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E-Book, Englisch, 449 Seiten
Khanna / Shiloh The DNA Damage Response: Implications on Cancer Formation and Treatment
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-90-481-2561-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 449 Seiten
ISBN: 978-90-481-2561-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
1;Preface;4
2;Contents;6
3;Contributors;8
4;1 DNA Damage Sensing and Signaling;11
4.1;1.1 Preamble;11
4.2;1.2 DNA Damage Sensing and the Initiation of DNA Damage Signaling;13
4.3;1.3 ATM Signaling and the DNA Double-Strand Break Paradigm;14
4.3.1;1.3.1 ATM: The Master of DSB Signaling;15
4.3.2;1.3.2 ATM Activation by DSBs and MRN;16
4.3.3;1.3.3 Is ATM a DNA-Activated Kinase?;18
4.4;1.4 ATR Signaling: The Two-Man Rule;19
4.4.1;1.4.1 The Role of ssDNA in ATR Activation;19
4.4.2;1.4.2 The Role of 9-1-1 and TopBP1 in ATR Activation;20
4.5;1.5 Unresolved Questions;21
4.5.1;1.5.1 How is DNA Damage Sensed During DNA Damage Signaling?;21
4.5.2;1.5.2 How are PIKK Signaling Thresholds Established?;22
4.5.3;1.5.3 Does DNA-PKcs Play a Signaling Role?;22
4.5.4;1.5.4 Disassembly of DNA Damage Sensing Complexes;23
4.6;1.6 DNA Damage Signaling and Sensing: Clinical Perspectives;23
4.6.1;1.6.1 Biomarkers;23
4.6.2;1.6.2 DNA Damage Signaling Inhibitors;24
4.6.3;1.6.3 Suppressors of DNA Damage Signaling Defects;25
4.7;References;26
5;2 Signaling at Stalled Replication Forks;35
5.1;2.1 Introduction;35
5.2;2.2 Replication and Fork Stalling;35
5.2.1;2.2.1 Initiating DNA Replication;36
5.2.2;2.2.2 Replication Stress;36
5.3;2.3 ATR Signaling at a Stalled Replication Fork;38
5.3.1;2.3.1 ATRIP;39
5.3.2;2.3.2 The 9-1-1 Complex;41
5.3.3;2.3.3 TopBP1;42
5.3.4;2.3.4 CHK1;45
5.3.5;2.3.5 Regulation of DNA Replication by ATR;46
5.4;2.4 ATR Signaling and Cancer;47
5.5;2.5 Conclusions and Future Directions;48
5.6;References;49
6;3 An Oncogene-Induced DNA Replication Stress Model for Cancer Development;56
6.1;3.1 Introduction;56
6.2;3.2 Key Developments and Concepts;56
6.2.1;3.2.1 Identification of Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressors;57
6.2.2;3.2.2 Genomic Instability as a Characteristic of Most Human Cancers and Its Underlying Genetic Basis;57
6.2.3;3.2.3 Identification of a Pathway, Involving ARF and p53, by Which Oncogenes Induce Apoptosis or Senescence;59
6.3;3.3 A New Model to Explain Genomic Instability and Tumor Suppression in Human Cancers;59
6.3.1;3.3.1 Identification of DNA DSBs in Human Cancers and in Cells Expressing Activated Oncogenes;60
6.3.2;3.3.2 The DNA Damage Checkpoint as an Important Mediator of Oncogene-Induced Senescence and/or Apoptosis and a Barrier to Tumor Development;61
6.3.3;3.3.3 DNA Replication Stress Induces DNA DSBs and Genomic Instability in Cancer;62
6.4;3.4 A Model for Cancer Development;64
6.5;References;65
7;4 Cellular Responses to Oxidative Stress;73
7.1;4.1 Introduction;73
7.1.1;4.1.1 Cellular Redox State;73
7.1.2;4.1.2 Oxidative Stress;74
7.1.3;4.1.3 The Oxygen Molecule (O2);75
7.1.4;4.1.4 Oxygen Radicals;76
7.1.4.1;4.1.4.1 The Superoxide Anion Radical (-O2-);77
7.1.5;4.1.5 The Hydroxyl Radical (OH);77
7.1.6;4.1.6 The Peroxyl Radical (L);77
7.2;4.2 Non-Radical ROS;77
