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Radiotherapy resistance is an important and urgent challenge in the clinical management of esophageal squamous carcinoma (ESCC). However, the factors mediating the ESCC resistance to radiotherapy and its underlying molecular mechanisms are not fully clarified. Our previous studies have demonstrated the critical role of DNA polymerase iota (POLI) in ESCC development and progression, here, we aimed to investigate the involvement of POLI in ESCC radiotherapy resistance and elucidate the underlying molecular mechanism. We found that highly expressed POLI was correlated with shorter overall survival of ESCC patients received radiotherapy. Down-regulation of POLI sensitized ESCC to IR, prolonged γH2AX foci in nuclei and comet tails after IR. HR but not NHEJ repair is inhibited in POLI-deficient ESCC cells. POLI stabilizes RAD51 protein via competitively binding with and blocking the interaction between RAD51 and E3 ligase XIAP and XIAP-mediated ubiquitination. Furthermore, loss of POLI leads to the activation of GAS signaling. Our findings provide novel insight into the role of POLI in the development of radioresistance mediated by stabilizing RAD51 protein in ESCC.
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