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Cosper PF, Copeland SE, Tucker JB, Weaver BA. Chromosome Missegregation as a Modulator of Radiation Sensitivity. Semin Radiat Oncol 2022; 32:54-63. [PMID: 34861996 PMCID: PMC8883596 DOI: 10.1016/j.semradonc.2021.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Chromosome missegregation over the course of multiple cell divisions, termed chromosomal instability (CIN), is a hallmark of cancer. Multiple causes of CIN have been identified, including defects in the mitotic checkpoint, altered kinetochore-microtubule dynamics, centrosome amplification, and ionizing radiation. Here we review the types, mechanisms, and cellular implications of CIN. We discuss the evidence that CIN can promote tumors, suppress them, or do neither, depending on the rates of chromosome missegregration and the cellular context. Very high rates of chromosome missegregation lead to cell death due to loss of essential chromosomes; thus elevating CIN above a tolerable threshold provides a mechanistic opportunity to promote cancer cell death. Lethal rates of CIN can be achieved by a single insult or through a combination of insults. Because ionizing radiation induces CIN, additional therapies that increase CIN may serve as useful modulators of radiation sensitivity. Ultimately, quantifying the intrinsic CIN in a tumor and modulating this level pharmacologically as well as with radiation may allow for a more rational, personalized radiation therapy prescription, thereby decreasing side effects and increasing local control.
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- Pippa F. Cosper
- Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA,University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Molecular & Cellular Pharmacology Graduate Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- Cancer Biology Graduate Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA
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- University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA,Department of Cellular and Regenerative Biology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA,Department of Oncology/McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53705, USA,Corresponding author: Beth A. Weaver, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave, 6109 WIMR Tower 1, Madison, WI 53705-2275, Phone: 608-263-5309, Fax: 608-265-6905,
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Begg K, Tavassoli M. Inside the hypoxic tumour: reprogramming of the DDR and radioresistance. Cell Death Discov 2020; 6:77. [PMID: 32864165 PMCID: PMC7434912 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-020-00311-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 03/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The hypoxic tumour is a chaotic landscape of struggle and adaption. Against the adversity of oxygen starvation, hypoxic cancer cells initiate a reprogramming of transcriptional activities, allowing for survival, metastasis and treatment failure. This makes hypoxia a crucial feature of aggressive tumours. Its importance, to cancer and other diseases, was recognised by the award of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for research contributing to our understanding of the cellular response to oxygen deprivation. For cancers with limited treatment options, for example those that rely heavily on radiotherapy, the results of hypoxic adaption are particularly restrictive to treatment success. A fundamental aspect of this hypoxic reprogramming with direct relevance to radioresistance, is the alteration to the DNA damage response, a complex set of intermingling processes that guide the cell (for good or for bad) towards DNA repair or cell death. These alterations, compounded by the fact that oxygen is required to induce damage to DNA during radiotherapy, means that hypoxia represents a persistent obstacle in the treatment of many solid tumours. Considerable research has been done to reverse, correct or diminish hypoxia's power over successful treatment. Though many clinical trials have been performed or are ongoing, particularly in the context of imaging studies and biomarker discovery, this research has yet to inform clinical practice. Indeed, the only hypoxia intervention incorporated into standard of care is the use of the hypoxia-activated prodrug Nimorazole, for head and neck cancer patients in Denmark. Decades of research have allowed us to build a picture of the shift in the DNA repair capabilities of hypoxic cancer cells. A literature consensus tells us that key signal transducers of this response are upregulated, where repair proteins are downregulated. However, a complete understanding of how these alterations lead to radioresistance is yet to come.
