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Balu KE, Almohdar D, Ratcliffe J, Tang Q, Parwal T, Çağlayan M. Structural and biochemical characterization of LIG1 during mutagenic nick sealing of oxidatively damaged ends at the final step of DNA repair. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.05.06.592774. [PMID: 38766188 PMCID: PMC11100680 DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.06.592774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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DNA ligase 1 (LIG1) joins broken strand-breaks in the phosphodiester backbone to finalize DNA repair pathways. We previously reported that LIG1 fails on nick repair intermediate with 3'-oxidative damage incorporated by DNA polymerase (pol) β at the downstream steps of base excision repair (BER) pathway. Here, we determined X-ray structures of LIG1/nick DNA complexes containing 3'-8oxodG and 3'-8oxorG opposite either a templating Cytosine or Adenine and demonstrated that the ligase active site engages with mutagenic repair intermediates during steps 2 and 3 of the ligation reaction referring to the formation of DNA-AMP intermediate and a final phosphodiester bond, respectively. Furthermore, we showed the mutagenic nick sealing of DNA substrates with 3'-8oxodG:A and 3'-8oxorG:A by LIG1 wild-type, immunodeficiency disease-associated variants, and DNA ligase 3α (LIG3α) in vitro . Finally, we observed that LIG1 and LIG3α seal resulting nick after an incorporation of 8oxorGTP:A by polβ and AP-Endonuclease 1 (APE1) can clean oxidatively damaged ends at the final steps. Overall, our findings uncover a mechanistic insight into how LIG1 discriminates DNA or DNA/RNA junctions including oxidative damage and a functional coordination between the downstream enzymes, polβ, APE1, and BER ligases, to process mutagenic repair intermediates to maintain repair efficiency.
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Zhou W, Lin Z, Tan W. Deciphering the molecular landscape: integrating single-cell transcriptomics to unravel myofibroblast dynamics and therapeutic targets in clear cell renal cell carcinomas. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1374931. [PMID: 38562930 PMCID: PMC10982338 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1374931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Accepted: 03/05/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
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Background Clear cell renal cell carcinomas (ccRCCs) epitomize the most formidable clinical subtype among renal neoplasms. While the impact of tumor-associated fibroblasts on ccRCC progression is duly acknowledged, a paucity of literature exists elucidating the intricate mechanisms and signaling pathways operative at the individual cellular level. Methods Employing single-cell transcriptomic analysis, we meticulously curated UMAP profiles spanning substantial ccRCC populations, delving into the composition and intrinsic signaling pathways of these cohorts. Additionally, Myofibroblasts were fastidiously categorized into discrete subpopulations, with a thorough elucidation of the temporal trajectory relationships between these subpopulations. We further probed the cellular interaction pathways connecting pivotal subpopulations with tumors. Our endeavor also encompassed the identification of prognostic genes associated with these subpopulations through Bulk RNA-seq, subsequently validated through empirical experimentation. Results A notable escalation in the nFeature and nCount of Myofibroblasts and EPCs within ccRCCs was observed, notably enriched in oxidation-related pathways. This phenomenon is postulated to be closely associated with the heightened metabolic activities of Myofibroblasts and EPCs. The Myofibroblasts subpopulation, denoted as C3 HMGA1+ Myofibroblasts, emerges as a pivotal subset, displaying low differentiation and positioning itself at the terminal point of the temporal trajectory. Intriguingly, these cells exhibit a high degree of interaction with tumor cells through the MPZ signaling pathway network, suggesting that Myofibroblasts may facilitate tumor progression via this pathway. Prognostic genes associated with C3 were identified, among which TUBB3 is implicated in potential resistance to tumor recurrence. Finally, experimental validation revealed that the knockout of the key gene within the MPZ pathway, MPZL1, can inhibit tumor activity, proliferation, invasion, and migration capabilities. Conclusion This investigation delves into the intricate mechanisms and interaction pathways between Myofibroblasts and ccRCCs at the single-cell level. We propose that targeting MPZL1 and the oxidative phosphorylation pathway could serve as potential key targets for treating the progression and recurrence of ccRCC. This discovery paves the way for new directions in the treatment and prognosis diagnosis of ccRCC in the future.
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- Wenqian Zhou
- Tongji Hospital, School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, Shandong, China
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- Xiangya Boai Rehabilitation Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China
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Liu P, Xing N, Xiahou Z, Yan J, Lin Z, Zhang J. Unraveling the intricacies of glioblastoma progression and recurrence: insights into the role of NFYB and oxidative phosphorylation at the single-cell level. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1368685. [PMID: 38510250 PMCID: PMC10950940 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1368685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024] Open
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Background Glioblastoma (GBM), with its high recurrence and mortality rates, makes it the deadliest neurological malignancy. Oxidative phosphorylation is a highly active cellular pathway in GBM, and NFYB is a tumor-associated transcription factor. Both are related to mitochondrial function, but studies on their relationship with GBM at the single-cell level are still scarce. Methods We re-analyzed the single-cell profiles of GBM from patients with different subtypes by single-cell transcriptomic analysis and further subdivided the large population of Glioma cells into different subpopulations, explored the interrelationships and active pathways among cell stages and clinical subtypes of the populations, and investigated the relationship between the transcription factor NFYB of the key subpopulations and GBM, searching for the prognostic genes of GBM related to NFYB, and verified by experiments. Results Glioma cells and their C5 subpopulation had the highest percentage of G2M staging and rGBM, which we hypothesized might be related to the higher dividing and proliferating ability of both Glioma and C5 subpopulations. Oxidative phosphorylation pathway activity is elevated in both the Glioma and C5 subgroup, and NFYB is a key transcription factor for the C5 subgroup, suggesting its possible involvement in GBM proliferation and recurrence, and its close association with mitochondrial function. We also identified 13 prognostic genes associated with NFYB, of which MEM60 may cause GBM patients to have a poor prognosis by promoting GBM proliferation and drug resistance. Knockdown of the NFYB was found to contribute to the inhibition of proliferation, invasion, and migration of GBM cells. Conclusion These findings help to elucidate the key mechanisms of mitochondrial function in GBM progression and recurrence, and to establish a new prognostic model and therapeutic target based on NFYB.
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- Pulin Liu
- Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Encephalopathy, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Jinzhong, China
- National International Joint Research Center of Molecular Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Jinzhong, China
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- Yantai Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China
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- China Institute of Sport and Health Science, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China
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- Yantai Affiliated Hospital of Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, China
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- Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
- Shanxi Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine Encephalopathy, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Jinzhong, China
- National International Joint Research Center of Molecular Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanxi University of Chinese Medicine, Jinzhong, China
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Xing J, Cai H, Lin Z, Zhao L, Xu H, Song Y, Wang Z, Liu C, Hu G, Zheng J, Ren L, Wei Z. Examining the function of macrophage oxidative stress response and immune system in glioblastoma multiforme through analysis of single-cell transcriptomics. Front Immunol 2024; 14:1288137. [PMID: 38274828 PMCID: PMC10808540 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1288137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/27/2024] Open
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Background Glioblastoma (GBM), a prevalent malignant neoplasm within the neuro-oncological domain, has been a subject of considerable scrutiny. Macrophages, serving as the principal immunological constituents, profoundly infiltrate the microenvironment of GBM. However, investigations elucidating the intricate immunological mechanisms governing macrophage involvement in GBM at the single-cell level remain notably limited. Methods We conducted a comprehensive investigation employing single-cell analysis, aiming to redefine the intricate cellular landscape within both the core and peripheral regions of GBM tumors. Our analytical focus extended to the profound study of macrophages, elucidating their roles within the context of oxidative stress, intercellular information exchange, and cellular trajectories concerning GBM and its assorted subpopulations. We pursued the identification of GBM prognostic genes intricately associated with macrophages. Utilizing experimental research to investigate the relevance of MANBA in the context of GBM. Results Our investigations have illuminated the central role of macrophages in the intricate interplay among various subpopulations within the GBM microenvironment. Notably, we observed a pronounced intensity of oxidative stress responses within macrophages when compared to their GBM counterparts in other subpopulations. Moreover, macrophages orchestrated intricate cellular communication networks, facilitated by the SPP1-CD44 axis, both internally and with neighboring subpopulations. These findings collectively suggest the potential for macrophage polarization from an M1 to an M2 phenotype, contributing to immune suppression within the tumor microenvironment. Furthermore, our exploration unearthed GBM prognostic genes closely associated with macrophages, most notably MANBA and TCF12. Remarkably, MANBA appears to participate in the modulation of neuroimmune functionality by exerting inhibitory effects on M1-polarized macrophages, thereby fostering tumor progression. To bolster these assertions, experimental validations unequivocally affirmed the promotional impact of MANBA on GBM, elucidated through its capacity to curb cell proliferation, invasiveness, and metastatic potential. Conclusion These revelations represent a pivotal step towards unraveling the intricate immunological mechanisms governing the interactions between macrophages and diverse subpopulations within the GBM milieu. Furthermore, they lay the foundation for the development of an innovative GBM prognostic model, with MANBA at its epicenter, and underscore the potential for novel immunotherapeutic targets in the ongoing pursuit of enhanced treatment modalities for this formidable malignancy.
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- Jin Xing
- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Shanghai Pudong Hospital, Fudan University Pudong Medical Center, Shanghai, China
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Sutterlüty H, Bargl M, Holzmann K. Quantifying telomere transcripts as tool to improve risk assessment for genetic instability and genotoxicity. MUTATION RESEARCH. GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2023; 891:503690. [PMID: 37770147 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2023.503690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Revised: 08/18/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/03/2023]
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Telomere repeat-containing RNAs (TERRA) are transcribed from telomeres as long non-coding RNAs and are part of the telomere structure with protective function. The genetic stability of cells requires telomeric repeats at the ends of chromosomes. Maintenance of telomere length (TL) is essential for proliferative capacity and chromosomal integrity. In contrast, telomere shortening is a recognized risk factor for carcinogenesis and a biomarker of aging due to the cumulative effects of environmental exposures and life experiences such as trauma or stress. In this context, telomere repeats are lost due to cell proliferation, but are also susceptible to stress factors including reactive oxygen species (ROS) inducing oxidative base damage. Quantitative PCR (qPCR) of genomic DNA is an established method to analyze TL as a tool to detect genotoxic events. That same qPCR method can be applied to RNA converted into cDNA to quantify TERRA as a useful tool to perform high-throughput screenings. This short review summarizes relevant qPCR studies using both TL and TERRA quantification, provides an overall view of the molecular mechanisms of telomere protection against ROS by TERRA, and summarizes the presented studies comparing the results at DNA and RNA levels, which indicate that fluctuations at transcript level might reflect a short-term response. Therefore, we conclude that performing both of these measurements together will improve genotoxicity studies.
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- Hedwig Sutterlüty
- Center for Cancer Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Cancer Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Cancer Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Lin Y, Yang B, Huang Y, Zhang Y, Jiang Y, Ma L, Shen YQ. Mitochondrial DNA-targeted therapy: A novel approach to combat cancer. CELL INSIGHT 2023; 2:100113. [PMID: 37554301 PMCID: PMC10404627 DOI: 10.1016/j.cellin.2023.100113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/16/2023] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) encodes proteins and RNAs that are essential for mitochondrial function and cellular homeostasis, and participates in important processes of cellular bioenergetics and metabolism. Alterations in mtDNA are associated with various diseases, especially cancers, and are considered as biomarkers for some types of tumors. Moreover, mtDNA alterations have been found to affect the proliferation, progression and metastasis of cancer cells, as well as their interactions with the immune system and the tumor microenvironment (TME). The important role of mtDNA in cancer development makes it a significant target for cancer treatment. In recent years, many novel therapeutic methods targeting mtDNA have emerged. In this study, we first discussed how cancerogenesis is triggered by mtDNA mutations, including alterations in gene copy number, aberrant gene expression and epigenetic modifications. Then, we described in detail the mechanisms underlying the interactions between mtDNA and the extramitochondrial environment, which are crucial for understanding the efficacy and safety of mtDNA-targeted therapy. Next, we provided a comprehensive overview of the recent progress in cancer therapy strategies that target mtDNA. We classified them into two categories based on their mechanisms of action: indirect and direct targeting strategies. Indirect targeting strategies aimed to induce mtDNA damage and dysfunction by modulating pathways that are involved in mtDNA stability and integrity, while direct targeting strategies utilized molecules that can selectively bind to or cleave mtDNA to achieve the therapeutic efficacy. This study highlights the importance of mtDNA-targeted therapy in cancer treatment, and will provide insights for future research and development of targeted drugs and therapeutic strategies.
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- Yumeng Lin
- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Oral Diseases, Research Unit of Oral Carcinogenesis and Management, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, PR China
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Li J, Zhang H, Wang ZH, Li YX, Zhang LQ, Cui J, Li DN, Wang ZH, Liu Q, Liu Z, Iwakuma T, Cai JP. 8-oxo-dGTP curbs tumor development via S phase arrest and AIF-mediated apoptosis. Free Radic Biol Med 2023; 196:53-64. [PMID: 36640852 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2023.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 01/10/2023] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
Abstract
Oxidative stress can attack precursor nucleotides, resulting in nucleic acid damage in cells. It remains unclear how 8-oxo-dGTP and 8-oxoGTP, oxidized forms of dGTP and GTP, respectively, could affect DNA or RNA oxidation levels and tumor development. To address this, we intravenously administered 8-oxo-dGTP and 8-oxoGTP to wild-type and MTH1-knockout mice. 8-oxoGTP administration increased frequency of tumor incidence, which is more prominent in MTH1-knockout mice. However, 8-oxo-dGTP treatment rather reduced tumor development regardless of the mouse genotype. The tumor suppressive effects of 8-oxo-dGTP were further confirmed using xenograft and C57/6J-ApcMin/Nju mouse models. Mechanistically, 8-oxo-dGTP increased the 8-oxo-dG contents in DNA and DNA strand breakage, induced cell cycle arrest in S phase and apoptosis mediated by AIF, eventually leading to reduced tumor incidence. These results suggest distinct roles of 8-oxo-dGTP and 8-oxoGTP in tumor development.
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- Jin Li
- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, National Health Commission, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, National Health Commission, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PR China; Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, National Health Commission, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, National Health Commission, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, National Health Commission, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, National Health Commission, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PR China
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, National Health Commission, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PR China; Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, National Health Commission, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PR China; Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, National Health Commission, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PR China; Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, PR China
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- Children's Mercy Research Institute, Kansas City, MO, 64108, USA
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- The Key Laboratory of Geriatrics, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Beijing Hospital, National Center of Gerontology, National Health Commission, Institute of Geriatric Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, PR China.
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Kuo CL, Ponneri Babuharisankar A, Lin YC, Lien HW, Lo YK, Chou HY, Tangeda V, Cheng LC, Cheng AN, Lee AYL. Mitochondrial oxidative stress in the tumor microenvironment and cancer immunoescape: foe or friend? J Biomed Sci 2022; 29:74. [PMID: 36154922 PMCID: PMC9511749 DOI: 10.1186/s12929-022-00859-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/07/2022] Open
Abstract
The major concept of "oxidative stress" is an excess elevated level of reactive oxygen species (ROS) which are generated from vigorous metabolism and consumption of oxygen. The precise harmonization of oxidative stresses between mitochondria and other organelles in the cell is absolutely vital to cell survival. Under oxidative stress, ROS produced from mitochondria and are the major mediator for tumorigenesis in different aspects, such as proliferation, migration/invasion, angiogenesis, inflammation, and immunoescape to allow cancer cells to adapt to the rigorous environment. Accordingly, the dynamic balance of oxidative stresses not only orchestrate complex cell signaling events in cancer cells but also affect other components in the tumor microenvironment (TME). Immune cells, such as M2 macrophages, dendritic cells, and T cells are the major components of the immunosuppressive TME from the ROS-induced inflammation. Based on this notion, numerous strategies to mitigate oxidative stresses in tumors have been tested for cancer prevention or therapies; however, these manipulations are devised from different sources and mechanisms without established effectiveness. Herein, we integrate current progress regarding the impact of mitochondrial ROS in the TME, not only in cancer cells but also in immune cells, and discuss the combination of emerging ROS-modulating strategies with immunotherapies to achieve antitumor effects.
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- Cheng-Liang Kuo
- National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli, 35053, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli, 35053, Taiwan.,Joint PhD Program in Molecular Medicine, NHRI & NCU, Zhunan, Miaoli, 35053, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli, 35053, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli, 35053, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli, 35053, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli, 35053, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli, 35053, Taiwan.,Joint PhD Program in Molecular Medicine, NHRI & NCU, Zhunan, Miaoli, 35053, Taiwan
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- Liver Research Center, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, 333, Taiwan
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- Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 115, Taiwan
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- National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, 35 Keyan Road, Zhunan, Miaoli, 35053, Taiwan. .,Joint PhD Program in Molecular Medicine, NHRI & NCU, Zhunan, Miaoli, 35053, Taiwan. .,Department of Life Sciences, College of Health Sciences and Technology, National Central University, Zhongli, Taoyuan, 32001, Taiwan. .,Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, China Medical University, Taichung, 40402, Taiwan. .,Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Science, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, 80708, Taiwan.
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Agnoletto C, Volinia S. Mitochondria dysfunction in circulating tumor cells. Front Oncol 2022; 12:947479. [PMID: 35992829 PMCID: PMC9386562 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2022.947479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) represent a subset of heterogeneous cells, which, once released from a tumor site, have the potential to give rise to metastasis in secondary sites. Recent research focused on the attempt to detect and characterize these rare cells in the circulation, and advancements in defining their molecular profile have been reported in diverse tumor species, with potential implications for clinical applications. Of note, metabolic alterations, involving mitochondria, have been implicated in the metastatic process, as key determinants in the transition of tumor cells to a mesenchymal or stemness-like phenotype, in drug resistance, and in induction of apoptosis. This review aimed to briefly analyse the most recent knowledge relative to mitochondria dysfunction in CTCs, and to envision implications of altered mitochondria in CTCs for a potential utility in clinics.
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- Chiara Agnoletto
- Rete Oncologica Veneta (ROV), Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Laboratorio per le Tecnologie delle Terapie Avanzate (LTTA), Department of Translational Medicine, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
- Biological and Chemical Research Centre (CNBCh UW), University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Center of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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Odiba AS, Ezechukwu CS, Liao G, Li S, Chen Z, Liu X, Fang W, Jin C, Wang B. Loss of NSE-4 Perturbs Genome Stability and DNA Repair in Caenorhabditis elegans. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23137202. [PMID: 35806213 PMCID: PMC9266361 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23137202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 05/15/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes (SMC) complex plays an important role in maintaining chromosome integrity, in which the SMC5/6 complex occupies a central position by facilitating mitotic and meiotic processes as well as DNA repair. NSE-4 Kleisin is critical for both the organization and function of the SMC5/6 complex, bridging NSE1 and NSE3 (MAGE related) with the head domains of the SMC5 and SMC6 proteins. Despite the conservation in protein sequence, no functional relevance of the NSE-4 homologous protein (NSE-4) in Caenorhabditis elegans has been reported. Here, we demonstrated the essential role of C. elegans NSE-4 in genome maintenance and DNA repair. Our results showed that NSE-4 is essential for the maintenance of chromosomal structure and repair of a range of chemically induced DNA damage. Furthermore, NSE-4 is involved in inter-sister repair during meiosis. NSE-4 localizes on the chromosome and is indispensable for the localization of NSE-1. Collectively, our data from this study provide further insight into the evolutionary conservation and diversification of NSE-4 function in the SMC-5/6 complex.
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- Arome Solomon Odiba
- State Key Laboratory of Non-Food Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (A.S.O.); (C.S.E.); (S.L.); (W.F.); (C.J.)
- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
- Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410001, Nigeria
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- State Key Laboratory of Non-Food Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (A.S.O.); (C.S.E.); (S.L.); (W.F.); (C.J.)
- Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka 410001, Nigeria
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- State Key Laboratory of Non-Food Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (A.S.O.); (C.S.E.); (S.L.); (W.F.); (C.J.)
- Correspondence: (G.L.); (B.W.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Non-Food Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (A.S.O.); (C.S.E.); (S.L.); (W.F.); (C.J.)
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Sugarcane Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (Z.C.); (X.L.)
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Sugarcane Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (Z.C.); (X.L.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Non-Food Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (A.S.O.); (C.S.E.); (S.L.); (W.F.); (C.J.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Non-Food Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (A.S.O.); (C.S.E.); (S.L.); (W.F.); (C.J.)
- State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Non-Food Biomass and Enzyme Technology, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (A.S.O.); (C.S.E.); (S.L.); (W.F.); (C.J.)
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Sugarcane Genetic Improvement, Sugarcane Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Nanning 530007, China; (Z.C.); (X.L.)
- Correspondence: (G.L.); (B.W.)
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Zhao Y, Feng HM, Yan WJ, Qin Y. Identification of the Signature Genes and Network of Reactive Oxygen Species Related Genes and DNA Repair Genes in Lung Adenocarcinoma. Front Med (Lausanne) 2022; 9:833829. [PMID: 35308531 PMCID: PMC8929513 DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.833829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) are present in excess amounts in patients with tumors, and these ROS can kill and destroy tumor cells. Therefore, tumor cells upregulate ROS-related genes to protect them and reduce their destructing effects. Cancer cells already damaged by ROS can be repaired by expressing DNA repair genes consequently promoting their proliferation. The present study aimed to identify the signature genes of and regulating network of ROS-related genes and DNA repair genes in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) using transcriptomic data of public databases. The LUAD transcriptome data in the TCGA database and gene expressions from Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) were analyzed and samples were clustered into 5 ROS-related categories and 6 DNA repair categories. Survival analysis revealed a significant difference in patient survival between the two classification methods. In addition, the samples corresponding to the two categories overlap, thus, the gene expression profile of the same sample with different categories and survival prognosis was further explored, and the connection between ROS-related and DNA repair genes was investigated. The interactive sample recombination classification was used, revealing that the patient's prognosis was worse when the ROS-related and DNA repair genes were expressed at the same time. The further research on the potential regulatory network of the two categories of genes and the correlation analysis revealed that ROS-related genes and DNA repair genes have a mutual regulatory relationship. The ROS-related genes namely NQO1, TXNRD1, and PRDX4 could establish links with other DNA repair genes through the DNA repair gene NEIL3, thereby balancing the level of ROS. Therefore, targeting ROS-related genes and DNA repair genes might be a promising strategy in the treatment of LUAD. Finally, a survival prognostic model of ROS-related genes and DNA repair genes was established (TERT, PRKDC, PTTG1, SMUG1, TXNRD1, CAT, H2AFX, and PFKP). The risk score obtained from our survival prognostic model could be used as an independent prognostic factor in LUAD patients.
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- Ye Zhao
- First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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- First Clinical Medical College, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China
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Tsegay PS, Hernandez D, Brache C, Chatgilialoglu C, Krokidis MG, Chapagain P, Liu Y. Incorporation of 5',8-cyclo-2'deoxyadenosines by DNA repair polymerases via base excision repair. DNA Repair (Amst) 2022; 109:103258. [PMID: 34871863 PMCID: PMC9884144 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2021.103258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 10/30/2021] [Accepted: 11/18/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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5',8-cyclo-2-deoxy nucleosides (cdPus) are the smallest tandem purine lesions including 5',8-cyclo-2'-deoxyadenosine (cdA) and 5',8-cyclo-2'-deoxyguanosine (cdG). They can inhibit DNA and RNA polymerases causing mutations, DNA strand breaks, and termination of DNA replication and gene transcription. cdPus can be removed by nucleotide excision repair with low efficiency allowing them to accumulate in the genome. Recent studies suggest that cdPus can be induced in damaged nucleotide pools and incorporated into the genome by DNA polymerases. However, it remains unknown if and how DNA polymerases can incorporate cdPus. In this study, we examined the incorporation of cdAs by human DNA repair polymerases, DNA polymerases β (pol β), and pol η during base excision repair. We then determined the efficiency of cdA incorporation by the polymerases using steady-state kinetics. We found that pol β and pol η incorporated cdAs opposite dT and dC with low efficiency, and incorporated cdAs were readily extended and ligated into duplex DNA. Using molecular docking analysis, we found that the 5',8-covalent bond in cdA disrupted its hydrogen bonding with a template base suggesting that the phosphodiester bond between the 3'-terminus nucleotide and the α-phosphate of cdATP were generated in the absence of hydrogen bonding. The enzyme kinetics analysis further suggests that pol β and pol η increased their substrate binding to facilitate the enzyme catalysis for cdA incorporation. Our study reveals unique mechanisms underlying the accumulation of cdPu lesions in the genome resulting from nucleotide incorporation by repair DNA polymerases.
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- Pawlos S. Tsegay
- Biochemistry Ph.D. Program, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA
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- Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, N.C.S.R. “Demokritos,” 15341, Agia Paraskevi, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA,Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Biochemistry Ph.D. Program, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA,Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA,Biomolecular Sciences Institute, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA,Correspondence:
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De Rosa M, Johnson SA, Opresko PL. Roles for the 8-Oxoguanine DNA Repair System in Protecting Telomeres From Oxidative Stress. Front Cell Dev Biol 2021; 9:758402. [PMID: 34869348 PMCID: PMC8640134 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2021.758402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Telomeres are protective nucleoprotein structures that cap linear chromosome ends and safeguard genome stability. Progressive telomere shortening at each somatic cell division eventually leads to critically short and dysfunctional telomeres, which can contribute to either cellular senescence and aging, or tumorigenesis. Human reproductive cells, some stem cells, and most cancer cells, express the enzyme telomerase to restore telomeric DNA. Numerous studies have shown that oxidative stress caused by excess reactive oxygen species is associated with accelerated telomere shortening and dysfunction. Telomeric repeat sequences are remarkably susceptible to oxidative damage and are preferred sites for the production of the mutagenic base lesion 8-oxoguanine, which can alter telomere length homeostasis and integrity. Therefore, knowledge of the repair pathways involved in the processing of 8-oxoguanine at telomeres is important for advancing understanding of the pathogenesis of degenerative diseases and cancer associated with telomere instability. The highly conserved guanine oxidation (GO) system involves three specialized enzymes that initiate distinct pathways to specifically mitigate the adverse effects of 8-oxoguanine. Here we introduce the GO system and review the studies focused on investigating how telomeric 8-oxoguanine processing affects telomere integrity and overall genome stability. We also discuss newly developed technologies that target oxidative damage selectively to telomeres to investigate roles for the GO system in telomere stability.
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- Mariarosaria De Rosa
- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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The PHP domain of PolX from Staphylococcus aureus aids high fidelity DNA synthesis through the removal of misincorporated deoxyribo-, ribo- and oxidized nucleotides. Sci Rep 2021; 11:4178. [PMID: 33603016 PMCID: PMC7893174 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-83498-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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The X family is one of the eight families of DNA polymerases (dPols) and members of this family are known to participate in the later stages of Base Excision Repair. Many prokaryotic members of this family possess a Polymerase and Histidinol Phosphatase (PHP) domain at their C-termini. The PHP domain has been shown to possess 3'-5' exonuclease activity and may represent the proofreading function in these dPols. PolX from Staphylococcus aureus also possesses the PHP domain at the C-terminus, and we show that this domain has an intrinsic Mn2+ dependent 3'-5' exonuclease capable of removing misincorporated dNMPs from the primer. The misincorporation of oxidized nucleotides such as 8oxodGTP and rNTPs are known to be pro-mutagenic and can lead to genomic instability. Here, we show that the PHP domain aids DNA replication by the removal of misincorporated oxidized nucleotides and rNMPs. Overall, our study shows that the proofreading activity of the PHP domain plays a critical role in maintaining genomic integrity and stability. The exonuclease activity of this enzyme can, therefore, be the target of therapeutic intervention to combat infection by methicillin-resistant-Staphylococcus-aureus.
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Dong W, Song E, Song Y. Co-administration of lipopolysaccharide and D-galactosamine induces genotoxicity in mouse liver. Sci Rep 2021; 11:1733. [PMID: 33462304 PMCID: PMC7814041 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-81383-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The acute liver injury (ALI) and hepatic fibrosis caused by the co-treatment of lipopolysaccharide (LPS)/D-galactosamine (D-GalN) have been extensively studied. However, whether LPS/D-GalN are genotoxic has been left unknown. In this study, male mice were divided into eight groups with eight animals in each group. For acute challenge of LPS/D-GalN, the mice in each group received a combination of LPS/D-GalN via intraperitoneal injection at the dose of 25 μg/kg/250 mg/kg, 25 μg/kg/500 mg/kg, or 50 μg/kg/500 mg/kg body weight. An additional group for chronic administration of test compounds was conducted by i.p. injection of LPS/D-GalN (10 μg/kg/100 mg/kg) every other day for 8 weeks. Saline solution (0.9%) and cyclophosphamide (CTX) (50 mg/kg body weight) given by i.p. injection was used as the negative and positive control, respectively. The results of single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) assay indicated that acute exposure of the mice to LPS/D-GalN caused severe DNA damage in hepatic cells, but not in the brain, sperm or bone marrow cells, which evidenced the genotoxicity of LPS/D-GalN administrated in combination. Interestingly, the chronic administration of LPS/D-GalN triggered significant genotoxic effects not only in hepatic but also in brain cells, with negative results in sperm and bone marrow cells. Histopathological examination in the liver and brain tissues revealed changes consistent with the SCGE results. The present study indicates genotoxic potential of LPS/D-GalN co-administered in mice, which may serve as an in vivo experimental model for relevant genotoxic study.
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- Wenjing Dong
- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Luminescence and Real-Time Analytical Chemistry (Southwest University), Ministry of Education, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Beibei, Chongqing, 400715, People's Republic of China.
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Zhang L, Misiara L, Samaranayake GJ, Sharma N, Nguyen DM, Tahara YK, Kool ET, Rai P. OGG1 co-inhibition antagonizes the tumor-inhibitory effects of targeting MTH1. Redox Biol 2021; 40:101848. [PMID: 33450725 PMCID: PMC7810763 DOI: 10.1016/j.redox.2020.101848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 12/22/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
Abstract
Cancer cells develop protective adaptations against oxidative DNA damage, providing a strong rationale for targeting DNA repair proteins. There has been a high degree of recent interest in inhibiting the mammalian Nudix pyrophosphatase MutT Homolog 1 (MTH1). MTH1 degrades 8-oxo-dGTP, thus limiting its incorporation into genomic DNA. MTH1 inhibition has variously been shown to induce genomic 8-oxo-dG elevation, genotoxic strand breaks in p53-functional cells, and tumor-inhibitory outcomes. Genomically incorporated 8-oxo-dG is excised by the base excision repair enzyme, 8-oxo-dG glycosylase 1 (OGG1). Thus, OGG1 inhibitors have been developed with the idea that their combination with MTH1 inhibitors will have anti-tumor effects by increasing genomic oxidative DNA damage. However, contradictory to this idea, we found that human lung adenocarcinoma with low OGG1 and MTH1 were robustly represented in patient datasets. Furthermore, OGG1 co-depletion mitigated the extent of DNA strand breaks and cellular senescence in MTH1-depleted p53-wildtype lung adenocarcinoma cells. Similarly, shMTH1-transduced cells were less sensitive to the OGG1 inhibitor, SU0268, than shGFP-transduced counterparts. Although the dual OGG1/MTH1 inhibitor, SU0383, induced greater cytotoxicity than equivalent combined or single doses of its parent scaffold MTH1 and OGG1 inhibitors, IACS-4759 and SU0268, this effect was only observed at the highest concentration assessed. Collectively, using both genetic depletion as well as small molecule inhibitors, our findings suggest that OGG1/MTH1 co-inhibition is unlikely to yield significant tumor-suppressive benefit. Instead such co-inhibition may exert tumor-protective effects by preventing base excision repair-induced DNA nicks and p53 induction, thus potentially conferring a survival advantage to the treated tumors. Low MTH1/low OGG1 tumors are robustly represented in patient lung adenocarcinoma datasets but low MTH1/high OGG1 are not. Co-depletion of OGG1 in lung adenocarcinoma cells mitigates shMTH1-induced DNA strand breaks and p53-induced senescence. p53-null tumor cells have lower OGG1 vs. wt p53 counterparts and are more resistant to MTH1 loss-induced anti-tumor effects. Pharmacologic co-inhibition of OGG1 and MTH1 does not enhance cytotoxicity over the respective single inhibitors.
