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Ahmed A, Kato N, Gautier J. Replication-Independent ICL Repair: From Chemotherapy to Cell Homeostasis. J Mol Biol 2024; 436:168618. [PMID: 38763228 PMCID: PMC11227339 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2024.168618] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Revised: 05/03/2024] [Accepted: 05/15/2024] [Indexed: 05/21/2024]
Abstract
Interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are a type of covalent lesion that can prevent transcription and replication by inhibiting DNA strand separation and instead trigger cell death. ICL inducing compounds are commonly used as chemotherapies due to their effectiveness in inhibiting cell proliferation. Naturally occurring crosslinking agents formed from metabolic processes can also pose a challenge to genome stability especially in slowly or non-dividing cells. Cells maintain a variety of ICL repair mechanisms to cope with this stressor within and outside the S phase of the cell cycle. Here, we discuss the mechanisms of various replication-independent ICL repair pathways and how crosslink repair efficiency is tied to aging and disease.
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- Arooba Ahmed
- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University Vagelos, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University Vagelos, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University Vagelos, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Vagelos, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA; Department of Genetics and Development, Columbia University Vagelos, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA.
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Liebau RC, Waters C, Ahmed A, Soni RK, Gautier J. Transcription-Coupled Repair of DNA Interstrand Crosslinks by UVSSA. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2023.05.10.538304. [PMID: 37214867 PMCID: PMC10197625 DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.10.538304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
Abstract
DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are covalent bonds between bases on opposing strands of the DNA helix which prevent DNA melting and subsequent DNA replication or RNA transcription. Here, we show that Ultraviolet Stimulated Scaffold Protein A (UVSSA) participates in transcription-coupled repair of ICLs in human cells. Inactivation of UVSSA sensitizes human cells to ICL-inducing drugs, and delays ICL repair. UVSSA is required for transcription-coupled repair of a single ICL in a fluorescence-based reporter assay. UVSSA localizes to chromatin following ICL damage, and interacts with transcribing Pol II, CSA, CSB, and TFIIH. Specifically, UVSSA interaction with TFIIH is required for ICL repair. Finally, UVSSA expression positively correlates with ICL chemotherapy resistance in human cancer cell lines. Our data strongly suggest that transcription-coupled ICL repair (TC-ICR) is a bona fide ICL repair mechanism that contributes to crosslinker drug resistance independently of replication-coupled ICL repair.
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- Rowyn C Liebau
- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, United States of America
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- Institute of Cancer Genetics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States of America
- Agilent Technologies, La Jolla CA, 92037, United States of America
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- Institute of Cancer Genetics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States of America
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- Proteomics and Macromolecular Crystallography Shared Resource, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States of America
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- Institute of Cancer Genetics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 10032, United States of America
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Martinez MZ, Olmo F, Taylor MC, Caudron F, Wilkinson SR. Dissecting the interstrand crosslink DNA repair system of Trypanosoma cruzi. DNA Repair (Amst) 2023; 125:103485. [PMID: 36989950 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2023.103485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2023] [Revised: 03/08/2023] [Accepted: 03/13/2023] [Indexed: 03/18/2023]
Abstract
DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are toxic lesions that can block essential biological processes. Here we show Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, is susceptible to ICL-inducing compounds including mechlorethamine and novel nitroreductase-activated prodrugs that have potential in treating this infection. To resolve such lesions, cells co-opt enzymes from "classical" DNA repair pathways that alongside dedicated factors operate in replication-dependent and -independent mechanisms. To assess ICL repair in T. cruzi, orthologues of SNM1, MRE11 and CSB were identified and their function assessed. The T. cruzi enzymes could complement the mechlorethamine susceptibility phenotype displayed by corresponding yeast and/or T. brucei null confirming their role as ICL repair factors while GFP-tagged TcSNM1, TcMRE11 and TcCSB were shown to localise to the nuclei of insect and/or intracellular form parasites. Gene disruption demonstrated that while each activity was non-essential for T. cruzi viability, nulls displayed a growth defect in at least one life cycle stage with TcMRE11-deficient trypomastigotes also compromised in mammalian cell infectivity. Phenotyping revealed all nulls were more susceptible to mechlorethamine than controls, a trait complemented by re-expression of the deleted gene. To assess interplay, the gene disruption approach was extended to generate T. cruzi deficient in TcSNM1/TcMRE11 or in TcSNM1/TcCSB. Analysis demonstrated these activities functioned across two ICL repair pathways with TcSNM1 and TcMRE11 postulated to operate in a replication-dependent system while TcCSB helps resolve transcription-blocking lesions. By unravelling how T. cruzi repairs ICL damage, specific inhibitors targeting repair components could be developed and used to increase the potency of trypanocidal ICL-inducing compounds.
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- Monica Zavala Martinez
- School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Department of Infection Biology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
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- School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
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- School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK.
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Paz MM, Champeil E. Insight Into Factors Governing Formation, Synthesis and Stereochemical Configuration of DNA Adducts Formed by Mitomycins. CHEM REC 2023; 23:e202200193. [PMID: 36251922 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202200193] [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: 07/31/2022] [Revised: 09/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Mitomycin C, (MC), an antitumor drug used in the clinics, is a DNA alkylating agent. Inert in its native form, MC is reduced to reactive mitosenes in cellulo which undergo nucleophilic attack by DNA bases to form monoadducts as well as interstrand crosslinks (ICLs). These properties constitute the molecular basis for the cytotoxic effects of the drug. The mechanism of DNA alkylation by mitomycins has been studied for the past 30 years and, until recently, the consensus was that drugs of the mitomycins family mainly target CpG sequences in DNA. However, that paradigm was recently challenged. Here, we relate the latest research on both MC and dicarbamoylmitomycin C (DMC), a synthetic derivative of MC which has been used to investigate the regioselectivity of mitomycins DNA alkylation as well as the relationship between mitomycins reductive activation pathways and DNA adducts stereochemical configuration. We also review the different synthetic routes to access mitomycins nucleoside adducts and oligonucleotides containing MC/DMC DNA adducts located at a single position. Finally, we briefly describe the DNA structural modifications induced by MC and DMC adducts and how site specifically modified oligonucleotides have been used to elucidate the role each adduct plays in the drugs cytotoxicity.
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- Manuel M Paz
- Instituto de Materiais (iMATUS), Departamento de Química Orgánica, Facultad de Química, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 15782, Spain
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- Department of sciences, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 524 West 59th street, New York, NY, 10019, United States.,Ph.D. Program in Chemistry, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, 10016, United States
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Ler AAL, Carty MP. DNA Damage Tolerance Pathways in Human Cells: A Potential Therapeutic Target. Front Oncol 2022; 11:822500. [PMID: 35198436 PMCID: PMC8859465 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2021.822500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA lesions arising from both exogenous and endogenous sources occur frequently in DNA. During DNA replication, the presence of unrepaired DNA damage in the template can arrest replication fork progression, leading to fork collapse, double-strand break formation, and to genome instability. To facilitate completion of replication and prevent the generation of strand breaks, DNA damage tolerance (DDT) pathways play a key role in allowing replication to proceed in the presence of lesions in the template. The two main DDT pathways are translesion synthesis (TLS), which involves the recruitment of specialized TLS polymerases to the site of replication arrest to bypass lesions, and homology-directed damage tolerance, which includes the template switching and fork reversal pathways. With some exceptions, lesion bypass by TLS polymerases is a source of mutagenesis, potentially contributing to the development of cancer. The capacity of TLS polymerases to bypass replication-blocking lesions induced by anti-cancer drugs such as cisplatin can also contribute to tumor chemoresistance. On the other hand, during homology-directed DDT the nascent sister strand is transiently utilised as a template for replication, allowing for error-free lesion bypass. Given the role of DNA damage tolerance pathways in replication, mutagenesis and chemoresistance, a more complete understanding of these pathways can provide avenues for therapeutic exploitation. A number of small molecule inhibitors of TLS polymerase activity have been identified that show synergy with conventional chemotherapeutic agents in killing cancer cells. In this review, we will summarize the major DDT pathways, explore the relationship between damage tolerance and carcinogenesis, and discuss the potential of targeting TLS polymerases as a therapeutic approach.
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- Ashlynn Ai Li Ler
- Biochemistry, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, The National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Biochemistry, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, The National University of Ireland (NUI) Galway, Galway, Ireland
- DNA Damage Response Laboratory, Centre for Chromosome Biology, NUI Galway, Galway, Ireland
- *Correspondence: Michael P. Carty,
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In Vitro Anticancer Activity and Mechanism of Action of an Aziridinyl Galactopyranoside. Biomedicines 2021; 10:biomedicines10010041. [PMID: 35052721 PMCID: PMC8773213 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10010041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2021] [Revised: 12/21/2021] [Accepted: 12/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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We recently screened a series of new aziridines β-D-galactopyranoside derivatives for selective anticancer activity and identified 2-methyl-2,3-[N-(4-methylbenzenesulfonyl)imino]propyl 2,3-di-O-benzyl-4,6-O-(S)-benzylidene-β-D-galactopyranoside (AzGalp) as the most promising compound. In this article, we explore the possible mechanisms involved in the cytotoxicity of this aziridine and evaluate its selective anticancer activity using cancer cells and normal cells from a variety of tissues. Our data show that AzGalp induces DNA damage (comet assay). Cells deficient in the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway were hypersensitive to the cytotoxicity of this compound. These results suggest that AzGalp induces bulky DNA adducts, and that cancer cells lacking a functional NER pathway may be particularly vulnerable to the anticancer effects of this aziridine. Several experiments revealed that neither the generation of oxidative stress nor the inhibition of glycolysis played a significant role in the cytotoxicity of AzGalp. Combinations of AzGalp with oxaliplatin or 5-fluorouracil slightly improved the ability of both anticancer drugs to selectively kill cancer cells. AzGalp also showed selective cytotoxicity against a panel of malignant cells versus normal cells; the highest selectivity was observed for two acute promyelocytic leukemia cell lines. Additional preclinical studies are necessary to evaluate the anticancer potential of AzGalp.