7.2.1;4.2.1 Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2 );78
7.2.2;4.2.2 Nitric Oxide (NO) and Generation of the Peroxinitrite Anion (ONOO-);78
7.2.3;4.2.3 Cellular Defense Mechanisms Against Oxidative Stress;78
7.2.4;4.2.4 Brain Vulnerability to Oxidative Stress;81
7.2.5;4.2.5 Oxidative Stress in Neurodegenerative Diseases;81
7.3;4.3 Conclusions;83
7.4;References;84
8;5 Cell Cycle Regulation and DNA Damage;88
8.1;5.1 Introduction;88
8.2;5.2 Overview of the Cell Cycle;89
8.2.1;5.2.1 Cyclins and Cyclin-Dependent Kinases;91
8.2.2;5.2.2 Control of Cyclin Stability;92
8.2.3;5.2.3 Post-Translational Regulation of CDK Activity;92
8.2.4;5.2.4 Cell-Cycle Phase Transitions;93
8.2.4.1;5.2.4.1 G1/S-Phase;93
8.2.4.2;5.2.4.2 G2/M Transition;94
8.3;5.3 Cell Cycle Interfaces of the DNA Damage Response;95
8.3.1;5.3.1 G1/S Checkpoint;95
8.3.1.1;5.3.1.1 Rapid G1/S Checkpoint Arrest;96
8.3.1.2;5.3.1.2 Delayed G1/S Checkpoint Arrest and the p53 Tumor Suppressor;97
8.3.2;5.3.2 S-Phase DNA Damage Checkpoints;98
8.3.2.1;5.3.2.1 ATM-Dependent Intra-S-Phase Checkpoint;98
8.3.2.2;5.3.2.2 ATR-Dependent S-Phase Checkpoint Arrest;100
8.3.2.3;5.3.2.3 S/M Checkpoint;101
8.3.3;5.3.3 G2/M Checkpoint;102
8.3.3.1;5.3.3.1 Initiation of G2/M Arrest;102
8.3.3.2;5.3.3.2 Stress-Activated Kinases and G2/M Delay;104
8.3.3.3;5.3.3.3 Transcription-Dependent G2/M Checkpoint Pathways;105
8.3.3.4;5.3.3.4 Recovery from G2/M Checkpoint Arrest;105
8.4;5.4 The DDR and Cell Cycle Latency: The Special Case of Neurons;106
8.4.1;5.4.1 Concluding Remarks: Exploiting Checkpoint Defects Therapeutically;107
8.5;References;108
9;6 Chromatin Modifications Involved in the DNA Damage Response to Double Strand Breaks;115
9.1;6.1 Chromatin Structure;115
9.2;6.2 Overview of DSB Repair Pathways;116
9.3;6.3 Histone Modifications Associated with DNA Damage Repair;117
9.3.1;6.3.1 Phosphorylation of H2AX;117
9.3.2;6.3.2 Additional Histone Phosphorylation Events;119
9.4;6.4 Methylation of Histones;120
9.5;6.5 Ubiquitination of Histones;120
9.6;6.6 Histone Acetylation and Deacetylation;121
9.7;6.7 Recruitment of Chromatin Remodelling Factors;125
9.7.1;6.7.1 SWI/SNF;125
9.7.2;6.7.2 The INO80 Remodelling Complex;126
9.7.3;6.7.3 Remodels the Structure of Chromatin (RSC);127
9.7.4;6.7.4 Tip60/p400 and the NuA4 Complex;128
9.8;6.8 Recent Advances in the Chromatin-Repair Field;129
9.9;6.9 Conclusions;130
9.10;References;130
10;7 Telomere Metabolism and DNA Damage Response;138
10.1;7.1 Telomeres;138
10.2;7.2 Telomere Dysfunction;142
10.3;7.3 DNA Damage Foci at Dysfunctional Telomeres;143
10.4;7.4 Factors Common in DNA Damage Response and Telomere Metabolism;144
10.5;7.5 ATM;146
10.6;7.6 MDC1;148
10.7;7.7 c-Abl;148
10.8;7.8 Mammalian Rad9;148
10.9;7.9 DNA-PK;149
10.10;7.10 Ku;149
10.11;7.11 MRN;150
10.12;7.12 14-3-3;150
10.13;7.13 Heterochromatin Protein 1 (HP1);151
10.14;7.14 Chromatin Modification in Response to DNA DSBs;152
10.15;7.15 DSB Signaling and Checkpoint Activation;153
10.16;7.16 Conclusions and Future Prospects;153
10.17;References;154
11;8 DNA Double Strand Break Repair: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Potential;162
11.1;8.1 Introduction;163
11.2;8.2 Detection and Repair of IR-Induced DNA Damage;164
