Antiproliferative activity of ecteinascidin 743 is dependent upon transcription-coupled nucleotide-excision repair.
Nat Med
; 7(8): 961-6, 2001 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
While investigating the novel anticancer drug ecteinascidin 743 (Et743), a natural marine product isolated from the Caribbean sea squirt, we discovered a new cell-killing mechanism mediated by DNA nucleotide excision repair (NER). A cancer cell line selected for resistance to Et743 had chromosome alterations in a region that included the gene implicated in the hereditary disease xeroderma pigmentosum (XPG, also known as Ercc5). Complementation with wild-type XPG restored the drug sensitivity. Xeroderma pigmentosum cells deficient in the NER genes XPG, XPA, XPD or XPF were resistant to Et743, and sensitivity was restored by complementation with wild-type genes. Moreover, studies of cells deficient in XPC or in the genes implicated in Cockayne syndrome (CSA and CSB) indicated that the drug sensitivity is specifically dependent on the transcription-coupled pathway of NER. We found that Et743 interacts with the transcription-coupled NER machinery to induce lethal DNA strand breaks.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transcrição Gênica
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Divisão Celular
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Dioxóis
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Reparo do DNA
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Isoquinolinas
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Antineoplásicos
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Med
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA MOLECULAR
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MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
2001
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos