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  • 1
    ISSN: 1476-4687
    Source: Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine , Natural Sciences in General , Physics
    Notes: [Auszug] Eukaryotic cells use multiple, highly conserved mechanisms to contend with ultraviolet-light-induced DNA damage. One important response mechanism is transcription-coupled repair (TCR), during which DNA lesions in the transcribed strand of an active gene are repaired much faster than in the ...
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    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Science Ltd
    Molecular microbiology 56 (2005), S. 0 
    ISSN: 1365-2958
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: The Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein Rad4 is involved in damage recognition in nucleotide excision repair (NER). In RNA polymerase II-transcribed regions Rad4 is essential for both NER subpathways global genome repair (GGR) and transcription coupled repair (TCR). In ribosomal DNA (rDNA), however, the RNA polymerase I-transcribed strand can be repaired in the absence of Rad4. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae the YDR314C protein shows homology to Rad4. The possible involvement of YDR314C in NER was studied by analysing strand-specific cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) removal in both RNA pol I- and RNA pol II-transcribed genes. Here we show that the Rad4-independent repair of rDNA is dependent on YDR314C. Moreover, in Rad4 proficient cells preferential repair of the transcribed strand of RNA pol I-transcribed genes was lost after deletion of YDR314C, demonstrating that Rad4 cannot replace YDR314C. CPD removal from the RNA pol II-transcribed RPB2 gene was unaffected in ydr314c mutants. We conclude that the two homologous proteins Rad4 and YDR314C are both involved in NER and probably have a similar function, but operate at different loci in the genome and are unable to replace each other.
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    Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell
    Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 1999 (1999), S. 1429-1433 
    ISSN: 1434-1948
    Keywords: Antitumor drugs ; Platinum ; DNA ; Dendrimers ; L1210 Mouse leukemia ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: The synthesis and characterisation of the first generation of a poly(propyleneimine) dendrimer DAB(PA)4, substituted with four trans-diamminechloroplatinum moieties is reported. The compound DAB(PA-tPt-Cl)4 was designed to overcome two problems often associated with cisplatin resistance in cancer cells: (i) deactivation of the platinum species by intracellular thiolates and (ii) improved repair of crosslinks with DNA. The four-armed molecule can be expected to form crosslinks with DNA that are very different from the adducts formed by cisplatin. Also, the tetranuclear compound has four leaving groups, while cisplatin has only two. Therefore, DAB(PA-tPt-Cl)4 would be less susceptible towards inactivation by reaction with intracellular thiolates. A reaction with an excess of the model nucleobase guanosine 5′-monophosphate (GMP) confirmed that the tetranuclear compound is capable of binding a maximum of four nucleobases. Therefore, the inactivation of one or two arms would still leave the molecule with enough reactivity to form crosslinks with DNA. Cytotoxicity tests were performed on two mouse leukemia L1210 cell lines, both sensitive and resistant towards cisplatin, and in seven human tumor cell lines. In all cell lines, the tetranuclear compound showed a low cytotoxicity. It is suggested that the low activity is related to the structure of the compound. Probably the high charge (+6) at physiological pH and its branched structure hamper the molecule in crossing the cell membranes.
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