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Gong Y, Wang J, Pan M, Zhao Y, Zhang H, Zhang F, Liu J, Yang J, Hu J. Harmine inhibits pulmonary fibrosis through regulating DNA damage repair-related genes and activation of TP53-Gadd45α pathway. Int Immunopharmacol 2024; 138:112542. [PMID: 38924867 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2024.112542] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2024] [Revised: 06/15/2024] [Accepted: 06/19/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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BACKGROUND Harmine has many pharmacological activities and has been found to significantly inhibit the fibrosis of keloid fibroblasts. DNA damage repair (DDR) is essential to prevent fibrosis. This study aimed to investigate the effects of harmine on pulmonary fibrosis and its underlying mechanisms. METHODS Bleomycin and TGF-β1 were used to construct pulmonary fibrosis models in vivo and in vitro, then treated with harmine to explore harmine's effects in treating experimental pulmonary fibrosis and its related mechanisms. Then, RNA sequencing was applied to investigate further the crucial DDR-related genes and drug targets of harmine against pulmonary fibrosis. Finally, the expression levels of DDR-related genes were verified by real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) and western blot. RESULTS Our in vivo experiments showed that harmine treatment could improve weight loss and lung function and reduce tissue fibrosis in mice with pulmonary fibrosis. The results confirmed that harmine could inhibit the viability and migration of TGF-β1-induced MRC-5 cells, induce their apoptosis, and suppress the F-actin expression, suggesting that harmine could suppress the phenotypic transition from lung fibroblasts to lung myoblasts. In addition, RNA sequencing identified 1692 differential expressed genes (DEGs), and 10 DDR-related genes were screened as critical DDR-related genes. RT-qPCR and western blotting showed that harmine could down-regulate the expression of CHEK1, ERCC1, ERCC4, POLD1, RAD51, RPA1, TOP1, and TP53, while up-regulate FEN1, H2AX and GADD45α expression. CONCLUSIONS Harmine may inhibit pulmonary fibrosis by regulating DDR-related genes and activating the TP53-Gadd45α pathway.
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- Yuehong Gong
- State Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, Xinjiang Medical University, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China; Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Clinical Drug Research, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, Xinjiang Medical University, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China; Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Clinical Drug Research, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830017, China
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830017, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, Xinjiang Medical University, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China; Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Clinical Drug Research, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China
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- Department of Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830017, China
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- Soochow Univ, College of Pharmaceutic Science, Suzhou 215123, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment of High Incidence Diseases in Central Asia, Xinjiang Medical University, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China; Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Clinical Drug Research, Urumqi, Xinjiang 830011, China.
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- Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy, Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi 830017, China.
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Shi R, Wang S, Jiang Y, Zhong G, Li M, Sun Y. ERCC4: a potential regulatory factor in inflammatory bowel disease and inflammation-associated colorectal cancer. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2024; 15:1348216. [PMID: 38516408 PMCID: PMC10954797 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2024.1348216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/23/2024] Open
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The pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remains unclear and is associated with an increased risk of developing colitis-associated cancer (CAC). Under sustained inflammatory stimulation in the intestines, loss of early DNA damage response genes can lead to tumor formation. Many proteins are involved in the pathways of DNA damage response and play critical roles in protecting genes from various potential damages that DNA may undergo. ERCC4 is a structure-specific endonuclease that participates in the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway. The catalytic site of ERCC4 determines the activity of NER and is an indispensable gene in the NER pathway. ERCC4 may be involved in the imbalanced process of DNA damage and repair in IBD-related inflammation and CAC. This article primarily reviews the function of ERCC4 in the DNA repair pathway and discusses its potential role in the processes of IBD-related inflammation and carcinogenesis. Finally, we explore how this knowledge may open novel avenues for the treatment of IBD and IBD-related cancer.
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- *Correspondence: Yan Sun, ; Mingsong Li,
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Association of nonsynonymous SNPs of nucleotide excision repair genes ERCC4 rs1800067 (G/A) and ERCC5 rs17655 (G/C) as predisposing risk factors for gallbladder cancer. Dig Liver Dis 2022; 54:1533-1540. [PMID: 35780063 DOI: 10.1016/j.dld.2022.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Revised: 05/28/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Deregulation of DNA repair mechanisms have been frequently demonstrated in the pathology of cancers including gallbladder cancer. AIM We aimed to investigate the association of ERCC4 rs1800067 (G/A) and ERCC5 rs17655 (G/C) with the predisposition in gallbladder cancer and its prognosis. We have also investigated the prognostic and diagnostic values of expression profiles of ERCC4 and ERCC5 in GBC. METHODS Polymorphisms of rs1800067 and rs17655 were genotyped by PCR-RFLP. The expression of these genes was analyzed by semi-quantitative PCR. Overall survival was analyzed using Kaplan-Meier plot and cox-regression analysis. RESULTS Patients with risk group genotypes of rs17655 have shorter overall survival in patients with presence of gallstone, T1+T2 tumor invasion, absence of lymph node involvement and early stages of tumor. Homozygous wild genotype (GG) of rs1800067 and homozygous mutant genotype (CC) of rs17655 together increases two-fold risk of the disease. The variant genotypes (GC/CC) of rs17655 show significantly higher level of ERCC5 expression. CONCLUSION Major allele of ERCC4 rs1800067 and minor allele of ERCC5 rs17655 are significantly associated with increased risk of GBC. Upregulation of ERCC4 and ERCC5 is an early event of development of GBC.
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Akahori R, Takamori C, Wakasugi M, Matsunaga T. Mapping of the regions implicated in nuclear localization of multi-functional DNA repair endonuclease XPF-ERCC1. Genes Cells 2022; 27:356-367. [PMID: 35238109 DOI: 10.1111/gtc.12932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2022] [Revised: 02/27/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The structure-specific endonuclease XPF-ERCC1 is a multi-functional heterodimer that participates in a variety of DNA repair mechanisms for maintaining genome integrity. Both subunits contain C-terminal tandem helix-hairpin-helix (HhH2 ) domains, which are necessary for not only their dimerization but also enzymatic activity as well as protein stability. However, the interdependency of both subunits in their nuclear localization remains poorly understood. In this study, we have analyzed the region(s) that affects the subcellular localization of XPF and ERCC1 using various deletion mutants. We first identified the nuclear localization signal (NLS) in XPF, which was essential for its nuclear localization under the ERCC1-free condition, but dispensable in the presence of ERCC1 (probably as XPF-ERCC1 heterodimer). Interestingly, in the NLS-independent and ERCC1-dependent XPF nuclear localization, the physical interaction between XPF and ERCC1 via C-terminal HhH2 domains was not needed. Instead, the amino acid regions 311-469 of XPF and 216-260 of ERCC1 are required for the nuclear localization. Furthermore, we found that the 311-469 region of XPF interacts with ERCC1 in a co-immunoprecipitation assay. These results suggest that the nuclear localization of XPF-ERCC1 heterodimer is regulated at multiple levels in an interdependent manner.
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- Ryo Akahori
- Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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- Laboratory of Human Molecular Genetics, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan
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Sahaba SA, Rashid MA, Islam MS, Nahid NA, Apu MNH, Sultana TN, Chaity NI, Hasan MM, Islam MS. The link of ERCC2 rs13181 and ERCC4 rs2276466 polymorphisms with breast cancer in the Bangladeshi population. Mol Biol Rep 2021; 49:1847-1856. [PMID: 34837148 DOI: 10.1007/s11033-021-06994-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND Breast cancer (BC) is the most common disease in women and the leading cause of death from cancer globally. Epidemiological studies examined that nucleotide excision repair genes ERCC2 (rs13181) and ERCC4 (rs2276466) SNPs might increase cancer risk. Based on the previous investigation, this study was conducted to explore the correlation between these polymorphisms and BC susceptibility in Bangladeshi women. METHODS AND RESULTS Between January 2019 and January 2020, 140 blood samples were collected from female patients histologically diagnosed with BC, and 111 female controls were recruited from non-cancer subjects. Genotyping was performed applying the PCR-RFLP method, and all statistical analyzes were conducted using SPSS, version 25.0. Comparison of characteristics and clinicopathological features between ERCC2 rs13181 and ERCC4 rs2276466 carriers and non-carriers showed no significant link with BC. Analysis of ERCC2 rs13181 with the risk of BC showed that the GG genotype and G allele carriers showed a fourfold and 1.78-fold higher risk (OR 4.00, P = 0.001 and OR 1.78, P = 0.002) that are statistically significant. In addition, the patients with combined TG+GG genotype revealed a 2.09-fold increased chance (OR 2.09, P = 0.020) BC development. Analysis of recessive model (GG vs. TT+TG) also depicted 2.74-times significantly higher risk (OR 2.74, P = 0.002). On the other hand, ERCC4 rs2276466 polymorphism did not show any significant association with BC (P > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Our findings show that ERCC2 rs13181 is linked to an elevated risk of BC. Our study also shows that ERCC4 rs2276466 polymorphism has no substantial risk of BC in the Bangladeshi population.
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- Shaid All Sahaba
- Department of Pharmacy, State University of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Department of Pharmacy, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Sonapur, Noakhali, 3814, Bangladesh.
