2004
Translational autoregulation of thymidylate synthase and dihydrofolate reductase.
Tai N, Schmitz JC, Liu J, Lin X, Bailly M, Chen TM, Chu E. Translational autoregulation of thymidylate synthase and dihydrofolate reductase. Frontiers In Bioscience-Landmark 2004, 9: 2521-6. PMID: 15353304, DOI: 10.2741/1413.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecific RNA-protein interactionsRNA-protein interactionsVivo experimental model systemsAutoregulatory feedback mechanismFolate-dependent enzymesTranslational repressionTranslational autoregulationCognate mRNADNA repairMolecular basisExperimental model systemTS proteinDHFR mRNAMolecular elementsCellular drug resistanceNucleotide precursorsFunctional consequencesDihydrofolate reductaseDHFR expressionAutoregulatory controlDNA synthesisEssential roleEnzyme catalysisThymidylate synthaseModel systemSmall Interfering Double-Stranded RNAs as Therapeutic Molecules to Restore Chemosensitivity to Thymidylate Synthase Inhibitor Compounds
Schmitz JC, Chen TM, Chu E. Small Interfering Double-Stranded RNAs as Therapeutic Molecules to Restore Chemosensitivity to Thymidylate Synthase Inhibitor Compounds. Cancer Research 2004, 64: 1431-1435. PMID: 14973067, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-03-1203.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTS expressionRKO cellsDose-dependent inhibitionCellular drug resistanceHuman colon cancer RKO cellsSynthase inhibitorColon cancer RKO cellsTherapeutic potentialDrug resistanceRNA interferenceMRNA levelsCell linesI. InhibitionProtein inductionSynthase mRNAChemosensitivityRaltitrexedDouble-stranded RNAInhibitor compoundsTherapeutic moleculesThymidylate synthase mRNATS mRNAPost-transcriptional mechanismsSiRNAEffective inhibitor
2001
Translational Regulation as a Novel Mechanism for the Development of Cellular Drug Resistance
Schmitz J, Liu J, Lin X, Chen T, Yan W, Tai N, Gollerkeri A, Chu E. Translational Regulation as a Novel Mechanism for the Development of Cellular Drug Resistance. Cancer And Metastasis Reviews 2001, 20: 33-41. PMID: 11831645, DOI: 10.1023/a:1013100306315.Peer-Reviewed Original Research