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- Katheryn Begg
- Head and Neck Oncology Group, Centre for Host Microbiome Interaction, King’s College London, Hodgkin Building, London, SE1 1UL UK
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- Head and Neck Oncology Group, Centre for Host Microbiome Interaction, King’s College London, Hodgkin Building, London, SE1 1UL UK
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Chen HC, Yang CM, Cheng JT, Tsai KW, Fu TY, Liou HH, Tseng HH, Lee JH, Li GC, Wang JS, Hou YY, Weng TJ, Ger LP. Global DNA hypomethylation is associated with the development and poor prognosis of tongue squamous cell carcinoma. J Oral Pathol Med 2015; 45:409-17. [PMID: 26525607 DOI: 10.1111/jop.12381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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BACKGROUNDS Oral cancer is the 4th leading cause of cancer death for males and the top cancer in young adult males in Taiwan. Tongue squamous cell carcinoma (TSCC) is a common oral cancer and generally associated with poor prognosis. Global DNA hypomethylation at the 5 position of cytosine (5mC) is a well-known epigenetic feature of cancer. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of the global 5mC content with the tumorigenesis and prognosis of patients with TSCC. METHODS The levels of global 5mC were evaluated by immunohistochemistry using tissue microarray slides of 248 surgically resected TSCC and 202 corresponding tumor adjacent normal (TAN) tissues. RESULTS We found that the level of 5mC in TSCC (P < 0.001) was significantly decreased as compared to TAN. Among TSCC tissues, decreased levels of 5mC were associated with female gender (P = 0.036). In addition, the global hypomethylation was associated with the poor disease-specific survival in TSCC patients (adjusted hazard ratio: 1.55, P = 0.043), especially for patients in older age group (> 50 years, P = 0.013), with moderate or poor cell differentiation (P = 0.044), early stage of disease (I-II, P = 0.046), small tumor size (T1-T2, P = 0.005), without lymph node involvement (P = 0.041), and ever received postoperative radiotherapy (P = 0.009). CONCLUSIONS Global hypomethylation was an independent biomarker for the development and poor prognosis of TSCC.
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- Hung-Chih Chen
- Department of Stomatology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Department of Dental Technology, Shu-Zen Junior College of Medicine and Management, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Stomatology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Department of Dental Technology, Shu-Zen Junior College of Medicine and Management, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Department of Nursing, Yuh-Ing Junior College of Health Care and Management, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.,Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Kadhim M, Salomaa S, Wright E, Hildebrandt G, Belyakov OV, Prise KM, Little MP. Non-targeted effects of ionising radiation--implications for low dose risk. Mutat Res 2013; 752:84-98. [PMID: 23262375 PMCID: PMC4091999 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2012.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2012] [Revised: 12/03/2012] [Accepted: 12/04/2012] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Non-DNA targeted effects of ionising radiation, which include genomic instability, and a variety of bystander effects including abscopal effects and bystander mediated adaptive response, have raised concerns about the magnitude of low-dose radiation risk. Genomic instability, bystander effects and adaptive responses are powered by fundamental, but not clearly understood systems that maintain tissue homeostasis. Despite excellent research in this field by various groups, there are still gaps in our understanding of the likely mechanisms associated with non-DNA targeted effects, particularly with respect to systemic (human health) consequences at low and intermediate doses of ionising radiation. Other outstanding questions include links between the different non-targeted responses and the variations in response observed between individuals and cell lines, possibly a function of genetic background. Furthermore, it is still not known what the initial target and early interactions in cells are that give rise to non-targeted responses in neighbouring or descendant cells. This paper provides a commentary on the current state of the field as a result of the non-targeted effects of ionising radiation (NOTE) Integrated Project funded by the European Union. Here we critically examine the evidence for non-targeted effects, discuss apparently contradictory results and consider implications for low-dose radiation health effects.
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- Munira Kadhim
- Department of Biological and Medical Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK.
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- STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, P.O. Box 14, 00881 Helsinki, Finland
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- School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, University of Dundee, Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, University of Rostock, Südring 75, 18051 Rostock, Germany
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- Hevesy Laboratory, Center for Nuclear Technologies, Technical University of Denmark, 4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Radiation Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
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Stepanenko AA, Kavsan VM. Evolutionary karyotypic theory of cancer versus conventional cancer gene mutation theory. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.7124/bc.000059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- A. A. Stepanenko
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
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MotherSill C, Seymour C. Changing paradigms in radiobiology. Mutat Res 2012; 750:85-95. [PMID: 22273762 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2011.12.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2011] [Accepted: 12/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The last 25 years have seen a major shift in emphasis in the field of radiobiology from a DNA-centric view of how radiation damage occurs to a much more biological view that appreciates the importance of macro-and micro-environments, hierarchical organization, underlying genetics, evolution, adaptation and signaling at all levels from atoms to ecosystems. The new view incorporates concepts of hormesis, nonlinear systems, bioenergy field theory, uncertainty and homeodynamics. While the mechanisms underlying these effects and responses are still far from clear, it is very apparent that their implications are much wider than the field of radiobiology. This reflection discusses the changing views and considers how they are influencing thought in environmental and medical science and systems biology.
