2020
Oncometabolites suppress DNA repair by disrupting local chromatin signalling
Sulkowski PL, Oeck S, Dow J, Economos NG, Mirfakhraie L, Liu Y, Noronha K, Bao X, Li J, Shuch BM, King MC, Bindra RS, Glazer PM. Oncometabolites suppress DNA repair by disrupting local chromatin signalling. Nature 2020, 582: 586-591. PMID: 32494005, PMCID: PMC7319896, DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2363-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA repairDNA breaksFumarate hydrataseDownstream repair factorsHistone 3 lysine 9Homology-dependent repairPoly (ADP-ribose) polymeraseRecruitment of TIP60Deregulation of metabolismChromatin signalingSuccinate dehydrogenase genesGenome integrityLysine 9Repair factorsDehydrogenase geneEnd resectionIsocitrate dehydrogenase 1Aberrant hypermethylationMechanistic basisSomatic mutationsDehydrogenase 1GenesHuman malignanciesProper executionMutations
2009
Targeting the DNA damage response for cancer therapy
Powell SN, Bindra RS. Targeting the DNA damage response for cancer therapy. DNA Repair 2009, 8: 1153-1165. PMID: 19501553, DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2009.04.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA damage responseCell cycle checkpointsDouble-strand breaksGenome integrityGenomic integrityHistone modificationsDamage responseCycle checkpointsDNA repairKey proteinsDNA damageAnti-cancer agentsHuman tumorsNew anti-cancer agentsPathwayCancer therapyTumor cellsCheckpointProteinTherapeutic interventionsRepairIntegrityDefectsCellsAppropriate response
2005
Genetic instability and the tumor microenvironment: towards the concept of microenvironment-induced mutagenesis
Bindra RS, Glazer PM. Genetic instability and the tumor microenvironment: towards the concept of microenvironment-induced mutagenesis. Mutation Research/Fundamental And Molecular Mechanisms Of Mutagenesis 2005, 569: 75-85. PMID: 15603753, DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2004.03.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic instabilitySuch genetic instabilityDNA repair pathwaysOxidative base damageSuch DNA lesionsGenome integrityTumor microenvironmentRepair pathwaysDNA strand breaksDNA lesionsBase damageDNA damageStrand breaksMutagenesisInduction of mutagenesisAdverse conditionsTumor progressionMicroenvironmentRecent studiesSignificant threatPotential mechanismsNumerous typesInductionPathway