11.2.1;8.2.1 IR-Induced Forms of DNA Damage;164
11.2.2;8.2.2 The Major DSB Repair Pathways in Mammalian Cells;164
11.2.2.1;8.2.2.1 Non-Homologous End Joining (NHEJ);164
11.2.2.2;8.2.2.2 Alternative Non-Homologous End Joining (Alt-NHEJ);168
11.2.3;8.2.3 Homology Directed Repair (HDR);168
11.2.4;8.2.4 DSB Repair Pathway Choice;170
11.3;8.3 The Therapeutic Potential of DSB Repair Pathways;170
11.3.1;8.3.1 DSB Repair Pathways as Predictors of Radiation Response and Treatment Outcome;170
11.3.2;8.3.2 Small Molecule Inhibitors of DSB Repair Pathways;171
11.3.3;8.3.3 Synthetic Lethality;172
11.4;8.4 Summary;173
11.5;References;173
12;9 DNA Base Excision Repair: A Recipe for Survival;183
12.1;9.1 Introduction;185
12.2;9.2 DNA Damage;185
12.2.1;9.2.1 Endogenous DNA Lesions;186
12.2.2;9.2.2 Exogenous Lesions;186
12.2.2.1;9.2.2.1 Drugs and Other Alkylating Agents;186
12.3;9.3 Base Excision Repair (BER): A Pathway for Repairing Inappropriate Bases and Single-Strand Breaks: Early Observations;187
12.3.1;9.3.1 Further Clarification of the Base Excision Step;188
12.4;9.4 Distinct Catalytic Mechanisms of Mono and Bifunctional DNA Glycosylases;189
12.5;9.5 A Common Mechanism for Substrate Recognition by Mono and Bifunctional DNA-Glycosylases;190
12.6;9.6 Mechanism of Discrimination of Damaged from Normal Bases by DNA Glycosylases;190
12.7;9.7 Distinct Steps Following Base Excision by DNA Glycosylases: Repair of AP Sites and Single-Strand Interruption with Nonligatable Termini;191
12.7.1;9.7.1 AP-Endonuclease (APE), a Ubiquitous Repair Protein with Dual Nucleolytic Activities;191
12.7.2;9.7.2 Mammalian Cells Express Only Xth type APE, APE1;192
12.7.3;9.7.3 Additional APE's Identified in Mammals;192
12.7.4;9.7.4 Additional Complexities: Involvement of PNK in a BER Subpathway for Mammalian Cells;193
12.8;9.8 Repair of Alkylated Bases by Monofunctional DNA Glycosylases and by MGMT, an Unusual Suicide Protein;193
12.9;9.9 Distal Steps in BER;194
12.10;9.10 Complexity of BER in Mammalian Cells: SN- vs. LP-BER;194
12.11;9.11 Repair Interactome A New Paradigm in BER;196
12.12;9.12 Coordination of Reaction Steps in the BER Pathway;197
12.13;9.13 Essentiality and Biological Consequences of BER Deficiency;198
12.13.1;9.13.1 Nonessentiality of Individual DNA Glycosylases in Mammals;198
12.13.2;9.13.2 APE1 is Essential in Mammalian Cells;199
12.13.3;9.13.3 Accumulation of Single-Strand Breaks in the Genome of APE1-Null Cells;200
12.14;9.14 BER in Mitochondria;200
12.15;9.15 Regulation of BER Activity In Vivo in Response to Genotoxic Stress;201
12.15.1;9.15.1 Sumoylation of TDG;201
12.15.2;9.15.2 Acetylation of DNA Glycosylases;202
12.16;9.16 Synopsis and Future Perspective;202
12.17;References;203
13;10 DNA Damage Tolerance and Translesion Synthesis;213
13.1;10.1 Introduction;213
13.2;10.2 In the Wilderness Pre 1999;214
13.3;10.3 1999 Light at the End of the Tunnel Y Family Polymerases Discovered;215
13.4;10.4 Structures of Y-Family Polymerases;216
13.5;10.5 Functions of Polymerases in TLS;216
13.5.1;10.5.1 Pol ;216
13.5.2;10.5.2 Pol ;219
13.5.3;10.5.3 Pol ;219
13.5.4;10.5.4 Rev1 and pol;220
13.6;10.6 Localisation and Protein-Protein Interactions of TLS Polymerases;221