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Huangteerakul C, Aung HM, Thosapornvichai T, Duangkaew M, Jensen AN, Sukrong S, Ingkaninan K, Jensen LT. Chemical-Genetic Interactions of Bacopa monnieri Constituents in Cells Deficient for the DNA Repair Endonuclease RAD1 Appear Linked to Vacuolar Disruption. Molecules 2021; 26:1207. [PMID: 33668176 PMCID: PMC7956252 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26051207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2020] [Revised: 02/18/2021] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Colorectal cancer is a common cancer worldwide and reduced expression of the DNA repair endonuclease XPF (xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group F) is associated with colorectal cancer. Bacopa monnieri extracts were previously found to exhibit chemical-genetic synthetic lethal effects in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae model of colorectal cancer lacking Rad1p, a structural and functional homologue of human XPF. However, the mechanisms for B. monnieri extracts to limit proliferation and promote an apoptosis-like event in RAD1 deleted yeast was not elucidated. Our current analysis has revealed that B. monnieri extracts have the capacity to promote mutations in rad1∆ cells. In addition, the effects of B. monnieri extracts on rad1∆ yeast is linked to disruption of the vacuole, similar to the mammalian lysosome. The absence of RAD1 in yeast sensitizes cells to the effects of vacuole disruption and the release of proteases. The combined effect of increased DNA mutations and release of vacuolar contents appears to induce an apoptosis-like event that is dependent on the meta-caspase Yca1p. The toxicity of B. monnieri extracts is linked to sterol content, suggesting saponins may be involved in limiting the proliferation of yeast cells. Analysis of major constituents from B. monnieri identified a chemical-genetic interaction between bacopasaponin C and rad1∆ yeast. Bacopasaponin C may have potential as a drug candidate or serve as a model for the development of analogs for the treatment of colorectal cancer.
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- Chananya Huangteerakul
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; (C.H.); (H.M.A.); (T.T.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; (C.H.); (H.M.A.); (T.T.)
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; (C.H.); (H.M.A.); (T.T.)
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- Toxicology Graduate Program, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand;
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- Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand;
- Center of Excellence on Environmental Health and Toxicology (EHT), Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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- Research Unit of DNA Barcoding of Thai Medicinal Plants, Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand;
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok 65000, Thailand;
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand; (C.H.); (H.M.A.); (T.T.)
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APOE4 exacerbates synapse loss and neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease patient iPSC-derived cerebral organoids. Nat Commun 2020; 11:5540. [PMID: 33139712 PMCID: PMC7608683 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19264-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2019] [Accepted: 10/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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APOE4 is the strongest genetic risk factor associated with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD). To address the underlying mechanism, we develop cerebral organoid models using induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) with APOE ε3/ε3 or ε4/ε4 genotype from individuals with either normal cognition or AD dementia. Cerebral organoids from AD patients carrying APOE ε4/ε4 show greater apoptosis and decreased synaptic integrity. While AD patient-derived cerebral organoids have increased levels of Aβ and phosphorylated tau compared to healthy subject-derived cerebral organoids, APOE4 exacerbates tau pathology in both healthy subject-derived and AD patient-derived organoids. Transcriptomics analysis by RNA-sequencing reveals that cerebral organoids from AD patients are associated with an enhancement of stress granules and disrupted RNA metabolism. Importantly, isogenic conversion of APOE4 to APOE3 attenuates the APOE4-related phenotypes in cerebral organoids from AD patients. Together, our study using human iPSC-organoids recapitulates APOE4-related phenotypes and suggests APOE4-related degenerative pathways contributing to AD pathogenesis. APOE4 is a strong genetic risk factor for late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Here, the authors show that APOE4 is associated with AD features in hiPSCs-derived cerebral organoids. Isogenic conversion of APOE4 to APOE3 attenuates the AD-associated phenotype.
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Functional Comparison of XPF Missense Mutations Associated to Multiple DNA Repair Disorders. Genes (Basel) 2019; 10:genes10010060. [PMID: 30658521 PMCID: PMC6357085 DOI: 10.3390/genes10010060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 01/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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XPF endonuclease is one of the most important DNA repair proteins. Encoded by XPF/ERCC4, XPF provides the enzymatic activity of XPF-ERCC1 heterodimer, an endonuclease that incises at the 5’ side of various DNA lesions. XPF is essential for nucleotide excision repair (NER) and interstrand crosslink repair (ICLR). XPF/ERCC4 mutations are associated with several human diseases: Xeroderma Pigmentosum (XP), Segmental Progeria (XFE), Fanconi Anemia (FA), Cockayne Syndrome (CS), and XP/CS combined disease (XPCSCD). Most affected individuals are compound heterozygotes for XPF/ERCC4 mutations complicating the identification of genotype/phenotype correlations. We report a detailed overview of NER and ICLR functional studies in human XPF-KO (knock-out) isogenic cells expressing six disease-specific pathogenic XPF amino acid substitution mutations. Ultraviolet (UV) sensitivity and unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS) assays provide the most reliable information to discern mutations associated with ICLR impairment from mutations related to NER deficiency, whereas recovery of RNA synthesis (RRS) assays results hint to a possible role of XPF in resolving R-loops. Our functional studies demonstrate that a defined cellular phenotype cannot be easily correlated to each XPF mutation. Substituted positions along XPF sequences are not predictive of cellular phenotype nor reflect a particular disease. Therefore, in addition to mutation type, allelic interactions, protein stability and intracellular distribution of mutant proteins may also contribute to alter DNA repair pathways balance leading to clinically distinct disorders.
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Kim SM, Forsburg SL. Regulation of Structure-Specific Endonucleases in Replication Stress. Genes (Basel) 2018; 9:genes9120634. [PMID: 30558228 PMCID: PMC6316474 DOI: 10.3390/genes9120634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2018] [Revised: 12/11/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Replication stress results in various forms of aberrant replication intermediates that need to be resolved for faithful chromosome segregation. Structure-specific endonucleases (SSEs) recognize DNA secondary structures rather than primary sequences and play key roles during DNA repair and replication stress. Holliday junction resolvase MUS81 (methyl methane sulfonate (MMS), and UV-sensitive protein 81) and XPF (xeroderma pigmentosum group F-complementing protein) are a subset of SSEs that resolve aberrant replication structures. To ensure genome stability and prevent unnecessary DNA breakage, these SSEs are tightly regulated by the cell cycle and replication checkpoints. We discuss the regulatory network that control activities of MUS81 and XPF and briefly mention other SSEs involved in the resolution of replication intermediates.
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- Seong Min Kim
- Program in Molecular & Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
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- Program in Molecular & Computational Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.
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Faridounnia M, Folkers GE, Boelens R. Function and Interactions of ERCC1-XPF in DNA Damage Response. Molecules 2018; 23:E3205. [PMID: 30563071 PMCID: PMC6320978 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23123205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 12/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Numerous proteins are involved in the multiple pathways of the DNA damage response network and play a key role to protect the genome from the wide variety of damages that can occur to DNA. An example of this is the structure-specific endonuclease ERCC1-XPF. This heterodimeric complex is in particular involved in nucleotide excision repair (NER), but also in double strand break repair and interstrand cross-link repair pathways. Here we review the function of ERCC1-XPF in various DNA repair pathways and discuss human disorders associated with ERCC1-XPF deficiency. We also overview our molecular and structural understanding of XPF-ERCC1.
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- Maryam Faridounnia
- Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Aung HM, Huangteerakul C, Panvongsa W, Jensen AN, Chairoungdua A, Sukrong S, Jensen LT. Interrogation of ethnomedicinal plants for synthetic lethality effects in combination with deficiency in the DNA repair endonuclease RAD1 using a yeast cell-based assay. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY 2018; 223:10-21. [PMID: 29777901 DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2018.05.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2018] [Revised: 05/10/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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ETHNOPHARMACOLOGICAL RELEVANCE Plant materials used in this study were selected based on the ethnobotanical literature. Plants have either been utilized by Thai practitioners as alternative treatments for cancer or identified to exhibit anti-cancer properties. AIM OF THE STUDY To screen ethnomedicinal plants using a yeast cell-based assay for synthetic lethal interactions with cells deleted for RAD1, the yeast homologue of human ERCC4 (XPF) MATERIALS AND METHODS: Ethanolic extracts from thirty-two species of medicinal plants utilized in Thai traditional medicine were screened for synthetic lethal/sick interactions using a yeast cell-based assay. Cell growth was compared between the parental strain and rad1∆ yeast following exposure to select for specific toxicity of plant extracts. Candidate extracts were further examined for the mode of action using genetic and biochemical approaches. RESULTS Screening a library of ethanolic extracts from medicinal plants identified Bacopa monnieri and Colubrina asiatica as having synthetic lethal effects in the rad1∆ cells but not the parental strain. Synthetic lethal effects for B. monneiri extracts were more apparent and this plant was examined further. Genetic analysis indicates that pro-oxidant activities and defective excision repair pathways do not significantly contribute to enhanced sensitivity to B. monneiri extracts. Exposure to B. monneiri extracts resulted in nuclear fragmentation and elevated levels of ethidium bromide staining in rad1∆ yeast suggesting promotion of an apoptosis-like event. Growth inhibition also observed in the human Caco-2 cell line suggesting the effects of B. monnieri extracts on both yeast and human cells may be similar. CONCLUSIONS B. monneiri extracts may have utility in treatment of colorectal cancers that exhibit deficiency in ERCC4 (XPF).
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- Hsu Mon Aung
- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand
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- Toxicology Graduate Program, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Excellent Center for Drug Discovery (ECDD), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Toxicology Graduate Program, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Excellent Center for Drug Discovery (ECDD), Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand; Department of Physiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
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- Department of Pharmacognosy and Pharmaceutical Botany, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
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- Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok Thailand.
