cdx2, a gene of the paraHox cluster, encodes a homeodomain transcription factor that plays numerous roles in embryonic development and in homeostasis of the adult intestine. Whereas Cdx2 exerts a tumor suppressor function in the gut, its abnormal ectopic expression in acute leukemia is associated to a pro-oncogenic function. To try to understand this duality, we have hypothesized that Cdx2 may interact with different protein partners in the two tissues and set up experiments to identify them by tandem affinity purification. We show here that Cdx2 interacts with the Ku heterodimer specifically in intestinal cells, but not in leukemia cells, via its homeodomain. Ku proteins do not affect Cdx2 transcriptional activity. However, Cdx2 inhibits in vivo and in vitro the DNA repair activity mediated by Ku proteins in intestinal cells. Whereas Cdx2 does not affect the recruitment of Ku proteins and DNA-PKcs into the DNA repair complex, it inhibits DNA-PKcs activity. Thus, we report here a new function of Cdx2, acting as an inhibitor of the DNA repair machinery, that may contribute to its tumor suppressor function specifically in the gut.
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Ogiwara H, Kohno T. Essential factors for incompatible DNA end joining at chromosomal DNA double strand breaks in vivo. PLoS One 2011; 6:e28756. [PMID: 22194904 PMCID: PMC3237495 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2011] [Accepted: 11/14/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) is a major pathway for the repair of DNA double strand break (DSBs) with incompatible DNA ends, which are often generated by ionizing irradiation. In vitro reconstitution studies have indicated that NHEJ of incompatible DNA ends requires not only the core steps of synapsis and ligation, employing KU80/DNA-PKcs and LIG4, but also additional DNA end processing steps, such as DNA end resection by Artemis and gap-filling by POLλ and POLμ. It seems that DNA end processing steps are important for joining of incompatible DNA ends rather than compatible ends. Despite the fact that DNA end processing is important for incompatible DNA end joining in vitro, the role of DNA processing in NHEJ of incompatible DSBs in vivo has not yet been demonstrated. Here we investigated the in vivo roles of proteins implicated in each step of NHEJ using an assay in which NHEJ of incompatible DNA ends on chromosomal DNA can be assessed in living human cells. siRNA- or inhibitor-mediated impairment of factors in each NHEJ step resulted in a reduction in joining efficiency. Strikingly, stronger effects were observed when DNA end resection and ligation protein functions were impaired. Disruption of synapsis by KU80 and DNA-PKcs impairment, or the disruption of gap filling by POLλ and POLμ depletion, resulted in higher levels of microhomology-mediated joining. The present study indicates that DNA end resection and ligation factors are critical for the efficient joining of incompatible ends in vivo, further emphasizing the importance of synapsis and gap-filling factors in preventing illegitimate joining.
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- Hideaki Ogiwara
- Division of Genome Biology, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Genome Biology, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
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Berg E, Christensen MO, Dalla Rosa I, Wannagat E, Jänicke RU, Rösner LM, Dirks WG, Boege F, Mielke C. XRCC4 controls nuclear import and distribution of Ligase IV and exchanges faster at damaged DNA in complex with Ligase IV. DNA Repair (Amst) 2011; 10:1232-42. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2010] [Revised: 09/07/2011] [Accepted: 09/13/2011] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Malewicz M, Kadkhodaei B, Kee N, Volakakis N, Hellman U, Viktorsson K, Leung CY, Chen B, Lewensohn R, van Gent DC, Chen DJ, Perlmann T. Essential role for DNA-PK-mediated phosphorylation of NR4A nuclear orphan receptors in DNA double-strand break repair. Genes Dev 2011; 25:2031-40. [PMID: 21979916 DOI: 10.1101/gad.16872411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) is a central regulator of DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair; however, the identity of relevant DNA-PK substrates has remained elusive. NR4A nuclear orphan receptors function as sequence-specific DNA-binding transcription factors that participate in adaptive and stress-related cell responses. We show here that NR4A proteins interact with the DNA-PK catalytic subunit and, upon exposure to DNA damage, translocate to DSB foci by a mechanism requiring the activity of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1). At DNA repair foci, NR4A is phosphorylated by DNA-PK and promotes DSB repair. Notably, NR4A transcriptional activity is entirely dispensable in this function, and core components of the DNA repair machinery are not transcriptionally regulated by NR4A. Instead, NR4A functions directly at DNA repair sites by a process that requires phosphorylation by DNA-PK. Furthermore, a severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)-causing mutation in the human gene encoding the DNA-PK catalytic subunit impairs the interaction and phosphorylation of NR4A at DSBs. Thus, NR4As represent an entirely novel component of DNA damage response and are substrates of DNA-PK in the process of DSB repair.