13.7;10.7 Polymerase Switching;223
13.7.1;10.7.1 Ubiquitination of PCNA;223
13.7.2;10.7.2 Rad18 and Rad5;224
13.8;10.8 Events at Stalled Forks;228
13.9;10.9 Concluding Remarks;229
13.10;References;229
14;11 Nucleotide Excision Repair: from DNA Damage Processing to Human Disease;239
14.1;11.1 Introduction;239
14.2;11.2 Global Genome Repair;240
14.2.1;11.2.1 DNA Lesion Recognition in GG-NER;241
14.2.2;11.2.2 Assembly of the Preincision Complex;242
14.2.3;11.2.3 Dual Incision Step;244
14.2.4;11.2.4 The Post-Incision Step in NER;245
14.2.5;11.2.5 Damage Signaling in NER;246
14.2.6;11.2.6 Chromatin Structure and NER;248
14.3;11.3 Transcription Coupled Repair;250
14.3.1;11.3.1 Molecular Models for TC-NER;251
14.4;11.4 NER Deficiencies and Cancer;253
14.5;11.5 Perspectives;255
14.6;References;256
15;12 Chromosomal Single-Strand Break Repair;264
15.1;12.1 The Source and Structure of Endogenous DNA Single-Strand Breakage;264
15.2;12.2 DNA Single-Strand Breaks and Cell Fate;265
15.3;12.3 Mechanisms of Chromosomal Single-Strand Break Repair (SSBR);266
15.3.1;12.3.1 Detection of SSBs;266
15.3.2;12.3.2 DNA End Processing;269
15.3.3;12.3.3 DNA Gap Filling;270
15.3.4;12.3.4 DNA Ligation;271
15.4;12.4 The Organisation of SSBR;272
15.5;12.5 SSBR and the Cell Cycle;272
15.6;12.6 SSBR and Hereditary Genetic Disease;274
15.6.1;12.6.1 Ataxia with Oculomotor Apraxia Type-1 (AOA1);274
15.6.2;12.6.2 Spinocerebellar Ataxia with Axonal Neuropathy-1 (SCAN-1);276
15.7;12.7 Do SSBs and/or DSBs Cause SCAN1 and AOA1?;276
15.8;12.8 SSBs and Cancer;277
15.9;12.9 SSBs and Neurodegeneration;277
15.10;References;278
16;13 Mouse Models of DNA Double Strand Break Repair Deficiency and Cancer;288
16.1;13.1 Overview;288
16.2;13.2 Introduction;288
16.3;13.3 DNA DSB Repair Pathways;290
16.4;13.4 Mouse Models of DSBR Deficiency and Tumorigenesis;291
16.4.1;13.4.1 Inactivation of Homologous Recombination in the Mouse;292
16.4.2;13.4.2 Inactivation of Non-Homologous End-Joining in the Mouse;296
16.4.3;13.4.3 Inactivation of the DNA Damage Response;298
16.5;13.5 Conclusions and Perspectives;300
16.6;References;300
17;14 Cancer Biomarkers Associated with Damage Response Genes;309
17.1;14.1 Introduction;309
17.2;14.2 The Cellular Damage Response;310
17.3;14.3 Definitions of Prognostic and Predictive Factors;311
17.4;14.4 Biological Samples for Biomarker Measurements: Technical Considerations;312
17.5;14.5 Measurement of Biomarkers at the Protein Level;313
17.5.1;14.5.1 Protein Expression by Immunohistochemistry;313
17.5.2;14.5.2 Protein Expression in Serum and Plasma;318
17.6;14.6 Measurement of Biomarkers at the mRNA Level;319
17.7;14.7 Measurement of Biomarkers at the DNA Level;321
17.7.1;14.7.1 DNA Adducts and Measurements of Oxidative Stress;321
17.7.2;14.7.2 Germline Mutations as Biomarkers;322
17.7.3;14.7.3 Detection of Circulating Free Mutant DNA (ctDNA);323
17.7.4;14.7.4 Gene Promoter Methylation as a Predictive Factor;324
17.7.5;14.7.5 Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Genome Wide Association Studies: Cancer Risk and Pharmacogenetics;324
17.8;14.8 Conclusions;327
17.9;References;328
18;15 Linking Human RecQ Helicases to DNA Damage Response and Aging;333
