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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
The recent emerging concept to sensitize cancer cells to DNA-alkylating drugs is by inhibiting various proteins in the base excision repair (BER) pathway. In the present study, we used structure-based molecular docking of DNA polymerase beta (Pol-beta) and identified a potent small molecular weight inhibitor, NSC-666715. We determined the specificity of this small molecular weight inhibitor for Pol-beta by using in vitro activities of APE1, Fen1, DNA ligase I, and Pol-beta-directed single-nucleotide and long-patch BER. The binding specificity of NSC-666715 with Pol-beta was also determined by using fluorescence anisotropy. The effect of NSC-666715 on the cytotoxicity of the DNA-alkylating drug temozolomide (TMZ) to colon cancer cells was determined by in vitro clonogenic and in vivo xenograft assays. The reduction in tumor growth was higher in the combination treatment relative to untreated or monotherapy treatment. NSC-666715 showed a high specificity for blocking Pol-beta activity. It blocked Pol-beta-directed single-nucleotide and long-patch BER without affecting the activity of APE1, Fen1, and DNA ligase I. Fluorescence anisotropy data suggested that NSC-666715 directly and specifically interacts with Pol-beta and interferes with binding to damaged DNA. NSC-666715 drastically induces the sensitivity of TMZ to colon cancer cells both in in vitro and in vivo assays. The results further suggest that the disruption of BER by NSC-666715 negates its contribution to drug resistance and bypasses other resistance factors, such as mismatch repair defects. Our findings provide the "proof-of-concept" for the development of highly specific and thus safer structure-based inhibitors for the prevention of tumor progression and/or treatment of colorectal cancer.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/APEX1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Antineoplastic Agents, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Neoplasm, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA Ligases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA Polymerase beta, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA ligase (ATP), http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dacarbazine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Enzyme Inhibitors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/FEN1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Flap Endonucleases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nucleotides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/temozolomide
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1557-3125
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1973-83
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-3-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Cell Death, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Colonic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-DNA Ligases, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-DNA Mismatch Repair, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-DNA Polymerase beta, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Dacarbazine, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Drug Screening Assays, Antitumor, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Drug Synergism, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Enzyme Inhibitors, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Flap Endonucleases, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Nucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:19996303-Xenograft Model Antitumor Assays
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
A novel inhibitor of DNA polymerase beta enhances the ability of temozolomide to impair the growth of colon cancer cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and University of Florida Shands Cancer Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural