PubMed · 13690122
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J R CAMERON, F F GOLLIN. 1961. Liver scanning.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/13690122/
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Hypoxia stimulates a number of pathways critical to cancer cell survival, including the activation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) transcription. In normal fibroblasts, hypoxia-induced activation of the protein tyrosine kinase, Src, is required for VEGF expression. We show here in both pancreatic and prostate carcinoma cell lines cobalt chloride (used to mimic hypoxia) -induced VEGF expression requires Src activation and leads to increased steady-state levels of HIF-1alpha and increased phosphorylation of signal and transducer of transcription 3 (STAT3). STAT3 and hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1alpha bind simultaneously to the VEGF promoter, where they form a molecular complex with the transcription coactivators CBP/p300 and Ref-1/APE. Expression of activated Src from an inducible promoter is sufficient to increase VEGF expression and form these STAT3/HIF-1alpha-containing promoter complexes. Inhibition of DNA binding by expression of either STAT3 or HIF-1alpha dominant negative mutants significantly reduces VEGF expression. These data suggest that the binding of both STAT3 and HIF-1alpha to the VEGF promoter is required for maximum transcription of VEGF mRNA following hypoxia.
2-Deoxyribonolactone (L) is an oxidized abasic lesion that is produced by a variety of DNA damaging agents. It exhibits unique biological effects with respect to its proclivity to form DNA-protein cross-links and promutagenic base pairs. Recent evidence suggests that the levels of this lesion caused by oxidative stress are underestimated. We have developed a simple, selective method for detecting subpicomole amounts of L in DNA. The method takes advantage of the selective reaction of the butenolide (2) derived from beta-elimination from L with a biotinylated derivative of cysteine. This method will be useful for analyzing the levels of this oxidized abasic site in DNA.
A recent X-ray crystallographic analysis of the binding of a water soluble camptothecin analogue to the human topoisomerase I-DNA covalent binary complex has suggested the existence of some novel features in the way that camptothecin is bound to the binary complex. Four additional models based on chemical and biochemical data have also been proposed. Presently we describe S-containing analogues of camptothecin prepared on the basis of these models, and report their ability to form stable ternary complexes with human topoisomerase I, and to mediate cytotoxicity at the locus of topoisomerase I. The results indicate that replacement of the 20-OH group of CPT with a SH functionality results in diminution of the potency of CPT as a topoisomerase I poison, while replacement of the O atoms at positions 20 and 21 with S atoms results in essentially complete loss of topoisomerase I inhibitory activity.