A Review of the Repair of DNA Double Strand Breaks in the Development of Oral Cancer

We explore the possibility that defects in genes associated with the response and repair of DNA double strand breaks predispose oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD) to undergo malignant transformation to oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Defects in the homologous recombination/Fanconi anemia (HR/FA), but not in the non-homologous end joining, causes the DNA repair pathway to appear to be consistent with features of familial conditions that are predisposed to OSCC (FA, Bloom's syndrome, Ataxia Telangiectasia); this is true for OSCC that occurs in young patients, sometimes with little/no exposure to classical risk factors. Even in Dyskeratosis Congenita, a disorder of the telomerase complex that is also predisposed to OSCC, attempts at maintaining telomere length involve a pathway with shared HR genes. Defects in the HR/FA pathway therefore appear to be pivotal in conditions that are predisposed to OSCC. There is also some evidence that abnormalities in the HR/FA pathway are associated with malignant transformation of sporadic cases OPMD and OSCC. We provide data showing overexpression of HR/FA genes in a cell-cycle-dependent manner in a series of OPMD-derived immortal keratinocyte cell lines compared to their mortal counterparts. The observations in this study argue strongly for an important role of the HA/FA DNA repair pathway in the development of OSCC.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:25

Enthalten in:

International journal of molecular sciences - 25(2024), 7 vom: 07. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Prime, Stephen S [VerfasserIn]
Darski, Piotr [VerfasserIn]
Hunter, Keith D [VerfasserIn]
Cirillo, Nicola [VerfasserIn]
Parkinson, E Kenneth [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9007-49-2
DNA
DNA repair
Double strand breaks
Fanconi anemia
Homologous recombination
Journal Article
Non-homologous end joining
Oral cancer development
Review

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.04.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/ijms25074092

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM371022169