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- Carmel MotherSill
- McMaster Institute of Applied Radiation Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada.
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- McMaster Institute of Applied Radiation Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4K1, Canada.
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Hu B, Grabham P, Nie J, Balajee AS, Zhou H, Hei TK, Geard CR. Intrachromosomal Changes and Genomic Instability in Site-Specific Microbeam-Irradiated and Bystander Human-Hamster Hybrid Cells. Radiat Res 2012; 177:25-34. [DOI: 10.1667/rr2757.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Saito T, Hama S, Izumi H, Yamasaki F, Kajiwara Y, Matsuura S, Morishima K, Hidaka T, Shrestha P, Sugiyama K, Kurisu K. Centrosome amplification induced by survivin suppression enhances both chromosome instability and radiosensitivity in glioma cells. Br J Cancer 2008; 98:345-55. [PMID: 18195712 PMCID: PMC2361434 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Glioblastoma is characterised by invasive growth and a high degree of radioresistance. Survivin, a regulator of chromosome segregation, is highly expressed and known to induce radioresistance in human gliomas. In this study, we examined the effect of survivin suppression on radiosensitivity in malignant glioma cells, while focusing on centrosome aberration and chromosome instability (CIN). We suppressed survivin by small interfering RNA transfection, and examined the radiosensitivity using a clonogenic assay and a trypan blue exclusion assay in U251MG (p53 mutant) and D54MG (p53 wild type) cells. To assess the CIN status, we determined the number of centrosomes using an immunofluorescence analysis, and the centromeric copy number by fluorescence in situ hybridisation. As a result, the radiosensitisation differed regarding the p53 status as U251MG cells quickly developed extreme centrosome amplification (=CIN) and enhanced the radiosensitivity, while centrosome amplification and radiosensitivity increased more gradually in D54MG cells. TUNEL assay showed that survivin inhibition did not lead to apoptosis after irradiation. This cell death was accompanied by an increased degree of aneuploidy, suggesting mitotic cell death. Therefore, survivin inhibition may be an attractive therapeutic target to overcome the radioresistance while, in addition, proper attention to CIN (centrosome number) is considered important for improving radiosensitivity in human glioma.
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- T Saito
- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.
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Fan M, Ahmed KM, Coleman MC, Spitz DR, Li JJ. Nuclear factor-kappaB and manganese superoxide dismutase mediate adaptive radioresistance in low-dose irradiated mouse skin epithelial cells. Cancer Res 2007; 67:3220-8. [PMID: 17409430 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-2728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mechanisms governing inducible resistance to ionizing radiation in untransformed epithelial cells pre-exposed to low-dose ionizing radiation (LDIR; </=10 cGy) are not well understood. The present study provides evidence that pre-exposure to 10 cGy X-rays increases clonogenic survival of mouse skin JB6P+ epithelial cells subsequently exposed to 2 Gy doses of gamma-rays. To elucidate the molecular pathways of LDIR-induced adaptive radioresistance, the transcription factor nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and a group of NF-kappaB-related proteins [i.e., p65, manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD), phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase, cyclin B1, and 14-3-3zeta] were identified to be activated as early as 15 min after LDIR. Further analysis revealed that a substantial amount of both 14-3-3zeta and cyclin B1 accumulated in the cytoplasm at 4 to 8 h when cell survival was enhanced. The nuclear 14-3-3zeta and cyclin B1 were reduced and increased at 4 and 24 h, respectively, after LDIR. Using YFP-fusion gene expression vectors, interaction between 14-3-3zeta and cyclin B1 was visualized in living cells, and LDIR enhanced the nuclear translocation of the 14-3-3zeta/cyclin B1 complex. Treatment of JB6P+ cells with the NF-kappaB inhibitor IMD-0354 suppressed LDIR-induced expression of MnSOD, 14-3-3zeta, and cyclin B1 and diminished the adaptive radioresistance. In addition, treatment with small interfering RNA against mouse MnSOD was shown to inhibit the development of LDIR-induced radioresistance. Together, these results show that NF-kappaB, MnSOD, 14-3-3zeta, and cyclin B1 contribute to LDIR-induced adaptive radioresistance in mouse skin epithelial cells.
