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Inactivation of XPF Sensitizes Cancer Cells to Gemcitabine.


ABSTRACT: Gemcitabine (2', 2'-difluorodeoxycytidine; dFdC) is a deoxycytidine analog and is used primarily against pancreatic cancer. The cytotoxicity of gemcitabine is due to the inhibition of DNA replication. However, a mechanism of removal of the incorporated dFdC is largely unknown. In this report, we discovered that nucleotide excision repair protein XPF-ERCC1 participates in the repair of gemcitabine-induced DNA damage and inactivation of XPF sensitizes cells to gemcitabine. Further analysis identified that XPF-ERCC1 functions together with apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease (APE) in the repair of gemcitabine-induced DNA damage. Our results demonstrate the importance of the evaluation of DNA repair activities in gemcitabine treatment.

SUBMITTER: George JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6421022 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Inactivation of XPF Sensitizes Cancer Cells to Gemcitabine.

George Joseph W JW   Bessho Mika M   Bessho Tadayoshi T  

Journal of nucleic acids 20190303


Gemcitabine (2', 2'-difluorodeoxycytidine; dFdC) is a deoxycytidine analog and is used primarily against pancreatic cancer. The cytotoxicity of gemcitabine is due to the inhibition of DNA replication. However, a mechanism of removal of the incorporated dFdC is largely unknown. In this report, we discovered that nucleotide excision repair protein XPF-ERCC1 participates in the repair of gemcitabine-induced DNA damage and inactivation of XPF sensitizes cells to gemcitabine. Further analysis identif  ...[more]

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