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Housh K, Jha JS, Haldar T, Amin SBM, Islam T, Wallace A, Gomina A, Guo X, Nel C, Wyatt JW, Gates KS. Formation and repair of unavoidable, endogenous interstrand cross-links in cellular DNA. DNA Repair (Amst) 2020; 98:103029. [PMID: 33385969 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2020.103029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Genome integrity is essential for life and, as a result, DNA repair systems evolved to remove unavoidable DNA lesions from cellular DNA. Many forms of life possess the capacity to remove interstrand DNA cross-links (ICLs) from their genome but the identity of the naturally-occurring, endogenous substrates that drove the evolution and retention of these DNA repair systems across a wide range of life forms remains uncertain. In this review, we describe more than a dozen chemical processes by which endogenous ICLs plausibly can be introduced into cellular DNA. The majority involve DNA degradation processes that introduce aldehyde residues into the double helix or reactions of DNA with endogenous low molecular weight aldehyde metabolites. A smaller number of the cross-linking processes involve reactions of DNA radicals generated by oxidation.
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- Kurt Housh
- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States
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- University of Missouri, Department of Chemistry, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211, United States; University of Missouri, Department of Biochemistry, Columbia, MO 65211, United States.
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Baddock HT, Yosaatmadja Y, Newman JA, Schofield CJ, Gileadi O, McHugh PJ. The SNM1A DNA repair nuclease. DNA Repair (Amst) 2020; 95:102941. [PMID: 32866775 PMCID: PMC7607226 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2020.102941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2020] [Accepted: 07/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
Abstract
Unrepaired, or misrepaired, DNA damage can contribute to the pathogenesis of a number of conditions, or disease states; thus, DNA damage repair pathways, and the proteins within them, are required for the safeguarding of the genome. Human SNM1A is a 5'-to-3' exonuclease that plays a role in multiple DNA damage repair processes. To date, most data suggest a role of SNM1A in primarily ICL repair: SNM1A deficient cells exhibit hypersensitivity to ICL-inducing agents (e.g. mitomycin C and cisplatin); and both in vivo and in vitro experiments demonstrate SNM1A and XPF-ERCC1 can function together in the 'unhooking' step of ICL repair. SNM1A further interacts with a number of other proteins that contribute to genome integrity outside canonical ICL repair (e.g. PCNA and CSB), and these may play a role in regulating SNM1As function, subcellular localisation, and post-translational modification state. These data also provide further insight into other DNA repair pathways to which SNM1A may contribute. This review aims to discuss all aspects of the exonuclease, SNM1A, and its contribution to DNA damage tolerance.
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- Hannah T Baddock
- Department of Oncology, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK
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- Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, OX1 3TA, UK
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- Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Department of Oncology, MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK.
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Ibrahim MA, Yasui M, Saha LK, Sasanuma H, Honma M, Takeda S. Enhancing the sensitivity of the thymidine kinase assay by using DNA repair-deficient human TK6 cells. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2020; 61:602-610. [PMID: 32243652 PMCID: PMC7384079 DOI: 10.1002/em.22371] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2019] [Revised: 03/26/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
Abstract
The OECD guidelines define the bioassays of identifying mutagenic chemicals, including the thymidine kinase (TK) assay, which specifically detects the mutations that inactivate the TK gene in the human TK6 lymphoid line. However, the sensitivity of this assay is limited because it detects mutations occurring only in the TK gene but not any other genes. Moreover, the limited sensitivity of the conventional TK assay is caused by the usage of DNA repair-proficient wild-type cells, which are capable of accurately repairing DNA damage induced by chemicals. Mutagenic chemicals produce a variety of DNA lesions, including base lesions, sugar damage, crosslinks, and strand breaks. Base damage causes point mutations and is repaired by the base excision repair (BER) and nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathways. To increase the sensitivity of TK assay, we simultaneously disrupted two genes encoding XRCC1, an important BER factor, and XPA, which is essential for NER, generating XRCC1 -/- /XPA -/- cells from TK6 cells. We measured the mutation frequency induced by four typical mutagenic agents, methyl methane sulfonate (MMS), cis-diamminedichloro-platinum(II) (cisplatin, CDDP), mitomycin-C (MMC), and cyclophosphamide (CP) by the conventional TK assay using wild-type TK6 cells and also by the TK assay using XRCC1 -/- /XPA -/- cells. The usage of XRCC1 -/- /XPA -/- cells increased the sensitivity of detecting the mutagenicity by 8.6 times for MMC, 8.5 times for CDDP, and 2.6 times for MMS in comparison with the conventional TK assay. In conclusion, the usage of XRCC1 -/- /XPA -/- cells will significantly improve TK assay.
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- Division of Genetics and MutagenesisNational Institute of Health SciencesKawasakiKanagawaJapan
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- Department of Radiation GeneticsKyoto University, Graduate School of MedicineKyotoJapan
- Developmental Therapeutics Branch, Center for Cancer ResearchNational Cancer Institute, NIHBethesdaMarylandUSA
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- Department of Radiation GeneticsKyoto University, Graduate School of MedicineKyotoJapan
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- Division of Genetics and MutagenesisNational Institute of Health SciencesKawasakiKanagawaJapan
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- Department of Radiation GeneticsKyoto University, Graduate School of MedicineKyotoJapan
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Zhang M, Du W, Acklin S, Jin S, Xia F. SIRT2 protects peripheral neurons from cisplatin-induced injury by enhancing nucleotide excision repair. J Clin Invest 2020; 130:2953-2965. [PMID: 32134743 PMCID: PMC7260000 DOI: 10.1172/jci123159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Platinum-based chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is one of the most common causes of dose reduction and discontinuation of life-saving chemotherapy in cancer treatment; it often causes permanent impairment of quality of life in cancer patients. The mechanisms that underlie this neuropathy are not defined, and effective treatment and prevention measures are not available. Here, we demonstrate that SIRT2 protected mice against cisplatin-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). SIRT2 accumulated in the nuclei of dorsal root ganglion sensory neurons and prevented neuronal cell death following cisplatin treatment. Mechanistically, SIRT2, an NAD+-dependent deacetylase, protected neurons from cisplatin cytotoxicity by promoting transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair (TC-NER) of cisplatin-induced DNA cross-links. Consistent with this mechanism, pharmacological inhibition of NER using spironolactone abolished SIRT2-mediated TC-NER activity in differentiated neuronal cells and protection of neurons from cisplatin-induced cytotoxicity and CIPN in mice. Importantly, SIRT2's protective effects were not evident in lung cancer cells in vitro or in tumors in vivo. Taken together, our results identified SIRT2's function in the NER pathway as a key underlying mechanism of preventing CIPN, warranting future investigation of SIRT2 activation-mediated neuroprotection during platinum-based cancer treatment.
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Sabatella M, Pines A, Slyskova J, Vermeulen W, Lans H. ERCC1-XPF targeting to psoralen-DNA crosslinks depends on XPA and FANCD2. Cell Mol Life Sci 2020; 77:2005-2016. [PMID: 31392348 PMCID: PMC7228994 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-019-03264-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2019] [Revised: 07/19/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
Abstract
The effectiveness of many DNA-damaging chemotherapeutic drugs depends on their ability to form monoadducts, intrastrand crosslinks and/or interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) that interfere with transcription and replication. The ERCC1-XPF endonuclease plays a critical role in removal of these lesions by incising DNA either as part of nucleotide excision repair (NER) or interstrand crosslink repair (ICLR). Engagement of ERCC1-XPF in NER is well characterized and is facilitated by binding to the XPA protein. However, ERCC1-XPF recruitment to ICLs is less well understood. Moreover, specific mutations in XPF have been found to disrupt its function in ICLR but not in NER, but whether this involves differences in lesion targeting is unknown. Here, we imaged GFP-tagged ERCC1, XPF and ICLR-defective XPF mutants to investigate how in human cells ERCC1-XPF is localized to different types of psoralen-induced DNA lesions, repaired by either NER or ICLR. Our results confirm its dependence on XPA in NER and furthermore show that its engagement in ICLR is dependent on FANCD2. Interestingly, we find that two ICLR-defective XPF mutants (R689S and S786F) are less well recruited to ICLs. These studies highlight the differential mechanisms that regulate ERCC1-XPF activity in DNA repair.
