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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-30
pubmed:abstractText
Although human cells exposed to DNA-methylating agents undergo mismatch repair (MMR)-dependent G(2) arrest, the basis for the linkage between MMR and the G(2) checkpoint is unclear. We noted that mitogen-activated protein kinase p38alpha was activated in MMR-proficient human glioma cells exposed to the chemotherapeutic methylating agent temozolomide (TMZ) but not in paired cells made MMR deficient by expression of a short inhibitory RNA (siRNA) targeted to the MMR protein Mlh1. Furthermore, activation of p38alpha in MMR-proficient cells was associated with nuclear inactivation of the cell cycle regulator Cdc25C phosphatase and its downstream target Cdc2 and with activation of the G(2) checkpoint, actions which were suppressed by the p38alpha/beta inhibitors SB203580 and SB202590 or by expression of a p38alpha siRNA. Finally, pharmacologic or genetic inhibition of p38alpha increased the sensitivity of MMR-proficient cells to the cytotoxic actions of TMZ by increasing the percentage of cells that underwent mitotic catastrophe as a consequence of G(2) checkpoint bypass. These results suggest that p38alpha links DNA MMR to the G(2) checkpoint and to resistance to chemotherapeutic DNA-methylating agents. The p38 pathway may therefore represent a new target for the development of agents to sensitize tumor cells to chemotherapeutic methylating agents.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
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pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0270-7306
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
23
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8306-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
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