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
2019
Quantitative Profiling of Oncometabolites in Frozen and Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Specimens by Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Bao X, Wu J, Shuch B, LoRusso P, Bindra RS, Li J. Quantitative Profiling of Oncometabolites in Frozen and Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissue Specimens by Liquid Chromatography Coupled with Tandem Mass Spectrometry. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 11238. PMID: 31375752, PMCID: PMC6677826, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-47669-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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 responseIntroduction: the evolving picture of the hypoxic tumour microenvironment.
Glazer PM, Bindra RS. Introduction: the evolving picture of the hypoxic tumour microenvironment. 2009, 9: 399-400. PMID: 19519396, DOI: 10.2174/156652409788167069.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2007
Regulation of DNA repair in hypoxic cancer cells
Bindra RS, Crosby ME, Glazer PM. Regulation of DNA repair in hypoxic cancer cells. Cancer And Metastasis Reviews 2007, 26: 249-260. PMID: 17415527, DOI: 10.1007/s10555-007-9061-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic instabilityMismatch repairHypoxia-induced genetic instabilityDNA damage response factorsDamage response factorsDNA damage responseCellular stress responseATM/ATRDNA repair pathwaysHomologous recombination pathwayCancer cellsAcute DNA damage responseDNA mismatch repairTumor microenvironmental stressDamage responseKey genesHR repairDNA repairRepair pathwaysMicroenvironmental stressHypoxic cancer cellsStress responsePossible mechanistic explanationRecombination pathwayResponse factorCo-repression of mismatch repair gene expression by hypoxia in cancer cells: Role of the Myc/Max network
Bindra RS, Glazer PM. Co-repression of mismatch repair gene expression by hypoxia in cancer cells: Role of the Myc/Max network. Cancer Letters 2007, 252: 93-103. PMID: 17275176, DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2006.12.011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription FactorsCell Cycle ProteinsCell HypoxiaCell Line, TumorDNA Mismatch RepairDown-RegulationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenomic InstabilityHumansHypoxia-Inducible Factor 1MutL Protein Homolog 1MutS Homolog 2 ProteinNeoplasmsNuclear ProteinsPromoter Regions, GeneticProto-Oncogene Proteins c-mycRepressor ProteinsConceptsHypoxia-inducible factorHypoxia-induced genetic instabilityGene expressionGenetic instabilityRepair genesStress response pathwaysC-Myc/MaxStress response factorsMismatch repair genesCancer cellsRepair gene expressionMax complexesCoordinated repressionKey genesDNA repairMMR pathwayProximal promoterMicroenvironmental stressMax networkMMR gene expressionDeficient cellsGenesRepressionEssential roleMMR genes
2006
Hypoxia-induced genetic instability—a calculated mechanism underlying tumor progression
Huang LE, Bindra RS, Glazer PM, Harris AL. Hypoxia-induced genetic instability—a calculated mechanism underlying tumor progression. Journal Of Molecular Medicine 2006, 85: 139-148. PMID: 17180667, DOI: 10.1007/s00109-006-0133-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBasal repression of BRCA1 by multiple E2Fs and pocket proteins at adjacent E2F sites
Bindra RS, Glazer PM. Basal repression of BRCA1 by multiple E2Fs and pocket proteins at adjacent E2F sites. Cancer Biology & Therapy 2006, 5: 1400-1407. PMID: 17106239, DOI: 10.4161/cbt.5.10.3454.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdjacent E2F sitesE2F siteP107 complexesPocket proteinsQuantitative chromatin immunoprecipitation analysisBRCA1 promoterE2F-dependent repressionPocket proteins p130Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysisBRCA1 expressionProximal promoter regionCritical tumor suppressor genesUnderstanding of regulationTumor suppressor geneAdjacent promoter elementsTumor microenvironmental stressE2F complexesProtein p130Transcriptional regulationBasal repressionPromoter occupancyLog-phase cellsBasal repressorPromoter elementsTarget genesRepression of RAD51 gene expression by E2F4/p130 complexes in hypoxia
Bindra RS, Glazer PM. Repression of RAD51 gene expression by E2F4/p130 complexes in hypoxia. Oncogene 2006, 26: 2048-2057. PMID: 17001309, DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDNA repair pathwaysE2F siteRepair pathwaysHypoxia-induced genetic instabilityGenetic instabilityCoordinated transcriptional programRepair genesHypoxic stressRecombinational repair genesDownregulation of Rad51RAD51 gene expressionTranscriptional programsProximal promoterGene expressionNuclear accumulationMechanistic basisDNA mismatch repair genesRAD51BRCA1 promoterGenesPromoterMismatch repair genesBRCA1 geneNew therapeutic strategiesSimilar mechanism
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 ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCell HypoxiaDNA DamageDNA RepairGenomic InstabilityMutagenesisNeoplasmsOxidative StressConceptsGenetic 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