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- Michal Malewicz
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Ltd.,Karolinska Institutet, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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Fujimoto H, Higuchi M, Koike M, Ode H, Pinak M, Bunta JK, Nemoto T, Sakudoh T, Honda N, Maekawa H, Saito K, Tsuchida K. A possible overestimation of the effect of acetylation on lysine residues in KQ mutant analysis. J Comput Chem 2011; 33:239-46. [PMID: 22072565 DOI: 10.1002/jcc.21956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2011] [Revised: 08/09/2011] [Accepted: 09/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Acetylation of lysine residues, one of the most common protein post-transcriptional modifications, is thought to regulate protein affinity with other proteins or nucleotides. Experimentally, the effects of acetylation have been studied using recombinant mutants in which lysine residues (K) are substituted with glutamine (Q) as a mimic of acetyl lysine (KQ mutant), or with arginine (R) as a mimic of nonacetylated lysine (KR mutant). These substitutions, however, have not been properly validated. The effects lysine acetylation on Ku, a multifunctional protein that has been primarily implicated in DNA repair and cell survival, are characterized herein using a series of computer simulations. The binding free energy was reduced in the KQ mutant, while the KR mutant had no effect, which is consistent with previous experimental results. Unexpectedly, the binding energy between Ku and DNA was maintained at almost the same level as in the wild type protein despite full acetylation of the lysine residues. These results suggest that the effects of acetylation may be overestimated when the KQ mutant is used as a mimic of the acetylated protein.
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- Hirofumi Fujimoto
- Division of Radiological Protection and Biology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan.
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Haplotypes of DNA repair and cell cycle control genes, X-ray exposure, and risk of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Cancer Causes Control 2011; 22:1721-30. [PMID: 21987080 PMCID: PMC3206192 DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9848-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2011] [Accepted: 09/24/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acute leukemias of childhood are a heterogeneous group of malignancies characterized by cytogenetic abnormalities, such as translocations and changes in ploidy. These abnormalities may be influenced by altered DNA repair and cell cycle control processes. METHODS We examined the association between childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and 32 genes in DNA repair and cell cycle pathways using a haplotype-based approach, among 377 childhood ALL cases and 448 controls enrolled during 1995-2002. RESULTS We found that haplotypes in APEX1, BRCA2, ERCC2, and RAD51 were significantly associated with total ALL, while haplotypes in NBN and XRCC4, and CDKN2A were associated with structural and numerical change subtypes, respectively. In addition, we observed statistically significant interaction between exposure to 3 or more diagnostic X-rays and haplotypes of XRCC4 on risk of structural abnormality-positive childhood ALL. CONCLUSIONS These results support a role of altered DNA repair and cell cycle processes in the risk of childhood ALL, and show that this genetic susceptibility can differ by cytogenetic subtype and may be modified by exposure to ionizing radiation. To our knowledge, our study is the first to broadly examine the DNA repair and cell cycle pathways using a haplotype approach in conjunction with X-ray exposures in childhood ALL risk. If confirmed, future studies are needed to identify specific functional SNPs in the regions of interest identified in this analysis.
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Huang YT, Lin X, Liu Y, Chirieac LR, McGovern R, Wain J, Heist R, Skaug V, Zienolddiny S, Haugen A, Su L, Fox EA, Wong KK, Christiani DC. Cigarette smoking increases copy number alterations in nonsmall-cell lung cancer. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011; 108:16345-50. [PMID: 21911369 PMCID: PMC3182687 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102769108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Cigarette smoking has been a well-established risk factor of lung cancer for decades. How smoking contributes to tumorigenesis in the lung remains not fully understood. Here we report the results of a genome-wide study of DNA copy number and smoking pack-years in a large collection of nonsmall-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumors. Genome-wide analyses of DNA copy number and pack-years of cigarette smoking were performed on 264 NSCLC tumors, which were divided into discovery and validation sets. The copy number-smoking associations were investigated in three scales: whole-genome, chromosome/arm, and focal regions. We found that heavy cigarette smokers (>60 pack-years) have significantly more copy number gains than non- or light smokers (≤60 pack-years) (P = 2.46 × 10(-4)), especially in 8q and 12q. Copy number losses tend to occur away from genes in non/light smokers (P = 5.15 × 10(-5)) but not in heavy smokers (P = 0.52). Focal copy number analyses showed that there are strong associations of copy number and cigarette smoking pack-years in 12q23 (P = 9.69 × 10(-10)) where IGF1 (insulin-like growth factor 1) is located. All of the above analyses were tested in the discovery set and confirmed in the validation set. DNA double-strand break assays using human bronchial epithelial cell lines treated with cigarette smoke condensate were also performed, and indicated that cigarette smoke condensate leads to genome instability in human bronchial epithelial cells. We conclude that cigarette smoking leads to more copy number alterations, which may be mediated by the genome instability.
