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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-11-25
pubmed:abstractText
The decrease in the copy number of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in cancer tissues might be associated with a decrease in oxidative mtDNA damage to achieve cancer immortalization and progression. Lung cancer specimens were collected from 29 patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgical resection. The relative mtDNA copy number and the oxidative mtDNA damage (formation of 8-OHdG in mtDNA) of each cancer tissue were measured by quantitative real-time PCR. Seven female and 22 male lung cancer patients, with a mean age of 63.5 years were evaluated. Tumors of five patients became progressive, 13 stable, and 11 partially responsive after preoperative chemotherapy. Low mtDNA copy number (P=0.089) and low degree of oxidative mtDNA damage (P=0.036) were found to associate with tumor progression. Moreover, mtDNA copy number was significantly related to the degree of oxidative mtDNA damage (P=0.031). The mtDNA copy number and oxidative mtDNA damage were lower in advanced NSCLC after chemotherapy. This finding suggests that a decrease in the content of mtDNA may result in a decrease of mitochondrial density in cancer cells, which leads to a decrease of endogenous ROS production and reduction of ROS-triggered DNA damage to achieve immortalization.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1569-9285
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
954-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Chemotherapy, Adjuvant, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Cisplatin, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-DNA, Mitochondrial, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-DNA Damage, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Deoxycytidine, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Deoxyguanosine, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Female, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Lung Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Male, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Neoadjuvant Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Oxidative Stress, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Pneumonectomy, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:18685121-Treatment Outcome
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Low copy number and low oxidative damage of mitochondrial DNA are associated with tumor progression in lung cancer tissues after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei 112, Taiwan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't