Clingen, P.H.;
De Silva, I.U.;
McHugh, P.J.;
Ghadessy, F.J.;
Tilby, M.J.;
Thurston, D.E.;
Hartley, J.A.;
(2005)
The XPF-ERCC1 endonuclease and homologous
recombination contribute to the repair of minor
groove DNA interstrand crosslinks inmammalian cells
produced by the pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine
dimer SJG-136.
Nucleic Acids Research
, 33
(10)
pp. 3283-3291.
10.1093/nar/gki639.
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Abstract
SJG-136, a pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine (PBD) dimer, is a highly efficient interstrand crosslinking agent that reacts with guanine bases in a 5'-GATC-3' sequence in the DNA minor groove. SJG-136 crosslinks form rapidly and persist compared to those produced by conventional crosslinking agents such as nitrogen mustard, melphalan or cisplatin which bind in the DNA major groove. A panel of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells with defined defects in specific DNA repair pathways were exposed to the bi-functional agents SJG-136 and melphalan, and to their mono-functional analogues mmy-SJG and mono-functional melphalan. SJG-136 was >100 times more cytotoxic than melphalan, and the bi-functional agents were much more cytotoxic than their respective mono-functional analogues. Cellular sensitivity of both SJG-136 and melphalan was dependent on the XPF-ERCC1 heterodimer, and homologous recombination repair factors XRCC2 and XRCC3. The relative level of sensitivity of these repair mutant cell lines to SJG-136 was, however, significantly less than with major groove crosslinking agents. In contrast to melphalan, there was no clear correlation between sensitivity to SJG-136 and crosslink unhooking capacity measured using a modified comet assay. Furthermore, repair of SJG-136 crosslinks did not involve the formation of DNA double-strand breaks. SJG-136 cytotoxicity is likely to result from the poor recognition of DNA damage by repair proteins resulting in the slow repair of both mono-adducts and more importantly crosslinks in the minor groove.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The XPF-ERCC1 endonuclease and homologous recombination contribute to the repair of minor groove DNA interstrand crosslinks inmammalian cells produced by the pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine dimer SJG-136 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1093/nar/gki639 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nar/gki639 |
| Language: | English |
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| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/759 |
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