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- Department of Medical Oncology and
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- Cancer Center
- Thoracic Surgery Unit, and
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115
- Cancer Center
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- Department of Biological and Chemical Working Environment, National Institute of Occupational Health, N-0033 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Biological and Chemical Working Environment, National Institute of Occupational Health, N-0033 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Biological and Chemical Working Environment, National Institute of Occupational Health, N-0033 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115
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- Department of Epidemiology
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114; and
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The role of homologous recombination in radiation-induced double-strand break repair. Radiother Oncol 2011; 101:7-12. [PMID: 21737170 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.06.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 140] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2011] [Revised: 06/08/2011] [Accepted: 06/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) represent the most biologically significant lesions induced by ionizing radiation (IR). HR is the predominant pathway for repairing one-ended DSBs arising in S-phase when the replication fork encounters single-stranded breaks or base damages. Here, we discuss recent findings that two-ended DSBs directly induced by X- or γ-rays in late S- or G2-phase are repaired predominantly by NHEJ, with HR only repairing a sub-fraction of such DSBs. This sub-fraction represents DSBs which localize to heterochromatic DNA regions and, which in control cells, are repaired with slow kinetics over many hours post irradiation. The observation that defined DSB populations are repaired by either NHEJ or HR suggests an assignment of specific tasks for each of the two processes. Furthermore, heavy ion induced complex DSBs, which are in general more slowly repaired than X- or γ-ray induced breaks, are nearly always repaired by HR independent of chromatin localization suggesting that the speed of repair is an important factor determining the DSB repair pathway usage. Finally, NHEJ and HR can, under certain conditions, also compensate for each other such that DSBs normally repaired by one pathway can undergo repair by the other if genetic failures necessitate the pathway switch.
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Deinococcus radiodurans is a robust bacterium best known for its capacity to repair massive DNA damage efficiently and accurately. It is extremely resistant to many DNA-damaging agents, including ionizing radiation and UV radiation (100 to 295 nm), desiccation, and mitomycin C, which induce oxidative damage not only to DNA but also to all cellular macromolecules via the production of reactive oxygen species. The extreme resilience of D. radiodurans to oxidative stress is imparted synergistically by an efficient protection of proteins against oxidative stress and an efficient DNA repair mechanism, enhanced by functional redundancies in both systems. D. radiodurans assets for the prevention of and recovery from oxidative stress are extensively reviewed here. Radiation- and desiccation-resistant bacteria such as D. radiodurans have substantially lower protein oxidation levels than do sensitive bacteria but have similar yields of DNA double-strand breaks. These findings challenge the concept of DNA as the primary target of radiation toxicity while advancing protein damage, and the protection of proteins against oxidative damage, as a new paradigm of radiation toxicity and survival. The protection of DNA repair and other proteins against oxidative damage is imparted by enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidant defense systems dominated by divalent manganese complexes. Given that oxidative stress caused by the accumulation of reactive oxygen species is associated with aging and cancer, a comprehensive outlook on D. radiodurans strategies of combating oxidative stress may open new avenues for antiaging and anticancer treatments. The study of the antioxidation protection in D. radiodurans is therefore of considerable potential interest for medicine and public health.
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Artemis splice defects cause atypical SCID and can be restored in vitro by an antisense oligonucleotide. Genes Immun 2011; 12:434-44. [PMID: 21390052 DOI: 10.1038/gene.2011.16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Artemis deficiency is known to result in classical T-B- severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) in case of Artemis null mutations, or Omenn's syndrome in case of hypomorphic mutations in the Artemis gene. We describe two unrelated patients with a relatively mild clinical T-B- SCID phenotype, caused by different homozygous Artemis splice-site mutations. The splice-site mutations concern either dysfunction of a 5' splice-site or an intronic point mutation creating a novel 3' splice-site, resulting in mutated Artemis protein with residual activity or low levels of wild type (WT) Artemis transcripts. During the first 10 years of life, the patients suffered from recurrent infections necessitating antibiotic prophylaxis and intravenous immunoglobulins. Both mutations resulted in increased ionizing radiation sensitivity and insufficient variable, diversity and joining (V(D)J) recombination, causing B-lymphopenia and exhaustion of the naive T-cell compartment. The patient with the novel 3' splice-site had progressive granulomatous skin lesions, which disappeared after stem cell transplantation (SCT). We showed that an alternative approach to SCT can, in principle, be used in this case; an antisense oligonucleotide (AON) covering the intronic mutation restored WT Artemis transcript levels and non-homologous end-joining pathway activity in the patient fibroblasts.
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Dar I, Yosha G, Elfassy R, Galron R, Wang ZQ, Shiloh Y, Barzilai A. Investigation of the functional link between ATM and NBS1 in the DNA damage response in the mouse cerebellum. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:15361-76. [PMID: 21300797 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.204172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) and Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) are related genomic instability syndromes characterized by neurological deficits. The NBS1 protein that is defective in NBS is a component of the Mre11/RAD50/NBS1 (MRN) complex, which plays a major role in the early phase of the complex cellular response to double strand breaks (DSBs) in the DNA. Among others, Mre11/RAD50/NBS1 is required for timely activation of the protein kinase ATM (A-T, mutated), which is missing or inactivated in patients with A-T. Understanding the molecular pathology of A-T, primarily its cardinal symptom, cerebellar degeneration, requires investigation of the DSB response in cerebellar neurons, particularly Purkinje cells, which are the first to be lost in A-T patients. Cerebellar cultures derived from mice with different mutations in DNA damage response genes is a useful experimental system to study malfunctioning of the damage response in the nervous system. To clarify the interrelations between murine Nbs1 and Atm, we generated a mouse strain with specific disruption of the Nbs1 gene in the central nervous system on the background of general Atm deficiency (Nbs1-CNS-Δ//Atm(-/-)). This genotype exacerbated several features of both conditions and led to a markedly reduced life span, dramatic decline in the number of cerebellar granule neurons with considerable cerebellar disorganization, abolishment of the white matter, severe reduction in glial cell proliferation, and delayed DSB repair in cerebellar tissue. Combined loss of Nbs1 and Atm in the CNS significantly abrogated the DSB response compared with the single mutation genotypes. Importantly, the data indicate that Atm has cellular roles not regulated by Nbs1 in the murine cerebellum.
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- Inbal Dar
- Department of Neurobiology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Jensen NM, Dalsgaard T, Jakobsen M, Nielsen RR, Sørensen CB, Bolund L, Jensen TG. An update on targeted gene repair in mammalian cells: methods and mechanisms. J Biomed Sci 2011; 18:10. [PMID: 21284895 PMCID: PMC3042377 DOI: 10.1186/1423-0127-18-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2010] [Accepted: 02/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Transfer of full-length genes including regulatory elements has been the preferred gene therapy strategy for clinical applications. However, with significant drawbacks emerging, targeted gene alteration (TGA) has recently become a promising alternative to this method. By means of TGA, endogenous DNA repair pathways of the cell are activated leading to specific genetic correction of single-base mutations in the genome. This strategy can be implemented using single-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotides (ssODNs), small DNA fragments (SDFs), triplex-forming oligonucleotides (TFOs), adeno-associated virus vectors (AAVs) and zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs). Despite difficulties in the use of TGA, including lack of knowledge on the repair mechanisms stimulated by the individual methods, the field holds great promise for the future. The objective of this review is to summarize and evaluate the different methods that exist within this particular area of human gene therapy research.
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- Nanna M Jensen
- Institute of Human Genetics, The Bartholin Building, University of Aarhus, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Structural changes to DNA severely affect its functions, such as replication and transcription, and play a major role in age-related diseases and cancer. A complicated and entangled network of DNA damage response (DDR) mechanisms, including multiple DNA repair pathways, damage tolerance processes, and cell-cycle checkpoints safeguard genomic integrity. Like transcription and replication, DDR is a chromatin-associated process that is generally tightly controlled in time and space. As DNA damage can occur at any time on any genomic location, a specialized spatio-temporal orchestration of this defense apparatus is required.
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van der Burg M, Gennery AR. Educational paper. The expanding clinical and immunological spectrum of severe combined immunodeficiency. Eur J Pediatr 2011; 170:561-71. [PMID: 21479529 PMCID: PMC3078321 DOI: 10.1007/s00431-011-1452-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2011] [Accepted: 03/10/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is one of the most severe forms of primary immunodeficiency characterized by absence of functional T lymphocytes. It is a paediatric emergency, which is life-threatening when recognized too late. The clinical presentation varies from the classical form of SCID through atypical SCID to Omenn syndrome. In addition, there is a considerable immunological variation, which can hamper the diagnosis. In this educational review, we describe the immunopathological background, clinical presentations and diagnostic process of SCID, as well as the therapeutic possibilities.