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- Ming Fan
- Division of Molecular Radiobiology, School of Health Sciences and Purdue Cancer Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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Nagar S, Smith LE, Morgan WF. Variation in apoptosis profiles in radiation-induced genomically unstable cell lines. Radiat Res 2005; 163:324-31. [PMID: 15733039 DOI: 10.1667/rr3287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Delayed reproductive cell death or lethal mutations in the survivors of irradiated cells is a well-characterized end point associated with radiation-induced genomic instability. Although the mechanism for this delayed lethality has not been identified, it is thought to be a means of eliminating cells that have sustained extensive damage, thus preventing tissue disruption after radiation exposure. In this study we have tested the hypothesis that delayed reproductive cell death in chromosomally unstable GM10115 clones is due to persistently increased levels of apoptosis. Evidence for differences in apoptosis in two representative genomically unstable clones after irradiation is presented. In addition, one of the unstable clones was found to have abnormal levels of apoptosis after radiation exposure. An understanding of apoptosis in genomically unstable clones may provide insight into the maintenance of genomic instability and the mechanism by which genomically unstable cells evade cell death, potentially contributing to carcinogenesis.
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- Shruti Nagar
- Radiation Oncology Research Laboratory, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD 21201-1559, USA
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Snyder AR, Morgan WF. Differential induction and activation of NF-kappaB transcription complexes in radiation-induced chromosomally unstable cell lines. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2005; 45:177-187. [PMID: 15645469 DOI: 10.1002/em.20092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Radiation-induced genomic instability is a delayed effect of ionizing radiation that may contribute to radiation carcinogenesis. Prior microarray studies investigating gene expression changes in genomically unstable cell lines isolated after radiation exposure uncovered the differential expression of the NF-kappaB p105 mRNA. In this study, the functionality of the NF-kappaB pathway was examined to determine its role in regulating gene expression changes after oxidative stress in chromosomally stable and unstable human-hamster hybrid clones. Basal DNA-binding activity assays showed no significant differences between the clones; however, further experiments established differences in NF-kappaB induction in three chromosomally unstable clones after acute hydrogen peroxide treatment. A second assay was used to confirm this differential activity in the chromosomally unstable clones by studying reporter gene activation after treatment with hydrogen peroxide. Yet an initial upstream analysis of the pathway revealed no significant increase in the level of IkappaBalpha inhibitor protein in the unstable clones. Downstream tests analyzing the induction of the antiapoptotic target protein Bcl-2 found variable induction among the stable and unstable clones. These differences did not translate to a reduction in clonogenic survival after acute exposure to oxidative stress, as the irradiated but chromosomally stable clone displayed the most sensitivity. Due to its role in regulating a diverse set of cellular functions, including responses to oxidative stress, alterations in the NF-kappaB pathway in chromosomally unstable clones may regulate the differential physiology of a subset of chromosomally unstable clones and could contribute to the perpetuation of the phenotype. However, a specific role for defective induction and activation of this pathway remains unidentified.