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- Mariangela Sabatella
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- CeMM Research Centre for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, 3015 GE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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Mondal S, Mugesh G. Dehalogenation of Halogenated Nucleobases and Nucleosides by Organoselenium Compounds. Chemistry 2019; 25:1773-1780. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201805112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Santanu Mondal
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry; Indian Institute of Science; Bangalore 560012 India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry; Indian Institute of Science; Bangalore 560012 India
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Sabatella M, Theil AF, Ribeiro-Silva C, Slyskova J, Thijssen K, Voskamp C, Lans H, Vermeulen W. Repair protein persistence at DNA lesions characterizes XPF defect with Cockayne syndrome features. Nucleic Acids Res 2018; 46:9563-9577. [PMID: 30165384 PMCID: PMC6182131 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gky774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 08/16/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
The structure-specific ERCC1-XPF endonuclease plays a key role in DNA damage excision by nucleotide excision repair (NER) and interstrand crosslink repair. Mutations in this complex can either cause xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) or XP combined with Cockayne syndrome (XPCS-complex) or Fanconi anemia. However, most patients carry compound heterozygous mutations, which confounds the dissection of the phenotypic consequences for each of the identified XPF alleles. Here, we analyzed the functional impact of individual pathogenic XPF alleles on NER. We show that XP-causing mutations diminish XPF recruitment to DNA damage and only mildly affect global genome NER. In contrast, an XPCS-complex-specific mutation causes persistent recruitment of XPF and the upstream core NER machinery to DNA damage and severely impairs both global genome and transcription-coupled NER. Remarkably, persistence of NER factors at DNA damage appears to be a common feature of XPCS-complex cells, suggesting that this could be a determining factor contributing to the development of additional developmental and/or neurodegenerative features in XP patients.
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- Mariangela Sabatella
- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus MC, University Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam, 3000 CA, The Netherlands
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Rocha CRR, Silva MM, Quinet A, Cabral-Neto JB, Menck CFM. DNA repair pathways and cisplatin resistance: an intimate relationship. Clinics (Sao Paulo) 2018; 73:e478s. [PMID: 30208165 PMCID: PMC6113849 DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2018/e478s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The main goal of chemotherapeutic drugs is to induce massive cell death in tumors. Cisplatin is an antitumor drug widely used to treat several types of cancer. Despite its remarkable efficiency, most tumors show intrinsic or acquired drug resistance. The primary biological target of cisplatin is genomic DNA, and it causes a plethora of DNA lesions that block transcription and replication. These cisplatin-induced DNA lesions strongly induce cell death if they are not properly repaired or processed. To counteract cisplatin-induced DNA damage, cells use an intricate network of mechanisms, including DNA damage repair and translesion synthesis. In this review, we describe how cisplatin-induced DNA lesions are repaired or tolerated by cells and focus on the pivotal role of DNA repair and tolerance mechanisms in tumor resistance to cisplatin. In fact, several recent clinical findings have correlated the tumor cell status of DNA repair/translesion synthesis with patient response to cisplatin treatment. Furthermore, these mechanisms provide interesting targets for pharmacological modulation that can increase the efficiency of cisplatin chemotherapy.
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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- Instituto de Biofisica Carlos Chagas Filho, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BR
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- Departamento de Microbiologia, Instituto de Ciencias Biomedicas, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, BR
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Tdp1 processes chromate-induced single-strand DNA breaks that collapse replication forks. PLoS Genet 2018; 14:e1007595. [PMID: 30148840 PMCID: PMC6128646 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1007595] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2018] [Revised: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/26/2018] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] damages DNA and causes cancer, but it is unclear which DNA damage responses (DDRs) most critically protect cells from chromate toxicity. Here, genome-wide quantitative functional profiling, DDR measurements and genetic interaction assays in Schizosaccharomyces pombe reveal a chromate toxicogenomic profile that closely resembles the cancer chemotherapeutic drug camptothecin (CPT), which traps Topoisomerase 1 (Top1)-DNA covalent complex (Top1cc) at the 3’ end of single-stand breaks (SSBs), resulting in replication fork collapse. ATR/Rad3-dependent checkpoints that detect stalled and collapsed replication forks are crucial in Cr(VI)-treated cells, as is Mus81-dependent sister chromatid recombination (SCR) that repairs single-ended double-strand breaks (seDSBs) at broken replication forks. Surprisingly, chromate resistance does not require base excision repair (BER) or interstrand crosslink (ICL) repair, nor does co-elimination of XPA-dependent nucleotide excision repair (NER) and Rad18-mediated post-replication repair (PRR) confer chromate sensitivity in fission yeast. However, co-elimination of Tdp1 tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase and Rad16-Swi10 (XPF-ERCC1) NER endonuclease synergistically enhances chromate toxicity in top1Δ cells. Pnk1 polynucleotide kinase phosphatase (PNKP), which restores 3’-hydroxyl ends to SSBs processed by Tdp1, is also critical for chromate resistance. Loss of Tdp1 ameliorates pnk1Δ chromate sensitivity while enhancing the requirement for Mus81. Thus, Tdp1 and PNKP, which prevent neurodegeneration in humans, repair an important class of Cr-induced SSBs that collapse replication forks. Hexavalent chromium is a carcinogen that is found at toxic waste sites and in some groundwater supplies. Cellular metabolism converts chromium into DNA-damaging chromate, but it is unclear which types of chromate-DNA lesions are most dangerous, and which cellular mechanisms most critically prevent chromium toxicity. This study uses whole-genome profiling to identify DNA repair pathways that are crucial for chromate resistance in fission yeast. The resulting ‘toxicogenomic’ profile of chromate closely matches camptothecin, a natural product representing a class of chemotherapeutic drugs that cause replication fork collapse by poisoning Topoisomerase 1 (Top1), which relaxes supercoiled DNA by creating and resealing single-strand breaks (SSBs). Genetic interaction analyses uncover important roles for Tdp1 tyrosyl-DNA phosphodiesterase and Pnk1 polynucleotide 5’-kinase 3’-phosphatase (PNKP), which repair camptothecin-induced SSBs and prevent neurological disease in humans. However, chromium toxicity does not involve Top1. As Tdp1 and Pnk1 repair SSBs with 3’-blocked termini, these data suggest that Top1-independent 3’-blocked SSBs contribute to the carcinogenic and mutagenic properties of chromium.
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Li XQ, Ren J, Chen P, Chen YJ, Wu M, Wu Y, Chen K, Li J. Co-inhibition of Pol η and ATR sensitizes cisplatin-resistant non-small cell lung cancer cells to cisplatin by impeding DNA damage repair. Acta Pharmacol Sin 2018; 39:1359-1372. [PMID: 29849128 DOI: 10.1038/aps.2017.187] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2017] [Accepted: 12/14/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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For the majority of patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), the standard of care remains platinum-based chemotherapy. However, cisplatin resistance is a big obstacle to the treatment, and elucidation of its mechanism is warranted. In this study, we showed that there was no difference in intracellular uptake of cisplatin or the removal of platinum-DNA adducts between a cisplatin-resistant NSCLC cell line (A549/DR) and a cisplatin-sensitive NSCLC cell line (A549). However, the capacity to repair DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) and double-strand breaks (DSBs) was significantly enhanced in the A549/DR cell line compared to 3 cisplatin-sensitive cell lines. We found that the protein and mRNA expression levels of Pol η, a Y-family translesion synthesis (TLS) polymerase, were markedly increased upon cisplatin exposure in A549/DR cells compared with A549 cells. Furthermore, intracellular co-localization of Pol η and proliferation cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) induced by cisplatin or cisplatin plus gemcitabine treatment was inhibited by depleting ataxia telangiectasia mutated and Rad-3-related (ATR). Pol η depletion by siRNA sensitized A549/DR cells to cisplatin; co-depletion of Pol η and ATR further increased A549/DR cell death induced by cisplatin or cisplatin plus gemcitabine compared to depletion of Pol η or ATR alone, concomitant with inhibition of DNA ICL and DSB repair and accumulation of DNA damage. No additional sensitization effect of co-depleting Pol η and ATR was observed in A549 cells. These results demonstrate that co-inhibition of Pol η and ATR reverses the drug resistance of cisplatin-resistant NSCLC cells by blocking the repair of DNA ICLs and DSBs induced by cisplatin or cisplatin plus gemcitabine.
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Distinct roles of XPF-ERCC1 and Rad1-Rad10-Saw1 in replication-coupled and uncoupled inter-strand crosslink repair. Nat Commun 2018; 9:2025. [PMID: 29795289 PMCID: PMC5966407 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04327-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2017] [Accepted: 04/20/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Yeast Rad1-Rad10 (XPF-ERCC1 in mammals) incises UV, oxidation, and cross-linking agent-induced DNA lesions, and contributes to multiple DNA repair pathways. To determine how Rad1-Rad10 catalyzes inter-strand crosslink repair (ICLR), we examined sensitivity to ICLs from yeast deleted for SAW1 and SLX4, which encode proteins that interact physically with Rad1-Rad10 and bind stalled replication forks. Saw1, Slx1, and Slx4 are critical for replication-coupled ICLR in mus81 deficient cells. Two rad1 mutations that disrupt interactions between Rpa1 and Rad1-Rad10 selectively disable non-nucleotide excision repair (NER) function, but retain UV lesion repair. Mutations in the analogous region of XPF also compromised XPF interactions with Rpa1 and Slx4, and are proficient in NER but deficient in ICLR and direct repeat recombination. We propose that Rad1-Rad10 makes distinct contributions to ICLR depending on cell cycle phase: in G1, Rad1-Rad10 removes ICL via NER, whereas in S/G2, Rad1-Rad10 facilitates NER-independent replication-coupled ICLR.