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- Mirjam van der Burg
- Department of Immunology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Dr. Molewaterplein 50, Rotterdam 3015 GE, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Great North Children’s Hospital, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK ,Institute of Cellular Medicine, Child Health, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Deorukhkar A, Krishnan S. Targeting inflammatory pathways for tumor radiosensitization. Biochem Pharmacol 2010; 80:1904-14. [PMID: 20599771 PMCID: PMC3090731 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2010.06.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 113] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2010] [Revised: 06/19/2010] [Accepted: 06/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Although radiation therapy (RT) is an integral component of treatment of patients with many types of cancer, inherent and/or acquired resistance to the cytotoxic effects of RT is increasingly recognized as a significant impediment to effective cancer treatment. Inherent resistance is mediated by constitutively activated oncogenic, proliferative and anti-apoptotic proteins/pathways whereas acquired resistance refers to transient induction of proteins/pathways following radiation exposure. To realize the full potential of RT, it is essential to understand the signaling pathways that mediate inducible radiation resistance, a poorly characterized phenomenon, and identify druggable targets for radiosensitization. Ionizing radiation induces a multilayered signaling response in mammalian cells by activating many pro-survival pathways that converge to transiently activate a few important transcription factors (TFs), including nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) and signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs), the central mediators of inflammatory and carcinogenic signaling. Together, these TFs activate a wide spectrum of pro-survival genes regulating inflammation, anti-apoptosis, invasion and angiogenesis pathways, which confer tumor cell radioresistance. Equally, radiation-induced activation of pro-inflammatory cytokine network (including interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6 and tumor necrosis factor-α) has been shown to mediate symptom burden (pain, fatigue, local inflammation) in cancer patients. Thus, targeting radiation-induced inflammatory pathways may exert a dual effect of accentuating the tumor radioresponse and reducing normal tissue side-effects, thereby increasing the therapeutic window of cancer treatment. We review recent data demonstrating the pivotal role played by inflammatory pathways in cancer progression and modulation of radiation response.
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- Amit Deorukhkar
- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
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Chayot R, Danckaert A, Montagne B, Ricchetti M. Lack of DNA polymerase μ affects the kinetics of DNA double-strand break repair and impacts on cellular senescence. DNA Repair (Amst) 2010; 9:1187-99. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2010.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2010] [Revised: 07/28/2010] [Accepted: 09/02/2010] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Sioftanos G, Ismail A, Föhse L, Shanley S, Worku M, Short SC. BRCA1 and BRCA2 heterozygosity in embryonic stem cells reduces radiation-induced Rad51 focus formation but is not associated with radiosensitivity. Int J Radiat Biol 2010; 86:1095-105. [PMID: 20979543 DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2010.501836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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PURPOSE The breast cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 (breast cancer 1) and BRCA2 (breast cancer 2) encode proteins involved in double-strand break (DSB) repair, whose functions include facilitating homologous recombination through interactions with Rad51, the human homologue of bacterial RecA. Homozygous deficiency inhibits Rad51 focus formation and enhances radiosensitivity, but the effects of heterozygosity have not been investigated in detail. The purpose of this work was to examine the effect of heterozygosity on Rad51 activation and clonogenicity following X-irradiation (XR). MATERIALS AND METHODS We used quantitative assessment of immunofluorescent foci to assess Rad51 activation in wild type mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEF) and in paired mutant and wild type BRCA1 and BRCA2 embryonic stem cells (ES cells). We measured radiosensitivity in the same cell lines using clonogenic survival assays. RESULTS ES cells exhibit higher numbers of cells with Rad51 foci post radiation than MEF, likely due to differences in cell cycle distribution. Compared to wild type cells, BRCA1 and BRCA2 heterozygous ES cells demonstrate lower numbers of Rad51 foci per nucleus 4 and 24 hours post radiation. This was not associated with significantly enhanced radiosensitivity. CONCLUSIONS BRCA1/2 heterozygosity in ES cells is associated with a subtle reduction in Rad51 foci formation that is not associated with increased XR induced cytotoxicity.