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- Ling Zhang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Medical School, FL 33136, USA
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- College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami, FL 33146, USA
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- Sheila and David Fuente Graduate Program in Cancer Biology, University of Miami Medical School, FL 33136, USA
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- College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami, FL 33146, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Miami Medical School, FL 33136, USA; Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL 33136, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Miami Medical School, FL 33136, USA; Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
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Samaranayake GJ, Troccoli CI, Zhang L, Huynh M, Jayaraj CJ, Ji D, McPherson L, Onishi Y, Nguyen DM, Robbins DJ, Karbaschi M, Cooke MS, Barrientos A, Kool ET, Rai P. The Existence of MTH1-independent 8-oxodGTPase Activity in Cancer Cells as a Compensatory Mechanism against On-target Effects of MTH1 Inhibitors. Mol Cancer Ther 2019; 19:432-446. [PMID: 31744893 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-19-0437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2019] [Revised: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Investigations into the human 8-oxodGTPase, MutT Homolog 1 (MTH1), have risen sharply since the first-in-class MTH1 inhibitors were reported to be highly tumoricidal. However, MTH1 as a cancer therapeutic target is currently controversial because subsequently developed inhibitors did not exhibit similar cytotoxic effects. Here, we provide the first direct evidence for MTH1-independent 8-oxodGTPase function in human cancer cells and human tumors, using a novel ATP-releasing guanine-oxidized (ARGO) chemical probe. Our studies show that this functionally redundant 8-oxodGTPase activity is not decreased by five different published MTH1-targeting small molecules or by MTH1 depletion. Significantly, while only the two first-in-class inhibitors, TH588 and TH287, reduced cancer cell viability, all five inhibitors evaluated in our studies decreased 8-oxodGTPase activity to a similar extent. Thus, the reported efficacy of the first-in-class MTH1 inhibitors does not arise from their inhibition of MTH1-specific 8-oxodGTPase activity. Comparison of DNA strand breaks, genomic 8-oxoguanine incorporation, or alterations in cellular oxidative state by TH287 versus the noncytotoxic inhibitor, IACS-4759, contradict that the cytotoxicity of the former results solely from increased levels of oxidatively damaged genomic DNA. Thus, our findings indicate that mechanisms unrelated to oxidative stress or DNA damage likely underlie the reported efficacy of the first-in-class inhibitors. Our study suggests that MTH1 functional redundancy, existing to different extents in all cancer lines and human tumors evaluated in our study, is a thus far undefined factor which is likely to be critical in understanding the importance of MTH1 and its clinical targeting in cancer.
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- Govindi J Samaranayake
- Department of Medicine/Division of Medical Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
- Sheila and David Fuente Graduate Program in Cancer Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Medicine/Division of Medical Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
- Sheila and David Fuente Graduate Program in Cancer Biology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Medicine/Division of Medical Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Medicine/Oncology, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida
- Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida
- Department of Surgery, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
- Oxidative Stress Group, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
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- Oxidative Stress Group, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Department of Medicine/Division of Medical Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida.
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, Florida
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Mohiuddin M, Rahman MM, Sale JE, Pearson CE. CtIP-BRCA1 complex and MRE11 maintain replication forks in the presence of chain terminating nucleoside analogs. Nucleic Acids Res 2019; 47:2966-2980. [PMID: 30657944 PMCID: PMC6451104 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkz009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2018] [Revised: 12/30/2018] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Chain-terminating nucleoside analogs (CTNAs), which cannot be extended by DNA polymerases, are widely used as antivirals or anti-cancer agents, and can induce cell death. Processing of blocked DNA ends, like camptothecin-induced trapped-topoisomerase I, can be mediated by TDP1, BRCA1, CtIP and MRE11. Here, we investigated whether the CtIP-BRCA1 complex and MRE11 also contribute to cellular tolerance to CTNAs, including 2',3'-dideoxycytidine (ddC), cytarabine (ara-C) and zidovudine (Azidothymidine, AZT). We show that BRCA1-/-, CtIPS332A/-/- and nuclease-dead MRE11D20A/- mutants display increased sensitivity to CTNAs, accumulate more DNA damage (chromosomal breaks, γ-H2AX and neutral comets) when treated with CTNAs and exhibit significant delays in replication fork progression during exposure to CTNAs. Moreover, BRCA1-/-, CtIPS332A/-/- and nuclease-dead MRE11D20A/- mutants failed to resume DNA replication in response to CTNAs, whereas control and CtIP+/-/- cells experienced extensive recovery of DNA replication. In summary, we provide clear evidence that MRE11 and the collaborative action of BRCA1 and CtIP play a critical role in the nuclease-dependent removal of incorporated ddC from replicating genomic DNA. We propose that BRCA1-CTIP and MRE11 prepare nascent DNA ends, blocked from synthesis by CTNAs, for further repair.
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- Mohiuddin Mohiuddin
- Program of Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Genetics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshida Konoe, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QH, UK
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- Program of Genetics and Genome Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON M5G 0A4, Canada.,The Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A8, Canada
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Çağlayan M. Interplay between DNA Polymerases and DNA Ligases: Influence on Substrate Channeling and the Fidelity of DNA Ligation. J Mol Biol 2019; 431:2068-2081. [PMID: 31034893 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2019] [Revised: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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DNA ligases are a highly conserved group of nucleic acid enzymes that play an essential role in DNA repair, replication, and recombination. This review focuses on functional interaction between DNA polymerases and DNA ligases in the repair of single- and double-strand DNA breaks, and discusses the notion that the substrate channeling during DNA polymerase-mediated nucleotide insertion coupled to DNA ligation could be a mechanism to minimize the release of potentially mutagenic repair intermediates. Evidence suggesting that DNA ligases are essential for cell viability includes the fact that defects or insufficiency in DNA ligase are casually linked to genome instability. In the future, it may be possible to develop small molecule inhibitors of mammalian DNA ligases and/or their functional protein partners that potentiate the effects of chemotherapeutic compounds and improve cancer treatment outcomes.
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- Melike Çağlayan
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
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Rai P, Sobol RW. Mechanisms of MTH1 inhibition-induced DNA strand breaks: The slippery slope from the oxidized nucleotide pool to genotoxic damage. DNA Repair (Amst) 2019; 77:18-26. [PMID: 30852368 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2019.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2019] [Revised: 02/28/2019] [Accepted: 03/01/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Unlike normal tissues, tumor cells possess a propensity for genomic instability, resulting from elevated oxidant levels produced by oncogenic signaling and aberrant cellular metabolism. Thus, targeting mechanisms that protect cancer cells from the tumor-inhibitory consequences of their redox imbalance and spontaneous DNA-damaging events is expected to have broad-spectrum efficacy and a high therapeutic index. One critical mechanism for tumor cell protection from oxidant stress is the hydrolysis of oxidized nucleotides. Human MutT homolog 1 (MTH1), the mammalian nudix (nucleoside diphosphate X) pyrophosphatase (NUDT1), protects tumor cells from oxidative stress-induced genomic DNA damage by cleansing the nucleotide pool of oxidized purine nucleotides. Depletion or pharmacologic inhibition of MTH1 results in genomic DNA strand breaks in many cancer cells. However, the mechanisms underlying how oxidized nucleotides, thought mainly to be mutagenic rather than genotoxic, induce DNA strand breaks are largely unknown. Given the recent therapeutic interest in targeting MTH1, a better understanding of such mechanisms is crucial to its successful translation into the clinic and in identifying the molecular contexts under which its inhibition is likely to be beneficial. Here we provide a comprehensive perspective on MTH1 function and its importance in protecting genome integrity, in the context of tumor-associated oxidative stress and the mechanisms that likely lead to irreparable DNA strand breaks as a result of MTH1 inhibition.
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- Priyamvada Rai
- Department of Medicine/Division of Medical Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 33136, United States; Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL, 33136, United States.
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- Mitchell Cancer Institute, University of South Alabama, 1660 Springhill Avenue, Mobile, AL, 36604, United States.
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Kumar H, Kehrer J, Singer M, Reinig M, Santos JM, Mair GR, Frischknecht F. Functional genetic evaluation of DNA house-cleaning enzymes in the malaria parasite: dUTPase and Ap4AH are essential in Plasmodium berghei but ITPase and NDH are dispensable. Expert Opin Ther Targets 2019; 23:251-261. [PMID: 30700216 DOI: 10.1080/14728222.2019.1575810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2018] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cellular metabolism generates reactive oxygen species. The oxidation and deamination of the deoxynucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) pool results in the formation of non-canonical, toxic dNTPs that can cause mutations, genome instability, and cell death. House-cleaning or sanitation enzymes that break down and detoxify non-canonical nucleotides play major protective roles in nucleotide metabolism and constitute key drug targets for cancer and various pathogens. We hypothesized that owing to their protective roles in nucleotide metabolism, these house-cleaning enzymes are key drug targets in the malaria parasite. METHODS Using the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei we evaluate here, by gene targeting, a group of conserved proteins with a putative function in the detoxification of non-canonical nucleotides as potential antimalarial drug targets: they are inosine triphosphate pyrophosphatase (ITPase), deoxyuridine triphosphate pyrophosphatase (dUTPase) and two NuDiX hydroxylases, the diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap4A) hydrolase and the nucleoside triphosphate hydrolase (NDH). RESULTS While all four proteins are expressed constitutively across the intraerythrocytic developmental cycle, neither ITPase nor NDH are required for parasite viability. dutpase and ap4ah null mutants, on the other hand, are not viable suggesting an essential function for these proteins for the malaria parasite. CONCLUSIONS Plasmodium dUTPase and Ap4A could be drug targets in the malaria parasite.