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Zdrowowicz M, Wityk P, Michalska B, Rak J. 5-Bromo-2'-deoxycytidine-a potential DNA photosensitizer. Org Biomol Chem 2018; 14:9312-9321. [PMID: 27714178 DOI: 10.1039/c6ob01446a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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A double-stranded oligonucleotide, 80 base pairs in length, was multiply labeled with 5-bromo-2'-deoxycytidine (BrdC) using polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The modified oligonucleotide was irradiated with 300 nm photons and its damage was assayed by employing DHPLC, LC-MS and denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE). Two types of damage were demonstrated, namely, single strand breaks (SSBs) and intrastrand cross-links (ICLs); the ICLs were in the form of d(G^C) and d(C^C) dimers. The former species are probably formed due to photoinduced electron transfer between the photoexcited BrdC and the ground state 2'-deoxyguanosine (dG), whereas the latter is a result of a cycloaddition reaction. Since SSBs and ICLs are potentially lethal to the cell, BrdC could be considered as a nucleoside with possible clinical applications.
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- Magdalena Zdrowowicz
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Wita Stwosza 63, 80-308 Gdańsk, Poland.
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Wityk P, Wieczór M, Makurat S, Chomicz-Mańka L, Czub J, Rak J. Dominant Pathways of Adenosyl Radical-Induced DNA Damage Revealed by QM/MM Metadynamics. J Chem Theory Comput 2017; 13:6415-6423. [PMID: 29117674 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.7b00978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Brominated nucleobases sensitize double stranded DNA to hydrated electrons, one of the dominant genotoxic species produced in hypoxic cancer cells during radiotherapy. Such radiosensitizers can therefore be administered locally to enhance treatment efficiency within the solid tumor while protecting the neighboring tissue. When a solvated electron attaches to 8-bromoadenosine, a potential sensitizer, the dissociation of bromide leads to a reactive C8 adenosyl radical known to generate a range of DNA lesions. In the current work, we propose a multiscale computational approach to elucidate the mechanism by which this unstable radical causes further damage in genomic DNA. We employed a combination of classical molecular dynamics conformational sampling and QM/MM metadynamics to study the thermodynamics and kinetics of plausible reaction pathways in a realistic model, bridging between different time scales of the key processes and accounting for the spatial constraints in DNA. The obtained data allowed us to build a kinetic model that correctly predicts the products predominantly observed in experimental settings-cyclopurine and β-elimination (single strand break) lesions-with their ratio and yield dependent on the effective lifetime of the radical species. To date, our study provides the most complete description of purine radical reactivity in double stranded DNA, explaining the radiosensitizing action of electrophilic purines in molecular detail as well as providing a conceptual framework for the computational modeling of competing reaction pathways in biomolecules.
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- Paweł Wityk
- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk , Wita Stwosza 63, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology , Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk , Wita Stwosza 63, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk , Wita Stwosza 63, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology , Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
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- Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk , Wita Stwosza 63, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland
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Roy U, Schärer OD. Involvement of translesion synthesis DNA polymerases in DNA interstrand crosslink repair. DNA Repair (Amst) 2016; 44:33-41. [PMID: 27311543 DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2016.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) covalently join the two strands of a DNA duplex and block essential processes such as DNA replication and transcription. Several important anti-tumor drugs such as cisplatin and nitrogen mustards exert their cytotoxicity by forming ICLs. However, multiple complex pathways repair ICLs and these are thought to contribute to the development of resistance towards ICL-inducing agents. While the understanding of many aspects of ICL repair is still rudimentary, studies in recent years have provided significant insights into the pathways of ICL repair. In this perspective we review the recent advances made in elucidating the mechanisms of ICL repair with a focus on the role of TLS polymerases. We describe the emerging models for how these enzymes contribute to and are regulated in ICL repair, discuss the key open questions and examine the implications for this pathway in anti-cancer therapy.
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- Upasana Roy
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA; Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA.
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Xu W, Ouellette A, Ghosh S, O'Neill TC, Greenberg MM, Zhao L. Mutagenic Bypass of an Oxidized Abasic Lesion-Induced DNA Interstrand Cross-Link Analogue by Human Translesion Synthesis DNA Polymerases. Biochemistry 2015; 54:7409-22. [PMID: 26626537 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b01027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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5'-(2-Phosphoryl-1,4-dioxobutane) (DOB) is an oxidized abasic site that is produced by several antitumor agents and γ-radiolysis. DOB reacts reversibly with a dA opposite the 3'-adjacent nucleotide to form DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs), genotoxic DNA lesions that can block DNA replication and transcription. Translesion synthesis (TLS) is an important step in several ICL repair pathways to bypass unhooked intermediates generated by endonucleolytic incision. The instability of DOB-ICLs has made it difficult to learn about their TLS-mediated repair capability and mutagenic potential. We recently developed a method for chemically synthesizing oligonucleotides containing a modified DOB-ICL analogue. Herein, we examined the capabilities of several highly relevant eukaryotic TLS DNA polymerases (pols), including human pol η, pol κ, pol ι, pol ν, REV1, and yeast pol ζ, to bypass this DOB-ICL analogue. The prelesion, translesion, and postlesion replication efficiency and fidelity were examined. Pol η showed moderate bypass activity when encountering the DOB-ICL, giving major products one or two nucleotides beyond the cross-linked template nucleotide. In contrast, DNA synthesis by the other pols was stalled at the position before the cross-linked nucleotide. Steady-state kinetic data and liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry sequencing of primer extension products by pol η unambiguously revealed that pol η-mediated bypass is highly error-prone. Together, our study provides the first set of in vitro evidence that the DOB-ICL is a replication-blocking and highly miscoding lesion. Compared to several other TLS pols examined, pol η is likely to contribute to the TLS-mediated repair of the DOB-ICL in vivo.
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States
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Iyama T, Wilson DM. Elements That Regulate the DNA Damage Response of Proteins Defective in Cockayne Syndrome. J Mol Biol 2015; 428:62-78. [PMID: 26616585 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2015.11.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2015] [Revised: 11/18/2015] [Accepted: 11/18/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Cockayne syndrome (CS) is a premature aging disorder characterized by developmental defects, multisystem progressive degeneration and sensitivity to ultraviolet light. CS is divided into two primary complementation groups, A and B, with the CSA and CSB proteins presumably functioning in DNA repair and transcription. Using laser microirradiation and confocal microscopy, we characterized the nature and regulation of the CS protein response to oxidative DNA damage, double-strand breaks (DSBs), angelicin monoadducts and trioxsalen interstrand crosslinks (ICLs). Our data indicate that CSB recruitment is influenced by the type of DNA damage and is most rapid and robust as follows: ICLs>DSBs>monoadducts>oxidative lesions. Transcription inhibition reduced accumulation of CSB at sites of monoadducts and ICLs, but it did not affect recruitment to (although slightly affected retention at) oxidative damage. Inhibition of histone deacetylation altered the dynamics of CSB assembly, suggesting a role for chromatin status in the response to DNA damage, whereas the proteasome inhibitor MG132 had no effect. The C-terminus of CSB and, in particular, its ubiquitin-binding domain were critical to recruitment, while the N-terminus and a functional ATPase domain played a minor role at best in facilitating protein accumulation. Although the absence of CSA had no effect on CSB recruitment, CSA itself localized at sites of ICLs, DSBs and monoadducts but not at oxidative lesions. Our results reveal molecular components of the CS protein response and point to a major involvement of complex lesions in the pathology of CS.
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- Teruaki Iyama
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Boulevard, Suite 100, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Yang Z, Price NE, Johnson KM, Gates KS. Characterization of Interstrand DNA-DNA Cross-Links Derived from Abasic Sites Using Bacteriophage ϕ29 DNA Polymerase. Biochemistry 2015; 54:4259-66. [PMID: 26103998 PMCID: PMC4826736 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.5b00482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Interstrand cross-links in cellular DNA are highly deleterious lesions that block transcription and replication. We recently characterized two new structural types of interstrand cross-links derived from the reaction of abasic (Ap) sites with either guanine or adenine residues in duplex DNA. Interestingly, these Ap-derived cross-links are forged by chemically reversible processes, in which the two strands of the duplex are joined by hemiaminal, imine, or aminoglycoside linkages. Therefore, understanding the stability of Ap-derived cross-links may be critical in defining the potential biological consequences of these lesions. Here we employed bacteriophage φ29 DNA polymerase, which can couple DNA synthesis and strand displacement, as a model system to examine whether dA-Ap cross-links can withstand DNA-processing enzymes. We first demonstrated that a chemically stable interstrand cross-link generated by hydride reduction of the dG-Ap cross-link completely blocked primer extension by φ29 DNA polymerase at the last unmodified nucleobase preceding cross-link. We then showed that the nominally reversible dA-Ap cross-link behaved, for all practical purposes, like an irreversible, covalent DNA-DNA cross-link. The dA-Ap cross-link completely blocked progress of the φ29 DNA polymerase at the last unmodified base before the cross-link. This suggests that Ap-derived cross-links have the power to block various DNA-processing enzymes in the cell. In addition, our results reveal φ29 DNA polymerase as a tool for detecting the presence and mapping the location of interstrand cross-links (and possibly other lesions) embedded within regions of duplex DNA.