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Jowsey PA, Williams FM, Blain PG. The role of homologous recombination in the cellular response to sulphur mustard. Toxicol Lett 2010; 197:12-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2010.04.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2010] [Revised: 04/21/2010] [Accepted: 04/23/2010] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Dutrannoy V, Demuth I, Baumann U, Schindler D, Konrat K, Neitzel H, Gillessen-Kaesbach G, Radszewski J, Rothe S, Schellenberger MT, Nürnberg G, Nürnberg P, Teik KW, Nallusamy R, Reis A, Sperling K, Digweed M, Varon R. Clinical variability and novel mutations in the NHEJ1 gene in patients with a Nijmegen breakage syndrome-like phenotype. Hum Mutat 2010; 31:1059-68. [DOI: 10.1002/humu.21315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Brenkman AB, Broek NJF, Keizer PLJ, Gent DC, Burgering BMT. The DNA damage repair protein Ku70 interacts with FOXO4 to coordinate a conserved cellular stress response. FASEB J 2010; 24:4271-80. [DOI: 10.1096/fj.10-158717] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Arjan B. Brenkman
- Department of Physiological ChemistryUniversity Medical Centre Utrecht Utrecht The Netherlands
- Centre for Biomedical GeneticsUniversity Medical Centre Utrecht Utrecht The Netherlands
- Department of Metabolic and Endocrine DiseasesUniversity Medical Centre Utrecht Utrecht The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Centre for Biomedical GeneticsUniversity Medical Centre Utrecht Utrecht The Netherlands
- Department of Metabolic and Endocrine DiseasesUniversity Medical Centre Utrecht Utrecht The Netherlands
- Netherlands Metabolomics Centre Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiological ChemistryUniversity Medical Centre Utrecht Utrecht The Netherlands
- Centre for Biomedical GeneticsUniversity Medical Centre Utrecht Utrecht The Netherlands
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- Department of Cell Biology and GeneticsErasmus Medical CenterUniversity Medical Center Rotterdam Rotterdam The Netherlands
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- Department of Physiological ChemistryUniversity Medical Centre Utrecht Utrecht The Netherlands
- Centre for Biomedical GeneticsUniversity Medical Centre Utrecht Utrecht The Netherlands
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Friedland W, Jacob P, Kundrát P. Stochastic simulation of DNA double-strand break repair by non-homologous end joining based on track structure calculations. Radiat Res 2010; 173:677-88. [PMID: 20426668 DOI: 10.1667/rr1965.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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A Monte Carlo simulation model for DNA repair via the non-homologous end-joining pathway has been developed. Initial DNA damage calculated by the Monte Carlo track structure code PARTRAC provides starting conditions concerning spatial distribution of double-strand breaks (DSBs) and characterization of lesion complexity. DNA termini undergo attachment and dissociation of repair enzymes described in stochastic first-order kinetics as well as step-by-step diffusive motion considering nuclear attachment sites. Pairs of DNA termini with attached DNA-PK enter synapsis under spatial proximity conditions. After synapsis, a single rate-limiting step is assumed for clean DNA ends, and step-by-step removal of nearby base lesions and strand breaks is considered for dirty DNA ends. Four simple model scenarios reflecting different hypotheses on the origin of the slow phase of DSB repair have been set up. Parameters for the presynaptic phase have been derived from experimental data for Ku70/Ku80 and DNA-PK association and dissociation kinetics. Time constants for the post-synaptic phase have been adapted to experimental DSB rejoining kinetics for human fibroblasts after (137)Cs gamma irradiation. In addition to DSB rejoining kinetics, the yields of residual DSBs, incorrectly rejoined DSBs, and chromosomal aberrations have been determined as a function of dose and compared with experimental data. Three of the model scenarios obviously overestimate residual DSBs after long-term repair after low-dose irradiation, whereas misrejoined DSBs and chromosomal aberrations are in surprisingly good agreement with measurements.
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- Werner Friedland
- Helmholtz Zentrum München, Institute of Radiation Protection, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
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Loss of juxtaposition of RAG-induced immunoglobulin DNA ends is implicated in the precursor B-cell differentiation defect in NBS patients. Blood 2010; 115:4770-7. [PMID: 20378756 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2009-10-250514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is a rare inherited condition, characterized by microcephaly, radiation hypersensitivity, chromosomal instability, an increased incidence of (mostly) lymphoid malignancies, and immunodeficiency. NBS is caused by hypomorphic mutations in the NBN gene (8q21). The NBN protein is a subunit of the MRN (Mre11-Rad50-NBN) nuclear protein complex, which associates with double-strand breaks. The immunodeficiency in NBS patients can partly be explained by strongly reduced absolute numbers of B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes. We show that NBS patients have a disturbed precursor B-cell differentiation pattern and significant disturbances in the resolution of recombination activating gene-induced IGH breaks. However, the composition of the junctional regions as well as the gene segment usage of the reduced number of successful immunoglobulin gene rearrangements were highly similar to healthy controls. This indicates that the NBN defect leads to a quantitative defect in V(D)J recombination through loss of juxtaposition of recombination activating gene-induced DNA ends. The resulting reduction in bone marrow B-cell efflux appeared to be partly compensated by significantly increased proliferation of mature B cells. Based on these observations, we conclude that the quantitative defect will affect the B-cell receptor repertoire, thus contributing to the observed immunodeficiency in NBS patients.
