DNA damage response in human testes and testicular germ cell tumours: biology and implications for therapy.
Int J Androl
; 30(4): 282-91; discussion 291, 2007 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
DNA damage response (DDR) is emerging as a physiological anti-cancer barrier in early stages of cancer development, as shown for several types of solid cancers derived from somatic cells. Here we discuss our recently published and unpublished results on the exceptional paucity of such constitutive activation of the DDR machinery in human testicular germ cell tumours (TGCTs), including their common pre-invasive stage of carcinoma in situ (CIS). Our conclusions are supported by immunohistochemical analyses of multiple markers of activated DNA damage signalling, such as the phosphorylated ATM and Chk2 checkpoint kinases and phosphorylated histone H2AX. We propose that the unique lack of DDR activation in TGCTs reflects the biology of their cell of origin, the gonocyte. Furthermore, we propose that the lack of DDR activation avoids the pressure to select for mutations in DDR genes such as p53 or ATM, and the resulting intact DDR machinery may have implications for the exceptional curability of TGCTs by DNA damaging therapies.
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Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Testiculares
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Dano ao DNA
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Neoplasias Embrionárias de Células Germinativas
Limite:
Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Androl
Ano de publicação:
2007
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