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- Zhiyu Yang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, MO 65211
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Tian Y, Paramasivam M, Ghosal G, Chen D, Shen X, Huang Y, Akhter S, Legerski R, Chen J, Seidman MM, Qin J, Li L. UHRF1 contributes to DNA damage repair as a lesion recognition factor and nuclease scaffold. Cell Rep 2015; 10:1957-66. [PMID: 25818288 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.03.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2014] [Revised: 03/02/2015] [Accepted: 03/16/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We identified ubiquitin-like with PHD and RING finger domain 1 (UHRF1) as a binding factor for DNA interstrand crosslink (ICL) lesions through affinity purification of ICL-recognition activities. UHRF1 is recruited to DNA lesions in vivo and binds directly to ICL-containing DNA. UHRF1-deficient cells display increased sensitivity to a variety of DNA damages. We found that loss of UHRF1 led to retarded lesion processing and reduced recruitment of ICL repair nucleases to the site of DNA damage. UHRF1 interacts physically with both ERCC1 and MUS81, two nucleases involved in the repair of ICL lesions. Depletion of both UHRF1 and components of the Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway resulted in increased DNA damage sensitivity compared to defect of each mechanism alone. These results suggest that UHRF1 promotes recruitment of lesion-processing activities via its affinity to recognize DNA damage and functions as a nuclease recruitment scaffold in parallel to the FA pathway.
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- Yanyan Tian
- Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Genetics, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Genetics, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA; Department of Genetics, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Iyama T, Lee SY, Berquist BR, Gileadi O, Bohr VA, Seidman MM, McHugh PJ, Wilson DM. CSB interacts with SNM1A and promotes DNA interstrand crosslink processing. Nucleic Acids Res 2014; 43:247-58. [PMID: 25505141 PMCID: PMC4288174 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku1279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cockayne syndrome (CS) is a premature aging disorder characterized by photosensitivity, impaired development and multisystem progressive degeneration, and consists of two strict complementation groups, A and B. Using a yeast two-hybrid approach, we identified the 5′-3′ exonuclease SNM1A as one of four strong interacting partners of CSB. This direct interaction was confirmed using purified recombinant proteins—with CSB able to modulate the exonuclease activity of SNM1A on oligonucleotide substrates in vitro—and the two proteins were shown to exist in a common complex in human cell extracts. CSB and SNM1A were also found, using fluorescently tagged proteins in combination with confocal microscopy and laser microirradiation, to be recruited to localized trioxsalen-induced ICL damage in human cells, with accumulation being suppressed by transcription inhibition. Moreover, SNM1A recruitment was significantly reduced in CSB-deficient cells, suggesting coordination between the two proteins in vivo. CSB-deficient neural cells exhibited increased sensitivity to DNA crosslinking agents, particularly, in a non-cycling, differentiated state, as well as delayed ICL processing as revealed by a modified Comet assay and γ-H2AX foci persistence. The results indicate that CSB coordinates the resolution of ICLs, possibly in a transcription-associated repair mechanism involving SNM1A, and that defects in the process could contribute to the post-mitotic degenerative pathologies associated with CS.
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- Teruaki Iyama
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK
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- The Structural Genomics Consortium, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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- Department of Oncology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DS, UK
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Tomicic MT, Aasland D, Naumann SC, Meise R, Barckhausen C, Kaina B, Christmann M. Translesion polymerase η is upregulated by cancer therapeutics and confers anticancer drug resistance. Cancer Res 2014; 74:5585-96. [PMID: 25125662 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-14-0953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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DNA repair processes are a key determinant of the sensitivity of cancer cells to DNA-damaging chemotherapeutics, which may induce certain repair genes as a mechanism to promote resistance. Here, we report the results of a screen for repair genes induced in cancer cells treated with DNA crosslinking agents, which identified the translesion polymerase η (PolH) as a p53-regulated target acting as one defense against interstrand crosslink (ICL)-inducing agents. PolH was induced by fotemustine, mafosfamide, and lomustine in breast cancer, glioma, and melanoma cells in vitro and in vivo, with similar inductions observed in normal cells such as lymphocytes and diploid fibroblasts. PolH contributions to the protection against ICL-inducing agents were evaluated by its siRNA-mediated attenuation in cells, which elevated sensitivity to these drugs in all tumor cell models. Conversely, PolH overexpression protected cancer cells against these drugs. PolH attenuation reduced repair of ICL lesions as measured by host cell reactivation assays and enhanced persistence of γH2AX foci. Moreover, we observed a strong accumulation of PolH in the nucleus of drug-treated cells along with direct binding to damaged DNA. Taken together, our findings implicated PolH in ICL repair as a mechanism of cancer drug resistance and normal tissue protection.
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- Maja T Tomicic
- Department of Toxicology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Toxicology, University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
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Zhou D, Lin G, Zeng SC, Xiong B, Xie PY, Cheng DH, Zheng Q, Ouyang Q, Zhou XY, Tang WL, Sun Y, Lu GY, Lu GX. Trace levels of mitomycin C disrupt genomic integrity and lead to DNA damage response defect in long-term-cultured human embryonic stem cells. Arch Toxicol 2014; 89:33-45. [PMID: 24838295 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-014-1250-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2013] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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How to maintain the genetic integrity of cultured human embryonic stem (hES) cells is raising crucial concerns for future clinical use in regenerative medicine. Mitomycin C(MMC), a DNA damage agent, is widely used for preparation of feeder cells in many laboratories. However, to what extent MMC affects the karyotypic stability of hES cells is not clear. Here, we measured residual MMC using High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry/Mass Spectrometry following each step of feeder preparation and found that 2.26 ± 0.77 and 3.50 ± 0.92 ng/ml remained in mouse feeder cells and human feeder cells, respectively. In addition, different amounts of MMC caused different chromosomal aberrations in hES cells. In particular, one abnormality, dup(1)(p32p36), was the same identical to one we previously reported in another hES cell line. Using Affymetrix SNP 6.0 arrays, the copy number variation changes of the hES cells maintained on MMC-inactivated feeders (MMC-feeder) were significantly more than those cultured on γ-inactivated feeder (IR-feeder) cells. Furthermore, DNA damage response (DDR) genes were down-regulated during long-term culture in the MMC-containing system, leading to DDR defect and shortened telomeres of hES cells, a sign of genomic instability. Therefore, MMC-feeder and MMC-induced genomic variation present an important safety problem that would limit such hES from being applied for future clinic use and drug screening.
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- Di Zhou
- Institute of Reproduction and Stem Cell Engineering, Central South University, 8 Luyun Road, Changsha, 410000, Hunan, China
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Price N, Johnson KM, Wang J, Fekry MI, Wang Y, Gates KS. Interstrand DNA-DNA cross-link formation between adenine residues and abasic sites in duplex DNA. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:3483-90. [PMID: 24506784 PMCID: PMC3954461 DOI: 10.1021/ja410969x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2013] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The loss of a coding nucleobase from the structure of DNA is a common event that generates an abasic (Ap) site (1). Ap sites exist as an equilibrating mixture of a cyclic hemiacetal and a ring-opened aldehyde. Aldehydes are electrophilic functional groups that can form covalent adducts with nucleophilic sites in DNA. Thus, Ap sites present a potentially reactive aldehyde as part of the internal structure of DNA. Here we report evidence that the aldehyde group of Ap sites in duplex DNA can form a covalent adduct with the N(6)-amino group of adenine residues on the opposing strand. The resulting interstrand DNA-DNA cross-link occurs at 5'-ApT/5'-AA sequences in remarkably high yields (15-70%) under physiologically relevant conditions. This naturally occurring DNA-templated reaction has the potential to generate cross-links in the genetic material of living cells.
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521-0403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521-0403, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211, United States
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Tummala H, Kirwan M, Walne AJ, Hossain U, Jackson N, Pondarre C, Plagnol V, Vulliamy T, Dokal I. ERCC6L2 mutations link a distinct bone-marrow-failure syndrome to DNA repair and mitochondrial function. Am J Hum Genet 2014; 94:246-56. [PMID: 24507776 PMCID: PMC3928664 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2013] [Accepted: 01/10/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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Exome sequencing was performed in three index cases with bone marrow failure and neurological dysfunction and whose parents are first-degree cousins. Homozygous truncating mutations were identified in ERCC6L2 in two of the individuals. Both of these mutations affect the subcellular localization and stability of ERCC6L2. We show here that knockdown of ERCC6L2 in human A549 cells significantly reduced their viability upon exposure to the DNA-damaging agents mitomycin C and Irofulven, but not etoposide and camptothecin, suggesting a role in nucleotide excision repair. ERCC6L2-knockdown cells also displayed H2AX phosphorylation, which significantly increased upon genotoxic stress, suggesting an early DNA-damage response. Intriguingly, ERCC6L2 was seen to translocate to the mitochondria and the nucleus in response to DNA damage, and ERCC6L2 knockdown induced intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS). Treatment with the ROS scavenger N-acetyl cysteine attenuated the Irofulven-induced cytotoxicity in ERCC6L2-knockdown cells and abolished ERCCGL2 traffic to the mitochondria and nucleus in response to this DNA-damaging agent. Collectively, these observations identify a distinct bone-marrow-failure syndrome due to mutations in ERCC6L2, a gene implicated in DNA repair and mitochondrial function.
