Replication DNA polymerases, genome instability and cancer therapies.
Replication DNA polymerases, genome instability and cancer therapies.
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It has been over a decade since the initial identification of exonuclease domain mutations in the genes encoding the catalytic subunits of replication DNA polymerases ϵ and δ (POLE and POLD1) in tumors from highly mutated endometrial and colorectal cancers. Interest in studying POLE and POLD1 has increased significantly since then. Prior to those landmark cancer genome sequencing studies, it was well documented that mutations in replication DNA polymerases that reduced their DNA synthesis accuracy, their exonuclease activity or their interactions with other factors could lead to increased mutagenesis, DNA damage and even tumorigenesis in mice. There are several recent, well-written reviews of replication DNA polymerases. The aim of this review is to gather and review in some detail recent studies of DNA polymerases ϵ and δ as they pertain to genome instability, cancer and potential therapeutic treatments. The focus here is primarily on recent informative studies on the significance of mutations in genes encoding their catalytic subunits (POLE and POLD1), mutational signatures, mutations in associated genes, model organisms, and the utility of chemotherapy and immune checkpoint inhibition in polymerase mutant tumors.
影响因子:
10.5
作者:
Meng, Xiangzhou;Claussin, Clemence;Regan-Mochrie, Gemma;Whitehouse, Iestyn;Zhao, Xiaolan
通讯作者:
Zhao, Xiaolan
影响因子:
3.8
作者:
Zhou, Zhi-Xiong;Kunkel, Thomas A.
通讯作者:
Kunkel, Thomas A.