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Popp I, Punekar M, Telford N, Stivaros S, Chandler K, Minnis M, Castleton A, Higham C, Hopewell L, Gareth Evans D, Raams A, Theil AF, Meyer S, Schindler D. Fanconi anemia with sun-sensitivity caused by a Xeroderma pigmentosum-associated missense mutation in XPF. BMC MEDICAL GENETICS 2018; 19:7. [PMID: 29325523 PMCID: PMC5765604 DOI: 10.1186/s12881-018-0520-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/03/2018] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND Fanconi anemia (FA) is an inherited genomic instability disorder with congenital and developmental abnormalities, bone marrow failure and predisposition to cancer early in life, and cellular sensitivity to DNA interstrand crosslinks. CASE PRESENTATION A fifty-one-year old female patient, initially diagnosed with FA in childhood on the basis of classic features and increased chromosomal breakage, and remarkable sun-sensitivity is described. She only ever had mild haematological abnormalities and no history of malignancy. To identify and characterise the genetic defect in this lady, who is one of the oldest reported FA patients, we used whole-exome sequencing for identification of causative mutations, and functionally characterized the cellular phenotype. Detection of the novel splice site mutation c.793-2A > G and the previously described missense mutation c.1765C > T (p.Arg589Trp) in XPF/ERCC4/FANCQ assign her as the third individual of complementation group FA-Q. Ectopic expression of wildtype, but not mutant, XPF/ERCC4/FANCQ, in patient-derived fibroblasts rescued cellular resistance to DNA interstrand-crosslinking agents. Patient derived FA-Q cells showed impaired nuclear excision repair capacity. However, mutated XPF/ERCC4/FANCQ protein in our patient's cells, as in the two other patients with FA-Q, was detectable on chromatin, in contrast to XP-F cells, where missense-mutant protein failed to properly translocate to the nucleus. CONCLUSIONS Patients with FA characteristics and UV sensitivity should be tested for mutations in XPF/ERCC4/FANCQ. The missense mutation p.Arg589Trp was previously detected in patients diagnosed with Xeroderma pigmentosum or Cockayne syndrome. Hence, phenotypic manifestations associated with this XPF/ERCC4/ FANCQ mutation are highly variable.
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- Isabell Popp
- Department of Human Genetics, Biozentrum, University of Wurzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Preston, UK
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- Oncology Cytogenetics, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Institute of Population Health, Centre for Imaging Sciences, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK
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- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.,Department of Genetic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Central Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK.,Department of Genetic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Central Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.,Centre for Endocrinology and Diabetes, Institute of Human Development, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Genetic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Central Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK. .,Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK. .,Stem Cell and Leukaemia Proteomics Laboratory, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. .,Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology, Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Manchester, UK. .,Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology, Division of Cancer Sciences, University of Manchester, c/o Young Oncology Unit, Christie Hospital, Wilmslow Road, Manchester, M20 6XB, UK.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Biozentrum, University of Wurzburg, Am Hubland, 97074, Wurzburg, Germany.
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Lehmann J, Schubert S, Seebode C, Apel A, Ohlenbusch A, Emmert S. Splice variants of the endonucleases XPF and XPG contain residual DNA repair capabilities and could be a valuable tool for personalized medicine. Oncotarget 2018; 9:1012-1027. [PMID: 29416673 PMCID: PMC5787415 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.23105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/15/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The two endonucleases XPF and XPG are essentially involved in nucleotide excision repair (NER) and interstrand crosslink (ICL) repair. Defects in these two proteins result in severe diseases like xeroderma pigmentosum (XP). We applied our newly CRISPR/Cas9 generated human XPF knockout cell line with complete loss of XPF and primary fibroblasts from an XP-G patient (XP20BE) to analyze until now uncharacterized spontaneous mRNA splice variants of these two endonucleases. Functional analyses of these variants were performed using luciferase-based reporter gene assays. Two XPF and XPG splice variants with residual repair capabilities in NER, as well as ICL repair could be identified. Almost all variants are severely C-terminally truncated and lack important protein-protein interaction domains. Interestingly, XPF-202, differing to XPF-003 in the first 12 amino acids only, had no repair capability at all, suggesting an important role of this region during DNA repair, potentially concerning protein-protein interaction. We also identified splice variants of XPF and XPG exerting inhibitory effects on NER. Moreover, we showed that the XPF and XPG splice variants presented with different inter-individual expression patterns in healthy donors, as well as in various tissues. With regard to their residual repair capability and dominant-negative effects, functionally relevant spontaneous XPF and XPG splice variants present promising prognostic marker candidates for individual cancer risk, disease outcome, or therapeutic success. This merits further investigations, large association studies, and translational research within clinical trials in the future.
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- Janin Lehmann
- Clinic and Policlinic for Dermatology and Venereology, University Medical Center Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK), University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Clinic and Policlinic for Dermatology and Venereology, University Medical Center Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatric Neurology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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- Clinic and Policlinic for Dermatology and Venereology, University Medical Center Rostock, Rostock, Germany
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany
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Lehmann J, Seebode C, Smolorz S, Schubert S, Emmert S. XPF knockout via CRISPR/Cas9 reveals that ERCC1 is retained in the cytoplasm without its heterodimer partner XPF. Cell Mol Life Sci 2017; 74:2081-2094. [PMID: 28130555 PMCID: PMC11107539 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-017-2455-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Revised: 12/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/03/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The XPF/ERCC1 heterodimeric complex is essentially involved in nucleotide excision repair (NER), interstrand crosslink (ICL), and double-strand break repair. Defects in XPF lead to severe diseases like xeroderma pigmentosum (XP). Up until now, XP-F patient cells have been utilized for functional analyses. Due to the multiple roles of the XPF/ERCC1 complex, these patient cells retain at least one full-length allele and residual repair capabilities. Despite the essential function of the XPF/ERCC1 complex for the human organism, we successfully generated a viable immortalised human XPF knockout cell line with complete loss of XPF using the CRISPR/Cas9 technique in fetal lung fibroblasts (MRC5Vi cells). These cells showed a markedly increased sensitivity to UVC, cisplatin, and psoralen activated by UVA as well as reduced repair capabilities for NER and ICL repair as assessed by reporter gene assays. Using the newly generated knockout cells, we could show that human XPF is markedly involved in homologous recombination repair (HRR) but dispensable for non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ). Notably, ERCC1 was not detectable in the nucleus of the XPF knockout cells indicating the necessity of a functional XPF/ERCC1 heterodimer to allow ERCC1 to enter the nucleus. Overexpression of wild-type XPF could reverse this effect as well as the repair deficiencies.
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- Janin Lehmann
- Clinic and Policlinic for Dermatology and Venereology, University Medical Centre Rostock, Strempelstrasse 13, 18057, Rostock, Germany
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Centre Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075, Goettingen, Germany
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- Clinic and Policlinic for Dermatology and Venereology, University Medical Centre Rostock, Strempelstrasse 13, 18057, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Centre Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075, Goettingen, Germany
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- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Centre Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075, Goettingen, Germany
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- Clinic and Policlinic for Dermatology and Venereology, University Medical Centre Rostock, Strempelstrasse 13, 18057, Rostock, Germany.
- Department of Dermatology, Venereology and Allergology, University Medical Centre Goettingen, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37075, Goettingen, Germany.
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Dehé PM, Gaillard PHL. Control of structure-specific endonucleases to maintain genome stability. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 2017; 18:315-330. [PMID: 28327556 DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2016.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Structure-specific endonucleases (SSEs) have key roles in DNA replication, recombination and repair, and emerging roles in transcription. These enzymes have specificity for DNA secondary structure rather than for sequence, and therefore their activity must be precisely controlled to ensure genome stability. In this Review, we discuss how SSEs are controlled as part of genome maintenance pathways in eukaryotes, with an emphasis on the elaborate mechanisms that regulate the members of the major SSE families - including the xeroderma pigmentosum group F-complementing protein (XPF) and MMS and UV-sensitive protein 81 (MUS81)-dependent nucleases, and the flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1), XPG and XPG-like endonuclease 1 (GEN1) enzymes - during processes such as DNA adduct repair, Holliday junction processing and replication stress. We also discuss newly characterized connections between SSEs and other classes of DNA-remodelling enzymes and cell cycle control machineries, which reveal the importance of SSE scaffolds such as the synthetic lethal of unknown function 4 (SLX4) tumour suppressor for the maintenance of genome stability.
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- Pierre-Marie Dehé
- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, CRCM, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, 27 Boulevard Leï Roure, 13009 Marseille, France
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- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, CRCM, CNRS, Aix Marseille Université, INSERM, Institut Paoli-Calmettes, 27 Boulevard Leï Roure, 13009 Marseille, France
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Natarajan V. Regulation of DNA repair by non-coding miRNAs. Noncoding RNA Res 2016; 1:64-68. [PMID: 30159412 PMCID: PMC6096415 DOI: 10.1016/j.ncrna.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Revised: 10/25/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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DNA repair is an important signaling mechanism that is necessary to maintain genomic stability. Various types of DNA repair proteins are involved in the repair of different types of DNA damage. However, most of the DNA repair proteins are modified post-translation in order to activate their repair function, such as, ubiquitination, phosphorylation, acetylation, etc. Similarly, DNA repair proteins are also regulated by posttranscriptional modifications. Non-coding microRNAs (miRNAs) induced posttranscriptional regulation of mRNAs has gained attention in recent years. MiRNA-induced regulation of DNA repair proteins is of great interest, owing to its potential role in cancer therapy. In this review, we have summarized the role of different miRNAs in the regulation of various types of DNA repair proteins, which are essential for the maintenance of genomic stability.
