Both XPA and DNA polymerase eta are necessary for the repair of doxorubicin-induced DNA lesions

Maria Carolina S. Moraes, Annabel Quinet de Andrade, Helotonio Carvalho, Temenouga Guecheva, Mateus H. Agnoletto, João A.P. Henriques, Alain Sarasin, Anne Stary, Jenifer Saffi, Carlos F.M. Menck

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Abstract

Doxorubicin (DOX) is an important tumor chemotherapeutic agent, acting mainly by genotoxic action. This work focus on cell processes that help cell survival, after DOX-induced DNA damage. In fact, cells deficient for XPA or DNA polymerase eta (pol eta, XPV) proteins (involved in distinct DNA repair pathways) are highly DOX-sensitive. Moreover, LY294002, an inhibitor of PIKK kinases, showed a synergistic killing effect in cells deficient in these proteins, with a strong induction of G2/M cell cycle arrest. Taken together, these results indicate that XPA and pol eta proteins participate in cell resistance to DOX-treatment, and kinase inhibitors can selectively enhance its killing effects, probably reducing the cell ability to recover from breaks induced in DNA.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)108-118
Number of pages11
JournalCancer Letters
Volume314
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2012

Keywords

  • DNA polymerase eta (pol eta)
  • DNA repair
  • Doxorubicin
  • LY294002
  • XPA
  • XPV

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