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- Hemanth Tummala
- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK; Barts Health NHS Trust, London E1 1BB, UK
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- Department of Haematology, University Hospital, Coventry CV2 2DX, UK
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- Institute of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Lyon I University, Lyon 69008, France
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- University College London Genetics Institute, London WC1E 6BT, UK
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK.
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- Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, London E1 2AT, UK; Barts Health NHS Trust, London E1 1BB, UK
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Clauson C, Schärer OD, Niedernhofer L. Advances in understanding the complex mechanisms of DNA interstrand cross-link repair. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2013; 5:a012732. [PMID: 24086043 DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a012732] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs) are lesions caused by a variety of endogenous metabolites, environmental exposures, and cancer chemotherapeutic agents that have two reactive groups. The common feature of these diverse lesions is that two nucleotides on opposite strands are covalently joined. ICLs prevent the separation of two DNA strands and therefore essential cellular processes including DNA replication and transcription. ICLs are mainly detected in S phase when a replication fork stalls at an ICL. Damage signaling and repair of ICLs are promoted by the Fanconi anemia pathway and numerous posttranslational modifications of DNA repair and chromatin structural proteins. ICLs are also detected and repaired in nonreplicating cells, although the mechanism is less clear. A unique feature of ICL repair is that both strands of DNA must be incised to completely remove the lesion. This is accomplished in sequential steps to prevent creating multiple double-strand breaks. Unhooking of an ICL from one strand is followed by translesion synthesis to fill the gap and create an intact duplex DNA, harboring a remnant of the ICL. Removal of the lesion from the second strand is likely accomplished by nucleotide excision repair. Inadequate repair of ICLs is particularly detrimental to rapidly dividing cells, explaining the bone marrow failure characteristic of Fanconi anemia and why cross-linking agents are efficacious in cancer therapy. Herein, recent advances in our understanding of ICLs and the biological responses they trigger are discussed.
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- Cheryl Clauson
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
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Williams HL, Gottesman ME, Gautier J. The differences between ICL repair during and outside of S phase. Trends Biochem Sci 2013; 38:386-93. [PMID: 23830640 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2013.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2013] [Revised: 05/14/2013] [Accepted: 05/29/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are complex lesions that block essential DNA transactions including DNA replication, recombination, and RNA transcription. Naturally occurring ICLs are rare, yet these lesions are the major cause of toxicity following treatment with several classes of crosslinking cancer chemotherapeutic drugs. ICLs are repaired during and outside of S phase by pathways with overlapping as well as distinct features. Here, we discuss some recent insights into the mechanisms of replication-dependent and replication-independent repair of ICLs with special emphasis on the differences between these repair pathways.
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- Hannah L Williams
- Department of Genetics and Development, Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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FANCM and FAAP24 maintain genome stability via cooperative as well as unique functions. Mol Cell 2013; 49:997-1009. [PMID: 23333308 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2012.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2012] [Revised: 10/19/2012] [Accepted: 12/13/2012] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The DNA remodeling enzyme FANCM and its DNA-binding partner, FAAP24, constitute a complex involved in the activation of Fanconi anemia (FA) DNA damage response mechanism, but neither gene has distinct patient mutants. In this study, we created isogenic models for both FANCM and FAAP24 and investigated their integrated functions in DNA damage response. We found that FANCM and FAAP24 coordinately facilitate FA pathway activation and suppress sister chromatid exchange. Importantly, we show that FANCM and FAAP24 possess nonoverlapping functions such that FAAP24 promotes ATR-mediated checkpoint activation particularly in response to DNA crosslinking agents, whereas FANCM participates in recombination-independent interstrand crosslink repair by facilitating recruitment of lesion incision activities, which requires its translocase activity. Our data suggest that FANCM and FAAP24 play multiple, while not fully epistatic, roles in maintaining genomic integrity.
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Johnson KM, Price NE, Wang J, Fekry MI, Dutta S, Seiner DR, Wang Y, Gates KS. On the formation and properties of interstrand DNA-DNA cross-links forged by reaction of an abasic site with the opposing guanine residue of 5'-CAp sequences in duplex DNA. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:1015-25. [PMID: 23215239 DOI: 10.1021/ja308119q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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We recently reported that the aldehyde residue of an abasic (Ap) site in duplex DNA can generate an interstrand cross-link via reaction with a guanine residue on the opposing strand. This finding is intriguing because the highly deleterious nature of interstrand cross-links suggests that even small amounts of Ap-derived cross-links could make a significant contribution to the biological consequences stemming from the generation of Ap sites in cellular DNA. Incubation of 21-bp duplexes containing a central 5'-CAp sequence under conditions of reductive amination (NaCNBH(3), pH 5.2) generated much higher yields of cross-linked DNA than reported previously. At pH 7, in the absence of reducing agents, these Ap-containing duplexes also produced cross-linked duplexes that were readily detected on denaturing polyacrylamide gels. Cross-link formation was not highly sensitive to reaction conditions, and the cross-link, once formed, was stable to a variety of workup conditions. Results of multiple experiments including MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, gel mobility, methoxyamine capping of the Ap aldehyde, inosine-for-guanine replacement, hydroxyl radical footprinting, and LC-MS/MS were consistent with a cross-linking mechanism involving reversible reaction of the Ap aldehyde residue with the N(2)-amino group of the opposing guanine residue in 5'-CAp sequences to generate hemiaminal, imine, or cyclic hemiaminal cross-links (7-10) that were irreversibly converted under conditions of reductive amination (NaCNBH(3)/pH 5.2) to a stable amine linkage. Further support for the importance of the exocyclic N(2)-amino group in this reaction was provided by an experiment showing that installation of a 2-aminopurine-thymine base pair at the cross-linking site produced high yields (15-30%) of a cross-linked duplex at neutral pH, in the absence of NaCNBH(3).
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- Kevin M Johnson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 125 Chemistry Building, Columbia, Missouri 65211, USA
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Kothandapani A, Patrick SM. Evidence for base excision repair processing of DNA interstrand crosslinks. Mutat Res 2012; 743-744:44-52. [PMID: 23219605 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2012.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2012] [Revised: 11/19/2012] [Accepted: 11/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Many bifunctional alkylating agents and anticancer drugs exert their cytotoxicity by producing cross links between the two complementary strands of DNA, termed interstrand crosslinks (ICLs). This blocks the strand separating processes during DNA replication and transcription, which can lead to cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Cells use multiple DNA repair systems to eliminate the ICLs. Concerted action of repair proteins involved in Nucleotide Excision Repair and Homologous Recombination pathways are suggested to play a key role in the ICL repair. However, recent studies indicate a possible role for Base Excision Repair (BER) in mediating the cytotoxicity of ICL inducing agents in mammalian cells. Elucidating the mechanism of BER mediated modulation of ICL repair would help in understanding the recognition and removal of ICLs and aid in the development of potential therapeutic agents. In this review, the influence of BER proteins on ICL DNA repair and the possible mechanisms of action are discussed.
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- Anbarasi Kothandapani
- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, University of Toledo - Health Science Campus, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, University of Toledo - Health Science Campus, Toledo, OH 43614, USA.
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Makridakis NM, Reichardt JKV. Translesion DNA polymerases and cancer. Front Genet 2012; 3:174. [PMID: 22973298 PMCID: PMC3434439 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2012.00174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2012] [Accepted: 08/20/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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DNA repair has been regarded as an important barrier to carcinogenesis. The newly discovered field of translesion synthesis (TLS) has made it apparent that mammalian cells need distinct polymerases to efficiently and accurately bypass DNA lesions. Perturbation of TLS polymerase activity by mutation, loss of expression, etc. is expected to result in the accumulation of mutations in cells exposed to specific carcinogens. Furthermore, several TLS polymerases can modulate cellular sensitivity to chemotherapeutic agents. TLS genes and TLS gene variations may thus be attractive pharmacologic and/or pharmacogenetic targets. We review herein current data with regards to the potential contribution of the primary TLS polymerase genes to cancer, their interaction with pharmacologic agents, and identify areas of interest for further research.
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- Nick M Makridakis
- Tulane Cancer Center and Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University New Orleans, LA, USA
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Bouwman P, Jonkers J. The effects of deregulated DNA damage signalling on cancer chemotherapy response and resistance. Nat Rev Cancer 2012; 12:587-98. [PMID: 22918414 DOI: 10.1038/nrc3342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 457] [Impact Index Per Article: 38.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Tumours with specific DNA repair defects can be completely dependent on back-up DNA repair pathways for their survival. This dependence can be exploited therapeutically to induce synthetic lethality in tumour cells. For instance, homologous recombination (HR)-deficient tumours can be effectively targeted by DNA double-strand break-inducing agents. However, not all HR-defective tumours respond equally well to this type of therapy. Tumour cells may acquire resistance by invoking biochemical mechanisms that reduce drug action or by acquiring additional alterations in DNA damage response pathways. A thorough understanding of these processes is important for predicting treatment response and for the development of novel treatment strategies that prevent the emergence of therapy-resistant tumours.
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- Peter Bouwman
- Division of Molecular Pathology and Cancer Systems Biology Center, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Plesmanlaan 121, 1066 CX Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ward TA, Dudášová Z, Sarkar S, Bhide MR, Vlasáková D, Chovanec M, McHugh PJ. Components of a Fanconi-like pathway control Pso2-independent DNA interstrand crosslink repair in yeast. PLoS Genet 2012; 8:e1002884. [PMID: 22912599 PMCID: PMC3415447 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2011] [Accepted: 06/22/2012] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Fanconi anemia (FA) is a devastating genetic disease, associated with genomic instability and defects in DNA interstrand cross-link (ICL) repair. The FA repair pathway is not thought to be conserved in budding yeast, and although the yeast Mph1 helicase is a putative homolog of human FANCM, yeast cells disrupted for MPH1 are not sensitive to ICLs. Here, we reveal a key role for Mph1 in ICL repair when the Pso2 exonuclease is inactivated. We find that the yeast FANCM ortholog Mph1 physically and functionally interacts with Mgm101, a protein previously implicated in mitochondrial DNA repair, and the MutSα mismatch repair factor (Msh2-Msh6). Co-disruption of MPH1, MGM101, MSH6, or MSH2 with PSO2 produces a lesion-specific increase in ICL sensitivity, the elevation of ICL-induced chromosomal rearrangements, and persistence of ICL-associated DNA double-strand breaks. We find that Mph1-Mgm101-MutSα directs the ICL-induced recruitment of Exo1 to chromatin, and we propose that Exo1 is an alternative 5′-3′ exonuclease utilised for ICL repair in the absence of Pso2. Moreover, ICL-induced Rad51 chromatin loading is delayed when both Pso2 and components of the Mph1-Mgm101-MutSα and Exo1 pathway are inactivated, demonstrating that the homologous recombination stages of ICL repair are inhibited. Finally, the FANCJ- and FANCP-related factors Chl1 and Slx4, respectively, are also components of the genetic pathway controlled by Mph1-Mgm101-MutSα. Together this suggests that a prototypical FA–related ICL repair pathway operates in budding yeast, which acts redundantly with the pathway controlled by Pso2, and is required for the targeting of Exo1 to chromatin to execute ICL repair. Individuals with Fanconi anemia (FA) suffer from bone marrow failure and from elevated rates of haematological and solid malignancy. Moreover, FA patients exhibit extreme sensitivity to DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs), but not other forms of DNA damage. Despite recent progress in identifying and characterising FA factors, little is known about the mechanistic basis of the ICL repair defect in FA. The identification and characterisation of FA–like pathways in simple model eukaryotes, amenable to genetic dissection, would clearly accelerate progress. Here, we have identified an ICL repair pathway in budding yeast that has significant similarities to the FA pathway and that acts in parallel to an established pathway controlled by the Pso2 exonuclease. We have discovered that a key component of this pathway, the FANCM-like helicase, Mph1, interacts and collaborates with a mismatch repair factor (MutSα) and a novel nuclear DNA repair factor Mgm101 to control ICL repair. We also found that a central role of these factors is to recruit Exonuclease 1 (Exo1) to ICL-damaged chromatin, and propose that this factor acts redundantly with Pso2 to execute the exonucleolytic processing of ICLs. Our findings reveal new mechanistic insights into the control of ICL repair by FA–like proteins in an important model organism.
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- Thomas A. Ward
- Department of Oncology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Oncology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Košice, Slovak Republic
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Cancer Research Institute, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
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- Department of Oncology, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Enoiu M, Jiricny J, Schärer OD. Repair of cisplatin-induced DNA interstrand crosslinks by a replication-independent pathway involving transcription-coupled repair and translesion synthesis. Nucleic Acids Res 2012; 40:8953-64. [PMID: 22810206 PMCID: PMC3467066 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gks670] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) formed by antitumor agents, such as cisplatin or mitomycin C, are highly cytotoxic DNA lesions. Their repair is believed to be triggered primarily by the stalling of replication forks at ICLs in S-phase. There is, however, increasing evidence that ICL repair can also occur independently of replication. Using a reporter assay, we describe a pathway for the repair of cisplatin ICLs that depends on transcription-coupled nucleotide excision repair protein CSB, the general nucleotide excision repair factors XPA, XPF and XPG, but not the global genome nucleotide excision repair factor XPC. In this pathway, Rev1 and Polζ are involved in the error-free bypass of cisplatin ICLs. The requirement for CSB, Rev1 or Polζ is specific for the repair of ICLs, as the repair of cisplatin intrastrand crosslinks does not require these genes under identical conditions. We directly show that this pathway contributes to the removal of ICLs outside of S-phase. Finally, our studies reveal that defects in replication- and transcription-dependent pathways are additive in terms of cellular sensitivity to treatment with cisplatin or mitomycin C. We conclude that transcription- and replication-dependent pathways contribute to cellular survival following treatment with crosslinking agents.
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- Milica Enoiu
- Institute of Molecular Cancer Research, University of Zürich, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland
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The Fanconi anemia pathway in replication stress and DNA crosslink repair. Cell Mol Life Sci 2012; 69:3963-74. [PMID: 22744751 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-012-1051-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2012] [Revised: 05/28/2012] [Accepted: 06/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Interstand crosslinks (ICLs) are DNA lesions where the bases of opposing DNA strands are covalently linked, inhibiting critical cellular processes such as transcription and replication. Chemical agents that generate ICLs cause chromosomal abnormalities including breaks, deletions and rearrangements, making them highly genotoxic compounds. This toxicity has proven useful for chemotherapeutic treatment against a wide variety of cancer types. The majority of our understanding of ICL repair in humans has been uncovered through analysis of the rare genetic disorder Fanconi anemia, in which patients are extremely sensitive to crosslinking agents. Here, we discuss recent insights into ICL repair gained using new repair assays and highlight the role of the Fanconi anemia repair pathway during replication stress.
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Klug AR, Harbut MB, Lloyd RS, Minko IG. Replication bypass of N2-deoxyguanosine interstrand cross-links by human DNA polymerases η and ι. Chem Res Toxicol 2012; 25:755-62. [PMID: 22332732 DOI: 10.1021/tx300011w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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DNA-interstrand cross-links (ICLs) can be repaired by biochemical pathways requiring DNA polymerases that are capable of translesion DNA synthesis (TLS). The anticipated function of TLS polymerases in these pathways is to insert nucleotides opposite and beyond the linkage site. The outcome of these reactions can be either error-free or mutagenic. TLS-dependent repair of ICLs formed between the exocyclic nitrogens of deoxyguanosines (N(2)-dG) can result in low-frequency base substitutions, predominantly G to T transversions. Previously, we demonstrated in vitro that error-free bypass of a model acrolein-mediated N(2)-dG ICL can be accomplished by human polymerase (pol) κ, while Rev1 can contribute to this bypass by inserting dC opposite the cross-linked dG. The current study characterized two additional human DNA polymerases, pol η and pol ι, with respect to their potential contributions to either error-free or mutagenic bypass of these lesions. In the presence of individual dNTPs, pol η could insert dA, dG, and dT opposite the cross-linked dG, but incorporation of dC was not apparent. Further primer extension was observed only from the dC and dG 3' termini, and the amounts of products were low relative to the matched undamaged substrate. Analyses of bypass products beyond the adducted site revealed that dG was present opposite the cross-linked dG in the majority of extended primers, and short deletions were frequently detected. When pol ι was tested for its ability to replicate past this ICL, the correct dC was preferentially incorporated, but no further extension was observed. Under the steady-state conditions, the efficiency of dC incorporation was reduced ~500-fold relative to the undamaged dG. Thus, in addition to pol κ-catalyzed error-free bypass of N(2)-dG ICLs, an alternative, albeit low-efficiency, mechanism may exist. In this pathway, either Rev1 or pol ι could insert dC opposite the lesion, while pol η could perform the subsequent extension.
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- Alex R Klug
- Center for Research on Occupational and Environmental Toxicology, Oregon Health & Science University, L606, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, Oregon 97239, USA
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Paz MM, Pritsos CA. The Molecular Toxicology of Mitomycin C. ADVANCES IN MOLECULAR TOXICOLOGY VOLUME 6 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-59389-4.00007-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Construction of plasmids containing site-specific DNA interstrand cross-links for biochemical and cell biological studies. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 920:203-19. [PMID: 22941606 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-998-3_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Plasmids containing a site-specific DNA interstrand cross-link (ICL) are invaluable tools for the investigation of ICL repair pathways at the biochemical and cellular level. We describe a procedure for preparation of plasmid DNA substrates containing a single ICL at a specific site. The procedure is versatile, leads to reliable yields of pure DNA substrate, and is suitable for the incorporation of virtually any type of DNA lesion into plasmids.
