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Inhibiting Mitochondrial DNA Ligase III? Activates Caspase 1-Dependent Apoptosis in Cancer Cells.

ABSTRACT: Elevated levels of DNA ligase III? (LigIII?) have been identified as a biomarker of an alteration in DNA repair in cancer cells that confers hypersensitivity to a LigIII? inhibitor, L67, in combination with a poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor. Because LigIII? functions in the nucleus and mitochondria, we examined the effect of L67 on these organelles. Here, we show that, although the DNA ligase inhibitor selectively targets mitochondria, cancer and nonmalignant cells respond differently to disruption of mitochondrial DNA metabolism. Inhibition of mitochondrial LigIII? in cancer cells resulted in abnormal mitochondrial morphology, reduced levels of mitochondrial DNA, and increased levels of mitochondrially generated reactive oxygen species that caused nuclear DNA damage. In contrast, these effects did not occur in nonmalignant cells. Furthermore, inhibition of mitochondrial LigIII? activated a caspase 1-dependent apoptotic pathway, which is known to be part of inflammatory responses induced by pathogenic microorganisms in cancer, but not nonmalignant cells. These results demonstrate that the disruption of mitochondrial DNA metabolism elicits different responses in nonmalignant and cancer cells and suggests that the abnormal response in cancer cells may be exploited in the development of novel therapeutic strategies that selectively target cancer cells. Cancer Res; 76(18); 5431-41. ©2016 AACR.

SUBMITTER: Sallmyr A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5036517 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Inhibiting Mitochondrial DNA Ligase IIIα Activates Caspase 1-Dependent Apoptosis in Cancer Cells.

Sallmyr Annahita A Matsumoto Yoshihiro Y Roginskaya Vera V Van Houten Bennett B Tomkinson Alan E AE

Cancer research 20160808 18

Elevated levels of DNA ligase IIIα (LigIIIα) have been identified as a biomarker of an alteration in DNA repair in cancer cells that confers hypersensitivity to a LigIIIα inhibitor, L67, in combination with a poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitor. Because LigIIIα functions in the nucleus and mitochondria, we examined the effect of L67 on these organelles. Here, we show that, although the DNA ligase inhibitor selectively targets mitochondria, cancer and nonmalignant cells respond differently to ...[more]

PMID: 27503931

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Inhibiting Mitochondrial DNA Ligase III? Activates Caspase 1-Dependent Apoptosis in Cancer Cells.

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