2019
PPM1D mutations silence NAPRT gene expression and confer NAMPT inhibitor sensitivity in glioma
Fons NR, Sundaram RK, Breuer GA, Peng S, McLean RL, Kalathil AN, Schmidt MS, Carvalho DM, Mackay A, Jones C, Carcaboso ÁM, Nazarian J, Berens ME, Brenner C, Bindra RS. PPM1D mutations silence NAPRT gene expression and confer NAMPT inhibitor sensitivity in glioma. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 3790. PMID: 31439867, PMCID: PMC6706443, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11732-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBrain Stem NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorChildCytokinesDiffuse Intrinsic Pontine GliomaDNA MethylationEpigenetic RepressionFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansMiceNicotinamide PhosphoribosyltransferasePonsPrimary Cell CultureProtein Phosphatase 2CSynthetic Lethal MutationsXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysConceptsNicotinic acid phosphoribosyltransferaseSynthetic lethal interactionsNAMPT inhibitorsTumor-specific cell killingProtein phosphataseEpigenetic silencingMutant cellsKey genesCpG islandsLethal interactionsNAD biosynthesisGene expressionInhibitor sensitivityNAD metabolismOncogenic rolePediatric gliomasMutationsModel systemCell killingDriver mutationsPediatric high-grade gliomasMutant tumorsOncogenic driver mutationsNicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase (NAMPT) inhibitionGenome
2007
Regulation of DNA repair in hypoxic cancer cells
Bindra RS, Crosby ME, Glazer PM. Regulation of DNA repair in hypoxic cancer cells. Cancer And Metastasis Reviews 2007, 26: 249-260. PMID: 17415527, DOI: 10.1007/s10555-007-9061-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic instabilityMismatch repairHypoxia-induced genetic instabilityDNA damage response factorsDamage response factorsDNA damage responseCellular stress responseATM/ATRDNA repair pathwaysHomologous recombination pathwayCancer cellsAcute DNA damage responseDNA mismatch repairTumor microenvironmental stressDamage responseKey genesHR repairDNA repairRepair pathwaysMicroenvironmental stressHypoxic cancer cellsStress responsePossible mechanistic explanationRecombination pathwayResponse factorCo-repression of mismatch repair gene expression by hypoxia in cancer cells: Role of the Myc/Max network
Bindra RS, Glazer PM. Co-repression of mismatch repair gene expression by hypoxia in cancer cells: Role of the Myc/Max network. Cancer Letters 2007, 252: 93-103. PMID: 17275176, DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2006.12.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsCell Cycle ProteinsCell HypoxiaCell Line, TumorDNA Mismatch RepairDown-RegulationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenomic InstabilityHumansHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1MutL Protein Homolog 1MutS Homolog 2 ProteinNeoplasmsNuclear ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycRepressor ProteinsConceptsHypoxia-inducible factorHypoxia-induced genetic instabilityGene expressionGenetic instabilityRepair genesStress response pathwaysC-Myc/MaxStress response factorsMismatch repair genesCancer cellsRepair gene expressionMax complexesCoordinated repressionKey genesDNA repairMMR pathwayProximal promoterMicroenvironmental stressMax networkMMR gene expressionDeficient cellsGenesRepressionEssential roleMMR genes