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Ho TV, Guainazzi A, Derkunt SB, Enoiu M, Schärer OD. Structure-dependent bypass of DNA interstrand crosslinks by translesion synthesis polymerases. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:7455-64. [PMID: 21666254 PMCID: PMC3177197 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs), inhibit DNA metabolism by covalently linking two strands of DNA and are formed by antitumor agents such as cisplatin and nitrogen mustards. Multiple complex repair pathways of ICLs exist in humans that share translesion synthesis (TLS) past a partially processed ICL as a common step. We have generated site-specific major groove ICLs and studied the ability of Y-family polymerases and Pol ζ to bypass ICLs that induce different degrees of distortion in DNA. Two main factors influenced the efficiency of ICL bypass: the length of the dsDNA flanking the ICL and the length of the crosslink bridging two bases. Our study shows that ICLs can readily be bypassed by TLS polymerases if they are appropriately processed and that the structure of the ICL influences which polymerases are able to read through it.
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- The Vinh Ho
- Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400, USA
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Garner E, Smogorzewska A. Ubiquitylation and the Fanconi anemia pathway. FEBS Lett 2011; 585:2853-60. [PMID: 21605559 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.04.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2011] [Revised: 04/29/2011] [Accepted: 04/29/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway maintains genome stability through co-ordination of DNA repair of interstrand crosslinks (ICLs). Disruption of the FA pathway yields hypersensitivity to interstrand crosslinking agents, bone marrow failure and cancer predisposition. Early steps in DNA damage dependent activation of the pathway are governed by monoubiquitylation of FANCD2 and FANCI by the intrinsic FA E3 ubiquitin ligase, FANCL. Downstream FA pathway components and associated factors such as FAN1 and SLX4 exhibit ubiquitin-binding motifs that are important for their DNA repair function, underscoring the importance of ubiquitylation in FA pathway mediated repair. Importantly, ubiquitylation provides the foundations for cross-talk between repair pathways, which in concert with the FA pathway, resolve interstrand crosslink damage and maintain genomic stability.
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- Elizabeth Garner
- Laboratory of Genome Maintenance, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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Hucl T, Gallmeier E. DNA repair: exploiting the Fanconi anemia pathway as a potential therapeutic target. Physiol Res 2011; 60:453-65. [PMID: 21401292 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.932115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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DNA repair is an active cellular process to respond to constant DNA damage caused by metabolic processes and environmental factors. Since the outcome of DNA damage is generally adverse and long term effects may contribute to oncogenesis, cells have developed a variety of DNA repair mechanisms, which operate depending on the type of DNA damage inflicted. At least 15 Fanconi anemia (FA) proteins interact in a common pathway involved in homologous recombination. Inherited homozygous mutations in any of these FA genes cause a rare disease, Fanconi anemia, characterized by congenital abnormalities, progressive bone-marrow failure and cancer susceptibility. Heterozygous germline FA mutations predispose to various types of cancer. In addition, somatic FA mutations have been identified in diverse cancer types. Evidence exists that cells deficient in the FA pathway become dependent on alternative pathways for survival. Additional inhibition of such alternative pathways is thus expected to result in cell death, creating a relationship of synthetic lethality. Identifying these relationships can reveal yet unknown mechanisms of DNA repair and new targets for therapy.
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- T Hucl
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic.
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Wang LC, Gautier J. The Fanconi anemia pathway and ICL repair: implications for cancer therapy. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2011; 45:424-39. [PMID: 20807115 DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2010.502166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Fanconi anemia (FA) is an inherited disease caused by mutations in at least 13 genes and characterized by genomic instability. In addition to displaying strikingly heterogenous clinical phenotypes, FA patients are exquisitely sensitive to treatments with crosslinking agents that create interstrand crosslinks (ICL). In contrast to bacteria and yeast, in which ICLs are repaired through replication-dependent and -independent mechanisms, it is thought that ICLs are repaired primarily during DNA replication in vertebrates. However, recent data indicate that replication-independent ICL repair also operates in vertebrates. While the precise role of the FA pathway in ICL repair remains elusive, increasing evidence suggests that FA proteins function at different steps in the sensing, recognition and processing of ICLs, as well as in signaling from these very toxic lesions, which can be generated by a wide variety of cancer chemotherapeutic drugs. Here, we discuss some of the recent findings that have shed light on the role of the FA pathway in ICL repair, with special emphasis on the implications of these findings for cancer therapy since disruption of FA genes have been associated with cancer predisposition.
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- Lily C Wang
- Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
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DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are lesions that covalently link the two strands of DNA. This type of DNA damage represents one of the most complex DNA lesions whose repair mechanisms remain largely unclear. Uncovering proteins involved in the processing of ICLs and understand how they interact with the damaged DNA in vivo is crucial for the understanding of DNA interstrand crosslink repair processes. Moreover, the presence of an ICL during S phase constitutes the most severe blockage to DNA synthesis and results in prolonged stall of replication forks. The mechanisms of resolving a stalled replication fork is poorly understood because proper experimental platforms are lacking. To enable detection of protein recruitment to site-specific ICLs and to ICL-stalled replication forks, we established a novel eChIP (abbreviation for episomal chromatin immunoprecipitation) assay system to study the association of various DNA damage repair proteins with ICL lesions in vivo. This EBV episomal replication-based assay allows detection of protein enrichment at ICLs at the molecular level. Since ICLs cause replication fork blockage in an episomally replicating plasmid, the eChIP approach also allows the study of DNA damage response factor recruitment, such as checkpoint initiation factors, to stalled DNA replication forks. With proper adaptation, the eChIP approach may be employed to study other site-specific DNA lesions such as UV photoproducts and oxidative damage in vivo.
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Guainazzi A, Schärer OD. Using synthetic DNA interstrand crosslinks to elucidate repair pathways and identify new therapeutic targets for cancer chemotherapy. Cell Mol Life Sci 2010; 67:3683-97. [PMID: 20730555 PMCID: PMC3732395 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-010-0492-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2010] [Accepted: 07/28/2010] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Many cancer chemotherapeutic agents form DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs), extremely cytotoxic lesions that form covalent bonds between two opposing DNA strands, blocking DNA replication and transcription. However, cellular responses triggered by ICLs can cause resistance in tumor cells, limiting the efficacy of such treatment. Here we discuss recent advances in our understanding of the mechanisms of ICL repair that cause this resistance. The recent development of strategies for the synthesis of site-specific ICLs greatly contributed to these insights. Key features of repair are similar for all ICLs, but there is increasing evidence that the specifics of lesion recognition and synthesis past ICLs by DNA polymerases are dependent upon the structure of ICLs. These new insights provide a basis for the improvement of antitumor therapy by targeting DNA repair pathways that lead to resistance to treatment with crosslinking agents.
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- Angelo Guainazzi
- Departments of Pharmacological Sciences, Chemistry 619, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400 USA
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- Departments of Pharmacological Sciences and Chemistry, Chemistry 619, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 11794-3400 USA
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Rahn JJ, Adair GM, Nairn RS. Multiple roles of ERCC1-XPF in mammalian interstrand crosslink repair. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2010; 51:567-581. [PMID: 20658648 DOI: 10.1002/em.20583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs) are among the most deleterious cytotoxic lesions encountered by cells, mainly due to the covalent linkage these lesions create between the two strands of DNA which effectively blocks replication and transcription. Although ICL repair in mammalian cells is not fully understood, processing of these lesions is thought to begin by "unhooking" at the site of the damaged base accompanied by the generation of a double strand break and ultimately repair through translesion synthesis and homologous recombination. A key player in this repair process is the heterodimeric protein complex ERCC1-XPF. Although some models of ICL repair restrict ERCC1-XPF activity to the unhooking step, recent data suggest that this protein complex acts in additional downstream steps. Here, we review the evidence implicating ERCC1-XPF in multiple steps of ICL repair.
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- Jennifer J Rahn
- Department of Carcinogenesis, Science Park-Research Division, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Smithville, Texas 78957, USA.
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Hlavin EM, Smeaton MB, Miller PS. Initiation of DNA interstrand cross-link repair in mammalian cells. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2010; 51:604-24. [PMID: 20658650 PMCID: PMC2911644 DOI: 10.1002/em.20559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Interstrand cross-links (ICLs) are among the most cytotoxic DNA lesions to cells because they prevent the two DNA strands from separating, thereby precluding replication and transcription. Even though chemotherapeutic cross-linking agents are well established in clinical use, and numerous repair proteins have been implicated in the initial events of mammalian ICL repair, the precise mechanistic details of these events remain to be elucidated. This review will summarize our current understanding of how ICL repair is initiated with an emphasis on the context (replicating, transcribed or quiescent DNA) in which the ICL is recognized, and how the chemical and physical properties of ICLs influence repair. Although most studies have focused on replication-dependent repair because of the relation to highly replicative tumor cells, replication-independent ICL repair is likely to be important in the circumvention of cross-link cytotoxicity in nondividing, terminally differentiated cells that may be challenged with exogenous or endogenous sources of ICLs. Consequently, the ICL repair pathway that should be considered "dominant" appears to depend on the cell type and the DNA context in which the ICL is encountered. The ability to define and inhibit distinct pathways of ICL repair in different cell cycle phases may help in developing methods that increase cytotoxicity to cancer cells while reducing side-effects in nondividing normal cells. This may also lead to a better understanding of pathways that protect against malignancy and aging.
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- Correspondence should be addressed to Paul S. Miller, , Phone: (410)-955-3489, Fax: (410)-955-2926
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