A pair of apurinic/apyrimidinic sites formed in DNA has been covalently connected with bis(aminooxy) derivatives. The efficacy of the interstrand cross-link is associated with the structural tethering of two aminooxy groups. The interstrand cross-link constructed stable DNA scaffolds for enzyme alignment.
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Cancers (Basel)
December 2024
Institute of Chemical Biology, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 11635 Athens, Greece.
: DNA damage response (DDR) is a network of molecular pathways associated with the pathogenesis and progression of several diseases, as well as the outcome of chemotherapy. Moreover, the intracellular redox status is essential for maintaining cell viability and controlling cellular signaling. Herein, we analyzed DDR signals and redox status in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from patients with lung cancer with different response rates to platinum-based chemotherapy.
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November 2024
Molecular Pathobiology Research Unit (UIPM), Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil E.P.E. (IPOLFG, EPE), Rua Professor Lima Basto, 1099-023 Lisbon, Portugal.
Serrated polyposis syndrome (SPS) is characterized by the development of multiple colorectal serrated polyps and increased predisposition to colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the molecular basis of SPS, especially in cases presenting family history of SPS and/or polyps and/or CRC in first-degree relatives (SPS-FHP/CRC), is still poorly understood. In a previous study, we proposed the existence of two molecular entities amongst SPS-FHP/CRC families, proximal/whole-colon and distal SPS-FHP/CRC, according to the preferential location of lesions and somatic events involved in tumor initiation.
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September 2024
Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry and Clinical Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy, "Iuliu-Hațieganu" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 400012 Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
ACS Omega
August 2024
Beijing Key Laboratory of Environment & Viral Oncology, College of Chemistry and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, P. R. China.
Lung cancer ranks as the second most diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Novel chemotherapeutic strategies are crucial to efficiently target tumor cells while minimizing toxicity to normal cells. In this study, we proposed a combination strategy using energy blocker lonidamine (LND) and cytotoxic drug nimustine (ACNU, 1-[(4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl)methyl]-3-(2-chloroethyl)-3-nitrosourea) to enhance the killing of a human lung cancer cell line and investigated the potential chemo-sensitizing mechanism of LND.
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September 2024
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4N1, Canada.
FANCJ/BRIP1, initially identified as DOG-1 (Deletions Of G-rich DNA) in Caenorhabditis elegans, plays a critical role in genome integrity by facilitating DNA interstrand cross-link repair and resolving G-quadruplex structures. Its function is tightly linked to a conserved [4Fe-4S] cluster-binding motif, mutations of which contribute to Fanconi anemia and various cancers. This study investigates the critical role of the iron-sulfur (Fe-S) cluster in DOG-1 and its relationship with the cytosolic iron-sulfur protein assembly targeting complex (CTC).
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