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Key Words
- ATM, ataxia-telangiectasia mutated
- ATR, ataxia-telangiectasia mutated related
- BER, base excision repair
- DNA damage
- DNA repair
- DSB repair
- DSB, double strand break
- FA, Fanconi anemia
- Genomic instability
- HR, homologous recombination
- MIS, micro-instability syndrome
- NER
- NER, nucleotide excision repair
- NHEJ, non-homologous end joining
- TLS, translesion synthesis
- miRNAs
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- Venkateswaran Natarajan
- Diagnostic Molecular Oncology Centre, Department of Pathology, National University Hospital, Singapore
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López-Valverde G, Garcia-Martin E, Fernández-Mateos J, Cruz-González F, Larrosa-Povés JM, Polo-Llorens V, Pablo-Júlvez LE, González-Sarmiento R. Study of association between pre-senile cataracts and rs11615 of ERCC1, rs13181 of ERCC2, and rs25487 of XRCC1 polymorphisms in a Spanish population. Ophthalmic Genet 2016; 38:314-319. [DOI: 10.1080/13816810.2016.1217548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Gloria López-Valverde
- Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Department of Ophthalmology, Royo Villanova Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain
- Department of Ophthalmology, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain
- Department of Ophthalmology, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias de Aragón (IIS Aragon), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Molecular Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Cancer and Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, University of Salamanca-University Hospital of Salamanca CSIC, Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain
- Department of Ophthalmology, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias de Aragón (IIS Aragon), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain
- Department of Ophthalmology, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias de Aragón (IIS Aragon), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Miguel Servet University Hospital, Zaragoza, Spain
- Department of Ophthalmology, Instituto de Investigaciones Sanitarias de Aragón (IIS Aragon), Zaragoza, Spain
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- Molecular Medicine Unit, Department of Medicine, Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology of Cancer and Institute of Biomedical Research of Salamanca, University of Salamanca-University Hospital of Salamanca CSIC, Salamanca, Spain
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a highly versatile and efficient DNA repair process, which is responsible for the removal of a large number of structurally diverse DNA lesions. Its extreme broad substrate specificity ranges from DNA damages formed upon exposure to ultraviolet radiation to numerous bulky DNA adducts induced by mutagenic environmental chemicals and cytotoxic drugs used in chemotherapy. Defective NER leads to serious diseases, such as xeroderma pigmentosum (XP). Eight XP complementation groups are known of which seven (XPA-XPG) are caused by mutations in genes involved in the NER process. The eighth gene, XPV, codes for the DNA polymerase ɳ, which replicates through DNA lesions in a process called translesion synthesis (TLS). Over the past decade, detailed structural information of these DNA repair proteins involved in eukaryotic NER and TLS have emerged. These structures allow us now to understand the molecular mechanism of the NER and TLS processes in quite some detail and we have begun to understand the broad substrate specificity of NER. In this review, we aim to highlight recent advances in the process of damage recognition and repair as well as damage tolerance by the XP proteins.
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Chamieh H, Ibrahim H, Kozah J. Genome-wide identification of SF1 and SF2 helicases from archaea. Gene 2015; 576:214-28. [PMID: 26456193 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2015] [Revised: 08/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Archaea microorganisms have long been used as model organisms for the study of protein molecular machines. Archaeal proteins are particularly appealing to study since archaea, even though prokaryotic, possess eukaryotic-like cellular processes. Super Family I (SF1) and Super Family II (SF2) helicase families have been studied in many model organisms, little is known about their presence and distribution in archaea. We performed an exhaustive search of homologs of SF1 and SF2 helicase proteins in 95 complete archaeal genomes. In the present study, we identified the complete sets of SF1 and SF2 helicases in archaea. Comparative analysis between archaea, human and the bacteria E. coli SF1 and SF2 helicases, resulted in the identification of seven helicase families conserved among representatives of the domains of life. This analysis suggests that these helicase families are highly conserved throughout evolution. We highlight the conserved motifs of each family and characteristic domains of the detected families. Distribution of SF1/SF2 families show that Ski2-like, Lhr, Sfth and Rad3-like helicases are ubiquitous among archaeal genomes while the other families are specific to certain archaeal groups. We also report the presence of a novel SF2 helicase specific to archaea domain named Archaea Specific Helicase (ASH). Phylogenetic analysis indicated that ASH has evolved in Euryarchaeota and is evolutionary related to the Ski2-like family with specific characteristic domains. Our study provides the first exhaustive analysis of SF1 and SF2 helicases from archaea. It expands the variety of SF1 and SF2 archaeal helicases known to exist to date and provides a starting point for new biochemical and genetic studies needed to validate their biological functions.
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- Hala Chamieh
- Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Lebanese University, Tripoli, Lebanon; Centre AZM pour la Recherche en Biotechnologie et ses Applications, Laboratoire de Biotechnologie Appliquée, Ecole Doctorale Sciences et Technologies, Mitein Street, Tripoli, Lebanon.
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- Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental and Biological Science, Beirut Arab University, Tripoli, Lebanon
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- Faculty of Science, Université Saint Esprit de Kaslik, Jounieh, Lebanon
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Manandhar M, Boulware KS, Wood RD. The ERCC1 and ERCC4 (XPF) genes and gene products. Gene 2015; 569:153-61. [PMID: 26074087 DOI: 10.1016/j.gene.2015.06.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2015] [Revised: 05/01/2015] [Accepted: 06/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The ERCC1 and ERCC4 genes encode the two subunits of the ERCC1-XPF nuclease. This enzyme plays an important role in repair of DNA damage and in maintaining genomic stability. ERCC1-XPF nuclease nicks DNA specifically at junctions between double-stranded and single-stranded DNA, when the single-strand is oriented 5' to 3' away from a junction. ERCC1-XPF is a core component of nucleotide excision repair and also plays a role in interstrand crosslink repair, some pathways of double-strand break repair by homologous recombination and end-joining, as a backup enzyme in base excision repair, and in telomere length regulation. In many of these activities, ERCC1-XPF complex cleaves the 3' tails of DNA intermediates in preparation for further processing. ERCC1-XPF interacts with other proteins including XPA, RPA, SLX4 and TRF2 to perform its functions. Disruption of these interactions or direct targeting of ERCC1-XPF to decrease its DNA repair function might be a useful strategy to increase the sensitivity of cancer cells to some DNA damaging agents. Complete deletion of either ERCC1 or ERCC4 is not compatible with viability in mice or humans. However, mutations in the ERCC1 or ERCC4 genes cause a remarkable array of rare inherited human disorders. These include specific forms of xeroderma pigmentosum, Cockayne syndrome, Fanconi anemia, XFE progeria and cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome.
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- Mandira Manandhar
- Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Epigenetics & Molecular Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, TX 78957, USA; The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Tajedin L, Anwar M, Gupta D, Tuteja R. Comparative insight into nucleotide excision repair components of Plasmodium falciparum. DNA Repair (Amst) 2015; 28:60-72. [PMID: 25757193 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2015.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2014] [Revised: 01/27/2015] [Accepted: 02/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is one of the DNA repair pathways crucial for maintenance of genome integrity and deals with repair of DNA damages arising due to exogenous and endogenous factors. The multi-protein transcription initiation factor TFIIH plays a critical role in NER and transcription and is highly conserved throughout evolution. The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum has been a challenge for the researchers for a long time because of emergence of drug resistance. The availability of its genome sequence has opened new avenues for research. Antimalarial drugs like chloroquine and mefloquine have been reported to inhibit NER pathway mediated repair reactions and thus promote mutagenesis. Previous studies have validated existence and implied possible association of defective or altered DNA repair pathways with development of drug resistant phenotype in certain P. falciparum strains. We conjecture that a compromised NER pathway in combination with other DNA repair pathways might be conducive for the emergence and sustenance of drug resistance in P. falciparum. Therefore we decided to unravel the components of NER pathway in P. falciparum and using bioinformatics based approaches here we report a genome wide in silico analysis of NER components from P. falciparum and their comparison with the human host. Our results reveal that P. falciparum genome contains almost all the components of NER but we were unable to find clear homologue for p62 and XPC in its genome. The structure modeling of all the components further suggests that their structures are significantly conserved. Furthermore this study lays a foundation to perform similar comparative studies between drug resistant and drug sensitive strains of parasite in order to understand DNA repair-related mechanisms of drug resistance.
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- Leila Tajedin
- Malaria Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 10504, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Malaria Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 10504, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Malaria Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 10504, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India
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- Malaria Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, P.O. Box 10504, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi 110067, India.
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Increased meiotic crossovers and reduced genome stability in absence of Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rad16 (XPF). Genetics 2014; 198:1457-72. [PMID: 25293972 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.114.171355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rad16 is the ortholog of the XPF structure-specific endonuclease, which is required for nucleotide excision repair and implicated in the single strand annealing mechanism of recombination. We show that Rad16 is important for proper completion of meiosis. In its absence, cells suffer reduced spore viability and abnormal chromosome segregation with evidence for fragmentation. Recombination between homologous chromosomes is increased, while recombination within sister chromatids is reduced, suggesting that Rad16 is not required for typical homolog crossovers but influences the balance of recombination between the homolog and the sister. In vegetative cells, rad16 mutants show evidence for genome instability. Similar phenotypes are associated with mutants affecting Rhp14(XPA) but are independent of other nucleotide excision repair proteins such as Rad13(XPG). Thus, the XPF/XPA module of the nucleotide excision repair pathway is incorporated into multiple aspects of genome maintenance even in the absence of external DNA damage.
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Nairy RK, Bhat NN, Anjaria KB, Sreedevi B, Sapra BK, Narayana Y. Study of gamma radiation induced damages and variation of oxygen enhancement ratio with radiation dose using Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-014-3408-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Kikuchi K, Narita T, Pham VT, Iijima J, Hirota K, Keka IS, Mohiuddin, Okawa K, Hori T, Fukagawa T, Essers J, Kanaar R, Whitby MC, Sugasawa K, Taniguchi Y, Kitagawa K, Takeda S. Structure-specific endonucleases xpf and mus81 play overlapping but essential roles in DNA repair by homologous recombination. Cancer Res 2013; 73:4362-71. [PMID: 23576554 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-12-3154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) occur frequently during replication in sister chromatids and are dramatically increased when cells are exposed to chemotherapeutic agents including camptothecin. Such DSBs are efficiently repaired specifically by homologous recombination (HR) with the intact sister chromatid. HR, therefore, plays pivotal roles in cellular proliferation and cellular tolerance to camptothecin. Mammalian cells carry several structure-specific endonucleases, such as Xpf-Ercc1 and Mus81-Eme1, in which Xpf and Mus81 are the essential subunits for enzymatic activity. Here, we show the functional overlap between Xpf and Mus81 by conditionally inactivating Xpf in the chicken DT40 cell line, which has no Mus81 ortholog. Although mammalian cells deficient in either Xpf or Mus81 are viable, Xpf inactivation in DT40 cells was lethal, resulting in a marked increase in the number of spontaneous chromosome breaks. Similarly, inactivation of both Xpf and Mus81 in human HeLa cells and murine embryonic stem cells caused numerous spontaneous chromosome breaks. Furthermore, the phenotype of Xpf-deficient DT40 cells was reversed by ectopic expression of human Mus81-Eme1 or human Xpf-Ercc1 heterodimers. These observations indicate the functional overlap of Xpf-Ercc1 and Mus81-Eme1 in the maintenance of genomic DNA. Both Mus81-Eme1 and Xpf-Ercc1 contribute to the completion of HR, as evidenced by the data that the expression of Mus81-Eme1 or Xpf-Ercc1 diminished the number of camptothecin-induced chromosome breaks in Xpf-deficient DT40 cells, and to preventing early steps in HR by deleting XRCC3 suppressed the nonviability of Xpf-deficient DT40 cells. In summary, Xpf and Mus81 have a substantially overlapping function in completion of HR.