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- Hirdesh Kumar
- a Integrative Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases , University of Heidelberg Medical School , Heidelberg , Germany
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- a Integrative Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases , University of Heidelberg Medical School , Heidelberg , Germany
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- a Integrative Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases , University of Heidelberg Medical School , Heidelberg , Germany
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- a Integrative Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases , University of Heidelberg Medical School , Heidelberg , Germany
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- b Instituto de Medicina Molecular , Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa , Lisbon , Portugal
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- a Integrative Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases , University of Heidelberg Medical School , Heidelberg , Germany
- b Instituto de Medicina Molecular , Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa , Lisbon , Portugal
- c Department of Biomedical Sciences , 2008 College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University , Ames , IA USA
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- a Integrative Parasitology, Department of Infectious Diseases , University of Heidelberg Medical School , Heidelberg , Germany
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Visnes T, Grube M, Hanna BMF, Benitez-Buelga C, Cázares-Körner A, Helleday T. Targeting BER enzymes in cancer therapy. DNA Repair (Amst) 2018; 71:118-126. [PMID: 30228084 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2018.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Base excision repair (BER) repairs mutagenic or genotoxic DNA base lesions, thought to be important for both the etiology and treatment of cancer. Cancer phenotypic stress induces oxidative lesions, and deamination products are responsible for one of the most prevalent mutational signatures in cancer. Chemotherapeutic agents induce genotoxic DNA base damage that are substrates for BER, while synthetic lethal approaches targeting BER-related factors are making their way into the clinic. Thus, there are three strategies by which BER is envisioned to be relevant in cancer chemotherapy: (i) to maintain cellular growth in the presence of endogenous DNA damage in stressed cancer cells, (ii) to maintain viability after exogenous DNA damage is introduced by therapeutic intervention, or (iii) to confer synthetic lethality in cancer cells that have lost one or more additional DNA repair pathways. Here, we discuss the potential treatment strategies, and briefly summarize the progress that has been made in developing inhibitors to core BER-proteins and related factors.
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- Torkild Visnes
- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, SINTEF Industry, N-7034 Trondheim, Norway
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden; Sheffield Cancer Centre, Department of Oncology and Metabolism, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK.
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Richarme G, Abdallah J, Mathas N, Gautier V, Dairou J. Further characterization of the Maillard deglycase DJ-1 and its prokaryotic homologs, deglycase 1/Hsp31, deglycase 2/YhbO, and deglycase 3/YajL. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 503:703-709. [PMID: 29932913 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.06.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/13/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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We reported recently that the Parkinsonism-associated protein DJ-1 and its bacterial homologs Hsp31, YhbO and YajL function as deglycases that repair proteins and nucleotides from endogeneous glycation by glyoxal and methylglyoxal, two reactive by-products of glucose metabolism responsible for up to 60% of glycation damage. Here, we show that DJ-1, deglycase 1 and deglycase 2 repair glyoxal- and methylglyoxal-glycated substrates, whereas deglycase 3 principally repairs glyoxal-glycated substrates. Moreover, deglycase 1 and 2 are overexpressed in stationary phase, whereas deglycase 3 is steadily expressed throughout bacterial growth. Finally, deglycase mutants overexpress glyoxalases, aldoketoreductases, glutathione-S-transferase and efflux pumps to alleviate carbonyl stress. In the discussion, we present an overview of the multiple functions of DJ-1 proteins. Our thourough work on deglycases provides compelling evidence that their previously reported glyoxalase III activity merely reflects their deglycase activity. Moreover, for their deglycase activity the Maillard deglycases likely recruit: i) their chaperone activity to interact with glycated proteins, ii) glyoxalase 1 activity to catalyze the rearrangement of Maillard products (aminocarbinols and hemithioacetals) into amides and thioesters, respectively, iii) their protease activity to cleave amide bonds of glycated arginine, lysine and guanine, and iv) glyoxalase 2 activity to cleave thioester bonds of glycated cysteine. Finally, because glycation affects many cellular processes, the discovery of the Maillard deglycases, awaited since 1912, likely constitutes a major advance for medical research, including ageing, cancer, atherosclerosis, neurodegenerative, post-diabetic, renal and autoimmune diseases.
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- Gilbert Richarme
- UMR 8601 CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques, Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75270, Paris, France.
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- School of Pharmacy, Lebanese American University, Byblos, 2038 1401, Lebanon
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- UMR 8601 CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques, Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75270, Paris, France
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- Stress Molecules, Institut Jacques Monod, Université Paris Diderot-UMR7592, 15 Rue Hélène Brion, 75013, Paris, France
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- UMR 8601 CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques, Université Paris Descartes-Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75270, Paris, France
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Khan AQ, Travers JB, Kemp MG. Roles of UVA radiation and DNA damage responses in melanoma pathogenesis. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2018; 59:438-460. [PMID: 29466611 PMCID: PMC6031472 DOI: 10.1002/em.22176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2017] [Revised: 01/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/22/2018] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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The growing incidence of melanoma is a serious public health issue that merits a thorough understanding of potential causative risk factors, which includes exposure to ultraviolet radiation (UVR). Though UVR has been classified as a complete carcinogen and has long been recognized for its ability to damage genomic DNA through both direct and indirect means, the precise mechanisms by which the UVA and UVB components of UVR contribute to the pathogenesis of melanoma have not been clearly defined. In this review, we therefore highlight recent studies that have addressed roles for UVA radiation in the generation of DNA damage and in modulating the subsequent cellular responses to DNA damage in melanocytes, which are the cell type that gives rise to melanoma. Recent research suggests that UVA not only contributes to the direct formation of DNA lesions but also impairs the removal of UV photoproducts from genomic DNA through oxidation and damage to DNA repair proteins. Moreover, the melanocyte microenvironment within the epidermis of the skin is also expected to impact melanomagenesis, and we therefore discuss several paracrine signaling pathways that have been shown to impact the DNA damage response in UV-irradiated melanocytes. Lastly, we examine how alterations to the immune microenvironment by UVA-associated DNA damage responses may contribute to melanoma development. Thus, there appear to be multiple avenues by which UVA may elevate the risk of melanoma. Protective strategies against excess exposure to UVA wavelengths of light therefore have the potential to decrease the incidence of melanoma. Environ. Mol. Mutagen. 59:438-460, 2018. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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- Aiman Q Khan
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
- Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
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Kudryavtseva AV, Krasnov GS, Dmitriev AA, Alekseev BY, Kardymon OL, Sadritdinova AF, Fedorova MS, Pokrovsky AV, Melnikova NV, Kaprin AD, Moskalev AA, Snezhkina AV. Mitochondrial dysfunction and oxidative stress in aging and cancer. Oncotarget 2018; 7:44879-44905. [PMID: 27270647 PMCID: PMC5216692 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.9821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 330] [Impact Index Per Article: 55.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/28/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Aging and cancer are the most important issues to research. The population in the world is growing older, and the incidence of cancer increases with age. There is no doubt about the linkage between aging and cancer. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying this association are still unknown. Several lines of evidence suggest that the oxidative stress as a cause and/or consequence of the mitochondrial dysfunction is one of the main drivers of these processes. Increasing ROS levels and products of the oxidative stress, which occur in aging and age-related disorders, were also found in cancer. This review focuses on the similarities between ageing-associated and cancer-associated oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction as their common phenotype.
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- Anna V Kudryavtseva
- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,National Medical Research Radiological Center, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- National Medical Research Radiological Center, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,National Medical Research Radiological Center, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
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- National Medical Research Radiological Center, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.,Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Russia
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Çağlayan M, Wilson SH. Role of DNA polymerase β oxidized nucleotide insertion in DNA ligation failure. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2017; 58:603-607. [PMID: 28992331 PMCID: PMC5737452 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrx027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Revised: 04/01/2017] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (ROS), such as hydrogen peroxide, superoxide and hydroxyl radicals, has been linked to cancer, and these oxidative molecules can damage DNA. Base excision repair (BER), a major repair system maintaining genome stability over a lifespan, has an important role in repairing oxidatively induced DNA damage. Failure of BER leads to toxic consequences in ROS-exposed cells, and ultimately can contribute to the pathobiology of disease. In our previous report, we demonstrated that oxidized nucleotide insertion by DNA polymerase β (pol β) impairs BER due to ligation failure and leads to formation of a cytotoxic repair intermediate. Biochemical and cytotoxic effects of ligation failure could mediate genome stability and influence cancer therapeutics. In this review, we discuss the importance of coordination between pol β and DNA ligase I during BER, and how this could be a fundamental mechanism underlying human diseases such as cancer and neurodegeneration. A summary of this work was presented in a symposium at the International Congress of Radiation Research 2015 in Kyoto, Japan.
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- Melike Çağlayan
- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
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Glioblastoma and glioblastoma stem cells are dependent on functional MTH1. Oncotarget 2017; 8:84671-84684. [PMID: 29156675 PMCID: PMC5689565 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.19404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2017] [Accepted: 07/03/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive form of brain cancer with poor prognosis. Cancer cells are characterized by a specific redox environment that adjusts metabolism to its specific needs and allows the tumor to grow and metastasize. As a consequence, cancer cells and especially GBM cells suffer from elevated oxidative pressure which requires antioxidant-defense and other sanitation enzymes to be upregulated. MTH1, which degrades oxidized nucleotides, is one of these defense enzymes and represents a promising cancer target. We found MTH1 expression levels elevated and correlated with GBM aggressiveness and discovered that siRNA knock-down or inhibition of MTH1 with small molecules efficiently reduced viability of patient-derived GBM cultures. The effect of MTH1 loss on GBM viability was likely mediated through incorporation of oxidized nucleotides and subsequent DNA damage. We revealed that MTH1 inhibition targets GBM independent of aggressiveness as well as potently kills putative GBM stem cells in vitro. We used an orthotopic zebrafish model to confirm our results in vivo and light-sheet microscopy to follow the effect of MTH1 inhibition in GBM in real time. In conclusion, MTH1 represents a promising target for GBM therapy and MTH1 inhibitors may also be effective in patients that suffer from recurring disease.
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Richarme G, Liu C, Mihoub M, Abdallah J, Leger T, Joly N, Liebart JC, Jurkunas UV, Nadal M, Bouloc P, Dairou J, Lamouri A. Guanine glycation repair by DJ-1/Park7 and its bacterial homologs. Science 2017; 357:208-211. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aag1095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2016] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Samaranayake GJ, Huynh M, Rai P. MTH1 as a Chemotherapeutic Target: The Elephant in the Room. Cancers (Basel) 2017; 9:cancers9050047. [PMID: 28481306 PMCID: PMC5447957 DOI: 10.3390/cancers9050047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2017] [Revised: 04/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Many tumors sustain elevated levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS), which drive oncogenic signaling. However, ROS can also trigger anti-tumor responses, such as cell death or senescence, through induction of oxidative stress and concomitant DNA damage. To circumvent the adverse consequences of elevated ROS levels, many tumors develop adaptive responses, such as enhanced redox-protective or oxidatively-generated damage repair pathways. Targeting these enhanced oxidative stress-protective mechanisms is likely to be both therapeutically effective and highly specific to cancer, as normal cells are less reliant on such mechanisms. In this review, we discuss one such stress-protective protein human MutT Homolog1 (MTH1), an enzyme that eliminates 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2’-deoxyguanosine triphosphate (8-oxodGTP) through its pyrophosphatase activity, and is found to be elevated in many cancers. Our studies, and subsequently those of others, identified MTH1 inhibition as an effective tumor-suppressive strategy. However, recent studies with the first wave of MTH1 inhibitors have produced conflicting results regarding their cytotoxicity in cancer cells and have led to questions regarding the validity of MTH1 as a chemotherapeutic target. To address the proverbial "elephant in the room" as to whether MTH1 is a bona fide chemotherapeutic target, we provide an overview of MTH1 function in the context of tumor biology, summarize the current literature on MTH1 inhibitors, and discuss the molecular contexts likely required for its efficacy as a therapeutic target.
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- Govindi J Samaranayake
- Department of Medicine/Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
- Sheila and David Fuente Graduate Program in Cancer Biology, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
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- Department of Medicine/Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
- College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA.
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- Department of Medicine/Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
- Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami, FL 33136, USA.
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Çağlayan M, Horton JK, Dai DP, Stefanick DF, Wilson SH. Oxidized nucleotide insertion by pol β confounds ligation during base excision repair. Nat Commun 2017; 8:14045. [PMID: 28067232 PMCID: PMC5228075 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Accepted: 11/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Oxidative stress in cells can lead to accumulation of reactive oxygen species and oxidation of DNA precursors. Oxidized purine nucleotides can be inserted into DNA during replication and repair. The main pathway for correcting oxidized bases in DNA is base excision repair (BER), and in vertebrates DNA polymerase β (pol β) provides gap filling and tailoring functions. Here we report that the DNA ligation step of BER is compromised after pol β insertion of oxidized purine nucleotides into the BER intermediate in vitro. These results suggest the possibility that BER mediated toxic strand breaks are produced in cells under oxidative stress conditions. We observe enhanced cytotoxicity in oxidizing-agent treated pol β expressing mouse fibroblasts, suggesting formation of DNA strand breaks under these treatment conditions. Increased cytotoxicity following MTH1 knockout or treatment with MTH1 inhibitor suggests the oxidation of precursor nucleotides. Oxidative stress in cells leads to the oxidations of DNA precursors. Here the authors show that these oxidized precursors can be incorporated in vivo during base excision repair, leading to DNA breaks and cytotoxicity.
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- Melike Çağlayan
- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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- Genome Integrity and Structural Biology Laboratory, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Waz S, Nakamura T, Hirata K, Koga-Ogawa Y, Chirifu M, Arimori T, Tamada T, Ikemizu S, Nakabeppu Y, Yamagata Y. Structural and Kinetic Studies of the Human Nudix Hydrolase MTH1 Reveal the Mechanism for Its Broad Substrate Specificity. J Biol Chem 2016; 292:2785-2794. [PMID: 28035004 PMCID: PMC5314174 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.749713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2016] [Revised: 12/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The human MutT homolog 1 (hMTH1, human NUDT1) hydrolyzes oxidatively damaged nucleoside triphosphates and is the main enzyme responsible for nucleotide sanitization. hMTH1 recently has received attention as an anticancer target because hMTH1 blockade leads to accumulation of oxidized nucleotides in the cell, resulting in mutations and death of cancer cells. Unlike Escherichia coli MutT, which shows high substrate specificity for 8-oxoguanine nucleotides, hMTH1 has broad substrate specificity for oxidized nucleotides, including 8-oxo-dGTP and 2-oxo-dATP. However, the reason for this broad substrate specificity remains unclear. Here, we determined crystal structures of hMTH1 in complex with 8-oxo-dGTP or 2-oxo-dATP at neutral pH. These structures based on high quality data showed that the base moieties of two substrates are located on the similar but not the same position in the substrate binding pocket and adopt a different hydrogen-bonding pattern, and both triphosphate moieties bind to the hMTH1 Nudix motif (i.e. the hydrolase motif) similarly and align for the hydrolysis reaction. We also performed kinetic assays on the substrate-binding Asp-120 mutants (D120N and D120A), and determined their crystal structures in complex with the substrates. Analyses of bond lengths with high-resolution X-ray data and the relationship between the structure and enzymatic activity revealed that hMTH1 recognizes the different oxidized nucleotides via an exchange of the protonation state at two neighboring aspartate residues (Asp-119 and Asp-120) in its substrate binding pocket. To our knowledge, this mechanism of broad substrate recognition by enzymes has not been reported previously and may have relevance for anticancer drug development strategies targeting hMTH1.
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- Shaimaa Waz
- From the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973
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- From the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973.,the Priority Organization for Innovation and Excellence, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973
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- From the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973
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- From the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973
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- From the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973
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- the Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1106, and
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- the Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Tokai, Ibaraki 319-1106, and
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- From the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973
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- the Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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- From the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto 862-0973,
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The Telomere/Telomerase System in Chronic Inflammatory Diseases. Cause or Effect? Genes (Basel) 2016; 7:genes7090060. [PMID: 27598205 PMCID: PMC5042391 DOI: 10.3390/genes7090060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Revised: 07/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Telomeres are specialized nucleoprotein structures located at the end of linear chromosomes and telomerase is the enzyme responsible for telomere elongation. Telomerase activity is a key component of many cancer cells responsible for rapid cell division but it has also been found by many laboratories around the world that telomere/telomerase biology is dysfunctional in many other chronic conditions as well. These conditions are characterized by chronic inflammation, a situation mostly overlooked by physicians regarding patient treatment. Among others, these conditions include diabetes, renal failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, etc. Since researchers have in many cases identified the association between telomerase and inflammation but there are still many missing links regarding this correlation, the latest findings about this phenomenon will be discussed by reviewing the literature. Our focus will be describing telomere/telomerase status in chronic diseases under the prism of inflammation, reporting molecular findings where available and proposing possible future approaches.
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Artificially modified nucleotides, in the form of nucleoside analogues, are widely used in the treatment of cancers and various other diseases, and have become important tools in the laboratory to characterise DNA repair pathways. In contrast, the role of endogenously occurring nucleotide modifications in genome stability is little understood. This is despite the demonstration over three decades ago that the cellular DNA precursor pool is orders of magnitude more susceptible to modification than the DNA molecule itself. More recently, underscoring the importance of this topic, oxidation of the cellular nucleotide pool achieved through targeting the sanitation enzyme MTH1, appears to be a promising anti-cancer strategy. This article reviews our current understanding of modified DNA precursors in genome stability, with a particular focus upon oxidised nucleotides, and outlines some important outstanding questions.
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- Sean G Rudd
- Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Translational Medicine and Chemical Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Translational Medicine and Chemical Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Science for Life Laboratory, Division of Translational Medicine and Chemical Biology, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Crouse GF. Non-canonical actions of mismatch repair. DNA Repair (Amst) 2016; 38:102-109. [PMID: 26698648 PMCID: PMC4740236 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2015.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2015] [Revised: 09/06/2015] [Accepted: 11/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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At the heart of the mismatch repair (MMR) system are proteins that recognize mismatches in DNA. Such mismatches can be mispairs involving normal or damaged bases or insertion/deletion loops due to strand misalignment. When such mispairs are generated during replication or recombination, MMR will direct removal of an incorrectly paired base or block recombination between nonidentical sequences. However, when mispairs are recognized outside the context of replication, proper strand discrimination between old and new DNA is lost, and MMR can act randomly and mutagenically on mispaired DNA. Such non-canonical actions of MMR are important in somatic hypermutation and class switch recombination, expansion of triplet repeats, and potentially in mutations arising in nondividing cells. MMR involvement in damage recognition and signaling is complex, with the end result likely dependent on the amount of DNA damage in a cell.
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- Gray F Crouse
- Department of Biology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
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Su S, Zhu X, Lin L, Chen X, Wang Y, Zi J, Dong Y, Xie Y, Zhu Y, Zhang J, Zhu J, Xu D, Xu N, Lou X, Liu S. Lowering Endogenous Cathepsin D Abundance Results in Reactive Oxygen Species Accumulation and Cell Senescence. Mol Cell Proteomics 2015; 16:1217-1232. [PMID: 26657266 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m115.050179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2015] [Revised: 11/25/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Cathepsin D is reportedly to be closely associated with tumor development, migration, and invasion, but its pathological mechanism is not fully elucidated. We aimed to evaluate phenotypic changes and molecular events in response to cathepsin D knockdown. Lowering endogenous cathepsin D abundance (CR) induced senescence in HeLa cells, leading to reduced rate of cell proliferation and impaired tumorigenesis in a mouse model. Quantitative proteomics revealed that compared with control cells (EV), the abundances of several typical lysosomal proteases were decreased in the lysosomal fraction in CR cells. We further showed that cathepsin D knockdown caused increased permeability of lysosomal membrane and reactive oxygen species accumulation in CR cells, and the scavenging of reactive oxygen species by antioxidant was able to rescue cell senescence. Despite the increased reactive oxygen species, the proteomic data suggested a global reduction of redox-related proteins in CR cells. Subsequent analysis indicated that the transcriptional activity of nuclear factor erythroid-related factor 2 (Nrf2), which regulates the expression of groups of antioxidant enzymes, was down-regulated by cathepsin D knockdown. Importantly, Nrf2 overexpression significantly reduced cell senescence. Although transient oxidative stress promoted the accumulation of Nrf2 in the nucleus, we showed that the Nrf2 protein exited nucleus if oxidative stress persisted. In addition, when cathepsin D was transiently knocked down, the cathepsin-related events followed a sequential order, including lysosomal leakage during the early stage, followed by oxidative stress augmentation, and ultimately Nrf2 down-regulation and senescence. Our results suggest the roles of cathepsin D in cancer cells in maintaining lysosomal integrity, redox balance, and Nrf2 activity, thus promoting tumorigenesis. The MS Data are available via ProteomeXchange with identifier PXD002844.
