Project description:The DNA Double-Strand Break Response Is Abnormal in Myeloblasts From Patients With Therapy-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia [Affymetrix]
Project description:Glioblastoma (GBM) standard of care includes surgical resection followed by ionizing radiation (IR) and Temozolomide, which induce DNA double-strand breaks. Homologous recombination (HR), a critical DNA double-strand break repair pathway, is augmented in GBM, contributing to resistance and poor patient outcomes. Here, we demonstrate that increasing dNTP levels impairs HR-mediated double-strand break repair, rendering GBM cells sensitive to IR and Temozolomide. Interestingly, combining an elevated dNTP pool level with IR and/or Temozolomide promotes the recruitment of DNA polymer-ase-α/primase, which is typically involved in Okazaki fragment synthesis during DNA replication, to the DNA double-strand break site, thereby interfering with DNA end resection. Specifically, higher dNTP pool levels disrupted the recruitment of HR-associated proteins such as RPA70 and RAD51, an effect reversed by Aphidicolin, a DNA polymerase-α/primase inhibitor. Impaired HR delayed IR- and/or Te-mozolomide-induced DNA double-strand break repair, leading to growth arrest and apoptosis. Furthermore, higher dNTP pool levels led to downregulation of DNA repli-cation and HR-associated genes, while upregulating several pro-apoptotic genes. In-creased sensitivity to IR and Temozolomide was also observed in engineered IR-resistant GBM cell lines and in naturally recurrent patient-derived GBM cells that emerge post-therapy. These findings emphasize how dNTP pool levels regulate HR and uncover a promising vulnerability that could be exploited to overcome resistance to DNA-damaging treatments in GBM and beyond.
Project description:CGH of stage 13 amplifying follicle cells to measure changes in replication fork progression in double-strand break repair mutants Comparative genomic hybridization was performed to compare amplification gradients of stage 13 follicle cells from several double-strand break repair mutants to wild type (OrR) gradients. Two-three replicates were done for each genotype.
Project description:Comparative proteomic analysis identified a total of 452 differentially abundant proteins (DAPs) in the fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) isolated spermatocytes from 12-month-old yak and cattleyak. 291 proteins were only identified in yak spermatocytes. Gene Ontology analysis revealed that the downregulated DAPs were mostly enriched in the cellular response to DNA damage stimulus and double-strand break (DSB) repair via break-induced replication, while the proteins specific for yak were related to cell division and cycle, spermatogenesis, and negative regulation of the extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway.
2023-03-21 | PXD043039 |
Project description:Role of RBM14 in double-strand break repair.