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- Koji Kikuchi
- Department of Radiation Genetics, and Frontier Technology Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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McNeil EM, Melton DW. DNA repair endonuclease ERCC1-XPF as a novel therapeutic target to overcome chemoresistance in cancer therapy. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:9990-10004. [PMID: 22941649 PMCID: PMC3488251 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The ERCC1–XPF complex is a structure-specific endonuclease essential for the repair of DNA damage by the nucleotide excision repair pathway. It is also involved in other key cellular processes, including DNA interstrand crosslink (ICL) repair and DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair. New evidence has recently emerged, increasing our understanding of its requirement in these additional roles. In this review, we focus on the protein–protein and protein–DNA interactions made by the ERCC1 and XPF proteins and discuss how these coordinate ERCC1–XPF in its various roles. In a number of different cancers, high expression of ERCC1 has been linked to a poor response to platinum-based chemotherapy. We discuss prospects for the development of DNA repair inhibitors that target the activity, stability or protein interactions of the ERCC1–XPF complex as a novel therapeutic strategy to overcome chemoresistance.
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- Ewan M McNeil
- MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Crewe Road, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
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Yu H, Liu Z, Huang YJ, Yin M, Wang LE, Wei Q. Association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in ERCC4 and risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. PLoS One 2012; 7:e41853. [PMID: 22848636 PMCID: PMC3407112 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2012] [Accepted: 06/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Excision repair cross-complementation group 4 gene (ERCC4/XPF) plays an important role in nucleotide excision repair and participates in removal of DNA interstrand cross-links and DNA double-strand breaks. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in ERCC4 may impact repair capacity and affect cancer susceptibility. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS In this case-control study, we evaluated associations of four selected potentially functional SNPs in ERCC4 with risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) in 1,040 non-Hispanic white patients with SCCHN and 1,046 cancer-free matched controls. We found that the variant GG genotype of rs2276466 was significantly associated with a decreased risk of SCCHN (OR = 0.69, 95% CI 0.50-0.96), and that the variant TT genotype of rs3136038 showed a borderline significant decreased risk with SCCHN (OR = 0.76, 95% CI: 0.58-1.01) in the recessive model. Such protective effects were more evident in oropharyngeal cancer (OR = 0.61, 95% CI: 0.40-0.92 for rs2276466; OR = 0.69, 95% CI: 0.48-0.98 for rs3136038). No significant associations were found for the other two SNPs (rs1800067 and rs1799798). In addition, individuals with the rs2276466 GG or with the rs3136038 TT genotypes had higher levels of ERCC4 mRNA expression than those with the corresponding wild-type genotypes in 90 Epstein-Barr virus-transformed lymphoblastoid cell lines derived from Caucasians. CONCLUSIONS These results suggest that these two SNPs (rs2276466 and rs3136038) in ERCC4 may be functional and contribute to SCCHN susceptibility. However, our findings need to be replicated in further large epidemiological and functional studies.
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- Hongping Yu
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Guiling Medical University School of Public Health, Guilin, China
- Departments of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Departments of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Departments of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Departments of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Departments of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Departments of Epidemiology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- * E-mail: (HY); (QW)
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Hunter FW, Wang J, Patel R, Hsu HL, Hickey AJR, Hay MP, Wilson WR. Homologous recombination repair-dependent cytotoxicity of the benzotriazine di-N-oxide CEN-209: comparison with other hypoxia-activated prodrugs. Biochem Pharmacol 2011; 83:574-85. [PMID: 22182429 DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2011.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2011] [Revised: 11/29/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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CEN-209 (SN30000) is a second-generation benzotriazine di-N-oxide currently in advanced preclinical development as a hypoxia-activated prodrug (HAP). Herein we describe the DNA repair-, hypoxia- and one-electron reductase-dependence of CEN-209 cytotoxicity. We deployed mutant CHO cell lines to generate DNA repair profiles for CEN-209, and compared the profiles with those for other HAPs. Hypoxic selectivity of CEN-209 was significantly greater than PR-104A and the nitro-chloromethylbenzindoline (nCBI/SN29428) and comparable to tirapazamine and TH-302. CEN-209 was selective for homologous recombination (HR) repair-deficient cells (Rad51d⁻/⁻), but less so than nitrogen mustard prodrugs TH-302 and PR-104A. Further, DNA repair profiles for CEN-209 differed under oxic and hypoxic conditions, with oxic cytotoxicity more dependent on HR. This feature was conserved across all three members of the benzotriazine di-N-oxide class examined (tirapazamine, CEN-209 and CEN-309/SN29751). Enhancing one-electron reduction of CEN-209 by forced expression of a soluble form of NADPH:cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase (sPOR) increased CEN-209 cytotoxicity more markedly under oxic than hypoxic conditions. Comparison of oxygen consumption, H₂O₂ production and metabolism of CEN-209 to the corresponding 1-oxide and nor-oxide reduced metabolites suggested that enhanced oxic cytotoxicity in cells with high one-electron reductase activity is due to futile redox cycling. This study supports the hypothesis that both oxic and hypoxic cell killing by CEN-209 is mechanistically analogous to tirapazamine and is dependent on oxidative DNA damage repaired via multiple pathways. However, HAPs that generate DNA interstrand cross-links, such as TH-302 and PR-104, may be more suitable than benzotriazine di-N-oxides for exploiting reported HR repair defects in hypoxic tumour cells.
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- Francis W Hunter
- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
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Fagbemi AF, Orelli B, Schärer OD. Regulation of endonuclease activity in human nucleotide excision repair. DNA Repair (Amst) 2011; 10:722-9. [PMID: 21592868 PMCID: PMC3139800 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.04.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a DNA repair pathway that is responsible for removing a variety of lesions caused by harmful UV light, chemical carcinogens, and environmental mutagens from DNA. NER involves the concerted action of over 30 proteins that sequentially recognize a lesion, excise it in the form of an oligonucleotide, and fill in the resulting gap by repair synthesis. ERCC1-XPF and XPG are structure-specific endonucleases responsible for carrying out the incisions 5' and 3' to the damage respectively, culminating in the release of the damaged oligonucleotide. This review focuses on the recent work that led to a greater understanding of how the activities of ERCC1-XPF and XPG are regulated in NER to prevent unwanted cuts in DNA or the persistence of gaps after incision that could result in harmful, cytotoxic DNA structures.
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400
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- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400
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Roberts MR, Shields PG, Ambrosone CB, Nie J, Marian C, Krishnan SS, Goerlitz DS, Modali R, Seddon M, Lehman T, Amend KL, Trevisan M, Edge SB, Freudenheim JL. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms in DNA repair genes and association with breast cancer risk in the web study. Carcinogenesis 2011; 32:1223-30. [PMID: 21622940 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgr096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Base excision repair (BER) and nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathways repair damaged DNA, and polymorphisms in these genes might affect breast cancer susceptibility. We evaluated associations between seven single-nucleotide polymorphisms in four DNA repair genes (ERCC4 rs1799801, XPC rs2227998, rs2228001, rs2228000, OGG1 rs1052133 and XRCC1 rs25487 and rs25486) and breast cancer risk, examining modification by smoking and alcohol consumption, using data from the Western New York Exposures and Breast Cancer Study. Women aged 35-79 years with incident breast cancer (n = 1170) and age- and race-matched controls (n = 2115) were enrolled. Genotyping was performed using matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Unconditional logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). No significant associations were observed in premenopausal women. Among postmenopausal women, rs25487 and rs25486 (OR = 1.24; 95% CI 1.01-1.51 and OR = 1.23; 95% CI 1.01-1.49, respectively, for combined heterozygous and homozygous variant compared with reference) were associated with increased risk of breast cancer. Postmenopausal women carrying the variant allele of the synonymous XPC polymorphism (rs2227998) were also at borderline significantly increased risk (OR = 1.24; 95% CI 1.01-1.52, heterozygous variant compared with reference; OR = 1.22; 95% CI 1.01-1.48, for combined heterozygous and homozygous variant compared with reference). There was no evidence of genotype-smoking and genotype-alcohol consumption interactions for pre- and postmenopausal women. These results indicate that some of the variants in BER and NER genes may influence risk of postmenopausal breast cancer.
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- Michelle R Roberts
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA.
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Gregg SQ, Robinson AR, Niedernhofer LJ. Physiological consequences of defects in ERCC1-XPF DNA repair endonuclease. DNA Repair (Amst) 2011; 10:781-91. [PMID: 21612988 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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ERCC1-XPF is a structure-specific endonuclease required for nucleotide excision repair, interstrand crosslink repair, and the repair of some double-strand breaks. Mutations in ERCC1 or XPF cause xeroderma pigmentosum, XFE progeroid syndrome or cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome, characterized by increased risk of cancer, accelerated aging and severe developmental abnormalities, respectively. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the health impact of ERCC1-XPF deficiency, based on these rare diseases and mouse models of them. This offers an understanding of the tremendous health impact of DNA damage derived from environmental and endogenous sources.
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- Siobhán Q Gregg
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
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Fekairi S, Scaglione S, Chahwan C, Taylor ER, Tissier A, Coulon S, Dong MQ, Ruse C, Yates JR, Russell P, Fuchs RP, McGowan CH, Gaillard PHL. Human SLX4 is a Holliday junction resolvase subunit that binds multiple DNA repair/recombination endonucleases. Cell 2009; 138:78-89. [PMID: 19596236 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 323] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2009] [Revised: 06/09/2009] [Accepted: 06/19/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Structure-specific endonucleases resolve DNA secondary structures generated during DNA repair and recombination. The yeast 5' flap endonuclease Slx1-Slx4 has received particular attention with the finding that Slx4 has Slx1-independent key functions in genome maintenance. Although Slx1 is a highly conserved protein in eukaryotes, no orthologs of Slx4 were reported other than in fungi. Here we report the identification of Slx4 orthologs in metazoa, including fly MUS312, essential for meiotic recombination, and human BTBD12, an ATM/ATR checkpoint kinase substrate. Human SLX1-SLX4 displays robust Holliday junction resolvase activity in addition to 5' flap endonuclease activity. Depletion of SLX1 and SLX4 results in 53BP1 foci accumulation and H2AX phosphorylation as well as cellular hypersensitivity to MMS. Furthermore, we show that SLX4 binds the XPF(ERCC4) and MUS81 subunits of the XPF-ERCC1 and MUS81-EME1 endonucleases and is required for DNA interstrand crosslink repair. We propose that SLX4 acts as a docking platform for multiple structure-specific endonucleases.
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- Samira Fekairi
- Genome Instability and Carcinogenesis UPR3081 CNRS, Conventionné par l'Université d'Aix-Marseille 2, IGC, IMM 31 chemin Joseph Aiguier, 13402 Marseille, France
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Gu Y, Patterson AV, Atwell GJ, Chernikova SB, Brown JM, Thompson LH, Wilson WR. Roles of DNA repair and reductase activity in the cytotoxicity of the hypoxia-activated dinitrobenzamide mustard PR-104A. Mol Cancer Ther 2009; 8:1714-23. [PMID: 19509245 DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-08-1209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PR-104 is a dinitrobenzamide mustard currently in clinical trial as a hypoxia-activated prodrug. Its major metabolite, PR-104A, is metabolized to the corresponding hydroxylamine (PR-104H) and amine (PR-104M), resulting in activation of the nitrogen mustard moiety. We characterize DNA damage responsible for cytotoxicity of PR-104A by comparing sensitivity of repair-defective hamster Chinese hamster ovary cell lines with their repair-competent counterparts. PR-104H showed a repair profile similar to the reference DNA cross-linking agents chlorambucil and mitomycin C, with marked hypersensitivity of XPF(-/-), ERCC1(-/-), and Rad51D(-/-) cells but not of XPD(-/-) or DNA-PK(CS)(-/-) cells. This pattern confirmed the expected dependence on the ERCC1-XPF endonuclease, implicated in unhooking DNA interstrand cross-links at blocked replication forks, and homologous recombination repair (HRR) in restarting collapsed forks. However, even under anoxia, the hypersensitivity of XPF(-/-), ERCC1(-/-), and Rad51D(-/-) cells to PR-104A itself was lower than for chlorambucil. To test whether this reflects inefficient PR-104A reduction, a soluble form of human NADPH:cytochrome P450 oxidoreductase was stably expressed in Rad51D(-/-) cells and their HRR-restored counterpart. This expression increased hypoxic metabolism of PR-104A to PR-104H and PR-104M as well as hypoxia-selective cytotoxicity of PR-104A and its dependence on HRR. We conclude that PR-104A cytotoxicity is primarily due to DNA interstrand cross-linking by its reduced metabolites, although under conditions of inefficient PR-104A reduction (low reductase expression or aerobic cells), a second mechanism contributes to cell killing. This study shows that hypoxia, reductase activity, and DNA interstrand cross-link repair proficiency are key variables that interact to determine PR-104A sensitivity.
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- Yongchuan Gu
- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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XPF/ERCC4 and ERCC1: their products and biological roles. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2009. [PMID: 19181112 DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09599-8_8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2023]
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ERCC4 is the gene mutated in XPF cells and also in rodent cells representing the mutant complementation groups ERCC4 and ERCC 11. The protein functions principally as a complex with ERCC1 in a diversity of biological pathways that include NER, ICL repair, telomere maintenance and immunoglobulin switching. Sorting out these roles is an exciting and challenging problem and many important questions remain to be answered. The ERCC1/ERCC4 complex is conserved across most species presenting an opportunity to examine some functions in model organisms where mutants can be more readily generated and phenotypes more quickly assessed.
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Human XPF controls TRF2 and telomere length maintenance through distinctive mechanisms. Mech Ageing Dev 2008; 129:602-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2008.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2008] [Revised: 07/31/2008] [Accepted: 08/15/2008] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Talbert LL, Coletta LD, Lowery MG, Bolt A, Trono D, Adair GM, Nairn RS. Characterization of CHO XPF mutant UV41: influence of XPF heterozygosity on double-strand break-induced intrachromosomal recombination. DNA Repair (Amst) 2008; 7:1319-29. [PMID: 18547876 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2008.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2008] [Revised: 04/16/2008] [Accepted: 04/22/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The UV hypersensitive CHO cell mutant UV41 is the archetypal XPF mammalian cell mutant, and was essential for cloning the human nucleotide excision repair (NER) gene XPF by DNA transfection and rescue. The ERCC1 and XPF genes encode proteins that form the heterodimer responsible for making incisions required in NER and the processing of certain types of recombination intermediates. In this study, we cloned and sequenced the CHO cell XPF cDNA, determining that the XPF mutation in UV41 is a +1 insertion in exon 8 generating a premature stop codon at amino acid position 499; however, the second allele of XPF is apparently unaltered in UV41, resulting in XPF heterozygosity. XPF expression was found to be several-fold lower in UV41 compared to its parental cell line, AA8. Using approaches we previously developed to study intrachromosomal recombination in CHO cells, we modified UV41 and its parental cell line AA8 to allow site-specific gene targeting at a Flp recombination target (FRT) in intron 3 of the endogenous adenine phosphoribosyltransferase (APRT) locus. Using FLP/FRT targeting, we integrated a plasmid containing an I-SceI endonuclease sequence into this site in the paired cell lines to generate a heteroallelic APRT duplication. Frequencies of intrachromosomal recombination between APRT heteroalleles and the structures of resulting recombinants were analyzed after I-SceI induction of site-specific double-strand breaks (DSBs) in a non-homologous insertion contained within APRT homology. Our results show that I-SceI induced a small proportion of aberrant recombinants reflecting DSB-induced deletions/rearrangements in parental, repair-proficient AA8 cells. However, in XPF mutant UV41, XPF heterozygosity is responsible for a similar, but much more pronounced genomic instability phenotype, manifested independently of DSB induction. In addition, gene conversions were suppressed in UV41 cells compared to wild-type cells. These observations suggest that UV41 exhibits a genomic instability phenotype of aberrant recombinational repair, confirming a critical role for XPF in mammalian cell recombination.
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- Leisa L Talbert
- Department of Carcinogenesis, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Science Park-Research Division, Smithville, TX 78957, USA
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Hirano R, Interthal H, Huang C, Nakamura T, Deguchi K, Choi K, Bhattacharjee MB, Arimura K, Umehara F, Izumo S, Northrop JL, Salih MAM, Inoue K, Armstrong DL, Champoux JJ, Takashima H, Boerkoel CF. Spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy: consequence of a Tdp1 recessive neomorphic mutation? EMBO J 2007; 26:4732-43. [PMID: 17948061 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 110] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2007] [Accepted: 09/19/2007] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase 1 (Tdp1) cleaves the phosphodiester bond between a covalently stalled topoisomerase I (Topo I) and the 3' end of DNA. Stalling of Topo I at DNA strand breaks is induced by endogenous DNA damage and the Topo I-specific anticancer drug camptothecin (CPT). The H493R mutation of Tdp1 causes the neurodegenerative disorder spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy (SCAN1). Contrary to the hypothesis that SCAN1 arises from catalytically inactive Tdp1, Tdp1-/- mice are indistinguishable from wild-type mice, physically, histologically, behaviorally, and electrophysiologically. However, compared to wild-type mice, Tdp1-/- mice are hypersensitive to CPT and bleomycin but not to etoposide. Consistent with earlier in vitro studies, we show that the H493R Tdp1 mutant protein retains residual activity and becomes covalently trapped on the DNA after CPT treatment of SCAN1 cells. This result provides a direct demonstration that Tdp1 repairs Topo I covalent lesions in vivo and suggests that SCAN1 arises from the recessive neomorphic mutation H493R. This is a novel mechanism for disease since neomorphic mutations are generally dominant.
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- Ryuki Hirano
- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Saldivar JS, Wu X, Follen M, Gershenson D. Nucleotide excision repair pathway review I: Implications in ovarian cancer and platinum sensitivity. Gynecol Oncol 2007; 107:S56-71. [PMID: 17884153 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2007.07.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2007] [Accepted: 07/06/2007] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Platinum-based chemotherapy has been the mainstay of treatment for advanced gynecological cancers following cytoreductive surgery and in radiation sensitization of cervical cancer. Despite its initial high overall clinical response rate, a significant number of patients develop resistance to platinum combination therapies. The precise mechanism of platinum-resistance is multifactorial and accumulation of multiple genetic changes may lead to the drug-resistant phenotype. Platinum chemotherapy exerts its cytotoxic effect by forming DNA adducts and subsequently inhibiting DNA replication. It is now clear that the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway repairs platinum-DNA adducts in cellular DNA. Evaluation of genetic polymorphisms in cancer susceptibility as one etiology for platinum resistance may help us to understand the significance of these factors in the identification of individuals at higher risk of developing resistance to anti-cancer drug therapies. In this review, we summarized the relevant studies, both in vitro and in vivo, that pertain to NER in ovarian cancer and platinum resistance. It is evident also that there are a few limited studies in genetic polymorphisms of NER and ovarian cancer. These studies reviewed suggest that concurrent up-regulation of genes involved in NER may be important in clinical resistance to platinum-based chemotherapy in ovarian cancer. In the future, larger and well-designed population-based studies will be needed for a more complete understanding of relevant genetic factors that may result in improved strategies for determining both chemotherapy choice and efficacy in patients with advanced ovarian and cervical cancer. Review II will focus on the NER pathway in cervical cancer and platinum sensitivity.
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- J Salvador Saldivar
- Center for Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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Patterson AV, Ferry DM, Edmunds SJ, Gu Y, Singleton RS, Patel K, Pullen SM, Hicks KO, Syddall SP, Atwell GJ, Yang S, Denny WA, Wilson WR. Mechanism of action and preclinical antitumor activity of the novel hypoxia-activated DNA cross-linking agent PR-104. Clin Cancer Res 2007; 13:3922-32. [PMID: 17606726 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-07-0478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 181] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Hypoxia is a characteristic of solid tumors and a potentially important therapeutic target. Here, we characterize the mechanism of action and preclinical antitumor activity of a novel hypoxia-activated prodrug, the 3,5-dinitrobenzamide nitrogen mustard PR-104, which has recently entered clinical trials. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Cytotoxicity in vitro was evaluated using 10 human tumor cell lines. SiHa cells were used to characterize metabolism under hypoxia, by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, and DNA damage by comet assay and gammaH2AX formation. Antitumor activity was evaluated in multiple xenograft models (PR-104 +/- radiation or chemotherapy) by clonogenic assay 18 h after treatment or by tumor growth delay. RESULTS The phosphate ester "pre-prodrug" PR-104 was well tolerated in mice and converted rapidly to the corresponding prodrug PR-104A. The cytotoxicity of PR-104A was increased 10- to 100-fold by hypoxia in vitro. Reduction to the major intracellular metabolite, hydroxylamine PR-104H, resulted in DNA cross-linking selectively under hypoxia. Reaction of PR-104H with chloride ion gave lipophilic cytotoxic metabolites potentially able to provide bystander effects. In tumor excision assays, PR-104 provided greater killing of hypoxic (radioresistant) and aerobic cells in xenografts (HT29, SiHa, and H460) than tirapazamine or conventional mustards at equivalent host toxicity. PR-104 showed single-agent activity in six of eight xenograft models and greater than additive antitumor activity in combination with drugs likely to spare hypoxic cells (gemcitabine with Panc-01 pancreatic tumors and docetaxel with 22RV1 prostate tumors). CONCLUSIONS PR-104 is a novel hypoxia-activated DNA cross-linking agent with marked activity against human tumor xenografts, both as monotherapy and combined with radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
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- Adam V Patterson
- Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, School of Medical Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Francis MA, Bagga P, Athwal R, Rainbow AJ. Partial Complementation of the DNA Repair Defects in Cells from Xeroderma Pigmentosum Groups A, C, D and F but not G by the denV Gene from Bacteriophage T4 ¶. Photochem Photobiol 2007. [DOI: 10.1562/0031-8655(2000)0720365pcotdr2.0.co2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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O'Brien TJ, Brooks BR, Patierno SR. Nucleotide excision repair functions in the removal of chromium-induced DNA damage in mammalian cells. Mol Cell Biochem 2007; 279:85-95. [PMID: 16283517 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-005-8225-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Some hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI))-containing compounds are human lung carcinogens. While ample information is available on the genetic lesions produced by Cr, surprisingly little is known regarding the cellular mechanisms involved in the removal of Cr-DNA adducts. Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is a highly versatile pathway that is responsive to a variety of DNA helix-distorting lesions. Binary Cr-DNA monoadducts do not produce a significant degree of helical distortion. However, these lesions are unstable due to the propensity of Cr(III) to form DNA adducts (DNA interstrand crosslinks, DNA-protein/amino acid ternary adducts) which may serve as substrates for NER. Therefore, the focus of this study was to determine the role of NER in the processing of Cr-DNA damage using normal (CHO-AA8) and NER-deficient [UV-5 (XP-D); UV-41 (ERCC4/XP-F)] hamster cells. We found that both UV-5 and UV-41 cells exhibited an increased sensitivity towards Cr(VI)-induced clonogenic lethality relative to AA8 cells and were completely deficient in the removal of Cr-DNA adducts. In contrast, repair-complemented UV-5 (expressing hamster XPD) and UV-41 (expressing human ERCC4) cells exhibited similar clonogenic survival and removed Cr-DNA adducts to a similar extent as AA8 cells. In order to extend these findings to the molecular level, we examined the ability of Cr(III)-damaged DNA to induce DNA repair synthesis in cell extracts. Repair synthesis was observed in reactions using extracts derived from AA8, or repair-complemented, but not NER-deficient cells. Cr(III)-induced repair resynthesis was sensitive to inhibition by the DNA polymerase delta/epsilon inhibitor, aphidicolin, but not 2',3'-dideoxythymidine triphosphate (ddTTP), a polymerase beta inhibitor. These results collectively suggest that NER functions in the protection of cells from Cr(VI) lethality and is essential for the removal of Cr(III)-DNA adducts. Consequently, NER may represent an important mechanism for preventing Cr(VI)-induced mutagenesis and neoplastic transformation.
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- Travis J O'Brien
- Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA.
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Sarkar S, Sharma C, Yog R, Periakaruppan A, Jejelowo O, Thomas R, Barrera EV, Rice-Ficht AC, Wilson BL, Ramesh GT. Analysis of stress responsive genes induced by single-walled carbon nanotubes in BJ Foreskin cells. JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY 2007; 7:584-92. [PMID: 17450800 PMCID: PMC2758086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Nanotechnology is finding its use as a potential technology in consumer products, defense, electronics, and medical applications by exploiting the properties of nanomaterials. Single-walled carbon nanotubes are novel forms of these nanomaterials with potential for large applications. However, the toxicity studies on this material are not explored in detail and therefore limiting its use. It has been earlier reported that single-walled carbon nanotubes induces oxidative stress and also dictates activation of specific signaling pathway in keratinocytes. The present study explores the effect of single-walled carbon nanotubes on stress genes in human BJ Foreskin cells. The results show induction of oxidative stress in BJ Foreskin cells by single-walled carbon nanotubes and increase in stress responsive genes. The genes included inducible genes like HMOX1, HMOX2, and Cyp1B1. In addition we validated increase for four genes by SWCNT, namely ATM, CCNC, DNAJB4, and GADD45A by RT-PCR. Moreover results of the altered stress related genes have been discussed and that partially explains some of the toxic responses induced by single-walled carbon nanotubes.
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- Shubhashish Sarkar
- Molecular Neurotoxicology Laboratory/Proteomics Core, Department of Biology, Texas Southern University, Houston, TX 77004, USA
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Wu Y, Zacal NJ, Rainbow AJ, Zhu XD. XPF with mutations in its conserved nuclease domain is defective in DNA repair but functions in TRF2-mediated telomere shortening. DNA Repair (Amst) 2006; 6:157-66. [PMID: 17055345 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2006.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2006] [Revised: 09/12/2006] [Accepted: 09/12/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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TRF2, a telomere-binding protein, is a crucial player in telomere length maintenance. Overexpression of TRF2 results in telomere shortening in both normal primary fibroblasts and telomerase-positive cancer cells. TRF2 is found to be associated with XPF-ERCC1, a structure-specific endonuclease involved in nucleotide excision repair, crosslink repair and DNA recombination. XPF-ERCC1 is implicated in TRF2-dependent telomere loss in mouse keratinocytes, however, whether XPF-ERCC1 and its nuclease activity are required for TRF2-mediated telomere shortening in human cells is unknown. Here we report that TRF2-induced telomere shortening is abrogated in human cells deficient in XPF, demonstrating that XPF-ERCC1 is required for TRF2-promoted telomere shortening. To further understand the role of XPF in TRF2-dependent telomere shortening, we generated constructs containing either wild type XPF or mutant XPF proteins carrying amino acid substitutions in its conserved nuclease domain. We show that wild type XPF can complement XPF-deficient cells for repair of UV-induced DNA damage whereas the nuclease-inactive XPF proteins fail to do so, indicating that the nuclease activity of XPF is essential for nucleotide excision repair. In contrast, both wild type XPF and nuclease-inactive XPF proteins, when expressed in XPF-deficient cells, are able to rescue TRF2-mediated telomere shortening. Thus, our results suggest that the function of XPF in TRF2-mediated telomere shortening is conserved between mouse and human. Furthermore, our findings reveal an unanticipated nuclease-independent function of XPF in TRF2-mediated telomere shortening.
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- Yili Wu
- Department of Biology, LSB438, McMaster University, 1280 Main St. West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S4K1
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Dogru-Abbasoglu S, Inceoglu M, Parildar-Karpuzoglu H, Hanagasi HA, Karadag B, Gurvit H, Emre M, Aykac-Toker G, Uysal M. Polymorphisms in the DNA repair genes XPD (ERCC2) and XPF (ERCC4) are not associated with sporadic late-onset Alzheimer's disease. Neurosci Lett 2006; 404:258-61. [PMID: 16806697 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2006.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2006] [Revised: 06/01/2006] [Accepted: 06/02/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Nucleotide excision repair (NER) is the most versatile mechanism of DNA repair, recognizing and dealing a variety of helix-distorting lesions. Xeroderma pigmentosum group D (XPD) and group F (XPF) are essential participants in NER pathway. There is evidence that two common polymorphisms of XPD gene (g.22541C>A; exon 6 and g.35931A>C; Lys>Gln; exon 23) may be associated with differential DNA repair activities. Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by progressive neuronal loss correlated in time with the symptoms of disease considered. Although deficient DNA repair was proposed in the etiology of AD by several researchers, polymorphisms of DNA repair genes have not been studied in AD yet. We conducted a case-control study including 97 patients with AD and age- and sex-matched 101 control subjects to examine the role of genetic polymorphisms of XPD and XPF (g.30028T>C; exon 11) as a risk factor for AD. The frequencies of the XPD/exon 6, XPD/exon 23, and XPF/exon 11 variant alleles in our control group were 0.41, 0.35, and 0.35, respectively. No significant association was observed between the variant alleles of XPD/exon 6 (OR=0.94, 95% CI=0.63-1.41), XPD/exon 23 (OR=1.24, 95% CI=0.82-1.86) and XPF/exon 11 (OR=1.08, 95% CI=0.72-1.64) and AD. Our results suggest that the polymorphic variants of these NER genes do not contribute to the risk of developing AD.