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- Siyuan Su
- From the ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101.,§University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100049
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- From the ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101
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- ¶Proteomics Division, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 518083
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- From the ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101.,§University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100049
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- From the ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101.,§University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100049
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- ¶Proteomics Division, BGI-Shenzhen, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, 518083
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- ‖Beijing Protein Innovation, Beijing, China, 101318
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- From the ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101.,§University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100049
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- From the ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101.,§University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100049
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- From the ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101
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- From the ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101
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- From the ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101
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- **Laboratory of Cell and Molecular Biology, Cancer Institute and Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, 100021
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- From the ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101;
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- From the ‡CAS Key Laboratory of Genome Sciences and Information, Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100101; .,§University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 100049
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Kamčeva T, Bjånes T, Svardal A, Riedel B, Schjøtt J, Eide T. Liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry method for simultaneous quantification of eight endogenous nucleotides and the intracellular gemcitabine metabolite dFdCTP in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2015; 1001:212-20. [PMID: 26281773 DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2015.07.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2015] [Revised: 07/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/18/2015] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Quantification of endogenous nucleotides is of interest for investigation of numerous cellular biochemical processes, such as energy metabolism and signal transduction, and may also be applied in cancer and antiretroviral therapies in which nucleoside analogues are used. For these purposes we developed and validated a sensitive and high accuracy ion-pair liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (IP LC-MS/MS) method for simultaneous quantification of eight endogenous nucleotides (ATP, CTP, GTP, UTP, dATP, dCTP, dGTP, dTTP) and 2',2'-difluoro-2'-deoxycytidine triphosphate (dFdCTP), an intracellular metabolite of the nucleoside analogue gemcitabine. The assay was validated using 200μL aliquots of peripheral blood mononuclear cell (20×10(6)cells/ml, 4×10(6)cells) extracts, pretreated with activated charcoal and spiked with unlabeled nucleotides, deoxynucleotides and dFdCTP. Analytes were extracted by simple precipitation with cold 60% methanol containing isotope labeled internal standards and separated on a porous graphitic carbon column. For method validation, the concentration ranges were: 0.125-20.8pmol injected for deoxynucleotides, 0.25-312.5pmol injected for dFdCTP and 5-3200pmol injected for nucleotides. The highest coefficients of variation (CV) were 12.1% for within run assay and 11.4% for between run assay, both representing the precision at the lowest analyte concentrations. The method was applied to monitor dFdCTP and changes in endogenous nucleotides in patients who were receiving gemcitabine infusions.
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- Tina Kamčeva
- Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Section of Clinical Pharmacology, Haukeland University Hospital, 5020 Bergen, Norway.
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- Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Section of Clinical Pharmacology, Haukeland University Hospital, 5020 Bergen, Norway.
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- Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway.
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- Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Section of Clinical Pharmacology, Haukeland University Hospital, 5020 Bergen, Norway; Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway.
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- Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry, Section of Clinical Pharmacology, Haukeland University Hospital, 5020 Bergen, Norway; Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway.
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- Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Clinical Science, University of Bergen, 5021 Bergen, Norway.
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Human dCTP pyrophosphatase 1 promotes breast cancer cell growth and stemness through the modulation on 5-methyl-dCTP metabolism and global hypomethylation. Oncogenesis 2015; 4:e159. [PMID: 26075750 PMCID: PMC4491611 DOI: 10.1038/oncsis.2015.10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Revised: 03/24/2015] [Accepted: 04/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Human DCTPP1 (dCTP pyrophosphatase 1), also known as XTP3-transactivated protein A, belongs to MazG-like nucleoside triphosphate pyrophosphatase (NTP-PPase) superfamily. Being a newly identified pyrophosphatase, its relevance to tumorigenesis and the mechanisms are not well investigated. In the present study, we have confirmed our previous study that DCTPP1 was significantly hyperexpressed in breast cancer and further demonstrated its strong association with tumor progression and poor prognosis in breast cancer. Knockdown of DCTPP1 in breast cancer cell line MCF-7 cells remarkably retarded proliferation and colony formation in vitro. The capacity of mammosphere formation of MCF-7 was suppressed with the silence of DCTPP1, which was consistent with the enhanced mammosphere-forming ability in DCTPP1-overexpressed MDA-MB-231 cells. To further dissect the mechanisms of DCTPP1 in promoting tumor cell growth and stemness maintenance, its biochemical properties and biological functions were investigated. DCTPP1 displayed bioactive form with tetrameric structure similar to other MazG domain-containing pyrophosphatases based on structure simulation. A substrate preference for dCTP and its methylated or halogen-modified derivatives over the other canonical (deoxy-) NTPs was demonstrated from enzymatic assay. This substrate preference was also proved in breast cancer cells that the intracellular 5-methyl-dCTP level increased in DCTPP1-deficient MCF-7 cells but decreased in DCTPP1-overexpressed MDA-MB-231 cells. Moreover, global methylation level was elevated in DCTPP1-knockdown MCF-7 cells or mammosphere-forming MCF-7 cells but decreased significantly in DCTPP1-overexpressed MDA-MB-231 cells and its mammospheres. Our results thus indicated that human DCTPP1 was capable of modulating the concentration of intracellular 5-methyl-dCTP. This in turn affected global methylation, contributing to a known phenomenon of hypomethylation related to the cancer cell growth and stemness maintenance. Our current investigations point to the pathological functions of DCTPP1 overexpression in breast cancer cells with aberrant dCTP metabolism and epigenetic modification.
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Gong C, Liu B, Yao Y, Qu S, Luo W, Tan W, Liu Q, Yao H, Zou L, Su F, Song E. Potentiated DNA Damage Response in Circulating Breast Tumor Cells Confers Resistance to Chemotherapy. J Biol Chem 2015; 290:14811-25. [PMID: 25897074 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m115.652628] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are seeds for cancer metastasis and are predictive of poor prognosis in breast cancer patients. Whether CTCs and primary tumor cells (PTCs) respond to chemotherapy differently is not known. Here, we show that CTCs of breast cancer are more resistant to chemotherapy than PTCs because of potentiated DNA repair. Surprisingly, the chemoresistance of CTCs was recapitulated in PTCs when they were detached from the extracellular matrix. Detachment of PTCs increased the levels of reactive oxygen species and partially activated the DNA damage checkpoint, converting PTCs to a CTC-like state. Inhibition of checkpoint kinases Chk1 and Chk2 in CTCs reduces the basal checkpoint response and sensitizes CTCs to DNA damage in vitro and in mouse xenografts. Our results suggest that DNA damage checkpoint inhibitors may benefit the chemotherapy of breast cancer patients by suppressing the chemoresistance of CTCs and reducing the risk of cancer metastasis.
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- Chang Gong
- From the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Breast Tumor Center, and
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- From the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Breast Tumor Center, and
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- From the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Breast Tumor Center, and
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- From the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Breast Tumor Center, and
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- From the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Breast Tumor Center, and
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- From the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Breast Tumor Center, and
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- From the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Breast Tumor Center, and
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- Medical Oncology, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China and
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- the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129
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- From the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Breast Tumor Center, and
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Barker CE, Ali S, O'Boyle G, Kirby JA. Transplantation and inflammation: implications for the modification of chemokine function. Immunology 2014; 143:138-45. [PMID: 24912917 PMCID: PMC4172130 DOI: 10.1111/imm.12332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2014] [Revised: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 06/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Oxidative stress is a major and recurring cause of damage during inflammation, especially following organ transplantation. Initial ischaemia–reperfusion injury causes the production of many reactive oxygen and nitrogen species, and subsequent recruitment and activation of inflammatory cells can lead to further oxidative stress. This stress is well known to cause damage at the cellular level, for example by induction of senescence leading to the production of a characteristic senescence-associated secretory phenotype. Chemokines are an important component of the senescence-associated secretory phenotype, recruiting further leucocytes and reinforcing the stress and senescence responses. As well as inducing the production of proteins, including chemokines, oxidative stress can alter proteins themselves, both directly and by induction of enzymes capable of modification. These alterations can lead to important modifications to their biological activity and also alter detection by some antibodies, potentially limiting the biological relevance of some immunochemical and proteomic biomarkers. Peroxynitrite, a reactive nitrogen species generated during inflammation and ischaemia, can cause such modifications by nitrating chemokines. Matrix metalloproteinases, released by many stressed cells, can cleave chemokines, altering function, while peptidylarginine deiminases can inactivate certain chemokines by citrullination. This review discusses the relationship between inflammation and post-translational modification, focusing on the functional modulation of transplant-relevant pro-inflammatory chemokines.
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- Catriona E Barker
- Applied Immunobiology and Transplantation Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Rajão MA, Furtado C, Alves CL, Passos-Silva DG, de Moura MB, Schamber-Reis BL, Kunrath-Lima M, Zuma AA, Vieira-da-Rocha JP, Garcia JBF, Mendes IC, Pena SDJ, Macedo AM, Franco GR, de Souza-Pinto NC, de Medeiros MHG, Cruz AK, Motta MCM, Teixeira SMR, Machado CR. Unveiling benznidazole's mechanism of action through overexpression of DNA repair proteins in Trypanosoma cruzi. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2014; 55:309-21. [PMID: 24347026 DOI: 10.1002/em.21839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2012] [Revised: 11/22/2013] [Accepted: 11/24/2013] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Benznidazole (BZ) is the most commonly used drug for the treatment of Chagas disease. Although BZ is known to induce the formation of free radicals and electrophilic metabolites within the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, its precise mechanisms of action are still elusive. Here, we analyzed the survival of T. cruzi exposed to BZ using genetically modified parasites overexpressing different DNA repair proteins. Our results indicate that BZ induces oxidation mainly in the nucleotide pool, as heterologous expression of the nucleotide pyrophosphohydrolase MutT (but not overexpression of the glycosylase TcOgg1) increased drug resistance in the parasite. In addition, electron microscopy indicated that BZ catalyzes the formation of double-stranded breaks in the parasite, as its genomic DNA undergoes extensive heterochromatin unpacking following exposure to the drug. Furthermore, the overexpression of proteins involved in the recombination-mediated DNA repair increased resistance to BZ, reinforcing the idea that the drug causes double-stranded breaks. Our results also show that the overexpression of mitochondrial DNA repair proteins increase parasite survival upon BZ exposure, indicating that the drug induces lesions in the mitochondrial DNA as well. These findings suggest that BZ preferentially oxidizes the nucleotide pool, and the extensive incorporation of oxidized nucleotides during DNA replication leads to potentially lethal double-stranded DNA breaks in T. cruzi DNA.