18.1;15.1 Introduction: Genome Instability Syndromes and Aging;333
18.2;15.2 Human RecQ Helicases and DNA Double Strand Break Response;336
18.3;15.3 Human RecQ Helicases and DNA Replication Stress;338
18.4;15.4 Mouse Models Associated with RecQ Helicase Deficiency;340
18.5;15.5 Other RecQ Helicases;341
18.6;15.6 Perspectives;343
18.7;References;343
19;16 Single-Stranded DNA Binding Proteins Involved in Genome Maintenance;350
19.1;16.1 Single Stranded DNA;350
19.2;16.2 Evolution of SSBs;351
19.3;16.3 Structural Organisation;351
19.4;16.4 E.coli SSB;352
19.5;16.5 An Introduction to Replication Protein A;353
19.6;16.6 RPA Structure and DNA Binding;354
19.7;16.7 RPA Interacting Proteins;354
19.8;16.8 Phosphorylation of RPA;356
19.9;16.9 RPA and the Link with HDR Repair;357
19.10;16.10 hSSB1 and hSSB2;359
19.11;16.11 SSBs as Drug Targets;360
19.12;16.12 Summary;360
19.13;References;361
20;17 The Fanconi anemia-BRCA Pathway and Cancer;368
20.1;17.1 Introduction;368
20.2;17.2 Fanconi anemia;369
20.3;17.3 The Fanconi anemia-BRCA Pathway;373
20.3.1;17.3.1 The Fanconi anemia Genes;373
20.3.2;17.3.2 The FA Core Complex;378
20.3.3;17.3.3 Monoubiquitination of FANCD2 and FANCI;380
20.3.4;17.3.4 Activation of the FA-BRCA Pathway;380
20.3.5;17.3.5 Deubiquitination of FANCD2 by USP1;383
20.3.6;17.3.6 Localization of FA Proteins in Chromatin;384
20.3.7;17.3.7 Interaction of FA Proteins and Non-FA Proteins Involved in DNA Repair and DNA Damage Response;385
20.4;17.4 Cellular Defects in FA;386
20.4.1;17.4.1 Homologous Recombination;386
20.4.2;17.4.2 Translesion Synthesis ;388
20.4.3;17.4.3 Function of FA Proteins in Intra S Phase Cell Cycle Checkpoints;389
20.4.4;17.4.4 Notch-HES1 Pathway and the FA Core Complex;390
20.4.5;17.4.5 Other Functions of FA Proteins and Other Proteins Interacting with FA Proteins;390
20.5;17.5 FA Animal Models;391
20.5.1;17.5.1 Mouse Models;391
20.5.2;17.5.2 Other Models;391
20.6;17.6 The FA-BRCA Pathway in Human Cancer in the General (Non-FA) Population;392
20.6.1;17.6.1 FANCF Methylation in Ovarian Cancer;392
20.6.2;17.6.2 FANCF Methylation in Other Tumors;396
20.6.3;17.6.3 Other FA Genes;397
20.7;17.7 Implication of the FA-BRCA Pathway in Cancer Therapy;398
20.7.1;17.7.1 Exploiting the Defects of the FA-BRCA Pathway in Cancer Cells;398
20.7.2;17.7.2 Functional Restoration of the FA-BRCA Pathway as a Mechanism of Acquired Drug Resistance;399
20.7.3;17.7.3 The FA-BRCA Pathway as a Drug Target;400
20.8;17.8 Concluding Remarks;400
20.9;References;401
21;18 BRCA1 and BRCA2: Role in the DNA Damage Response, Cancer Formation and Treatment;416
21.1;18.1 Introduction;416
21.2;18.2 BRCA1 Structure and Function;417
21.2.1;18.2.1 BRCA1 and DNA Repair;419
21.2.2;18.2.2 BRCA1, DNA Damage Signaling and Cell Cycle Arrest;420
21.2.3;18.2.3 BRCA1 Ubiquitination and the DNA Damage Response;425
21.2.4;18.2.4 BRCA1 and Transcriptional Regulation;427
21.3;18.3 BRCA2 Structure and Function;429
21.3.1;18.3.1 BRCA2 and Cell Cycle Regulation;431
21.3.2;18.3.2 BRCA2 Chromatin Remodeling and Transcriptional Regulation;432
21.4;18.4 Tissue Specificity of BRCA1 and BRCA2 Related Cancers;433
21.5;18.5 BRCA1, BRCA2 and Cancer Treatment;433
21.6;18.6 Conclusion;437
21.7;References;437
22;Index;445




