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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Elaine WillmoreORCiD, Dr Nicola Sunter, Dr Michael Tilby, Professor Graham Jackson, Professor Caroline AustinORCiD, Professor barbara Durkacz
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We report for the first time the use of a selective small-molecule inhibitor of DNA repair to potentiate topoisomerase II (topo II) poisons, identifying DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) as a potential target for leukemia therapy. Topo II poisons form cleavable complexes that are processed to DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). DNA-PK mediates nonhomologous end joining (NHEJ). Inhibition of this DSB repair pathway may sensitize cells to topo II poisons. We investigated the effects of a novel DNA-PK inhibitor, NU7026 (2-(morpholin-4-yl)-benzo[h]chomen-4-one), on the response to topo II poisons using K562 leukemia cells. NU7026 (10 μM) potentiated the growth inhibition of idarubicin, daunorubicin, doxorubicin, etoposide, amsacrine (mAMSA), and mitroxantrone with potentiation factors at 50% growth inhibition ranging from approximately 19 for mAMSA to approximately 2 for idarubicin (potentiation of etoposide was confirmed by clonogenic assay). In contrast, NU7026 did not potentiate camptothecin or cytosine arabinoside (araC). NU7026 did not affect the levels of etoposide-induced topo IIα or β cleavable complexes. NU7026 alone had no effect on cell cycle distribution, but etoposide-induced accumulation in G2/M was increased by NU7026. A concentration-dependent increase in etoposide-induced DSB levels was increased by NU7026. The mechanism of NU7026 potentiation of topo II poisons involves inhibition of NHEJ and a G2/ M checkpoint arrest. © 2004 by The American Society of Hematology.
Author(s): Willmore, E., De Caux, S., Sunter, N., Tilby, M.J., Jackson, G., Austin, C., Durkacz, B.W.
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Blood
Year: 2004
Volume: 103
Issue: 12
Pages: 4659-4665
Print publication date: 15/06/2004
ISSN (print): 0006-4971
ISSN (electronic): 1528-0020
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1182/blood-2003-07-2527
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2003-07-2527
PubMed id: 15010369
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