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- Andrew R Snyder
- Molecular and Cell Biology Graduate Program, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Abdel-Rahman WM, Lohi H, Knuutila S, Peltomäki P. Restoring mismatch repair does not stop the formation of reciprocal translocations in the colon cancer cell line HCA7 but further destabilizes chromosome number. Oncogene 2005; 24:706-713. [PMID: 15580308 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1208129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2004] [Revised: 08/10/2004] [Accepted: 08/25/2004] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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An important anticarcinogenic function of the mismatch repair (MMR) system is its role in preventing recombination between similar, but nonidentical (homeologous) sequences, thus preventing chromosomal rearrangements. We recently identified a novel chromosomal instability (CIN) phenotype in an MMR defective colon cancer cell line (HCA7) characterized by an ongoing tendency to multiple reciprocal chromosomal translocations. To analyse the relation between MMR and chromosomal changes more closely, the HCA7 stem clone was divided into three stocks. The first was stably transfected with MLH1 expression plasmid, the second was regularly exposed to the demethylating agent 5-azacytidin to re-express the hypermethylated MLH1 gene, and the third was an unmanipulated control stock. All stocks were propagated in vitro for 55-80 passages and, furthermore, some of the early passages were irradiated to induce DNA double-strand breaks. Multiplex-fluorescent in situ hybridization (M-FISH) analysis showed that all three stocks acquired varying numbers of reciprocal translocations and other structural changes at some point. Interestingly, the control stock, which is MMR defective, maintained its numerical chromosomal stability, while some of the MMR-proficient clones showed additional numerical instability. Although the control stock was less sensitive to irradiation, its surviving clones showed marked stability of chromosome structure and number compared to the MMR-competent stocks. These results show that restoring MMR does not prevent the development of reciprocal translocations but rather predisposes cells to numerical CIN after irradiation. Thus, the accumulating data suggest that MMR defect may not be necessary for the development of reciprocal chromosomal translocations but might be permissive.
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Huang L, Grim S, Smith LE, Kim PM, Nickoloff JA, Goloubeva OG, Morgan WF. Ionizing radiation induces delayed hyperrecombination in Mammalian cells. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:5060-8. [PMID: 15143196 PMCID: PMC416413 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.11.5060-5068.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Exposure to ionizing radiation can result in delayed effects that can be detected in the progeny of an irradiated cell multiple generations after the initial exposure. These effects are described under the rubric of radiation-induced genomic instability and encompass multiple genotoxic endpoints. We have developed a green fluorescence protein (GFP)-based assay and demonstrated that ionizing radiation induces genomic instability in human RKO-derived cells and in human hamster hybrid GM10115 cells, manifested as increased homologous recombination (HR). Up to 10% of cells cultured after irradiation produce mixed GFP(+/-) colonies indicative of delayed HR or, in the case of RKO-derived cells, mutation and deletion. Consistent with prior studies, delayed chromosomal instability correlated with delayed reproductive cell death. In contrast, cells displaying delayed HR showed no evidence of delayed reproductive cell death, and there was no correlation between delayed chromosomal instability and delayed HR, indicating that these forms of genome instability arise by distinct mechanisms. Because delayed hyperrecombination can be induced at doses of ionizing radiation that are not associated with significantly reduced cell viability, these data may have important implications for assessment of radiation risk and understanding the mechanisms of radiation carcinogenesis.
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- Lei Huang
- Radiation Oncology Research Laboratory, Bressler Research Building, Room 7-002, University of Maryland, 655 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201-1559, USA.
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Genomic instability is effectively induced by ionizing radiation. Recently, evidence has accumulated supporting a relationship between genetic background and the radiation-induced genomic instability phenotype. This is possibly due to alterations in proteins responsible for maintenance of genomic integrity or altered oxidative metabolism. Studies in human cell lines, human primary cells, and mouse models have been performed predominantly using high linear energy transfer (LET) radiation, or high doses of low LET radiation. The interplay between genetics, radiation response, and genomic instability has not been fully determined at low doses of low LET radiation. However, recent studies using low doses of low LET radiation suggest that the relationship between genetic background and radiation-induced genomic instability may be more complicated than these same relationships at high LET or high doses of low LET radiation. The complexity of this relationship at low doses of low LET radiation suggests that more of the population may be at risk than previously recognized and may have implications for radiation risk assessment.
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- Munira A Kadhim
- Radiation and Genome Stability Unit, Medical Research Council, Harwell, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, UK.
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