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- Semra Dogru-Abbasoglu
- Department of Biochemistry, Istanbul Medical Faculty, Istanbul University, Capa, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Igoucheva O, Alexeev V, Scharer O, Yoon K. Involvement of ERCC1/XPF and XPG in oligodeoxynucleotide-directed gene modification. Oligonucleotides 2006; 16:94-104. [PMID: 16584298 DOI: 10.1089/oli.2006.16.94] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN)-mediated gene alteration was postulated to occur in two steps, DNA strand pairing and DNA repair. Once alignment has occurred through homologous strand pairing, a single mismatch is formed between an oligonucleotide and one of the target strands. Because of this mismatch, it has been suggested that proteins involved in a mismatch repair pathway (MMR) participate in the process. We proposed an alternative model, in which a transient assimilation of ODN to the target DNA can interrupt the trafficking of RNA polymerase, and the stalled RNA polymerase may signal for recruitment of DNA repair proteins, including transcription-coupled (TCR) DNA repair and nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathways. Recently, we found that transcription of many genes participating in NER and MMR was induced by the presence of plasmid DNA, and the extent of induction correlated with episomal gene repair rates. To investigate whether an increased level of induction of genes involved in specific DNA repair pathways has a functional role in ODN-directed gene repair, we performed episomal targeting in several cell lines with a specific defective gene in NER and MMR pathways. Comparison among several genetically related cell lines harboring a specific defective gene and complementation of missing activities showed that a primary pathway for gene correction involves some of the proteins participating in NER, primarily two endonucleases processing a DNA lesion, but not MMR.
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- Olga Igoucheva
- Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Thomas Jefferson University Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Gillet LCJ, Schärer OD. Molecular mechanisms of mammalian global genome nucleotide excision repair. Chem Rev 2006; 106:253-76. [PMID: 16464005 DOI: 10.1021/cr040483f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 466] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Ludovic C J Gillet
- Institute for Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zürich, Switzerland
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Chmuzh EV, Shestakova LA, Volkova VS, Zakharov IK. Diversity of mechanisms and functions of enzyme systems of DNA repair in Drosophila melanogaster. RUSS J GENET+ 2006. [DOI: 10.1134/s1022795406040028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Sprong D, Janssen HL, Vens C, Begg AC. Resistance of hypoxic cells to ionizing radiation is influenced by homologous recombination status. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2006; 64:562-72. [PMID: 16343804 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2005] [Revised: 09/28/2005] [Accepted: 09/28/2005] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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PURPOSE To determine the role of DNA repair in hypoxic radioresistance. METHODS AND MATERIALS Chinese hamster cell lines with mutations in homologous recombination (XRCC2, XRCC3, BRAC2, RAD51C) or nonhomologous end-joining (DNA-PKcs) genes were irradiated under normoxic (20% oxygen) and hypoxic (<0.1% oxygen) conditions, and the oxygen enhancement ratio (OER) was calculated. In addition, Fanconi anemia fibroblasts (complementation groups C and G) were compared with fibroblasts from nonsyndrome patients. RAD51 foci were studied using immunofluorescence. RESULTS All hamster cell lines deficient in homologous recombination showed a decrease in OER (1.5-2.0 vs. 2.6-3.0 for wild-types). In contrast, the OER for the DNA-PKcs-deficient line was comparable to wild-type controls. The two Fanconi anemia cell strains also showed a significant reduction in OER. The OER for RAD51 foci formation at late times after irradiation was considerably lower than that for survival in wild-type cells. CONCLUSION Homologous recombination plays an important role in determining hypoxic cell radiosensitivity. Lower OERs have also been reported in cells deficient in XPF and ERCC1, which, similar to homologous recombination genes, are known to play a role in cross-link repair. Because Fanconi anemia cells are also sensitive to cross-linking agents, this strengthens the notion that the capacity to repair cross-links determines hypoxic radiosensitivity.
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- Debbie Sprong
- Division of Experimental Therapy, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Reardon JT, Sancar A. Purification and characterization of Escherichia coli and human nucleotide excision repair enzyme systems. Methods Enzymol 2006; 408:189-213. [PMID: 16793370 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(06)08012-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Nucleotide excision repair is a multicomponent, multistep enzymatic system that removes a wide spectrum of DNA damage by dual incisions in the damaged strand on both sides of the lesion. The basic steps are damage recognition, dual incisions, resynthesis to replace the excised DNA, and ligation. Each step has been studied in vitro using cell extracts or highly purified repair factors and radiolabeled DNA of known sequence with DNA damage at a defined site. This chapter describes procedures for preparation of DNA substrates designed for analysis of damage recognition, either the 5' or the 3' incision event, excision (resulting from concerted dual incisions), and repair synthesis. Excision in Escherichia coli is accomplished by the three-subunit Uvr(A)BC excision nuclease and in humans by six repair factors: XPA, RPA, XPChR23B, TFIIH, XPFERCC1, and XPG. This chapter outlines methods for expression and purification of these essential repair factors and provides protocols for performing each of the in vitro repair assays with either the E. coli or the human excision nuclease.
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- Joyce T Reardon
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, USA
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Matullo G, Guarrera S, Sacerdote C, Polidoro S, Davico L, Gamberini S, Karagas M, Casetta G, Rolle L, Piazza A, Vineis P. Polymorphisms/Haplotypes in DNA Repair Genes and Smoking: A Bladder Cancer Case-Control Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2005; 14:2569-78. [PMID: 16284380 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-05-0189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Bladder cancer is associated with tobacco smoking and occupational exposure. The repair of DNA damage has a key role in protecting the genome from the insults of cancer-causing agents. We analyzed 13 polymorphisms in seven DNA repair genes belonging to different repair pathways [X-ray repair cross-complementing group 1 (XRCC1): 26304C>T, 26651A>G, 28152A>G; xeroderma pigmentosum-D (XPD): 23591A>G, 35931A>C; excision repair complementing defective in Chinese hamster, group 1 (ERCC1): 19007C>T; XRCC3: 4541T>C, 17893A>G, 18067C>T; proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA): 6084G>C; ERCC4: 30028C>T, 30147A>G; and XRCC2-31479A>G] in 317 incident bladder cancer patients and 317 controls. After adjustment for age and smoking, the PCNA-6084C variant was significantly associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer [CC + CG versus GG, odds ratio (OR), 1.61; 95% confidence interval (95% CI), 1.00-2.61], as well as the XRCC1-26651G variant (GG+AG versus AA: OR, 1.73; 95% CI, 1.17-2.56). After stratifying by smoking habits, an elevated risk for carriers of the XRCC3-18067T allele was detected both in current (TT versus CC: OR, 2.65; 95% CI, 1.21-5.80; CT versus CC: OR, 1.96; 95% CI, 1.09-3.52) and never smokers (TT versus CC: OR, 4.34; 95% CI, 1.14-16.46; CT versus CC: OR, 2.02; 95% CI, 0.72-5.66), whereas an opposite and slightly weaker effect was associated to the XRCC3-17893G allele in current smokers (GG versus AA: OR, 0.30; 95%CI, 0.11-0.82; AG versus AA: OR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.42-1.27). XRCC3,XRCC1, ERCC4, and XPD-ERCC1 haplotype frequencies were estimated by the maximum likelihood method. The XRCC3-TAT haplotype was associated with an enhanced risk in the current smokers group (OR, 1.62; 95% CI, 1.15-2.29), whereas a reduction of the risk in the overall sample was observed in the presence of the XRCC3-TAC (OR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.50-0.97). A significant protective effect of the XPD-ERCC1-ACC haplotype was observed among never smokers (OR, 0.16; 95% CI, 0.03-0.81). Our results suggest that polymorphisms and/or haplotypes in XRCC3, XRCC1, and PCNA genes and spanning XPD-ERCC1 region may modulate bladder cancer risk and that some of these effects may preferentially affect current smokers.
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- Giuseppe Matullo
- Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, United Kingdom
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Slijepcevic P, Al-Wahiby S. Telomere biology: integrating chromosomal end protection with DNA damage response. Chromosoma 2005; 114:275-85. [PMID: 15843951 DOI: 10.1007/s00412-005-0338-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2005] [Revised: 02/12/2005] [Accepted: 02/28/2005] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Telomeres play the key protective role at chromosomes. Many studies indicate that loss of telomere function causes activation of DNA damage response. Here, we review evidence supporting interdependence between telomere maintenance and DNA damage response and present a model in which these two pathways are combined into a single mechanism for protecting chromosomal integrity. Proteins directly involved in telomere maintenance and DNA damage response include Ku, DNA-PKcs, RAD51D, PARP-2, WRN and RAD50/MRE11/NBS1 complex. Since most of these proteins participate in the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), this was perceived by many authors as a paradox, given that telomeres function to conceal natural DNA ends from mechanisms that detect and repair DSBs. However, we argue here that the key function of one particular DSB protein, Ku, is to prevent or control access of telomerase, the enzyme that synthesises telomeric sequences, to both internal DSBs and natural chromosomal ends. This view is supported by observations that Ku has a high affinity for DNA ends; it acts as a negative regulator of telomerase and that telomerase itself can target internal DSBs. Ku then directs other DSB repair/telomere maintenance proteins to either repair DSBs at internal chromosomal sites or prevent uncontrolled elongation of telomeres by telomerase. This model eliminates the above paradox and provides a testable scenario in which the role of DSB repair proteins is to protect chromosomal integrity by balancing repair activities and telomere maintenance. In our model, a close association between telomeres and different DNA damage response factors is not an unexpected event, but rather a logical result of chromosomal integrity maintenance activities.
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- Predrag Slijepcevic
- Brunel Institute of Cancer Genetics and Pharmacogenomics, Division of Biosciences, School of Health Sciences and Social Care, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK.
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