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A novel radiosensitive SCID patient with a pronounced G2/M sensitivity. DNA Repair (Amst) 2010; 9:365-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2009.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2009] [Revised: 11/26/2009] [Accepted: 12/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Simsek D, Jasin M. Alternative end-joining is suppressed by the canonical NHEJ component Xrcc4-ligase IV during chromosomal translocation formation. Nat Struct Mol Biol 2010; 17:410-6. [PMID: 20208544 PMCID: PMC3893185 DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 235] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2009] [Accepted: 01/15/2010] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Chromosomal translocations in hematologic and mesenchymal tumors form overwhelmingly by nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ). Canonical NHEJ, essential for the repair of radiation-induced and some programmed double-strand breaks (DSBs), requires the Xrcc4/ligase IV complex. For other DSBs, the requirement for Xrcc4/ligase IV is less stringent, suggesting the existence of alternative end-joining (alt-NHEJ) pathways. To understand the contribution of the canonical and alt-NHEJ pathways, we examined translocation formation in Xrcc4/ligase IV-deficient cells. We find that Xrcc4/ligase IV is not required for, but rather suppresses, translocations. Translocation breakpoint junctions have similar characteristics in wild-type and Xrcc4/ligase IV-deficient cells, including an unchanged bias toward microhomology, unlike what is observed for intrachromosomal DSB repair. Complex insertions in some junctions demonstrate that joining can be iterative, encompassing successive processing steps prior to joining. Our results imply that alt-NHEJ is the primary mediator of translocation formation in mammalian cells.
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- Deniz Simsek
- Developmental Biology Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, New York, New York, USA
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Li Y, Xu FL, Lu J, Saunders WS, Prochownik EV. Widespread genomic instability mediated by a pathway involving glycoprotein Ib alpha and Aurora B kinase. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:13183-92. [PMID: 20157117 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m109.084913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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c-Myc (Myc) oncoprotein induction of genomic instability (GI) contributes to its initial transforming function and subsequent tumor cell evolution. We describe here a pathway by which Myc, via its target protein glycoprotein Ibalpha (GpIb alpha), mediates GI. Proteomic profiling revealed that the serine/threonine kinase Aurora B is down-regulated by GpIb alpha in p53-deficient primary human fibroblasts. The phenotypes of Aurora B deficiency are strikingly reminiscent of Myc or GpIb alpha overexpression and include double-stranded DNA breaks, altered nuclear size and morphology, chromatin bridges, cleavage furrow regression, and tetraploidy. During mitosis, GpIb alpha and Aurora B redistribute to the cleavage furrow along with other cleavage furrow proteins. GpIb alpha overexpression at levels comparable with those seen in some tumor cells causes the dispersal of these proteins but not Aurora B, resulting in furrow regression and cytokinesis failure. Aurora B normalization redirects the mislocalized furrow proteins to their proper location, corrects the cleavage furrow abnormalities, and restores genomic stability. Aurora B thus appears necessary for a previously unrecognized function in guiding and positioning a number of key proteins, including GpIb alpha to the cleavage furrow. These findings underscore the importance of maintaining a delicate balance among cleavage furrow-associated proteins during mitosis. Suppression of Aurora B via GpIb alpha provides a unifying and mechanistic explanation for several types of Myc-mediated GI.