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- Matheus Andrade Rajão
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais
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Lyu LD, Tang BK, Fan XY, Ma H, Zhao GP. Mycobacterial MazG safeguards genetic stability via housecleaning of 5-OH-dCTP. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003814. [PMID: 24339782 PMCID: PMC3855555 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2013] [Accepted: 10/23/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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Generation of reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species in phagocytes is an important innate immune response mechanism to eliminate microbial pathogens. It is known that deoxynucleotides (dNTPs), the precursor nucleotides to DNA synthesis, are one group of the significant targets for these oxidants and incorporation of oxidized dNTPs into genomic DNA may cause mutations and even cell death. Here we show that the mycobacterial dNTP pyrophosphohydrolase MazG safeguards the bacilli genome by degrading 5-OH-dCTP, thereby, preventing it from incorporation into DNA. Deletion of the (d)NTP pyrophosphohydrolase-encoding mazG in mycobacteria leads to a mutator phenotype both under oxidative stress and in the stationary phase of growth, resulting in increased CG to TA mutations. Biochemical analyses demonstrate that mycobacterial MazG can efficiently hydrolyze 5-OH-dCTP, an oxidized nucleotide that induces CG to TA mutation upon incorporation by polymerase. Moreover, chemical genetic analyses show that direct incorporation of 5-OH-dCTP into mazG-null mutant strain of Mycobacterium smegmatis (Msm) leads to a dose-dependent mutagenesis phenotype, indicating that 5-OH-dCTP is a natural substrate of mycobacterial MazG. Furthermore, deletion of mazG in Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) leads to reduced survival in activated macrophages and in the spleen of infected mice. This study not only characterizes the mycobacterial MazG as a novel pyrimidine-specific housecleaning enzyme that prevents CG to TA mutation by degrading 5-OH-dCTP but also reveals a genome-safeguarding mechanism for survival of Mtb in vivo. The cellular nucleotide pool is a significant target for oxidation by reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species. Misincorporation of these oxidized non-canonical nucleotides into DNA is known to cause mutations, and may be related to carcinogenesis, aging and neurodegeneration. Cells have evolved a group of bio-degradation housecleaning enzymes that may specifically eliminate certain non-canonical nucleotide from the nucleotide pool and thus prevent their incorporation into DNA. The most well-characterized housecleaning enzymes are the MutT-like proteins which specifically hydrolyze the oxidized purine nucleotides, such as 8-oxo-dGTP and 2-OH-dATP. Lack of MutT activity in cells leads to significant increase of AT-CG mutation and genetic instability. However, housecleaning enzymes specific for oxidized pyrimidine nucleotides are yet to be identified. Here we show that the dNTP pyrophosphohydrolase MazG from mycobacteria is a 5-OH-dCTP-specific housecleaning enzyme. Deletion of mazG in mycobacteria results in increased CG to TA mutation under oxidative stress and in the stationary phase of growth. Both biochemical and chemical genetic analyses demonstrate that 5-OH-dCTP is a natural substrate of mycobacterial MazG. Furthermore, deletion of mazG in Mtb leads to reduced survival in activated macrophages and in the spleen of infected mice. These results reveal a novel housecleaning pathway for mycobacteria to maintain genetic stability and survival in vivo.
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- Liang-Dong Lyu
- CAS-Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Department of Microbiology and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
- * E-mail: (LDL); (GPZ)
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- CAS-Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Anhui Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Department of Life Science, Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center Affiliated with Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center Affiliated with Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- CAS-Key Laboratory of Synthetic Biology, Institute of Plant Physiology and Ecology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China
- Department of Microbiology and Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology affiliated with the Ministry of Education and Health, Shanghai Medical College, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai-MOST Key Laboratory for Health and Disease Genomics, Chinese National Human Genome Center, Shanghai, China
- * E-mail: (LDL); (GPZ)
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Zamzami MA, Duley JA, Price GR, Venter DJ, Yarham JW, Taylor RW, Catley LP, Florin THJ, Marinaki AM, Bowling F. Inosine triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase (ITPA) polymorphic sequence variants in adult hematological malignancy patients and possible association with mitochondrial DNA defects. J Hematol Oncol 2013; 6:24. [PMID: 23547827 PMCID: PMC3765497 DOI: 10.1186/1756-8722-6-24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2012] [Accepted: 03/13/2013] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Background Inosine triphosphate pyrophosphohydrolase (ITPase) is a ‘house-cleaning’ enzyme that degrades non-canonical (‘rogue’) nucleotides. Complete deficiency is fatal in knockout mice, but a mutant polymorphism resulting in low enzyme activity with an accumulation of ITP and other non-canonical nucleotides, appears benign in humans. We hypothesised that reduced ITPase activity may cause acquired mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) defects. Furthermore, we investigated whether accumulating mtDNA defects may then be a risk factor for cell transformation, in adult haematological malignancy (AHM). Methods DNA was extracted from peripheral blood and bone marrow samples. Microarray-based sequencing of mtDNA was performed on 13 AHM patients confirmed as carrying the ITPA 94C>A mutation causing low ITPase activity, and 4 AHM patients with wildtype ITPA. The frequencies of ITPA 94C>A and IVS2+21A>C polymorphisms were studied from 85 available AHM patients. Results ITPA 94C>A was associated with a significant increase in total heteroplasmic/homoplasmic mtDNA mutations (p<0.009) compared with wildtype ITPA, following exclusion of haplogroup variants. This suggested that low ITPase activity may induce mitochondrial abnormalities. Compared to the normal population, frequencies for the 94C>A and IVS2+21A>C mutant alleles among the AHM patients were higher for myelodyplastic syndrome (MDS) - but below significance; were approximately equivalent for chronic lymphoblastic leukemia; and were lower for acute myeloid leukemia. Conclusions This study invokes a new paradigm for the evolution of MDS, where nucleotide imbalances produced by defects in ‘house-cleaning’ genes may induce mitochondrial dysfunction, compromising cell integrity. It supports recent studies which point towards an important role for ITPase in cellular surveillance of rogue nucleotides.
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McLennan AG. Substrate ambiguity among the nudix hydrolases: biologically significant, evolutionary remnant, or both? Cell Mol Life Sci 2013; 70:373-85. [PMID: 23184251 PMCID: PMC11113851 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1210-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2012] [Revised: 11/01/2012] [Accepted: 11/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Many members of the nudix hydrolase family exhibit considerable substrate multispecificity and ambiguity, which raises significant issues when assessing their functions in vivo and gives rise to errors in database annotation. Several display low antimutator activity when expressed in bacterial tester strains as well as some degree of activity in vitro towards mutagenic, oxidized nucleotides such as 8-oxo-dGTP. However, many of these show greater activity towards other nucleotides such as ADP-ribose or diadenosine tetraphosphate (Ap(4)A). The antimutator activities have tended to gain prominence in the literature, whereas they may in fact represent the residual activity of an ancestral antimutator enzyme that has become secondary to the more recently evolved major activity after gene duplication. Whether any meaningful antimutagenic function has also been retained in vivo requires very careful assessment. Then again, other examples of substrate ambiguity may indicate as yet unexplored regulatory systems. For example, bacterial Ap(4)A hydrolases also efficiently remove pyrophosphate from the 5' termini of mRNAs, suggesting a potential role for Ap(4)A in the control of bacterial mRNA turnover, while the ability of some eukaryotic mRNA decapping enzymes to degrade IDP and dIDP or diphosphoinositol polyphosphates (DIPs) may also be indicative of new regulatory networks in RNA metabolism. DIP phosphohydrolases also degrade diadenosine polyphosphates and inorganic polyphosphates, suggesting further avenues for investigation. This article uses these and other examples to highlight the need for a greater awareness of the possible significance of substrate ambiguity among the nudix hydrolases as well as the need to exert caution when interpreting incomplete analyses.
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- Alexander G McLennan
- Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Biosciences Building, Crown St., Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK.
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Guthrie OW. Dynamic compartmentalization of DNA repair proteins within spiral ganglion neurons in response to noise stress. Int J Neurosci 2012; 122:757-66. [PMID: 22900489 DOI: 10.3109/00207454.2012.721828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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ABSTRACT In response to stress, spiral ganglion neurons may remodel intracellular pools of DNA repair proteins. This hypothesis was addressed by determining the intracellular location of three classic DNA excision repair proteins (XPA, CSA, and XPC) within the neurons under normal conditions, one day after noise stress (105 dB/4 hr) and following DNA repair adjuvant therapy with carboxy alkyl esters (CAEs; 160 mg/kg/28 days). Under normal conditions, three intracellular compartments were enriched with at least one repair protein. These intracellular compartments were designated nuclear, cytoplasmic, and perinuclear. After the noise stress each repair protein aggregated in the cytoplasm. After CAE therapy each intracellular compartment was enriched with the three DNA repair proteins. Combining noise stress with CAE therapy resulted in the enrichment of at least two repair proteins in each intracellular compartment. The combined results suggest that in response to noise stress and/or otoprotective therapy, spiral ganglion neurons may selectively remodel compartmentalized DNA repair proteins.
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- O'neil W Guthrie
- Research Service-151, Loma Linda Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Loma Linda, California 92357, USA. O’
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Land WG. Emerging role of innate immunity in organ transplantation Part II: potential of damage-associated molecular patterns to generate immunostimulatory dendritic cells. Transplant Rev (Orlando) 2012; 26:73-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.trre.2011.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2011] [Accepted: 02/21/2011] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Bitar K, Greenwood-Van Meerveld B, Saad R, Wiley JW. Aging and gastrointestinal neuromuscular function: insights from within and outside the gut. Neurogastroenterol Motil 2011; 23:490-501. [PMID: 21320236 PMCID: PMC3094479 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2982.2011.01678.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/06/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- K Bitar
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA Research Administration, VA Medical Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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Cellular Stress Responses, Mitostress and Carnitine Insufficiencies as Critical Determinants in Aging and Neurodegenerative Disorders: Role of Hormesis and Vitagenes. Neurochem Res 2010; 35:1880-915. [DOI: 10.1007/s11064-010-0307-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/21/2010] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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