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- Youjun Li
- Section of Hematology/Oncology, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201, USA
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Stephens PJ, McBride DJ, Lin ML, Varela I, Pleasance ED, Simpson JT, Stebbings LA, Leroy C, Edkins S, Mudie LJ, Greenman CD, Jia M, Latimer C, Teague JW, Lau KW, Burton J, Quail MA, Swerdlow H, Churcher C, Natrajan R, Sieuwerts AM, Martens JWM, Silver DP, Langerød A, Russnes HEG, Foekens JA, Reis-Filho JS, van 't Veer L, Richardson AL, Børresen-Dale AL, Campbell PJ, Futreal PA, Stratton MR. Complex landscapes of somatic rearrangement in human breast cancer genomes. Nature 2009; 462:1005-10. [PMID: 20033038 PMCID: PMC3398135 DOI: 10.1038/nature08645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 697] [Impact Index Per Article: 46.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2009] [Accepted: 11/05/2009] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Multiple somatic rearrangements are often found in cancer genomes; however, the underlying processes of rearrangement and their contribution to cancer development are poorly characterized. Here we use a paired-end sequencing strategy to identify somatic rearrangements in breast cancer genomes. There are more rearrangements in some breast cancers than previously appreciated. Rearrangements are more frequent over gene footprints and most are intrachromosomal. Multiple rearrangement architectures are present, but tandem duplications are particularly common in some cancers, perhaps reflecting a specific defect in DNA maintenance. Short overlapping sequences at most rearrangement junctions indicate that these have been mediated by non-homologous end-joining DNA repair, although varying sequence patterns indicate that multiple processes of this type are operative. Several expressed in-frame fusion genes were identified but none was recurrent. The study provides a new perspective on cancer genomes, highlighting the diversity of somatic rearrangements and their potential contribution to cancer development.
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Hidaka M, Oda S, Kuwahara Y, Fukumoto M, Mitani H. Cell lines derived from a medaka radiation-sensitive mutant have defects in DNA double-strand break responses. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2009; 51:165-171. [PMID: 19952493 DOI: 10.1269/jrr.09107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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It was reported that the radiation-sensitive Medaka mutant "ric1" has a defect in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) induced by gamma-rays during early embryogenesis. To study the cellular response of a ric1 mutant to ionizing radiation (IR), we established the mutant embryonic cell lines RIC1-e9, RIC1-e42, RIC1-e43. Following exposure to gamma-irradiation, the DSBs in wild-type cells were repaired within 1 h, while those in RIC1 cells were not rejoined even after 2 h. Cell death was induced in the wild-type cells with cell fragmentation, but only a small proportion of the RIC1 cells underwent cell death, and without cell fragmentation. Although both wild-type and RIC1 cells showed mitotic inhibition immediately after gamma-irradiation, cell division was much slower to resume in the wild-type cells (20 h versus 12 h). In both wild-type and RIC1 cells, Ser139 phosphorylated H2AX (gammaH2AX) foci were formed after gamma-irradiation, however, the gammaH2AX foci disappeared more quickly in the RIC1 cell lines. These results suggest that the instability of gammaH2AX foci in RIC1 cells cause an aberration of the DNA damage response. As RIC1 cultured cells showed similar defective DNA repair as ric1 embryos and RIC1 cells revealed defective cell death and cell cycle checkpoint, they are useful for investigating DNA damage responses in vitro.
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- Masayuki Hidaka
- Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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Jeggo PA. Risks from low dose/dose rate radiation: what an understanding of DNA damage response mechanisms can tell us. HEALTH PHYSICS 2009; 97:416-425. [PMID: 19820451 DOI: 10.1097/hp.0b013e3181aff9c8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The DNA damage response (DDR) mechanisms represent a vital line of defense against exogenous and endogenous DNA damage to enhance two distinct outcomes, survival and the maintenance of genomic stability. The latter is critical for cancer avoidance. DDR processes encompass repair pathways and signal transduction mechanisms that activate cell cycle checkpoint arrest and apoptosis. DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) represent important radiation-induced lesions. The major DSB repair pathways are DNA non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) and homologous recombination (HR) and ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) activates the DSB signaling response. To evaluate the ability of these pathways to protect against low doses or dose rate radiation exposure, it is important to consider the fidelity of DSB repair and the sensitivity of checkpoint arrest and apoptosis. Radiation-induced DSBs are more complex than endogenously-induced DSBs, with the potential for multiple lesions to arise in close proximity. NHEJ, the major DSB repair pathway, cannot accurately reconstitute sequence information lost at DSBs. Both pathways have the potential to cause translocations by rejoining erroneous DNA ends. Thus, complete accuracy of repair cannot be guaranteed and the formation of translocations, which have the potential to initiate carcinogenesis, can arise. Additionally, the G2/M checkpoint has a defined sensitivity, allowing some chromosome breakage to occur. Thus, genomic rearrangements can potentially arise even if the G1/S checkpoint is efficient. The sensitivity of apoptosis is currently unclear but will likely differ between tissues. In summary, it is unlikely that the DDR mechanisms can fully protect cells from genomic rearrangements following exposure to low doses or dose rate radiation.
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- Penny A Jeggo
- Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex; Brighton BN1 9RQ, UK.
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